11 Dec 2023 – Evening Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

11. If you want to understand the theoretical reasons that led researchers to conduct a study, you would read which section of their article?

Correct Answer: (2) Introduction

12. The tendency of researchers to subtly and inadvertently affect the behaviours of participants in a study, obscuring the true effect of the independent variable, refers to:

Correct Answer: (3) Experimental Bias

13. A research design in which either the investigator or the participant is not aware of the treatment a participant is receiving, refers to:

Correct Answer: (1) Single Blind Study

14. In a positively skewed distribution, which among the following would be true ?

(A) Mean > Mode
(B) Mode > Median
(C) Mean > Median
(D) Mode > Mean
(E) Median > Mean

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (2) (A) and (C) Only

15. A researcher computes sample correlation coefficients r₁, r₂, r₃ and r₄ from four different samples and obtains 0.97, 0.95, 0.10 and 0.03, respectively, as their p-values. The correlation coefficient significant at 5% level is:

Correct Answer: (4) r₄

16. When individuals post journal-like entries on the Internet, they are known as:

Correct Answer: (3) Weblogs

17. An implicit message within a message is technically referred to as :

Correct Answer: (4) Sub-text

18. Which of the following constitute the selectivity process in mass communication ?

(A) Selective suppression
(B) Selective attention
(C) Selective perception
(D) Selective retention
(E) Selective ignorance

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) (B), (C) and (D) Only

19. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Under the framework of communication, political socialisation is related to social learning in terms of how power is acquired.
Statement (II): Marginalisation is the basis of political socialisation.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

20. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Media audiences are increasingly active in their communication with each other.
Statement (II): Media audiences are also active in communication with creators of mass communication contents.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct