12 Dec 2023 – Morning Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

11. Identify the correct sequence of steps involved in conducting a literature review for a research study:

(A) Locate literature
(B) Organize the literature
(C) Identify key terms for search
(D) Write a literature review
(E) Critically evaluate and select the literature relevant to research

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) (C), (A), (E), (B), (D)

12. The systematic elimination of extraneous variables, other than those you are interested in, can be done in which of the following types of research?

Correct Answer: (3) Experimental research

13. When the researcher's age affects the behaviour of the participant in a study, it refers to :

Correct Answer: (2) Biosocial effect

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

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

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (5) 2 or 3

15. A researcher obtains the following p values for sample correlation coefficients of different samples. Which of these can be considered significant at 5% level of significance ?

(A) 0.5
(B) 0.04
(C) 0.95
(D) 0.002
(E) 0.995

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

16. The term 'analog media' was originally derived from:

Correct Answer: (4) Audio recordings

17. The automation element of online media has enabled the generation of :

Correct Answer: (2) User specific information

18. Which of the following are the orders of signification in communication?

(A) Denotation
(B) Connotation
(C) Myth
(D) Credibility
(E) Attribution

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (1) (A), (B) and (C) Only

19. In the context of communication, political socialisation is linked to social learning in terms of how?

(A) Power is attained.
(B) Certain sections of society should be left out of the mainstream.
(C) Social systems are ignored.
(D) Power is used and misused.
(E) Political and economic decisions are made.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) (A), (D) and (E) Only

20. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Not every medium has its own grammar.
Statement (II): Each media grammar has evolved over a period of time and continues to change.

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

Correct Answer: (4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct