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

Total Questions: 50

11. Identify the advantages of close-ended questions in survey research:

(A) They allow unusual responses to be derived.
(B) It is easy to process their answers.
(C) They reduce the possibility of variability in the recording of answers.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

12. A researcher gives the following options to a respondent while asking a question during a survey. Identify the options which suffer from ambiguity:

(A) Very often
(B) Quite often
(C) Not very often
(D) Not at all

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

13. Identify the advantages of content analysis:

(A) It is a very transparent research method.
(B) It is often referred to favourably as an unobtrusive method.
(C) It is a highly flexible method.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (4) (A), (B) and (C)

14. When two variables are related in such a way that when one increases, so does the other, you can conclude that:

Correct Answer: (2) The two variables are positively associated.

15. Identify the measures of dispersion :

(A) Range
(B) Quartile deviation
(C) Sum of the deviations about mean
(D) Standard deviation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

16. The process by which a message is transmitted via some form of medium is identified as _____ communication:

Correct Answer: (3) Mediated

17. In analog media, contents are :

Correct Answer: (2) Linear

18. The western communication concept is characterised by :

(A) Polydirectionality
(B) Unidirectionality
(C) Transfer of meaning
(D) Message centredness
(E) Flexible sequencing

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (4) (B), (C) and (D) Only

19. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Due to technological developments, communication has become mass communication.
Statement II: With the arrival of satellites and computers, communication has become more efficient and complex than ever before.

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

20. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Environmental communication includes human representation of nature.
Statement II: For the purpose of promoting environmental communication, only mainstream conventional media should be employed.

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