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

Total Questions: 50

11. Which among the following would be the ethical issues in a research study that involves participation of human subjects?

A. Lack of informed consent
B. Physical and psychological harm
C. Excessive inducements
D. Debriefing

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) A, B & C only

12. Which aspect of the researcher may cause psychosocial effect in the participant of a study?

Correct Answer: (4) Attitude

13. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: In a ratio scale, zero point is arbitrary
Statement II: The nominal scale allows ordering/ranking of data

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

Correct Answer: (2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false

14. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The standard deviation of a series of repeated measurements estimates the likely size of the chance error in a single measurement.
Statement II: Bias affects all the measurements the same way, pushing them in the same direction.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Correct Answer: Both Statement I and Statement II are true

15. A researcher obtains the following p-values for sample correlation coefficients of different samples. Which of these can be considered significant at 1% level of significance?

A. 0.004
B. 0.99
C. 0.995
D. 0.001
E. 0.1

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) A & D only

16. If information flows from the media to the opinion leaders and from them to the target audience, the process is known as

Correct Answer: (2) Two-step-flow

17. From the view point communicators language and other symbolic systems are

Correct Answer: (3) Social targets

18. Which of the following are true in the case of audience for analog media? They are:

A. Personally addressable
B. Active campaigners
C. large
D. Heterogeneous
E. Anonymous

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (4) C, D, E only

19. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The centralised control of signs and symbols of mediated communication may affect plurality of opinions on the Internet.
Statement II: The global corporate owners of Internet companies aim only at profits, not the existence of pluriverse.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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

20. Negative communicators usually express

A. Verbal softness
B. Optimis
C. Pessimism
D. Resentment
E. Distrust

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) C, D, E only