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

Total Questions: 50

11. Identify the disadvantages of closed ended questions in survey research

A. It is difficult to make forced choice answers exhaustive.
B. There is loss of spontaneity in respondent's answers.
C. They are time consuming for interviewers to administer.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) A and B only

12. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Review of literature helps the researcher with the interpretation of his/her findings.
Statement II: Review of literature is not of any help in learning different theoretical and methodological

approaches to your research area.

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

Correct Answer: (3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

13. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Content analysis is an approach to the analysis of documents and texts that seeks to analyze them in qualitative terms.
Statement II: Content analysis is a very transparent research method.

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

Correct Answer: (4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

14. If you want to conclude that a given variable has a causal relation with a second variable, you have to be able to rule out other possible causal variables. The principle of causation involved here is the -

Correct Answer: (4) Internal validity rule

15. Which of the following diagrams would be useful in depicting the median value in the data ?

Correct Answer: (2) Box plot

16. The audiences of digital media are affected by

Correct Answer: (2) Fragmentation

17. In films, close-ups are termed as -

Correct Answer: (3) Visual paradigms

18. Which of the following are the distinguishable features of Buddhist concept of communication?

A. Unidirectional
B. Process oriented
C. Competitiveness
D. Creation of meaning
E. Behaviour - centred

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

19. Given below are two statements :

Statement I: The study of mass communication process is characterised by a macroscopic view of messages.
Statement II: Semiology seeks a microscopic view of deconstructing messages.

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. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The words communication, community and communion are etymologically related.
Statement II: As human society developed more and more simple systems of communication emerged.

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

Correct Answer: (3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false