16 June 2023 – Evening Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

11. Identify the advantages of open ended questions in survey research.

A. Respondents can answer in their own terms
B. They can be quickly administered by the interviewers
C. They allow unusual responses to be derived

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) A and C only

12. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Online surveys are very useful because internet users always constitute an unbiased sample of the population
Statement II: A convenience sample is one that is simply available to the researcher by virtue of its accessibility

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.

13. Scientific research is

A. Data driven
B. Replicable
C. Verifiable
D. Subjective

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

14. Which of the following typer of variables would have a true zero point?

Correct Answer: (4) Ratio

15. According to UGC regulation 2018 on plagiarism, a similarity of 14% would correspond to which of the following levels of plagiarism?

Correct Answer: (2) 1

16. Communication about communication is called -

Correct Answer: (4) Metacommunication

17. Condensation symbols in political communication are -

Correct Answer: (2) Evocative

18. Which of the following are the major criticisms of mass media as a cultural industry?

A. Mass media are pro-people.
B. Products of culture industry are standardised.
C. The productions are devoid of aesthetic merit.
D. The culture industry does uniform mass production.
E. Avoids massification of culture.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) B, C, D only

19. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The Buddhists argue that reality should be understood as a linguistic construct.
Statement II: In today's context, we can say that reality is a media construct.

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: There is an argument that the emergance of television audiences has brought in more personalised and interactive communication and media culture
Statement II: Within an integrated communication system, messages do not acquire the elements of communicability and socialisation.

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.