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This set of Research Methodology (RM) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Research Methodology Set 4

Q1 | A ……………… is an abstraction formed by generalization from particulars
  • Hypothesis
  • Variable
  • Concept
  • facts
Q2 | Concept is of two types
  • Abstract and Coherent
  • Concrete and Coherent
  • Abstract and concrete
  • None of the above
Q3 | Concepts are of ……………….types
  • 4
  • 6
  • 10
  • 2
Q4 | There is a concept by ……………………
  • Observation
  • formulation
  • Theory
  • Postulation
Q5 | Another concept is by ………………..
  • Formulation
  • Postulation
  • Intuition
  • Observation
Q6 | Concepts are ……………. of Research
  • guide
  • tools
  • methods
  • Variables
Q7 | Concepts are ………………….
  • Metaphor
  • Simile
  • Symbols
  • Models
Q8 | Concepts represent various degree of ……………..
  • Formulation
  • Calculation
  • Abstraction
  • Specification
Q9 | Concepts which cannot be given operational definitions are ………… concepts
  • Verbal
  • Oral
  • Hypothetical
  • Operational
Q10 | “Concept is in reality a definition in short hand or a class or group of facts” –defined by
  • Kerlinger
  • P.V. Young
  • Aurthur
  • Kaplan
Q11 | Different people hold ……………. of the same thing
  • Same and different
  • Same
  • different
  • None of the above
Q12 | Many concepts find their origin from
  • Greek
  • English
  • Latin
  • Many languages
Q13 | A tentative proposition subject to test is
  • Variable
  • Hypothesis
  • Data
  • Concept
Q14 | Analogies are sources of ……………….
  • Data
  • Concept
  • Research
  • Hypothesis
Q15 | “A Proposition which can be put to test to determine its validity” Defined by
  • Lund berg
  • Emory
  • Johnson
  • Good and Hatt
Q16 | “ A tentative generalization” stated by
  • Good and Hatt
  • Lund berg
  • Emory
  • Orwell
Q17 | Propositions which describe the characteristics are …………. Hypothesis
  • Descriptive
  • Imaginative
  • Relational
  • Variable
Q18 | A Hypothesis which develops while planning the research is
  • Null Hypothesis
  • Working Hypothesis
  • Relational Hypothesis
  • Descriptive Hypothesis
Q19 | When a hypothesis is stated negatively it is called
  • Relational Hypothesis
  • Situational Hypothesis
  • Null Hypothesis
  • Casual Hypothesis
Q20 | The first variable is …………….. variable
  • Abstract
  • Dependent
  • Independent
  • Separate
Q21 | The second variable is called …………
  • Independent
  • Dependent
  • Separate
  • Abstract
Q22 | Hypothesis which explain relationship between two variables is
  • Causal
  • Relational
  • Descriptive
  • Tentative
Q23 | Null means
  • One
  • Many
  • Zero
  • None of these
Q24 | …………………. Represent common sense ideas
  • Statistical Hypothesis
  • Complex Hypothesis
  • Common sense Hypothesis
  • Analytical Hypothesis
Q25 | Hypothesis concerned with analytical variable is
  • Null Hypothesis
  • Casual Hypothesis
  • Barren Hypothesis
  • Analytical Hypothesis