PREVIOUS YEARS' QUESTIONS
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There are two sets given below, (List-I) consists of methods of research, and (List-II) indicates their procedural characteristics. Match the two sets and choose your answer from the codes given below:
List-I (Research methods) | List-II (Procedural characteristics) |
(A) Experimental method | (i) Interventions to ameliorate a given situation |
(B) Ex-post facto method | (ii) Explaining patterns of behavior in terms of meanings and their representations which people share |
(C) Descriptive method | (iii) Manipulating an independent variable in controlled conditions and measuring its effect on a dependent variable |
(D) Symbolic interactionism | (iv) Depending on primary and secondary sources of data |
(E) Action research | (v) Obtaining information concerning the current status of phenomena |
(vi)Observing the effect on dependent variables and making probes into factors/ variables which explain it |
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(vii) Exegetic analysis |
Codes given below:
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

A good thesis writing should involve:
(i) Reduction of punctuation and grammatical errors to a minimum.
(ii) Careful checking of references.
(iii) Consistency in the way the thesis is written.
(iv) A clear and well-written abstract.
Codes:

When planning to do social research, it is better to

Read the following statements — one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): To reach international standards, qualitative research in India has a long way to go.
Reason (R): Because the funding agencies do not support qualitative research in academic institutions.
Find the correct answer from the codes given below:

Research is:

Research can be classified as:

Which of the following statement is correct?

Which of the following statement is correct?
