Questions Ph. D
Course Work Program
Entrance Exam
[2017]
Humanities and
Social Sciences
Tribhuvan
University
Group A
1. Conducting a Ph. D research is a journey from known
territory into the unknown, How does review of literature help researches carry
out the journey and determine new area of research? Elucidate.
2. Outline a research proposal that you would like to
develop for your Ph. D research. Formulate research questions and specify the
methodology you want to apply preciously as possible.
3. Plagiarism is a serious issues in research. Do you agree?
What do you think a Ph. D scholar should pay attention to it?
Group B
3. What do you mean by research ethics? Why do you think it
is importang in research?
4. Discuss the strength and weakness of quantitative and
qualitative research.
5. What do you mean by languages bias in research? Support
you response with examples.
6. What is Bibliography? Explain the importance of
bibliography in the process of research.
7. Difference between Primary and Secondary data. Suggest
any three ways of collecting the Primary data.
8. In what ways descriptive research different from
analytical research? Discuss.
Multiple
Choice Questions
Circle
the Correct option
1. Which of the following is not the method of
data collection?
a)
Unstructured questions
b) Participant
Observation
c)
Interview
d)
Research Questions
2.
Self-Plagiarism is
a) when
a person reuses one's own previous work in the current work without acknowledging
it
b)
citing your own works too much
c)
using somebody else's work and passing it off as your own
d)an
epistemological stance
An
open question is that
a)
allows respondents to answer in their own ways and terms
b)
does not suggest or provide a limited range of responses
c) can
help to generate answers for closed questions
d)
evoke limited answers
The
process of qualitative research is Characterized by
a)
deduction
b)
Induction
c)
reduction
d)
proportion
Which
of the following is a philosophical assumption of qualitative research?
a)facts
and values are distinct from one another
b)the
proper design of research investigation leads to accurate conclusions
c)values
are an integral part of the research process
d)facts
stands independent of the knower and can be known in an undistorted form
A friendly
relationship between the interviewer and
the responder is called
a)politeness
b)rapport
c)management
d)morale
Ethical
neutrality is a feature of
a)scientific
method
b)descriptive
method
c)ethnographic
method
d)deductive
method
Hypothesis
is research refers to
a)data
collection
b)sampling
c)induction
d)a
statement of prediction
The
process of drawing conclusions without and value judgment is called
a)objectivity
b)specificity
c)reliability
d)subjectivity
10
Null hypothesis is stated in
a)Negative
form
b)Positive
form
c)question
form
d)statement
form
11
Research can be classifide on the basis of methods and
a)purpose
b)techniques
c)Hypothesis
d)areas
of research
12
which of the following do you need to
pay attention in preparing research agenda?
a)sample
frame and sampling strategy
b)ethical
issues
c)access
to the research site
d)all
to the above
13 A
controlled group is a term used on
a)experiment
research
b)survey
research
c)historical
research
d)descriptive
research
14 the
most important quality a researcher requires is
a)analytical and scientific temperament
b)body
agility
c)required
resources
d)sufficient
time
15 The
failure to acknowledges the sources material is known as
a)reference
b)foot
note
c)plagiarism
d)Index
16 An
example of non personal method of data collection is
a)personal
interview
b)telephone
interview
c)schedule
visit
d)Group
Interview
17 The
short summary of a technical reports is called
a)an
article
b)an
abstract
c)a
publication
d)a
guide book
18
Bibliography refers to
a)foot
notes
b)b)quotations
c)list
of books referred
d)Biography
19 The
relationship between the advison and the researcher is based on
a)mutual
respect
b)obligation
c)cooperation and honesty
d)all
of above
20
Academic research in the universities primarily
a)applying
for funds
b)enhancing
knowledge
c)obtaining
degree
d)gaining
status
