Exam Details

Subject Social Science Research Related To Health
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma In Bioethics
Department School of Health Science (SOHS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Attributable character of "Sex" is by

Physical look of individuals

Physical strength of individuals

Recognition of the society

Biological variation among human beings

2. Gender and Sex are synonymous.

It is a true statement

It is a false statement

It is a political distinction only

It is a hobby horse of social scientists

3. The third gender (hijra) has legal recognition in one of the following countries

India

Bangladesh

Nepal

Pakistan

4. Research that includes field-work should provide for specific needs of the field-workers in order to collect valid data in an ethical manner. These include

Physical needs of men and women such as safe places to stay

Emotional needs of men and women in the research team

Psychological needs of men and women in the community

Financial needs of the members of the community

5. One of the following statements regarding transgender is correct

Believes in no gender.

People living across the river Ganga are called transgender.

Transgender is not ready to accept the gender from birth itself.

Transgender is one who changes the sex of birth by clinical procedure.

6. Heterosexual, Homosexual and Bisexual orientations are officially accepted in the following country

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Maldives

India

7. The term "LGBTI" stands for

Loffler, Gay, Bastard, Teetotaler and illegitimate

Lecherous, Gay, Bastard, Teetotaler and Intersex

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex

Lecherous, Gay, Bastard, Teetotaler and illegal

8. The terms "Homophobia" and "Homosexual" are interchangeable.

It is a correct statement

It is an incorrect statement

There is nothing called homophobia

There is nothing called homosexual

9. Culture and Community are synonymous.

It is an incorrect statement

It is a correct statement

Culture is a mental construct

Community is a physical construct

l0. The term culture was scientifically defined for the first time by the following scientist:

Clyde Kluckhohn

E.B. Tylor

A.L. Kroeber

Ferdinand Tonnies

11. Community has certain distinct identity which is formed on the basis of

Idiosyncrasy of individual acts

Influence of the members of the community

Membership or we-feeling of the members of the community

Integration and fulfilment of needs

12. Tropman et. al did not define which of the following attributes?

Community Organisation

Geographic Community

Community of Culture

Community of Conviviality MHSE-013 3

13. The terminology "emic" connotes

Other's perception of any social phenomena or act

Doer's perception of any social phenomena or act

It is the perception of both the doer's and other's act

It is the opposite of "etic"

14. The terminology "etic" connotes

Other's perception of any social phenomena or act

Doer's perception of any social phenomena or act

It is the opposite of "emic"

It is the perception of both the doer's and other's act

15. Which one of the following developed recently?

Bioethics

Deontology Ethics

Cyber Ethics

Applied Ethics

16. "Sati Pratha" belongs to one of the following ethics:

Deontology Ethics

Value Ethics

Virtue Ethics

Teleology Ethics

17. Cross-cultural ethics does not endorse

Acceptance of cultural diversity in a modern day heterogeneous society

Non-acceptance of other cultures

It has nothing to do with cultural traits

Ethnocentrism

18. "Core value of Tolerance" is the main component of

Cultural Relativism

Virtue Ethics

Deontology Ethics

Applied Ethics

19. Cultural Relativism helps to understand

Details of a culture

Importance and value of other culture in its true perspective

Value of culture

To relate one culture with the other

20. Descriptive ethical relativism does not have the following attribute

Members of the same culture have shared understanding

Every culture has its own moral value and ethics

All the practitioners of the culture are not one entity

All cultures are evaluated as per progression of civilization

21. Which component is a part of normative ethical relativism?

Each culture is not unique and complete in itself

Cultures are complete and unique in themselves

Culture cannot be unique as it gets acculturated over time

Acculturation and diffusion affect ethical relativism

22. "White man is more civilized than black." The statement can be phrased in the following manner:

Cultural hegemony

Cultural diffusionism

Cultural/Ethical relativism

Cultural hypocrisy

23. "Cultural Relativism" is a concept given by a non-Anglo Saxon social scientist.

The above statement is false

The above statement is not false

The above statement is neither false nor true

The above statement is meaningless

24. Who is an addict (not in strict clinical term)

A man or a woman doing harm after addiction

A man or a woman addressed by others as addict

A man or a woman who indulges in alcohol or substance use on a regular basis

A man or a woman who drinks

25. Substance use in India is as old as

3rd century AD

5th century AD

13th century AD

9th century AD

26. "Som Rasa" is an addictive of the following kind

It is a solid addictive

It is a huffing agent

It is a liquid intoxicant

It is an injectable addictive

27. The British East India Company fought a war on opium with the following country

China

Thailand

France

Germany

28. When was alcoholic beverage use reported for the first time in India

2500 BC

2000 BC

4000BC

3000 BC

29. NDPS Act came into force in the following year

1990

1980

2000

1985

30. Which of the following areas of ethics is difficult to manage in research on addicts

Valid Consent

Benevolence

Justice

Confidentiality

31. According to 2001 Census of India, the percentage of disabled stands at

1·8% -2·1% of the total population

2 -2·5% of the total population

1 of the total population

of the total population

32. Blindness and low vision, hearing and speech impaired and/or locomotor disabled can claim disability at which of the following percentage of impairment?

25%

40%

50%

75%

33. At the central level, disability and rehabilitation is dealt by the following Ministry

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Ministry of Home/Police

Ministry of Finance

34. Emphasis on Socio-Cultural, Political and Ideological domain of research while dealing with the disabled is basically one of the following types of orientation:

Clinical Orientation

Rehabilitative Orientation

Socio-cultural Orientation

Deontological Orientation

35. Which type of data of research on the disabled need not be shared with the participants

Discussing bitter truth emerging out of the research with the disabled

Any national policy in pipeline for the disabled's betterment

Exploitation of the disabled due to lack of their awareness

Discussing brighter side of the research with the disabled

36. Multiple Consent is taken in case of

Minor only

Severely disabled major only

Both the above

None of the above

37. Adolescents is that section of population who belong to the age group

8 to 14 years

10 to 19 years

14 to 18 years

16 to 22 years

38. Adolescence is a stage when the following feeling does not occur most often in an individual

Be a god-fearing individual

Curiosity about opposite sex

Feeling of adulthood

Hedonistic attitude towards life

39. According to "Global Burden of Disease" in South Asia, the burden of mental health and suicide among adolescents accounts for which of the following?

One-seventh of the burden

One-third of the burden

One-fifth of the burden

One-fourth of the burden

40. Legally, what is the age of adolescent consent?

18 years

17 years

19 years

20 years

41. Role of Community Advisory Board is a method started with the following research:

Collaborative research

HIV/AIDS research

Leprosy research

Tuberculosis research

42. Legally Authorized Representative can give consent to which of the following age groups?

35 -55 years

20 -25 years

25 -35 years

1-10years

43. What percentage of the women are affected by blindness in India?

50%

40%

64·36%

30%

44. NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 does not emphasize inclusion of the following category

Minorities

Females

Marginalized

Catholics

45. Which of the following countries emphasizes on gender specific analysis for clinical trials?

USA

Norway

Pakistan

India

46. Confidentiality protection is less essential in non-gender based studies

As it is not essential to ensure women's safety and data quality

As all research work does not require safety

To ensure free access of data

In order to complete the study in time

47. Field-workers should be trained to refer women requesting assistance to available sources of support

In order to appease women in the study

In order to force the women to participate in the study

To reduce the expenditure of the study

To increase the expenditure of the study

48. Researchers have ethical duty to express their findings properly, while carrying out gender studies in order to

Avoid any hassles in the study

Develop intervention programme

Get more funds in future for the same kind of research

Avoid any legal problem

49. In a patriarchal society, women seek less health care treatment because

They do not fall sick

They believe in traditional treatment

Health care treatment is not women-friendly

For them family is more important than self

50. For developing an ethically sound research design for conducting research with disabled persons, which of the following would be the best?

Disabled persons can only serve as sources of information

Involve persons with disabilities in planning, implementation and evaluation of research

Families and guardians should always be involved when doing research with disabled persons

None of the above

Write short notes on any four of the following in 200 -300 words each. Each carries five marks.

51. Issues Related to Women Seeking Health Care

52. Use of Opium in Social Gathering

53. NDPS Act 1985

54. Deontology Ethics

55. Cultural Relativism

56. Ethical Issues in Mental Health Research


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Subjects

  • Bioethics And Law
  • Clinical Ethics
  • Educational Technology And Communication
  • Introduction To Bioethics
  • Research Ethics - I
  • Research Ethics-Ii
  • Research Methodology
  • Social Science Research Related To Health
  • Special Issues In Research Ethics