Exam Details
| Subject | methodology of social research | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | solapur university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | April, 2018 | |
| City, State | maharashtra, solapur |
Question Paper
M.A. (Semester III) (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
SOCIOLOGY (Paper IV)
METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
Time: 2½ hours.
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Multiple choice Questions.
14
Which one of the following is not a type of research design?
Diagnostic
Structural
Descriptive
Exploratory
The suggested explanation to research problem is called
Concept
Theory
Hypothesis
Fact
Which of the following is not a source of hypothesis?
Analogy
Personal experience of the scientist
Findings of other studies
Mathematics
Inductive argument consists reasoning from
General Principle to Particular
Particular to General
General to General
Particular to particular
Which of the following method is used in exploratory research?
The experience survey
Survey of literature
Analysis of insight stimulating cases
All the above
The hypothesis should be
Specific
Conceptually clear
Related to available technique
All the above
"Collection of systematic knowledge is called science"- this definition is given by
Bayard
Goode and Hatt
Bulf
Festinger and Hatz
Deductive argument consists reasoning from
General Principle to Particular
Particular to General
General to General
Particular to Particular
In which tradition, reality is a meaningful social construction?
Conceptual Tradition
Theoretical Tradition
Positivist Tradition
Hermeneutical Tradition
10) Who out of the following has not given any contribution to positivism?
August Comte
Emile Durkheim
Antony Giddens
Popper
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11) Which one of the following is not research design?
Diagnostic
Projective
Exploratory
Descriptive
12) Goode and Hatt have classified the types of hypothesis on the basis of
level of projection
level of prediction
level of exploration
level of abstraction
13) "Methods in Social Research" is written by
Goode and Hatt
Wilkinson and Bhandarkar
August Comte
Bogdan and Taylar
14) Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of hypothesis?
Clarity
Theoretical orientation
Experiment ability
Subjectivity
Q.2
Write any seven short questions:
14
Write the concept of Social Research.
What are the objectives of social research?
What is subjectivity?
What is concept of hypothesis?
What is meaning of scientific method?
What is research problem?
What is research design?
Explain characteristics of hypothesis.
What is "Descriptive Research Design"?
What is null hypothesis?
Q.3
Write short notes. (Any Two)
14
Significance of research design
Types of Hypothesis
Inductive reasoning
Steps of scientific method
Q.4
Explain the contribution of August Comte towards positivism.
14
OR
Explain the contribution of Emile Durkheim towards positivism.
Q.5
Discuss the sources of hypothesis in detail.
14
SOCIOLOGY (Paper IV)
METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
Time: 2½ hours.
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Multiple choice Questions.
14
Which one of the following is not a type of research design?
Diagnostic
Structural
Descriptive
Exploratory
The suggested explanation to research problem is called
Concept
Theory
Hypothesis
Fact
Which of the following is not a source of hypothesis?
Analogy
Personal experience of the scientist
Findings of other studies
Mathematics
Inductive argument consists reasoning from
General Principle to Particular
Particular to General
General to General
Particular to particular
Which of the following method is used in exploratory research?
The experience survey
Survey of literature
Analysis of insight stimulating cases
All the above
The hypothesis should be
Specific
Conceptually clear
Related to available technique
All the above
"Collection of systematic knowledge is called science"- this definition is given by
Bayard
Goode and Hatt
Bulf
Festinger and Hatz
Deductive argument consists reasoning from
General Principle to Particular
Particular to General
General to General
Particular to Particular
In which tradition, reality is a meaningful social construction?
Conceptual Tradition
Theoretical Tradition
Positivist Tradition
Hermeneutical Tradition
10) Who out of the following has not given any contribution to positivism?
August Comte
Emile Durkheim
Antony Giddens
Popper
Page 2 of 4
SLR-HW-130
11) Which one of the following is not research design?
Diagnostic
Projective
Exploratory
Descriptive
12) Goode and Hatt have classified the types of hypothesis on the basis of
level of projection
level of prediction
level of exploration
level of abstraction
13) "Methods in Social Research" is written by
Goode and Hatt
Wilkinson and Bhandarkar
August Comte
Bogdan and Taylar
14) Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of hypothesis?
Clarity
Theoretical orientation
Experiment ability
Subjectivity
Q.2
Write any seven short questions:
14
Write the concept of Social Research.
What are the objectives of social research?
What is subjectivity?
What is concept of hypothesis?
What is meaning of scientific method?
What is research problem?
What is research design?
Explain characteristics of hypothesis.
What is "Descriptive Research Design"?
What is null hypothesis?
Q.3
Write short notes. (Any Two)
14
Significance of research design
Types of Hypothesis
Inductive reasoning
Steps of scientific method
Q.4
Explain the contribution of August Comte towards positivism.
14
OR
Explain the contribution of Emile Durkheim towards positivism.
Q.5
Discuss the sources of hypothesis in detail.
14
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