Research Aptitude — Practice

Question 1

A researcher evaluates whether a newly designed remedial-reading intervention actually raises reading scores among Class 3 students in a specific district, intending to recommend it for wider adoption if it proves effective. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

B

Question 2

A school principal changes her own school's timetable purely to see whether it reduces tardiness among her own students this term, planning to keep adjusting the change based on what happens, with no intention of publishing generalisable findings beyond her school. This is best classified as

Accepted Answer

D

Question 3

In an experiment testing whether background music (played or not played) affects the number of vocabulary words memorised in a 10-minute session, the number of words memorised is the

Accepted Answer

A

Question 4

A researcher states: 'There is a significant difference in exam performance between students who receive detailed feedback and those who receive only a numeric grade.' This statement is best classified as the

Accepted Answer

A

Question 5

A researcher studying burnout among veteran special-education teachers deliberately selects only teachers with at least 15 years of experience in that specific role, rather than selecting randomly from all teachers. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

B

Question 6

In a study comparing test scores between a group taught with a new method and a group taught with the old method, it later emerges that the new-method group also happened to have, on average, two more hours of weekly study time available. This unaccounted-for difference is best described as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A

Question 7

A cognitive psychologist tests whether a particular memory model correctly predicts recall patterns in a laboratory task, purely to refine the underlying theory, with no specific practical application in mind. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

D

Question 8

Under UGC's 2018 plagiarism regulation, a thesis found to have between 40% and 60% similarity typically attracts

Accepted Answer

C

Question 9

Which INFLIBNET initiative specifically provides Indian universities with consortium-based access to subscribed international e-journals and e-resources, rather than hosting submitted theses?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 10

A metric that reflects an individual researcher's combined productivity and citation impact across their own body of published work, rather than the standing of any single journal, is the

Accepted Answer

D

Question 11

A researcher distributes a questionnaire to teachers across a state to describe their current attitudes toward continuous evaluation, without manipulating any variable or assigning teachers to different conditions. This is best classified as

Accepted Answer

A

Question 12

A two-day event where participants engage in hands-on activities to build a specific research skill, such as using statistical software, rather than presenting original findings for peer critique, is best described as a

Accepted Answer

A

Practice — Research Aptitude

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