152. Women employees reported a mean weight of 148 pounds. Men employees reported a mean weight of 162 pounds. The mean weight of both groups together is 155 pounds. The proportion of women employees’ in the total is

(a) 60 percent

(b) 50 percent

(c) 40 percent

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(d) 70 percent

153. The importance criterion to judge the success of a lesson by a teacher in the class would be, to see whether

(a) The lessons completed in time

(b)The teacher maintains discipline in the class

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(c) The teacher encourages questions and answers in the class

(d)The students listen to the teacher clearly

154. If the ratio of change between two variables is same then it is called,

(a) Linear correlation

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(b)Non-linear

(c) Both a & b

(d)None of the above

155. Researchers have revealed the following distinction between the average and the talented students

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(a) The talented students are more grade conscious and do tire some things

(b) The talented students work with a zeal if they are given motivation

(c) The average students are less boring than the talented students

(d) The average individuals purpose work with a genuine zeal even when there is no modernisation

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156. If Median 4400, M.D. = 571.4, Coefficient of Mean Deviation is

(a) 0.054

(b) 0.123

(c) 0.027

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(d) 0.045

158. The most important area of schools supervision should be

(a) School environment

(b) Developmental aspects

(c) Instructional work

(d) Pupil growth

159. A good hypothesis should be

(a) Formulated in such a way that it can be tested by the data

(b) Precise, specific and consistent with most known facts

(c) Of limited scope and should not have global significance

(d) All of these

160. Where ‘X’ stands for raw scores and ‘F for frequency formula for calculating the Arithmetic Mean for scores in a frequency institution would be

(a) x2/N

(b) FX2/N

(c) FX2/N

(d) FX/N

161. The amount of change in one variable does not bear a constant ratio to the amount of change in other variable it is called

(a) Linear correlation

(b) Non-linear correlation

(c) Partial correlation

(d) None of the above

162. There was movement called negative education recommended by a well known naturalist called Rousseum. What do you think would be the correct interpretation?

(a) Nature is god while the society is full of voices. So keep the child away from the society and have him to nature.

(b) The world is a mixture of right and wrong qualities so education should negate the wrong and teach what is right.

(c)The purpose of education is to prevent children from doing wrong things, so check them from the beginning.

(d) Human beings are born with wrong tendencies to commit sings from the Biblical point of view. So education must adopt a negative approach to check.

163. The square of standard deviation is called

(a) Variance

(b) Co-efficient

(c) Percentage

(d) None of the above

164. Survey study aims at:

(i) Knowing facts about the existing situation

(ii) Comparing the present status with the standard norms

(iii) Criticizing the existing situation

(iv) Identifying the means of improving the existing situation

(a) (i) and (ii) only

(b) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(c) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(d) (ii) and (iii) only

165. We learn from newspapers and reports that the national average of the literacy rate in our country is

(a) About 39 percent

(b) About 36 percent

(c) About 45 percent

(d) About 40 percent

167. If median is 28.9 and mean is 30, the value of mode will be

(a) 26.8 (b) 19

(c) 24.8

(d) 25.2

169. The positive welfare state must

(a) Be natural regarding the classing interests of its citizens

(b) Take only positive but not negative action to maintain social welfare

(c) Take both positive and negative action to balance the welfare of its citizens

(d) See that people obtain freedom from restraints of regulations and planning.

170. The term social facilitisation is meant to indicate

(a) The influence of the presence of others on person’s performance

(b) The need for creating facilities for members of the society in their attempts for an achievement

(c) The facilities offered by the society for the performance of task by an individual.

(d) The facilities available in a society for the successful performance of an individual

171. If median is 12, and “D” = 36, N = 48, the mean deviation is

(a) 0.75

(b) 0.48

(c) 0.45

(d) 0.52

172. Which of the following is the most essential characteristic of a research worker?

(a) Sympathy

(b) Open mindedness

(c) Emotional control

(d) Patience

173. A cumulative frequency is drawn on the basis of

(a) Adding the scores of the distribution intervals survey and plotting there added frequency point at the upper ends of the intervals

(b) Find out the percentages of frequencies of class intervals and plotting these percentages on the upper limits of the intervals

(c) Putting the total as frequency members at the mid points of class intervals and joining them progressively

(d) Something the mid points of frequency polygons against the cumulative frequencies of class intervals

174. Validity of a research can be improved by

(a) Taking the true representative sample of the population

(b) Eliminating extraneous factors

(c) Both of the above measures

(d) None of these

175. Which of the following is a non-probability sample?

(a) Simple random sample

(b) Quota sample

(c) Purposive sample

(d) (a) and (c) both

176. A researcher divides his population into certain groups and fixes the size of the sample from each group. It is called

(a) Cluster sample

(b) Stratified sample

(c) Quota sample

(d) All of the above

177. Area (cluster) sampling technique is used when

(a) Population is scattered and large size of the sample is to be drawn

(b) Population is heterogeneous

(c) Long survey is needed

(d) (a) and (c)

178. A researcher selects only 10 members as a sample from the total population of 5000 and considers it good because

(a) He was guided by his supervisor

(b) He was a good researcher

(c) The population was homogeneous

(d) All of these

179. The research antagonistic to ex-post tad research is

(a) Experimental studies

(b) Library researches

(c) Normative researches

(d) All of the above

180. The final result of a study will be accurate if the sample drawn is

(a) Taken randomly

(b) Fixed by quota

(c) Representative to the population

(d) Purposive

181. In order to ensure moral freedom in the younger generation the social culture must

(a) Be binding on students so that they should be within its limits

(b) Not be a binding chart, but on ladder on which they may climb

(c) Not allow deviations from the legitimate restrictions of the authority

(d) Ensure that children avoid abuse ol authority and stick to it

182. A researcher divides the populations into PG graduates and 10 + 2 students and using the random digit table he selects some of them from each. This is technically called

(a) Stratified sampling

(b) Stratified random sampling

(c) Representative sampling

(d) None of these

183. Regarding the teachers control in the education of children, the following is the main difference between the Herbert and Dewey

(a) Acts are in favour of imparting knowledge through teacher control

(b) Dewey favours teacher control, but Herbert is against it

(c) Herbert favour is normal steps, but Dewey gives more importance to teacher control only

(d) Herbert is in favour of teacher control while Dewey cannot agree with him.

184. In the conditioning approach to learning

(a) The natural stimulus follows the unnatural stimulus

(b) The unnatural stimulus follows the natural stimulus

(c) Response to natural stimulus required to be reinforced

(d) The subject should be in readiness to receive the unnatural stimulus

185. Frequency is not taken into consideration in

(a) Individual observation

(b) Discreet series

(c) Continuous series

(d) None of the above

186. Which of the following approaches could be considered as progressive in the construction of curriculum?

(a) Creating provision for promoting children to exert their potentialities for learning

(b) Providing knowledge from the past culture and achievements of the nation for inheritance

(c) Selecting the contents of the curriculum from the disciplinary and cultural values point of view.

(d) Arranging the subject matter required for compulsory acquisition by students in the interests of the society.

187. If co-efficient of skewness is 0.64; x = 82, and c is 50 the value of mode is

(a) 60

(b) 50

(c) 40

(d) 70

188. The press reports collected by correspon­dents

(a) Primary data

(b) Secondary data

(c) Tertiary data

(d) None of the above

189. Which of the following areas of co-operation should be regarded as more basic in your opinion?

(a) School and community

(b) Students and community

(c) Parents and teachers

(d) Teachers and supervisors

191. The sum of absolute deviations of items is minimum from

(a) Median

(b) Harmonic mean

(c) Geometric mean

(d) Mode

194. In order to augment the accuracy of the study a researcher

(a) Should be honest and unbiased

(b) Should increase the size of the sample

(c) Should keep the variance high

(d) All of these

195. The validity and reliability of a research will be at stake when

(a) The incident was reported after a long period of time from that of its occurrence

(b) The author who is the source of information is biased, incompetent or dishonest

(c) The researcher himself is not competent enough to draw logical conclusions

(d) All of the above

197. Who is regarded the father of scientific social surveys?

(a) Best

(b) Booth

(c) Darwin

(d) None of these

198. Which of the following assumptions would be correct from a statistical point of view?

(a) Errors of observation will have frequencies that cannot approximate the normal probability curve.

(b) Linera magnitudes have measured frequencies closely following the normal probability curve

(c) Measures of physical and mental traits cannot be accepted to follow the normal probability curve.

(d) Linera magnitudes are measured frequencies that are always skewed.

199. In the school the administrator of the curriculum is

(a) Principal

(b) Class teacher

(c) Sports teacher

(d) All of the above

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152. (b)

153. (b)

154. (a)

155.(b)

156. (a)

158. (c)

159. (d)

160.(b)

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