Top 100 UGC NET Sociology Research Methods & Statistics MCQs (2025)

UGC NET Sociology: Research Methods & Statistics MCQs

Sharpen your skills in sociological research methods and statistics with these practice questions for the UGC NET exam. Uncover the answers with a click!

1. Using multiple methods of data collection in the same area of interest is known as

• (1) Field Research
• (2) Ethnography
• (3) Triangulation
• (4) Variation

Answer: (3) Triangulation

2. In order to qualify as a random sample

• (1) The researcher must pretest the subject
• (2) The researcher must conduct pilot study
• (3) At least hundred people must be selected
• (4) Every member of the population must have an equal chance of being selected

Answer: (4) Every member of the population must have an equal chance of being selected

3. Who at first used "Survey method in Social Science Research" ?

• (1) Charles Booth
• (2) William J. Goode
• (3) C.A. Moser
• (4) Jahoda

Answer: (1) Charles Booth

4. Which research method can be used most appropriately for the objective, quantitative and systematic study of communication material?

• (1) Observation
• (2) Interview Schedule
• (3) Oral History
• (4) Content analysis

Answer: (4) Content analysis

5. Where did Andre Beteille conduct his field work for his study of 'caste, class and power' ?

• (1) Rampura
• (2) Sripuram
• (3) Khalapur
• (4) Kisangarhi

Answer: (2) Sripuram

6. Who is the Author of the Book 'Street Corner Society'?

• (1) F.M. Thrasher
• (2) W.F. Whyte
• (3) G.C. Homans
• (4) R. Redfield

Answer: (2) W.F. Whyte

7. The assumption of 'class interval' in case of median is

• (1) That all frequencies are spread between the true limits of class interval
• (2) That all frequencies concentrated on the midpoint of the class interval
• (3) That all frequencies are concentrated on the upper limit of the class interval
• (4) That all frequencies are concentrated on the lower limit of the class interval

Answer: (2) That all frequencies concentrated on the midpoint of the class interval

8. The IQR (Inter Quartile Range) means :

• (1) The variation from first quartile point to second quartile point
• (2) The variation from second quartile to third quartile point
• (3) The variation from first quartile point to the third quartile point
• (4) All the above

Answer: (3) The variation from first quartile point to the third quartile point

9. Validity means :

• (1) The extent to which a measure or method of data collection possesses the quality of being true
• (2) The extent to which a method of data collection possesses the quality of being sound
• (3) Both (1) and (2)
• (4) None of the above

Answer: (3) Both (1) and (2)

10. Who is the author of 'Deschooling Society' ?

• (1) E. Durkheim
• (2) Ivan Illich
• (3) Kingsley Davis
• (4) Krishan Kumar

Answer: (2) Ivan Illich

11. Who insisted that the interpretive process and the context in which it is done are the vital elements in the person's use of meaning and formation there of ?

• (1) G.H. Mead
• (2) V. Pareto
• (3) Max Weber
• (4) H. Blumer

Answer: (4) H. Blumer