Top 80+ Solved Methodology of Historical Writing MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of these is not a method of data collection?
a. questionnaires
b. interviews
c. experiments
d. observations
Q. Secondary/existing data may include which of the following?
a. official documents
b. personal documents
c. archived research data
d. all of the above
Q. Which of the following terms best describes data that were originally collected at an earlier timeby a different person for a different purpose?
a. primary data
b. secondary data
c. experimental data
d. field notes
Q. Which of the following is not a major method of data collection?
a. questionnaires
b. focus groups
c. correlation method
d. secondary data
Q. The method that consists of collection of data through observation and experimentation,formulation and testing of hypothesis is called
a. empirical method
b. scientific method
c. scientific information
d. practical knowledge
Q. Information acquired by experience or experimentation is called as
a. empirical
b. scientific
c. facts
d. scientific evidences
Q. Who was the proponent of deductive method
a. francis bacon
b. christian huygenes
c. aristotle
d. isaac newton
Q. The reasoning that uses general principle to predict specific results is called
a. inductive
b. deductive
c. both a and b
d. hypothetic-deductive
Q. Inductive method was first proposed by
a. francis bacon
b. christian huygenes
c. aristotle
d. isaac newton
Q. The method that starts with formulation of hypothesis and testing of hypothesis in sequentialsteps where deduction applied is
a. inductive
b. deductive
c. both a and b
d. hypothetic-deductive
Q. Who was the proponent of hypothetico deductive method
a. francis bacon
b. christian huygenes
c. aristotle
d. isaac newton
Q. All research process starts with
a. hypothesis
b. experiments to test hypothesis
c. observation
d. all of these
Q. The method of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two statements is called
a. empiricism
b. inductive method
c. hypothesis
d. syllogism
Q. Inductive reasoning is
a. data collection analysis method
b. theory data collection analysis method
c. data collection method
d. both a and b
Q. Which type of interview allows the questions to emerge from the immediate context or courseof things?
a. interview guide approach
b. informal conversational interview
c. closed quantitative interview
d. standardized open-ended interview