JNUEE 2021 Question Paper Ph.D Educational Studies

JNUEE PHD Educational Studies
1) When a historian wants to study the lives of ordinary, illiterate, and marginalized people, she/he will rely on[Question ID
= 35407][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_001]
1. Archival data [Option ID = 181823]
2. Autobiography [Option ID = 181824]
3. Diary [Option ID = 181825]
4. Oral account [Option ID = 181826]

2) Ethnographic research derives its justification from:[Question ID = 35408][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_002]
1. Positivism [Option ID = 181827]
2. Psychoanalysis [Option ID = 181828]
3. Phenomenology [Option ID = 181829]
4. Postcolonialism [Option ID = 181830]

3) In a case study method, which of the following are the units of the study:
A. An individual person
B. A group of atypical persons
C. An organization
D. A randomly drawn sample
E. An event

[Question ID = 35409][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_003]
1. A, B, and C only

[Option ID = 181831]
2. A, B, C, and D only

[Option ID = 181832]
3. A, B, C, and E only

[Option ID = 181833]
4. B, C, D, and E only

[Option ID = 181834]

4) If a researcher seeks to establish a causal relationship between two variables, she/he should use the following method

[Question ID = 35410][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_004]
1. Survey Method

[Option ID = 181835]
2. Ethnographic Method

[Option ID = 181836]
3. Life History Method

[Option ID = 181837]
4. Experimental Method

[Option ID = 181838]

5) In which among the following philosophical frameworks, a clear distinction between ‘fact’ and
‘value’ is maintained
[Question ID = 35411][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_005]
1. Positivism [Option ID = 181839]
2. Interpretivism [Option ID = 181840]
3. Postmodernism [Option ID = 181841]
4. Feminism [Option ID = 181842]

6) Social scientists generally working in positivist science tradition will advocate the use of [Question ID = 35412][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_006]
1. Interview method [Option ID = 181843]
2. Survey method [Option ID = 181844]
3. Case study method [Option ID = 181845]
4. Narrative method [Option ID = 181846]

7) Which among the following is an example of probability sampling?[Question ID = 35413][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_007]
1. Snowball sampling [Option ID = 181847]
2. Purposive sampling [Option ID = 181848]
3. Stratified random sampling [Option ID = 181849]
4. Incidental sampling [Option ID = 181850]

8) Which among the following is an example of inferential statistics?[Question ID = 35414][Question Description =

Ph.D.EDUH_Q_008]
1. Arithmetic mean [Option ID = 181851]
2. Standard deviation [Option ID = 181852]
3. Kurtosis [Option ID = 181853]
4. Chi‐square test [Option ID = 181854]

9) The exercise of reviewing the literature helps the researcher in

A. Identifying the unresolved issues in her/his area of interest
B. Gaining a deeper understanding of the research problem
C. Sharpening the research focus
D. Making the research appear more impressive
E. Formulating the research hypotheses

[Question ID = 35415][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_009]
1. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 181855]
2. B, C and E only

[Option ID = 181856]
3. B, C, D and E only

[Option ID = 181857]
4. A, B, C and E only

[Option ID = 181858]

10) A good research problem in social sciences should have the following characteristics

A. It should address some aspect of social reality

B. It should necessarily be quantifiable

C. It should have the potential to contribute to theory development

D. It should be based on the review of the literature

E. It should pertain to the unresolved issue in the area of research

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 35416][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_010]
1. A, B, C and D only

[Option ID = 181859]
2. A, B, E only

[Option ID = 181860]
3. A, C, D and E only

[Option ID = 181861]
4. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 181862]

11)

[Question ID = 35417][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_011]
1. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ V [Option ID = 181863]
2. A ‐ II, B ‐ III, C ‐ I, D ‐ IV [Option ID = 181864]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ I [Option ID = 181865]
4. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ V [Option ID = 181866]

12) If a topic of research is studied by three researchers from three different disciplines separately, it
is an example of
[Question ID = 35418][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_012]
1. Interdisciplinary research [Option ID = 181867]
2. Multidisciplinary research [Option ID = 181868]
3. Transdisciplinary research [Option ID = 181869]
4. Cross disciplinary research [Option ID = 181870]

13) Due to which of the following characteristic a parametric statistical test is able to yield an accurate result even if some
of its assumptions are violated

[Question ID = 35419][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_013]
1. Power

[Option ID = 181871]
2. Homoscedasticity

[Option ID = 181872]
3. Linearity

[Option ID = 181873]
4. Robustness

[Option ID = 181874]

14) If a researcher obtains a result that contradicts the findings of a series of previous research,
she/he should
[Question ID = 35420][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_014]
1. Consider that the result of her/his research is incorrect [Option ID = 181875]
2. Refute the findings of previous researches [Option ID = 181876]
3. Plan another research to examine the reason for the discrepancy in the result [Option ID = 181877]
4. Change the area of research [Option ID = 181878]

15) High incidences of the social deviance among the youths of disadvantaged groups may be intrapted by the Marxist
scholars as

[Question ID = 35421][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_015]
1. moral development of these youths has been disrupted

[Option ID = 181879]
2. reaction against unjust social inequality

[Option ID = 181880]
3. biased view of the researcher

[Option ID = 181881]
4. moral degradation of the society

[Option ID = 181882]

16) Generally a researcher’s empirical investigation of a social phenomenon will differ from the empirical investigation of
the same phenomenon by a journalist. Which of the following statement does explain this difference?

[Question ID = 27214][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_016]
1. A researcher is a neutral observer while a journalist is politically motivated

[Option ID = 181883]
2. A researcher will know more about the phenomenon than a journalist.

[Option ID = 181884]
3. A researcher uses a questionnaire to collect data while a journalist interviews the people.

[Option ID = 181885]
4. A researcher’s activities are guided by a formal academic theory while a journalist may not use any such theory.

[Option ID = 181886]

17) Which among the following level of measurement has true zero?[Question ID = 27215][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_017]
1. Nominal [Option ID = 181887]
2. Ordinal [Option ID = 181888]
3. Interval [Option ID = 181889]
4. Ratio [Option ID = 181890]

18) What kind of relationship does exist between the ‘theoretical framework’ and the ‘conceptual
framework’ in research?

[Question ID = 27216][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_018]
1. The conceptual framework grows out of the theoretical framework

[Option ID = 181891]
2. The conceptual framework guides in interpreting the theoretical framework

[Option ID = 181892]
3. The conceptual framework relates to the data while the theoretical framework relates to the analysis of the data

[Option ID = 181893]
4. These two are completely unrelated to each other

[Option ID = 181894]

19) Which among the following is close to the grounded theory research?[Question ID = 27217][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_019]
1. Survey based research [Option ID = 181895]
2. Case study based research [Option ID = 181896]
3. Ethnography based research [Option ID = 181897]
4. Experiment based research [Option ID = 181898]

20) Who among the following will support the use of the scientific method in social science
research?
[Question ID = 27218][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_020]
1. Feminist [Option ID = 181899]
2. Poststructuralist [Option ID = 181900]
3. Postmodernist [Option ID = 181901]
4. Positivist [Option ID = 181902]

21) Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R

Assertion A: Inferential statistics help a researcher to make generalizations about the population from the sample data.

Reason R: Inductive reasoning proceeds from the particular to the general.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27219][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_021]
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 181903]
2. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 181904]
3. A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 181905]
4. A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 181906]

22) Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R

Assertion A: Postmodernists do not believe that the use of scientific methods will reveal the truth.

Reason R: It is not possible for a social science researcher to remain value‐neutral. In light of the above statements, choose
the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27220][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_022]
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 181907]
2. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 181908]
3. A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 181909]
4. A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 181910]

23)

[Question ID = 27221][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_023]
1. A ‐ V, B ‐ II, C ‐ I, D ‐ III [Option ID = 181911]
2. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ I [Option ID = 181912]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ II, C ‐ I, D ‐ V [Option ID = 181913]
4. A ‐ III, B ‐ V, C ‐ I, D ‐ IV [Option ID = 181914]

24) In terms of sophistication of measurement, arrange the following level of measurement in the order of the least
sophisticated to the most sophisticated one

A. Ratio

B. Ordinal

C. Nominal

D. Interval

[Question ID = 27222][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_024]
1. A, C, D, B

[Option ID = 181915]
2. C, B, D, A

[Option ID = 181916]
3. C, B, A, D

[Option ID = 181917]
4. A, B, C, D

[Option ID = 181918]

25) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Some researchers believe that macro‐social phenomena can be explained in terms of the actions of the social
actors.

Statement II: Max Weber advocated the principle of methodological individualism.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27223][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_025]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

[Option ID = 181919]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

[Option ID = 181920]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

[Option ID = 181921]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

[Option ID = 181922]

26) Consider a set of four letters S ={A, B, C, D}. How many combinations can be formed from the
four letters when 3 letters are taken at a time?
[Question ID = 27224][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_026]
1. 6 [Option ID = 181923]
2. 4 [Option ID = 181924]
3. 12 [Option ID = 181925]
4. 8 [Option ID = 181926]

27) What is the probability of rolling either a 1 or 2 on each of three successive tosses of an unbiased
die?
[Question ID = 27225][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_027]
1. (1/36) [Option ID = 181927]
2. (1/216) [Option ID = 181928]
3. (1/27) [Option ID = 181929]
4. (1/9) [Option ID = 181930]

28) If X follows a Normal distribution with N(μ,σ) and Z is a standardized score which follows a
Normal distribution with N (0,1) which of the following is true?

[Question ID = 27226][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_028]
1. P(μ ‐ 2σ < X < μ ‐ 2σ) = 0.9545

[Option ID = 181931]
2. P(μ ‐ 2σ < X < μ ‐ 2σ) = 0.9500

[Option ID = 181932]
3. P(μ ‐ 2σ < X < μ ‐ 2σ) = 0.9900

[Option ID = 181933]
4. P(μ ‐ 2σ < X < μ ‐ 2σ) = 0.6827

[Option ID = 181934]

29) Standard error of a statistic is defined as[Question ID = 27227][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_029]
1. standard deviation of that statistic [Option ID = 181935]
2. variance of that statistic [Option ID = 181936]
3. average of standard deviations of that statistic [Option ID = 181937]
4. avearge of all sample means of a sample distribution [Option ID = 181938]

30) If X is a variable normally distributed about mean μ with a standard deviation σ, then mean of a sample size of N will
with repeated sampling be normally distributed about a mean m and standard deviation, σavgx which is equal to

[Question ID = 27228][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_030]
1. σ2/(N)0.5

[Option ID = 181939]
2. σ/(N‐1)0.5

[Option ID = 181940]
3. (σ/(N))0.5

[Option ID = 181941]
4. σ/(N)0.5

[Option ID = 181942]

31) In statistical testing 't‐statistic' is used when

[Question ID = 27229][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_031]
1. sample size is small, say, less than 30

[Option ID = 181943]
2. population variance is not known

[Option ID = 181944]
3. sample size is small and population variance is known

[Option ID = 181945]
4. sample size is less than 30 and population variance is not known

[Option ID = 181946]

32) Probability of Type I error is defined as the following

[Question ID = 27230][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_032]
1. acceptance of the null hypothesis when it is false

[Option ID = 181947]
2. rejection of the null hypothesis when it is true

[Option ID = 181948]
3. acceptance of the alternative hypothesis when null hypothesis is correct

[Option ID = 181949]
4. rejection of alternative hypothesis when null hypothesis is incorrect

[Option ID = 181950]

33) The scatter diagram of X and Y looks like an inverted U‐shaped curve. If you were asked to
estimate the Pearson correlation coefficient between X and Y, what would be your possible
response?

[Question ID = 27231][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_033]
1. The correlation coefficient is positive

[Option ID = 181951]
2. The correlation coefficient is expected to be negative

[Option ID = 181952]
3. The correlation coefficient is zero

[Option ID = 181953]
4. The correlation coefficient should not be calculated

[Option ID = 181954]

34) The estimate of mean of weights of 10 students in a class is 60. What would be the average of
weight of 9 students if a student of weight 65 kg leaves the group?
[Question ID = 28564][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_034]
1. 53.5 [Option ID = 181955]
2. 59.4 [Option ID = 181956]
3. 54 [Option ID = 181957]
4. 62.2 [Option ID = 181958]

35) For a negatively skewed distribution, which of the following is true?

[Question ID = 28565][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_035]
1. Mean > Median > Mode

[Option ID = 181959]
2. Mean < Median < Mode

[Option ID = 181960]
3. Mean > Mode > Median

[Option ID = 181961]
4. Median > Mode > Mean

[Option ID = 181962]

36)

[Question ID = 28566][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_036]
1. A ‐ IV, B ‐ II, C ‐ V, D ‐ III [Option ID = 181963]
2. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ II [Option ID = 181964]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ II, C ‐ III, D ‐ I [Option ID = 181965]
4. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ IV, D ‐ V [Option ID = 181966]

37) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Karl Popper refuted induction as a characteristic method of scientific investigation

and inference.

Statement II: For Karl Popper, a theory is scientific only if it is refutable by some conceived

event.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 28567][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_037]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

[Option ID = 181967]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

[Option ID = 181968]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

[Option ID = 181969]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

[Option ID = 181970]

38) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: Karl Popper believed that there is logical asymmetry between verification and

falsification of hypothesis.

Reason R: Karl Popper believes that either falsification or confirmation of hypothesis can be

chosen by the researcher as per her research question.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 28568][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_038]
1. Both A and R are correct

[Option ID = 181971]
2.
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 181972]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 181973]
4. A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 181974]

39) Coefficient of variation is defined as[Question ID = 28569][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_039]
1. Variance divided by mean [Option ID = 181975]
2. Standard deviation divided by mean [Option ID = 181976]
3. Mean divided by standard deviation [Option ID = 181977]
4. Mean divided by variance [Option ID = 181978]

40) Who proposed the idea of null hypothesis in statistical testing?

[Question ID = 28570][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_040]
1. Gaussian

[Option ID = 181979]
2. Students

[Option ID = 181980]
3. Neymann and Pearson

[Option ID = 181981]
4. Fisher, R. A.

[Option ID = 181982]

41) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: The Problem of Induction challenges the evidential support for laws.

Reason R: The Problem of Induction implies that there are no universals, including laws that can

be based on sense data.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 28571][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_041]
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 181983]
2.
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 181984]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 181985]
4.
A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 181986]

42) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: In the logical positivist paradigm, explanation and prediction are the two sides of

the same coin.

Reason R: Because laws which are essential to scientific explanations, are NOT universal with

respect to time

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 28572][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_042]
1.
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 181987]
2.
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 181988]
3.
A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 181989]

4.

A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 181990]

43)

[Question ID = 28580][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_043]
1. A ‐ I, B ‐ IV, C ‐ III, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182019]
2. A ‐ V, B ‐ II, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182020]
3. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182021]
4. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ V

[Option ID = 182022]

44) Realism argues that[Question ID = 28573][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_044]
1. reality does not exist independent of human thoughts and perceptions [Option ID = 181991]
2. there are multiple realities at any point of time depending on multiple perceptions and conceptualisations [Option ID = 181992]
3. understanding of reality depends on only observable facts [Option ID = 181993]
4. reality exists independently of human thoughts and perceptions [Option ID = 181994]

45) The correlation coefficient between two variables X and Y is 0.6. If all the values of the
variables X and Y are raised by 20 percent, the corelation coefficient would

[Question ID = 28574][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_045]
1. increase by 20 percent

[Option ID = 181995]
2. Increase by 10 percent

[Option ID = 181996]
3. Remain unchanged

[Option ID = 181997]
4. Increase by 40 percent

[Option ID = 181998]

46) Interdisciplinary approach to social science research can be conceptualized as,

A. Insights into a common problem from two disciplines are consulted but no integration occurs

B. Insights into a common problem from two disciplines are integrated to construct a more

comprehensive understanding.

C. Insights into a common problem from two disciplines, say, A and B are integrated but one

discipline (A) dominates as the B is integrated in A for a modification of A to be more

meaningful.

D. Two or more disciplines are brought in to obtain alternative disciplinary perspectives to study

a same set of research problems.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 28575][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_046]
1. Only C and D are correct [Option ID = 181999]
2. Only B and C are correct [Option ID = 182000]
3. Only A, B and C are correct [Option ID = 182001]
4. Only B, C and D are correct [Option ID = 182002]

47) ‘Every advance in science takes us further away from the crude uniformities which are first observed into a greater
differentiation of antecedent and consequent and into a continually wider circle of antecedents recognized as relevant’.

Which of the following options are implied in the above statements?

A. Reality is complex where possible factors remain entangled and intertwined.

B. Scientific advances entail a multidisciplinary approach to identify the possible factors

C. Wider circle of antecedents blurs the picture by expanding the set of possible causal factors

D. Causal interpretation in science requires separation between antecedent and consequent

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 28576][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_047]
1. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 182003]
2. A, B and C only

[Option ID = 182004]
3. B, C and D only

[Option ID = 182005]
4. A, C and D only

[Option ID = 182006]

48) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: An Objectivist approach to social science research entails adoption of Positivism

as the epistemological basis

Reason R: In an Objectivist approach to social science, the ontological assumption about the

social reality of the researcher is based on Realism.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 28577][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_048]
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182007]
2.
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182008]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 182009]
4. A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 182010]

49) Given below are two statements

Statement I: In anti‐positivist or subjectivist approach to social science research, the

methodological assumption is idiographic.

Statement II: In anti‐positivist approach, the assumption about human nature is based on

determinism, i.e., human behavior follows a definite pattern.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 28578][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_049]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

[Option ID = 182011]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

[Option ID = 182012]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

[Option ID = 182013]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

[Option ID = 182014]

50) Which one of the following sampling techniques is NOT a non‐probability sampling?[Question ID = 28579][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_050]
1. Purposive sampling [Option ID = 182015]
2. Quota sampling [Option ID = 182016]
3. Snowball sampling [Option ID = 182017]
4. Startified sampling [Option ID = 182018]

51) Where was the first English factory established?[Question ID = 28581][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_051]
1. Bombay [Option ID = 182023]
2. Surat [Option ID = 182024]
3. Madras [Option ID = 182025]
4. Calcutta [Option ID = 182026]

52)

[Question ID = 27252][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_052]
1. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182195]
2. A ‐ III, B ‐ II, C ‐ IV, D ‐ V

[Option ID = 182196]
3. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182197]
4. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ V, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182198]

53) Who was the son of Balaji Vishwanath?[Question ID = 28582][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_053]
1. Balaji Baji Rao [Option ID = 182027]
2. Baji Rao [Option ID = 182028]
3. Nana Saheb [Option ID = 182029]

4. Shahu [Option ID = 182030]

54)

Which is not true about Tipu Sultan?

A. Consolidated political power in Mysore by ousting corrupt Dalwai Nanjraj

B. Issued coins without any reference to the Mughal emperor

C. Inflicted heavy defeat on English in 1769

D. Established factories

E. Sent ambassadors to France to bring in European technology

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 28583][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_054]
1. A, B, D only

[Option ID = 182031]
2. B, D, E only

[Option ID = 182032]
3. A, D, E only

[Option ID = 182033]
4. B, C, E only

[Option ID = 182034]

55) The effort to carve an autonomous domain in and around Anandpur brought the Sikhs in conflict

with the Mughals and which other local rulers?

[Question ID = 27232][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_055]
1. Rulers of Kashmir

[Option ID = 182035]
2. Nawab of Awadh

[Option ID = 182036]
3. Landed Jat community and the Mughals

[Option ID = 182037]
4. Hill chiefs of Himachal Pradesh

[Option ID = 182038]

56) What was the capital of Awadh during the days of Shuja‐ud‐daulah?[Question ID = 27233][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_056]
1. Lucknow [Option ID = 182039]
2. Banaras [Option ID = 182040]
3. Faizabad [Option ID = 182041]
4. Allahabad [Option ID = 182042]

57)

[Question ID = 27253][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_057]
1. A ‐III , B ‐II , C ‐ I, D ‐IV

[Option ID = 182199]
2. A ‐II , B ‐I , C ‐IV , D ‐III

[Option ID = 182200]
3. A ‐I , B ‐II , C ‐III , D ‐IV

[Option ID = 182201]
4. A ‐V , B ‐II , C ‐III , D ‐I

[Option ID = 182202]

58)

Arrange these events in the correct chronology

A. Fourth Anglo Carnatic War

B. Persian invasion by Nadir Shah

C. First Anglo Maratha War

D. Afghan attack under Ahmad Shah

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27234][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_058]

1. B, C, A, D [Option ID = 182043]
2. B, D, C, A [Option ID = 182044]
3. B, A, C, D [Option ID = 182045]
4. B, D, A, C [Option ID = 182046]

59) Who was of the opinion that,"The faulty policy of Aurangzeb was complicated further by the
politics of warrior aristocracies that made problems of Mughal administration in Deccan acute."

[Question ID = 27235][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_059]
1. J. F. Richards

[Option ID = 182047]
2. Seema Alavi

[Option ID = 182048]
3. Athar Ali

[Option ID = 182049]
4. Chetan Singh

[Option ID = 182050]

60) Which of these can be attributed to Lord Wellesley?

A. Opening of Fort William college for the training of Civil Servants

B. Subsidiary Alliance

C. Putting an end to French assertion in India

D. Securing Indian frontiers for the British Power

E. Introducing English Education in India

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 27236][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_060]
1. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 182051]
2. A, B, C only

[Option ID = 182052]
3. B, C, E only

[Option ID = 182053]
4. A, B, C, D only

[Option ID = 182054]

61)

[Question ID = 27237][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_061]
1. A ‐ I, B ‐II , C ‐III , D ‐IV

[Option ID = 182055]
2. A ‐ V, B ‐II , C ‐I , D ‐III

[Option ID = 182056]
3. A ‐IV , B ‐III , C ‐I , D ‐II

[Option ID = 182057]
4. A ‐I , B ‐IV , C ‐III , D ‐V

[Option ID = 182058]

62) Which Charter Act deprived the East India Company monopoly of trade with India?[Question ID = 27238][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_062]
1. 1793 [Option ID = 182059]
2. 1813 [Option ID = 182060]
3. 1833 [Option ID = 182061]
4. 1858 [Option ID = 182062]

63) Which Act extended the Governor General of Bengal's powers to the Presidencies of Madras and
Bombay as well?
[Question ID = 27239][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_063]
1. Pitts India Act of 1784 [Option ID = 182063]
2. Charter Act of 1793 [Option ID = 182064]
3. Charter Act of 1813 [Option ID = 182065]
4. Charter Act of 1833 [Option ID = 182066]

64)

[Question ID = 27254][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_064]
1. A ‐I , B ‐II , C ‐III , D ‐V

[Option ID = 182203]
2. A ‐ II, B ‐I , C ‐III , D ‐IV

[Option ID = 182204]
3. A ‐II , B ‐IV , C ‐I , D ‐III

[Option ID = 182205]
4. A ‐IV , B ‐ II, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182206]

65) Joshua Marshman, William Carey, and William Ward were[Question ID = 27240][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_065]
1. Baptist Missionaries [Option ID = 182067]
2. Liberal Officials [Option ID = 182068]
3. Civil Servants [Option ID = 182069]
4. European Intelligentsia [Option ID = 182070]

66) Fort William College was ordered to be closed in[Question ID = 27241][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_066]
1. 1805 [Option ID = 182071]
2. 1802 [Option ID = 182072]
3. 1801 [Option ID = 182073]
4. 1800 [Option ID = 182074]

67) Dhanagar was a name given to[Question ID = 27242][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_067]
1. A Peasant [Option ID = 182075]
2. A Merchant [Option ID = 182076]
3. A Coolie [Option ID = 182077]
4. A Money‐Lender [Option ID = 182078]

68) 'Exposition of Judicial System of India' was written by

[Question ID = 27243][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_068]
1. Ram Mohun Roy [Option ID = 182079]
2. Lord William Bentinck [Option ID = 182080]
3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar [Option ID = 182081]
4. M G Ranade [Option ID = 182082]

69) Whose names are associated with Bombay Survey system of 1835?

[Question ID = 27244][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_069]
1. Thomas Munro and Mountstuart Elphinstone

[Option ID = 182083]
2. R.K. Pringle and Thomas Law

[Option ID = 182084]
3. Lord Cornwallis and Alexander Dow

[Option ID = 182085]
4. H.E. Goldsmid and G. Wingate

[Option ID = 182086]

70) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion A: Ryotwari System intended to benefit the British government by delivering their hands the 'rent' or surplus from
the land.

Reason R: This was done by completely eliminating the village elites as intermediaries between government and peasantry.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27245][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_070]
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182087]
2. Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182088]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 182089]

4.
A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 182090]

71)

[Question ID = 27255][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_071]
1. A ‐II , B ‐IV , C ‐I , D ‐III

[Option ID = 182207]
2. A ‐II , B ‐IV , C ‐III , D ‐V

[Option ID = 182208]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐IV , C ‐II , D ‐I

[Option ID = 182209]
4. A ‐III , B ‐IV , C ‐I , D ‐II

[Option ID = 182210]

72) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: Lord Cornwallis and his code of 1793 combined revenue collection and

administration of civil justice in one office

Reason R: It provided for hierarchy of courts and all courts were to be headed by European

judges

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 27246][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_072]
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182091]
2. Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182092]
3.
A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 182093]

4.

A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 182094]

73) From which year did Civil Service Commission start recruiting Civil Servants through an
examination held in England
[Question ID = 27247][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_073]
1. 1856 [Option ID = 182095]
2. 1857 [Option ID = 182096]
3. 1858 [Option ID = 182097]
4. 1859 [Option ID = 182098]

74) The Strachey Commission was connected with[Question ID = 27248][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_074]
1. The Vernacular Press [Option ID = 182099]
2. Famine [Option ID = 182100]
3. Education [Option ID = 182101]
4. Local Self Government [Option ID = 182102]

75) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: The Treaty of Amritsar was signed between Ranjit Singh and East India Company

on 25th April 1809

Reason R: Ranjit Singh wanted to expand his empire with the help of Company

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 27249][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_075]
1.
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182103]
2.
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182104]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 182105]
4. A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 182106]

76) James Mill in his book 'History of British India' assailed the land settlement brought in by
Cornwallis and proposed the one of the following:

[Question ID = 35009][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_076]
1. That instead of a permanent settlement with zamindars, the government should prefer a twenty‐year settlement with them

[Option ID = 182107]
2. The State should remain the landlord and each peasant should hold directly from the State as its tenant

[Option ID = 182108]
3. Instead of zamindars, the government should have permanent settlement with ordinary peasants in Bengal

[Option ID = 182109]
4. The tax obligation of zamindars should be kept at a much higher rate.

[Option ID = 182110]

77) Which of the following is not true about the General Committee of Public Instruction formed in

1823?

[Question ID = 35010][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_077]
1. It was formed in accordance with the provisions of the Charter Act of 1813. [Option ID = 182111]
2. Its primary activity related to disbursement of the grant on education. [Option ID = 182112]
3. Most members of this committee were great advocates of English education in India. [Option ID = 182113]
4. H.H. Wilson was the secretary of the committee. [Option ID = 182114]

78) Which of the following are correct about the Santhal revolt of 1855‐56?

A. They protested against the leasing out of tribal lands to non‐Santhal zamindars and

moneylenders.

B. They revolted against the trinity of their oppressors, i.e. the zamindars, the mahajans and the

government.

C. Their revolt was non‐violent in nature.

D. Once the insurrection was over, the rebels were driven out of their original homeland.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 35011][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_078]
1. A and B only

[Option ID = 182115]
2. B and C only

[Option ID = 182116]
3. B and D only

[Option ID = 182117]
4. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 182118]

79) The book on the revolt of 1857 that was officially sponsored by the Government of India?[Question ID = 35012]
[Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_079]
1. S.N. Sen’s 'Eighteen Fifty‐Seven' [Option ID = 182119]
2. S.B. Chaudhuri’s 'Civil Rebellion in the Indian Mutinies' [Option ID = 182120]
3. R.C. Majumdar’s 'The Sepoy Mutiny and the Revolt of 1857' [Option ID = 182121]
4. P.C. Joshi’s edited '1857: A Symposium' [Option ID = 182122]

80) Arrange the following in chronological order, starting with the earliest:

A.The starting of the first jute mill in Bengal

B.Introduction of Indian Penal Code

C.The Age of Consent Act

D.Vernacular Press Act

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 35013][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_080]
1. A, B, C, D

[Option ID = 182123]
2. A, B, D, C

[Option ID = 182124]
3. B, A, D, C

[Option ID = 182125]
4. B, A, C, D

[Option ID = 182126]

81) Given below are two statements

Statement I: In western India, cotton cultivation grew in response to the boom in cotton during

1860s which was caused by the American Civil War.

Statement II: During the British period, the greatest single burden on Indian revenue was the

military expenditure.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 35014][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_081]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true [Option ID = 182127]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false [Option ID = 182128]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false [Option ID = 182129]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true [Option ID = 182130]

82) Which of the following social reformers of nineteenth century kept widow remarriage and

female education in the forefront of their scheme of reforms?

A. Debendranath Tagore

B. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

C. Kandukuri Virasalingam Pantulu

D. Mahadev Govind Ranade

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 35015][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_082]
1. A and B only

[Option ID = 182131]
2. B and C only

[Option ID = 182132]
3. B, C and D only

[Option ID = 182133]
4. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 182134]

83) Who was the author of ‘The High Caste Hindu Woman’?[Question ID = 35016][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_083]
1. Mahadev Govind Ranade [Option ID = 182135]
2. Pandita Ramabai [Option ID = 182136]
3. Savitribai Phule [Option ID = 182137]
4. Dhondo Keshav Karve [Option ID = 182138]

84) When DAV College Management Committee was founded in late nineteenth century it was
located in which of the following cities?

[Question ID = 35017][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_084]
1. Lahore

[Option ID = 182139]
2. Karachi

[Option ID = 182140]
3. Peshawar

[Option ID = 182141]
4. Jalandhar

[Option ID = 182142]

85) Which of the following are true about Bankim Chandra Chatterjee?

A. He turned to Mahabharata, Bhagavata and Gita.

B. He defended the theory of Avatarvada or incarnation.

C. He was in favour of the monotheism preached by the Brahmos.

D. He believed that religion in its fullness can be found in the God of the Vedanta.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 35018][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_085]
1. A and B only [Option ID = 182143]
2. A and D only [Option ID = 182144]
3. A, B and D only [Option ID = 182145]
4. A, B and C only [Option ID = 182146]

86)

[Question ID = 27256][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_086]
1. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ III, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182211]
2. A ‐ I, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182212]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182213]
4. A ‐ I, B ‐ III, C ‐ IV, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182214]

87)

Which of the following is not true about the Hunter Commission of 1882?

[Question ID = 35019][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_087]
1. It was set up to look into the complaints about non‐implementation of Wood’s Dispatch. [Option ID = 182147]
2. The Commission limited its recommendations to the status of higher education in the country. [Option ID = 182148]
3. It recommended special attention for progress of education among Muslims. [Option ID = 182149]
4. It recommended literary and vocational training in secondary education. [Option ID = 182150]

88) The SNDP movement in Kerala was for the upliftment of:[Question ID = 35020][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_088]
1. Ejhavas [Option ID = 182151]
2. Namboodiris [Option ID = 182152]
3. Moplahs [Option ID = 182153]
4. Nairs [Option ID = 182154]

89)

[Question ID = 27257][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_089]
1. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ III, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182215]
2. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182216]
3. A ‐ I, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182217]
4. A ‐ I, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182218]

90) Who was the first Archaeological Surveyor of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)?[Question ID = 35021][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_090]
1. Alexander Cunningham [Option ID = 182155]
2. James Burgess [Option ID = 182156]
3. Daya Ram Sahni [Option ID = 182157]
4. J.F. Blakiston [Option ID = 182158]

91) Which of the following sessions of Congress was presided by Mahatma Gandhi?

[Question ID = 35022][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_091]
1. Gaya Session 1922

[Option ID = 182159]
2. Belgaum Session 1924

[Option ID = 182160]
3. Kanpur Session 1925

[Option ID = 182161]
4. Lahore Session 1929

[Option ID = 182162]

92) The Vaikom Satyagraha was launched on the issue of:

[Question ID = 35023][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_092]
1. Opening the temples to the lower castes

[Option ID = 182163]
2. Opening the temples to the Britishers

[Option ID = 182164]
3. Setting up trusts for the temples

[Option ID = 182165]
4. Appointment of non‐Brahmins as temple priests

[Option ID = 182166]

93)

[Question ID = 27258][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_093]
1. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ III, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182219]
2. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182220]
3. A ‐ I, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182221]
4. A ‐ I, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182222]

94) John Marshall in his “Conservation Code” (1923) made a distinction between “dead” and
“living” monuments for the purpose of preservation. What did he mean by “dead” monuments?
[Question ID = 35024][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_094]
1. Monuments which had become extinct. [Option ID = 182167]
2. Monuments which had become irrelevant for the current generation. [Option ID = 182168]
3. Monuments which were no longer in use by the public. [Option ID = 182169]
4. Monuments for which no public money should be used. [Option ID = 182170]

95) Which of the following leaders set up the Central Hindu Military Education Society at Nashik in
1935?
[Question ID = 35025][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_095]
1. B.S. Moonje [Option ID = 182171]
2. Madan Mohan Malaviya [Option ID = 182172]
3. Bhai Parmanand [Option ID = 182173]
4. V. D. Savarkar [Option ID = 182174]

96) Arrange the founding of the following parties in chronological order, starting with the earliest:

A. Swarajya Party

B. Justice Party

C. Unionist Party

D. Congress Nationalist Party

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 35026][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_096]
1. A, C, B, D [Option ID = 182175]
2. B, A, C, D [Option ID = 182176]
3. B, C, D, A [Option ID = 182177]
4. A, D. B. C [Option ID = 182178]

97) Which of the following organizations was started by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?

A. Independent Labour Party

B. All India Depressed Classes League

C. All India Scheduled Caste Federation

D. All India Depressed Classes Congress

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 35027][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_097]
1. A, B and C only [Option ID = 182179]
2. A and B only [Option ID = 182180]
3. A and C only [Option ID = 182181]
4. A, C and D only [Option ID = 182182]

98) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Gandhi’s proposal during his talks with Jinnah in September 1944 were based on a

scheme prepared by C. Rajagopalachari.

Statement II: Talks at Simla Conference in 1945 failed primarily because the Congress did not

agree to the Muslim League’s insistence on separation of the Muslim majority provinces.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 35028][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_098]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

[Option ID = 182183]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false

[Option ID = 182184]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false

[Option ID = 182185]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true

[Option ID = 182186]

99) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: The Bombay Plan of 1944 advocated state intervention in economic planning.

Reason R: The signatories to the Plan wished to abandon capitalism and adopt socialism.

n light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27250][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_099]

1.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182187]
2.
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182188]
3.
A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182189]

4.

A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182190]

100) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: The statement issued by the British government on 6 December 1946 declared that

if a constitution was framed by an Assembly in which a large section of the population remained

unrepresented, then His Majesty’s Government would not contemplate forcing such a

constitution upon any unwilling part of the country.

Reason R: This statement reflected the desire of the British government to prevent partition at

any cost.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27251][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_100]
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182191]
2. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182192]
3. A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182193]
4. A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182194]

101) Which sociologist according to you has defined the term 'social action' as following: "We prefer
the term 'action' to 'behaviour' because we are interested not in the physical events of behaviour
for their own sake but in their patterning".
[Question ID = 27309][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_101]
1. Max Weber [Option ID = 182423]
2. Jeffery C Alexander [Option ID = 182424]
3. Talcott Parsons [Option ID = 182425]
4. Alfred Schutz [Option ID = 182426]

102) Identify the author of the book 'The Social Bond: An Introduction to the Study of Society'[Question ID = 27310]
[Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_102]
1. Robert A Nisbet [Option ID = 182427]
2. Emile Durkheim [Option ID = 182428]
3. Travis Hirschi [Option ID = 182429]
4. Erik W. Aslaksen [Option ID = 182430]

103) Which of the following is not true with regard to the notion of 'Late Modernity'?[Question ID = 27311][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_103]
1. It refers to highly developed global capitalist societies [Option ID = 182431]
2. It is the continuation of modernity rather than onset of 'post‐modernity' [Option ID = 182432]
3. It is marked by the end of global capitalist economies [Option ID = 182433]
4. It is marked by the information revolution [Option ID = 182434]

104) Read the following statements about social structure carefully:

A. Social structures both restrict and enable human behaviour

B. Social structures are made up of connections among sets of roles and statuses

C. Social structures are intrinsic to the individual

D. Social structures are responsible for general patterns in the society

Choose the correct combination of statements from the options given below:

[Question ID = 27312][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_104]
1. A, B and C

[Option ID = 182435]
2. B, C and D

[Option ID = 182436]
3. A, C and D

[Option ID = 182437]
4. A, B and D

[Option ID = 182438]

105)

[Question ID = 27313][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_105]
1. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ II [Option ID = 182439]
2. A ‐ IV, B ‐ II, C ‐ I, D ‐ III [Option ID = 182440]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐ II, C ‐ I, D ‐ IV [Option ID = 182441]
4. A ‐ IV, B ‐ I, C ‐ II, D ‐ III [Option ID = 182442]

106) Who proposed the Iron Law of Oligarchy in Sociology?[Question ID = 27314][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_106]
1. Ralph Dahrendorf [Option ID = 182443]
2. Louis Althusser [Option ID = 182444]
3. Michel Foucault [Option ID = 182445]
4. Robert Michels [Option ID = 182446]

107) Who according to you has said the following: "The Paradox is that man is capable of producing a
world that he then experiences as something other than a human product"
[Question ID = 27315][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_107]
1. Edmund Husserl [Option ID = 182447]
2. Alfred Shultz [Option ID = 182448]
3. George Herbert Mead [Option ID = 182449]
4. Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann [Option ID = 182450]

108) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: Taste raises the differences inscribed in the physical order of bodies to the

symbolic order of significant distinctions.

Reason R: Taste is the abstract operator of the transmutation of things into indistinct and

indistinctive signs, of discontinuous distributions into continuous oppositions.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27316][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_108]
1.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182451]
2.
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182452]
3.
A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182453]
4.
A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182454]

109) The title of the book in which Ralph Linton has developed his conceptual ideas of 'role' and
'status' is
[Question ID = 27317][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_109]
1. The Science of Man in the World Crisis [Option ID = 182455]
2. The Cultural Background of Personality [Option ID = 182456]
3. The Tree of Culture [Option ID = 182457]
4. The Study of Man [Option ID = 182458]

110) A famous contemporary sociologist sought to ask as well as answer the following question in his famous words: "How
can the risks and hazards systematically produced as part of the modernisation be prevented, minimised, dramatised, or
channeled?" Which sociologist, according to you, has asked and sought to answer this question?

[Question ID = 27318][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_110]
1. Anthony Giddens

[Option ID = 182459]
2. Ulrich Beck

[Option ID = 182460]
3. Daniel Bell

[Option ID = 182461]
4. Yogendra Singh

[Option ID = 182462]

111) Being adroit in casual conversations, having an expansive vocabulory, appearing worldly and
wise, and being appreciative of highbrow art, music and theatre are all examples of
[Question ID = 27319][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_111]
1. Social Capital [Option ID = 182463]
2. Chinese Literati [Option ID = 182464]
3. Symbolic capital [Option ID = 182465]
4. Cultural Capital [Option ID = 182466]

112) "They school them to confuse process and substance. Once these become blurred, a new logic is
assumed: the more treatment there is the better the results; or, escalation leads to success. The
pupil is schooled to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a
diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new." The essential
ideas presented in this quotation refer to

[Question ID = 27320][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_112]
1. Karl Marx's notion of Alienation

[Option ID = 182467]
2. Pierre Bourdieu's idea of social reproduction

[Option ID = 182468]
3. Ivan Illich's ideas of deschooling

[Option ID = 182469]
4. Paulo Freire's notions of pedagogy of the oppressed

[Option ID = 182470]

113) Given below are two statements

Statement I: According to George Simmel, any social phenomenon has two inseparable elements: Structure and Function

Statement II: Two important notions that are important in Durkheimian understanding of maintaining social unity are: Form
and Content

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27321][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_113]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct [Option ID = 182471]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect [Option ID = 182472]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect [Option ID = 182473]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct [Option ID = 182474]

114)

[Question ID = 27322][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_114]
1. A ‐ II, B ‐ V, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182475]
2. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ III, D ‐ V

[Option ID = 182476]
3. A ‐ II, B ‐ III, C ‐ IV, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182477]
4. A ‐ IV, B ‐ I, C ‐ V, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182478]

115) James S. Coleman employs the term 'asymmetric society' to refer to[Question ID = 27323][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_115]
1. Asymmetry among social groups [Option ID = 182479]
2. Asymmetry between individuals and corporate organisations [Option ID = 182480]
3. Asymmetry between individuals and racial structures [Option ID = 182481]
4. Asymmetry among and within the caste groups [Option ID = 182482]

116)

[Question ID = 27324][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_116]
1. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ V [Option ID = 182483]
2. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III [Option ID = 182484]
3. A ‐ II, B ‐ III, C ‐ IV, D ‐ V [Option ID = 182485]
4. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ II [Option ID = 182486]

117) Given below are two statements

Statement I: The definition of the situation is not important because it implicitly does not

contain identities and scripts for behaviour.

Statement II: People can change the definition of the situation at a moment's notice and with it

the available roles and selves.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27325][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_117]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

[Option ID = 182487]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false

[Option ID = 182488]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false

[Option ID = 182489]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true

[Option ID = 182490]

118) Which sociologist treats contemporary farmers' movements in India as 'new' and non‐class
movements?

[Question ID = 27326][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_118]
1. Gail Omvedt

[Option ID = 182491]
2. André Béteille

[Option ID = 182492]
3. D. N. Dhanagare

[Option ID = 182493]
4. Dipankar Gupta

[Option ID = 182494]

119) Which Commission/Committee has identified more than 3000 castes or communities as 'Other
Backward Castes' in India?

[Question ID = 27327][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_119]
1. Mandal Commission

[Option ID = 182495]
2. Kaka Kalelkar Commission

[Option ID = 182496]
3. Rane Commission

[Option ID = 182497]
4. Veerappa Moily Committee

[Option ID = 182498]

120)

[Question ID = 27328][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_120]
1. A ‐ V, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ III [Option ID = 182499]
2. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ II [Option ID = 182500]
3. A ‐ I, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ V [Option ID = 182501]
4. A ‐ II, B ‐ III, C ‐ IV, D ‐ I [Option ID = 182502]

121) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Hypergamy provides a rope to a lower caste to help it rise in social status.

Statement II: Hypogamy provides a rope to a lower caste to help it rise in social status.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27329][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_121]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

[Option ID = 182503]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false

[Option ID = 182504]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false

[Option ID = 182505]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true

[Option ID = 182506]

122)

[Question ID = 27330][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_122]
1. A ‐ II, B ‐ III, C ‐ IV, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182507]
2. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182508]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ I, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182509]
4. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182510]

123) Who is the author of the book 'When a Great Tradition Modernizes"?

[Question ID = 27331][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_123]
1. Owen M Lynch

[Option ID = 182511]
2. McKim Marriott

[Option ID = 182512]
3. Milton Singer

[Option ID = 182513]
4. T. N. Madan

[Option ID = 182514]

124) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: The term anomie can be and has been applied to the state of mind of the

individuals regardless of the state of the society.

Reason R: The state of an individual's personality is not bound up with the state of society.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27332][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_124]
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182515]
2. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182516]
3. A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182517]
4. A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182518]

125)

[Question ID = 27333][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_125]
1. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ II [Option ID = 182519]
2. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ III [Option ID = 182520]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ I, C ‐ II, D ‐ III [Option ID = 182521]
4. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III [Option ID = 182522]

126) Who is the author of ‘Urbanism as a Way of Life’?[Question ID = 27334][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_126]
1. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 182523]
2. Louis Wirth [Option ID = 182524]
3. Robert Park [Option ID = 182525]
4. Herbert Gans [Option ID = 182526]

127) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Redemptive movements aspire to alter only specific aspects of the existing social

order.

Statement II: Reformative movements aim at securing partial change and are concerned with

changing certain specific traits in individuals.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27335][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_127]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true [Option ID = 182527]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false [Option ID = 182528]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false [Option ID = 182529]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true [Option ID = 182530]

128) Pariah groups are:

[Question ID = 27336][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_128]
1. Status groups subject to discrimination that prevent them from taking advantage of opportunities open to most others.

[Option ID = 182531]
2. Those who continue to enjoy considerable social esteem even when they have lost possession of wealth.

[Option ID = 182532]
3. Groups that work together because they have common backgrounds, aims, and interests.

[Option ID = 182533]
4. Those who are able to influence some aspects of production but are denied control over others.

[Option ID = 182534]

129) Which of the following do not qualify as an approach to knowledge in the National Curriculum
Framework (NCF), 2005?
[Question ID = 27337][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_129]
1. Acquiring a critical perspective of social reality and the natural environment through the lenses provided by the subject matter. [Option ID =
182535]
2. Engaging with local knowledge/indigenous practices in the local area, and relating these to school knowledge wherever possible. [Option ID =
182536]
3. Encouraging questions and leaving space open for the pursuit of new questions. [Option ID = 182537]
4. Each of the themes is discipline‐specific. [Option ID = 182538]

130) The term ‘Panopticon’ is associated with which of the following philosophers/social thinkers?[Question ID = 27338]
[Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_130]
1. Michael Foucault [Option ID = 182539]
2. Max Weber [Option ID = 182540]
3. Jeremy Bentham [Option ID = 182541]
4. Peter Blau [Option ID = 182542]

131) Choose the right sequencing of August Comte’s law of three stages:[Question ID = 27339][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_131]
1. Theological, Metaphysical, Positive [Option ID = 182543]
2. Metaphysical, Theological, Positive [Option ID = 182544]
3. Positive, Theological, Metaphysical [Option ID = 182545]
4. Theological, Positive, Metaphysical [Option ID = 182546]

132) “Labor is external to the worker, i.e., it does not belong to his essential being; that in his work,
therefore, he does not affirm himself but denies himself, does not feel content but unhappy, does
not develop freely his physical and mental energy but mortifies his body and ruins his mind. The
worker therefore only feels himself outside his work, and in his work feels outside himself. His
labor therefore is not voluntary, but coerced; it is forced labor. It is therefore not the satisfaction
of a need; it is merely a means to satisfy needs external to it”. Which of the following concepts is
described in the above quote?

[Question ID = 27340][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_132]
1. Oppositional Collective Identity [Option ID = 182547]
2. Alienation [Option ID = 182548]
3. Ameliorism [Option ID = 182549]
4. Welfare capitalism [Option ID = 182550]

133) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Social facts have their own unique character that is not reducible to

individual consciousness.

Statement II: Social facts cannot be explained through other social facts.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27341][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_133]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true [Option ID = 182551]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false [Option ID = 182552]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false [Option ID = 182553]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true [Option ID = 182554]

134)

[Question ID = 27342][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_134]
1. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ III, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182555]
2. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182556]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182557]
4. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182558]

135) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Substantive rationality involves a choice of means to ends within the context of a

system of values.

Statement II: Theoretical rationality involves a cognitive effort to master reality through

increasingly abstract concepts rather than through action.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27343][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_135]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true [Option ID = 182559]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false [Option ID = 182560]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false [Option ID = 182561]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true [Option ID = 182562]

136) The concept of the 'Public Sphere' is associated with which of the following philosophers?

[Question ID = 35029][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_136]
1. Pierre Bourdieu

[Option ID = 182563]
2. Max Weber

[Option ID = 182564]
3. Basil Bernstein

[Option ID = 182565]
4. Jürgen Habermas

[Option ID = 182566]

137) Cultural leadership exercised by the ruling class is called?[Question ID = 35030][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_137]
1. Habitus [Option ID = 182567]
2. False Consciousness [Option ID = 182568]
3. Hegemony [Option ID = 182569]
4. Authority [Option ID = 182570]

138) Whose work is ‘The Structure of Scientific Revolutions’?[Question ID = 35031][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_138]
1. George Ritzer [Option ID = 182571]
2. Thomas Kuhn [Option ID = 182572]
3. Robert Merton [Option ID = 182573]
4. Karl Popper [Option ID = 182574]

139) According to which of the following philosophers, deviance is necessary for the functioning of
society?
[Question ID = 35032][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_139]
1. Pierre Bourdieu [Option ID = 182575]
2. Emile Durkheim [Option ID = 182576]
3. Talcott Parsons [Option ID = 182577]
4. Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 182578]

140) Which among the following do not fall into the category of new social movements?[Question ID = 35033][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_140]
1. Ecological movement [Option ID = 182579]
2. Anti‐nuclear movement [Option ID = 182580]
3. Gay rights campaign [Option ID = 182581]
4. Anti‐caste movement [Option ID = 182582]

141) A cluster of cities and towns forming a continuous network is called?[Question ID = 35034][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_141]
1. Conurbation [Option ID = 182583]
2. Urbanisation [Option ID = 182584]
3. Migration [Option ID = 182585]
4. Gentrification [Option ID = 182586]

142) Which of the Sustainable Development Goals is about Quality Education?[Question ID = 35035][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_142]
1. Goal 13 [Option ID = 182590]
2. Goal 8 [Option ID = 182587]
3. Goal 4 [Option ID = 182588]
4. Goal 11 [Option ID = 182589]

143) Michel Foucault identifies three instruments of disciplinary power. Which is the one that does
not fall into the category?
[Question ID = 35036][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_143]
1. Examination [Option ID = 182591]
2. Hierarchical observation [Option ID = 182592]
3. State of exception [Option ID = 182593]
4. Normalizing judgements [Option ID = 182594]

144) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Action ideal types are forms that emerge from the causes and consequences of

social action.

Statement II: Structural ideal types are pure types of action based on the motivation of the actor.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 35037][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_144]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true [Option ID = 182595]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false [Option ID = 182596]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false [Option ID = 182597]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true [Option ID = 182598]

145) Which among the following is not a dimension of ‘Third Way Politics’?[Question ID = 35038][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_145]
1. Reconstruction of economy [Option ID = 182599]
2. Weakening of the formation of civil societies [Option ID = 182600]
3. Creating new forms of global governance [Option ID = 182601]

4. Ecological modernisation [Option ID = 182602]

146) …………………………. will be created as an apex body for fostering a strong research culture
and building research capacity across higher education as per National Education Policy, 2020.
[Question ID = 35039][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_146]
1. National Research Foundation [Option ID = 182603]
2. Higher Education Commission [Option ID = 182604]
3. National Education Foundation [Option ID = 182605]
4. National Research Commission [Option ID = 182606]

147) Which of the following is not a feature of total institutions?[Question ID = 35040][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_147]
1. All aspects of life are conducted in different places under different authorities. [Option ID = 182607]
2. Members are treated alike and are meant to do the same things together. [Option ID = 182608]
3. The sequence of activities are imposed through formal rules. [Option ID = 182609]
4. Enforced activities are rationally planned to fulfill the aims of the institution. [Option ID = 182610]

148) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: In restorative justice, offenders might be required to contribute to community

services and engage in mediated reconciliation sessions with victims.

Reason R: Restorative justice seeks to raise awareness among offenders about the impact of

their crime through sentences served within the community.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 35041][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_148]
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182611]
2. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182612]
3. A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182613]
4. A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182614]

149) Which of the following is not a dimension of the critical race theory?[Question ID = 35042][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_149]
1. Race is a social construction [Option ID = 182615]
2. Oriented to the elimination of racial oppression [Option ID = 182616]
3. Racial identity is unidimensional and fixed [Option ID = 182617]
4. Different minority groups have been racialised at different points of time [Option ID = 182618]

150) The global and the local interpenetrate to create unique indigenous realities. Which of the
following processes does not cater to the interpenetration?
[Question ID = 35043][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_150]
1. Glocalization [Option ID = 182619]
2. Assimilation [Option ID = 182620]
3. Creolization [Option ID = 182621]
4. Hybridization [Option ID = 182622]

151) What would be the value of income elasticity of demand for a luxury good?[Question ID = 35044][Question Description
= Ph.D.EDUH_Q_151]
1. > 1 [Option ID = 182623]
2. < 1> [Option ID = 182624]
3. < 0> [Option ID = 182625]
4. Equals to zero [Option ID = 182626]

152) The marginal rate of substitutions of L for K refers to:

[Question ID = 35045][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_152]
1. Amount of K that a firm can give up by increasing the amount of L used by one unit

[Option ID = 182627]
2. Amount of L that a firm can give up by increasing the amount of K used by one unit

[Option ID = 182628]
3. MPK/MPL

[Option ID = 182629]

4. MPK * MPL

[Option ID = 182630]

153) Within the relevant range, which of the following is not a property of isoquants?[Question ID = 35046][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_153]
1. Negatively sloped [Option ID = 182631]
2. Cannot intersect each other [Option ID = 182632]
3. Convex to the origin [Option ID = 182633]
4. Concave to the origin [Option ID = 182634]

154) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Long‐run Average Cost (LAC) is the envelope of the Short‐run Average Cost

(SAC) curves.

Statement II: The difference between Average Total Cost (ATC) and Average Variable Cost

(AVC) remains the same with the increase in output.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 35047][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_154]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct [Option ID = 182635]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect [Option ID = 182636]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect [Option ID = 182637]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct [Option ID = 182638]

155) When the law of diminishing returns begins to operate in the production, the Total Variable Cost
(TVC) curve begins to:

[Question ID = 35048][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_155]
1. Rise at a decreasing rate

[Option ID = 182639]
2. Rise at an increasing rate

[Option ID = 182640]
3. Fall at a decreasing rate

[Option ID = 182641]
4. Fall at an increasing rate

[Option ID = 182642]

156) Which of the following statements are true for a monopolistic competition market structure?
A. Many sellers and buyers
B. Product differentiation
C. Sellers have some degree of control over the prices
D. Highly elastic demand curve
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
[Question ID = 27344][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_156]
1. A and D only [Option ID = 182643]
2. A, B and C only [Option ID = 182644]
3. A and C only [Option ID = 182645]
4. A, B, C and D only [Option ID = 182646]

157)

[Question ID = 27345][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_157]
1. A ‐ V, B ‐ III, C ‐ IV, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182647]

2. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182648]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ I, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182649]
4. A ‐ II, B ‐ V, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182650]

158) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: Isoquants are negatively sloped and convex to the origin.

Reason R: A higher isoquant refers to a greater quantity of output and a lower one, to a smaller

quantity of output.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27346][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_158]
1.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182651]
2.
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182652]
3.
A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182653]
4.
A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182654]

159) In an open economy model, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the sum of:

[Question ID = 27347][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_159]
1. Consumption, net investment, government spending, and net export

[Option ID = 182655]
2. Consumption, gross investment, government spending, and gross export

[Option ID = 182656]
3. Consumption, gross investment, government spending, and net export

[Option ID = 182657]
4. Wages, rent, interest, profit, and depreciation

[Option ID = 182658]

160) In a closed economy model without government, when saving (S) = ‐ 20 + 0.40Y and
investment is Rs. 80, equilibrium output is measered in Rupees

[Question ID = 27348][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_160]
1. Rs. 800

[Option ID = 182659]
2. Rs. 250

[Option ID = 182660]
3. Rs. 100

[Option ID = 182661]
4. Rs. 320

[Option ID = 182662]

161) In which of the following situations will an increase in the money supply have no effect upon
output?

[Question ID = 27349][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_161]
1. LM is relatively steep and IS is vertical

[Option ID = 182663]
2. LM is vertical and IS is steeply sloped

[Option ID = 182664]
3. LM is relatively flat as is IS

[Option ID = 182665]
4. LM is relatively steep and IS is relatively flat

[Option ID = 182666]

162) According to the life‐cycle hypothesis, consumption is related to[Question ID = 27350][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_162]
1. Past peak income [Option ID = 182667]
2. Expected lifetime income [Option ID = 182668]
3. Current income [Option ID = 182669]
4. Price expectations over one’s lifetime [Option ID = 182670]

163)

[Question ID = 27351][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_163]
1. A ‐ I, B ‐ IV, C ‐ III, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182671]
2. A ‐ III, B ‐ V, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182672]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ I, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182673]
4. A ‐ II, B ‐ V, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182674]

164) Which of the following statement is true for the demand for money? [Question ID = 27352][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_164]
1. Positively related to both output and the rate of interest [Option ID = 182675]
2. Positively related to output and negatively related to the rate of interest [Option ID = 182676]
3. Negatively related to both output and the rate of interest [Option ID = 182677]
4. Negatively related to output and positively related to the rate of interest [Option ID = 182678]

165) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: The share of informal workers in the Indian economy is very high.

Reason R: Educational attainment of majority of the Indian workforce is very high.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27353][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_165]
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182679]
2. Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182680]
3. A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182681]
4. A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182682]

166) The Human Development Index (HDI) is calculated by the:

[Question ID = 27354][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_166]
1. World Bank

[Option ID = 182683]
2. UNESCAP

[Option ID = 182684]
3. UNESCO

[Option ID = 182685]
4. UNDP

[Option ID = 182686]

167) As per All India Survey on Higher Education 2019‐20 report, Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in
Higher education in India is:

[Question ID = 27355][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_167]
1. 25.2

[Option ID = 182687]
2. 27.1

[Option ID = 182688]
3. 29.6

[Option ID = 182689]
4. 23.4

[Option ID = 182690]

168)

[Question ID = 27356][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_168]
1. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ V, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182691]
2. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182692]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐ V, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182693]
4. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182694]

169) Arrange the following WTO Ministerial Conferences in the chronological order

A. Bali

B. Hong‐Kong

C. Nairobi

D. Doha

E. Singapore

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27357][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_169]
1. A, B, C, E, D [Option ID = 182695]
2. D, E, B, C, A [Option ID = 182696]
3. C, D, A, B, E [Option ID = 182697]
4. E, D, B, A, C [Option ID = 182698]

170) The Mean value of a given series is 12. If 3 is added to each observation of the series, what
would be the Mean of the modified series?
[Question ID = 27358][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_170]
1. 12 [Option ID = 182699]
2. 36 [Option ID = 182700]
3. 15 [Option ID = 182701]
4. 4 [Option ID = 182702]

171) What is the value of Kurtosis for a mesokurtic curve?

[Question ID = 27359][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_171]
1. 3

[Option ID = 182703]
2. 2

[Option ID = 182704]
3. (‐)3

[Option ID = 182705]
4. 0

[Option ID = 182706]

172) According the Economic Survey 2020‐21, the mean years of schooling in India for the year 2019
was:

[Question ID = 27360][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_172]
1. 4.5

[Option ID = 182707]
2. 6.5

[Option ID = 182708]
3. 5.2

[Option ID = 182709]
4. 7.6

[Option ID = 182710]

173) In Time series analysis, the “Unit Root Test” is used for:

[Question ID = 27361][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_173]
1. To test the stationarity of the series

[Option ID = 182711]
2. To check the multicollinearity

[Option ID = 182712]
3. To check the auto‐correlation

[Option ID = 182713]
4. To check the Heteroscedasticity

[Option ID = 182714]

174) Standard deviation is independent of change in:

[Question ID = 34462][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_174]
1. Scale but not of origin

[Option ID = 182715]
2. Both origin and scale

[Option ID = 182716]
3. Neither origin nor scale

[Option ID = 182717]
4. Origin but not of scale

[Option ID = 182718]

175)

[Question ID = 34463][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_175]
1. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ III, D ‐ V

[Option ID = 182719]
2. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182720]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ V

[Option ID = 182721]
4. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182722]

176) When the demand curve is parallel to the horizontal axis (showing quantity of good) the
elasticity of demand, ignoring sign, would be:

[Question ID = 34464][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_176]
1. Zero

[Option ID = 182723]
2. One

[Option ID = 182724]
3. Infinity

[Option ID = 182725]
4. Less than one

[Option ID = 182726]

177) If the demand for a commodity is given as Q=500‐10P+0.06Y, where Q is quantity demanded of
the commodity, P is price of the commodity and Y is money income of the consumer; what
would be the income elasticity of demand at P=15 and Y=1400?
[Question ID = 34465][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_177]
1. 0.19 [Option ID = 182727]
2. 0.09 [Option ID = 182728]
3. 0.11 [Option ID = 182729]
4. 0.14 [Option ID = 182730]

178) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Under second‐degree price discrimination, a monopolist sells different units of

outputs for different prices.

Statement II: Under second‐degree price discrimination, every individual who buys the same

amount of the good, pays the same price.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 34466][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_178]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct [Option ID = 182731]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect [Option ID = 182732]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect [Option ID = 182733]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct [Option ID = 182734]

179) Quasi‐rent can be understood as the kind of reward to a factor of production which is:

[Question ID = 34467][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_179]
1. Economic rent in the long run but Transfer earnings in the short run

[Option ID = 182735]
2. Economic rent in the short run but Transfer earnings in the long run

[Option ID = 182736]
3. Economic rent in the long run

[Option ID = 182737]
4. Transfer earnings in the long run

[Option ID = 182738]

180) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A :Phillips curve represents trade‐off between inflation and unemployment in the

short run but in the long‐run, there is no trade off.

Reason R : Our expectations are built over our past experiences and are revised

gradually.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 34468][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_180]
1.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182739]
2.

Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182740]
3. A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182741]
4.
A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182742]

181)

[Question ID = 34469][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_181]
1. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ III, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182743]
2. A ‐ IV, B ‐ V, C ‐ III, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182744]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ I, C ‐ III, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182745]
4. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ II, D ‐ V

[Option ID = 182746]

182) When one economic agent gets benefited or incurs cost due to the action(s)/decision(s) of other
economic agent(s), it can be called?

[Question ID = 34470][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_182]
1. Externality

[Option ID = 182747]
2. Subsidy

[Option ID = 182748]
3. Outcome

[Option ID = 182749]
4. Byproduct

[Option ID = 182750]

183) If the demand function is given as Q=6/P, then the price elasticity of demand will be?

[Question ID = 34471][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_183]
1. 0

[Option ID = 182751]
2. ‐1

[Option ID = 182752]
3. ‐0.5

[Option ID = 182753]
4. 1

[Option ID = 182754]

184) If a standard Cobb‐Douglas production function is given as Y=AKaLb, a,b> 0; output elasticity
with respect to labour (L) will be indicated by‐
[Question ID = 34472][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_184]
1. a [Option ID = 182755]
2. b [Option ID = 182756]
3. b/2 [Option ID = 182757]
4. a/2 [Option ID = 182758]

185) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Homogeneous products are one of the key features of perfect competition.

Statement II: Industry demand curve is negatively sloped in perfect competition.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 34473][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_185]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true [Option ID = 182759]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false [Option ID = 182760]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false [Option ID = 182761]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true [Option ID = 182762]

186)

[Question ID = 34474][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_186]
1. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ III, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182763]
2. A ‐ V, B ‐ II, C ‐ III, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182764]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ V, C ‐ III, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182765]
4. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182766]

187) Speculative demand for money arises from?

[Question ID = 34475][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_187]
1. Taxation

[Option ID = 182767]
2. Uncertainty of future interest rates and bond prices

[Option ID = 182768]
3. Windfall gains

[Option ID = 182769]
4. Unexpected expenditures

[Option ID = 182770]

188)

[Question ID = 34476][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_188]
1. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182771]
2. A ‐ V, B ‐ II, C ‐ III, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182772]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ V, C ‐ III, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182773]
4. A ‐ I, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182774]

189) Liquidity trap is a situation characterized with?

[Question ID = 34477][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_189]

1. Very high bond prices

[Option ID = 182775]
2. Very high rate of interest

[Option ID = 182776]
3. Very low rate of interest

[Option ID = 182777]
4. Very low bond prices

[Option ID = 182778]

190) Consumer Price Index helps in the calculation of?

[Question ID = 34478][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_190]
1. Real Money Supply

[Option ID = 182779]
2. Inflation

[Option ID = 182780]
3. Real Exchange Rate

[Option ID = 182781]
4. National Income

[Option ID = 182782]

191) Which of the following are considered to be leakages from the circular flow of income?

A. Savings

B. Tax

C. Import

D. Subsidy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 34479][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_191]
1. A, B and C only

[Option ID = 182783]
2. B, C and D only

[Option ID = 182784]
3. A, C and D only

[Option ID = 182785]
4. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 182786]

192) Arrange the following in terms of chronology of their development (starting with the earliest one)‐

A. Baumol’s Demand for money

B. Tobin’s Cash Balance approach

C. Friedman’s Modern Quantity Theory

D. Keynes’s Demand for Money

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 34480][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_192]
1. A, B, C, D

[Option ID = 182787]
2. D, A, B, C

[Option ID = 182788]
3. D, C, A, B

[Option ID = 182789]
4. B, C, D, A

[Option ID = 182790]

193) Which of the following assumptions, the law of returns to scale is based on‐

A. Technology of production to remain unchanged

B. Units of factors of production are homogenous

C. Homogeneous product

D. Returns in physical form

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 34481][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_193]
1. B, C and D only

[Option ID = 182791]
2. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 182792]
3. A, C and D only

[Option ID = 182793]
4. A, B and C only

[Option ID = 182794]

194) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: Marginal cost of production is the cost of incremental units of factors of

production and raw‐materials.

Reason R: In the short‐run, cost of capital is part of fixed cost.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27362][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_194]
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182795]
2. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182796]
3. A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182797]
4. A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182798]

195) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: Wagner’s law indicates that state activities (public expenditure) increase with

economic growth and development

Reason R: Public expenditure, focused on development such as employment schemes and

infrastructure, has the potential to augment investment and generate demand effect in an

economy.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27363][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_195]
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182799]
2. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182800]
3. A is true but R is false

[Option ID = 182801]
4. A is false but R is true

[Option ID = 182802]

196) Lorenz Curve can help in the evaluation of?

[Question ID = 27364][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_196]
1. Comparative terms of trade

[Option ID = 182803]
2. Inequality in income distribution

[Option ID = 182804]
3. Allocative efficiency of markets

[Option ID = 182805]
4. Degree of resource utilization

[Option ID = 182806]

197) Which kind of tax structure helps in income redistribution efforts by the Government?

[Question ID = 27365][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_197]
1. Tax Concessions for the corporates

[Option ID = 182807]
2. Progressive Income Tax

[Option ID = 182808]
3. Value added Tax

[Option ID = 182809]
4. Regressive Tax

[Option ID = 182810]

198) Which of the following is an example of Common Resource/Good?

[Question ID = 27366][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_198]
1. Lake

[Option ID = 182811]
2. Public transport

[Option ID = 182812]
3. Public Distribution System

[Option ID = 182813]
4. Bus‐Stand

[Option ID = 182814]

199) With a given volume of money supply, which of the following might lead effective money

supply to increase?

A. Increase in velocity of circulation of money

B. Increase in liquidity

C. Decrease in rate of interest

D. Increase in price(s)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27367][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_199]
1. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 182815]
2. B, C and D only

[Option ID = 182816]
3. A, C and D only

[Option ID = 182817]
4. A, B and C only

[Option ID = 182818]

200) The Benefit Principle of Taxation seeks to:

A. Match public expenditure with tax levied

B. Reduce distortions in income

C. Optimizing benefits for the Government

D. Increasing accountability of the tax administration

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27368][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_200]
1. A, B and C only

[Option ID = 182819]
2. B, C and D only

[Option ID = 182820]
3. A, C and D only

[Option ID = 182821]
4. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 182822]

201) In Gibson’s theory, an object’s potential for action is described by which term?[Question ID = 27369][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_201]
1. Optic flow [Option ID = 182823]
2. Affordance [Option ID = 182824]
3. Resonance [Option ID = 182825]
4. Optic disarray [Option ID = 182826]

202) Which of the following theory was proposed by Treisman?[Question ID = 27370][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_202]
1. Dual Processing [Option ID = 182827]
2. Late selection Model [Option ID = 182828]
3. Attenuation Model [Option ID = 182829]
4. Resource Model [Option ID = 182830]

203) Which of the following is an example of classical conditioning? [Question ID = 27371][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_203]
1. Eidetic Imagery [Option ID = 182831]
2. Long term memory [Option ID = 182832]
3. Proactive interference [Option ID = 182833]
4. Implicit memory [Option ID = 182834]

204) The tendency for conditioning to be constrained by innate instincts is defined by which of the
following term?
[Question ID = 27372][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_204]
1. Instinctive drift [Option ID = 182835]
2. Innate conditioning [Option ID = 182836]
3. Evolutionary learning [Option ID = 182837]
4. Classical conditioning [Option ID = 182838]

205) According to Bartlett’s model of memory, which of the following statements is true? [Question ID = 27373][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_205]
1. Stored memories are accurate representations of life events [Option ID = 182839]
2. Memories of past events are mental reconstructions [Option ID = 182840]
3. Memories are the result of S‐R associations [Option ID = 182841]
4. Memories can be improved through rote learning [Option ID = 182842]

206) Which of the following supports the existence of phonological loop in working memory?[Question ID = 27374][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_206]
1. Articulatory Suppression [Option ID = 182843]
2. Implicit codes [Option ID = 182844]
3. Visual codes [Option ID = 182845]
4. Auditory codes [Option ID = 182846]

207) According to Eysenck, extraverts and introverts differ in which of the following?[Question ID = 27375][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_207]
1. Level of cortical arousal [Option ID = 182847]
2. Level of conformity [Option ID = 182848]
3. Level of reactivity [Option ID = 182849]
4. Locus of control [Option ID = 182850]

208) X often arrives late for her psychoanalysis appointment. Her psychoanalyst might interpret X’s
behavior as a sign of which of the following?
[Question ID = 27376][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_208]
1. Transference [Option ID = 182851]
2. Resistance [Option ID = 182852]
3. Countertransference [Option ID = 182853]
4. Collaboration [Option ID = 182854]

209)
According to the Triguna theory, which are the three gunas?

A. Sattwa

B. Rajas

C.Tamas

D. Tejas

E. Vatta

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27377][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_209]
1. A, B and C only [Option ID = 182855]
2. A, B and E only [Option ID = 182856]
3. B, C and D only [Option ID = 182857]
4. A, C and E only [Option ID = 182858]

210) Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence identifies which of the following intelligences?

A. Analytical

B. Creative

C. Practical

D. Computational

E. Interpersonal

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 27378][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_210]
1. A, B and C only [Option ID = 182859]
2. B, D and E only [Option ID = 182860]
3. B, C and E only [Option ID = 182861]
4. A, C and D only [Option ID = 182862]

211)

[Question ID = 27379][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_211]
1. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ V

[Option ID = 182863]
2. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182864]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐ V, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182865]
4. A ‐ IV, B ‐ I, C ‐ II, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182866]

212) What is the likely effect of a drug that blocks sodium ion channels along the neural axons? [Question ID = 35089]
[Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_212]
1. Neurons will fail to fire action potentials [Option ID = 182867]
2. Neurons will fire more action potentials than normal [Option ID = 182868]
3. Neurons will fire stronger action potentials [Option ID = 182869]
4. Neurons will fire weaker action potentials [Option ID = 182870]

213) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Asseration A and the other is labelled as Reason R

Asseration A: The axons in the brain appear white

Reason R: Axons are covered by Myelin that act as an electical insulation>

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropiate answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 35090][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_213]
1.
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182871]
2.

Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182872]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 182873]
4.
A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 182874]

214) Which is the outermost system of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory?[Question ID = 35091][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_214]
1. Exosystem [Option ID = 182875]
2. Chronosystem [Option ID = 182876]
3. Macrosystem [Option ID = 182877]
4. Microsystem [Option ID = 182878]

215) According to Baumrind, which parenting style is high in responsiveness and demandingness?[Question ID = 35092]
[Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_215]
1. Indulgent [Option ID = 182879]
2. Authoritative [Option ID = 182880]
3. Permissive [Option ID = 182881]
4. Authoritarian [Option ID = 182882]

216) Which stage of the general adaption syndrome is characterized by a weakened immune system?[Question ID = 35093]
[Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_216]
1. Alarm [Option ID = 182883]
2. Resistance [Option ID = 182884]
3. Exhaustion [Option ID = 182885]
4. Resilience [Option ID = 182886]

217) What is the essence of ethnographic research?[Question ID = 35094][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_217]
1. Understanding subjective experiences of individual [Option ID = 182887]
2. Holistic understanding of a culture [Option ID = 182888]
3. Developing causal relationships [Option ID = 182889]
4. Understanding cross cultural beliefs [Option ID = 182890]

218) What is the final step in the analysis of data in grounded theory?[Question ID = 35095][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_218]
1. Axial coding [Option ID = 182891]
2. Open coding [Option ID = 182892]
3. Selective coding [Option ID = 182893]
4. Theoretical coding [Option ID = 182894]

219) Which of the following test assesses the neurotic triad?[Question ID = 35096][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_219]
1. MMPI [Option ID = 182895]
2. MPI [Option ID = 182896]
3. 16PF [Option ID = 182897]
4. WAIS [Option ID = 182898]

220) High self‐complexity occurs under which of the following?[Question ID = 35097][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_220]
1. Large number of unique self‐aspects [Option ID = 182899]
2. High levels of superiority complex [Option ID = 182900]
3. Multiple personalities [Option ID = 182901]
4. Fragmented self [Option ID = 182902]

221) Which of the following statements are true for Action Research?

A. Promotes improvement in the participants’ social situation

B. Focuses on collaborative particpiation

C. Essentially involves a linear process

D. Follows a flexible approach

E. Essentially is correlational research

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

[Question ID = 35098][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_221]
1. A, B and D only [Option ID = 182903]
2. A, B and E only [Option ID = 182904]
3. B, C and D only [Option ID = 182905]

4. A, C and E only [Option ID = 182906]

222) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: The sleeper effect in persuasion is a delayed increase in the impact of a message

that is accompanied by a discounting cue.

Reason R: The association between the discounting cue and the counting cue gradually

decreases

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 35099][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_222]
1.
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182907]
2.
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 182908]
3.
A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 182909]
4. A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 182910]

223) Power of the test is increased by which of the following?

A. Increasing sample size

B. Decreasing standard deviation of the measure

C. Choosing a two‐tailed test

D. Increasing the difference between μ true and μ hypothesized

E. Increasing tolerance level

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 35100][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_223]
1. A, B and D only

[Option ID = 182911]
2. A, B and E only

[Option ID = 182912]
3. B, C and E only

[Option ID = 182913]
4. A, C and D only

[Option ID = 182914]

224) What is the statistical process that can be used to predict one variable by another variable?[Question ID = 35101]
[Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_224]
1. Regression [Option ID = 182915]
2. Sign Test [Option ID = 182916]
3. Factor analysis [Option ID = 182917]
4. Cluster analysis [Option ID = 182918]

225) Which statistical test should be applied when sample size is less than 30 and population
parameters are unknown?
[Question ID = 35102][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_225]
1. t test [Option ID = 182919]
2. Z test [Option ID = 182920]
3. Chi square [Option ID = 182921]
4. ANOVA [Option ID = 182922]

226) Which of the following characterizes the James‐Lange perspective of emotion?[Question ID = 35103][Question
Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_226]
1. Physiological responses cause emotions [Option ID = 182923]

2. Emotions cause physiological responses [Option ID = 182924]
3. Physiological activity weakens our emotions [Option ID = 182925]
4. Physiological activity strengthens our emotions [Option ID = 182926]

227) Who has proposed the tridimensional theory of feelings?[Question ID = 35104][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_227]
1. James [Option ID = 182927]
2. Titchner [Option ID = 182928]
3. Wudnt [Option ID = 182929]
4. Fechner [Option ID = 182930]

228) The items in an intelligence test correlate strongly with one another. What kind of reliability does this imply?

[Question ID = 35105][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_228]
1. Convergent validity

[Option ID = 182931]
2. Content validity

[Option ID = 182932]
3. Internal consistency

[Option ID = 182933]
4. Retest reliability

[Option ID = 182934]

229) In Seligman’s ABCDE model of learned optimism, what does C stand for?[Question ID = 35106][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_229]
1. Consequences [Option ID = 182935]
2. Cognition [Option ID = 182936]
3. Consciousness [Option ID = 182937]
4. Chronic [Option ID = 182938]

230) Which psychologist shared the 2002 Nobel prize in economic science 'for having integrated
insights concerning human judgment and decision making under uncertainty'?[Question ID = 35107][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_230]
1. Gerd Gigerenzer [Option ID = 182939]
2. Daniel G. Goldstein [Option ID = 182940]
3. Herbert Simon [Option ID = 182941]
4. Daniel Kahneman [Option ID = 182942]

231) The just‐world hypothesis refers to:[Question ID = 35108][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_231]
1. the belief that people are basically honest and law abiding [Option ID = 182943]
2. the belief that people generally get what they deserve and deserve what they get [Option ID = 182944]
3. belief that people should unite to create a just world [Option ID = 182945]
4. belief that people should be socially responsible [Option ID = 182946]

232) A researcher makes conclusions based upon their particular findings and applies these
conclusions to more general cases. Which type of reasoning are they employing?
[Question ID = 27380][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_232]
1. inductive [Option ID = 182947]
2. transductive [Option ID = 182948]
3. deductive [Option ID = 182949]
4. logical [Option ID = 182950]

233)

[Question ID = 27381][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_233]
1. A ‐ I, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182951]
2. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182952]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182953]
4. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ II, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182954]

234) Escape learning is an example of _____________ conditioning based on ________
reinforcement.

Choose the correct option to fill the gapes in the above statement.

[Question ID = 27382][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_234]
1. Classical, positive

[Option ID = 182955]
2. Instrumental, positive

[Option ID = 182956]
3. Instrumental, negative

[Option ID = 182957]
4. Classical, negative

[Option ID = 182958]

235) The three components of transformational leadership are:

A. Individualised consideration

B. Idiosyncratic credit

C. Intellectual stimulation

D. Charismatic leadership

E. Situational control

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 27383][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_235]
1. A, C, D and E only [Option ID = 182959]
2. C, D and E only [Option ID = 182960]
3. A, C and D only [Option ID = 182961]
4. A, D and E only [Option ID = 182962]

236) A teacher observes that the language skills of students in her class is improving. She also notices
that a few students could even solve the conservation problem. According to Piagetian theory, in
what stage are the students in her class?
[Question ID = 27384][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_236]
1. Formal Operational [Option ID = 182963]
2. Concrete Operational [Option ID = 182964]
3. Preoperational [Option ID = 182965]
4. Sensorimotor [Option ID = 182966]

237) What would be the consequence of shared European hetereo‐stereotypes that position another
country as low on both warmth and competence?
[Question ID = 27385][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_237]
1. Contemptuous prejudice [Option ID = 182967]
2. Paternalistic prejudice [Option ID = 182968]
3. Envious prejudice [Option ID = 182969]
4. Admiration [Option ID = 182970]

238) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Ingroup favoritism is about the relative positive bias towards the ingroup over the

outgroup.

Statement II: Ingroup favoritism can occur even in detriment of the ingroup’s absolute outcome.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 27386][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_238]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true [Option ID = 182971]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false [Option ID = 182972]
3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false [Option ID = 182973]
4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true [Option ID = 182974]

239) A process that involves adaptive structural and functional changes to the brain as a result of
experiences is known as:
[Question ID = 27387][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_239]
1. Synaptic pruning [Option ID = 182975]
2. Neuroplasticity [Option ID = 182976]
3. Brain pruning [Option ID = 182977]
4. Lateralisation [Option ID = 182978]

240) Who proposed the biopsychosocial model?[Question ID = 27388][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_240]
1. Sigmund Freud [Option ID = 182979]
2. Susan Sontag [Option ID = 182980]
3. George Engel [Option ID = 182981]
4. Donald Hebb [Option ID = 182982]

241) Which of the following approaches to community psychology aim is to connect intra‐community
processes with the broader socio‐political context?

[Question ID = 27389][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_241]
1. Behaviourist approach

[Option ID = 182983]
2. Accomodationist approach

[Option ID = 182984]
3. Critical approach

[Option ID = 182985]
4. Collaborative approach

[Option ID = 182986]

242) The assumption that the variance of the residuals about the predicted dependent variable scores
should be the same for all predicted scores reflects which of the following?
[Question ID = 27390][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_242]
1. Multicollinearity [Option ID = 182987]
2. Homogeneity [Option ID = 182988]
3. Normality [Option ID = 182989]
4. Homoscedasticity [Option ID = 182990]

243) Which of the following determine which social category will be salient in a given situation:

A. Stability

B. Optimal distinctiveness

C. Meta‐contrast principle

D. Legitimacy

E. Normative fit

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[Question ID = 27391][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_243]
1. A and D only [Option ID = 182991]
2. B, C and E only [Option ID = 182992]
3. B, C and D only [Option ID = 182993]
4. B, C, D and E only [Option ID = 182994]

244)

[Question ID = 27392][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_244]
1. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III , C ‐ I, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 182995]

2. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 182996]
3. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 182997]
4. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ II, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 182998]

245) Which seminal book published by Gordon Allport in 1954 defined the field of intergroup
relations for social psychology?
[Question ID = 27393][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_245]
1. The Social Psychology of Prejudice [Option ID = 182999]
2. The Nature of Prejudice [Option ID = 183000]
3. The Psychology of Prejudice [Option ID = 183001]
4. Understanding Prejudice [Option ID = 183002]

246) The ‘hard problem’ of consciousness, according to Chalmers, is:[Question ID = 27394][Question Description =
Ph.D.EDUH_Q_246]
1. Understanding which regions of the brain are associated with consciousness [Option ID = 183003]
2. Understanding the interactions between different cognitive systems [Option ID = 183004]
3. Understanding how information is shared between modular neural and cognitive systems [Option ID = 183005]
4. Understanding how neural or cognitive processes give rise to phenomenal conscious experience [Option ID = 183006]

247) Which of the following are major approaches to studying the history of psychology?
A. the Zeitgeist approach
B. the great person approach
C. the historical developmental approach
D. the lateral approach
[Question ID = 27395][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_247]
1. A and C only [Option ID = 183007]
2. A, B and C only [Option ID = 183008]
3. A, and B only [Option ID = 183009]
4. A, B, C and D only [Option ID = 183010]

248) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Vygotsky emphasised that children’s social interaction with more skilled adults

and peers is indispensable in advancing cognitive development.

Statement II: It is through such interaction that less‐skilled members of the culture learn to use

the tools that will help them adapt and be successful in that culture.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given

below

[Question ID = 27396][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_248]
1. Both statement I and statement II are false.

[Option ID = 183011]
2. Statement I is true but statement II is false.

[Option ID = 183012]
3. Both Statement I and II are true.

[Option ID = 183013]
4. Statement I is false but statement II is true.

[Option ID = 183014]

249)

[Question ID = 27397][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_249]
1. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 183015]
2. A ‐ III, B ‐ V, C ‐ IV, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 183016]
3. A ‐ V, B ‐ I, C ‐ II, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 183017]
4. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 183018]

250) When might using a quasi‐experimental design make more sense than using an experimental
design?
[Question ID = 27398][Question Description = Ph.D.EDUH_Q_250]
1. When interested in examining the degree of association between two variables. [Option ID = 183019]
2. When it is not possible to randomly assign people into groups. [Option ID = 183020]
3. When attempting to predict an outcome variable from a number of predictors [Option ID = 183021]
4. When examining causal relationships between two variables. [Option ID = 183022]