Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (09.07.2022) Shift-II
Given below are two statements. In the light of the statements, choose the correct answer.
- Statement I: Developing research questions means narrowing down and focusing directly on what you want to know.
- Statement II: A research question does not prompt a researcher to do a literature survey.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false ✓ Correct
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false — Statement I is true and Statement II is false, so the answer is that only Statement I is true.
Explanation
★Statement I is true and Statement II is false, so the answer is that only Statement I is true.
★A research question sharpens a broad topic into a specific, answerable focus.
★So developing it does mean narrowing down to what the researcher wants to know.
★A good research question actually drives the researcher to survey existing literature.
★The literature review shows what is already known and where the gap lies.
★So the claim that a research question does not prompt a literature survey is false.
★The research question guides the whole design, including the reading that supports it.
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