Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET December 2022 (24.02.2023) Shift-I
Given below are two statements. Statement I: Ethical violations occur when researchers engage in plagiarism or falsifying data. Statement II: A researcher cannot cite a well-known and established fact without providing a citation, otherwise it will be termed as unethical. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: Ethical violations occur when researchers engage in plagiarism or falsifying data.
- Statement II: A researcher cannot mention a well-known and established fact without providing a citation, otherwise it will be termed unethical.
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 Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Explanation
★Statement I is true and Statement II is false, so the answer is Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
★Plagiarism and falsifying data are clear breaches of research ethics.
★So statement I about ethical violations is true.
★A well-known and established fact is common knowledge in the field.
★Such common knowledge can be stated without a citation.
★So requiring a citation for it, on pain of being unethical, is wrong, making statement II false.
★Therefore statement I is true while statement II is false.
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