Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
The scientific method can be used
AOnly in physical sciences such as physics and chemistry
BOnly in social sciences
CBoth in physical and social sciences ✓ Correct
DOnly in qualitative kinds of study
Correct answer: (C) Both in physical and social sciences — The scientific method can be used both in physical and social sciences, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The scientific method can be used both in physical and social sciences, so that is the answer.
★The scientific method is a general way of gaining reliable knowledge through observation and testing.
★So it applies wherever facts can be observed and hypotheses tested, in both physical and social fields.
★Confining it to physics and chemistry alone denies its wide use in the study of society.
★Confining it to the social sciences alone denies its origin and use in the natural sciences.
★It is not limited to qualitative study, so the scientific method serves both physical and social sciences.
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