Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

RPSC Year 2020 Paper I Assistant Professor

  1. The conclusions / findings of which type of research can not be generalized to other situations ?

    Options:
    1. Pure Science Research
    2. Descriptive Research
    3. Experimental Research
    4. Causal Comparative Research

    Option: B

  2. Which among the following is NOT a consideration in selecting a research problem ?

    Options:
    1. Interest
    2. Relevance
    3. Evaluation
    4. Ethical Issues

    Option: C

  3. Which among the following is NOT a method of primary data collection ?

    Options:
    1. Observation
    2. Questionnaire
    3. Interview
    4. Personal records / census

    Option: D

  4. What is the name of conceptual framework in which the research is carried out ?

    Options:
    1. Research hypothesis
    2. Synopsis of Research
    3. Research Paradigmy
    4. Research Design

    Option: D

  5. Which of the following is NOT a data collection method ?

    Options:
    1. Research Questions
    2. Unstructured Interview
    3. Postal Survey Questionnaire
    4. Schedule

    Option: A

  6. A research report is a brief of

    Options:
    1. Research Process
    2. Research Problem
    3. Data Collection
    4. Data Editing

    Option: A

  7. Which sampling technique is used if population is not homogeneous ?

    Options:
    1. Random
    2. Purposive
    3. Stratified
    4. Judgmental

    Option: C

  8. Plagiarism includes

    1. Copy other’s work without referencing
    2. Copy one’s own work
    3. Publishing other’s work in the name of oneself
    4. Republication of own work in another journal
    Options:
    1. A, B and C are true.
    2. A, B, C and D are true.
    3. A, B and D are true.
    4. B, C and D are true.

    Option: B

  9. Which one of the following is NOT a reference citing style ?

    Options:
    1. APA
    2. MLA
    3. HARWARD
    4. CHICAGO

    Option: C

  10. Which one of the following is a technique of multivariate analysis ?

    Options:
    1. Principal Component
    2. Standard Deviation
    3. Simple Correlation
    4. Arithmatic mean

    Option: A

  11. The term Geography was first coined by

    Options:
    1. Friedrich Ratzel
    2. Carl Ritter
    3. Eratosthenes
    4. Richard Hartshorne

    Option: C

  12. Who amongst the following has been called the founder of Geodesy?

    Options:
    1. Eratosthenes
    2. Hipparchus
    3. Herodotus
    4. Hecataeus

    Option: A

  13. Immanuel Kant, who propounded the “Gaseous Hypothesis” about the origin of the earth, was alan .philosopher.

    Options:
    1. Greek
    2. German
    3. French
    4. American

    Option: B

  14. Geography was first divided into General and Special by

    Options:
    1. Varenius
    2. Kant
    3. Humboldt
    4. Ritter

    Option: A

  15. The approach in geography which states that actions are motivated by cognitive process is the sense of

    Options:
    1. Humanism
    2. Positivism
    3. Behaviouralism
    4. Radicalism

    Option: C

  16. Who from the following was NOT Greek Geographer ?

    Options:
    1. Herodotus
    2. Claudius
    3. Homer
    4. Eratosthenes

    Option: B

  17. The famous monumental work in Geography, known as The Almagest”, was scripted by

    Options:
    1. Claudius Ptolemy
    2. Strabo
    3. Aristotle
    4. Plato

    Option: A

  18. The author of the book “Kitab-al-Hind” is

    Options:
    1. Al-Masudi
    2. Al-Idrisi
    3. Al-Biruni
    4. Ibn Batuta

    Option: C

  19. Who amongst the following was NOT a determinist?

    Options:
    1. Vidal de La Blache
    2. Alexander von Humboldt
    3. Carl Ritter
    4. Demolins

    Option: A

  20. The book Britain and the British seas’ was authored by

    Options:
    1. Dudley Stamp
    2. S.J. Smith
    3. Halford J. Mackinder
    4. Ellsworth Huntington

    Option: C