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Exam Date: 06-Oct-2020
Exam Time: 09:00-12:00
Examination: 1. Course Code - Ph.D.
2. Field of Study - Russian & Central Asian Studies (RCAH)
SECTION 1 - SECTION 1
Question No.1 (Question Id - 89)
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Match the following Soviet Leaders with their respective doctrines :| A. Joseph Stalin | I. Détente and Disarmament |
| B. Nikita Khrushchev | II. Collective Security |
| C. Leonid Brezhnev | III. Peaceful Coexistence |
| D. Andrei Gromyko | IV. United Front |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A-IV, B - III, C - II, D - I (Correct Answer)
(B) A-I, B - II, C - III, D - IV
(C) A-II, B - IV, C - I, D - III
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(D) A- II, B - III, C - IV, D - I
Question No.2 (Question Id - 14)
The primary purposes of any theory is :
(A) To explain and predict (Correct Answer)
(B) To classify and categorise
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(C) To demonstrate and validate
(D) To demonstrate the method of research
Question No.3 (Question Id - 66)
Which of the following statement is correct about the 'October Manifesto'?
(A) The manifesto was issued by Emperor Nicholas II on 30 October 1905.
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(B) The manifesto assured the formation of a national parliament called Duma to be elected by the general public of Russia.
(C) The manifesto defined improvements to individual rights and freedom.
(D) All of the above (Correct Answer)
Question No.4 (Question Id - 79)
Which year did the Soviet Union develop the H-bomb ?
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(A) 1945
(B) 1949 (Correct Answer)
(C) 1955
(D) 1962
Question No.5 (Question Id - 10)
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"Unit of analysis" in research refers to :(A) The primary element of a study used for generalisation (Correct Answer)
(B) Element of a research process
(C) Research based on observation
(D) Hypothesis
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Question No.6 (Question Id - 39)
The process of survey involves which of the following ?
(A) Interview
(B) Structured or unstructured questionnaire
(C) Sampling
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(D) All of the above (Correct Answer)
Question No.7 (Question Id - 83)
Match the following ethnic groups which are native to that region :
| A. Tatar | I. Azerbaijan |
| B. Komi | II. China |
| C. Uighur | III. Russia |
| D. Azeri | IV. Siberia |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A- IV, B - I, C - II, D - III
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(B) A-III, B - IV, C - II, D - I (Correct Answer)
(C) A-I, B - IV, C - III, D - II
(D) A - II, B - III, C - I, D - IV
Question No.8 (Question Id - 48)
The testing of a hypothesis in Social Science can be done by :
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(A) Qualitative data
(B) Quantitative data
(C) Both 1 and 2 (Correct Answer)
(D) Hypothesis is irrelevant to Social Sciences
Question No.9 (Question Id - 8)
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The main difference between an opinion and a scientific research is :(A) Scientific Research is based on empirical data while opinion can be a point of view (Correct Answer)
(B) Opinion is personal, while scientific research is social
(C) Opinion is objective, while scientific research is subjective
(D) None of the above
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Question No.10 (Question Id - 9)
The quality of research will suffer if :
(A) The research is based only on secondary sources (Correct Answer)
(B) The research uses only qualitative method
(C) The research uses only quantitative method
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(D) The Research uses both qualitative and quantitative method
Question No.11 (Question Id - 74)
Who was the leader of the Mensheviks in the post-Czarist Russia?
(A) Vladimir Lenin
(B) Julius Martov
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(C) Alexander Karensky (Correct Answer)
(D) Leon Trotsky
Question No.12 (Question Id - 67)
Freedom of speech was granted to Soviet citizens by Gorbachev's following reform :
(A) Glasnost (Correct Answer)
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(B) New Thinking
(C) Perestroika
(D) None of the above
Question No.13 (Question Id - 19)
The goal of scientific research in social science is :
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(A) Description
(B) Explanation
(C) Studying associations of variables
(D) All of the above (Correct Answer)
Question No.14 (Question Id - 63)
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Whose name is associated with 'socialism in one country'?(A) Lenin
(B) Trotsky
(C) Bukharin
(D) Stalin (Correct Answer)
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Question No.15 (Question Id - 37)
Which of the following is a 'nominal' variable ?
(A) Name of the city (Correct Answer)
(B) Age of the participant
(C) Income of the participant
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(D) Number of place visited
Question No.16 (Question Id - 84)
Match the following currencies against the country name :
| A. Russia | I. Grivnya |
| B. Ukraine | II. Tenge |
| C. Kazakhstan | III. Dram |
| D. Armenia | IV. Ruble |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A-II, B - III, C - I, D - IV
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(B) A-III, B - I, C - IV, D - II
(C) A-IV, B - I, C - II, D - III (Correct Answer)
(D) A- II, B - III, C - IV, D - I
Question No.17 (Question Id - 31)
Correlational research is based on:
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(A) Classification of data
(B) Association of variables (Correct Answer)
(C) Inferential method
(D) All of the above
Question No.18 (Question Id - 70)
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The nature of economic system in USSR, can be characterized as :(A) Capitalism
(B) Command Economy (Correct Answer)
(C) Mixed Economy
(D) Mercantilism
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Question No.19 (Question Id - 55)
Select the country that was never a part of the Soviet Union :
(A) Uzbekistan
(B) Estonia
(C) Finland (Correct Answer)
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(D) Belarus
Question No.20 (Question Id - 3)
The concept 'The Structure of Scientific Revolution' is associated with which of the following thinkers ?
(A) Thomas Kuhn (Correct Answer)
(B) John Locke
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(C) Homi J. Bhabha
(D) Aristotle
Question No.21 (Question Id - 49)
Null hypothesis in research implies :
(A) A hypothesis which has been rejected
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(B) A hypothesis which has been accepted
(C) A hypothesis which requires no testing
(D) None of the above (Correct Answer)
Question No.22 (Question Id - 22)
Omitted variable bias occurs in research when :
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(A) All variables are included in the model
(B) An important variable is not included in the model (Correct Answer)
(C) Dependent variable is not included
(D) Independent variable is not independent
Question No.23 (Question Id - 12)
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The research approach which focuses on 'individual case' rather than 'general-law-making' can be termed as :(A) Theoretical approach
(B) Ideographic approach (Correct Answer)
(C) Nomothetic approach
(D) All of the above
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Question No.24 (Question Id - 43)
The quantitative data is organised using which of the following methods ?
(A) Bar chart
(B) Histogram
(C) Frequency chart
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(D) All of the above (Correct Answer)
Question No.25 (Question Id - 30)
The biggest challenge to 'objective research' in social science is :
(A) Multiple interpretations of the same subject (Correct Answer)
(B) Data collection method
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(C) Poor quality of research
(D) Absence of scientific method
Question No.26 (Question Id - 96)
Who is the author of the book "Bananas, Beaches, and Bases"?
(A) J. Ann Tickner
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(B) Immanuel Wallerstein
(C) Cynthia Enloe (Correct Answer)
(D) Shirin Rai
Question No.27 (Question Id - 76)
The defeat of Russia by which country resulted in a revolutionary uprising in 1905 ?
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(A) China
(B) Japan (Correct Answer)
(C) France
(D) Germany
Question No.28 (Question Id - 99)
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Which among the following country adopted the policy of 'Positive Neutrality'?(A) Turkmenistan (Correct Answer)
(B) Uzbekistan
(C) Kazakhstan
(D) Kyrgyzstan
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Question No.29 (Question Id - 4)
The review of literature is necessary to :
(A) Familiarise with the existing literature on the subject
(B) To avoid plagiarism
(C) To avoid conducting an identical research and finding
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(D) All of the above (Correct Answer)
Question No.30 (Question Id - 2)
The primary purpose of any research is to :
(A) Describe and explain the phenomena (Correct Answer)
(B) Solve the basis about research
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(C) Create a social awareness
(D) None of the above
Question No.31 (Question Id - 42)
In social surveys, the approach to break the population into smaller groups is often termed as:
(A) Simple random sampling
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(B) Collective sampling
(C) Cluster sampling (Correct Answer)
(D) Snowball sampling
Question No.32 (Question Id - 1)
Which of the following is not a research method?
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(A) Case study
(B) Historical Method
(C) Scientific Method
(D) Classical Method (Correct Answer)
Question No.33 (Question Id - 58)
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When did Soviet Foreign Policy begin?(A) 1917 October Revolution (Correct Answer)
(B) 1928 end of NEP
(C) 1939 beginning of the second world war
(D) 1985 beginning of Perestroika
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Question No.34 (Question Id - 56)
The first Anglo-Afghan war in 1838 that ushered in the rivalry for supremacy over Central Asia between the British and the Russian Empires, is known as:
(A) The British-Russian Game
(B) The Great Game (Correct Answer)
(C) British Offensive
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(D) Russian Offensive
Question No.35 (Question Id - 72)
Whose leadership characterized the period of stagnation in the Soviet Union ?
(A) Leonid Brezhnev (Correct Answer)
(B) Nikita Khrushchev
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(C) Mikhail Gorbachev
(D) Boris Yeltsin
Question No.36 (Question Id - 27)
'Ecological fallacy' in research refers to :
(A) Incorrectly using aggregate data for inferences about individuals (Correct Answer)
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(B) Role of climate change on research
(C) Issues related to environment ignored by the researcher
(D) Inference from description
Question No.37 (Question Id - 78)
Under whose leadership did India sign the 'Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation?
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(A) Indira Gandhi and Nikita Khrushchev
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru and Joseph Stalin
(C) Indira Gandhi and Leonid Brezhnev (Correct Answer)
(D) Rajiv Gandhi and Mikhail Gorbachev
Question No.38 (Question Id - 7)
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The source of data in historical research includes :(A) Epigraphy
(B) Numismatic
(C) Archaeology
(D) All of the above (Correct Answer)
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Question No.39 (Question Id - 16)
Major components of Research Design are :
(A) Research Question, Theory, Data and Data Analysis (Correct Answer)
(B) Hypothesis, Data and Data Analysis
(C) Research Question, Hypothesis and Conclusion
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(D) None of the above
Question No.40 (Question Id - 18)
Problem of endogeneity in research comes up :
(A) When independent variables are too many
(B) When dependent variable is caused by the independent variables
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(C) When Independent variables is partially caused by the dependent variable (Correct Answer)
(D) All of the above
Question No.41 (Question Id - 88)
Arrange in chronological ascending order the occurrence of the following events :
A. Great Patriotic War
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B. Last Constitution of the Soviet Union
C. Bolshevik Revolution
D. Disintegration of the USSR
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) D, C, B, A
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(B) C, A, B, D (Correct Answer)
(C) A, B, C, D
(D) B, D, A, C
Question No.42 (Question Id - 11)
'Knowledge can be derived only from sensory experience' is related to :
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(A) Positivism (Correct Answer)
(B) Critical realism
Question No.43 (Question Id - 82)
Match the following countries against the political party in their country :
| A. Russia | I. Republican Party of Labour and Justice |
| B. Belarus | II. Fatherland Party |
| C. Ukraine | III. Democratic Agrarian Party |
| D. Moldova | IV. Yabloko |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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(A) A-IV, B - I, C - II, D - III (Correct Answer)
(B) A-III, B - II, C - I, D - IV
(C) A-I, B - III, C - II, D - IV
(D) A- IV, B - II, C - III, D - I
Question No.44 (Question Id - 25)
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The ancient Indian philosophy of materialism is associated with :(A) Charvaka (Correct Answer)
(B) Mahavir Jain
(C) Kalidasa
(D) Ashoka
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Question No.45 (Question Id - 13)
Who among the following defined history as "a continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts, an unending dialogue between the present and the past" ?
(A) E. J. Thompson
(B) E. H. Carr (Correct Answer)
(C) Karl Marx
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(D) J. S. Mill
Question No.46 (Question Id - 5)
Plagiarism in academic writing would mean :
(A) Copying the ideas of a previous author without giving proper citation and credit (Correct Answer)
(B) Using the same research method
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(C) Basing arguments on opinions
(D) All of the above
Question No.47 (Question Id - 87)
Match the following literary works with their respective writers :
| A. Rosa Luxembourg | I. Imperialism and National Self Determination |
| B. Freidrich Engels | II. Social reforms or Revolution |
| C. V. I. Lenin | III. The Revolution Betrayed |
| D. Leon Trotsky | IV. The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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(A) A-II, B - IV, C - I, D - III (Correct Answer)
(B) A - IV, B - II, C - III, D - I
(C) A - III, B - I, C - IV, D - II
Question No.48 (Question Id - 85)
Match the following 'Revolutions' against the name of the country where it happened :
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| A. Tulip | I. Ukraine |
| B. Rose | II. Latvia |
| C. Orange | III. Kyrgyzstan |
| D. Singing | IV. Georgia |
Choose the correct answer from the options below :
(A) A-II, B - III, C - IV, D - I
(B) A-III, B - IV, C - I, D - II (Correct Answer)
(C) A - IV, B - I, C - III, D - II
(D) A - IV, B - II, C - I, D - III
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Question No.49 (Question Id - 100)
The abbreviation of op-cit means :
(A) Same as above
(B) In the work cited above (Correct Answer)
(C) As referred in the previous no
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(D) None of the above
Question No.50 (Question Id - 45)
The organisation responsible for designing the rules and research ethics in Social Science in India is :
(A) The University Grants Commission (Correct Answer)
(B) Indian Council of Social Science Research
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(C) Indian Council of Historical Research
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru University
Question No.51 (Question Id - 57)
Tehran conference of 28 November - 1 December 1943 was held between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill to discuss :
(A) Post-war Europe
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(B) Organization of the UN
(C) Future of Germany
(D) All of the above (Correct Answer)
Question No.52 (Question Id - 29)
The goal of the scientific method is to conduct 'objective' research. This would imply :
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(A) Value does not play any role in research
(B) Value does play a role in research, but this must be decided and specified by the researcher (Correct Answer)
(C) Researches are made public
(D) Researches can never be objective
Question No.53 (Question Id - 73)
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The last Czar of the Russian Empire was :(A) Nicholas I
(B) Nicholas II (Correct Answer)
(C) Alexander I
(D) Alexander II
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Question No.54 (Question Id - 92)
Match the following literary works with their respective writers :
| A. Pushkin | I. Lady with Lap Dog |
| B. Gogol | II. Bezhin Meadow |
| C. Ivan Turgenev | III. The Overcoat |
| D. Anton Chekhov | IV. The Queen of spades |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A-I, B - III, C - IV, D - II
(B) A-IV, B - III, C - II, D - I (Correct Answer)
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(C) A-III, B - II, C - I, D - IV
(D) A - II, B - III, C - I, D - IV
Question No.55 (Question Id - 26)
Which of the following ancient Indian texts uses numismatic as a source of historical writing?
(A) Purana
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(B) Veda
(C) Rajatarangini (Correct Answer)
(D) Manu-smriti
Question No.56 (Question Id - 15)
The quality of data would depend upon :
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(A) Validity of measurement
(B) Reliability of procedure
(C) Elimination of biases
(D) All of the above (Correct Answer)
Question No.57 (Question Id - 97)
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Select the correct sequence of the Central Asian Countries according to HDI ranking (2018)(A) Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (Correct Answer)
(B) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
(C) Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
(D) Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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Question No.58 (Question Id - 77)
The military pact of the socialist countries established to counter the NATO during the Cold War was :
(A) Warsaw Pact (Correct Answer)
(B) Non-Aligned Movement
(C) Central Treaty Organisation
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(D) South East Asian Treaty Organization
Question No.59 (Question Id - 90)
Match the following seas with their respective countries :
| A. Caspian Sea | I. Latvia |
| B. Baltic Sea | II. Uzbekistan |
| C. Black Sea | III. Russia |
| D. Aral Sea | IV. Turkey |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A-III, B -I, C - IV, D - II (Correct Answer)
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(B) A-I, B - II, C - III, D - IV
(C) A - IV, B - III, C - II, D - I
(D) A-II, B - I, C - IV, D - III
Question No.60 (Question Id - 46)
Which of the following disciplines uses the archival resources the most?
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(A) History (Correct Answer)
(B) English
(C) Economics
(D) Chemistry
Question No.61 (Question Id - 52)
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When was the Soviet Union formed ?(A) December 26, 1991
(B) December 30, 1922 (Correct Answer)
(C) December 17, 1917
(D) October 12, 1917
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Question No.62 (Question Id - 98)
The only Persian speaking country in Central Asia is :
(A) Uzbekistan
(B) Kazakhstan
(C) Kyrgyzstan
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(D) Tajikistan (Correct Answer)
Question No.63 (Question Id - 21)
In research process, hypothesis is often derived from :
(A) Theory (Correct Answer)
(B) Research Method
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(C) Conclusion
(D) Surveys
Question No.64 (Question Id - 71)
The political and economic ideas of which political thinker shaped the ideology of the Soviet state?
(A) John Locke
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(B) Karl Marx (Correct Answer)
(C) Montesquieu
(D) Mao Tse Tung
Question No.65 (Question Id - 53)
The capital of Russia in 1917 was :
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(A) Moscow
(B) Kaliningrad
(C) St. Petersburg (Correct Answer)
(D) Ekaterinburg
Question No.66 (Question Id - 38)
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A random error in quantitative research implies :(A) Error in measurement due to chance factors (Correct Answer)
(B) Lack of knowledge of the subject
(C) Absence of conceptual clarity
(D) Error in computer data storage
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Question No.67 (Question Id - 17)
"Unit homogeneity" refers to which of the following :
(A) All units with the same value of the explanatory variables have the same expected value of the dependent variable (Correct Answer)
(B) All units with same value of the explanatory variables have different expected value of the dependent variable
(C) All units have the
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