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HSST - POLITICAL SCIENCE  
Kerala Higher Secondary Education
PSC Exam held on : 14-12-2015
Kerala PSC Previous Year Fully Solved Question Paper  | Year - 2015
SET - 5 | Questions : 81-100
81] The type of variable that link a cause-and-effect relationship are called
[a] Intervening Variables
[b] Independent Variables
[c] Dependent Variables
[d] Extraneous Variables

82] Which of the following statements is correct?
[a] The objectives should be stated only in a statement form
[b] The objectives should be stated only in  form
[c] The objectives can be stated either in the form of a statement or in a  form
[d] None of the above

83] Variables of study are selected during
[a] Data collection
[b] Sample selection
[c] Stating the hypothesis
[d] Scientific definition of the problem

84] An operational definition of a term used in the title of a research problem refers to
[a] A definition quoted in glossaries or dictionaries
[b] A most acceptable definition of the term
[c] A comprehensive definition of the term
[d] A definition that gives meaning to the term and helps into quantification

85] 'Summary of the Literature' is
[a] A Bibliography
[b] A description of the significant findings from each relevant reference that the researcher searched
[c] A description of the main findings that are organized around main themes that emerge from literature search
[d] None of the above

86] The term 'Action Research' was coined by
[a] Corey
[b] Travers
[c] Dewey
[d] Lehmann

87] The best method of sampling whenever the population is homogeneous is
[a] Stratified
[b] Purposive
[c] Random
[d] Incidental

88] Sampling refers to
[a] Selecting small portion of a universe
[b] Selecting a large population of a universe
[c] Selecting a representative portion of a population
[d] Selecting small portion of a population

89] Which of the following statements is incorrect?
[a] Interview schedule is a research tool
[b] If the study population is illiterate, data collection using naire is appropriate
[c] Both (1) and (2)
[d] Neither (1) nor (2)

90] SPSS stands for
[a] Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
[b] Software Package for Social Sciences
[c] Social Progress and Social Sciences
[d] None of the above

91] To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.
[a] Jacques Derrida
[b] Ernest Hass
[c] E.H. Carr
[d] Quincy Wright

92] The 20th century totalitarianism represents an onion like structure. This statement is attributed to
[a] Karl Popper
[b] Raymond Aron
[c] Hannah Arendt
[d] K.J. Holsti

93] Who described bureaucracy as a continental nuisance?
[a] R.K. Merton
[b] Max Weber
[c] Thomas Carlyle
[d] M. Crozier

94] Which is the 'cleft country' according to Samuel P. Huntington in clashes of civilization?
[a] India
[b] South Africa
[c] Romania
[d] Uganda

95] Who developed the concept social constructivism?
[a] R. Young
[b] Lev Vygotsky
[c] Samuel P. Huntington
[d] E.H. Carr

96] _________ is a critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning.
[a] Deconstruction
[b] Post Humanism
[c] Post Structuralism
[d] Social Constructivism

97] Rawl's principle of distributive justice is based on the notion of
[a] Desert
[b] Difference Principle
[c] Equality
[d] Entitlement

98] The thinker who has been characterized as a 'reluctant democrat' is
[a] J. Bentham
[b] E. Burke
[c] T.H. Green
[d] J.S. Mill

99] Who among the following has described the world wide triumph of liberal democracy as the 'end of history'?
[a] Samir Amin
[b] David Held
[c] Francis Fukuyama
[d] Samuel P. Huntington

100] The concept of Social Capital has been put forward by ________.
[a] Samuel P. Huntington
[b] Robert Putnam
[c] V.S. Naipaul
[d] Bill Gate