Uniersity Of Pune Question Paper
M.A. (Part - II)
ENGLISH
Paper - 4.1 : Doing Research - II
(Sem. - IV) (2008 Pattern)
Time :3 Hours] [Max. Marks :80
Instructions to the candidates:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) All questions carry equal marks.
P586
Q1) Answer the following (Any two) :
a) Describe with examples how a researcher should design the chapters of
his Ph.D.thesis.
b) How would a researcher collect data if he/she has chosen a topic
concerning fiction?
c) Describe with examples the importance of determining significance of
difference in analyzing data in quantitative research.
Q2) Answer the following (Any two) :
a) What are the advantages of MLA style over APA style of reporting research
work?
b) “Techniques appropriate in a journalistic article are not acceptable in a
writing a research report”. Comment on the validity of this statement.
c) What would an introductory and a concluding chapter of a Ph.D. thesis
consist?
Q3) Answer the following (Any two) :
a) Why is it absolutely necessary that a researcher should acknowledge his/
her sources in a research report?
b) What care a researcher should take while quoting from outside sources?
c) To which earlier part of the thesis do the findings of a research relate?
Q4) Answer the following (Any two) :
a) “A research paper will only give us the findings, conclusions and their
implications whereas a dissertation is expected to describe how the
researcher has arrived at those conclusions”. Comment and criticize this
statement illustrating your answer with suitable examples.
b) Why should Indian researchers follow either MLA or APA formats to
report their research even though they are devised by non - Indian
authorities?
c) Describe the parts of a dissertation.
Q5) Answer the following (Any four) :
a) Give examples of two footnotes and two endnotes in a research paper
on an imaginary topic of your choice.
b) Prepare an ‘Index’ for a dissertation on an imaginary topic of your choice.
c) How would you describe a book with a single author, a book with more
than one author, a website and an article from a research journal in the
Bibliography of a dissertation on an imaginary topic of your choice?
d) Imagine that a researcher is working on feminist elements in Shakespeare’s
characterization of heroines. Write the possible findings of this work.
e) What conclusions the researcher is entitled to generalize on the basis of
the findings in Q 5 e) above?
f) Give 4 sample questions the researcher should ask the respondents in a
research on accents of Indian speakers of English.
M.A. (Part - II)
ENGLISH
Paper - 4.1 : Doing Research - II
(Sem. - IV) (2008 Pattern)
Time :3 Hours] [Max. Marks :80
Instructions to the candidates:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) All questions carry equal marks.
P586
Q1) Answer the following (Any two) :
a) Describe with examples how a researcher should design the chapters of
his Ph.D.thesis.
b) How would a researcher collect data if he/she has chosen a topic
concerning fiction?
c) Describe with examples the importance of determining significance of
difference in analyzing data in quantitative research.
Q2) Answer the following (Any two) :
a) What are the advantages of MLA style over APA style of reporting research
work?
b) “Techniques appropriate in a journalistic article are not acceptable in a
writing a research report”. Comment on the validity of this statement.
c) What would an introductory and a concluding chapter of a Ph.D. thesis
consist?
Q3) Answer the following (Any two) :
a) Why is it absolutely necessary that a researcher should acknowledge his/
her sources in a research report?
b) What care a researcher should take while quoting from outside sources?
c) To which earlier part of the thesis do the findings of a research relate?
Q4) Answer the following (Any two) :
a) “A research paper will only give us the findings, conclusions and their
implications whereas a dissertation is expected to describe how the
researcher has arrived at those conclusions”. Comment and criticize this
statement illustrating your answer with suitable examples.
b) Why should Indian researchers follow either MLA or APA formats to
report their research even though they are devised by non - Indian
authorities?
c) Describe the parts of a dissertation.
Q5) Answer the following (Any four) :
a) Give examples of two footnotes and two endnotes in a research paper
on an imaginary topic of your choice.
b) Prepare an ‘Index’ for a dissertation on an imaginary topic of your choice.
c) How would you describe a book with a single author, a book with more
than one author, a website and an article from a research journal in the
Bibliography of a dissertation on an imaginary topic of your choice?
d) Imagine that a researcher is working on feminist elements in Shakespeare’s
characterization of heroines. Write the possible findings of this work.
e) What conclusions the researcher is entitled to generalize on the basis of
the findings in Q 5 e) above?
f) Give 4 sample questions the researcher should ask the respondents in a
research on accents of Indian speakers of English.
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