Research and Publication Ethics: In this blog post (MCQ on Research & Publication Ethics), you will understand Research ethics through various MCQs.
Topics Covered: Literature Review, Review Paper Writing, Writing a Research article, etc;
MCQs on Research & Publication Ethics
1. In the Literature review, systematic reorganization and reshuffling of the information to develop knowledge/ reasoning/ problem definition is referred to as-
Synthesizing
Summarizing
Both 1 and 2
None of these
2. Rationale of the study is
Logic leading to methodology
Logic leading to aim and objectives
Logic behind Introduction
All the above
3. Literature review for which body of knowledge is collected from the supervisor is –
Literature Survey
Experience survey
Objective survey
Both 2 and 1
4. A literature review is ………… of research.
Foundation
Last step
a formality
Both 2 and 3
5. Doing literature review from broader topic to a focal point is the-
Literature search
Convergent search
Objective search
Both b and c
6. Objectives of a study must be –
Specific & Measurable
Relevant & Time-bound
1 & 2 both
Easy to do
7. Literature review/survey is a –
Continuous process
Initial stage process
Offline process
All of the above
8. Curly bracket {} will search for the –
Specific phrases
Fussy phrases
Both a and b
None of these
9. Systematic and organized compilation and critical study of a related body of knowledge is called
Literature review
Data analysis
Statistical analysis
Result & Discussion
10. Boolean search does not include-
AND
NOT
NOR
OR
11. SHODHGANGOTRI is the databases of-
Thesis
Synopsis
Both a and b
None
12. PUBMED is maintained in the US by the
NCBI
NBCI
NCIB
All of the above
13. SHODHGANGA is the database of –
Thesis
Synopsis
Both a and b
None
14. INFLIBNET is –
Informatics and Library Network Centre
Library and Information Network Centre
Information and Library Network Centre
None of these
15. Which does not cover the social sciences database
Scopus
Pubmed
Web of Science
All of the above
16. The free national repository of Indian synopsis database is/are
Shodhshudhi
Shodhganga
Eshodhsindhu
None of the above
17. Literature management tool/(s)-
AJOL
Mendeley
Endnote
b & c both
18. DOAR stands for –
Directory of open access repository
Dictionary of open access repository
Development of analytical report
Development of access report
19. Which is a huge subscription-based scientific citation indexing service
WoS
Shodganga
Shodgangotri
None
20. Endnote supports importing in
BiBtex
EndNote
a & b both
RefWorks
Research & Publication Ethics MCQs on Review Paper
21. Outline of the review paper
drawn in the planning stage in consultation with mentor and research team
should be tight and focussed
unique summarising and synthesizing of idea
a & b both
22. The review paper is different from the literature review in
size, shape, and approach
size only
shape only
size and shape
23. Systematic reviews are common in
social sciences
sciences
life sciences
sciences and life sciences
24. The section of the article which must not have subheadings
methods
introduction
discussion
a & b both
25. Writing review paper should be started
in the early stage of planning your research topic
in the later stage of planning of your research topic
in the final stage of execution of your research work
a & c both
26. The first rule of writing a body of the paper is
include many references
stick to your outline
use effective English
27. In the conclusion section
no separate headings are used
the objective of the paper is restated
the expected outcome may be included
All of the above
28. Review papers are written for
giving a new direction to existing research
increasing the h index of author/researcher
wide readership
All of the above
29. Abstract is
same as your Ph.D. research synopsis
a comprehensive research summary with good length
crisp, short, and representative summary of research work
All of the above
30. Review paper writing is associated with a paradox
Intensive task but not much recognition as compared to research papers
Less effort is needed but more recognition as compared to research papers
No lab work but more readership as compared to research papers
All of the above
31. Which one of the following should not be acknowledged in an article
Project grant
Analytical facility provider
Gift sample providers
Senior authors
32. Identify which one of the following is a correct pair
Acknowledgment – sources of study
Materials and methods – output of the experiments
The abstract – central idea
Discussion – rationality of the work
33. Which is not a good a practice
to cut the work into smaller pieces of work
Plan the preliminary promising studies which yielded good and novel results
Select journals with good indexing or Impact factor
All of the above
34. IMRaD stands for
introduction, material /methods, results and discussion
investigation, methods results and discussion
investigation, methods, results, analysis discussion
All of the above
35. Title of the paper should be?
Simple
Reader-friendly
Representative of study
All of the above
36. Two key features of the Method section are
short and catchy sentences
clarity and the reproducibility
accuracy and precision
None of the above
37. In the introduction, you should
give a brief background and brief literature review
introduce the topic
identify research gap, define problem & present rationality
All of the above
38. In the result section
Do not exaggerate the results
Do not be afraid of reporting negative results
Statistical support must be there
All of the above
39. Infographics
must be self-explanatory
must have suitable legends or footnotes
a & b both
None of the above
40. The materials and methods section is also known as
Methods
Experimental
Methodology
All of the above
41. Major factors to be considered in right referencing are
Quality
Quantity
Uniform Styles/ guidelines
All of these
42. Sources of information that you are giving at the end of your manuscript is termed as
Reference
Results
Discussions
None of these
43. When references are listed in alphabetical order stating the last name of the first author like Smith, G. (2008) is –
APA style
MLA style
CMS style
None
44. Graphical abstract may contain –
A graph
A figure
An image
All of the above
45. Suggested reviewers should not include-
Your supervisor
Field experts
Both A and B
None of these
46. Keywords of a manuscript can be related to the –
Title
Content
Both A and B
None of these
47. When “neither author nor peer reviewers know about the names of each other” This technique are called as –
Double-blind
Single Blind
Both A and B
None
48. The proofreading step is the final step –
After acceptance
Before acceptance
Both A and B
None of these
49. One should Discuss the results-
Critically
With Logical reasoning
With general statements
Both A and B
50. The author should address the reviewer’s comments –
Humbly
Logically
Both A and B
None of these
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