UGC NET Validity Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 13 previous-year questions on Validity from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 2: Research Aptitude, drawn from 13 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2023–2025). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Validity
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Internal validity and causality | 3 |
| External validity and generalization | 2 |
| Ecological validity | 1 |
| Measurement validity | 1 |
| Construct validity | 1 |
| Threats to internal validity | 1 |
| Participant-side threats to internal validity | 1 |
| Convergent validity | 1 |
| Mortality as a threat to internal validity | 1 |
| Instrumentation threat | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Validity appears in 13 of 87 papers (15%), which JRFSmart rates as medium frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
If research participants are assessed with a particular questionnaire early in a study, but the researchers change the questions for later assessment so participants can't simply repeat answers, what potential threat to internal validity would be likely in…
Which of the following is concerned with the question whether the measure of a concept truly represents that concept ?
Which of the following criteria in research relates mainly to the issue of causality ?
Which of the following types of validity is mainly concerned with the issue of causality?
Identify the threats to internal validity. (A) Selection threat (B) Maturation threat (C) Attrition threat (D) Testing threat Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Identify the threats to internal validity associated with participants in a study. (A) Testing threat (B) Selection threat (C) History threat (D) Attrition threat Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A researcher conducts a study on a population and obtains some results. He now wants to generalize these results to a different population, For this, his measurements should show
If a conclusion incorporates a casual relationship between two or more variables it has measured.
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