(A) Nepal
(B) Tibet
(C) Sikkim
(D) Bhutan
Author:
Mount Kilimanjaro is in:
(A) Alaska
(B) Argentina
(C) Chile
(D) Tanzania
Which among the following statements about the earth is not true?
(A) The Earth makes one complete revolution round the Sun every
365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds
(B) The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48
hours
(C) The Earth revolves in its orbit round the Sun at a speed of
66,000 miles per hour
(D) The Earth rotates on its axis at an equatorial speed of more
than 1000 miles per hour
Japan’s total land is about __ that of India.
(A) one-sixth
(B) one-fifth
(C) one-ninth
(D) one-tenth
The anti-realist inclination of many DA researchers is controversial because it leads them to assert that:
(A) There is no pre-existing material reality that constrains individual action
(B) Social structures determine the way individuals use language
(C) The technique is incompatible with feminist principles
(D) Quantitative research is inherently superior to qualitative research
Potter & Wetherell use the term “interpretative repertoires” to refer to:
(A) The process of making non-factual data appear to be factual
(B) The general resources people use to perform discursive acts
(C) The frames of reference audiences use to hear messages
(D) The stock of academic knowledge people draw upon in sociology
What is meant by the term “ethnographic particulars”?
(A) Specific people who are involved as key informants in an ethnography
(B) A participant observation schedule that is used in qualitative research
(C) Factors outside the immediate context of an interaction
(D) The “here-and-now” context of situated talk
What do discourse analysts study?
(A) Forms of communication other than talk
(B) The way discourses “frame” our understanding of the social world
(C) The rhetorical styles used in written and oral communication
(D) All of the above