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IGNOU MMPC-015 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS

Structured previous year question paper for MMPC-015, December 2025 session.

Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7 · Sections: 3

Verified: 11 Sept 2026

MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

(MP)

Term-End Examination

December, 2025

MMPC-015 : RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR

MANAGEMENT DECISIONS

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Weightage : 70%

Note :

(i) This question paper contains two

Sections : Section A and Section B.

(ii) Attempt any four questions from

Section A. Each question carries

20 marks.

(iii) Section B is compulsory and carries

20 marks.

[ 2 ] MMPC–015

Section—A

Q1.Define research and explain the different types of research with suitable examples.

Q2.“Research design in exploratory studies must be flexible, but in descriptive studies, it must minimise bias and maximise reliability.” Discuss.

Q3.What is sampling ? Sta te when non -random sampling is suitable with suitable examples.

Q4.“Knowing what data are available often serves to narrow down the problem itself as well as the technique that might be used.” Explain the underlying idea in this statement in the context of defining a research problem.

Q5.Explain the steps in designing a questionnaire.

Q6.Write short notes on any three of the following :

(a) Coding [ 3 ] MMPC–015

(b) Random sampling

(c) Interview method

(d) Primary data

(e) Bar chart

Section—B

Q7.The following are the scores obtained by two groups of students in a competitive examination. Test whether the two groups belong to the same population by Man - Whitney U-test : Scores Group A Group B 51 95 68 82 90 65 81 85 30 65 46 81 [ 4 ] MMPC–015 99 50 98 60 11 15 6 5 19 35 43 32 Given : The tabulated value of test statistic at 5% is 1.96.

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