Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore conducted Research Aptitude Test (RAT-2014), for taking admission to Fellow Program in Management (FPM)

Eligibility Criteria :
Candidates should have a master's degree in any discipline, (10+2+3+1 or 2 pattern) with at least 55 percent marks.

Or

Candidates should have a professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS, with at least 55 percent marks.

Candidates should have a 4 year/8 - semester bachelor's degree (10+2+4 pattern) with at least 60 percent marks can apply.


Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore Research Aptitude Test (RAT) sample paper
1. The most important function of a teacher is to
A facilitate learning
B manage instructional resources
C coordinate curricular activities
D provide information
2. It is popularly said that any two students are not alike. This implies that they
differ in their
A physical and mental set up
B aptitude
C social status
D attitude
3. Of the following learning theories, the one that embodies the idea that the
learning takes place through insight is known as
A Gestalt
B Stimulus-Response
C Connectionist
D Pragmatic
4. Which of the following is not a type of the learned motives?
A Reflexes
B Habits
C Attitude
D Interest
5. Out of the following, in which lesson, a general rule is explained first and then
examples are illustrated?
A Deductive lesson
B Inductive lesson
C Cognitive lesson
D Skill lesson
6. Counselling is provided to assist an individual
A To diagnose learning deficiencies
B To understand and solve problem
C To develop insight
D To develop the personality

7. The lowest level of Taxonomy of Educational Objectives of Cognitive
Domain given by Bloom is
A Knowledge
B Comprehension
C Application
D Analysis
8. Instructional objectives are useful to
A Teachers
B Students
C Question paper setters
D All of the above
9. The objectives of a Curriculum are to be stated in terms of
A Students entering behaviour
B Students terminal behaviour
C Teachers behaviour
D Learning process
10. Which of the following is a characteristic of a good test?
A Validity
B Reliability
C Usability
D All of the above
Unit II: RESEARCH APTITUDE
11. If in a research independent variables cannot be manipulated then it is known as
A Experimental Research
B Non-experimental Research
C Fundamental Research
D Exploratory Research
12. Which of the following is/are true about Expost Facto Study?
A The investigators attempt to trace an effect which has
already occurred to its probable causes
B The effect becomes dependent variable
C The investigators have no direct control over such variables
D All of these
13. The per capita income of India from 1950 to 1990 is four times. This study is
A Social
B Horizontal
C Longitudinal
D Factorial

14. Which of the following is the most essential characteristic of a research worker?
A Sympathy
B Open mindedness
C Patience
D Emotional control
15. The decline of the British Empire should have spelt the decline of English. This
statement is a/an
A fact
B advice
C opinion
D prejudice
16. To study the relationship of family size with income a researcher calssifies his
population into different income slabs and then takes a random sample from
each slab. Which technique of sampling does he adopt?
A Random Sampling
B Stratified Random Sampling
C Cluster Sampling
D Systematic Sampling
17. Which of the following is the most read page of a thesis?
A Title page
B Table of contents
C Abstract
D Research Design
18. The historical research is different from experimental research in the process of
A Replication
B Formulation of hypothesis
C Hypothesis testing
D All of the above
19. A statistical measure based upon the entire population is called parameter while
a measure based upon a sample is known as
A Sample parameter
B Inference
C Statistic
D None of these

20. Ordinarily a good piece of research follows four phases. They are given below:
(i) Setting of objectives
(ii) Analysing data
(iii) Collecting data
(iv)Interpreting the findings
Which of the following orders for these phases is correct?
A (iii), (i), (iv), & (ii)
B (i), (iii), (ii), & (iv)
C (i), (ii), (iii), & (iv)
D (ii), (iv), (iii) & (i)
Unit III: COMMUNICATION
21. If a person replied like “I see” or ‘mm-hmm’ then it is known as
A Positive feed back
B Negative feed back
C Ambiguous feed back
D Nonverbal feedback
22. Which of the following methods of communication is the most effective?
A Presenting written material
B Nonverbal Communication
C Multi-media method
D Oral Communication
23. Teaching on TV is superior to class room instruction because
A Very large classes are made possible and thus it is economically
advantageous
B Experts for teaching difficult topics can be arranged
C Teaching can be filmed for reuse
D All of these
24. The most basic function of communication is to
A Inform people
B Instruct people
C Influence people
D All of these
25. Encoding is
A The formulation of messages in the communicator’s mind
B The formulation messages in the receiver’s mind
C Coding of whole communication process
D None of these