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Sample Questions in Thesis Proposal 2.

The next question to follow by default is


1. How would you build on this research? why you chose this particular topic or what
2. Where do you see this kind of research moving your inspiration behind this study was. This
in the future? is one of the trickiest questions as you have
3. How could you improve your work? to prove your convincing power to the panel
4. How can your research be used in practice? of the teachers that what you did is valuable
5. What would you change if you were to do the for the society and was worth their time.
study again? Tell about how zealous you were about this
6. If you did it again what would you do particular problem.
differently? 3. What is the importance of your study or how
7. What would you do differently if you were will it contribute or add up to the existing
setting out to do it today? body of knowledge?
8. Looking back, what might you have done 4. You may be asked to summarize your key
differently? findings of the research.
9. What are the main weaknesses with what you 5. What type of background research have you
did and why are they there? done for the study?
10. What are the strongest/weakest parts of your 6. What are the limitations you have faced
work? while writing?
11. What is the main contribution of your thesis? 7. Why did you choose this particular method
12. What have been the significant contributions of or sample for the study?
your research? 8. What will you include if you are told to add
13. In what ways does this research make a something extra to the study?
significant contribution to your particular field 9. What are the recommendations of your
of study? study?
14. What have you done that merits an MS? 10. Who formed your sample and why you
15. What's original about your work? selected this particular age group?
16. What are the contributions (to knowledge) of 11. What was your hypothesis and how you
your thesis? framed it?
17. Why did you decide to undertake this specific 12. If given a chance, would like to do
research? something different with your work?
18. What are the motivations for your research? 13. What are the limitations you faced while
19. Why is the problem you have tackled worth dealing with your samples?
tackling? 14. How did you relate your study to the
20. What are the main aims, questions, hypotheses? existing theories?
21. How did your research-questions emerge? 15. What is the future scope of this study?
22. Why are your research questions interesting or 16. What do you plan to do with your work after
important? you have completed your degree?
23. Comment on and justify your research 17. What are the research variables you used?
methodology. Why have you done it this way? 18. Do you have any questions to be asked?
What are the alternatives to your approach? 19. Did you evaluate your work?
24. What are the principal findings of this research 20. How would you improve your work?
project? 21. These are some of the very general but a bit
25. Has your view of your research topic changed complicated questions you may be asked
during the course of the research? during your interview.
26. In one sentence, what is your thesis?
27. Where did you go wrong?
28. How have you evaluated your work?
29. How do your contributions generalize?
20 Defense Questions
1. The most common question you may be
asked is what you learned from the study
you have done. You have to sum up your
entire study in a few sentences and
remember the technical terms you have
mentioned in your research because that is
what your examiner wants to hear from you.

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