For an Anna University MBA Project Viva Voce Examination, examiners commonly ask questions chapter-wise from the project report.
Chapter 1 – Introduction
1. What is the title of your project?
Answer: My project title is "__".
2. Why did you choose this topic?
Answer: The topic is relevant to current business practices and helps solve organizational problems.
3. What is the need for the study?
Answer: The study identifies issues, opportunities, and improvements in the selected area.
4. What are the objectives of the study?
Answer: The objectives are to analyze, evaluate, and suggest improvements related to the study topic.
5. What is the scope of the study?
Answer: The scope defines the boundaries and coverage of the research.
6. What are the limitations of the study?
Answer: Time constraints, limited sample size, and restricted data availability.
7. What is research?
Answer: Research is a systematic investigation to discover or verify facts.
8. What is management research?
Answer: Research conducted to solve business and management problems.
9. What is the significance of your study?
Answer: It helps management make informed decisions.
10. Who are the beneficiaries of your study?
Answer: The organization, employees, management, and future researchers.
Chapter 2 – Review of Literature
11. What is a literature review?
Answer: A review of previous studies related to the research topic.
12. Why is a literature review important?
Answer: It provides background knowledge and identifies research gaps.
13. How many articles did you review?
Answer: I reviewed ___ research articles and journals.
14. What are the key findings from previous studies?
Answer: Previous studies highlighted major factors influencing the research area.
15. What research gap did you identify?
Answer: Certain aspects were not fully explored, which motivated this study.
16. What are the sources of literature?
Answer: Journals, books, articles, websites, and conference papers.
17. What is a conceptual framework?
Answer: A structure showing relationships among variables.
18. What is a theoretical framework?
Answer: The theory supporting the research study.
19. Which author influenced your study most?
Answer: Based on the literature reviewed, ____ provided significant insights.
20. How does your study differ from previous studies?
Answer: It focuses on a different organization, location, or variable.
Chapter 3 – Research Methodology
21. What is research methodology?
Answer: The systematic process used to conduct research.
22. What type of research did you use?
Answer: Descriptive research.
23. What are primary data?
Answer: Data collected directly from respondents.
24. What are secondary data?
Answer: Data collected from existing sources.
25. What is a sample?
Answer: A subset of the population selected for study.
26. What is population?
Answer: The entire group under investigation.
27. What sampling technique did you use?
Answer: Convenience sampling.
28. What is sample size?
Answer: The number of respondents selected for the study.
29. Why did you choose this sample size?
Answer: It was sufficient to represent the population within available resources.
30. What is a questionnaire?
Answer: A structured set of questions used for data collection.
31. What is a Likert scale?
Answer: A scale measuring respondents' level of agreement.
32. What is data collection?
Answer: The process of gathering information for research.
33. What is a hypothesis?
Answer: A testable statement about variables.
34. What is a null hypothesis?
Answer: A statement indicating no significant relationship.
35. What is an alternative hypothesis?
Answer: A statement indicating a significant relationship.
36. What statistical tools did you use?
Answer: Percentage Analysis, Chi-Square Test, Correlation Analysis, and Weighted Average Method.
37. Why did you use percentage analysis?
Answer: To present data in percentage form for easy understanding.
38. Why did you use the chi-square test?