Dear Respondent, We are the students of BIT, Mesra (Patna Campus), Department of Management Study.

We are working on Business Research Assignment entitled Study of Social Networking Sites Amongst Students . You are requested to give you are free and frank response to the following questions. We assure you that all the information provided by you will be kept strictly confidential and will be used only for the academic assignment purpose. We will be highly obliged for your co-operation. With Regards, Vineet Kumar Chandani Gupta Udbhav Shankar Swati Kaushal

Part A (Social Media Consumption)

1. How long have you been using internet? Less than 1 year 3-5 year 2. Where do you most often access the internet? Home Cyber-Cafe Office/College Other 1-3 year More than 5 years

3. On average, how much time (per day) do you spend on Social Networking Site? 0-30 minutes 2-4 hours 4. Do you use social networking sites? 5. Account(s) on Social Networking Sites: Facebook MySpace LinkedIn Twitter Others_________________ YES 30 minutes 2 hours More than 4 hours NO

6. Are these social networking sites providing enough opportunities to students to promote their activities? YES No Dont Know

7. A social networking site provides enough relevant job vacancies? Yes No Dont Know

8. Roughly how many friends in total do you have in all of your social networking sites? 0-100 100-500 500-1000 1000+ Page | 1

9. How often would you use the following applications on your social networking sites? * For the Respondent - The different possible answer choices are presented in random order. Regularly Blogs Videos Photos Comments Chat forum Often Sometimes Occasionally Never

10. Please indicate who you speak to most using social networking sites? Regularly Close friends Friends Family Co-workers Strangers 11. Do you think that some negative reviews or bad experiences about the Social Networking Site can change the decision? 1 Definitely will not influence. 2 3 4 5 6 7 Definitely will influence Often Sometimes Occasionally Never

Part-B (Social Networking Sites)

1. This part attempt to seek information on degree of your agreement level. There are no right or wrong answer, hence, put () mark in the box. Please make sure that your answer is in the correct box as per the Five Point Scale given below: 1-Completely Disagree 2- Disagree 3-Netral 4-Agree 5-Complete Agree

a) Social Networking Sites provides lot of Information. 1 2 3 4 5 Page | 2

b) Information via Social Networking Sites is Newest. 1 2 3 4 5

c) I can exchange information with friends through Social Networking Sites. 1 2 3 4 5

d) I can buy things through Social Networking Sites. 1 2 3 4 5

e) I can access many brand and product through Social Networking Sites. 1 2 3 4 5 which you

2. From the each pair of objectives place a

dot between them which reflects the extent to

believe the adjective describes the Social Networking Sites. Easy to login Easy to search Progressive Active Secure Helpful Good for student Difficult to login Difficult to search Regressive Passive Unsecure Not helpful Bad for student

3. If you are asked to suggest different Social Networking Sites for Performance Base and also designing a Modal Performance Appraisal Performa for Social Networking Sites, how much weightage (in % terms) you will assign to the following sites? (Please try to bring the total near to 100) No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Social Networking Sites Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google + Orkut Tagged Flicker MySpace Rating (in %)

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4. Please state (include web addresses if you wish).

a) The 3 best things about the Social Networking Sites. 1 2 3

b) The 3 worst things about the Social Networking Sites. 1 2 3

Part C (Student Profile) 1. Name of Student: . E-mail ID/ Mobile No. : .. 2. Gender: 3. Marital Status: Male Married Female Unmarried

4. Please Indicate Your Age Group Below 21 Years 26-30 Years 5. Highest Education Status School Education Post-Graduation 6. Graduation Stream Science/Engineering 7. Work Experience Fresher Management Art/Humanities Graduation Doctorate 21-25 Years 36-40 Years

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