Thesis Writing – I (Lay-out)

• First chapter should have title ‘Introduction’ and last chapter should have title ‘Conclusion and Suggestions’.



• First chapter should contain: i) Statement of the Problem; ii) Significance of the Study; iii) Review of Related Literature; iv) Objectives of the Study; v) Formulation of the Hypothesis; vi) Definition of important concepts and terms; vii) Methodology adopted for research and data collection; viii) Scope and Limitations of the Study.



• Last chapter should contain whether hypothesis is ‘accepted’ or ‘rejected’ (not ‘proved’ or disproved’).



• Thesis should comprise three main parts: i) Preliminary pages; ii) Main Body; iii) Reference Section.



• Contents of ‘Preliminary pages’ should be in following order: i) Title Page; ii) Acknowledgements; iii) Declaration; iv) Table of Contents; v) Table of Cases (Alphabetically arranged); vi) List of Tables, if any; vii) List of Figures, if any: viii) List of Abbreviations, if any.



• The Main Body is divided into several chapters.



• Reference Section starts after the end of all chapters. It should contain in following order: i) Bibliography; ii) Appendix or Appendices; iii) Index.