1. It is recommended by educationists that there should be a dynamic approach to teaching. It means that

(a) The courses of teaching should not remain static, but dynamic

(b) Teachers should be energetic and dynamic

(c) Teaching should be forceful and effective

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(d) The students should be required to earn through activities

2. According to the recommendation of the Mudaliar Secondary Education Commission, the maximum number of a pupil in a class at the secondary

(a) Should not exceed 50

(b) Should not exceed 60

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(c) Should be 30 only

(d) Should not exceed 40

3. The Basic Education Scheme was a

(a) Learning through productive work

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(b) Work-oriented curriculum

(c) Both a & b

(d) Objective lender

4. A sentiment could be correctly defined as

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(a) A strong desire for an action with an inner motive

(b) A weak point in individual’s emotional life

(c) A link between the likes and dislikes of an individual

(d) A sum total of a person’s feeling and emotions about some object

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5. The Basic Education Scheme introduced as a part education in India from

(a) 1940

(b) 1937

(c) 1947

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(d) 1950

6. Classroom discipline can be maintained effectively by

(a) Knowing the cause of indiscipline and handling it with stern hand

(b) Providing a programme which is according to the need and interest of the pupils

(c) By putting on fancy clothes in the classroom

(d) None of the above

7. The functions of a teacher is in the order of

(a) Guiding the child, helping him towards progress and evaluation

(b) Checking homework, guiding him and assigning further task

(c) Both of these

(d)None of the above

8. If you are an educational philosopher, which of the following would be your main consideration in establishing a school?

(a) The site for its building

(b) The deed that it should fulfill

(c) The accommodation to be provided

(d) The abilities of teachers

9. The core pattern is oriented towards

(a) Guidance

(b) Research pattern

(c) Both a & b

(d) Counseling

10. The secondary education commission of 1952-53 also called the

(a) Wardha Commission

(b) Mudaliar Commission

(c) The Basic Education Scheme

(d) The National policy on education

11. Which nerve is motor in function

(a) Facial

(b) Spinal accessory

(c) Trigeminal

(d) Vagus

12. Schools became higher secondary and multipurpose schools by

(a) The Kothari Commission

(b) The Mudaliar Commission

(c) The Basic Education Scheme

(d) The National Policy on Education

13. The Basic Education Scheme also called the Wardha Scheme was designed by

(a) Patriotic educator

(b) Dedicated educator

(c) Highly experienced educator

(d) All of the above

14. Historically, vocational education in the West was introduced by

(a) The Industrial Revolution

(b) The middle class capitalistic system

(c) Progressive educational scheme

(d) Renaissance

15. Learning is a

(a) Dynamic process

(b) Reflective process

(c) Both a & b

(d) Organic process

16. Madam Montessori was

(a) A French Lady

(b) A German

(c) An Italian

(d) An English Lady

17. The basic Education scheme is also called

(a) Wardha scheme

(b) National scheme

(c) Kothari commission

(d) The National Policy on Education

18. According to Waston, the Behaviourist, sensations and feelings are

(a) The elements of conscious experience

(b) Not the elements of conscious experience

(c) Elements on which his system actually developed

(d) None of the above

19. Each learning experience aims at the total growth. This is possible because the learning teaching situations focus on

(a) Social problems

(b) Common problems

(c) Personal problems

(d) All of the above

20. The 5 + 3 + 2 pattern is changed to 5 + 5 + 3 pattern by

(a) By Wardha Pattern

(b) Mudaliar Commission

(c) The Kothari Commission

(d) By combined effect of all

21. The process of expansion of individual capacities qualitatively, should be termed as

(a) Equilibration

(b) Maturation

(c) Growth

(d) Development

22. “Practice Makes Perfect” is an accepted slogan is education but the necessary condition for this is that

(a) It is to utilise full energies of the individual

(b) Practice must be frequent

(c) It must be the copy of a good model only

(d) It must not be hindered by supervision.

23. Idea of socially useful productive work in the curriculum has been given by

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) J.L. Nehru

(c) Rajendra Prasad

(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

24. In these rapidly changing times and for different back grounds of pupils a

(a) Very flexible school curriculum

(b) Very rigid school curriculum

(c) Partial flexible school curriculum

(d) None of the above

25. Which depresses heart beat?

(a) Glossopharyngeal

(b) Vagus

(c) Trigeminal

(d) Spinal accessory

26. The interests of the pupils facilitate his learning. Most of the young pupil’s interests are

(a) Socially derived

(b) Scientific in nature

(c) Historical

(d) None of these

27. In the final analysis, teaching must be thought of mainly as a process of

(a) Asking questions and evaluating the learning

(b) Directing the activities of the pupils

(c) Hearing the recitation of pupils

(d) all of the above

28. The secondary education commission was set up

(a) 1942-43

(b) 1957-58

(c) 1952-53

(d) 1937-38

29. The Basic education scheme was put into operation in many schools in

(a) Public Schools

(b) Rural areas

(c) Urban areas

(d) Missionaries huts

30. The longest cell of an animal body is

(a) Neuron

(b) Osteocyte

(c) Lymphocyte

(d) Chromatophore

31. The core pattern is

(a) Rigid

(b) Flexible

(c) Both a & b

(d) Partial flexible

32. The term ‘curriculum’ is used in education to indicate

(a) The contents of a broad subject selected for a particular class or grade

(b) The field covered by a particular course of study

(c) The courses prescribed for an examination

(d) The sum total of all experiences provided for students by an educational institution

33. Elements of the core concept is/are

(a) Teacher – pupil planning daily phisophy of Swami Dayananda suggests

(b)Co-operative pre-planning by teachers

(b) Ideas to develop resource units

(c) All of the above

34. During rest sodium pump of a nerve results in

(a) More Na+ pumped than v+ ions taken

(b) Na+ pumped in without exchange with any other ion

(c) Exchanging equal amount of Na+ and v+

(d) More Na+ being pumped in those K+ ions pumped out

35. The educational approach to pre-primary education

(a) A non-formal approach to pre-primary education

(b) A non-formal approach to co-education

(c) A formal approach to pre-primary education

(d) A formal approach to education at all stages

36. Article 45 under the Directive Principles of State policy in the Indian Constitution, provides for

(a) Rights of minorities to establish educational institution

(b) Free and compulsory primary education

(c) Giving financial assistance to less advanced states

(d) Education for weaker sections of the country

37. Which of the following acceptable definition of a backward adult-literacy rate as per the latest available census report?

(a) Kerala

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Tamilnadu

(d) Andhra Pradesh

38. Articulation means

(a) Correlatim

(b) Horizontal articulation

(c) 30th of the above

(d) Joint

39. Culture is considered to have an optional form also beside the universal and special forms. Therefore, the cultural progress of a society is depicted by

(a) The universal form only

(b) The optional form only

(c) The special form only

(d) A combination of the universal and special forms

40. Who criticized the subject-centred traditional curriculum?

(a) John Dewey

(b) Alfred North whitehead

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) G.B. Pant

41. On which of the following statements there is consensus among educators ?

(a) Disciplinary cases should be sent to the principal only when other means have failed

(b) Disciplinary cases should never be sent to the principal’s office

(c) Disciplinary cases should be totally neglected in the class

(d) None of the above

42. A teacher in the class is

(a) The president of the group

(b) A director of the group

(c) A leader and guide of the group

(d) All of the above

43. At the time of impulse transmission, the potential on the inner side of nerve changes

(a) + – and –

(b) – + and –

(b) + – and +

(d) – + and +

44. Which of the following distinctions between instruction and education would meet your approval as a teacher?

(a) Education is for grownups, but instruction is for younger ones.

(b) Instruction is specific whereas education is comprehensive

(c) Education depends upon the students’ abilities while instruction requires teacher’s abilities.

(d) Instruction requires a content matter whereas education required a methodical approach

45. The emphasis in core is on total growth of the pupil

(a) Physically

(b) Intellectually

(c) Socially

(d) All of the above

46. The core pattern is

(a) Problem – Centred

(b) Core – centred

(c) Objective centred

(d) All of the above

47. Which of the following will be acceptable for establishing a fact?

(a) Traditionally in practice over a long period of time

(b) Opinion of a large number of people

(c) Availability of observable evidence

(d) Reference in the ancient literature

48. The most appropriate meaning of learning is

(a) Inculcation of knowledge

(b) Modification of behaviour

(c) Acquisition of skills

(d) Personal adjustment

49. The previous pattern of 5 + 3 + 2 is of

(a) 10 years

(b) 12 years

(c) 14 years

(d) 15 years

50. In basic education curriculum the subject taught in isolation is/are

(a) Social Sciences

(b) Biology

(c) Physics

(d) Not any subject

Answers:

1. (d)

2. (a)

3. (c)

4. (d)

5. (b)

6. (b)

7. (a)

8. (b)

9. (c)

10. (b)

11. (c)

12. (b)

13. (d)

14. (a)

15. (c)

16. (c)

17. (a)

18. (b)

19. (d)

20. (b)

21.(d)

22. (c)

23. (a)

24.(b)

25. (d)

26.(a)

27. (b)

28. (c)

29. (b)

30. (d)

31.(b)

32. (d)

33. (d)

34.(b)

35. (a)

36.(b)

37. (d)

38. (c)

39. (c)

40. (b)

41.(a)

42. (c)

43. (c)

44. (b)

45. (d)

46. (a)

47. (c)

48. (b)

49. (a)

50. (d)