Exam Details
Subject | education | |
Paper | paper 2 | |
Exam / Course | ugc net national eligibility test | |
Department | ||
Organization | university grants commission | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | June, 2012 | |
City, State | , |
Question Paper
1. Match the following
List I (Characteristic) List II (Philosophy)
I. Learning by doing 1. Naturalism
II. Education through Environment 2. Idealism
III. Realization of truth, beauty and goodness 3. Pragmatism
IV. "World as it is here and now" 4. Realism
5. Existentialism
Code I II III IV
3 1 2 4
1 4 2 3
1 3 2 4
3 2 4 5
2. "No disinterested pursuit of knowledge and no intellectual education for its own sake" was the slogan of the
Realists
Idealists
Pragmatists
Naturalists
3. Critically judge the following
Assertion Marx advocated the creation of a classless society.
Reason There are too many classes which are struggling with each other.
Both and are false.
Both and are true.
Only is true.
Only is true.
4. The process of attaining one's existence as per existentialism is
Essence, struggle, pain and pleasure, lonliness
Lonliness, pain and pleasure, struggle, essence
Lonliness, struggle, pain and pleasure, essence
Essence, pain and pleasure, struggle, lonliness
5. Which philosophy says "Do not care to know various theories about God and Soul; do good and be good; that will take you to whatever truth there is"
Sankhya
Buddhism
Vedanta
Jainism
6. Critically judge the following
Assertion There is nothing wrong in getting attached to Maya.
Reason Though opposite to Brahma, Maya has been created by Brahma only.
Both and are correct.
Both and are incorrect.
Only is correct.
Only is correct.
7. Which statement/s is/are true as per Buddhist philosophy
I. Maya is root cause of all troubles.
II. Sorrow is the root cause of all troubles.
III. Birth and death are causes of troubles.
IV. Getting involved in worldly pursuits is the cause of all troubles.
All II, III and IV are true.
Only I and II are true.
Only II and III are true.
Only II, III and IV are true.
8. Which philosophy developed the monitorial system in classrooms
Vedic
Vedant
Islam
Buddhism
9. Match the following
List I(Type of Education) List II (Thinker)
I. Gandhi Shantiniketan
II. Tagore Integral Yoga
III. Aurbindo Gurukul
IV. Vivekananda Man making education
Wardha Scheme
Code I II III IV
5 1 2 4
5 1 4 2
3 4 2 5
4 2 3 5
10. The aim of basic education, as per the dream of Gandhiji is to
I. Create a classless society
II. Create a Sarvodaya Society
III. Create a society respecting all religions
IV. Create a society where a rich and poor can live together
All II, III and IV are correct.
Statements II and III are correct.
Statements II, III and IV are correct.
Statements II and IV are correct.
11. Which part of Indian Constitution allows every citizen to impart education as per ones own religion
Directive Principles
Concurrent list of centre and the States
Democratic rights
Fundamental Rights
12. Who is not in favour of logical analysis
Kant
Bertrand Russel
Ludwig Wittgenstein
G.E. Moore
13. The great sociologist who held the view that "education doesn't bring about social change; rather the social change results into an educational change" was
McDougal
Aristotle
Durkheim
Dewey
14. Why is school considered a miniature society
Though small in number, school inmates come from society only
School children are of lower age group than society members
Like a chicken develops into an adult, school children develop into adult society members
The number of school inmates is less than the number of society members
15. Why is mother regarded as the first teacher of a child
I. The basic learning of the child occurs in the company of mother only.
II. Informal learning of the child with the mother is more effective than the formal learning in later years of life.
III. The child lives in the womb of the mother for 9 months.
IV. The mother tries to impart her best to the child.
All the above four statements are correct.
Only statements II and III are correct.
Only statements II and IV are correct.
Only statements I and II are correct.
16. By community we mean a group of people with
Same caste, class, religion or profession
People with similar aim
Similar aim and at least one factor as common among caste, class, religion, profession or belief
None of the above
17. Teaching Political Science to learners helps in
I. Developing leadership skills in them.
II. Developing political consciousness among them.
III. Inculcating democratic values in them.
IV. Developing awareness about social issues in them.
All the above statements are correct.
Only statements II and III are correct.
Only statements II, III and IV are correct.
Only statements, II and IV are correct.
18. Religion is an institution because
It teaches religion to people
It discharges an important social function
It imparts moral and spiritual education to people
It gives respect to the individual in society.
19. Which of the following mobility is not related to modernization
Psychic mobility
Scientific mobility
Social mobility
Physical mobility
20. Teaching how to respect elders and talk to them is an example of
Social cohesion
Social change
Socialization
Social adjustment
21. Which of the following is not a factor for social change in India
Caste
Regionalism
Language
Census
22. Religion acts as a great barrier in social change because
It preaches values
It depends on social gathering
It expects participation of all age groups
It is based on faith
23. Equality of Educational opportunities is possible by
Extending portals of educational institutions to all without any discrimination
Opening more educational institutions
Privatizing the education system in the country
Public funding of Education
24. Children of some minority communities are unable to fully participate in Indian educational institutions because
Minority communities have not been spending on education of their children.
There is exclusion process in educational institutions.
Minority communities lack faith in Indian education system.
Indian educational institutions do not have required infrastructure.
25. "Give me a dozen of healthy children I can make them Doctor, Judge, Beggar and even a Thief" Comment made by
J.B. Watson
Hull
Jung
Guthrie
26. Which doesn't belong to the group of the other three
Operant Conditioning Theory of Learning
Classical Conditioning Theory of Pavlov
Learning Theory of Watson
Guthrie's Theory of Learning
27. The view that "Anything can be taught at any stage of development" was expressed by
Piaget
Asubel
Bruner
Gagne
28. The IQ of a 25 years old boy, whose mental age 16 will be
64
75
80
100
29. Which of the following is an incorrect pair
Sign Theory Tolman of Learning
Field Theory Lewin of Learning
social Bruner Learning Theory
Trial and Thorndike Error Theory of Learning
30. Critically judge the following Assertion Pleasure or displeasure resulting from a learning experience decides the degree of its effectiveness.
Reason All pleasant experiences have a lasting influence and are remembered for a long-time while the unpleasant ones are soon forgetten.
Both and are correct and is the correct explanation for
Only is correct.
Both and are incorrect.
Both and are correct and is not the correct explanation for
31. The Rorschach Inkblot-Test consists of
Five black and five coloured cards
Ten black and ten white cards
Five black white and five multicoloured cards
Ten multicoloured cards
32. If Ram is taller than Mohan and Mohan is taller than Sohan, Ram is the tallest. This statement comes under which type of reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Linear Reasoning
Conditioned Reasoning
33. Name of different psychological theories are given in List I and name of psychologists who were the exponent of the theory are given in List
II. Match the correct name of the psychologists with the theories developed by them
List I List II
Theory of M.C. Dougal Instinct
Drive Hall Reduction Theory
Social urges Adler Theory
Self Maslow Actualization Theory
(v)Freud
Code
34. Which one of the statement is incorrect in the context of determinants of attention
All types of stimuli are not able to bring forth the same degree of attention.
It is always better to introduce novelty to secure attention.
Moving stimulus catches our attention quickly.
Too much repetition of a stimulus captures our attention.
35. In the conditioning approach to learning
The subject should be in readiness to receive the unnatural stimulus.
The unnatural stimulus follows the natural stimulus.
Response to natural stimulus required to be reinforced.
The natural stimulus follows the unnatural stimulus.
36. If a group of children learns a lot of arithmetic skills by way of completing a project on 'Celebration of Deepawali festival'. This will be known as a kind of
Incidental learning
Formal learning
Informal learning
Non-formal learning
37. Which of the following is a method of qualitative research
Experimental research
Normative Survey
Ethenomethodology
Ex-post factor Research
38. Which of the following is not common to experimental and Ex-post Facto designs of research
Cause and Effect relationship
Manipulation of independent variable
Controlling extraneous variables
Observation of dependent variable
39. An operational definition of a construct is the one which defines it in terms of
Other constructs
Implied behaviour pattern
Activities necessary to measure it
Other equivalent words in the dictionary
40. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of research process
Empirical approach
Systematic endeavour
Uncontrolled conditions
Critical analysis
41. Read the following statements about field studies
I. A field study is conducted in a real life setting.
II. It effectively uses scientific method. Which of the following is true
I is correct, but II is not.
II is correct, but is not.
Both I and II are true.
None of the two is true.
42. Read the following
I. Correlation coefficient may be negative as well as positive.
II. Reliability of a test can be negative. Which of the following is correct
I is wrong, but II is correct.
Both I and II are correct.
I is correct, but II is wrong.
Both I and II are wrong.
43. Which of the following is not correctly matched
Test-Retest Stability
Split-Half Internal consistency
KR-20 Stability
Parallel Form Equivalence
44. Read the following two lists of items
List I List II
Intelligence Alfred Binet
Attitude L.L. Thurstone
Projective Rorschach Techniques
Semantic Osgood Differential
(5) Guilford Which of the following is the correct matching
4 3 2 5
2 4 3 1
5 2 1 4
1 2 3 4
45. Which of the following is NOT a measure of dispersion
Range
Mode
Mean Deviation
Standard Deviation
46. The variance reflecting a systematic difference between groups of measures is termed as
Total Variance
Error Variance
Experimental Variance
Within Groups Variance
47. The difference between a statistical average based on the entire population and the one based on a sample is known as
Standard Error
Mean Difference
Sampling Error
Mean Deviation
48. The standard deviation of sampling distribution of a statistic is known as
Sampling Variance
Standard Error
Sampling Error
Standard Variance
49. In the process of statistical inference, the Type II Error is committed when we
Accept a true null hypothesis
Reject a true null hypothesis
Reject a false null hypothesis
Accept a false null hypothesis
50. If a researchers conducts a research on finding out which administrative style contributes more to institutional effectiveness. This will be an example of
Basic Research
Action Research
Applied Research
Fundamental Research
List I (Characteristic) List II (Philosophy)
I. Learning by doing 1. Naturalism
II. Education through Environment 2. Idealism
III. Realization of truth, beauty and goodness 3. Pragmatism
IV. "World as it is here and now" 4. Realism
5. Existentialism
Code I II III IV
3 1 2 4
1 4 2 3
1 3 2 4
3 2 4 5
2. "No disinterested pursuit of knowledge and no intellectual education for its own sake" was the slogan of the
Realists
Idealists
Pragmatists
Naturalists
3. Critically judge the following
Assertion Marx advocated the creation of a classless society.
Reason There are too many classes which are struggling with each other.
Both and are false.
Both and are true.
Only is true.
Only is true.
4. The process of attaining one's existence as per existentialism is
Essence, struggle, pain and pleasure, lonliness
Lonliness, pain and pleasure, struggle, essence
Lonliness, struggle, pain and pleasure, essence
Essence, pain and pleasure, struggle, lonliness
5. Which philosophy says "Do not care to know various theories about God and Soul; do good and be good; that will take you to whatever truth there is"
Sankhya
Buddhism
Vedanta
Jainism
6. Critically judge the following
Assertion There is nothing wrong in getting attached to Maya.
Reason Though opposite to Brahma, Maya has been created by Brahma only.
Both and are correct.
Both and are incorrect.
Only is correct.
Only is correct.
7. Which statement/s is/are true as per Buddhist philosophy
I. Maya is root cause of all troubles.
II. Sorrow is the root cause of all troubles.
III. Birth and death are causes of troubles.
IV. Getting involved in worldly pursuits is the cause of all troubles.
All II, III and IV are true.
Only I and II are true.
Only II and III are true.
Only II, III and IV are true.
8. Which philosophy developed the monitorial system in classrooms
Vedic
Vedant
Islam
Buddhism
9. Match the following
List I(Type of Education) List II (Thinker)
I. Gandhi Shantiniketan
II. Tagore Integral Yoga
III. Aurbindo Gurukul
IV. Vivekananda Man making education
Wardha Scheme
Code I II III IV
5 1 2 4
5 1 4 2
3 4 2 5
4 2 3 5
10. The aim of basic education, as per the dream of Gandhiji is to
I. Create a classless society
II. Create a Sarvodaya Society
III. Create a society respecting all religions
IV. Create a society where a rich and poor can live together
All II, III and IV are correct.
Statements II and III are correct.
Statements II, III and IV are correct.
Statements II and IV are correct.
11. Which part of Indian Constitution allows every citizen to impart education as per ones own religion
Directive Principles
Concurrent list of centre and the States
Democratic rights
Fundamental Rights
12. Who is not in favour of logical analysis
Kant
Bertrand Russel
Ludwig Wittgenstein
G.E. Moore
13. The great sociologist who held the view that "education doesn't bring about social change; rather the social change results into an educational change" was
McDougal
Aristotle
Durkheim
Dewey
14. Why is school considered a miniature society
Though small in number, school inmates come from society only
School children are of lower age group than society members
Like a chicken develops into an adult, school children develop into adult society members
The number of school inmates is less than the number of society members
15. Why is mother regarded as the first teacher of a child
I. The basic learning of the child occurs in the company of mother only.
II. Informal learning of the child with the mother is more effective than the formal learning in later years of life.
III. The child lives in the womb of the mother for 9 months.
IV. The mother tries to impart her best to the child.
All the above four statements are correct.
Only statements II and III are correct.
Only statements II and IV are correct.
Only statements I and II are correct.
16. By community we mean a group of people with
Same caste, class, religion or profession
People with similar aim
Similar aim and at least one factor as common among caste, class, religion, profession or belief
None of the above
17. Teaching Political Science to learners helps in
I. Developing leadership skills in them.
II. Developing political consciousness among them.
III. Inculcating democratic values in them.
IV. Developing awareness about social issues in them.
All the above statements are correct.
Only statements II and III are correct.
Only statements II, III and IV are correct.
Only statements, II and IV are correct.
18. Religion is an institution because
It teaches religion to people
It discharges an important social function
It imparts moral and spiritual education to people
It gives respect to the individual in society.
19. Which of the following mobility is not related to modernization
Psychic mobility
Scientific mobility
Social mobility
Physical mobility
20. Teaching how to respect elders and talk to them is an example of
Social cohesion
Social change
Socialization
Social adjustment
21. Which of the following is not a factor for social change in India
Caste
Regionalism
Language
Census
22. Religion acts as a great barrier in social change because
It preaches values
It depends on social gathering
It expects participation of all age groups
It is based on faith
23. Equality of Educational opportunities is possible by
Extending portals of educational institutions to all without any discrimination
Opening more educational institutions
Privatizing the education system in the country
Public funding of Education
24. Children of some minority communities are unable to fully participate in Indian educational institutions because
Minority communities have not been spending on education of their children.
There is exclusion process in educational institutions.
Minority communities lack faith in Indian education system.
Indian educational institutions do not have required infrastructure.
25. "Give me a dozen of healthy children I can make them Doctor, Judge, Beggar and even a Thief" Comment made by
J.B. Watson
Hull
Jung
Guthrie
26. Which doesn't belong to the group of the other three
Operant Conditioning Theory of Learning
Classical Conditioning Theory of Pavlov
Learning Theory of Watson
Guthrie's Theory of Learning
27. The view that "Anything can be taught at any stage of development" was expressed by
Piaget
Asubel
Bruner
Gagne
28. The IQ of a 25 years old boy, whose mental age 16 will be
64
75
80
100
29. Which of the following is an incorrect pair
Sign Theory Tolman of Learning
Field Theory Lewin of Learning
social Bruner Learning Theory
Trial and Thorndike Error Theory of Learning
30. Critically judge the following Assertion Pleasure or displeasure resulting from a learning experience decides the degree of its effectiveness.
Reason All pleasant experiences have a lasting influence and are remembered for a long-time while the unpleasant ones are soon forgetten.
Both and are correct and is the correct explanation for
Only is correct.
Both and are incorrect.
Both and are correct and is not the correct explanation for
31. The Rorschach Inkblot-Test consists of
Five black and five coloured cards
Ten black and ten white cards
Five black white and five multicoloured cards
Ten multicoloured cards
32. If Ram is taller than Mohan and Mohan is taller than Sohan, Ram is the tallest. This statement comes under which type of reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Linear Reasoning
Conditioned Reasoning
33. Name of different psychological theories are given in List I and name of psychologists who were the exponent of the theory are given in List
II. Match the correct name of the psychologists with the theories developed by them
List I List II
Theory of M.C. Dougal Instinct
Drive Hall Reduction Theory
Social urges Adler Theory
Self Maslow Actualization Theory
(v)Freud
Code
34. Which one of the statement is incorrect in the context of determinants of attention
All types of stimuli are not able to bring forth the same degree of attention.
It is always better to introduce novelty to secure attention.
Moving stimulus catches our attention quickly.
Too much repetition of a stimulus captures our attention.
35. In the conditioning approach to learning
The subject should be in readiness to receive the unnatural stimulus.
The unnatural stimulus follows the natural stimulus.
Response to natural stimulus required to be reinforced.
The natural stimulus follows the unnatural stimulus.
36. If a group of children learns a lot of arithmetic skills by way of completing a project on 'Celebration of Deepawali festival'. This will be known as a kind of
Incidental learning
Formal learning
Informal learning
Non-formal learning
37. Which of the following is a method of qualitative research
Experimental research
Normative Survey
Ethenomethodology
Ex-post factor Research
38. Which of the following is not common to experimental and Ex-post Facto designs of research
Cause and Effect relationship
Manipulation of independent variable
Controlling extraneous variables
Observation of dependent variable
39. An operational definition of a construct is the one which defines it in terms of
Other constructs
Implied behaviour pattern
Activities necessary to measure it
Other equivalent words in the dictionary
40. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of research process
Empirical approach
Systematic endeavour
Uncontrolled conditions
Critical analysis
41. Read the following statements about field studies
I. A field study is conducted in a real life setting.
II. It effectively uses scientific method. Which of the following is true
I is correct, but II is not.
II is correct, but is not.
Both I and II are true.
None of the two is true.
42. Read the following
I. Correlation coefficient may be negative as well as positive.
II. Reliability of a test can be negative. Which of the following is correct
I is wrong, but II is correct.
Both I and II are correct.
I is correct, but II is wrong.
Both I and II are wrong.
43. Which of the following is not correctly matched
Test-Retest Stability
Split-Half Internal consistency
KR-20 Stability
Parallel Form Equivalence
44. Read the following two lists of items
List I List II
Intelligence Alfred Binet
Attitude L.L. Thurstone
Projective Rorschach Techniques
Semantic Osgood Differential
(5) Guilford Which of the following is the correct matching
4 3 2 5
2 4 3 1
5 2 1 4
1 2 3 4
45. Which of the following is NOT a measure of dispersion
Range
Mode
Mean Deviation
Standard Deviation
46. The variance reflecting a systematic difference between groups of measures is termed as
Total Variance
Error Variance
Experimental Variance
Within Groups Variance
47. The difference between a statistical average based on the entire population and the one based on a sample is known as
Standard Error
Mean Difference
Sampling Error
Mean Deviation
48. The standard deviation of sampling distribution of a statistic is known as
Sampling Variance
Standard Error
Sampling Error
Standard Variance
49. In the process of statistical inference, the Type II Error is committed when we
Accept a true null hypothesis
Reject a true null hypothesis
Reject a false null hypothesis
Accept a false null hypothesis
50. If a researchers conducts a research on finding out which administrative style contributes more to institutional effectiveness. This will be an example of
Basic Research
Action Research
Applied Research
Fundamental Research
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