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Subject education
Paper paper 2
Exam / Course ugc net national eligibility test
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Exam Date June, 2012
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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

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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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