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Subject education
Paper paper 2
Exam / Course ugc net national eligibility test
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Exam Date June, 2015
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Question Paper

1 The idea that teacher should teach and even use only those words and sentences which can be empirically verified to be true or false is mooted by which of the following philosophy

Logical analysis

Logical empiricism

Logical positivism

Positive relativism
2 Which one of the following thinkers is not related to the movement of logical analysis, logical positivism and logical empiricism

Henry Bergson

Bertrand Russel

A.J. Ayer

L. Wittgenstein
3 Monitorial system of class administration was practised by

Buddhist Education

Vedantic Education

Islamic Education

Vedic Education
4 A teacher applies his/her understanding of philosophy to solve the problem of truancy among students. This may be called his/her

Philosophy of Education

Philosophy in Education

Philosophy for Education

Philosophy and Education

Kant

Hume

Hegel

Moore
5 'No ifs and buts' but categorical and imperative form of truth should be the guiding principle of life for students has been the dictum of
Teacher with pragmatic orientation will hesitate to rely on the

Voice of inner soul

Routine practice

Felt needs

End results
7 Which of the following will not be in conformity with the tenets of realistic School of Education

Traits are inherited by the child

Learning is a behavioural event

Teacher's support is helpful in Learner's growth

Learner has to be left on his/her own fate
8 In the following list of existentialist thinkers, the idea of god was accepted by whom

Kierkgaard

Sartre

Karl Jaspers

Martin Buber
9
Assertion A vedantic teacher may not mind consuming material goods.
Reason Maya is deceptive and hence cannot be relied upon. Which of the following option is correct.

Both and are true but is not the correct reason

Both and are true and is the correct reason

Both and are not true

is true but cannot be the reason for

10 Match the item of List I with that of List II and select the appropriate code.
List I List II
Gandhiji Integral Education
Tagore Naturalistic Education
Aurobindo Negative Education
Vivekananda Basic Education
Man Making Education
Instinctive Education

Which sequence is correct









11 The modern sociologist is more concerned with

Study of the social development of man and institutions

Study of the impact of science and industrial revolution on social and economic conditions

Study of social life of its members

Study of the contemporary societies and the current problems


12 Which of the following Article of Constitution of India is related to prohibition of Discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth

Article 14

Article 15

Article 16

Article 21

13 Education as a 'Fundamental Duty' of parents and guardians was inserted in Article of Constitution of India by

44th Amendment

86th Amendment

74th Amendment

42nd Amendment

14 The Mahila Samakhya Programme was launched in

1986

1987

1988

1989

15 Which of the following is considered as society's main resource for social experimentation

Family

School

Mass-Media

State

16 Most appropriate example of social stratification is

People with different status living in an area

Society divided into different status

A separate colony with only class IV government employees

A society consisting of upper and lower class

17 Acculturation is the process of

Developing qualities affecting the culture of the nation

Accepting the innovation required for the development of national culture

Getting influenced by the cultural imperatives of the nation

Following the latest trends of a culture opposed to traditions

18 Match the following and select the appropriate code.
List I List II
National Commission Women Act 1993
National Commission Backward Classes Act 1995
Right to Information Act 1990
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities,
Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 2005
2004
Codes








19 Which of the following is considered as a constraint on social change in India

Industrialization

Science and Technology

Politics

Regionalism
20 KGBV has to be established

In Educationally backward blocks

Where female rural literacy is below the national average

Where gender gap in literacy is above the national average

In rural remote areas only

21 Educational psychology as a subject implies

Integration of knowledge of psychology to education

Educational knowledge

Knowledge of education applied to psychology

Knowledge of education applied to human behavior
22 In view of Piaget the stage of development from the age 7 to 12 years is called

Sensory motor

Preoperational

Concrete operational

Formal operational
23 Which one of the following will be most correct order in the development of theory of intelligence

Spearman's two factor theory
Burt's group factor theory
Goleman's Emotional intelligence theory
Guilford's structure of intellect

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24 Thorndike's Law of effect in learning anticipated which of the following paradigm

Pavlovian conditioning

Operant conditioning

Contiguous conditioning

Insight learning

25 In which of the following operant conditioning procedure the learner is able to avoid an aversive stimulus in the absence of a cue

Active avoidance training

Discriminated punishment training

Punishment training

Escape training
26 In the learning system of Hull which one of the following was considered as input variable

SHR (Habit Strength)

Drive

Incentive motivation

Number of prior reinforcements
27 In which of the following schedule of reinforcement research evidence suggests that acquisition of response is relatively quick

Fixed interval intermittent schedule

Continuous schedule

Variable ratio schedule

Fixed ratio schedule
28 Which of the following may be considered to belong to the category of content theory of motivation

Victor rhoom's expectancy theory

Skinner's reinforcement theory

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Indian Purusharth Chatushataya
29 In Freud's psycho-analytic concept of personality which one of the following is indicative of psychic-energy

Ego

Id

Superego

Conscious level of psyche
30 Defence mechanisms are used to protect the person's

consciously

unconsciously

'Superego' unconsciously

unconsciously

31 Who in the following list proposed the concept of the and the 'Animus' in explaining the concept of personality

Freud

Jung

Adler

Eric Fromm
32 Which of the personality traits may be taken as explanatory principles

Surface traits

Source traits

Secondary traits

Central traits
33 Adjustment process begins with

Tension

Tension release

Effort

Needs
34 'Wellness life style' depends on the person's

Affluence and adequacy

Means and their availability

Values and the attitudes

Doing something to get something

35 In Gagne's hierarchy which one of the following will not be included in concept learning

Signal learning

Rule learning

Discrimination learning

Chain learning
36 A systematic, objective and deliberate effort at answering meaningful questions pertaining to a field of enquiry or about phenomena is called

Problem solving

Research

Theorizing

Invention
37 Which one is not a valid argument for conducting research in education

For advancement of educational theory

For improvement of educational practices

For improving social awareness of teachers

For developing sound educational policies
38 Which type of research aims at explanation of the status and conditions exist at present

Applied research

Analytical research

Descriptive research

Fundamental research
39 A teacher is studying the impact of his personal association with students on students' discipline in his/her class. This type of research may be called

fundamental and action research

action and applied research

descriptive and fundamental research

analytical and action research
40 In a study the effect of peer learning is being studied in relation to students' achievement and motivation. What type of research label will be acceptable for this study

Fundamental research

Evaluative research

Applied research

Descriptive research

4l The process by which indicators of a variable are made observable and measurable is called

defining the variable

describing the variable

operationalizing the variable

delineating the variable
42 Match the statements given in List with the statements given in List and give the answer by selecting the appropriate code.

List A List B

Analysis of historical records Collection of data for in depth study in a vertical or horizontal or both manner
Non participant observation Uses open ended and closed questions
Participant observation Recording notes from documents, listining to tapes and watching available films etc.
Case study Observation scales, use of score cards etc.
Interaction, formal and informal, possible use of tape and video recording

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43 A well defined aggregate from which a researcher selects some representative units for study purpose is called .

sample

universe

population

representative portion
44 For conducting a study to understand the social customs in a tribal society, which of the following technique will be most appropriate

Interview

Participant observation

Self reporting

Testing
45
Assertion Raising the level of significance increases the possibility of commiting type II error

Reason Higher level of significance increases the probability of rejecting the true hypothesis In the context of the two statements as above which one of the following is correct

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true and is not the correct explanation of

is true but is false

is false but is true
46 For conducting a large survey to know the opinion of teachers regarding higher secondary education, which tool will be most appropriate

Interview

Questionnaire

Observation

Projective technique
47 In order to ensure that the impact on dependent variable is only due to independent variable, which of the following methods will be more appropriate

Descriptive method

Experimental method

Field study

Ex-post facto research
48 Which measure of central tendency will be better for a sample of 5 students whose scores are as 44, 45, 46, 47 and 100.

Mean

Median

Mode

Mean and Mode
49 In a positive correlation, the increase in x (one variable) is followed by .

decrease in y

increase in y

neither increase nor decrease

decrease/increase in y is by chance
50 If there is true dichotomy present in two variables, which of the following correlational technique will be suitable

Point biserial correlation

Biserial correlation

Product moment correlation

Rank difference correlation


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