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Subject education
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Exam Date December, 2015
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Question Paper

1. The thinker who treated 'education' as primary and 'philosophy' as derivative is Jean Jacques Rousseau

John Dewey

Bertrand Russell

Karl Mark

2. Idealism states

Mind alone is real

Both matter and mind are real

Matter alone is real

Neither mind nor matter is real

3. Realism views knowledge as generated by

the mind alone

matter alone

the interaction of matter and mind

reality

4. Which one of the following thinkers has been described as "idealist in aim, naturalist in content and pragmatist in method"

Swami Vivekananda

Rabindranath Tagore

Mahatma Gandhi

Sri Aurobindo

5. The school of Indian Philosophy which states there are six distinct pramanas (sources of knowledge) is

Samkhya

Buddhism

Jainism

Advaita Vedanta

6. Education as a social sub-system

Can promote normative social change

Cannot promote normative social change

Has nothing to do with social change

Will retard social change

7. Which one of the following is broadest in its scope

The School as a Social System

Social Foundations of Education

Educational Sociology

Sociology of Education

8. Increasing privatisation of education will

promote economic equality

aggravate economic inequality

spoil the quality of education

make education irrelevant for the economy

9. The most powerful agent of socialisation during adolescence is

The home

Religion

The school

The peer group

10. According to J.S. Coleman there are three distinct stages in education-for-political development. Which one of the following is not among the three

rebellion

cognition

participation

integration

11. The overall changes in shape, form or structure resulting in the improved quality functioning refer to the .

growth

quality of growth

development

quantity of growth

12.

Assertion Heredity influences the process of growth and development

Reason The living conditions -physical, social and cultural do not affect growth and development. In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct

Both and are true and is the correct explanation

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation

is true but is false

is false but is true

13. The problem solving ability depends upon the .

growth in height and weight

development of vocabulary

development of thinking and reasoning

development in size and shape

14. In which stage of a person's life emotions and their control become crucial for professional and personal wellness life style

Later childhood

Early adolescent

Later adolescent

Adulthood

15. With respect to social development at which stage individuals may sacrifice their own interests for the greater cause of the group, society and the nation

Later childhood

Adolescence

Adulthood

Old age

16. Which of the following intelligence does not stop increasing with age of a person

Academic Intelligence

Spatial Intelligence

Verbal Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

17. In Emotional Intelligence which will not be considered a component

Self management

Self analysis

Self motivation

Empathy

18. In Gagne's hierarchy of learning which type corresponds to operant conditioning paradigm

Sign learning

Discrimination learning

Concept learning

S learning

19. Match the two sets

Set I Set II
Need for Self Actualization Pavlov
Drive discrimination learning Herzberg
Life space Tolman
Motivation-hygiene theory Maslow
Spontaneous recovery Kurt Lewin
Adler
Mc Clelland

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20. Which one of the following statements is not supported by learning theorists

Motivation is a necessary condition for learning but not a sufficient condition

Transfer of learning to take place identical elements in two situations are needed

Personality of a person gets distorted by exposure to social situations

Playing of stage specific roles forms the personality

21. Classification of personalities as 'introverts' and 'extroverts' was first made by

Adler

Freud

Jung

Maslow

22. Which one of the following is not a Projective Test of Personality

Rorschach Ink Blot Test

Thematic Apperception Test

Rotter's Sentence Completion Test

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

23. When the subject and the respondent are one and the same person then the tool is called

A Sociogram

A Subjective Test

A Rating Scale

An Attitude Scale

24. Which of the following statements is correct

Mental Hygiene is the process and Mental Health is the product

Mental Health is the process and Mental Hygiene is the product

Mental Hygiene and Mental Health are one and the same

Mental Hygiene has nothing to do with Mental Health

25. A boy who is really interested in pursuing B.A. Philosophy but is afraid the subject does not have bright career prospects is having

No conflict

Approach -Approach Conflict

Approach -Avoidance Conflict

Avoidance -Avoidance Conflict

26. The focus of vocational guidance has to be on

providing job to the client

helping the client to seek appropriate job

enabling the system of education to become job oriented

helping the client to select an appropriate job

27. An effective counselling is one which provides help to the client in understanding his/her

potential ability and temperament

strength and weakness in respect of exercising his/her choices

possibility of success in a job

friends and foes with whom relationship should be developed

28. Match the items of Set I with those of Set -II and select the proper code to indicate your answer

Set I Set II

Non directive counselling Where an individual is helped to become adjusted to his/her circumstance
Group guidance A list of occupations with job descriptions
Testing service Clients are given help in respect of their problems collectively
Occupational inventory Where the counsellor does not impose his/her views on the client Personal guidance Where a client receives assistance to get an exact idea about his qualities/abilities Where the teacher assumes the role of a counsellor

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29. In a school, a class teacher daily talks to his/her students in respect of how to make better use of reading room and laboratory and improve performance in the subjects. His/her engagement in this way will be called

Personal guidance

Educational guidance

Directive counselling

Information service

30. Which of the following guidance services in India is on the weakest footing in so far as vocational courses are concerned

Individual guidance service

Counselling service

Placement service

Follow up service

31. Which of the following technique can not specify the probability of each unit to be included in the sample

Stratified sampling

Systematic sampling

Quota sampling

Cluster sampling

32. In a study on tribal community the researcher finds that there are several groups in which the members exist. As an advise to the researcher for the choice of sample which method from among the following you will recommend

Stratified sampling

Simple random sampling

Quota sampling

Cluster sampling

33. In a case study of truant children in a school a few cases have to be identified to compose the sample. Which of the following sampling procedures will you recommend for the sample of the case study

Simple random sampling

Cluster sampling

Snow ball sampling

Quota sampling

34. A researcher wants to conduct a large scale survey regarding the effectiveness of mid-day-meal scheme. For this purpose which tool will be suitable

Observation schedule

Questionnaire

Sociometric technique

Interview

35. Hypothesis making is basically a

creative process

logical process

scientific process

epistemological process

36. Which sequence describes the appropriate order of steps to be taken in conducting survey research

Identify population, sample, define objective, decide technique for data collection, administer research tools, conclusion and generalization

Define objective, decide technique for data collection, identify population, sample, administer research tools, conclusion and generalization

Define objective, identify population, sample, decide techniques for data collection, administer research tools, conclusion and generalization

Identify population, define objective, decide techniques for data collection, sample, administer research tools, conclusion and generalization

37. The selection of appropriate comparison groups is crucial in Ex Post Facto research because

the groups must be equal in all respects except the independent variable

if the groups are not equal, there is a possibility of accepting the rival hypotheses

the groups must be equal with respect to the dependent variable

if the groups are not equal, there is a possibility of threat to external validity

38. Identify from the following, which is not an ecological threat to external validity of experimental research

Multiple treatment interference

Setting -treatment interaction

Reactive arrangements

Subject -treatment interaction

39. Match the types of research in Set I with the characteristics in Set II and select appropriate code

Set I(Types of research) Set II (Characteristics)

Case study Field research using spontaneous and un-interrupted data collection techniques
Phenomenological research Research investigating the implied cause-effect relationship already evident
Ex Post Facto research An analysis, the results of which are not generalizable
Naturalistic inquiry Application of analytical methodology to the study of the past
Analysis to provide understanding of a concept from the participants' perspectives
Direct manipulation of at least one independent variable

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40. For judging the quality of evaluation research, a conceptual framework for evaluation was developed by professional evaluators. Identify which of the following is not belonging to the criteria

Utility standard

Propriety standard

Credibility standard

Feasibility standard

41. Universalization of elementary education is an intervention to provide protection to

Coverage of education to rural folk

The Act 2002 of Article 21A of the constitution

Children from disadvantaged groups

Equality of educational opportunity moves

42. Vocationalization of education in India was first recommended by

Dr. Radhakrishnan Commission

The Mudaliar Commission

The Kothari Commission

The New Education Policy

43. The most decentralised education system is in

The USA

The U.K.

India

The USSR

44. 'Community College' as an institution for Vocational Education in Higher Education originated in

The USA

The UK

India

The USSR

45. In the Indian Constitution 'Education' is in

The State List

The Central List

The Concurrent List

The Reserved List

46. In which curriculum model the least authoritative character is visualised

Demonstration Model

Administrative Model

Grass root Model

System Analysis Model

47. Which of the following curriculum model involves a hierarchy of educational officers for its implementation

System Analysis Model

Administrative Model

Demonstration Model

Grass root Model

48. Select the most appropriate combination for System Analysis Model of Curriculum

Instrumentation and Logistics
Coordination and Processing
Identifying teaching and learning operations
Input and Output

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and

and

and

49. Summative evaluation implies

Judging the performance during teaching learning interactions

Finding out the level of achievement initially

Judging the learning outcome for motivational purposes

Ascertaining the performance level after the academic session comes to an end

50. The basic purpose of interpreting the evaluation results in education is to

Judge the learners' potential

Prepare a guidemap for learners' future career

Judge the effectiveness of educational programmes

Prepare reports to indicate school's progress

51. Which one of the following gives the various phases of the system approach in the correct sequence

management, design, analysis

design, management, analysis

analysis, management, design

analysis, design, management

52. Three common approaches to educational planning are listed in four different sequences. Identify the one which proceeds from the most crude to the most rigorous

cost-benefit analysis, social demand, rate of returns

rate of returns, social demand, cost-benefit analysis

social demand, rate of returns, cost-benefit analysis

social demand, cost-benefit analysis, rate of returns

53. School management and hospital management are

totally different

identical

different but share some common features

to be treated as cognates

54. In situational leadership style the emphasis is on

concern for task

concern for relationships

concern for both task and relationship

concern for neither

55. Preparation of the school time table falls under the function of

Organising

Planning

Directing

Reporting

56. Match the types of reliability coefficient in Set I with the sources of error variance in Set II and identify the suitable code

Set I(Type of reliability coefficient) Set II (Sources of error variance)

Test retest Inter-scorer difference
Kuder -Richardson Content sampling
Split half Sample difference
Alternate form Heterogeneity of test items
Time sampling
Homogeneity of test items

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57. Match the test type from Group A with the types of behaviour measured in Group B and identify the suitable code

Group A (Test type) Group B (Type of behaviour)

Culture oriented non verbal aptitude test Test that can be administered at one time, to many students on separate aspects of ability
Test of general educational development Testing of a large number of specific mental abilities
Group test of learning ability Writing skills similar to those learned in schools
Differential Aptitude Test Abstract reasoning abilities based on figure analysis related to school experience
Basic skills and complex learning out comes common to various courses
Measurement of knowledge of individuals from different cultures and sub-cultures

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58. If the correlation between the split-halves of a test is 0.68, using appropriate prophecy formula, the reliability of the test will be

0.809

0.908

0.405

0.504

59. Internal consistency estimates of reliability are widely used for the reasons when

the reliability coefficient is usually very high

only one form of the test is needed

it is the easiest way to calculate reliability

it is more dependable than stability and equivalence estimates

60. Match the type of evaluation given in Group with the purpose of evaluation given in Group B and identify the suitable code for giving your answer

Group A (Type of valuation) Group B (Purpose of valuation)

Diagnostic evaluation to identify the areas in the learning process which need strengthening
Internal evaluation to provide support and corrective help in bridging the learning gaps
Formative evaluation to check the extent to which the students can cope with the pace of learning experiences provided
Remedial evaluation to enhance the validity and dependability of the evaluation outcomes
to help in promoting and certifying students based on their performance
to assess the effect of a completed programme

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61. Set I contains some models of teaching. From Set II, identify to which family of teaching models they belong and choose correct code

Set I (Model of teachine)Set II (family of teachine models)

Jurisprudential Inquiry model Information processing family
Synectics model of teaching Personal family
Inductive training model Behavioural models of teaching
Stress reduction model Social Interaction oriented family
Models for thinking about models Historical teaching models
Philosophical models of teaching

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62. Which of the following principles is not associated with the programmed instruction

Principle of self pacing

Principle of active responding

Principle of immediate conformation

Principle of simulated responding

63. From the following, select which is the appropriate series of steps to be followed in system analysis

Review of systems operation, formulation of objectives, collection and analysis of data, specifying operations in the problem area, block diagram, isolation of the problem

Formulation of objectives, review of systems operation, collection and analysis of data, isolation of the problem, specifying operations in the problem area, block diagram

Review of systems operation, formulation of objectives, specifying operations in the problem area, collection and analysis of data, isolation of the problem, block diagram

Formulation of objectives, review of systems operation, isolation of the problem, collection and analysis of data, specifying operations in the problem area, block diagram

64. The main blocks to communication in open and distance learning are derived from the

human teacher

fact of distance

quality of the instructional material

nature of content to be presented

65. Mode of communication in use of criterion referenced tests is directly connected with

effectiveness of feedback

logistics of communication

quality of teaching

quality of learning

66. Which of the following is not the best way of addressing the needs of gifted children

Skipping grades

Enrichment programmes

Special classes

Brainstorming sessions

67. Which of the following is not a method of identifying low vision children

Performance tests

Classroom observation

Opthalmological examination

Visual screening

68. A mildly deaf child has a hearing loss of

26 54 decibels

55 69 decibels

.0 85 decibels

90 or more decibels

69. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of children with disability

Delayed spoken language development

Poor spatial orientation

Low intelligence quotient

Difficulty in judging relationships

70. The causes of juvenile delinquency include

Poor home environment
Company of antisocial groups
Genetic disorder
Poverty

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71. Which of the following statement is related to teacher as a 'Formal Authority'

Teacher is a member of the community also

Teachers and students may, in various ways be bound together within the process of socialization

Teacher is an agent not only of instructions but of control and evaluation

Teacher has certain rights and duties which flow from his/her position in the larger system

72. Continuing professional development and updating of a teacher is an essential requirement to ensure that

Teacher should remain in active touch with the changes in content

Teacher should remain a thinking practitioner of ideas and practices

Teacher should be motivated to secure more promotional avenues

Teacher should play an active part in the process of qualitative improvement of education

73. Which of the following is related to preservice teacher education

Revision of school education syllabus by State Institute of Education/SCERT

Orientation and refresher courses

Proper screening of teaching aspirants through teaching aptitude tests

Crash course for mathematics teachers

74. Implementation of curricular of teacher education is the direct responsibility of

NCERT

U.G.C.

NCTE

Teacher Education Institutions

75. The curriculum for refresher courses in Academic Staff Colleges can be made more effective by

Microteaching

Teacher Competency Development Programmes

Internship

Team Teaching


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