COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION (MAIN)
EDUCATION
Paper--I
Time 3 hours Full Marks 200
The figures in the right-hand margin indicate full marks for the questions.

Attempt questions in all.


Question No. 1 is compulsory.


1. Answer any ten of the following questions 4xlO=40

Briefly explain the meaning and nature of education.


"Individual and social aims are complementary and not contradictory .. to each other." Explain the statement.


Explain the influences of naturalism on aims, curriculum and methods of teaching.


Explain the concept of mental age.


Name the factors involved in memory.


Write a note on school as a social system.


Explain the concept of religious education.


What are the rights and duties of a citizen?


Explain the importance of motivation in learning.


Distinguish between instincts and emotions.


What is meant by probability learning?


Write a note on social intelligence.


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Bring out the meaning and scope of educational sociology.


What are the important agencies of socialization?


Mention the factors affecting educational planning.
What are the causes of delinquenoy?



Describe the basic principles of
"Population explosion is responsible for unemployment.» 'Justify.



Explain the nature and scope of educational psychology.


What are the principles of growth and develQpment?


Mention the causes and types of individual differences.


How do heredity and environment help in the development of individual?
3. Answer any five of the following questions 8x5=40

Discuss physical, mental and emotional growth and development during the period of childhood.


Explain the concept and steps of programmed learning.


Discuss the role of education in personality developnwnJ.


Why do we forget? Explain the causes of forgetting.


l1ention the characteristics of gifted children.


What is students' unrest? Identify the pf students' unrest in India.


Explain the concept of convergent and divergent thinking.


4. Answer any four of the following questions: lOx4=40

Explain the role of education in the development of new social petttern.


"Education leads to modernization." Explain.


Describe the educational administration in Arunachal Pradesh,


Explain the concept of 'equal educational opportunity'.


'Deschooling society'-exp18in and illustrate.


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5. Answer any two of the following questions 20x2=40

What is idealism? Explain the influence of idealism in the theory and practice of education.


What is intelligence? Discuss the contribution of J. P. Guilford to educational psychology.


What are operant and classical conditioning approaches to learning? Discuss their educational implications.


6. Answer any four of the following: lOx4=40 (aj Explain the problems and prospects of school administration.

How is education for the masses with special emphasis on the weaker sections of the society imparted in India? Discuss.


Explain how society is stratified in terms of caste, class and tribe.


Discuss the influence of education on culture.


Describe the teacher's role in curriculum revision.


"f0 Answer any two of the follovving 20x2=40

Explain the concept of democracy. Discuss in detail the important role of education in imparting and promoting values.


Give an account of Thorndike's theory of learning. Discuss its educational implications in the method of teaching:


te) Justify the needs for special education. How can special education be provided according to the needs of special children? Discuss.
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3. 9. Why is it important to study the methods of educational psychology? Discuss. Critically examine introspection, observation, case study and experimental method as methods of educational psychology. What is social change? How does education play an important role in social change? Discuss with special reference to Arunachal Pradesh. 40 40
10. What is personality? To what extent is it possible to measure personality? Describe three methods for the measurement of personality. 40
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