- Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee is related to
(A) Reforms in Police Administration
(B) Socio-economic and Educational Status of Muslims
(C) Death of S. C. Bose
(D) Unorganised Sector Workers
Answer: (B) - Gift and occupation are the creation of
(A) Rousseau
(B) Madam Montessori
(C) Herbart Spencer
(D) Froebel
Answer: (D) - The term “Man-making education” was used by
(A) John Dewey
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Karl Marx
Answer: (B) - Who is the author of the novel ‘Sea of Poppies’?
(A) Amitav Ghosh
(B) Vikram Seth
(C) Robert Kagan
(D) Salman Rushdie
Answer: (A) - Lord Buddha preached his first sermon at
(A) Lumbini
(B) Sarnath
(C) Sanchi
(D) Gaya
Answer: (B) - Dewey’s educational philosophy is influenced by
(A) Pragmatism
(B) Naturalism
(C) Realism
(D) Existentialism
Answer: (A) - “Spiral Curriculum” is a concept closely associated with
(A) Inquiry Training Model
(B) CAI
(C) Clinical Theory of Instruction
(D) CAM
Answer: (A) - The characteristic feature of the Wardha Scheme of education is
(A) Craft at the centre
(B) Internalism
(C) Meditation
(D) Communication with nature
Answer: (A) - “Brainstorming” is a technique of
(A) Creativity development
(B) Intelligence development
(C) Brain injury treatment
(D) Memory development
Answer: (A) - The basic content of instruction for a given stage is known as
(A) Syllabus
(B) Curriculum
(C) School programme
(D) Student activity
Answer: (B) - Both teacher and the taught are unaware of the teaching-learning process in
(A) Formal education
(B) Non-formal education
(C) Informal education
(D) Institutional learning
Answer: (C) - The name of Eysenck is associated with
(A) Learning
(B) Personality
(C) Motivation
(D) Intelligence
Answer: (B) - The concept of “Integral Education” was proposed by
(A) Rousseau
(B) Froebel
(C) Gandhiji
(D) Sri Aurobindo
Answer: (D) - The most comprehensive study of Indian education system from school to university level during pre-independence period is in
(A) Sadler Commission
(B) Wood’s Despatch
(C) Hunter Commission
(D) Hartog Committee
Answer: (A) - The report of which Education Commission carries the sub-title “Education for National Development”?
(A) Radhakrishnan Commission
(B) Mudaliar Commission
(C) Calcutta University Education Commission
(D) Kothari Commission
Answer: (D) - “It is necessary to delink degrees from jobs” was stated by
(A) Kothari Commission
(B) Mudaliar Commission
(C) N.P.E. 1986
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A) - National adult education programme is for people in age range
(A) 15–35
(B) 5–14
(C) 5–18
(D) 12–25
Answer: (A) - Identity crisis is a term given by
(A) Piaget
(B) Erikson
(C) Binet
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B) - Synagogue is the place of worship of
(A) Judaism
(B) Shintoism
(C) Zoroastrianism
(D) Taoism
Answer: (A) - Transition from one social position to another is
(A) Social mobility
(B) Transmission
(C) Social change
(D) Promotion
Answer: (A) - Duration of concrete operational stage is
(A) 5–11 years
(B) 6–11 years
(C) 7–11 years
(D) 4–12 years
Answer: (C) - Which of the following is used as a technique of classroom management?
(A) Group alertness
(B) Advance organizer
(C) Social modelling
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A) - Which of the following is not a form of Learning Disability?
(A) Dyslexia
(B) Dysgraphia
(C) Dyscalculia
(D) Dementia
Answer: (D) - ‘Gang age’ is the other name of
(A) Adolescence
(B) Late childhood
(C) Adulthood
(D) Antisocial behaviour
Answer: (B) - Gang age is associated to … and delayed development is associated to …
(A) 3–6 years and language
(B) 8–10 years and socialization
(C) 16–19 years and morality
(D) 16–19 years and cognitive
Answer: (B) - Which of the following is a factor of creativity?
(A) Intelligence
(B) Learning
(C) Age
(D) Originality
Answer: (D) - Which of the following is not a maxim of teaching?
(A) Proceed from known to unknown
(B) Proceed from easy to difficult
(C) Proceed from psychological to logical
(D) Proceed from word to number
Answer: (D) - Law of exercise is suggested by
(A) Thorndike
(B) Piaget
(C) Freud
(D) Lowenfeld
Answer: (A) - Which one is not among Thorndike’s major laws of learning?
(A) Law of Effect
(B) Law of Exercise
(C) Law of Readiness
(D) Law of Associated shifting
Answer: (D) - Collection of human beings with mutual companionship is called a
(A) Primary group
(B) Secondary group
(C) Organised group
(D) Unorganised group
Answer: (A) - Indicate the type included in the category of exceptional children:
(A) Mentally retarded
(B) Minority
(C) Backward classes
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A) - The central point of Operation Blackboard is
(A) Compelling teachers to use blackboard
(B) Quality primary education
(C) Decentralisation of school education
(D) Vocational education
Answer: (B) - Identify the action verb included under the Comprehension objective of Bloom’s Taxonomy:
(A) Choose
(B) Combine
(C) Criticise
(D) Classify
Answer: (D) - Philology is the
(A) Study of bones
(B) Study of muscles
(C) Study of architecture
(D) Science of languages
Answer: (D) - Secondary Education Commission was chaired by
(A) Dr. A. L. Mudaliar
(B) Dr. C. S. Kothari
(C) Prof. B. K. Passi
(D) J. C. Agarwal
Answer: (A) - The principle of self-pacing is a characteristic of
(A) Trial and Error Learning
(B) Programmed Learning
(C) Conditioning Learning
(D) Traditional Learning
Answer: (B) - Wood’s Despatch was published in the year
(A) 1834
(B) 1824
(C) 1878
(D) 1854
Answer: (A) - The concept of ‘Education For All’ was proposed by the
(A) Mudaliar Commission
(B) N.P.E. 1986
(C) The Dakar Framework for Action
(D) Kothari Commission
Answer: (C) - The Central Theory of Emotion was proposed by
(A) James-Lange
(B) Young
(C) Cannon-Bard
(D) Atkinson
Answer: (A) - Validity of a test can be assessed by
(A) Test-retest
(B) Split-half
(C) Correlating with a standardised test
(D) Item facility index
Answer: (C) - Which article of the Directive Principles guarantees free and compulsory education?
(A) Article 45
(B) Article 44
(C) Article 41
(D) Article 48
Answer: (A) - Programmed learning is a method of
(A) Learning through radio programmes
(B) Individualised instruction
(C) Vocational education
(D) Formal education
Answer: (B) - Intelligence Quotient is expressed by
(A) Ratio of M.A. & C.A.
(B) Multiple of M.A. & C.A.
(C) Addition of M.A. & C.A.
(D) Summation of M.A. & C.A.
Answer: (A) - Learning by Insight Theory was proposed by
(A) Thorndike
(B) Gestalt
(C) Skinner
(D) Pavlov
Answer: (B) - Subset of a population is known as
(A) Sample
(B) Sampling frame
(C) Sampling unit
(D) Sampling interval
Answer: (A) - Mainstreaming is an educational provision for
(A) Exceptional children
(B) Drug addicts
(C) Backward classes
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A) - Deviation from the mean is measured by
(A) Mean
(B) Median
(C) Mode
(D) Dispersion
Answer: (D) - The Persons With Disabilities (P.W.D.) Act was passed in the year
(A) 1994
(B) 1995
(C) 1989
(D) 1996
Answer: (B) - If, in a distribution mean is placed to the right of median, it is called
(A) Negatively skewed
(B) Positively skewed
(C) Platy kurtic
(D) Lepto kurtic
Answer: (B) - Identify the cause of forgetting among the following:
(A) Hallucination
(B) Recency
(C) Association
(D) Retroactive inhibition
Answer: (D) - “Education enables the individual to control the environment and fulfill his responsibilities” is the view of
(A) Vivekananda
(B) Aristotle
(C) Dewey
(D) Aurobindo
Answer: (C) - When cumulative frequencies are expressed in percentages, the graph is called
(A) Cumulative frequency graph
(B) Pie chart
(C) Polygon
(D) Ogive
Answer: (D) - In which year was the National Literacy Mission launched?
(A) 1986
(B) 1988
(C) 1979
(D) 1968
Answer: (B) - The Scheme of Basic Education was published by Mahatma Gandhi in Harijan Patrika in the year
(A) 1937
(B) 1947
(C) 1927
(D) 1917
Answer: (A) - “If God is to appear in India, He will have to take the form of a loaf of bread.” The statement was in the report of
(A) Kothari Commission
(B) Mudaliar Commission
(C) Challenge of Education
(D) Radhakrishnan Commission
Answer: (A) - The Chief of National Committee for Women’s Education was
(A) Bhaktavatsalam
(B) Durgabai Deshmukh
(C) Lady Abala Basu
(D) Chandramukhi Basu
Answer: (B) - The concept of social education was given by
(A) Humayun Kabir
(B) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(C) Maulana Azad
(D) Dr. Syed Mohammad
Answer: (A) - Kothari Commission Report was published in the year
(A) 1966
(B) 1967
(C) 1965
(D) 1954
Answer: (B) - ‘Rural University Scheme’ was first proposed in
(A) Kothari Commission Report
(B) Mudaliar Commission Report
(C) National Education Policy
(D) Radhakrishnan Commission Report
Answer: (A) - The proposal of Common School System is found in the report of
(A) Mudaliar Commission
(B) Radhakrishnan Commission
(C) Kothari Commission
(D) Sargent Report
Answer: (C) - Title of Kothari Report was
(A) Post-war Plan for Educational Development (Sargent Report)
(B) Challenge of Education
(C) Education and National Development
(D) The Secondary Commission Report
Answer: (C) - NCERT was established in the year
(A) 1962
(B) 1963
(C) 1961
(D) 1951
Answer: (C) - CABE stands for
(A) Council of Advisory Board of Education
(B) Central Advisory Board of Education
(C) Central Administrative Board of Education
(D) Central Administrative Bureau of Education
Answer: (B) - AICTE stands for
(A) All India Council of Technical Education
(B) All India Council for Technical Education
(C) All India Council for Higher Technical Education
(D) All India Council for Technological Education
Answer: (A) - Chairman of Secondary Education Commission was
(A) Tarachand
(B) D. S. Kothari
(C) Lord Curzon
(D) A. L. Mudaliar
Answer: (D) - University Grants Commission was established in the year
(A) 1945
(B) 1953
(C) 1956
(D) 1955
Answer: (B) - ‘Operation Blackboard’ was suggested in the Report of
(A) National Policy on Education 1986
(B) National Policy 1979
(C) National Policy 1968
(D) Radhakrishnan Commission
Answer: (A) - Zakir Hussain Committee Report is known as
(A) Wardha Report
(B) Sargent Plan
(C) Rural University Scheme
(D) Challenge of Education
Answer: (D) - The IQ of a student of 12 years of age whose mental age is 15, is
(A) 80
(B) 125
(C) 120
(D) 75
Answer: (B) - “Interest is the latent action and attention is interest in action.” — Statement is given by
(A) Thorndike
(B) Woodworth
(C) Stout
(D) McDougall
Answer: (B) - ‘Conditional Response Theory of Learning’ is given by
(A) Judd
(B) Thorndike
(C) Spearman
(D) Pavlov
Answer: (D) - Bagley proposed the
(A) Two factor theory
(B) Theory of identical elements
(C) Theory of ideals of procedures
(D) Theory of generalisation
Answer: (C) - “…… is the dynamic organisation within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustment to his environment.” The blank is for
(A) Intelligence
(B) Temperament
(C) Personality
(D) Learning
Answer: (C) - Sentiment is one of the … determinants of attention. The blank is
(A) Internal
(B) External
(C) Subjective
(D) Objective
Answer: (A) - Learning, Retention, Recall and Recognition are the processes of … The blank is
(A) Memory
(B) Motivation
(C) Attention
(D) Interest
Answer: (A) - “Character is the personality evaluated and personality is the character devaluated.” This definition of character is given by
(A) Woodworth
(B) McDougall
(C) Gordon Allport
(D) Thorndike
Answer: (C) - “A child is a book, which the teacher is to learn from page to page.” Statement is given by
(A) John Adams
(B) Rousseau
(C) Thorpe
(D) Woodworth
Answer: (C) - “The learning is complete when a modifiable bond between a stimulus and response is established.” This principle is present in the following theory of learning:
(A) Pavlov’s theory
(B) Gestalt theory of insight
(C) Field theory of learning
(D) Thorndike’s connectionism
Answer: (D) - According to Terman, if IQ of children lies within the range of 50–70, they are called
(A) Gifted children
(B) Idiot
(C) Moron
(D) Imbecile
Answer: (C) - Alfred Binet was a
(A) French Psychologist
(B) American Psychologist
(C) Russian Psychologist
(D) English Psychologist
Answer: (A) - According to modern definition ‘Psychology’ means
(A) Science of soul
(B) Science of consciousness
(C) Science of behaviour
(D) Science of mind
Answer: (C) - “Psychoanalysis”, a branch of Psychology, was introduced by
(A) Sigmund Freud
(B) Pavlov
(C) Hadfield
(D) McDougall
Answer: (A) - The educator who applied idealism in educational philosophy is
(A) Pestalozzi
(B) Rousseau
(C) Kilpatrick
(D) Dewey
Answer: (A) - “Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man.” The statement is made by an educator who is
(A) Idealist
(B) Naturalist
(C) Pragmatist
(D) Both Naturalist and Idealist
Answer: (A) - The philosophers who give stress on self-realisation are called
(A) Naturalist
(B) Pragmatist
(C) Supernaturalist
(D) Idealist
Answer: (D) - “… is the philosophical position adopted by those who approach philosophy from the purely scientific point of view.” The blank is for
(A) Pragmatism
(B) Naturalism
(C) Idealism
(D) Humanism
Answer: (B) - “… is sum total of all the stimulations received by an individual from birth till death.” The blank is
(A) Heredity
(B) Environment
(C) Sympathy
(D) Suggestions
Answer: (B) - “Invention and … are two legs on which the human race historically has traversed.” The blank is
(A) Imitation
(B) Experiment
(C) Suggestion
(D) Adaptation
Answer: (A) - One passive agency of education is the
(A) State
(B) Family
(C) Museum
(D) Newspaper
Answer: (C) - Indirect function of school is
(A) Preservation of cultural heritage
(B) Transmission of cultural heritage
(C) Development of individual
(D) Social educative function
Answer: (A) - The principle which is not a principle of life-centric curriculum is
(A) Need centred
(B) Community centred
(C) Integration
(D) Principle of backward looking
Answer: (D) - The person who first spoke about play-way education is
(A) Caldwell Cook
(B) Rousseau
(C) Montessori
(D) Froebel
Answer: (A) - “Life is by-product of activities.” The statement is made by
(A) Froebel
(B) Dewey
(C) Rabindranath
(D) Gandhiji
Answer: (B) - Match (John Dewey, Froebel, Montessori, Rousseau) with (Education is process of reconstruction; Education is a natural process; Education is preparation for life; Principle of repetition of past life) — correct matching option
(A) (a)-(4), (b)-(3), (c)-(2), (d)-(1)
(B) (a)-(3), (b)-(4), (c)-(2), (d)-(1)
(C) (a)-(2), (b)-(3), (c)-(4), (d)-(1)
(D) (a)-(3), (b)-(1), (c)-(2), (d)-(4)
Answer: (B) - School is compared with a garden by
(A) Montessori
(B) Gandhiji
(C) Rabindranath
(D) Froebel
Answer: (D) - Who among the following promoted school gardens?
(A) II and II
(B) Only Rousseau
(C) Only Montessori
(D) I, II and III (Montessori, Dewey, Rousseau)
Answer: (D) - Teacher is termed “Directress” by
(A) Montessori
(B) Rabindranath
(C) Spencer
(D) Vivekananda
Answer: (A) - Free discipline means
(A) Licence
(B) Freedom
(C) Self-discipline
(D) Negative self-feeling
Answer: (C) - Which type of discipline developed as a revolt against authoritarian discipline?
(A) Motivational discipline
(B) Authoritarian discipline
(C) Democratic discipline
(D) Permissive discipline
Answer: (D) - “… is the key that unlocks the door to modernization.” The blank is
(A) Democracy
(B) Education
(C) National Integration
(D) Humanities
Answer: (B)
101. Which one comes at the top of the need hierarchy according to Maslow?
(A) Belongingness
(B) Self actualization
(C) Security
(D) Self esteem
Answer: (B)
102. Which does not belong to the group of the other three?
(A) Operant conditioning theory of learning
(B) Classical conditioning theory of Pavlov
(C) Learning theory of Watson
(D) Guthrie’s theory of learning
Answer: (A)
103. Who was the Chairman of Committee on Fundamental Rights?
(A) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(B) J. B. Kripalani
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: (B)
104. Who said that “Where there is no Law there will not be Liberty”?
(A) John Locke
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Plato
(D) Machiavelli
Answer: (A)
105. If Bipul is taller than Soham and Soham is taller than John, then Bipul is the tallest. This comes under
(A) Inductive Reasoning
(B) Deductive Reasoning
(C) Conditioned Reasoning
(D) Linear Reasoning
Answer: (B)
106. Markle’s programmed learning emphasized on
(A) Branching programme
(B) Frame of a programme
(C) Systematic learning
(D) Errorless learning
Answer: (A)
107. Which one of the following is the largest Committee of the Parliament?
(A) Public Accounts Committee
(B) Estimates Committee
(C) Public Undertakings Committee
(D) Petitions Committee
Answer: (B)
108. Action research in School is carried out in—
(A) One student
(B) Many students at a time
(C) School
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)
109. ‘A student thinks that I should abide by the school regulations because I should not disturb others.’ According to Kohlberg this is
(A) Pre conventional morality
(B) Law and order morality
(C) Social contract orientation
(D) Good boy/girl morality
Answer: (D)
110. Which plan recommended Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB)?
(A) Fifth Plan
(B) Sixth Plan
(C) Seventh Plan
(D) Eighth Plan
Answer: (C)
111. A major indicator of quality of in-service teacher training is
(A) Duration of the course
(B) Timing of the course
(C) Relevance to teacher needs
(D) Venue of the course
Answer: (C)
112. Corporal punishment is—
(A) Justified
(B) Not justified because it hurts
(C) Not justified because it is against the law
(D) Not justified because it does not help realize true faults
Answer: (C)
113. The difference between formal and non-formal education is—
(A) Formal education is not controlled by timetable
(B) Certificate is not issued in formal education
(C) Curriculum is predetermined in informal education
(D) None of the above
Answer: (D)
114. Manpower planning is an essential component of—
(A) Institutional planning
(B) Macro planning
(C) Organizational management
(D) Institutional goal setting
Answer: (A)
115. The least important challenge to Indian education today is—
(A) Poverty of the mass
(B) Expanding population
(C) High cost of education
(D) Low return on education
Answer: (D)
116. Sm. Hans Mehta Committee was appointed in connection with—
(A) Social Education
(B) Value Education
(C) Early childhood education
(D) Women’s Education
Answer: (C)
117. Fundamental Duties of citizens of India were added by which amendment?
(A) 42nd Amendment
(B) 41st Amendment
(C) 43rd Amendment
(D) 44th Amendment
Answer: (A)
118. When was the Adult Literacy Mission started?
(A) 1976
(B) 1988
(C) 1996
(D) 2002
Answer: (B)
119. The most important factor underlying the success of beginning teacher is—
(A) Personality and ability to relate to the class
(B) Attitudes and outlook on life
(C) Verbal facility and organisational ability
(D) Scholarship and intellectual ability
Answer: (A)
120. Upanishads are books on—
(A) Religious rituals
(B) Yoga
(C) Law
(D) Philosophy
Answer: (D)
121. A professor believes knowledge exists and is eternal. She is an—
(A) Idealist
(B) Naturalist
(C) Pragmatist
(D) Realist
Answer: (A)
122. Which philosophy asserts that universe exists independent of us and governed by laws?
(A) Idealism
(B) Pragmatism
(C) Existentialism
(D) Realism
Answer: (D)
123. A child is protected from vice but not directly taught virtue. This is—
(A) Idealistic education
(B) Negative education
(C) Positive education
(D) Progressive education
Answer: (B)
124. Match Philosophy with Education relevance: Idealism–spiritual, Naturalism–biological, Pragmatism–social. Correct option?
(A) (i)-1, (ii)-2, (iii)-3
(B) (i)-2, (ii)-3, (iii)-1
(C) (i)-1, (ii)-3, (iii)-2
(D) (i)-3, (ii)-2, (iii)-1
Answer: (B)
125. Rousseau believed—
(A) Education transmits all knowledge
(B) Regimentation mainstay of education
(C) Senses are gateways to knowledge
(D) Knowledge is eternal and spiritual
Answer: (C)
126. Froebel’s method of education includes—
(A) Absorption, memorization
(B) Adaptation, assimilation
(C) Heuristics, recording
(D) Self-activity, sociability, learning
Answer: (D)
127. Dewey believed education is needed for—
(A) Economic growth
(B) Vocational expertise
(C) Reformation and reconstruction of society
(D) Transmission of knowledge
Answer: (C)
128. The “four pillars of Education” was formulated by—
(A) Delors Commission
(B) Kothari Commission
(C) Knowledge Commission
(D) Radhakrishnan Commission
Answer: (A)
129. Peace education implies—
(A) Avoiding issues
(B) Devising alternative ways of managing conflict
(C) Controlling aggression
(D) Resolving conflict
Answer: (D)
130. A university makes provision for rural women entry. This is—
(A) Feminist statement
(B) Affirmative discrimination
(C) Undemocratic stance
(D) Violation of rights
Answer: (B)
131. Daughter of a labourer becomes doctor. This is—
(A) Horizontal mobility
(B) Inter-group mobility
(C) Liberalizing mobility
(D) Vertical mobility
Answer: (D)
132. Minimum Levels of Learning characteristics are—
(A) Acceptability, comparability, usability
(B) Achievability, communicability, evaluability
(C) Sociability, accessibility, memorizability
(D) Expandability, adaptability, associability
Answer: (B)
133. Vygotsky believed—
(A) Cognition leads to language
(B) Language leads to thought
(C) Language innate ability
(D) Language development is product of socialization
Answer: (D)
134. In Piaget’s theory, accommodation means—
(A) Altering schemata in light of new info
(B) Changing info to meet demands
(C) Balance of old and new
(D) Incorporating info into schemas
Answer: (A)
135. Child realizes 8–5=3, 3+5=8. Shows—
(A) Conservation of numbers
(B) Idea of cardinal numbers
(C) Idea of ordinal numbers
(D) Memorized bonds
Answer: (A)
136. Example of stage 5 moral development: adolescent refrains from smoking because—
(A) Punishment
(B) Teacher opinion
(C) Not supposed to smoke
(D) Secondary smoke damages lungs
Answer: (D)
137. Adolescent concerned about sexuality, occupational identity is at stage—
(A) Autonomy vs Shame
(B) Identity vs Role confusion
(C) Industry vs Inferiority
(D) Generativity vs Stagnation
Answer: (B)
138. Girl bitten by a dog now fears all dogs. Example of—
(A) Conditioned learning
(B) Episodic learning
(C) Imprinted learning
(D) Observational learning
Answer: (A)
139. Behaviourism assumes—
(A) Learner is passive, responds to stimuli
(B) Teacher only stimulus source
(C) Teacher sole authority
(D) Teacher effective teaching = student listens
Answer: (A)
140. Language period sequence Bengali then English daily. This is—
(A) Beneficial: fresh minded
(B) Beneficial: language frame
(C) Not beneficial: proactive inhibition
(D) Not beneficial: boredom
Answer: (C)
141. According to Gagne, highest level of learning is—
(A) Assessing performance
(B) Eliciting performance
(C) Generalization
(D) Providing feedback
Answer: (C)
142. Stages of information processing:
(A) Attending, encoding, storing, retrieving
(B) Perception, reasoning, problem solving
(C) Language, thought, imagery
(D) Consciousness, perception, memory
Answer: (A)
143. Bruner’s 3 modes of representation—
(A) Aural, Tactile, Kinesthetic
(B) Enactive, Iconic, Symbolic
(C) Image, Action, Verbalization
(D) Oral, Illustrative, Applicative
Answer: (B)
144. Loud thunder diverts Jack’s study attention. This is—
(A) Volitional → spontaneous
(B) Volitional → enforced
(C) Non-volitional → spontaneous
(D) Non-volitional → explicit
Answer: (A)
145. Difference between feelings and beliefs causes—
(A) Cognitive aggression
(B) Cognitive dissonance
(C) Motivational disparity
(D) Multiple drives
Answer: (B)
146. Self-actualization means—
(A) Assessing oneself
(B) Fulfillment of basic and mental needs
(C) Realizing uniqueness
(D) Satisfaction without goals
Answer: (B)
147. Head Teacher sits in office all day with paperwork. Bad practice because she—
(A) Requires visibility
(B) Should assert authority
(C) Can finish at home
(D) Is not taking classes
Answer: (A)
148. School Mathematics club is meant—
(A) For interested students
(B) To attract weak students
(C) For anyone wishing to work with mathematics
(D) For poor students
Answer: (C)
149. School plant consists of—
(A) All material possessions
(B) Possessions + workers
(C) Gadgets like pump/generator
(D) Kitchen garden
Answer: (A)
150. Head Teacher observes class, she requires—
(A) Questionnaire
(B) Instruction manual
(C) Observation schedule
(D) Interview schedule
Answer: (C)
151. Why prepare a table of specifications for an achievement test?
(A) For balanced test in terms of content and objectives
(B) For listing type of items
(C) For ensuring accountability
(D) For including difficult items
Answer: (A)
152. Levels of knowledge in Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (correct order):
(A) Conceptual, Factual, Metacognitive, Procedural
(B) Metacognitive, Factual, Conceptual, Procedural
(C) Factual, Conceptual, Procedural, Metacognitive
(D) Factual, Procedural, Conceptual, Metacognitive
Answer: (C)
153. Simpson’s levels of objectives in psychomotor domain (order):
(A) Displaying, explaining, proceeding, reacting…
(B) Differentiating, distinguishing, selecting…
(C) Perception, set, guided response, mechanism, complex overt response, adaptation, origination
(D) Receiving, responding, valuing, organizing…
Answer: (C)
154. Split-half method of reliability measures—
(A) Internal consistency
(B) Reliability of half test
(C) Comparison of halves
(D) Time-based consistency
Answer: (A)
155. An assessment file with work samples over time is—
(A) Continuous comprehensive assessment
(B) Formative assessment
(C) Internal assessment
(D) Portfolio assessment
Answer: (D)
156. CCE recommended by RTE so that—
(A) Every aspect of student is evaluated
(B) Gifted/backward identified
(C) Evaluated externally and internally
(D) No need to remember past
Answer: (A)
157. Bula disrupts class. Teacher should—
(A) Give separate task
(B) Make her sit first bench
(C) Shame her
(D) Send her out
Answer: (A)
158. Key elements of emotional intelligence (Goleman):
(A) Altruism, empathy, appreciation
(B) Self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills
(C) Self-control, self-consciousness, discipline…
(D) Sympathy, compassion, perception
Answer: (B)
159. In a normal population, percentage of people with average intelligence is—
(A) 51.6%
(B) 67.3%
(C) 89.4%
(D) 95%
Answer: (B)
160. Lower social class students score lower due to—
(A) Few resources, less parental help, poor models
(B) Inherited low intelligence
(C) Need nutrition, too many siblings
(D) Poor upbringing only
Answer: (A)
161. Gardner’s multiple intelligences include Logical, Spatial, Interpersonal, Natural. Others are—
(A) Componential, experiential, contextual
(B) Emotional, mobility, perceptual
(C) Linguistic, dexterity, memory, tactile
(D) Linguistic, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal
Answer: (D)
162. Advance organizers are—
(A) Cues for next lesson
(B) Aid to discriminate existing knowledge
(C) Mental aids to integrate new with existing knowledge
(D) Questions at beginning
Answer: (C)
163. Teacher shows long multiplication, pupils copy. Teacher is—
(A) Instructing
(B) Learning
(C) Teaching
(D) Training
Answer: (D)
164. Football captain believes practice will win match. Shows—
(A) Aggressive leadership
(B) Cooperative spirit
(C) External locus of control
(D) High self-efficacy
Answer: (D)
165. Student failed exam, blames personal life problems. Shows—
(A) External locus of control
(B) Internal locus of control
(C) Lack of achievement motivation
(D) Lack of courage
Answer: (A)
166. Class VIII student carefully does homework, awaits feedback. Shows need for—
(A) Achievement
(B) Recognition
(C) Self-actualization
(D) Sustenance
Answer: (A)
167. McClelland’s theory needs are—
(A) Achievement, power, affiliation, avoidance
(B) Food, sex, aspirations
(C) Motivation, domination, cooperation
(D) Satisfaction, continuity, control
Answer: (A)
168. Weiner’s attribution theory domains are—
(A) Ability, effort, difficulty
(B) Internal/external control, transformation
(C) Locus of control, stability, controllability
(D) Luck, skill, personality
Answer: (C)
169. Which Committee examines budget estimates?
(A) Business Advisory
(B) Public Accounts
(C) Estimates Committee
(D) Select Committee on Bills
Answer: (C)
170. By Social norm we mean—
(A) Average performance in test
(B) Scales of measurement
(C) Individual resolution
(D) Standards of group behavior
Answer: (D)
171. “Chunking” is a strategy of—
(A) Memorisation
(B) Creativity
(C) Computer programs
(D) Intelligence
Answer: (A)
172. Fitting new experience into existing structure is—
(A) Accommodation
(B) Assimilation
(C) Sensation
(D) Habit formation
Answer: (B)
173. The score occurring most frequently is—
(A) Mean
(B) Mode
(C) Quartile
(D) Percentile
Answer: (B)
174. Structure of intellect proposed by—
(A) Guilford
(B) Spearman
(C) Thurstone
(D) Skinner
Answer: (A)
175. Taxonomy of objectives suggested by—
(A) Bloom
(B) Young
(C) Carl Rogers
(D) Maslow
Answer: (A)
176. Information Processing Model of Memory by—
(A) Atkinson & Shiffrin
(B) McDougall
(C) Freud
(D) Woodworth
Answer: (A)
177. Projective tests measure—
(A) Personality
(B) Intelligence
(C) Achievement
(D) Teaching skill
Answer: (A)
178. Report of International Commission on Education for 21st century is—
(A) Learning the treasure within
(B) Education for 21st century
(C) Education for future
(D) Education for development
Answer: (A)
179. Sarkaria Commission (1983) constituted for—
(A) State-Centre relationship
(B) Review Constitution
(C) Probe 2G scam
(D) Review Planning
Answer: (A)
180. Article 243(K) vests Panchayat elections in—
(A) State Election Commission
(B) State Government
(C) National Election Commission
(D) Governor
Answer: (A)
181. Aim of “complete living” in Education supported by—
(A) Herbert Spencer
(B) J. F. Herbart
(C) John Dewey
(D) Plato
Answer: (A)
182. Characteristic of Preoperational child—
(A) Egocentric
(B) Hypersensitive
(C) Abstract thinking
(D) Animism
Answer: (A)
183. Subjective condition of Attention—
(A) Interest
(B) Intensity
(C) Repetition
(D) Movement
Answer: (A)
184. Technique of evaluation is—
(A) Worksheets
(B) Group Activity
(C) Project
(D) Criterion Referenced Testing
Answer: (D)
185. Stages of cognitive development identified by—
(A) Piaget
(B) Freud
(C) Kohler
(D) Watson
Answer: (A)
186. Skinner’s Programmed Instruction is example of—
(A) Individualised Instruction
(B) Group Instruction
(C) Group-Individual Instruction
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A)
187. Normal School was meant for—
(A) Normal children
(B) Teaching in normal condition
(C) Teachers’ training
(D) Main streaming
Answer: (C)
188. Not a determinant of motivation—
(A) Locus of Control
(B) Intelligence
(C) Level of Aspiration
(D) Self Actualisation
Answer: (B)
189. Concept of ‘Anticipatory set’ proposed by—
(A) Skinner
(B) Ausubel
(C) Bandura
(D) Pavlov
Answer: (B)
190. Concept of reinforcement introduced by—
(A) Pavlov
(B) Kaplan
(C) Bruner
(D) Skinner
Answer: (D)
191. Concept attainment model devised by—
(A) Ausubel
(B) Lewin
(C) Gagne
(D) Bruner
Answer: (D)
192. Wertheimer was a—
(A) Gestaltist
(B) Behaviourist
(C) Psychoanalyst
(D) Social Psychologist
Answer: (A)
193. Desist signifies—
(A) Reinforcer
(B) Punisher
(C) Reward
(D) None
Answer: (B)
194. UNESCO stands for—
(A) Understanding Nation’s Education Org.
(B) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(C) United Nations Science Congress Office
(D) Union of New Education Org.
Answer: (B)
195. Highest order in Maslow’s hierarchy is—
(A) Need to love
(B) Need to understand
(C) Self Esteem
(D) Self Actualisation
Answer: (D)
196. Personality derived from Latin word—
(A) Personae
(B) Personi
(C) Personal
(D) Persona
Answer: (A)
197. IGNOU established in—
(A) 1986
(B) 1985
(C) 1984
(D) 1982
Answer: (B)
198. CIET stands for—
(A) Central Institute of Education & Training
(B) Central Institute of Educational Training
(C) Central Institute of Educational Technology
(D) None
Answer: (C)
199. Hierarchical theory of motivation suggested by—
(A) Maslow
(B) Piaget
(C) Atkinson
(D) Skinner
Answer: (A)
200. Guilford’s S.O.I. Model stands for—
(A) Structure of Intellect
(B) System of Intelligence
(C) Structure of Information
(D) System of Intellect
Answer: (A)
- The Chairperson for the Secondary Education Commission (1952–53) was
(A) Dr. A. L. Mudaliar
(B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(C) Dr. D. S. Kothari
(D) Dr. R. Murti
Answer: (A) - Team teaching has the potentiality to develop
(A) Competitive spirit
(B) Cooperation
(C) The habit of supplementing the teaching of each other
(D) Pointing out the gaps in each other’s teaching
Answer: (B) - Delinking of jobs from degrees was proposed by
(A) New Policy on Education (1986)
(B) National Education Policy (1968)
(C) Plan of Action (1992)
(D) Policy on Education and Finance (2005)
Answer: (A) - The stages of Universalization of Primary Education are
(A) Provision of education, Enrolment, Retention
(B) Enrolment, Retention, Examination
(C) Retention, School meal, Time-table
(D) Enrolment, Retention, Time-table
Answer: (A) - The third stage in the hierarchy of needs model of motivation is
(A) Belongingness and Love
(B) Esteem and Respect
(C) Physiological and Emotional
(D) Safety and Security
Answer: (A) - The University Education Commission (1948–49) recommended the establishment of
(A) Agriculture and Rural university
(B) Separate Urban and Rural university
(C) Central university in each state
(D) Separate university for Teacher Education
Answer: (A) - Which of the following is the odd one?
(A) Originality
(B) Punctuality
(C) Flexibility
(D) Fluency
Answer: (B) - The syllabus should be organised according to
(A) A sequence of the concepts
(B) Latest trend
(C) Convenience of the time table
(D) Grouping of the activities
Answer: (A) - The difference between Syllabus and Curriculum is
(A) Syllabus includes examination but Curriculum does not
(B) Curriculum is just part of the Syllabus; they are same
(C) — (option missing in source)
(D) Syllabus is just the content, but Curriculum is about all aspects of the course
Answer: (D) - Which of the following are the aims of an idealistic education?
(A) Scientific temper and emancipation of self
(B) Rationality, adaptation to nature
(C) Self-realisation, spiritual development
(D) Vocational readiness, adaptation to nature
Answer: (C) - NAEP stands for
(A) National Adult Education Programme
(B) National Assessment of Educational Processes
(C) National Association of Educated Professionals
(D) National Association of Educated Parents
Answer: (A) - Discipline in school must be ensured
(A) With strict punitive measures
(B) With reasons for the rules
(C) By letting parents know of misdemeanors
(D) By ignoring misdemeanors
Answer: (B) - The most important function of school supervision is
(A) Receiving salary bills
(B) Sending government nominee to governing body of school
(C) Motivating teachers towards high performance
(D) Appointing new teachers
Answer: (C) - The process by which lower caste people adopt behaviour, rites and styles of upper castes is called
(A) Sanskritisation
(B) Modernization
(C) Socialization
(D) Ritualization
Answer: (A) - Which of the following is NOT a domain of learning?
(A) Cognitive
(B) Affective
(C) Psychomotor
(D) Diagnostic
Answer: (D) - Thorndike’s main laws of learning are about
(A) Readiness, Exercise, Effect
(B) Attitude, Analogy, Association
(C) Response, Reaction, Potency of elements
(D) Transfer, Exercise, Effect
Answer: (A) - True learning occurs
(A) Through preparing for examination
(B) Through our experiences
(C) Through practice
(D) From the text books
Answer: (B) - Human development approach to planning takes into account
(A) Needs and aspiration of people
(B) Skills and abilities of people
(C) Needs of disadvantaged
(D) Future earning of educated people
Answer: (A) - The steps of educational planning are
(A) Policy making, Strategic planning, Policy evaluation
(B) Policy making, Plan formulation, Plan implementation
(C) Planning, Decision making, Plan implementation
(D) Political decision making, Plan formulation, Plan evaluation
Answer: (B) - The broad aim of education should be
(A) Growth of inner potential
(B) Acquisition of knowledge
(C) To look for better jobs
(D) To maintain a better outlook
Answer: (A) - The most appropriate meaning of learning is
(A) Acquiring knowledge
(B) Modification and changes in behaviour
(C) Inculcation of good habits
(D) Adjustment of personality
Answer: (B) - Which of the following is an indirect process of learning?
(A) Teacher teaching the child in class
(B) Child observing how adults behave
(C) Teacher-child interaction during an excursion
(D) Child being taught by the private tutor
Answer: (B) - Which of the following is the characteristic of education?
(A) Life long process
(B) Socio-economic status
(C) Physical process
(D) Family
Answer: (A) - The role of philosophy in education is to guide about
(A) Why certain ideas are to be imparted
(B) How certain ideas are imparted
(C) To what extent ideas are accepted by society
(D) When certain ideas may be imparted
Answer: (A) - Learning, according to Gestaltists,
(A) Is combination of learned responses
(B) Occurs only gradually
(C) Is dependent on repetition
(D) Is realization from insight
Answer: (D) - A child at the stage of formal operations
(A) Has acquired idea of reversibility and abstract thought
(B) Requires concrete exemplars to understand concepts
(C) Has acquired some forms of conservation but not all
(D) Can think abstractly but cannot tackle reverse operations
Answer: (A) - Erikson’s final stage of psychosocial development is
(A) Ego integrity vs Despair
(B) Autonomy vs Shame and doubt
(C) Generativity vs Self-absorption
(D) Industry vs Inferiority
Answer: (A) - Which of the following belongs to Gagne’s hierarchy of learning?
(A) Signal learning, Insightful learning, Multiple discrimination
(B) Signal learning, Chaining, Insightful learning
(C) Signal learning, Insightful learning, Problem solving
(D) Signal learning, Verbal association, Rule learning
Answer: (C) - The modern approach to quality management in educational administration implies
(A) Dissemination of innovative ideas
(B) Introduction of rigid incentive schemes
(C) Involvement of all the stakeholders
(D) Laissez-faire leadership policy
Answer: (C) - A teacher asks probing questions to find out
(A) How much students remember what he taught
(B) Whether students remember previous knowledge required
(C) If he has set students reflecting about what he is teaching
(D) How to reinforce the ideas taught
Answer: (C) - Correct order of acquisition of affective objective is
(A) Receiving, Responding, Valuing, Organizing
(B) Receiving, Organization, Valuing, Characterization by values
(C) Valuing, Organization, Receiving, Characterization, Responding
(D) Receiving, Responding, Valuing, Organization, Characterization
Answer: (D) - If locus of control is internal, a person
(A) Blames others for misfortunes
(B) Is self dependent and self regulating
(C) Depends on others for wellbeing
(D) Depends on history and luck
Answer: (B) - Scaffolding and apprenticeships are terms associated with
(A) Constructivism
(B) Behaviourism
(C) Instructivism
(D) Operant conditioning
Answer: (A) - When a child is reading a story book she is taking recourse to
(A) Long term memory
(B) Short term memory
(C) Ideative memory
(D) Sensory memory
Answer: (A) - Anita remembers 10 unconnected words; Gita remembers a sentence of 10 words. Who learns faster?
(A) Gita, because words are associated
(B) Gita, because sentences with rhythm
(C) Anita, because words may rhyme
(D) Anita, because each word is distinct
Answer: (A) - Performance tests are intended to measure
(A) Attitudes
(B) General intelligence
(C) The process or product of an activity
(D) Personality
Answer: (C) - A test that produces same results when repeatedly administered is
(A) Reliable
(B) Valid
(C) Comprehensive
(D) Discriminatory
Answer: (A) - The school library may be accessed by students
(A) At all times to sit and read books
(B) Only when they need to refer to certain books
(C) Only when specifically asked by teachers
(D) Only when they want to exchange story books
Answer: (A) - At present the Government Policy on Education considers Education as a unique
(A) Consumption
(B) Investment
(C) Source of income
(D) Expenditure
Answer: (B) - Student self government is necessary because
(A) It helps teacher to maintain discipline
(B) It decreases teachers’ work
(C) It encourages students to do things on their own
(D) It initiates students into democracy
Answer: (D) - Which of the following are among principal duties of the Head Teacher?
(A) Planning, Organizing, Administering, Supervising
(B) Planning, Liaising, Maintaining Accounts, Meting out punishment
(C) Maintaining accounts, Teaching, Socializing with parents, checking cleanliness
(D) Maintaining accounts, Writing letters, Teaching, Maintaining playground order
Answer: (A) - Different types of central tendency are
(A) Mode, Median, Mean
(B) Standard deviation, Mean, Variance
(C) Mean deviation, Modal class, Median rank
(D) Mean deviation, Standard deviation, Average
Answer: (A) - Positive reinforcement following a response
(A) Increases likelihood of recurrence of that response
(B) Decreases likelihood of recurrence
(C) Eliminates likelihood of recurrence
(D) Eliminates likelihood of other responses
Answer: (A) - A student following an online course and viewing videos is example of
(A) Multimedia instruction
(B) Programmed learning
(C) Direct instruction
(D) Rote learning
Answer: (A) - A school has allotted mathematics lessons at the end of the day. This is
(A) Wrong, because students are tired at the end of the day
(B) Right, because students do not require anything else after math
(C) Wrong, because students do not get time to talk about the lesson
(D) Right, because it keeps naughty children in class
Answer: (A) - The hierarchy of the state administrative machinery for schools is (correct sequence)
(A) Education Secretariat → Directorate of Education → Deputy Director of School Education → District Education Officer
(B) District Education Office → Head Teachers Association → Teachers’ Council → PTA
(C) UGC → NCERT → SCERT → Head teacher
(D) Central Board → Governing Secondary Body → PTA → Teachers’ Council
Answer: (A) - Inclusive education means that
(A) Adaptation of the child according to the need of the school
(B) Zero rejection by the regular school
(C) Adaptation of the child according to the need of the society
(D) Zero expectation from challenged students
Answer: (B) - A teacher wishes to find out whether pupils have acquired concepts she taught. She has to give
(A) A diagnostic test
(B) A norm referenced test
(C) A criterion referenced test
(D) A speed test
Answer: (C) - Female literacy rate in West Bengal (2011 Census) was
(A) 81.7%
(B) 70.5%
(C) 72.4%
(D) 75.6%
Answer: (B) - The ideal of ‘Welfare State’ in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in
(A) Preamble
(B) Directive Principles of State Policy
(C) Fundamental Rights
(D) Seventh Schedule
Answer: (B) - National Health Mission (NHM) programme components include
(A) Strengthening health system in rural and urban areas
(B) Communicable diseases
(C) Non-communicable diseases
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D) - When was Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) launched?
(A) 1998–99
(B) 2001–02
(C) 2005–06
(D) 2004–05
Answer: (B) - Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya are residential upper primary schools for
(A) SC & ST girls only
(B) OBC & Muslim communities
(C) BPL girls
(D) All of the above
Answer: (C) - Mid-day Meal Scheme covers all school children studying in
(A) Class I to Class IV
(B) Upper Primary Classes
(C) Class I to Class VIII
(D) Class I to Class VI
Answer: (D) - Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) is meant for improvement of nutrition of
(A) Children from 1 yr to 6 yrs
(B) Pregnant women
(C) Lactating mothers
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D) - The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has been established under
(A) Article 356
(B) Article 353
(C) Article 252
(D) Article 315
Answer: (D) - “Education is the creation of sound mind in a sound body” was said by
(A) Plato
(B) Comenius
(C) Aristotle
(D) Dewey
Answer: (C) - The fundamental national values have been given in the
(A) Preamble of our Constitution
(B) Articles of our Constitution
(C) Entries of the list of subjects
(D) Fundamental Rights
Answer: (A) - The theory of classical music is discussed in
(A) Rigveda
(B) Samaveda
(C) Yajurveda
(D) Atharvaveda
Answer: (B) - Which Article entrusts superintendence, direction & control of elections to the Election Commission of India?
(A) Article 356
(B) Article 352
(C) Article 324
(D) Article 360
Answer: (C) - Who introduced the Bill for Compulsory Primary Education in the Imperial Council?
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: (C) - Which of the following is not characteristic of maturation?
(A) Directional tendencies
(B) Uniformity of sequence
(C) Increasing specificity of behaviour
(D) Uniformity in rate
Answer: (D) - The coin called rupiya was introduced by
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(C) Sher Shah Suri
(D) Jalaluddin Akbar
Answer: (C) - ‘Jasmine Revolution’ of 2012 is associated with
(A) Somalian political turmoil
(B) North African uprisings
(C) Brazilian protests
(D) All of the above
Answer: (B) - “Identity crisis” is the coinage of
(A) Sigmund Freud
(B) C. G. Jung
(C) Hans Eysenck
(D) Erik Erikson
Answer: (D) - What are the main categories of instructional objectives?
(A) Behaviouristic, cognitive and psychomotor
(B) Affective, behaviouristic and psychomotor
(C) Knowledge, psychomotor, understanding
(D) Cognitive, affective and psychomotor
Answer: (D) - One can be a good teacher, if he
(A) Has genuine interest in teaching
(B) Knows his subject well
(C) Knows his students well
(D) Has an excellent expression
Answer: (A) - Who proposed for the first time age-wise aims of education?
(A) Aristotle
(B) Rousseau
(C) Percy Nunn
(D) Plato
Answer: (C) - The movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’ is associated with which mathematician?
(A) John Nash
(B) John Von Neumann
(C) Johan Galtung
(D) James Waldegrave
Answer: (A) - RMSA is related to
(A) Elementary education
(B) Secondary education
(C) Higher education
(D) Vocational education
Answer: (B) - In which work did Rabindranath write most emphatically in favour of mother tongue as medium?
(A) Shiksha Bikiran
(B) Stri Shiksha
(C) Shikshar Bahan
(D) Shiksha Samasya
Answer: (A) - The Charter Act of East India Company was renewed in the year
(A) 1833
(B) 1844
(C) 1855
(D) 1915
Answer: (A) - Advance Organizer is a —
(A) Theory of learning
(B) Model of teaching
(C) Model of learning
(D) Theory of teaching
Answer: (B) - The essential characteristics of a standardized test are—
(A) Reliability, validity, objectivity, manual
(B) Reliability, validity, answer sheet, questionnaire
(C) Reliability, validity, questionnaire, manual
(D) Reliability, validity, objectivity, norm
Answer: (D) - On what basis are scores of a criterion referenced test interpreted?
(A) Other students’ score
(B) Previous performance
(C) Level of individual performance
(D) Individual characteristics
Answer: (C) - Pragmatism believes in
(A) Permanent values
(B) Changing values
(C) Perennial values
(D) Social values
Answer: (B) - Which one is not a type of intelligence in Gardner’s theory?
(A) Musical
(B) Linguistic
(C) Social
(D) Interpersonal
Answer: (C) - Personality is the function of
(A) Natural tendencies
(B) Nature and nurture
(C) Environmental influences
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B) - Language development requires —
(A) Social acceptance
(B) Social communication
(C) Social interaction
(D) Social support
Answer: (C) - A truly inclusive school meets the
(A) Needs of whole range of pupils
(B) Needs of RTE Act, 2009
(C) Needs of EFA
(D) All of the above
Answer: (A) - What is the meaning of achievement motivation?
(A) Urge for success
(B) Overcoming fear of failure
(C) Motivation for competition
(D) Urge to achieve more than others
Answer: (A) - The first government in the world to initiate a comprehensive Family Planning Programme was
(A) China
(B) India in 1952
(C) Erstwhile USSR
(D) Brazil
Answer: (B) - Mental health and adjustment has
(A) Parallel relationship
(B) Cause-and-effect relationship
(C) Null relationship
(D) Rhetorical relationship
Answer: (A) - Which of the following is not related to mental health of teachers?
(A) Conflict
(B) Frustration
(C) Complex
(D) Introversion
Answer: (D) - Counselling is
(A) An intrapersonal process
(B) An interpersonal process
(C) A social process
(D) An intellectual process
Answer: (B) - True meaning of accountability of teachers is
(A) To justify teaching process
(B) To prove own worth
(C) To serve as per satisfaction of stakeholders
(D) To serve in collaboration with stakeholders
Answer: (D) - Jean Piaget is famous for his
(A) Teaching model
(B) Model of curriculum development
(C) Model of cognitive development
(D) Model of moral judgement
Answer: (C) - What should be ultimate aim of any teaching-learning process?
(A) Learning to learn
(B) Learning to do
(C) Learning for occupation
(D) Learning to be learned
Answer: (A) - Which Indian university is Asia’s largest residential university?
(A) Allahabad University
(B) Utkal University
(C) Banaras Hindu University
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru University
Answer: (C) - Population education is
(A) Multi-disciplinary field
(B) Inter-disciplinary field
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) - Choose correct statement in context of constructivism:
(A) Knowledge is subject related
(B) Knowledge is information processing
(C) Knowledge is subjective
(D) Knowledge is Long Term Memory
Answer: (C) - The fundamental basis of value is—
(A) Liking
(B) Needs
(C) Purposes
(D) Judgement
Answer: (B) - Verma Commission was established for —
(A) Technical Education
(B) Medical Education
(C) Teacher Education
(D) Vocational Education
Answer: (C) - Which commission recommended dissociating school education from university education?
(A) Radhakrishnan
(B) Mudaliar
(C) Kothari
(D) Zakir Hussain
Answer: (C) - Which Fundamental Right was included as per the 86th/93rd Amendment for free and compulsory education?
(A) Right to Constitutional Remedies
(B) Right to free and compulsory education for children 6–14
(C) Right to equality
(D) Right to Freedom of Religion
Answer: (B) - Equality of educational opportunities is possible by
(A) Extending institutions to all without discrimination
(B) Opening more institutions
(C) Privatising the education system
(D) Public funding of education
Answer: (A) - Which of the following is NOT a primary function of a school?
(A) Socialization of pupils
(B) Providing vocational profit-making services
(C) Transmission of culture
(D) Development of individual potential
Answer: (B) - Which indicator is commonly used to measure access in elementary education?
(A) Pupil-teacher ratio
(B) Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)
(C) Teacher qualification levels
(D) Textbook availability
Answer: (B) - The best method to evaluate students’ higher-order thinking is:
(A) Multiple-choice tests
(B) Objective-type quizzes
(C) Essay-type/problem-solving tasks
(D) True/False questions
Answer: (C) - Which policy document recommended the Common School System in India?
(A) Kothari Commission Report
(B) Mudaliar Commission Report
(C) Radhakrishnan Commission Report
(D) National Policy on Education 1986
Answer: (A)301. The expectancy theory is related to concept
(A) Motivation
(B) Memory
(C) Learning
(D) Emotion
Answer: (A)302. At present the Government Policy on Education considers Education as a unique
(A) source of income
(B) consumption
(C) investment
(D) expenditure
Answer: (C)303. Serampore College established in
(A) 1818
(B) 1820
(C) 1815
(D) 1830
Answer: (A)304. Charter Act comes on
(A) 1825
(B) 1813
(C) 1805
(D) 1812
Answer: (B)305. Full form of G.C.P.I. is
(A) Government Council for Private Institution
(B) General Committee of Public Instruction
(C) Government Committee for Public Instruction
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)306. Which of the following led to the introduction of English education in India? (1) Charter Act of 1813 (2) General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823 (3) Orientalist–Anglicist controversy
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 2 only
(C) 1 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (D)307. N.L.M. (National Literacy Mission) was established in
(A) 1990
(B) 1988
(C) 2000
(D) 1997
Answer: (B)308. The type of education the family imparts to the child is
(A) Formal
(B) Non-formal
(C) Informal
(D) Traditional
Answer: (C)309. Full form of S.U.P.W. is
(A) Socially Useful and Productive Work
(B) Social Useful Project Work
(C) Society Upper class Progress Work
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A)310. Drop-outs are more likely to be
(A) unemployed
(B) engaged in antisocial acts
(C) vulnerable to public assistance
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)311. National Policy for the Empowerment of Women was issued in
(A) 2000
(B) 2005
(C) 2001
(D) 2010
Answer: (C)312. Spiritual capital of India in the Buddhist period was
(A) Takshashila
(B) Kashi
(C) Nalanda
(D) Vikramshila
Answer: (C)313. “Kashi of the south” was
(A) Aurangabad
(B) Srirangapatnam
(C) Kanchi
(D) Bidar
Answer: (C)314. The first report which clearly accepted that responsibility of education in India lay with British Government was
(A) Sadler Commission Report
(B) Wood’s Despatch
(C) Sargent’s Report
(D) Abbot–Wood report
Answer: (B)315. Hunter Commission was appointed mainly to study problems and development of
(A) Secondary education
(B) Higher education
(C) Primary education
(D) Educational administration
Answer: (C)316. Baptist Mission first started publication in Bengal of the newspaper
(A) Sambad Koumudi
(B) Samachar Darpan
(C) Digdarshan
(D) Sambad Pravakar
Answer: (B)317. The Commission which recommended the system of Grant-in-Aid in education was
(A) Hunter
(B) Mudaliar
(C) Kothari
(D) Sadler
Answer: (A)318. The year 1835 was important for
(A) Bentinck Resolution
(B) Macaulay Minute
(C) Curzon’s Policy
(D) Mont-Ford Report
Answer: (B)319. The philosopher who first gave the conception of psychology was
(A) Locke
(B) William James
(C) Bain
(D) Aristotle
Answer: (D)320. “Psychology is the positive science of the behaviour of living beings” — statement was made by
(A) Watson
(B) McDougall
(C) Woodworth
(D) Munn
Answer: (A)321. “A — is the absence of something desired, required or useful for man’s well-being.” The blank stands for
(A) Need
(B) Drive
(C) Motive
(D) Elan vital
Answer: (A)322. Gregariousness, self-assertion etc. are
(A) Instinct
(B) Emotion
(C) Need
(D) Skill
Answer: (A)323. “Perception of the object → organic changes → organic sensation.” According to W. James the blank stands for
(A) Instinct
(B) Emotion
(C) Need
(D) Ideas
Answer: (B)324. Excessive love on the part of a daughter for her father is known as
(A) Castration complex
(B) Electra complex
(C) Oedipus complex
(D) Narcissism
Answer: (B)325. What did Freud consider the paternal love of girls?
(A) Oedipus complex
(B) Electra complex
(C) Narcissism
(D) Feeling of dependence
Answer: (B)326. Oedipus complex is expressed during which stage?
(A) Anal stage
(B) Phallic stage
(C) Genital stage
(D) Latency stage
Answer: (B)327. “Heredity and not environment is the chief maker of men.” — statement was made by
(A) Darwin
(B) McDougall
(C) Wiggam
(D) L. E. Tyler
Answer: (C)328. The nature–nurture debate refers to
(A) Genetics and Environment
(B) Behaviour and Environment
(C) Biology and Environment
(D) Upbringing and Environment
Answer: (A)329. The theory of cognitive development was propounded by
(A) Erikson
(B) Bandura
(C) Piaget
(D) Kohlberg
Answer: (C)330. Learning is the modification of
(A) Behaviour
(B) Behaviour through training
(C) Behaviour through training (duplicate)
(D) Native endowment and experience
Answer: (A)331. The theory of connectionism on learning was put forward by
(A) Thorndike
(B) Pavlov
(C) Skinner
(D) Guthrie
Answer: (A)332. The term ‘Insight’ is associated with the learning theory of
(A) Systematic Watson (typo)
(B) Operant conditioning
(C) Classical conditioning
(D) Gestalt theory
Answer: (D)333. Find out the one which was not mentioned by Watson in list of primary emotions:
(A) Love
(B) Hate
(C) Anger
(D) Fear
Answer: (B)334. “— is merely connation or striving considered from the point of view of its effects on cognitive process.” Blank stands for
(A) Attention
(B) Interest
(C) Memory
(D) Emotion
Answer: (B)335. Theory on the structure of intellect was propounded by
(A) Thurstone
(B) Spearman
(C) Thomson
(D) Guilford
Answer: (D)336. ‘The concept of social education in place of adult education was propounded by
(A) Dr. P. C. Chandra
(B) Dr. Radhakrishnan
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Dr. Zakir Husain
Answer: (C)337. The Committee was associated with
(A) Technical and Vocational education
(B) Basic Education
(C) Moral Education
(D) Women’s Education
Answer: (B)338. Simla Education Conference was held in
(A) 1999
(B) 1901
(C) 1902
(D) 1904
Answer: (B)339. “A model of teaching is a plan or pattern that can be used to shape curriculum…” — definition of Teaching Model given by
(A) Joyce and Weil
(B) C. F. Silbeman
(C) Herbert
(D) Bruner
Answer: (A)340. Inquiry Training Model belongs to
(A) Information Processing Model
(B) Personal Teaching Model
(C) Social Interaction Model
(D) Developmental Teaching Model
Answer: (A)341. “West Bengal Board of Secondary Education” was established according to Education Act of
(A) 1950
(B) 1963
(C) 1969
(D) 1977
Answer: (A)342. The term “Wastage” stands for
(A) Problems of enrolment
(B) Non-completion of the primary stage
(C) Remaining in the same class year after year
(D) Frequent change of schools
Answer: (B)343. Problem of ‘wastage’ and ‘stagnation’ is primarily related to which level of education?
(A) Secondary level
(B) Primary level
(C) Special education
(D) Higher secondary level
Answer: (B)344. Meaning of stagnation in education is
(A) Retention of a child in the same class for more than one year
(B) Not going to school by the child
(C) Taking no admission in school by the child
(D) Leaving the school by the child
Answer: (A)345. To solve problems of wastage and stagnation we should give primary attention to
(A) Examination system
(B) Expansion of primary schools
(C) Educational planning
(D) Institutional planning
Answer: (A)346. Find out the factor which is not involved in Teaching methods
(A) Learning efforts of the pupil
(B) Teaching efforts of the teacher
(C) Transition from analysis to synthesis
(D) Dynamic organization by learning materials
Answer: (A)347. Find out the one which is not in the teaching maxims
(A) Proceed from whole to part
(B) Proceed from particular to general
(C) Proceed from indefinite to definite
(D) Proceed logically not psychologically
Answer: (D)348. Dalton Plan as teaching method was put forward by
(A) Dewey
(B) Miss H. Parkhurst
(C) Carleton W. Washburne
(D) Fred S. Keller
Answer: (B)349. Herbert’s formal steps in teaching include — Clearness, Association, method of application. The blank stands for
(A) System
(B) Guidance
(C) Planning
(D) Aim
Answer: (D)350. “Discipline must be based on and controlled by — ” — Pestalozzi. The blank stands for
(A) Love
(B) Order
(C) Repression
(D) Freedom
Answer: (A)351. Discipline among students can be promoted mainly through
(A) Co-curricular activities
(B) School self-government
(C) Compact curricular programme
(D) Direct control on student activity
Answer: (B)352. West Bengal Board of Secondary Education introduced compulsory Physical Education at school level from year
(A) 1977
(B) 1974
(C) 1979
(D) 1981
Answer: (A)353. As an educationist, Rousseau is
(A) an idealist
(B) a naturalist
(C) a pragmatist
(D) none of the above
Answer: (B)354. “I wish to psychologize education.” — statement made by
(A) Pestalozzi
(B) Rousseau
(C) Dewey
(D) Herbert
Answer: (A)355. “Self-activity” is the method of instruction of
(A) Froebel
(B) Dewey
(C) Spencer
(D) Gandhiji
Answer: (A)356. The philosophy of Dewey is
(A) Idealism
(B) Pragmatism
(C) Naturalism
(D) Instrumentalism
Answer: (B)357. “School is a simplified, purified and better balanced society” — view expressed by
(A) Dewey
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Vivekananda
(D) Montessori
Answer: (A)358. He is an idealist in his philosophy of education but also a naturalist. Who is he?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Rousseau
(C) Montessori
(D) Sri Aurobindo
Answer: (D)359. “The end of all education… should be man-making.” This is according to
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Sri Aurobindo
(C) Dewey
(D) Vivekananda
Answer: (D)360. The first most comprehensive report on vocational and technical education came from
(A) Mudaliar Commission
(B) Abbot-Wood
(C) Sargent
(D) Sadler
Answer: (C)361. Legal status was given to the Syndicates of the Universities by
(A) India University Act (1904)
(B) Govt. Resolution (1904)
(C) Govt. Resolution (1913)
(D) Calcutta University Commission (1917–19)
Answer: (A)362. “A beginning should be made in the direction of making elementary education free and compulsory throughout the country.” — statement made by
(A) Mahatma Phule
(B) Gokhale
(C) Ibrahim Rahimullah
(D) Chimanlal Sitalabad
Answer: (B)363. Non-formal education programme was first introduced in the
(A) 3rd Five-Year Plan
(B) 4th Five-Year Plan
(C) 5th Five-Year Plan
(D) 6th Five-Year Plan
Answer: (A)364. “Operation Blackboard” has been undertaken for the improvement of
(A) Women’s education
(B) Moral education
(C) Primary education
(D) Adult education
Answer: (C)365. “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.” This is according to
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Sri Aurobindo
(C) John Dewey
(D) Swami Vivekananda
Answer: (B)366. School is a simplified, purified and better balanced society — view expressed by
(A) Naturalists
(B) Idealists
(C) Pragmatists
(D) Marxists
Answer: (C)367. The ultimate aim of education is
(A) To earn to make both ends meet
(B) Individual perfection
(C) To prepare for future living
(D) To prepare for complete living
Answer: (D)368. The term “Directress” was used by
(A) Montessori
(B) Froebel
(C) Rousseau
(D) Dewey
Answer: (A)369. Programmed learning is based on the learning theory of
(A) Classical conditioning
(B) Operant conditioning
(C) Connectionism
(D) Insight
Answer: (B)370. Learning is the modification of
(A) Native endowments
(B) Behaviour
(C) Behaviour through training
(D) Behaviour through training and experience
Answer: (B)371. A creative person is generally of
(A) always a genius
(B) always of average intelligence
(C) always of below average intelligence
(D) always of above average intelligence
Answer: (D)372. Two-factor theory of intelligence was propounded by
(A) Thurstone
(B) Spearman
(C) Thomson
(D) Thorndike
Answer: (B)373. The founder of the behaviourist school of psychology is
(A) Watson
(B) McDougall
(C) Freud
(D) Kohler
Answer: (A)374. The final form or relation between stimulus and response in classical conditioning is represented by
(A) S1 — R1
(B) S2 — R1
(C) S1 — R2
(D) S2 — R2
Answer: (B)375. Find out the one which was not mentioned by Watson in his list of primary emotions:
(A) Love
(B) Hate
(C) Anger
(D) Fear
Answer: (B)376. Learning becomes effective if
(A) articulated with adequate maturational level
(B) interest is present
(C) the student is sincere
(D) the learner is afraid of being punished
Answer: (A)377. Plateau in learning occurs due to
(A) callousness
(B) fatigue and boredom
(C) incongenial physical environment
(D) defective method
Answer: (B)378. Excessive love on the part of a son for his mother is known as
(A) Castration Complex
(B) Electra Complex
(C) Oedipus Complex
(D) Behaviour Complex
Answer: (C)379. CAT is used for measuring
(A) Attitude
(B) Temperament
(C) Intelligence
(D) Personality
Answer: (C)380. Retroactive inhibition is due to
(A) interference of later learning with earlier learning
(B) time gap in learning
(C) interference of earlier learning with later learning
(D) emotional blocking
Answer: (A)381. Slow down of language development in the child for about two months after the first words are uttered is due to
(A) indifferent attitude of the parents
(B) defects not corrected by the parents
(C) more concentration of the child on recently acquired motor skills
(D) unsatisfactory social environment
Answer: (C)382. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) Psychology is an exact science
(B) Psychology is a positive science
(C) Psychology is a normative science
(D) Psychology is not at all a science
Answer: (B)383. The highest form of need in Maslow’s hierarchy is
(A) Safety needs
(B) Self-actualisation needs
(C) Esteem needs
(D) Love and belongingness needs
Answer: (B)384. Free discipline is synonymous with
(A) Discipline by natural consequences
(B) License
(C) Freedom
(D) Self-discipline
Answer: (D)385. The post of Director of Public Instruction was created on the basis of recommendations of
(A) Hunter Commission’s Report
(B) Wood’s Despatch
(C) Adam’s Report
(D) Charter Act
Answer: (B)386. G.C.P.I. was established in the year
(A) 1823 A.D.
(B) 1813 A.D.
(C) 1835 A.D.
(D) 1854 A.D.
Answer: (A)387. The most comprehensive report on education is the Report of
(A) Mudaliar Commission
(B) Hunter Commission
(C) Kothari Commission
(D) Radhakrishnan Commission
Answer: (C)388. The Anglicist–Orientalist controversy was finally decided after the publication of
(A) Macaulay’s Minute
(B) Bentinck’s Resolution
(C) Curzon’s Educational policy
(D) Mont-Ford Report
Answer: (A)389. The first man to join in the post of Professor of Bengali in Fort William College was
(A) Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(B) Ramnarayan Tarkalankar
(C) William Carey
(D) Pancharan Tarkalankar
Answer: (B)390. Compulsory primary education was first enforced during British Rule in the then princely state of
(A) Travancore
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Cooch Behar
(D) Baroda (typo in source)
Answer: (A)391. The term ‘Wastage and Stagnation’ in primary education was first mentioned in the report of
(A) Hartog Committee
(B) Sargent Committee
(C) Kher Committee
(D) Wood and Abbot Committee
Answer: (A)392. The term stagnation stands for
(A) Dropouts
(B) Non-completion of primary stage
(C) Remaining in the same class year after year
(D) Frequent change of schools
Answer: (C)393. Rural universities came into existence on the recommendations of
(A) Radhakrishnan Commission
(B) Mudaliar Commission
(C) Kothari Commission
(D) Sadler Commission
Answer: (C)394. Self-sufficiency is the acid test of Education. The blank stands for
(A) Women’s Education
(B) Vocational Education
(C) Basic Education
(D) Technical Education
Answer: (C)395. Delinking of education with jobs was stated in the Educational Policy of
(A) 1968
(B) 1979
(C) 1986
(D) 1992
Answer: (C)396. Educator compared with the gardener by
(A) Rousseau
(B) Montessori
(C) Froebel
(D) Dewey
Answer: (C)397. Project Method logical sequence includes purposing, — , executing, judging. The blank stands for
(A) Rehearsing
(B) Guiding
(C) Actualising
(D) Planning
Answer: (D)398. Teaching Model is a new coinage in place of the existing
(A) Theory of learning
(B) Theory of teaching
(C) Theory of self-learning
(D) Theory of programmed learning
Answer: (B)399. According to Ashok Mitra Commission’s Report, English is to be taught from
(A) Class Three
(B) Class Five
(C) Class Four
(D) Class Six
Answer: (B)400. No tuition fee is charged in our State up to the
(A) Primary stage
(B) Madhyamik stage
(C) Higher Secondary stage
(D) Degree stage
Answer: (A)
