EDU 06 Education in Indian Society

1. Who composed the holy books called Vedas?
a. Dasyus     b. Guptas
c. Aryans      d. Buddhist
Ans: c
2. How many Vedas composed Aryans?
a. 6   b. 5  c. 3  d. 4
Ans: d
3. What was the first and earlist among Vedas?
a. Right veda    b. Sama veda
c. Yajur veda    d. Atharva veda
Ans: a
4. The religious books of Buddhism were written in
a. Palin or prakit  b. Hindi
c. Sanskrit            d. Bengali
Ans: a
5. The ceremony of initiation of education in Buddhism is called
a. Vidyarambam  b. Upanayanam
c. Pabajja             d. Uparampada
Ans : c
6. Which of the following is described as Magna Carta of indian education?
a. Sargent Commission
b. Wood's Despatch
c. Macaulay Minutes
d. Hunter Commission
Ans : d
7. Education falls under the
a. Concurrent List
b. Fundamental Rights
c. State List
d. Constitution of India
Ans: a
8. The policy recommended by the kothari Commission vis-a-vis language is
a. Three language formula
b. Two language formula
c. Hindi   d. Mother Tongue
Ans: a
9. Constitution of India came into effect from?
a. 15 January 1950
b. 26 January 1950
c. 15 August 1950
d. 15 January 1947
Ans : b
10. How many articles were there originally in constitution of India?
a. 395    b. 397  c. 403   d. 410
Ans :a
11. Purusha sukta is a part of which Vedas?
a. Sama veda   b. Atharva veda
c. Rig veda        d. Yajur veda
Ans: c
12. Veda has been derived from the word 'vid'. What is the meaning of vid?
a. God        b. Knowledge
c. Holy       d. Religious
Ans : b
13. Which of the following commission first decentralized the primary education?
a.  Hunter Commission
b. Mudaliar Commission
c. Kothari Commission
d. Sadler Commission
Ans : a
14. How many fundamental Rights are enjoyed by the Indians?
a. Nine    b. Ten   c. Seven  d. Six
Ans: d
15. Operation Black-Board programme was introduced to improve
a. Teacher education
b. Primary education
c. Secondary education
d. Higher education
Ans : b
16. Which of the following is the apex body in the area of teacher education in India?
a. UGC   b. MHRD  c. NCTE  d. NCERT
Ans : c
17. How many time it took for constituent Assembly to finalise the constitution?
a. 2 years 11 months 18 days
b. 2 years 9 months  8 days
c. 2 years 7 months 18 days
d. 2 years 5 months 20 days
Ans : a
18. RTI ACT 2005 came into force on
a. 12 October 2005
b. 15 August 2005
c. 15 June 2005
d. 1 November 2005
Ans : a
19. What is the time limit to get the information under RTI ACT 2005?
a. 15 days          b. 45 days
c.  60 days         d. 30 days
Ans : a
20. RTE ACT was implemented in India with effect from
a. 1st April 2009
b. 1st May 2010
c. 1st April 2008
d. 1st April 2010
Ans : b

EDU 10.10: Techno Pedagogic Content Knowledge Analysis - Social Science

1. Which is not the focal point of triangular process of teaching?
a. Teaching method
b. Teacher    c. Pupil  d. Contents
Ans : a
2. Which is not the mode of CAI
a. Tutorial mode
b. Drill mode
c. Simulation mode
d. Question mode
Ans : d
3. Teaching models are
a. Instructional method
b. Instructional strategy
c. Instructional materials
d. Instructional  design
Ans: d
4. Concept Attainment model belongs to _____________ family of models of Teaching.
a. Social interaction family
b. Information processing family
c. Personal family
d. Behavioural family
Ans : d
5. What is Blog?
a. Web log         b. Web lock
c. Web link        d. Web
Ans: a
6. Net working of libraries through electronic media is known as
a.  Inflibnet        b. Internet
c. Libinset          d. HTML
Ans : a
7. Which are the three essential areas of Techno pedagogy?
a. Content, Pedagogy,  Technology
b. Practice,  Content,  Transaction
c. Pedagogy, Curriculum, Training
d. All the above
Ans : a
8. Structural and hierarchical arrangement of concept describes in
a.  Concept attainment model
b. Advance Organizer model
c. Cognitive apprenticeship model
d. Group investigation model
Ans : b
9. Most essential aspect of a techno pedagogue
a. Skills to use technology for lesson transaction.
b. Efficiency in participatory approach
d. Efficiency in online searching
Ans: a
10. CAI Stands for
a.  Computer analyzed instruction
b. Computer assisted instruction
c. Computer assisted interview
d. Computer analyzed interview
Ans: b

EDU. 09.10: Curriculum and Resources in Digital Era : Social Science Education

1. A curriculum is the sum total of a school's influence a child's
a. Personality    b. Attitude
c. Behaviour      d. Action
Ans : c
2. How many basic components of curriculum have
a. 2    b. 4     c. 6     d. 8
Ans : b
3. Which one is not the component of the curriculum.
a. Design          b. Contents
c. Objectives   d. Evaluation
Ans : a
4. Curriculum provides guidance for
a.  School          b.  Parents
c. Teacher         d. Students
Ans : d
5. Syllabus is a part of
a. Society          b. Class room
c. Curriculum    d. Activities
Ans : c
6. Teacher as per  NCF2005 is a
a. Boss               b. Leader
c. Facilitator      d. All the above
Ans : c
7. Effectiveness of curriculum is determined by
a. Objective        b. Design
c. Method           d. Evaluation
Ans : d
8. NCF Proposes the evaluation system should be based on
a.  Marks            b. Grades
c Both Marks and Grades
d. None of the above
Ans : b
9. The method used to evaluate the curriculum is
a.  Formative Evaluation
b. Summative Evaluation
c. Diagnostic Evaluation
d.  a, b& c
Ans : d
10. Curriculum development refers to the total process of curriculum.
a. Designing       b. Implementing
c. Evaluating      d. All above
Ans: d

EDU O8: Assessment in Education

1. Instrument used for measuring sample of behavior is?
a. Test                     b. Measurement
c. Assessment      d. Evaluation
Ans: a
2. The purpose of the evolution is to make?
a. Decision             b. Prediction
c. Judgment          d. Opinion
Ans : c
3. To assess achievement at the end of instruction is?
a. Placement Assessment
b. Formative  Assessment
c. Summative Assessment
d. Diagnostic  Assessment
Ans: c
4. The difference between maximum and minimum values is?
a. Mean           b. Mode
c. Range          d. None
Ans : c
5. Value that divides the data into equal parts is?
a. Mean          b. Median
c. Mode          d. None
Ans : b
6.  Test that measure learning outcome of students is
a.  Achievement test
b. Aptitude test
c. Criterion referenced test
d. Norm referenced test.
Ans : a
7. Median of 1,2,4,5,2,3 is
a. 2      b. 5     c. 3.5    d. None
Ans : c
8. A sum of questions is?
a. Test                     b.  Measurement
c. Assessment       d. Evaluation
Ans : a
9. The number of score lying in a class interval is?
a.  Mid point          b. Quartiles
c. Class                  d. Frequencies
Ans : d
10. The Analysis of items is necessary in
a. Standardized Test
b. Essay Type Test
c. Objective Type Test
d. Norm referenced Test
Ans : a
11. Action research is a type of ___________
a. Applied research
b. Quantity research
c. Survey research
d. Population research
Ans : a
12. The summative evaluation is?
a. Diagnostic                                           b. Certifying judgment
c. Continous
d. None
Ans : b
13. In norm referenced test the comparison is between?
a. Groups     b. Individuals
c. Areas       d. Interest
Ans : b
14. Test involving the construction of certain patterns are called?
a.  Intelligence test
b. Performance test
c. Scholastic test
d. None
Ans : b
15. Which of the following research types aims at immediate application?
a. Action                b. Empirical
c. Fundamental    d.Conceptual
Ans : a
16. Permanent difficulties in learning are investigated in?
a.  Placement Assessment                  b. Formative Assessment
c. Summative Assessment
d. Diagnostic Assessment
Ans : d
17. Test meant for prediction on a certain criterion are called?
a. Aptitude test
b. Intelligence test
c. Knowledge test
d. Personality test
Ans : a
18. Running description of active behavior of a student as observed by the teacher is
a.  Anecdotal record
b. Autobiography
c. Interview
d. None
Ans :a
19. Frequently used tools of summative evaluation are?
a. Test           b.  Teacher observation
c Daily assessment       d. None
Ans : a
20. Student's performance is compared with other students in?
a.  Standardized Test
b. Essay Type Test
c. Objective Type Test
d.  Norm referenced Test
Ans : d

EDU 07 Perspectives of Learning and Teaching

1. Vygotsky emphasized the significance of the role played by which of the following factors in the learning of children?
a. Hereditary    b. Moral
c. Physical        d. Social
Ans : d
2. Which of the following is a law of learning?
a. Law of readiness
b. Law of exercise
c. Law of effect
d. All the above
Ans : d
3. The trial and error theory of learning was propounded by
a. Newton      b. Pavlov
c. Thorndike  d. Homer
Ans : c
4. Trial and error learning is also known as
a. Conditioning   b. Connection is my
c.  Insight            d. None of the above
Ans : b
5. Which one is the simplest form of cognition?
a. Conception   b. Perception
c. Sensation     d. Affection
Ans : c
6. Achievement motivation relates to
a. Need of the person
b. Knowledge of the person
c. Experience of the person
d. Aptitude of the person
Ans : a
7. The hereditary factors of learning are
a. Height and weight
b. Physical structure
c. Body composition
d. All the above
Ans : d
8. Thorndike put a hungry ___________ in a puzzle box for his experiment.
a. Dog        b. Rat
c. Cat         d. None of the above
Ans : c
9. Who propounded the Need 's Theory.
a. Frederick Herzberg
b. Alderfer
c. Abraham Maslow
d. None of the above
Ans : c
10. Pavlov was born in
a. Western Germany
b. Central Russia
c. United Kingdom
d. United States of America
Ans : b
11. Who propagated cognitive theory of teaching?
a. David Berliner
b. Donald T.  Campbell
c. Egon Brunswick
d. N. L. Gage
Ans : d
12. Insight learning was proposed by ____________
a. Edward C. Tolman
b. Kurt Lewin
c. Max wertheimer
d. Wolfgang Kohler
Ans : d
13. How can forgetting be minimised?
a. Cramming       b. Discrimination
c. Over learning  d. Recitation
Ans : c
14. The first practical intelligence test was invented by
a. Alfred Binet          b. Spearman
c. David wechsler   d. Francis Galton
Ans : a
15. The two factor theory is based on which factors?
a. Hygiene and behavioural
b. Safety and self esteem
c. Self actualisation and status quotient
d. None of the above
Ans : a
16. __________ and his colleagues in a series of experimental studies investigated observational learning in detail.
a. Skinner    b .  Bandura
c. Tolman    d. Hull
Ans : b
17. __________ is called perceptional level learning
a. Concrete to abstract
b. Know to unknown
c. Seen to unseen
d. Simple to complex.
Ans : c
18. __________ is suitable to slow learners
a. Creative writing
b.  Learning by rote
c. Role playing
d. Mechanical repetition of an action
Ans : b
19. Self actualizers share similarities who said this?
a. Abraham Maslow
b. Herzberg
c. Erikson
d. Sigmund Freud
Ans: a
20. When something previously learned benefits performance or learning new situation is said to be
a. Positive transfer of learning
b. Negative transfer of learning
c. Zero transfer of learning
d. None of the above
Ans : a