Head Master SPSC Test Preparation| Introduction to Education-Part-1

 

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INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION

SECTION-1 (MCQs)

                   1.       Education is derived from a Latin word.

a.       Educate        b. Educere          c. Evolution         d. Learning

                    2.       Educere means.

a.       To draw out                b. To guide          c. To point out   d. To help

                3.       “Education is the creation of a sound mind and a sound body” is the saying of

a.       Plato              b. Comenius       c. Aristotle          d. Dewey

                   4.       The best Definition of education is that it is

a.       Preparation for life  b. Getting knowledge    c. Learning         

d. Growth Resulting from experiences

                   5.       Education according to John Dewey is

a.       Preparation for life  b. Getting knowledge    c. Learning to do by doing            d. Schooling.

                    6.       Which of the following is not the characteristic of education?

a.       Lifelong activity         b. Factual absorption     c. Formal and informal activities               

b.      d. Experience of life

7.    The basic source of educational objectives is

a. Human experience            b. Schools           

c. Educational psychology     d. Professional organization

8. According to crow and crow, the purpose of formal education is to

a. Make students more intelligent.  b. Make students active and constructive members of society

c. Form definite opinions in the mind of students     d. Create good name of the nation.

9. Determining the aim of education is the responsibility of:

a. Parents    b. Teachers         c. Students         d. Society

10. The real goal of education should be

a. Securing a certificate                         b. acquiring skills, habits and knowledge.           

c. Training to make a living                   d. Mastery of subject matter.

11. Education planned with a particular end in view is

a. Formal education               b. Informal education    c. Both a & b       d. None of a & b

12. Non-formal education has

a. Flexible rules of entry and exit    b. Rigid rules of entry and exit

c. No rules of entry and exit                d. few rules of entry and exit

13. Formal education has

a. Flexible rules of entry and exit      b. Rigid rules of entry and exit

c. No rules of entry and exit                d. few rules of entry and exit

14. Informal education has

a. Flexible rules of entry and exit      b. Rigid rules of entry and exit

c. No rules of entry and exit               d. Few rules of entry and exit

15. The education confined to educational institution is

a. Informal education             b. Non formal education               c. Formal education        d. Learning

16. Education is imparted mostly by correspondence in

a. Formal education B. Informal education c. Non formal education d. Technical education

17. Education is not pre planned in

a. Formal education                B. Informal education    c. Non formal education                               d. Both a and c

18. Informal education is

a. Just schooling       b. Time bound                   c. Lifelong           d. pre-planned

19. What is the most important element of non-formal education?

a. Teacher   b. Student           c. Media              d. School

20. Which one is not the source of formal education?

a. School      b. Museum         c. Library              d. Home

21. Informal education is

a. Planned   b. Incidental      c. Systematic      d. Arranged

22. Formal education has well defined

a. Curriculum             b. System            c. Method           d. Approach

23. Which is not the element of educational process?

a. Aims                         b. Curriculum     c. Evaluation       d. Motivation

24. The sum of Curricular and co-curricular activities is

a. Aim                           b. Curriculum    c. Pedagogy        d. Summative evolution

25. Pedagogy is concerned with

a. Aims                         b. Contents        c. Teaching methods      d. Evolution

26. To determine the value or worth of any thing is

a. Aim                           b. Content          c. Method           d. Evaluation

27. In educational process which one is evaluated

a. Aim                           b. Contents        c. Methods         d. All of the above

28. The literal meaning of philosophy is

a. Love of knowledge             b. Love of truth                 c. Love of values               d. Love of wisdom

29. Axiology in philosophy deals with

a. Knowledge                            b. Reality             c. Values              d. Culture

30. Epistemology deals with

a. Knowledge                            b. Reality             c. Values              d. Culture

31. Ontology deals with

a. Knowledge                            b. Reality             c. Values              d. Culture

32. Ontology is also called as

a. Metaphysics                         b. Axiology          c. Epistemology                                d. Morphology

33. Metaphysics deals with the nature of

a. Values      b. Knowledge                    c. Universe         d. Reality

34. Eclecticism means borrowing beliefs from

a. One Philosophy   b. Two Philosophy           c. Three Philosophy        d. Different Philosophy

35. “Everlasting reality” is focused in

a. Perennialism                        b. Essentialism                 c. Progressivism                                d. Reconstructionism

36. Useful culture and skill is emphasized in

a. Perennialism                         b. Essentialism                c. Progressivism                                d. Reconstructionism

37. Life is continuous changing process is the base of

a. Perennialism                         b. Essentialism                 c. Progressivism               d. Reconstructionism

38. Reforms are necessary in all walks of life is focused in

a. Perennialism                         b. Essentialism                 c. Progressivism                                d. Reconstructionism

39. Study of grate books is it the core of

a. Perennialism                        b. Essentialism                 c. Progressivism                                d. Reconstructionism

40. Who is not among major exponent of perennialism.

a. Bentock   b. Adler                                c. Hutchins          d. John Dewey

41. School should be run on democratic lines is held by

a. Perennialism                         b. Essentialism                 c. Progressivism               d. Reconstructionism

42. Essentialist’s stress on

a. Mental discipline               b. Innovation     c. Change            d. Reduced knowledge

43. Human nature remains the same everywhere hence education should be same for every one is                the philosophy of

a. Perennialism                        b. Essentialism                 c. Progressivism                                d. Reconstructionism

44. According to which experimental knowledge is real

a. Perennialism                         b. Essentialism                 c. Progressivism               d. Reconstructionism

45. Ethics and aesthetics are components of

a. Cosmology             b. Ontology        c. Epistemology                                d. Axiology

46. Progressivist teacher put more emphasis on

a. Abstract ideas       b. Practical education    c. Theoretical concept    d. Methods

47. The curriculum will be “Child cantered” if teacher is

a. Realist      b. Perennials                      c. Progressivist                 d. Essentialist

48. Learning should be directed related to the interest of the child according to

a. Essentialism           b. Progressivism              c. Reconstructionism      d. Perennialism

49. Essentialists would get their aim of education from

a. Great books                          b. Student interest          c. Religion            d. Traditions

50. Essentialist philosophy of education is

a. Content and teacher centred        b. Child centred  c. Need centred             d. Society centred