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Philosophical Foundation of Education

As an educationist Gandhiji was :

(a) A naturalist

(b) An idealist.

(d) A Pragmatist

Which of the following type represent M.K. Gandhi's contribution education?

(a) Education for man making

(b) Basic education

(d) Education for international understanding

Which of the following type represents Aurobindo's contribution to education?

(a) Integral education

(b) Education for man making

(d) Education for international understanding

The community influences the child's growth and development:

(a) Formally

(b) Informally

(d) Neither formally nor informally

Which institution has maximum control over education?

(a) Religion

(b) State

(d) Economy

Which of the following type represents Vivekananda's contribution to education?

(a) Integral education

(b) Basic education

(d) Education for international understanding.

Mark out the reason that made Jawahar Lal the great leader

(a) His brahminical heritage

(b) His parentage

(d) His personal qualities

The future of education in India depend on:

(a) Government

(b) Economy

(d) Society

In India education is the responsibility of:

(a) Central Government

(b) State Government

(d) Neither

Word Education has originated in

(a) 'E' and 'Catum'

(b) Edu and 'Catum'

(d) None of the above

What is the place of principal in an educational institute?

(a) Principal is the overall head of the school

(b) Principal manages the school

(d) Principalars is the owner of the school

The education acquired without any specific purpose, fixed period and place is called

(a) Individual Education

(b) Indirect Education

(d) Formal Education

Experimental method of education psychology is

(a) Very reliable authentic and regular

(b) Reliable but not regular

(d) None of the above statements is correct

The Ultimate Goal of education from a philosophic power of view in the east

(a) is not perfection of the individual but also becoming continuously beyond one self.

(b) Is not soly becoming as the UNESCO commission says but expanding into the absolute

(d) Refers to a disciplined life to achieve unity among one's desires and aspirations.

Man according to Charvaka Philosophy is :

(a) The physical body

(b) The self

(d) None of above

Preparing the child for future life as an aim of education is preparing child for

(a) Some particular course of study

(b) Some suitable vocations.

(d) A happy married life.

Harmonious development of the child aim of education means.

(a) Development of a sound mind in a sound body.

(b) Development of all the qualities of the mind of the maximum possible extent.

(d) Development of the adjustment capacities of the child

The nature of perception according to Charvaka can be said to be

(a) Both

(b) Inauthenitic

(d) Neither

The only valid Pramana according to Charvaka is

(a) Perception

(b) Scriptures

(d) None of the above

A curriculum is all the experiences a child has regardless of

(a) When they take place

(b) How they take place

(d) Curriculum not related to child

In Indian philosophy the validity of scriptures has been challenged by:

(a) The Charvakas

(b) The vedanta

(d) Nyaya

Human consciousness, according to Charvaka philosophy is

(a) Combination of five elements

(b) Self

(d) None of the above

The important means for achievement of liberation according to Samkara is

(a) Distinction of self and not-self

(b) Concentration on Om

(d) All of the above

Liberation as living in the country of God, according to Ramanuja is known as

(a) Salokya

(b) Sayujya

(d) Samipya

Liberation as eternal contact with God according to Ramanuja is known as

(a) Salokya

(b) Sayujya

(d) Samipya

Ramanuja's theory of causation is known as

(a) Vivartavada

(b) Prakrti Parinamavada

(d) Asatkarayavada

Which is irrelevant to bringing the scheduled tribes at par with others

(a) Opening of primary schools in the tribal areas.

(b) Developing the curricula and devise instructional materials in tribal languages.

(d) Opening of anganwadis, non-formal and adult education centres on a priority basis in tribal areas.

Values has been closely linked with interest by

(a) J.B. Perry

(b) W.M. Urban

(d) J.S. Mackenzie

Value is concerned with liking, has been said by

(a) J.S. Mill

(b) J.S. Mackenzie

(d) D.W. Prall

It is necessary in the interest of equality and social justice in India :

(a) To provide incentives to all educationally backward sections of society, particularly in the rural areas.

(b) To provide employment to all educated persons.

(d) To provide scholarships for education to all students.

The social aims of education imply that

(a) The state is above the individual citizen.

(b) The state is an idealized metaphysical entity.

(d) The state has to give not to take anything from the individual

The existence of soul in Indian philosophy has not been accepted by the schools known as

(a) The Charvakas

(b) The Buddhists

(d) Neither

For strengthening democracy as a constitutional value through education it is necessary to ensure that

(a) All people have the freedom to live the life they thing is the best for them.

(b) People are competitive for progress.

(d) None of the above

Perception coming through the contact of external senses with objects according to Charvaka is known as

(a) External

(b) Internal

(d) Neither

The relationship of consciousness and body according to Charvaka Philosophy is

(a) Consciousness is the product of body

(b) Body is the product of consciousness

(d) Neither

The possibility of liberation while living has been accepted in Indian philosophy by

(a) Jainas

(b) Ramanuja

(d) All the above

Liberation as eternal contact with God according to Ramanuja is known as

(a) Salokya

(b) Samipya

(d) Sayujya

Liberation according to Samkara is the goal of

(a) Vijnana Atma

(b) Parmatama

(d) Neither

Liberation as becoming a part of God, according to Ramanuja is known as

(a) Salokya

(b) Samipya

(d) Sayujya

The main centre of informal Education is

(a) Family

(b) Society

(d) All of the above

Which one of the following sentence is correct?

(a) Teaching is remedial

(b) Teaching is diagnostic

(d) All the above statements are correct

For a group of morals to be high

(a) The members must be incapable for agreeing among themselves

(b) The leader of the group should be man of status

(d) All of the above

Which statement is not correct from the point of view of effect of heredity on the development of personality

(a) The child of dullard parents will be a dullard

(b) The child of parents of fair complexion will be fair

(d) The child of poor parents will be poor

Curriculum activities are used in teaching in order to

(a) to make teaching interesting, easy to understand and effective

(b) make teaching easy

(d) To assist the teacher

The reliability of a test is determined on the principle of

(a) the objectivity of the items included in the test

(b) the consistency of makes obtainers when a test is conducted

(d) the correctness of the machine or the key used or the assessment of the test

Who was the supporter of Naturalism in Education?

(a) Armstrong

(b) Fracbel

(d) Roussue

The first school for a child's education is

(a) Friends

(b) Society

(d) School

The book written by Plato on education is

(a) The Republic

(b) Education of Pluto

(d) None of the above

What type of questions should be asked in the examination for the evaluation of all the aspects of the total syllabus in a year?

(a) Descriptive question

(b) Essay type question

(d) Objective question

According to the idealists

(a) Education should be available to all and

(b) Only they deserve education who are compulsory spiritualists

(d) Arrangement of education should be voluntary

What type of questions give knowledge of real ability of students of secondary and high classes ?

(a) Analytic questions

(b) Detailed essay type questions

(d) Easy questions

The least hindrance in the way of the optimum development of child's personality is

(a) Mad scramble among various social groups for getting as much of the goods of education as possible

(b) Limited economic surplus that could be spent on education

(d) Incompetent teachers.

Education should aim at provision of vocational training for students, at the

(a) Tertiary stage

(b) Secondary stage

(d) University stage

The whole approach to education will undergo a rapid transformation by the inclusion of vocational training in the education of the

(a) Adult education

(b) Indian student

(d) All of the above

On whose leadership is founded the University at Pondicherry?

(a) Gandhi

(b) Vivekananda

(d) Sri Aurobindo

The nature of the differences in socio economic strata of the society such as the wealthy, middle class and the poor is that it

(a) Runs quite frequently, at cross purposes in the demands they make on education

(b) Affects adversely the quality of education

(d) Affects negatively the morale of the teachers.

With which aspect of education deals the educational sociology?

(a) Social

(b) Psychological

(d) Political

The aims of Indian education should be

(a) To accelerate the process of modernization

(b) To increase productivity

(d) All of the above

The Wardha Scheme in the 1930's was modern as it is

(a) Topical

(b) Revolutionary

(d) None of the above

The difference between the social groups, in the degree of cultural development; or the degree of antipathy manifested by individuals belonging to one group towards individuals belonging to the other in known as social :

(a) Apathy

(b) Selection

(d) Disorder

While according to Samkhya Philosophy effect in the real modification of cause, according to Samkara it is

(a) Indescribable

(b) Unreal

(d) None of the above

The relationship of the ultimate reality with the world in Indian philosophy has been explained by the theory of

(a) Falsehood

(b) Error

(d) All the above

Who was the founder of Santi Niketan?

(a) Tagore

(b) Sri Aurobindo

(d) Vivekananda

The theory of causation advanced by Samkara has been proved by

(a) Scriptures

(b) Logic

(d) All the above

The relation between the Jiva and Brahm an according to Samkara can be explained as

(a) Emanation

(b) Reflection

(d) Evolution

Examples of illusion in Indian philosophy have been utilized to explain the nature of

(a) Brahman

(b) Atman

(d) All the above

The nature of world as illusion has been accepted in Indian Philosophy by

(a) Vishishitadvaita

(b) Mimamsa

(d) All the above

Knowledge according to Mimamsa philosophy is

(a) Real

(b) Unreal

(d) Neither

The Rammurti Report of 1990 laid down the goals or aims in education is/are

(a) Education must be techno-informative

(b) Sound knowledge base

(d) Nothing can say

The educational process is set into motion towards its aim through the

(a) Culture

(b) Course

(d) Both a & b

It is industrial rather than other types of economy which most enhances the regard for education, because

(a) Industrialization has led to the production of a huge wealth

(b) Each country has had tremendous development of industry

(c) Modern industry has become extremely technical, science based, knowledge based and scientific and technical knowledge is gained only through education.

(d) the industrialists belong to the upper class of the society

Illusion in Indian philosophy has been explained by the example of

(a) The sky flower

(b) Silver in nacre

(d) All the above

On whose philosophy is based the current primary education in India ?

(a) Tagore

(b) Sri Aurobindo

(d) Vivekananda

To contribute to India's national integration education should

(a) Make children familiar with all the various aspects of national life.

(b) Be free and compulsory

(d) Be of high quality.

According to the theory known as Avacchedavada causation means:

(a) Reflection

(b) Annihilation

(d) None of above

Indian education can promote national consciousness by

(a) Establishing more and more and more all India institutions which will admit students form different parts of the country

(b) Breaking down regional and linguistic barriers

(d) All of these.

Education is two fold process and

(a) Teacher and text books are its two elements

(b) Teacher and student are its two elements

(d) Education centres and environment are its two elements

Which one of the following statement is correct?

(a) Education is a science

(b) Education is an art

(d) To some extent it is art and to some extent it is science

Which system of education was propounded by Mahatma Gandhi

(a) Teaching through music

(b) Teaching by activities

(d) All of the above

Which one of the following education systems supports scientific progress?

(a) Realistic Education

(b) Naturalistic Education

(d) None of the above

"Education is a process of man's adjustment to nature to his fellows and the environment the definition suits

(a) A Naturalist

(b) An Idealist

(d) A Realist

The view point of progressive educators regarding the issue of liberal vs. vocational education is that

(a) vocational ends load one to degrade learning

(b) liberal arts subject should proceed vocational training

(d) vocational and liberal education should not be separated.

Education in ancient India also means

(a) The established customs of caste

(b) Moral rectitude

(d) All of the above

The aim to train the Sparatan youth as soldier to make them ready for

(a) Obey

(b) Labour and fight

(d) Better leadership

Ancient education enjoined on the pupils the tenets of dharma which implied the ideas of

(a) Justice

(b) Duty

(d) All of the above

The aim of Buddhist education was the

(a) Religious development

(b) Scientific development

(d) All of the above

In ancient India when the caste system became rigid, a vocational aim was also added. Vocational training is

(a) Same for all castes

(b) Different for different castes

(d) Depends upon class of society

Buddhist education was primarily monastic in its

(a) Outlook

(b) Nature

(d) Content

Real life problems in science and technology will be solved in the

(a) School lab

(b) College lab

(d) Any of the above

The Kothari Commission's report was published in

(a) 1966

(b) 1976

(d) 1996

Many Committees and Commissions on education were appointed and these gave a close look to

(a) Social problem

(b) Education problem

(d) All educational problem

National policy on education 1986 also emphasised on

(a) National understanding

(b) International understanding

(d) All of the above

The language which is our window on the world is

(a) German

(b) English

(d) French

Curriculum means

(a) Towards a goal

(b) Towards a circle

(d) All of the above

Education must further provide a climate for its

(a) Natural values

(b) Catalyst values

(d) Any kind of role

Development of self confidence must be to innovate and face

(a) Unfamiliar situation

(b) Perform social functions

(d) Solve social problem

Report of the National Policy on Education published in.

(a) 1984

(b) 1986

(d) 1990

The student should study for national consciousness through

(a) Science

(b) Indian history

(d) Both a & C

The National Policy on Education focussed on

(a) Social well being

(b) Creativity of individual

(d) All of the above

Report of the national policy on education 1986 stated as

(a) Development of a sense of right and wrong

(b) Development of a spirit of individual

(d) All of the above

While saying that education contributes to national cohesion furthering the goals of socialism, secularism and democracy enshrined in our Constitution, the National Policy on Education (1968) assumes that:

(a) Education can be used as an instrument of social change.

(b) Democracy is the best form of government.

(d) Secularism is the most cherished goal of democracy

Power is the "capability to control others so that they will do what they are wanted to do." What among the following does not make people to obey ?

(a) For reasons selfish and social

(b) Man grows in the order of obligation and duty

(d) For the pleasure of leader and authority

Education as the sub-system of the larger Indian society can contribute to strengthening of democracy through:

(a) Educated electorate

(b) Cultivation of essential values

(d) All of these

The ultimate aim of education according to Gandhiji was to help the individuals to be

(a) Peaceful land happy in life

(b) Gainfully employed in life

(d) Able to grow into a divine human being by realizing Godliness.

Who gives the system of education in India?

(a) Family

(b) Economy

(d) Society

Education is a system in the sense that :

(a) It is a complex of elements in mutual interaction

(b) It receives pupils as inputs.

(d) It has all the above characteristics

The Wardha or Basic scheme of Education set in

(a) 1964-66

(b) 1937-38

(d) 1986-88

Our educational system has proved

(a) Ineffective

(b) Inadequate

(d) Both b & C

Rigidity and inflexibility in thinking becomes apparent under the

(a) Democratic system

(b) Totalitarian system

(d) Social system

In ancient India religious and moral aims dominated to the

(a) Kshatriya system

(b) Caste system

(d) Vaishya system

The search for aims and purposes in education is

(a) Persistement one

(b) Ancient one

(d) In 19th century was

Every man has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength is however small a sphere which God offers him to talk or refuse described by

(a) Plato

(b) Kant

(d) Tagore

Courage, perseverence, respect for freedom and life, truthfulness, honesty of purpose etc. will lead to the ______ of an individual

(a) Moral efficiency

(b) Religious efficiency

(d) Practical efficiency

Our education proved inadequate and ineffective because we have been

(a) Ignorant

(b) Unscientific

(d) Uncertain to our aim

The aims in education are framed by centralized authorities in the government in

(a) Democratic system

(b) Totalitarian system

(d) All of the above

In Navodaya Vidyalayas Admission to class .were made under the scheme for children

(a) Class VII

(b) Class VI

(d) Class VIII

Ramamurthi Report was published in the year

(a) 1990

(b) 1980

(d) 1960

In interpreting the phrases 'needs of the pupil'

(a) the experimentalist says the needs must involve intelligent consideration of probable outcomes

(b) all philosophic groups agree that education must be rooted in the pupil's own felt needs

(d) the pragmatist says that a need is that which adult feels is good for the pupil

Equality of educational opportunity also exists for those who are

(a) Deaf

(b) Blind

(d) All of the above

Education changes the

(a) Objective

(b) Attitudes

(d) All of the above

National policy on Education was declared in the year

(a) 1985

(b) 1986

(d) 1990

An most important instrument of the development is

(a) Education

(b) Will power

(d) None of these

Religion and philosophy meet in:

(a) Matter

(b) Mind

(d) None of the above

Provision being made for reservation of seats in favour of those belonging to

(a) Backward classes

(b) Scheduled castes

(d) Both b & c

Any society is desirous of

(a) Progress

(b) Reforms

(d) All of the above

Gandhiji's ashrams is situated at

(a) Sabarmati

(b) Sevagram

(d) Porbandar

The outlook of many classes, people, lower classes changed due to

(a) Industrialization

(b) Education

(d) All of the above

The provisions of better and expanded programmes for the education of minorities has been given priority by

(a) Ramamurti Report 1990

(b) National policy of Education 1986

(d) None of the above

The rapid expansion of educational facilities and educational opportunities has benefited the

(a) Upper classes the most

(b) Poor classes the most

(d) Middle classes

The large scale expansion of facilities for the education of the physically and mentally handicapped in both rural and urban areas the provision has been made in

(a) National policy on Education

(b) Ramamurthi Reports

(d) None of the above

In terms of the nature of the learning experience

(a) the electric sees it as a discovery of something dependent upon the learner

(b) the pragmatist sees it as a recording of something on a blank mental table

(d) the realist sees it as a mirroring, by the mind of a pre-existing something

Scholarships for the talented and merit scholarships for bright students were established in the year

(a) 1970

(b) 1950

(d) 1980

Any child, rich or poor has been able to compete for these scholarship which provides expenses for

(a) Travel

(b) Tution

(d) All of the above

Those who urge that religion should be taught in our public schools are assuming that

(a) Non-communicational instruction can be given in religion

(b) Moral values cannot be taught apart from religion

(d) Answers a and b only

To the experimentalist is pragmatist, that educational activity is most desirable which

(a) approximates the goals which educational scientists have set up

(b) As a beneficial effect upon the future experiences of the pupil

(d) The characterized by spontaneous, active continuously pleasurable and practical for the pupil.

The essentialists would get their aims of education from

(a) Our traditions

(b) The great books

(d) The church

The classical realists would stress as their aim in education

(a) realization of the self

(b) adjustment to nature

(d) preparation for obe's vocational virtues

In determining the aims of education the

(a) Supernaturalism would accept uncritically the aims listed by the church

(b) Idealist would use the interest and needs of pupils in the present

(d) Realist would accept only those aims which emerge from a study of the situation

In the eyes of the idealist, the values of an educational experience depends upon

(a) Whether or not the pupil has been properly motivated

(b) Whether or not it preserves accepted institutions.

(d) The extent to which it satisfies pupil desires.

The educative experience is desirable to the

(a) pragmatist only if, on the whole it is acceptable to the pupil

(b) realist only if it is pleasurable and practical for the pupil

(d) reconstructionist only if it helps the pupils earn failure.

As to the question of what kind of education should be given

(a) The supernaturalist believes that moral education requires specific subject matter

(b) Hutchins would combine vocational training with general education

(d) The realist sees different kinds of education secured incidentally through natural growth

The question of who shall be educated is inextricably tied to

(a) the philosophy of education

(b) the aims of education

(d) all of the above

As to the question of what kind of education should be given

(a) Hutchins would postpone vocational training until general education is finished

(b) The supernaturalist believes that moral education requires no specific subject matter

(d) The realist sees different kinds of education as secured incidentally through natural growth

The ability to think, is the most important attribute which education should aim at developing in the school. According to

(a) John Dewey

(b) Hegal

(d) Kapila

Whether totalitarian or democratic government prevails, there is a great realization that exposure to vocational skills and knowledge are essential in the school to bring about

(a) Social efficiency

(b) Economic efficiency

(d) Individual efficiency

The Kothari Commission Report set in

(a) 1937-38

(b) 1990-91

(d) 1986-88

"Man is a spiritual being and the world of ideas and values is more important than the world of matter" who said this?

(a) Gandhiji

(b) Kapila Muni

(d) All of the above

The Ramamurti Report came in year

(a) 1986

(b) 1964

(d) 1937

Under any systems of government, the education systems have reacted to similar pressure in the

(a) 20th century

(b) 18th century

(d) 21th century

Report of the National Policy on Education published in the year

(a) 1986

(b) 1988

(d) 1964

To have an aim is to act, means

(a) Want to do something

(b) To be an automatic machine

(d) Both b & c

The chief aim of education shall be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use according to

(a) Moral aim

(b) Spiritual aim

(d) Social aim

The pressure is felt strong where by the teacher ?

(a) Large number of children to educate

(b) Form global government

(d) Large number of adult to educate

The Wardha Scheme of education was on explosive plan in the year

(a) 1937

(b) 1930

(d) 1986

Gandhiji believes in the absolute oneness of

(a) God

(b) World

(d) Culture

Gandhiji made a dramatic bid for templing entry rights for untouchable in the year

(a) 1920

(b) 1930

(d) 1950

After Gandhiji assassination several Brahman homes were set on fire in

(a) West Bengal

(b) Gujarat

(d) Punjab

Gandhiji believes in the essential........ of man and for that matter of all that life

(a) Certainty

(b) Unity

(d) All of the above

Zeal and temparament to perform the stupendous task of educating children in the frame-work of

(a) Tagore's philosophy

(b) Gandhiji's philosophy

(d) None of the above

Educational systems in ancient Greek was based on

(a) Interesting study

(b) Religion

(d) Cultural value

Gandhiji searched for truth as

(a) An egoist

(b) For power

(d) As communist

Traditionally untouchable were not allowed to

(a) Pass-through certain streets

(b) Enter temples

(d) All of the above

At the bottom of the social ladder is a group of castes officially known as the

(a) Upper castes

(b) Forward castes

(d) Backward castes

The lowest and the most depressed are the

(a) Schedule caste

(b) Forward

(d) Untouchables

Gandhiji was a philosopher in the sense that he has certain

(a) Life views

(b) Systematic approach

(d) All of the above

Abolishment of untouchability and forbade its practice in any form is referred in which article

(a) Article 15

(b) Article 17

(d) Article 16

Whose remarks is restricted to learning from direct experience and to learning from the teacher and excludes learning through self study and general reading. It is bound to be limited and rateny given by

(a) Dr. E.A. Pires

(b) Fichte

(d) Dr. H. Bhabha

Mahatma Gandhi was

(a) Experimenter all his life

(b) Leader all his life

(d) Can't say

Gandhiji is more known in the domain of

(a) Politics

(b) In the field of education

(d) None of the above

In post-independent India the challenge...... prominence is clearly visible

(a) Vaishya

(b) Brahmin

(d) Shudra

'Thales' lived in Miletus in Asia minor in

(a) 700 B.C.

(b) 600 B.C.

(d) 800 B.C.

Buddha stressed

(a) Individual effort

(b) Responsibility

(d) None of the above

"Education as a force which makes an individual self reliant as well as selfless." The statement related

(a) Rig Veda

(b) Sam Veda

(d) Upnishad

A prophet of its spiritual regeneration' was

(a) Dr. Deyoung's

(b) M.K. Gandhi

(d) Ficnet

The National policy on education was declared in the year

(a) 1985

(b) 1986

(d) 1984

Raja Ram Mohan Roy advocated social changes which is/are

(a) Widows Remarriage

(b) Abolition of suttee

(d) All of the above

Gandhiji's opinion about the God is/are

(a) Light

(b) Truth

(d) All of the above

"My experiment with truth" is written by

(a) Kabir

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Ramanand

Raja Ram Mohan Roy who was a religious and social reformers in

(a) twentieth century

(b) Nineteenth century

(d) Twenty first century

Who demonstrated the value of education in the vitalization of Indian society

(a) S. Dayanand

(b) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

The Republic which outlines a complete and remarkable plan of education is based on

(a) Idealism

(b) Existentialism

(d) Naturalism

Rabindranath Tagore's ideas of education is that

(a) Education for all

(b) Education for fullness

(d) Education for Man-Making

The Indian constitution was implemented in

(a) 1950

(b) 1960

(d) 1935

"The pioneer educational efforts of the Christian mission impressed" to

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(d) None of these

An untouchability offence Act was passed in year

(a) 1944

(b) 1955

(d) 1977

The Mission which has some finest schools hospitals, dispensaries and the movement spread rapidly is

(a) Brahmo Samaj

(b) Arya Samaj

(d) None of these

"If you want to find the value of any single fact or experience. You can never do so by dealing with the fact in isolation" who said it

(a) Hegal

(b) Kant

(d) None of the above

Who advocated social service in all forms to be the real expression of religion

(a) Swami Vivekanand

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(d) Kabir

Idealism in education asserts that

(a) We would come to know the world as it really exists through education

(b) Each learning mind would have to build up its own idea of world

(d) We cannot accept any knowledge as valid without antecedent sense impressions.

The system of child marriages and castes appalled

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(b) S. Vivekanand

(d) Kabir

Mahatma Gandhi's Basic Education Scheme was characterised by

(a) Strict discipline and punishment for wrongs

(b) Opposition to strict control and punishment

(d) Strict supervision and control of activities.

Rabindranath Tagore lived in

(a) Late twentieenth Century

(b) Early twentieenth Century

(d) Late Nineteenth Century

The Negative Education suggested by Rousseaue asserts that

(a) There should be no compulsion for children to attend school

(b) School education should enable children to desist during negative things

(d) Too much work and rules in schools should be modified

In Gandhi's opinion God is the ultimate

(a) Reality

(b) Objective

(d) Not exist

"Education should aim at manmaking" this philosophy is given by

(a) S. Vivekanand

(b) Yajnavalaka

(d) Kannad

"Social aim of education' was stressed in

(a) Developed Countries

(b) North America

(d) All of the above

Maria Montessori in her approach to childhood, bases her method of education on

(a) Humanism

(b) Naturalism

(d) Existentialism

Philosophy is

(a) Love of human resources

(b) Love of Thought

(d) Love of education

Campaign against superstition and illiteracy was launched by

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(b) Kabir

(d) Guru Nanak

'Mudaliar Commission' on secondary education was set up in

(a) 1954-55

(b) 1952-53

(d) 1955-56

'Kothari Commission' was set up in year

(a) 1984-86

(b) 1974-76

(d) 1955-57

Nature as an aggregate of things outside our minds, moving in space described by

(a) Leucippins

(b) Thomas Hobbes

(d) Democritus

Who said that it is for the good of the state that the individual should be allowed to develop along the line of his own greatest powers

(a) Plato

(b) Aristotle

(d) None of the above

Of the doctrine of immanence it can be said truthfully that it

(a) pictures the world as an unfriendly place

(b) implies that knowledge of the good is in the world about us

(d) distrusts the senses and unaided reason

In the opinion of M.K. Gandhi 'non-violence' is a

(a) Dynamic virtue

(b) Negative virtue

(d) Both a & c

Who says 'Nothing good enters into the human world except in and through the free activities of individual men and women and educational practice must be shaped to accord with that truth' ?

(a) Percy Nunn

(b) Socrates

(d) Aristotle

"Individuality is of no value and personality is a meaningless term apart from the social environment in which they are developed and made manifest". The statement is given by

(a) Ross

(b) Socrates

(d) Plato

The Ideas of individual development of the child, there is self-realization in which society is the environment in which the child gets freedom to exercise his powers and develop his personality" who said this

(a) Froebel

(b) Montessori

(d) None of the above

Truth is the

(a) Beginning

(b) End

(d) Path

To have a true perspective of Gandhiji's philosophy of education we should at first consider his

(a) Philosophy of life

(b) Philosophy of religion

(d) Philosophy of education

According to Gandhian philosophy "Truth which is the end and which is all prevading can be realised only through........."

(a) Power

(b) Conscience

(d) Light

God is truth because truth can't

(a) Be destroyed

(b) Exist

(d) Be achieved

Ahimsa is the

(a) Means

(b) Path

(d) End

The idealistic philosophy of education supports

(a) Moral ideas

(b) Physical is the ultimate aim

(d) All of the above

Rabindranath Tagore's school in Shantiniketan upholds in many respects of the chief principal of

(a) Idealism

(b) Humanism

(d) Naturalism

Every man has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength is however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse. The statement is given by

(a) Aurobindo

(b) Plato

(d) Ross

Fichte was a

(a) German philosopher

(b) Greek philosopher

(d) American philosopher

The social efficiency of an individual lead by

(a) honesty of purpose

(b) Truthfulness

(d) All of the above

The first challenge to caste system was done by

(a) M.K. Gandhi

(b) Mahavir

(d) B.G. Tilak

The problem of value the branch deals with these area is called

(a) Axiology

(b) Cytology

(d) None of the above

Comte said that "Sociology is a fundamental science" because

(a) It has a method of exact investigation

(b) It has a method of exact application

(d) None of the above

Sociology Collect data about

(a) Children

(b) Mankind

(d) Celestial bodies

Comte used the word Sociology in the year

(a) 1837

(b) 1857

(d) 1907

Sociology is a study of

(a) Animal nature & Society

(b) Human nature & Society

(d) Race and Society

Sociology was the last in the series which consisted of

(a) Biology

(b) Chemistry

(d) Physics

Who declared 'the whole aim of education could be summed up in the concept of morality"

(a) Plato

(b) M. Gandhi

(d) Bertrand Russell

"My experiment with truth" According to this book

(a) Caste and classes have significance in Hinduism

(b) Have little significance of Hinduism

(d) Something different

"The school is the function of constantly reorganising and reconstructing human experience" said by

(a) M.K. Gandhi

(b) R.N. Tagore

(d) Patanjali

Today who has extensive educational organization of schools and colleges

(a) Arya Samaj

(b) Rama Krishna Mission

(d) None of the above

Gandhiji says "Ahimsa and truth are so intermined that it is practically impossible

(a) Separate them

(b) To disintegrate them

(d) All of the above

The term Sociology was used first time by

(a) R.N. Tagore

(b) Auguste Comte

(d) Patnajali

Aristotle's theory of knowledge

(a) the intellect has a sixth sense which automatically integrates analytical judgements

(b) knowledge of form and the knowledge of the good are different things

(d) truth is non-existent until man creates it through re-organising his experience

Comte placed Sociology in the hierarchy of the

(a) Playways

(b) Society

(d) Science

The aim of formation of Brahmo Samaj was removing the stigmas in of

(a) Hinduism

(b) Western ideas

(d) None of these

Arya Samaj was founded in the year

(a) 1778

(b) 1878

(d) 1978

Swami Vivekanand was disciple of

(a) Ramanand

(b) Rama Krishna Parmahansa

(d) Guru Nanak

Swami Vivekanand lived

(a) Twentieth Century

(b) Nineteenth Century

(d) None of the above

The word Sociology was given by a

(a) French Philosopher

(b) English Philosopher

(d) Indian Philosopher

The famous Wardha Scheme of Mahatma Gandhi was first introduced in our country in the year

(a) 1937

(b) 1940

(d) 1939

According to Gandhian philosophy arbitrator of our fate is the

(a) Beliefs

(b) Living law

(d) Religion

Swami Dayanand Sarswati saw the practical value of

(a) Modern scientific ideas

(b) Western practices

(d) None of the above

Who urged first the granting of equality of status to women and the importance of women's education

(a) Sonia Gandhi

(b) Annie Besant

(d) Medha Patekar

Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Noble Prize for the contribution to

(a) The cause of humanity through sevasadans

(b) Education in starting the Shantiniketan

(d) The message of ancient Indian about education

If we succeed in building the character of the individual, society will take care of itself. This idea was given by

(a) Aristotle

(b) Plato

(d) Ross

Auguste believed that sociology dealt with

(a) Complex and intricate Geographical phenomena

(b) Complex and intricate biological phenomena

(d) None the above

Sociology term is a modern adition to the

(a) Social Sciences

(b) National Sciences

(d) Geographical Sciences

Formation of Brahma Samaj took place in the year

(a) 1829

(b) 1929

(d) 1858

Education means "the development of character and usefulness in an individual" regarded by

(a) Shankaracharya

(b) Kannad

(d) Yajnavalaka

Aristotle's theory of knowledge included the belief that :

(a) man is born with true knowledge in him

(b) the syllogistic major premise is obtained through education

(d) universals are established deductively

The influence of Aristotle can be seen as the

(a) educational programmes with vocational subjects

(b) theory that the good is many rather than one

(d) philosophy of catholic education

What does Gandhiji mean by "drawing out the best? Here best is

(a) Inner voice

(b) Truth

(d) Religion

Which of the following reflects to the greatest extent the beliefs of plato

(a) the liberal arts college

(b) the differentiate - curriculum

(d) the science laboratory

The 1952-53 Secondary Education Commission in India recommended the following pattern of education

(a) 10+2+3 scheme

(b) 12+3 scheme

(d) 11+ 2+ 3 scheme

The roots of Hutehins philosophy of education can be foundation

(a) Allen's emphasis upon vocational studies

(b) Rousseau's insistence that nature must lead the way

(d) Aquine's acceptance of the two-fold truth

Aristotle's theories denied that

(a) nature endowed man with sense, perception and memory

(b) the universe is orderly, reasonable and purposeful

(d) the intellect intuite reliable judgements about cosmic design

The dignity of labour was demonstrated in

(a) Shantiniketan

(b) Rama Krishna Mission

(d) None of these

The Gita urges the

(a) Exercise of action

(b) Exercise of faith

(d) All of the above

Who was one of the greatest reformer, and spoke strongly about the social equality and in justice of the caste system

(a) S. Dayanand

(b) Indira Gandhi

(d) None of the above

The school Shantiniketan was established by

(a) S. Dayanand

(b) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

All are one and perform the task according to their aptitude, gardening, farming, carpentry etc. done in the

(a) Ramakrishna Mission

(b) Pondicherry ashram

(d) None of these

There was no thought of caste or creed in

(a) Ramakrishna Mission

(b) Shantiniketan

(d) None of these

Education at all levels is provided at

(a) Ramakrishna Mission

(b) Shantiniketan

(d) None of these

Ashram at Pondicherry was established by

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) Swami Dayanand

(d) None of the above

Aurobindo Ghosh was

(a) Educator & Philosopher

(b) The seer of Pondicherry

(d) Can not say anything

The seer of Pondicherry is

(a) Ramakrishna Mission

(b) Aurobindo Ghosh

(d) Swami Dayanand

The Brahmo Samaj established many

(a) Schools

(b) Colleges

(d) None of the above

"Natural surroundings and freedom were important factors in the development of the child" said by

(a) R.N. Tagore

(b) H. Spencer

(d) Thomas Hobbes

The 1964-66 Indian Educational Commission has recommended that

(a) The system of 'Streaming' in schools of general education at Class IX stage should be given up

(b) Specialisation of courses should commence at the Class X stage.

(d) None of the above

The branch of philosophy which deals spiritual problem is called

(a) Metascience

(b) Metabiology

(d) Maya

Plato's philosophy of education gave

(a) Greater importance to the state than to the individual

(b) Greater importance to spiritual than moral values

(d) Greater importance to knowledge than virtue

Which educationist, in your opinion, "has rung the bell of class teaching"

(a) Proebel

(b) Montessori

(d) Deway

That individuality and self-realization can come only through a

(a) Social environment

(b) Militant environment

(d) Cultural environment

The number of educational objectives laid down by Herbert Spencer was

(a) Seven

(b) Six

(d) Four

The Universe was classified by elements of which all Indian schools of philosophy recognized is

(a) Three

(b) Four

(d) Six

The Darwinian concept of man is based on

(a) Biological naturalism

(b) Mechanical naturalism

(d) All of the above

Who describes the education of a child close to nature?

(a) J.J. Rousseau

(b) Thomas Hobbes

(d) H. Spencer

"Education exists exclusively to develop man's intellect in a world of reality which men can know and understand" the statement was given by

(a) John werry

(b) Aristotle

(d) None of the above

Who taught that "a person's worth is determined by right conduct and right knowledge"

(a) Mahavir

(b) Gautam Buddha

(d) Lord Krishna

The childhood name of Vivekanand was

(a) Vivekanand

(b) Narendranath

(d) Dharmendra

Experts have observed that deliquency during later childhood

(a) Could be easily controlled in this period than in adolescence

(b) Is less than in adolescence

(d) Is more as a beginning stage than in adolescence

Education to be synonymous with 'self realisation' regarded by

(a) S. Vivekanand

(b) Yajnavalak

(d) Kannad

Herbert Spencer in the early nineteenth century, used the word 'force' to describe

(a) Individuality

(b) Reality

(d) Quality

Rousseau glorified

(a) Philosophy

(b) Nature

(d) Education

"The chief aim of education is the formation of character" who said

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Bertrand Russell

(d) Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer was

(a) Mechanical naturalists

(b) Physical naturalists

(d) None of the above

"Nature is an aggregate of things moving from one place to another in that space which is beyond us described by

(a) Thomas Hobbes

(b) Thales

(d) Leucippias

According to Gandhian philosophy way of living characterised by

(a) Non-violence

(b) Poverty

(d) All of the above

Education, liberal ideas and professional training in various vocation were provided in the christian schools, colleges and hospitals which were opened all over the country in the

(a) Twentieth Century

(b) Nineteenth Century

(d) None of these

The conversion of Hindu to the Christian faith is due to

(a) Liberality

(b) Faith in missionaries

(d) None of these

"Swami Vivekanand" was born on

(a) 15 January

(b) 15 March

(d) 12 February

Gandhiji undertook a fast unto death on an issue involving the treatment of untouchable as an integral part of Hindu and Indian society in

(a) 1930

(b) 1932

(b) 1940

(d) 1942

"To have an aim is to act' the statement is given by (for education)

(a) Plato

(b) John Dewey

(d) Aristotle

"Education should enable one to attain the highest good or God, through pursuit of inherent spiritual values of truth, beauty and goodness, held by

(a) Plato

(b) M.K. Gandhi

(d) Aristotle

The Ramamurti Report was given in the year

(a) 1985

(b) 1990

(d) 1995

The Sri Prakasha Committee on Religious and Moral Instruction recommended that

(a) Religious and Moral Education should not be imparted in Educational Institutions

(b) Moral education should be permitted but religious instruction should not be allowed.

(d) Religious and Moral education should be imparted in all educational institutions.

What I like about teaching is that it is the (a) Resort of even the least competent persons

(b) Most peaceful job

(d) Most lucrative job because of the scope for private tution

The Buddha was the first to challenge the caste system in the

(a) 5th Century B.C.

(b) 6th Century B.C.

(d) 4th Century B.C.

Which of the following acceptable definition of a backward adult-literacy rate as per the latest available census report ?

(a) Kerala

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

Which of the following is most important for teacher

(a) Subject he is teaching

(b) Classroom discipline

(d) Time available for teaching

The statement by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi that a new education would made so as to "Prepare Indians for the 21st Century in the year

(a) 1990

(b) 1985

(d) 1991

Who had observed that the art of education would never attain clearness in itself without philosophy. He was

(a) M.K. Gandhi

(b) Fichte

(d) Gautam Buddha

The opinion that "our aim should be to produce men who possess both culture and expect knowledge" given by

(a) Prof. A.H. Whitehead

(b) Montessori

(d) All of the above

How do we get knowledge and how can we be sure it is true and not error? This area of philosophy is called

(a) Neurology

(b) Epistemology

(d) None of the above

All levels of education are provided from the nursery to the University stage in

(a) Ashram at Pondicherry

(b) Brahmo Samaj

(d) Arya Samaj

In today's society school

(a) Ornamental base

(v) Vocational base

(d) None of the above

Which of the following attributes would correctly define learning

(a) Understanding, imagination and workmanship

(b) Change of behaviour, practice and experience

(d) Intution, intelligence and memorisation

The 1968 national policy teacher education adopted by the Indian Government laid stress on the following aspects of teachers education

(a) Adequate emoluments and academic freedom for teachers.

(b) Travel allowance and family pensions for teachers

(d) Promotion and retirement facilities for teachers.

If we believe in the dualistic theory of the mind versus body nature of man, have to arrive at the econsequence that

(a) Education is mechanisation in process and theoretical in development

(b) Learning is purely a matter of material changes in the behaviour of man

(d) Education is purely a matter of mental training and development of the self.

Swami Vivekanand was famous for speaking on

(a) Vedas

(b) Medicians

(d) Vedanta

Article 45 under the Directive Principles of State policy in the Indian Constitution, provides for

(a) Rights of minorities to establish educational institutions

(b) Free and compulsory primary education

(d) Giving financial assistance to less advanced states

Vivekanand was a

(a) Religious guru

(b) Poet

(d) All of the above

The National Educational Policy of 1979, recommended also about the public schools

(a) their uniquencies and traditions have to preserved the interests of the best talents of the country

(b) they should be brought under laws and regulations of the government public education system

(d) suitable ratio has to be maintained for admission of middle class and poor student also.

Rama Krishna Mission was founded by

(a) Swami Dayanand

(b) Swami Vivekanand

(d) Guru Nanak Dev

Annie Besant inspired the opening of schools in many cities in

(a) End of nineteenth century

(b) Early nineteenth century

(d) End twentieenth century

In ancient India religions and moral aims were dominated by

(a) Brahmnic system of education

(b) Kshatriya system of education

(d) None of the above

The concept of totalitarian education in the West was in favour of

(a) Treating education as a binding factor of international understanding

(b) The education of the individual for development of his total personality

(d) Making the state responsible to evolve education as a means of satisfying individual's needs and interests.

Regarding co-education at the secondary stage, the 1952-53 Education Commission has suggested that

(a) To start, resources, in several states could not afford

(b) There should be objection to extend co educational school

(d) The situation in our country warrants establishment of more boys schools than co-educational school.

Who formed Brahmo Samaj

(a) Guru Nanak

(b) Kabir

(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Tagore was a

(a) Philosopher

(b) Poet

(d) Both a & b

The topic method in education should be interpreted

(a) a method of development of the syllabus in a subject

(b) a concentric approach to teaching the classroom

(d) a method suited better for art subjects as compared to science subjects.

Arya Samaj was founded by

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(b) Swami Dayanand Sarswati

(d) Kabir

Ahimsa & Truth in Gandhiji's opinion is

(a) Two sides of a coin

(b) Have no relation between the two

(d) Can't inter-wined

"The affection brought about a lossening up of the rigidity of Hindu Society and has been an admirable modern influence on Hindu thought" said by

(a) Swami Dayanand

(b) Swami Vivekanand

(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Intellectual aim in education was emphasised in

(a) India

(b) Greek

(d) Athenian