Explore topic-wise MCQs in Education and Teaching.

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51.

What is the main purpose of punishment to students?

A. Reform the offender
B. Demonstrate authority
C. Protect others from doing the same
D. Retaliate for the wrong that has been done
Answer» B. Demonstrate authority
52.

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. Kabir
B. Swami Dayanand
C. Swami Vivekanand
D. Rabindranath Tagore
Answer» D. Rabindranath Tagore
53.

What is the most important contribution that a teacher can make in the classroom?

A. Develop interest in the lesson
B. Set high achievement levels
C. Impart knowledge of the subject
D. Reduce tension and make learning creative
Answer» E.
54.

What is the importance of having developed senses?

A. To achieve happiness
B. For physical well being
C. Other learnings depend on them
D. For all round mental development
Answer» D. For all round mental development
55.

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

A. Learning an education should cater to observable behaviour of man
B. Learning is purely a matter of material changes in the behaviour of man
C. Education is purely a matter of mental training and development of the self
D. Education is mechanisation in process and theoretical in development
Answer» D. Education is mechanisation in process and theoretical in development
56.

You have a student who has failed in a particular class. How will you motivate this student to study sincerely in the same class?

A. By friend's counselling
B. By teacher's counselling
C. By guardian's counselling
D. By psychological counselling
Answer» E.
57.

Which of the following affects an individual's development at a given time?

A. Their experiences
B. Inherited potentitalities
C. Interaction of nature and nurture
D. Social pressure on the individual
Answer» D. Social pressure on the individual
58.

A consultant or a team conducts the evaluation process in a particular way, which of the following decides that

A. Business analysis
B. Terms of reference
C. Project management
D. Quality management
Answer» C. Project management
59.

Where is the First Central Institute of Vocational Education located?

A. Bhopal
B. Mumbai
C. Calcutta
D. Coimbatore
Answer» B. Mumbai
60.

If your purpose is ___________, group work is not a good idea.

A. Division of work and responsibility
B. To overcoming learning difficulties
C. To improve coordination and sharing
D. To identify different aspects of a problem
Answer» E.
61.

Which subject tries to understand the role of man in changing his environment?

A. History
B. Biology
C. Geography
D. Political Science
Answer» D. Political Science
62.

Study of _______ improves a students ability to experiment and analyse

A. Science
B. History
C. Language
D. Mathematics
Answer» B. History
63.

________ is suitable to slow learners.

A. Role playing
B. Creative writing
C. Learning by rote
D. Mechanical repetition of an action
Answer» D. Mechanical repetition of an action
64.

Tagore was a

A. Poet
B. Musician
C. Philosopher
D. None of these
Answer» B. Musician
65.

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

A. Free and compulsory primary education
B. Education for weaker sections of the country
C. Giving financial assistance to less advanced states
D. Rights of minorities to establish educational institutions
Answer» C. Giving financial assistance to less advanced states
66.

What would you do if you notice that students tend to doze off in your class?

A. Reprimand them
B. Stop teaching for a while
C. Give a command seeking attention
D. Provide them a chance to be physically active
Answer» D. Provide them a chance to be physically active
67.

Cause and effect relationships are studied by _____ studies.

A. Clinical
B. Comparative
C. Experimental
D. Developmental
Answer» D. Developmental
68.

When was the National Adult Education Programme (NAEP) launched?

A. 1975
B. 1976
C. 1977
D. 1978
Answer» E.
69.

The topic method in education should be interpreted

A. a substitute for the project method of teaching
B. a concentric approach of teaching the classroom
C. a method of development of the syllabus in a subject
D. a method suited better for arts subjects as compared to science subjects
Answer» B. a concentric approach of teaching the classroom
70.

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

A. Making the state responsible to evolve education as a means of satisfying individual's needs and interests
B. Making the education of the individual as an instrument for realising the ends of the state
C. The education of the individual for development of his total personality
D. Treating education as a binding factor of international understanding
Answer» C. The education of the individual for development of his total personality
71.

________ is not an objective of the Adult Literacy Program.

A. Flexibility of time to learn
B. Training women entrepreneurs
C. Providing work related literacy kits
D. Providing literacy and health Education
Answer» C. Providing work related literacy kits
72.

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

A. Froebel
B. Montessori
C. Prof. A.H. Whitehead
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
73.

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

A. Epistemology
B. Beyond Philosophy
C. Neurology
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Beyond Philosophy
74.

What is the best way for a teacher to resolve the problems in a class?

A. Ask for other teacher's opinion
B. Depends on one's own opinion
C. Use the view that Principal gives
D. Think on suggestions offered by the children and implement the good ones
Answer» E.
75.

How can a teacher develop creativity in himself and the learners?

A. Set new tasks
B. By praising any creative work
C. By playing thought provoking games
D. By giving new up-to-date information
Answer» D. By giving new up-to-date information
76.

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

A. Fichte
B. M.K. Gandhi
C. John Dewey
D. Gautam Buddha
Answer» B. M.K. Gandhi
77.

_______ is called perceptional level learning.

A. Seen to unseen
B. Simple to complex
C. Known to unknown
D. Concrete to abstract
Answer» B. Simple to complex
78.

In ancient India religions and moral aims were dominated by

A. Kshatriya system of education
B. Brahmnic system of education
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
79.

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

A. Arya Samaj
B. Shantiniketan
C. Brahmo Samaj
D. Ashram at Pondicherry
Answer» E.
80.

Which educational psychologist believed in the fact that 'All children have the potential to learn'?

A. John Dewey
B. Friedrich Frobel
C. Maria Montessori
D. Johann Friedrich Herbart
Answer» C. Maria Montessori
81.

____________ tests measure the extent of students learning in a given content area.

A. Aptitude
B. Diagnostic
C. Readiness
D. Achievement
Answer» E.
82.

If a student is rude to you, which strategy would you adopt as a teacher?

A. Punish the student
B. Argue with the student
C. Express shock at such behaviour
D. Remind the student of classroom rules
Answer» E.
83.

Which subject explains and appreciates the contribution of the past to the present?

A. History
B. Economics
C. Sociology
D. Geography
Answer» B. Economics
84.

In today's society school should give

A. Vocational base
B. Ornamental base
C. Both of the above
D. None of these
Answer» B. Ornamental base
85.

The 'Cone of Experience' was developed by ________.

A. Edgar Dale
B. Jeanne Clum
C. Ponting Barry
D. Jereme Krusner
Answer» B. Jeanne Clum
86.

Arya Samaj was founded by

A. Kabir
B. Swami Satyanand
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Swami Dayanand Sarswati
Answer» E.
87.

How would you make your students independent?

A. Ignoring their petty fights
B. Solving their problems for them
C. Give responsibility to everyone
D. Giving orders and expecting obedience
Answer» D. Giving orders and expecting obedience
88.

Equalisation of educational opportunity is provided in ____________ of Indian Constitution.

A. Article 41
B. Article 42
C. Article 44
D. Article 45
Answer» D. Article 45
89.

Choice of a vocation depends ___________

A. Ease of admission
B. Interest and skills of the learner
C. Subjects a student learnt at school
D. Income generated by the occupation
Answer» C. Subjects a student learnt at school
90.

A teacher should be _______ towards his students?

A. Tolerant
B. Supreme
C. Outspoken
D. Sympathetic
Answer» B. Supreme
91.

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

A. To maintain separate schools for boys and girls
B. To start, resource, in several states could not afford
C. 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.
Answer» C. There should be objection to extend co�educational school
92.

"The _____ amendement got ""Fundamental Duties"" added to the Constitution of India?"

A. 41st Amendment
B. 42nd Amendment
C. 43rd Amendment
D. 44th Amendment
Answer» C. 43rd Amendment
93.

Which of the following situations would the best for maximum transfer of learning?

A. Similar tasks requiring different responses
B. Similar tasks requiring the same response
C. Different tasks requiring different responses
D. Different tasks requiring the same response
Answer» E.
94.

Which of the following items of information are important about students to motivate them for studies?

A. Personality
B. Learning style
C. Socio-cultural background
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
95.

The concept of 'SUPW' was elucidated by _______

A. Adiseshiah Committee
B. Ramamurthi Committee
C. Sampurnanand Committee
D. Ishwar Bhai Patel Review Committee
Answer» E.
96.

_____ is the apex institution in the area of training educational planners and administrators?

A. SIE
B. NCTE
C. NIEPA
D. NCERT
Answer» D. NCERT
97.

Why are class tests conducted?

A. To revise
B. As a writing practice
C. To train students to think logically
D. To evaluate educational achievement
Answer» E.
98.

'Generation gap' refers to ___________________.

A. Problems of teenagers
B. Attitude of adults to teenagers
C. The growing awareness of adolescents
D. Difference in values of different age groups
Answer» E.
99.

To make learning effective, a goal must be meaningful in terms ______

A. Intellectual ideas
B. Standards of others
C. Objectives of the curriculum
D. The needs and purposes of students
Answer» E.
100.

Education in the Vedic period was _______.

A. Mostly in Sanskrit
B. Given in Gurukuls by a sage
C. Meant for the removal of inequality
D. Confined to the princely classes and Brahmins
Answer» C. Meant for the removal of inequality