OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Unit - I: Education and Agencies of Education

1. What is the meaning of Education?
   (a) Schooling
   (b) Training
   (c) Development
   (d) Liberation

2. What is Education?
   (a) Education is that which teachers give
   (b) Education is a book
   (c) Education is total development of personality
   (d) Education is that which provides job

3. What are the part of Education?
   (a) Teacher
   (b) Learner
   (c) Curriculum
   (d) All these

4. Which is the universal objective of Education?
   (a) Liberation
   (b) Vocation
   (c) Character
   (d) Total Development

5. Which is the all-time objective of Education?
   (a) Earning livelihood
   (b) Becoming a good citizen
   (c) Developing character
   (d) All round achievement

6. Who will pay for Basic Education?
   (a) The Govt
   (b) The people
   (c) The Scheme
   (d) The parents

7. What is the medium of instruction in Basic Education?
   (a) Hindustani
   (b) Hindi
   (c) Urdu
   (d) English

8. What is central in Basic Education?
   (a) The Teacher
   (b) The Educand
   (c) Basic craft
   (d) Language

9. The component of education is the:
   (a) Objectives
   (b) Curriculum
   (c) Methods
   (d) All the above

10. Aims of education are relative to:
    (a) Aim of religion
    (b) Aim of teacher
    (c) Aim of life
    (d) Aim of government

11. Which of the following statement is correct?
    (a) Education is an art
    (b) Education is a science
    (c) It is neither an art nor science
    (d) It is an art and a science

12. The aim of education for harmonious development of the child means:
    (a) Development of all the qualities of the mind to the maximum possible extent.
    (b) Development of a sound mind in a sound body.
    (c) Development of physical, mental and moral potentialities of the child.
    (d) Development of the adjustment capacities of the child.

13. What is development of human potentialities in education?
    (a) Individual aim
    (b) Social aim
    (c) Individual as well as social aim
    (d) Specific aim

14. Which is the first school for the child’s education?
    (a) Family
    (b) Society
    (c) Friend
    (d) School

15. What is the origin of the word Education?
    (a) ‘E’ and ‘Catum’
    (b) Edu and ‘Catum’
    (c) Word ‘Educate’
    (d) None of these

16. Which of the following statements is correct?
    (a) Education is an art
    (b) Education is a science
    (c) It is neither an art nor science
    (d) To some extent it is art and to some extent it is science

17. What is called education acquired without any specific purpose, fixed period and place?
    (a) Indirect Education
    (b) Individual Education
    (c) Informal Education
    (d) Formal Education

18. Which one of the following sentences is correct about the nature of teaching?
    (a) It is diagnostic
    (b) It is remedial
    (c) It is diagnostic as well as remedial
    (d) All the above statements are correct

19. What is the compulsory element of learning?
    (a) Ability to read
    (b) Bright Mind
    (c) Tendency to know
    (d) None of these

20. What is the place of principal in an educational institute?
    (a) Overall head of the school
    (b) Manager of the school
    (c) Owner of the school
    (d) Founder of the school

21. If a student failed in any class what should be done to him?
    (a) He should be given a chance to improve and sent to the next class after he improves
    (b) He should be kept in the same class
    (c) He should be advised to leave studies
    (d) All the above methods are right

22. Why are curriculum activities used in teaching?
    (a) Make teaching easy
    (b) To make teaching interesting, easy to understand and effective
    (c) To make teaching attractive
    (d) To assist the teacher

23. What are the three components of the educational process?
    (a) Education, teacher and books
    (b) Teacher, student and education
    (c) Teaching, learning and practice
    (d) Direction, instruction and skill

24. What is teaching through deductive method?
    (a) From general to specific
    (b) From specific to general
    (c) From macro to micro
    (d) From easy to difficult

25. What is the main center of informal Education?
    (a) Society
    (b) Family
    (c) Radio and Television
    (d) All of the above

26. Which is the first school for a child’s education?
    (a) Society
    (b) Friends
    (c) Family
    (d) School

27. Which one of the following education systems supports scientific progress?
    (a) Realistic Education
    (b) Idealistic Education
    (c) Naturalistic Education
    (d) None of these

28. What is the meaning of lesson plan?
    (a) To read the lesson before teaching it
    (b) To prepare all that the teacher wants to teach in a limited period
    (c) To prepare detailed Answer -s of all the questions to be asked in the class
    (d) To prepare the list of questions to be asked

29. What is the view point of progressive educators regarding the issue of liberal vs. vocational education?
    (a) Vocational ends lead one to degrade learning
    (b) Liberal arts subject should proceed vocational training
    (c) Vocational and liberal education should not be separated
    (d) All subjects should have a vocational orientation

30. What do you mean by curriculum?
    (a) A child learns through curriculum
    (b) Sum total of the annual study
    (c) Sum total of the activities of a school
    (d) Indicates the course to be taught by the teachers to the students throughout the year

31. The Realist’s aim of education is:
    (a) Self-realization
    (b) Spiritual and moral development
    (c) Happy and moral development
    (d) Total development of personality

32. Which of the following is more generally acceptable by modern educationists?
    (a) There should be one single aim of education unchangeable over time and space
    (b) There is one grand objective of education; and that is the development of the inner nature of the child
    (c) Contribution to the welfare of the society should be the only aim of education
    (d) Education is bound to have several aims since its concerns are several such as the individual, the society, the family, the nation and so on

33. What is development of human potentialities in education?
    (a) Individual aim
    (b) Social aim
    (c) Individual as well as social aim
    (d) Specific aim

34. What is development of social sense and cooperation among the individuals through education?
    (a) Individual aim
    (b) Social aim
    (c) National aim
    (d) Constitutional aim

35. Which among the following is not an acceptable criticism of social aims of education?
    (a) They are anti-individual
    (b) They are un-psychological as they do not take into account the capacities and interests of the individual
    (c) They hinder the growth and development of art and literature
    (d) Man, in them, becomes only a means to an end

36. Which among the following is not emphasized by the individual aims of education?
    (a) Individual freedom
    (b) Self-expression
    (c) Development of inner potentialities
    (d) Development of values of tolerance and non-violence

37. Which of the following statements does not go in favour of the individual aims of education?
    (a) The individual is an asset to the society; his development and growth are necessary
    (b) The society is strong if the individual is strong
    (c) Every individual is unique; development of his potentialities is essential
    (d) Society is supreme and all individuals are only parts of it

38. Which among the following is the most correct view about social and individual aims of education?
    (a) Individual aims should be given preference to social aims
    (b) Social aims should be preferred to individual aims
    (c) Individual aims are implied in the social aims of education
    (d) Individual and social aims are only two sides of the same coin

39. Which statement is most acceptable to the academicians about “Bread and butter aim” of education?
    (a) It is the most important aim and should be given top priority by educationists
    (b) It is equally important along with other aims of education
    (c) It is only partly acceptable
    (d) It is important for only a section of the society

40. Which of the following does not pertain to intellectual development aim of education?
    (a) Cultivation of intelligence
    (b) Spiritual development
    (c) Development of cognitive powers
    (d) Training and “formation” of mind

41. Preparing the child for future life as an aim of education is preparing child for:
    (a) Some suitable vocation
    (b) Some particular course of study
    (c) Facing all kinds of emergencies and situations of future life
    (d) A happy married life

42. The most effective method of character-formation is:
    (a) Teaching virtues through religious books
    (b) Organizing specialists’ lectures on importance of values in life
    (c) Teaching by high character teachers
    (d)Rewarding virtuous behaviours and presenting high character model in schools

43. Harmonious development of the child aim of education means:
    (a) Development of all the qualities of the mind to the maximum possible extent
    (b) Development of a sound mind in a sound body
    (c) Development of physical, mental, moral and spiritual potentialities of the child in a balanced manner
    (d) Development of the adjustment capacities of the child

44. The social aims of education imply that:
    (a) The state is an idealized metaphysical entity
    (b) The state is above the individual citizen
    (c) The state is superior to the individual transcending all his desires and aspirations
    (d) The state has to give not to take anything from the individual

45. Rigid system of state-education is justified on the basis that the state:
    (a) Is supreme to dictate what shall be taught and how shall be taught
    (b) Has absolute control over the lives, and destinies of its individual members
    (c) Has a right and a bounden duty to mould the citizen to a pattern which makes for its own preservation and enhancement
    (d) Has better resources to manage education

46. Social aims of education imply the training of:
    (a) The individuals for the purpose of serving the needs of the society
    (b) Individuals according to their needs
    (c) The individuals according to their capacities
    (d) The individuals according to the facilities

47. What does the individual aim of education imply?
    (a) Education must secure for everyone the conditions under which the individuality is most completely developed
    (b) It must contribute to the peace and happiness of the whole society
    (c) It should have more and more institutions every year
    (d) It should be by and large the concern of the private sector

48. Basically Education is derived from a Latin word:
    (a) Ducer
    (b) Doctrine
    (c) Educate
    (d) Educere

49. What does mean by Educere:
    (a) Path
    (b) Destination
    (c) Bring out
    (d) Guide

50. What does mean by Pragma:
    (a) Practical
    (b) Thinking
    (c) Both (a) and (b)
    (d) None of the above

51. What should be the goal of education?
    (a) Training to make a living
    (b) Acquiring knowledge, skills, habits
    (c) Getting a certificate
    (d) Mastery of subject matter

52. What does mean by Education?
    (a) Change in behaviour
    (b) Behaviour
    (c) Change
    (d) Experience

53. The knowledge relates to values is called:
    (a) Axiology
    (b) Epistemology
    (c) Ontology
    (d) Metaphysics

54. To have an aim is to act, means:
    (a) Want to do something
    (b) To be an automatic machine
    (c) To perceive the meaning of things in that light
    (d) Both (b) and (c)

55. 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
    (c) Religious aim
    (d) Social aim

56. The pressure is felt strong where by the teacher?
    (a) Large number of children to educate
    (b) Form global government
    (c) Making religion strong
    (d) Large number of adults to educate

57. "Education as a force which makes an individual self reliant as well as selfless." The statement related:
    (a) Rig Veda
    (b) Sam Veda
    (c) Vedanta
    (d) Upanishad

58. "Social aim of education" was stressed in:
    (a) Developed Countries
    (b) North America
    (c) Developing Countries
    (d) All of the above

59. Which is the most important element of non-formal education?
    (a) Student
    (b) Media
    (c) School
    (d) Teacher

60. Generally sociological aims of education include:
    (a) Skills
    (b) Dutifulness
    (c) Cultural growth
    (d) All of the above

61. Generally civic aims of education include:
    (a) Dutifulness
    (b) Venture
    (c) Skills
    (d) Civic sense

62. Which is a descriptive definition of the term is its:
    (a) Reason
    (b) Justification
    (c) Validation
    (d) Explanation

63. In the classroom the emphasis should be on:
    (a) The subject matter
    (b) The teaching method
    (c) The needs of an individual child
    (d) Needs of the whole class

64. Which is the basic source of educational objectives?
    (a) Educational psychology
    (b) State legislatures
    (c) Human experiences
    (d) Professional organization

65. What should be the objective of any school subject?
    (a) Determined by subject matter
    (b) The basis for content and class activities
    (c) Teacher derived
    (d) General in nature

66. The best definition of education is:
    (a) Learning
    (b) Growth resulting from experiences
    (c) Acquiring knowledge
    (d) Preparation for life

67. Generally Lecture method is a choice of:
    (a) Realist teacher
    (b) Idealist teacher
    (c) Both (a) and (b)
    (d) None of the above

68. Experimental knowledge is real, who believes:
    (a) Essentialism
    (b) Progressivism
    (c) Reconstruction
    (d) Perennialism

69. Logical and scientific thinking mostly includes:
    (a) Orderly knowledge
    (b) Value system
    (c) Orderly philosophy
    (d) Orderly thinking

70. Through which way authentic knowledge is gained:
    (a) Institution
    (b) Empirical experiences
    (c) Authority
    (d) All of the above

71. Basically an elective is one who:
    (a) Denies it is possible to know the reality
    (b) Takes a belief from several philosophies
    (c) Believes in the existence of universals
    (d) Rejects all philosophies positions

72. In which education plays a vital role:
    (a) Promoting national integration
    (b) Character formation
    (c) Promoting social reforms
    (d) All of the above

73. Each system of education is based upon:
    (a) Social and civil obligation
    (b) Intellectual development
    (c) Ideology of nation
    (d) None of the above

74. From the following which one is the requirement of a discipline?
    (a) Curriculum theory
    (b) A set of related assumptions
    (c) Body knowledge
    (d) None of the above

75. The main aim of liberal education is:
    (a) Promotion of internationalism
    (b) Fullest development of the individual
    (c) The attainment of freedom
    (d) All of the above

76. Democracy basically does not believe in:
    (a) Tolerance
    (b) Non-violence
    (c) Small family
    (d) Secularism

77. The realist’s aim of education is basically:
    (a) Happy and moral development
    (b) Total development of personality
    (c) Self-realization
    (d) Spiritual and moral development

78. According to idealism the main aim of education is to develop:
    (a) Mind and soul
    (b) Soul and body
    (c) Body
    (d) Soul

79. To seek truth and reality is basically the subjects of:
    (a) Morals
    (b) Hermeneutics
    (c) Philosophy
    (d) Education

80. Generally the essentialist philosophy of education is:
    (a) Content and child-centered
    (b) Content and teacher-centered
    (c) Need-centered
    (d) Society centered

81. From the following who says “Permanency is more real than change”:
    (a) Reconstructionism
    (b) Progressivism
    (c) Essentialism
    (d) Perennialism

82. The type of knowledge that is basically derived from senses is known as:
    (a) Logical
    (b) Empirical
    (c) Revealed
    (d) Rational

83. From the following who says education is life itself not a preparation for life:
    (a) Reconsturctism
    (b) Progressivism
    (c) Essentialism
    (d)perennialism

84. Usually the expected life outcomes from education are referred to as:
    (a) Aims of education
    (b) Objectives of education
    (c) Goals of education
    (d) None of the above

85. Generally philosophy may be prescriptive and:
    (a) Analytical
    (b) Critical
    (c) Normative
    (d) Speculative

86. Generally the nature of scientific knowledge rests on:
    (a) Repetition
    (b) Empiricism
    (c) Experimentation
    (d) All of the above

87. Education as the re-organization of experience is basically expounded by:
    (a) John Locke
    (b) Rousseau
    (c) John Dewey
    (d) William James

88. From the following which statement is correct?
    (a) It is neither an art nor science
    (b) To some extent it is an art and to some extent it is science
    (c) Education is a science
    (d) Education is an art

89. What does mean by curriculum?
    (a) Sum total of the annual study
    (b) Sum total of the activities of a school
    (c) Indicates the course to be taught
    (d) A child learns through curriculum

90. The main center of informal education is:
    (a) Family
    (b) Radio and Television
    (c) Society
    (d) All of the above

91. The compulsory element of learning is:
    (a) Bright Mind
    (b) Tendency to know
    (c) Ability to read
    (d) None of the above

92. The first school for a child’s education is:
    (a) Friends
    (b) Family
    (c) School
    (d) Society

93. The scope of education according to the idealist is:
    (a) Arrangement of education should be voluntary
    (b) Only they deserve educations that are spiritual
    (c) Education is meant for idealists only
    (d) Education should be compulsory

94. From the following, which sentence is correct about the nature of teaching?
    (a) It is diagnostic as well as remedial
    (b) It is diagnostic
    (c) It is remedial
    (d) All of the above are correct

95. Education imparted in schools is basically:
    (a) Traditional
    (b) Standardize
    (c) Informal
    (d) Formal

96. In an educational institution the place of the principal is as:
    (a) Founder of the school
    (b) Owner of the school
    (c) Manager of the school
    (d) Overall head of the school

97. The purpose of using curriculum activities in teaching is to:
    (a) Make teaching attractive
    (b) Make teaching interesting, easy to understand, and effective
    (c) Assist the teacher
    (d) Make teaching easy

98. The three components of the educational process are:
    (a) Teaching, Learning, and practice
    (b) Direction, instruction, and skill
    (c) Teacher, student, and education
    (d) Education, teacher, and books

99. What is the origin of the word Education?
    (a) Word 'Educate'
    (b) Edu and 'Catum'
    (c) 'E' and 'Catum'
    (d) None of these

100. Which of the following statements is correct?
     (a) Education is an art
     (b) Education is a science
     (c) It is neither an art nor science
     (d) To some extent it is art and to some extent it is science

101. What is called education acquired without any specific purpose, fixed period and place?
     (a) Formal Education
     (b) Informal Education
     (c) Indirect Education
     (d) Individual Education

102. Which one of the following sentences is correct about the nature of teaching?
     (a) It is remedial
     (b) It is diagnostic
     (c) It is diagnostic as well as remedial
     (d) All the above statements are correct

103. What is the compulsory element of learning?
     (a) Tendency to know
     (b) Ability to read
     (c) Bright Mind
     (d) None of these

104. What is the place of principal in an educational institute?
     (a) Owner of the school
     (b) Founder of the school
     (c) Manager of the school
     (d) Overall head of the school

105. If a student failed in any class what should be done to him?
     (a) He should be kept in the same class
     (b) He should be advised to leave studies
     (c) He should be given a chance to improve and sent to the next class after he improves
     (d) All the above methods are right

106. Why are curriculum activities used in teaching?
     (a) To assist the teacher
     (b) Make teaching easy
     (c) To make teaching attractive
     (d) To make teaching interesting, easy to understand and effective

107. What are the three components of the educational process?
     (a) Direction, instruction and skill
     (b) Teaching, learning and practice
     (c) Teacher, student and education
     (d) Education, teacher and books

108. What is teaching through deductive method?
     (a) From easy to difficult
     (b) From macro to micro
     (c) From general to specific
     (d) From specific to general

109. What is the main centre of informal Education?
     (a) Society
     (b) Family
     (c) Radio and Television
     (d) All of the above

110. Which is the first school for a child's education?
     (a) School
     (b) Family
     (c) Friends
     (d) Society

111. Which one of the following education systems supports scientific progress?
     (a) Naturalistic Education
     (b) Idealistic Education
     (c) Realistic Education
     (d) None of these

112. What is the meaning of lesson plan?
     (a) To read the lesson before teaching it
     (b) To prepare the list of questions to be asked
     (c) To prepare all that the teacher wants to teach in a limited period
     (d) To prepare detailed Answer -s of all the questions to be asked in the class

113. What is the view point of progressive educators regarding the issue of liberal vs. vocational education?
     (a) Vocational ends load one to degrade learning
     (b) All subjects should have a vocational orientation
     (c) Liberal arts subject should proceed vocational training
     (d) Vocational and liberal education should not be separated

114. What do you mean by curriculum?
     (a) Sum total of the annual study
     (b) A child learns through curriculum
     (c) Sum total of the activities of a school
     (d) Indicates the course to be taught by the teachers to the students throughout the year

115. Which is not Naturalism’s aim of Education?
     (a) To inculcate ethical and moral values in the pupils
     (b) Education is the notion of man’s evolution from lower forms of life
     (c) To equip the individual or the nation for the struggle for existence so as to ensure survival
     (d) To help the pupils to learn to be in harmony with and well-adapted to their surroundings

116. The aim of education according to the Existentialists is:
     (a) Objective knowledge
     (b) Adaptation to practical life
     (c) A good understanding of the world outside
     (d) Humanitarian and humanist self-realization

117. The Realist’s aim of education is:
     (a) Self-realization
     (b) Happy and moral development
     (c) Spiritual and moral development
     (d) Total development of personality

118. Which among the following is not essentially desirable in the project method?
     (a) The task of the project should be full of message for the children
     (b) The task of the project is as real as the task of the life outside the walls of the school
     (c) The task of the project involves constructive effort or thought yielding objective results
     (d) The task of the project should be interesting enough so that the pupil is genuinely eager to carry it out

119. Which of the following is more generally acceptable by modern educationists?
     (a) Contribution to the welfare of the society should be the only aim of education
     (b) There should be one single aim of education unchangeable over time and space
     (c) There is one grand objective of education; and that is the development of the inner nature of the child
     (d) Education is bound to have several aims since its concerns are several such as the individual, the society, the family, the nation and so on

120. What is development of human potentialities in education?
     (a) Social aim
     (b) Specific aim
     (c) Individual aim
     (d) Individual as well as social aim

121. What is development of social sense and cooperation among the individuals through education?
     (a) Social aim
     (b) Individual aim
     (c) National aim
     (d) Constitutional aim

122. Which among the following is not an acceptable criticism of social aims of education?
     (a) They are anti-individual
     (b) Man, in them, becomes only a means to an end
     (c) They hinder the growth and development of art and literature
     (d) They are un-psychological as they do not take into account the capacities and interests of the individual

123. Which among the following is not emphasized by the individual aims of education?
     (a) Self-expression
     (b) Individual freedom
     (c) Development of inner potentialities
     (d) Development of values of tolerance and non-violence

124. Which of the following statements does not go in favour of the individual aims of education?
     (a) The society is strong if the individual is strong
     (b) Society is supreme and all individuals are only parts of it
     (c) Every individual is unique; development of his potentialities is essential
     (d) The individual is an asset to the society; his development and growth are necessary

125. Which among the following is the most correct view about social and individual aims of education?
     (a) Social aims should be preferred to individual aims
     (b) Individual aims are implied in the social aims of education
     (c) Individual aims should be given preference to social aims
     (d) Individual and social aims are only two sides of the same coin

126. Which statement is most acceptable to the academicians about "Bread and butter aim" of education?
     (a) It is only partly acceptable
     (b) It is important for only a section of the society
     (c) It is equally important along with other aims of education
     (d) It is the most important aim and should be given top priority by educationists

127. Which of the following does not pertain to intellectual development aim of education?
     (a) Spiritual development
     (b) Cultivation of intelligence
     (c) Training and "formation" of mind
     (d) Development of cognitive powers

128. Preparing the child for future life as an aim of education is preparing the child for:
     (a) Some suitable vocation
     (b) A happy married life
     (c) Some particular course of study
     (d) Facing all kinds of emergencies and situations of future life

129. The most effective method of character formation is:
     (a) Teaching by high character teachers
     (b) Teaching virtues through religious books
     (c) Organizing specialists' lectures on importance of values in life
     (d) Rewarding virtuous behaviours and presenting high character models in the schools

130. Harmonious development of the child aim of education means:
     (a) The state is above the individual citizen
     (b) The state is an idealized metaphysical entity
     (c) The state has to give not to take anything from the individual
     (d) The state is superior to the individual transcending all his desires and aspirations

131. Rigid system of state-education is justified on the basis that the state:
     (a) Has better resources to manage education
     (b) Is supreme to dictate what shall be taught and how shall be taught
     (c) Has absolute control over the lives, and destinies of its individual members
     (d) Has a right and a bounden duty to mould the citizen to a pattern which makes for its own preservation and enhancement

132. Social aims of education imply the training of:
     (a) Individuals according to their needs
     (b) The individuals according to the facilities
     (c) The individuals according to their capacities
     (d) The individuals for the purpose of serving the needs of the society

133. What does the individual aim of education imply?
     (a) It should have more and more institutions every year
     (b) It should be by and large the concern of the private sector
     (c) It must contribute to the peace and happiness of the whole society
     (d) Education must secure for everyone the conditions under which the individuality is most completely developed

134. The social aims of education imply that:
     (a) The state is above the individual citizen
     (b) The state is an idealized metaphysical entity
     (c) The state has to give not to take anything from the individual
     (d) The state is superior to the individual transcending all his desires and aspirations

135. Evaluate the viewpoint "The child knows better than any educator what he should learn, when and how he should learn it"?
     (a) Practical, but not correct
     (b) Correct, but not practical
     (c) Correct and practical both
     (d) Hundred percent correct

136. In evolution self aims at:
     (a) Liberation
     (b) Enjoyment
     (c) All of the above
     (d) None of these

137. In Democracy educational pattern is planned after the interests of the many because:
     (a) There are always too many illiterates in a democracy
     (b) Democracy has tremendous faith in her men and their powers
     (c) Democracy is the government of the many, by the many and for the many
     (d) The ultimate authority determining educational policy in democracy is imminent in man

138. Aims of education are determined by human being for the good of the:
     (a) Society
     (b) Individual
     (c) Both (a) and (b)
     (d) None of these

139. India's constitutional value of "equality of all" is founded on several assumptions. Which of the following is not among these?
     (a) Claim of human dignity
     (b) All men are alike by nature
     (c) All men are created equal
     (d) All men have intrinsic worth

140. In India's constitutional values equality applied to education means:
     (a) To impart same kind of education to all
     (b) To impart education to all up to the same level
     (c) To have same kinds of institutions for all in the society
     (d) To equalize the external or material circumstances of obtaining education

141. Which of the following does not contribute to India's national integration?
     (a) National language
     (b) National curriculum
     (c) National system of education
     (d) Teaching history compulsorily in the school

142. What should be done so that the school is to be the guardian of democracy?
     (a) The teachers should have faith in democracy
     (b) Democracy should, actually, be lived in the school
     (c) Lessons on the importance of democracy should be included in the text-books
     (d) Eminent leaders should be invited to school to talk about democracy to teachers and the students

143. As one of the Indian constitutional values, secularism means:
     (a) No respect for any religion
     (b) Abolition of all personal religious laws
     (c) Control of religious activities by the government
     (d) Equal respect for all religions and no discrimination in any matter on the ground of religion

144. For strengthening democracy as a constitutional value through education, it is necessary to ensure that:
     (a) People are competitive for progress
     (b) People are religious and God-fearing
     (c) All people have the freedom to live the life they think is the best for them
     (d) People learn large-hearted tolerance, mutual give and take and appreciation of ways in which people differ from one another

145. "Child is more important than all kinds of books". This viewpoint of Tagore represents his faith in the following aims of education:
     (a) Social aims
     (b) Cultural aims
     (c) Individual aims
     (d) A synthesis of individual and social aims

146. "Next to Nature the child should be brought into touch with the stream of social behaviour". By saying this Tagore is trying to emphasize the following aims of education:
     (a) Social aims
     (b) Individual aims
     (c) Both Individual and social aims
     (d) Intellectual development aim

147. Who said that the aim of education should be to develop in children feelings of international brotherhood and attitude of international understanding?
     (a) Dewey
     (b) Rousseau
     (c) R. N. Tagore
     (d) Mahatma Gandhi

148. The influence of both philosophy and religion in the life of the human individual and society is: (a) Favorable
     (b) Unfavorable
     (c) Both (a) and (b)
     (d) None of these

149. The most important difference between philosophy and science is: (a) Scope
     (b) Method
     (c) Subject matter
     (d) None of these

150. Which of the following represents 'communist ideal' of education? (a) Education for Freedom
     (b) Education for Nationalism
     (c) Education for Democracy
     (d) Education for State control

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