EDU . 01 : KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICULAM : PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. The word education has originated from the latin word 

   a) knowledge              b) educare

   c) educate                   d) pedagogy

   Answer :Educare

2. which one of the following is an example of non-formal education

   a) family                     b) open university

   c) school                     d) non of these

   Answer:open university

3. Who said "Man is born in free and every where he is in chain"

   a) Mondessore              b) Dewey

   c)  Rousseau                  d) Frobel

Answer : Rousseau

4. Upanayana ceremoney is related to

 a) Buddist education      b) Islamic education

  c) Vedic education         d) none of these

   Answer: vedic education

5. Ideas are more important than object is one of the main tenet of

   a) Naturalism           b)Pragmatism

   c)Idealism                d) non of these

  Anwer: Idealism

6. Pragmatism advocates ______discipline

 a) Inner                      b) Personal

  c) Social                    d) Religeous

   Answer: Social

7. Which one is the first Veda

  a) Rig Veda                b) Adharva Veda

  c) Yajur Veda              d)Sama Veda

Answer: Rig Veda

8. Nalanda the most famous university of ancient India was situated in :

  a) Utter Pradesh        b) Madhya Pradesh 

  c) Bihar                       d) Orissa

 Answer: Bihar

9.Who is considered as the father of   sociology

a)  Herbert                   b) Max Webber

c)Auguste Comte          d) Durkhim

Answer: Auguste comte

10. The desire to avoid cultural change is_____

  a) Enculturation        b) cultural diffusion 

  c)  cultural lag           d) cultural inertia

 Answer: Cultural inertia

11)Who defined as "education as helping the growing soul to  draw out that is in itself" ?

        (a) Kautliya                           (b) Gandhiji

      (c) Sankaracharya                (d) Aurobindo

Answer : Aurobindo

12) An example of formal mode of education

            (a) Family                      (b) School

             (c) Open university      (d) Peer group

Answer : School

13) Which is the oldest philosophical school ?

            (a) Pragmatism             (b) Naturalism

            (c) Idealism                   (d) Realism

Answer: Idealism

14) The branch of philosophy deals with values ,truth and beauty ?

      (a) Epistemology               (b) Metaphysics

     (c)axiology                   (d)none of the above

Answer : Axiology

15) Who  introduced  negative education ?

         (a) Plato                            (b) John Dewey

        (c)Rousseau                       (d) Aristotle

Answer : Rousseau

16) Which is the native philosophy of America ?

        (a) Realism                        (b) Pragmatism

        (c) Humanism                    (d) Idealism 

Answer : Pragmatism

 17) Who is the author of Karma Yoga ?

     (a) Aurobindo                   (b) Vivekananda

      (C) Tagore                         (d) Gandhiji 

Answer : Vivekananda

18) Who is the founder of kindergarden ?

     (a)  Rousseau                  (b) Dr Montessori

     (c) Pestalozzi                     (d) Froebel

Answer : Frobel

19) Who  is first introduced by the term "culture" ?

  (a) Amartya sen          (b) Alferd K Kroebe        (c) Edward B Taylor    (d) Daeod Josoef

Answer : Edward B Taylor

20) Who is the author of" social change with respect to culture  and original nature" ?  

 ( a) William F Ogburn            (b) Tagore.         (c) Aurobindo                         (d) Gandhiji

Answer : Kroeber

21) Who is first conceptualized by the term "cultural diffusion" ?                                              (a) Kroeber                            (b) Ogburn        (c) Rousseau                           (d) Montessori

Answer : Kroeber

22) Didactic Apparatus for teaching 3Rs is the contributer  of............ ?

                (a) Rousseau                (b) Pestalozzi

                  (C) Montessori           (d)  Tagore

Answer: Montessori

23) Find out the social evil ?

          (a) Secularism                   (b) Patriotism

          (c) National integration    (d) Terrorism

Answer: Terrorism

24) Which is the first hand learning of culture ?

    (a) Acculturation           (b) Cultural inertia

      (c) Cultural tag            (d) en culturation

Answer : End culturation

25) Who is introduced by project method ?

               (a) John Dewey             (b) Froebel

               (c) Montessori               (d) Gandhiji

Answer : John Dewey