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(1) Which of the following is not the purpose of educational philosophy ?
(1) To professionalize the job of teaching
(2) To increase the teachers love of and control over the students
(3) To critically examine assumptions behind educational practice
(4) To clarify values and aims in teaching.
Answer: To increase the teachers love of and control over the students
(2) The phrase “equal educational opportunities” in India means
(1) equal opportunities for all children to have access to higher education.
(2) equalities of educational opportunities for each child.
(3) equality of the type of education available for each child.
(4) equal opportunities to have the type of education for which one is suited.
Answer: equal opportunities to have the type of education for which one is suited.

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(3) To educate according to ‘nature’ means
(1) to return to the natural as opposed to the artificial in life.
(2) to educate according to the natural laws of human development
(3) to study natural laws and apply them to the educational process
(4) All the above are correct.
Answer: All the above are correct.
(4) The teaching of Froebel grew out of his belief that
(1) aim of education was self realization.
(2) spiritual meaning lay behind all phenomena even play.
(3) the method of education should be self-activity.
(4) All the above answers are correct.
Answer: All the above answers are correct.
(5) In the Dewey theory of how we think
(1) the experimental method is used exclusively.
(2) the logical method of inquiry is used exclusively.
(3) the ideas produced by any method must be tested in experience.
(4) none of the above.
Answer: the ideas produced by any method must be tested in experience.
(6) Madhyama Pratipada is a cardinal principle of
(1) Jainism
(2) Buddhism
(3) Vedanta Philosophy
(4) Sankhya
Answer: Buddhism
(7) Integral education is a concept given by
(1) Aurobindo
(2) J. Krishnamurthy
(3) M.A. Kalam Azad
(4) Annie Beasant
Answer: Aurobindo
(8) The Jain epistemology considers a five stage hierarchy of knowledge. Which of the following is the proper orderofdifferentlevelsof knowledge ?
(1) Mati, Shruti, Manahparyava, Avadhi, Kaivalya
(2) Shruti, Mati, Avadhi, Manahparyava, Kaivalya
(3) Mati, Shruti, Avadhi, Manahparyava, Kaivalya
(4) Kaivalya, Avadhi, Manahparyava, Shruti, Mati
Answer: Mati, Shruti, Avadhi, Manahparyava, Kaivalya
(9) Pedagogy of the oppressed is authored by
(1) Paulo Freire
(2) Bertrand Russell
(3) J. Krishnamurthy
(4) John Dewey
Answer: Paulo Freire
(10) Ivan Illich is renowned for
(1) Life Long Learning
(2) Life Skill Education
(3) De Schooling Society
(4) Distance Education
Answer: De Schooling Society
(11) Culture is not
(1) Constant flux
(2) Cummulative
(3) Primarily Materialistic
(4) Uneven in development
Answer: Primarily Materialistic
(12) Life skill education is needed
(1) to adopt to one’s own culture
(2) to enhance vocational efficiency
(3) to promote cultural integration
(4) to face the challenges in life effectively
Answer: to face the challenges in life effectively
(13) Sanskritization is a process related with
(1) Social Control
(2) Social Stratification
(3) Social Mobility
(4) Social Change
Answer: Social Mobility
(14) Enculturation is the process of
(1) adopting the values of significant to others.
(2) imbibing one’s own culture in one’s personality.
(3) integrating the culture and traditions.
(4) accepting the customs and values of other cultures.
Answer: imbibing one’s own culture in one’s personality.
(15) Psychogy’s major contribution to education lies in
(1) defining the goals for which teacher should strive.
(2) identifying potentially successful methods and procedures for teaching.
(3) providing scientific foundation for the art of teaching.
(4) comparing the relative of various teaching procedures.
Answer: providing scientific foundation for the art of teaching.

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