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Education Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Education Quiz Set 32

(1) The school of Indian Philosophy which states there are six distinct pramanas (sources of knowledge) is :
(1) Samkhya
(2) Buddhism
(3) Jainism
(4) Advaita Vedanta
Answer: Advaita Vedanta
(2) Education as a social sub-system :
(1) Can promote normative social change
(2) Cannot promote normative social change
(3) Has nothing to do with social change
(4) Will retard social change
Answer: Cannot promote normative social change

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(3) Which one of the following is broadest in its scope ?
(1) The School as a Social System
(2) Social Foundations of Education
(3) Educational Sociology
(4) Sociology of Education
Answer: Social Foundations of Education
(4) Increasing privatisation of education will :
(1) promote economic equality
(2) aggravate economic inequality
(3) spoil the quality of education
(4) make education irrelevant for the economy
Answer: aggravate economic inequality
(5) The most powerful agent of socialisation during adolescence is :
(1) The home
(2) Religion
(3) The school
(4) The peer group
Answer: Religion
(6) According to J.S. Coleman there are three distinct stages in education-for-political development. Which one of the following is not among the three ?
(1) rebellion
(2) cognition
(3) participation
(4) integration
Answer: rebellion
(7) The overall changes in shape, form or structure resulting in the improved quality functioning refer to the __________.
(1) growth
(2) quality of growth
(3) development
(4) quantity of growth
Answer: development
(8) The problem solving ability depends upon the __________.
(1) growth in height and weight
(2) development of vocabulary
(3) development of thinking and reasoning
(4) development in size and shape
Answer: development of thinking and reasoning
(9) In which stage of a person’s life emotions and their control become crucial for professional and personal wellness life style ?
(1) Later childhood
(2) Early adolescent
(3) Later adolescent
(4) Adulthood
Answer: Adulthood
(10) With respect to social development at which stage individuals may sacrifice their own interests for the greater cause of the group, society and the nation ?
(1) Later childhood
(2) Adolescence
(3) Adulthood
(4) Old age
Answer: Adolescence
(11) Which of the following intelligence does not stop increasing with age of a person ?
(1) Spatial Intelligence
(2) Academic Intelligence
(3) Verbal Intelligence
(4) Emotional Intelligence
Answer: Emotional Intelligence
(12) In Emotional Intelligence which will not be considered a component ?
(1) Self management
(2) Self analysis
(3) Self motivation
(4) Empathy
Answer: Self analysis
(13) In Gagne’s hierarchy of learning which type corresponds to operant conditioning paradigm ?
(1) Sign learning
(2) Discrimination learning
(3) S - R learning
(4) Concept learning
Answer: S - R learning
(14) Which one of the following statements is not supported by learning theorists ?
(1) Motivation is a necessary condition for learning but not a sufficient condition .
(2) Transfer of learning to take place identical elements in two situations are needed
(3) Personality of a person gets distorted by exposure to social situations
(4) Playing of stage specific roles forms the personality
Answer: Personality of a person gets distorted by exposure to social situations
(15) Classification of personalities as ‘introverts’ and ‘extroverts’ was first made by :
(1) Adler
(2) Freud
(3) Jung
(4) Maslow
Answer: Jung

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