Sociological Foundation of Education Multiple Choice Questions and Answers | Sociological Foundation of Education Quiz

1 Modernisation implies mobility which may be of any kind except

A Physical mobility

B Social mobility

C Scientific mobility

D Psychic mobility

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Answer: Physical mobility

2 Which is not characteristic of modernisation?

A Religious faith

B Participation

C Empathy

D Mobility

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Answer: Empathy

3 Which article of the Indian Constitution proclaims that “untouchability is abolished”?

A Article 17

B Article 14

C Article 16

D Article 46

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Answer: Article 17

4 What is not involved in leadership?

A The supremacy based on personality cult

B Understanding based on co-operation

C The goal motivation and role achieve¬ment

D None of the above

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Answer: The supremacy based on personality cult

5 Mark out the reason that made Jawaharlal a great leader.

A His parentage

B His brahmanical heritage

C His leadership of the Congress

D His personal qualities

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Answer: His personal qualities

6 In India, education is the responsibility of

A Central Government

B State Government

C Both of them

D All the above

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Answer: Both of them

7 Which institution has maximum control over education?

A Family

B State

C Religion

D None Of The Above

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Answer: State

8 The future of education in India depends on

A Government

B Society

C Family

D None of these

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Answer: Government

9 What is the status of political interference in education?

A Justified

B Society

C Both of them

D None of the Above

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Answer: Both of them

10 Political aim of education is

A Democracy

B Secularism

C Constitutionalism

D Cosmopolitanism

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Answer: Democracy

11 In the absence of law, which of the following help in maintaining social order in simple societies?

A Folkways

B Mores

C Customary rules

D All of these

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Answer: All of these

12 In simple societies, deviations from an appropriate day to day behaviour are corrected by such social controls as

A Ridicule

B Mild Ostracism

C Gossip

D All of these

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Answer: All of these

13 A state has a large population, but not sufficient territory. What among the following it cannot do?

A Raise multi storey buildings

B Let its people migrate to other countries

C Popularise check on the growing population

D Destroy all the new-born

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Answer: Destroy all the new-born

14 Who, among the following thinkers, is not associated with the theory of Social Contract?

A Hobbes

B Locke

C Kautilya

D All of the above

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Answer: Kautilya

15 The state of nature is

A Supremacy of might on right

B A state of equality for all men

C The state when Devas were troubled by Asurs

D Such a state did not exist historically

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Answer: Such a state did not exist historically

16 Due to Social Contract, man

A Lost his freedom

B Gained his freedom

C State came into existence

D None of the above

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Answer: State came into existence

17 “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers, that be ordained. Whosoever resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance – of God, and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation”. Mark out the correct conclusion from this statement.

A The Divine Origin theory pleads for status quo.

B God, being supreme need alone be obeyed.

C Those who resist the Divine power shall be punished by God.

D The temporal power is dependent on the ecclesiastical power.

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