(Semester 1) EDU 01 MCQ

EDU 01- KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICULUM: PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES - Multiple Choice Questions.

1. Kindergarten system of education was contributed by:
     a) Montessori          b) Froebel
     c) Plato                    d) Aristotle

2. An example of non-formal education is:
     a) Family                b) Fitness programmes
     c) Universities        d) None of these

3. Preparing the child for a real life is the main aim of:
     a) Naturalism           b) Realism
     c) Pragmatism          d) Humanism

4. What is the origin of the word 'Education'?
       a) Educate                 b) Educere
       c) Evolve                  d) None of these

5. Education according to Dewey is?

  a) Preparation for life    b) Getting knowledge   

  c) Learning by doing    d) Schooling         

6. Education is not pre-planned in?
     a) informal education           b) Non-formal education
     c) formal education              d) None of these

7. The word 'secularism' is derived from which word?
     a) Sacum                               b) Secular
     c) Sacculum                          d) Saecus

8. Religious education is strongly advocated by:
     a) Pragmatists                        b) Idealists
     c) Realists                              d) Naturalists

9. Epistemology deals with:
     a) Knowledge                        b) Education
     c) Learning                            d) Philosophy of education

10. Who introduced negative education?
     a) Plato                                   b) John Dewey
     c) Rousseau                            d) Aristotle

11. Who first conceptualized the term 'cultural diffusion'?
     a) Kroeber                              b) Ogburn
     c) Rousseau                            d) Montessori

12. Who introduced Project method?
     a) John Dewey                       b) Montessori
     c) Plato                                   d) Froebel

13. Who said, 'Education is the creation of a sound mind in a sound body'?
     a) Aristotle                              b) Rousseau
     c) Dewey                                 d) Plato

14. John Dewey was an exponent of which idea?
     a) Realism                               b) Pragmatism
     c) Idealism                              d) Naturalism

15. The science of values is known as?
     a) Axiology                             b) Cosmology
     c) Sociology                            d) None of these

16. The Greek word 'Pragma' means?
     a) Truth                                   b) Act or deed
     c) Utility                                   d) Beauty

17. Rama Krishna Mission was founded by
     a) Swami Dayananda              b) Swami Vivekananda
     c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy          d) Guru Nanak

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

19. What is the main center of informal education?
     a) Society                               b) Radio
     c) Family                                d) All of the above

20. Who promoted life-centered education among the following?
     a) Vivekananda                      b) John Dewey
     c) Aurobindo                         d) Tagore


Answers: 1.b   2.b   3.b   4.b   5.c   6.a   7.c   8.b   9.a   10.c   11.a   12.a   13.a   14.c   15.a  16.b   17.b   18.c   19.d   20.b