Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education | Set 4
1. Which among the following is the most appropriate example of a primary group?
Correct : D. Permanency
2. What is considered to be the chief moulder of human personality?
Correct : C. The family
3. An individual finds his nearest and dearest companion in the
Correct : A. Primary group
4. Democratic spirit is developed in
Correct : A. Primary group
5. A group that is large in size is called
Correct : B. Secondary group
6. Nation is an example of
Correct : B. Secondary group
7. A group where human contacts become superficial and undefined is called
Correct : B. Secondary group
8. Whose definition is “The groups which provide experience lacking in intimacy are
called secondary groups”?
Correct : A. Ogburn and Nimkoff
9. One of the characteristics of a secondary group is
Correct : C. Large in size
10. Who has given the classification of group as primary and secondary?
Correct : D. Cooley
11. In secondary groups, we find
Correct : C. Formal relations
12. There is diversity of ends in
Correct : D. Secondary group
13. Secondary groups organise themselves and grow through
Correct : A. Education
14. There is a chance to express talents in
Correct : B. Secondary group
15. Which group acts as an agent of social control?
Correct : A. Primary group
16. Which of the following statements is not true about the members of a group?
Correct : B. They are a casual collection of people
17. Which of the following characteristics is essential in a primary group?
Correct : C. Its members must have a high rate of interaction with one another
18. What type of education does the family impart to the child?
Correct : A. Informal
19. ‘’No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the state or receiving aid out of state funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them’’. In which Article of the Indian Constitution do we find this provision?
Correct : C. Article 29
20. External discipline is also known as
Correct : B. Temporary discipline
21. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for equality before the law?
Correct : B. Article 14
22. The most sensitive index of social development is
Correct : C. female literacy rate
23. ” Education of a boy means education of a man. Education of a girl means education of the whole family”. Who said this?
Correct : B. Mahatma Gandhi
24. A major factor responsible for the low level of education and number of dropouts among girls is
Correct : B. illiteracy of the parents
25. In a tradition bound society like India, there is a strong preference in the schools for
Correct : B. female teachers
26. Equality of Education opportunity considers discrimination when
Correct : A. Any person or Group of persons is/are deprived of access to Education of any type at any level
27. During the Pre-Independence period in Indian history, the British educational policy was
Correct : C. to neglect mass education of the Indian people
28. ‘’Democracy only provides that all men should have equal opportunities for their unequal talents’’ This was pointed out by
Correct : D. Radhakrishnan
29. The literacy percentage of Girls in Mizoram according 2011 census is
Correct : B. 89.27
30. Who are the Backward Classes in India.
Correct : D. The Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled tribes and Backward Classes
31. Whose watchboard was ‘Freedom First, Freedom second and Freedom last.
Correct : B. Montessori
32. This type of discipline is founded on fear and imposed from above by the use of authority. What discipline is it?
Correct : B. Negative Discipline
33. In India women are given
Correct : C. Low status
34. The society in India is
Correct : B. patriarchal System in character
35. Due to the low status accorded to girls by the society. They often have
Correct : C. low self esteem
36. In Rural areas in India the Co-educational system of school often
Correct : B. deters girls from attending School
37. This type of discipline is the result of gradual building up habits of self-control and cooperation. It is carried out by individuals because they realize its necessity and valve. This discipline is called.
Correct : A. positive discipline
38. In education discipline is
Correct : B. very necessary
39. When laws can exist without liberty, liberty cannot exist
Correct : A. Without laws
40. Article 15- ‘’The state shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth is any of them’’ This particular Article is specifically significant in __
Correct : C. Equalization of Educational opportunities and advancement of the SCs, STs, and OBCs, in India
41. Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deals with what topic?
Correct : A. Deals with Abolition of Untouchability and its practice in any form is forbidden
42. This particular Article obligated the state to promote the educational and economic interest of the weaker sections of STs. Which Article is it?
Correct : D. Article 46
43. The SCs, STs, and OBs in India
Correct : B. do not represent a single homogeneous community
44. Level of literacy of the SCs, STs and OBCs in India is
Correct : D. poor
45. ‘’One of the important social objectives of education is to equalize opportunity, enabling the backward or underprivileged classes and individuals to use education as a lever for the improvement of their condition’’. Which Education Commission stated this?
Correct : A. Kothari Education Commission (1964-66)
46. Equalization of educational opportunities is needed in India to – (Identify the point that does not match with the above statement)
Correct : B. to maximize the educational gap between the privileged and the underprivileged
47. Who has the right to decide who will be included in the list of Scheduled Caste and
Scheduled tribes
Correct : C. President
48. Indian Government’s legislation concerning educational opportunities for the weaker sections of the society is an evidence which brings into focus the
Correct : B. political nature of education
49. Which is the following Article of Indian Constitution lays down that education of children
age 6-14 years in a Fundamental Right
Correct : A. Article 21 (A)
50. Equality of educational opportunities is possible by
Correct : C. extending portals of all without any discrimination
51. In India, education is the responsibility of
Correct : C. Central government and State government
52. The National Policy on Education (1986) recognized that the empowerment of women is the most important pre-condition for participation of girls and women in the educational process. What programme did it launch in 1988?
Correct : A. Mahila Samkhya Programme
53. Which Constitution ammendment has recommended the establishment of a Commission for
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?
Correct : B. 65th Constitutional Ammendment
54. Who appoints the chairman of the National Commission fo Scheduled Castes?
Correct : A. President
55. Which article of Indian Constitution gives the power to the government to make special provisions for the development of SC/ST/OBC against Article 15?
Correct : B. Article 29
56. Which one of the following is a Human Right as well as a Fundamental Right under the Constitution of India?
Correct : B. Right to Education
57. Which of the following scheme provide education to girls and their welfare?
Correct : D. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
58. One of the major causes of high maternal mortality rate in India is
Correct : B. Illiteracy
59. “The state to direct its policy towards securing for men and women equally and the right to an adequate livelihood” is found in which article of the Indian constitution?
Correct : A. 39 A
60. “Democracy only provides that all men should have equal opportunities for the development of their unequal talents”. This was pointed out by
Correct : C. Radhakrishnan
61. What kind of society should be established for developing equality of educational opportunities?
Correct : D. Industrial
62. In which article of the Indian constitution is found Equality of opportunity in employment?
Correct : B. 39
63. Which of the following is not given the same encouragement as boys education?
Correct : D. Informal education
64. Which of the following is the most appropriate reason for inequality of educational opportunities?
Correct : A. Poverty
65. Which of the following is the most appropriate reason for inequality of educational opportunities?
Correct : A. Non existence of educational institutions
66. Treating all the equals unequally is
Correct : C. Vertical equality
67. One of the schemes adopted for equalization of educational opportunities in India is providing
Correct : D. Scholarships
68. One of the schemes adopted for equalization of educational opportunities in India
is providing
Correct : D. Free textbooks and writing materials
69. What percentage of the Indian population do the backward classes constitute approximately in India?
Correct : A. More than 30%
70. In which year was the report on backward classes given?
Correct : B. 1956
71. Those who suffer from the stigma of untouchability are classified as
Correct : A. Scheduled caste
72. Those who are not yet sufficiently assimilated into the mainstream of national life
are classified as
Correct : B. Scheduled tribe
73. Those tribes who have been forced to commit crime are classified as
Correct : C. Denotified tribes
74. Membership to the backward classes is determined by
Correct : D. Birth
75. Which board/body gave recommendations for improving the educational status of
the backward classes?
Correct : A. CABE
76. Which among the following is provided for the backward classes for educational
benefit by the central government?
Correct : B. Post matric scholarship
77. Which of the following recommended measures to improve educational status of
Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes?
Correct : B. National Education Commission 1986
78. One of the recommendations of NPE 1986 for improving educational status of
SCs and STs is
Correct : C. Appointing teachers from the category of STs and SCs
79. “Ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts.” Who gave this definition?
Correct : D. UNESCO
80. What is literacy according to national Literacy Mission?
Correct : A. Acquiring the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic and the ability to apply them to one’s day-to-day life.
81. The denominator in counting the literacy percentage of an area at a particular time
in the Indian census since 1991 is
Correct : C. Aged 7 years or more
82. What is the indicator of the level of socio economic development of a society?
Correct : A. Literacy rate
83. Illiteracy is associated with
Correct : B. Poverty
84. The relation between female literacy and life expectancy is
Correct : C. Positive
85. Female education is
Correct : B. Essential
86. “Purdah” system is prevalent among
Correct : D. Muslim women
87. According to Hunter Commission (1882), the ratio of girls to every hundred boys
in primary schools was
Correct : A. Six
88. When was the first Women college established?
Correct : A. 1901
89. Where was the first Women’s college established?
Correct : B. Lucknow
90. When was the first Women’s university established?
Correct : D. 1916
91. In which article of the Indian constitution is provided “Equal pay for equal work’?
Correct : C. 3
92. National Commission for women education was set up in
Correct : C. 1958
93. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was launched in the year
Correct : D. 2000
94. Freedom is defined as the absence of
Correct : A. Constraint
95. Who is in favour of “freedom first, freedom second and freedom last”?
Correct : D. Maria Montessori
96. What is considered to be the source of all first hand knowledge of children?
Correct : B. Curiosity
97. From which word is the term ‘discipline’ derived from?