EDN/VI/12 Student's Copy
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6th Semester
EDUCATION
TWELFTH PAPER
Special Education
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×10=10
1. Any child who deviates from the normal or average child is known as
an exceptional child
a mentally handicapped child
a deviant child
a physically handicapped child
2. Most historians trace the beginning of special education to
Sigmund Freud
Guilford
Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
Hermann Snellen
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3. Snellen chart was developed by
Herman Snellen
Samuel Snellen
Robert Snellen
Thomas Snellen
4. Children who are born with normal hearing but later acquired hearing
impairment are referred as
hard of hearing
pre-lingual deaf
congenitally deaf
adventitiously deaf
5. Idiots, imbeciles and morons may be grouped under the
gifted
physically handicapped
mentally handicapped
socially handicapped
6. One of the most visible conditions associated with mental retardation is
Down syndrome
arthritis
otosclerosis
glaucoma
7. Gifted children are generally
not well adjusted
not suitable
emotionally mature
not confident
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8. Telescoping grades is one of the procedures of
segregation
enrichment
separation
acceleration
9. Which of the following is not the area of creativity?
Accuracy
Fluency
Flexibility
Originality
10. Creativity is associated with
abstract thinking
convergent thinking
concrete thinking
divergent thinking
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write briefly on the following 3×5=15
1. Characteristics of special education
2. Education for speech-defective children
3. Causes of mental retardation
4. Problems of gifted children
5. Identification of creative children
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PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Define special education. Discuss the objectives of special education.
4+6=10
OR
Write briefly the classification of exceptional children. 10
2. What do you mean by hearing impairment? How would you identify a
hearing-impaired child? 4+6=10
OR
Explain the characteristics of orthopaedically handicapped children.
Suggest a suitable type of education for them. 4+6=10
3. Define mental retardation. Discuss the characteristics of mentally retarded
children. 4+6=10
OR
Elucidate the special educational schemes for mentally retarded children. 10
4. How would you identify gifted children? 10
OR
Discuss the educational programmes for gifted children. 10
5. Explain the term 'creativity'. Describe the characteristics of creative
children. 3+7=10
OR
Elaborate on the needs and problems of creative children. 10