1. Learning becomes more effective after learning a similar task earlier. Identify what has happened with the earlier learning for'this

Zero transfer


Positive transfer


Negative transfer


Motivation


2. Which theory oflearning proposes stimulus generalisation for showing a response

Classical conditioning


Operant conditioning


Instrumental conditioning


Trial and error learning


3. What wiIl be the most effective form of incentive for making the grown-up learners motivated

Prizes


Punishments


Success in learning


Failure in learning


4. Providing varied experiences in the environment is highly essential to help a learner for maximum learning. Why

The learner can construct his own knowledge


The teacher Can choose appropriate experience from the different ones


All learners can interact while experiencing


Variety of experiences are necessary


in group learning BAC-37 2C
S. What is the role oftechnology in learning?
Applying computer facilities in


Making learning efficient


Learning without the help of teachers


Making learning faster t


6. Population education means

Population control


Population awareness


Family control


Family awareness


7. The population growth in India has led
to


Well being of younger generation


Raise in living standards of masses


Positive attitude 'towards population education


Retarded economic progress


8. Population education creates the right

aptitude towards family norms


interest towards maintaining family


attitude towards small family


motivation to maintain a family


9. The concept of Education includes

Formal Education


Informal Education


Non-Formal Education


All the above (Contd.)


10. The aim of education is

All round growth of man


Mental Development


Social and Cultural Development


Physical, Mental and Spiritual Development


II. The process of education allows

Maximum flexibility


Maximum rigidity


Both rigidity and flexibility


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No flexibility at all
12. The education ofa person stops when;

He attains formal education


He attains adulthood


He attains full mental maturity.


It does not stop tiB his lifetime


13. The school is a

Reformed society


Intellectual society


Miniature society


Racial society


t
14. A nation can best achieve its goals
j
through

Its citizens


Its constitution


Its educational system


Its wealth


15. International understanding can be best achieved by

Touring


International pacts between nation


Spread of International Peace Education


Non-nuclear proliferation treaty


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16. Which one is true

Society affects education


Education affects society


Both society and education affect each other


None of these two affect each other


17. Teaching the elements ofcultme in school:

Weakens education


Strengthens education


Does not affect education at all


Can both weaken and strengthen education


18. The political agenda of education should be:

Given priority


Avoided


Given due consideration


Refonned


19. What is the best course' of action

Ban religious schools


Impart education of all religions


Ignore religions education


Impart secular education


20. In the long run India is most secure if

We have enough military power


We impart military education in schools


We develop brave citizens


We have peace treaties with all neighbouring cOuntries


(Contd.)

21. The 8+3 system was recommended by

Kothari Commission


Secondary Education Commission


NPE 1986


Radhakrishnan Commission


22. The Secondary Education Commission (1952-53) recommended

Compulsory work experience


Multipurpose schools


Neighbourhood schools


School Complex


23. Compulsory Science Education upto class X was recommended by

Secondary Education Commission


Indian Education Commission 1964-66


NPE 1986


Programme of Action 1992


24. Neighbourhood School Concept means

The child will go to a school nearest to his/her house


The child will study in a neighbour's house


Many schools will be opened in the neighbourhood of the child


All neighbours will open a school together'


25. Indian Education Commission 1964-66 was unique because

It had many foreign experts on it


It covered primary to higher education stage


It took longest time to give its report


All the above


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26. The recommendation of neighbourhood school was changed to common school system by:

NPE 1968


Indian Education Commission 1964-66


NPE 1986


None of the above


27. Which of the following is the old form of 'Distance Education'

Courier Education'
. Open Learning



Correspondence Education


Direct Education


28. Printing Press was invented in the year 1455 B.C.

1455 A.D.


1355 A.D.


1355 B.C.


29. National Institute of Open Schooling an autonomous body, was set up by MHRD in the year

November 1988


November 1997


November 1989


December 1990


30. School Education was under the Concurrent List in 1976 under which of the following amendments to the Indian Constitution

44th


42nd


43rd


41"1
(Contd.)
31. "Janshala" literally means

Community School


Rythu Bazar


Ashram School


Military School


32. What is the female literacy rate. of the . state of Orissa according to 2001 Census?
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75·95%


36·71%





63-61%


33. Basic Education was proposed by

Mahatma Gandhi


Jawaharlal Nehru


Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel


Rajiv Gandhi


34. Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW) was suggested by
Kothari Education Commission
Eswaribhai Patel Committee « Acharya Ramamurthy Committee
1986 New Education Policy
35. The ratio of funding under Sarva Siksha Abhyan Scheme in the X Five Year Plan period between Central and State Governments is

75: 25


50: 50


25: 75


90: 10


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36. Choose the appropriate order of the following Articles
Sr. No. Article
1.
Equality ofopportunity in matters of Public Employment, But Special provision for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes.

2.
Abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any Form.

3.
Separates Religion from education in the school run by State Funds.

4.
Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes and other 'Weaker sections.



4-46


4-28


4-28


4-17


37. ''Throughout the whole educational system there is a waste and ineffectiveness." This remark was made by

Secondary Education Commission


Kothari Education Commission


Acharya Ramamurthy Commission


Auxiliary Committee


38. Macauly's Minute was approved by the Governor General

William Bentick


Lord Curzen


Lord Rippon


Robert Clive


(Contd.)
39. Hindu College was founded in the year 1817 at

Bombay


Madras


Calcutta


Delhi


40. Communication means

Sharing
Caring



Daring


Wearing


41. Which of the following Ministry is responsible for all round development of Disabled Persons

Labour Welfare


Human Resource Development


Social Justice and Empowerment


All of the above


42. First 'Comprehensive Plan for Educational Development' in India in the year 1944 was prepared by

William Bentic


Sir John Sargeant


Lord Mecually


None of the above


43. The World Summit for Social Development was held in 1995 at

Tokyo


Cairo


•

Washington


Copenhagen


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44. NPE 1986 was developed with the efforts of:

Prof. D.S. Kothari


Prof. L.S. Mudaliar


Prof. S. Radhakrishnan


None of the above


45. Programme ofAction 1992 is an outcome of:

Acharya Ram. Murti Committee Report


NPE 1986


Prof. Yashpal Committee Report


Both NPE 1986 and Acharya Ram Murti Committee Report


46. Academic Staff Colleges are for the training of

All University Teachers


All College Teachers


University and College Teachers both


None of the above


47. By Three language fonnula is meant
"

Mother tongue, Hindi and English


Hindi, English and a foreign language


. Hindi, English and mother-tongue or one regional language


Hindi, English and anyone Indian Language


48. Opening of more Navodaya Vidyalayas was not favoured by

NPE 1986


Programme of Action 1992


Yashpal Committee Report


Acharya Ram Murti Committee
Report



(Conld.)


49. The NCTE opening was recommended by

NPE 1986


Programme of Action 1992


Yashpal Committee Report


Acharya Ram Murti Committee Report


50. Which of the following is described as the Magna Carta of English Education in

India?
Woods Despatch


Macauly's Minute


Rippon Farrnanos


1813 Act


51. The National Literacy Mission was launched in the year

1977


1978


1987


1988


52. Which of the following is not the target groups of Non-Formal Education?

Working Children


Children belonging to Creamy Layer


Disadvantaged Children


Children belonging to Marginalized Sections


53. Which of the following percentages of reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are followed for Appointment and Promotions respectively in the Public Services

15, 7





14, 7


14, 7·5


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54. Prof. R. H. Dave Committee Report emphasizes on

District Primary Education Project (DPEP)


Minimum Levels of Learning


Education for All


Sarva Siksha Abhyan


55. Which of the following percentage of reservations was recommended for Other Backward Classes in the Public Service according to Mandai Commission

25


27


22


26


56. What is the Population of the Orissa according to 2001 Census?

36 Million.


36·4 Million


36·50 Million


36·71 Million


57. Pick out the correct statement about principles ofdevelopment from those given below. Development is

cumulative


static


hereditary


environmental


(Contd.)
58. Which among the following behaviours show social development

Wearing modem dresses


Dancing skilfully


Helping a stranger in need


Presenting a fluent speech


59. Which of the following conditions will be resulting in adolescents due to their emotional development

Emotional balance


Heightened emotionality


Positive emotions


Fine emotions


60. Development of a child's intelligence is evidenced through its ability to show which of the following

Use hands freely


Cry frequently


Walk fastly


Talk fluently


61. What IS the meaning of moral development?

Ability to think critically


Ability to differentiate between right and wrong


Ability to impart moral education


Ability to advice to do good


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62. A young child was not able to assemble a jigsaw puzzle in spite of the mother's rePeated instructions. What can be deficient
in the child for this failure
Readiness Maturation Development Environment
63. Content, operations and products are the key terms in a theory of intelligence. Identify the name of the theory from the following:
Theory of multiple intelligences Multifactor theory of intelligence Theory of primary mental abilities Theory of three dimensional intellectual abilities
64. Which among the following makes person a renowned leader a
Intrapersonal intelligence Interpersonal intelligence Verbal intelligence Logical intelligence
65. Among those given below, one refers to a characteristic ofan integrated personality. Identify it
Ability to recognise one's own faults Ability to acquire awards in one's field of work
Ability to win in all educational examinations
Ability to be an authority in a subject
(Contd.)

66. Identify what gives consistency behaviour in an individual of
Trait Type Id Attitude
67. Identify one form of ..·.'i·.· form those given below
• Frustration Repression Anxiety Conflict
68. Which among the following is implied by creativity
Originality in thinking Convergence in thinking Critical thinking Deductive thinking
69. What will be the nature of the change in behaviour brought about by learning
• Dynamic Continuous Fully permanent Relatively permanent
70. Satisfaction derived out of showing a behaviour prompts an individual to continue with that behaviour. Which
among the condition? following. explains this
Law of exercise Law of effect Trial and error Internal drive
BAC-3? 9

71. Which is the first step hierarchical learning? in Gagne's
Stimulus-response learning Signal learning Concept learning
72. How can transfer oflearning be effected
Rote practice Whole learning Part learning Meaningful practice
73. Applying all that is learned earlier is the culminating effect of learning. What is this process known as
Concept learning Rule learning Problem solving Generalising
74. Which is the most important condition to be given to learners for achieving mastery of learning
Different study units Different amount of time Testing by different tests Different groupings of students
75. Identify the state oftension in an individual which drives him toward the goal
Frustration Conflict Retention
Motivation.
C (Contd.)

76. The director of UGC is to allocate funds for non-plan grants to central universities. To which ofthe following activities should he allocate these grants

Maintenance


Development


Student Aid


Staff Salary


77. Semester system consists of

fixed credits for all the courses


grading system for all the courses


only projects and seminars for the whole semester


near about ninety teaching days


78. In Evaluation Computer ean not

compute multiple regression analysis and ANOVA


handle the data received through qualitative research


draw inferences, discuss and conclude


analyze non-parametric data


79. Find out the most burning problem of present evaluation system

only subjective assessment is done


universities are reluctant to implement the evaluation system


objective type questions are totally absent


proper mixture of·objectivity and measurement of expression power is not followed


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80. In transforming the obtained marks into grades, the NPC is not divided into how

.-. .. .... y.·parts.. ..,

.. .. " ....
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81. The Term End Evaluation is known as

Formative


Summative


Diagnostic


Normative


82. FonnativeEvaluation does not help in

getting regular feedback ofstudents' achievement


taking long term decisions


analyzing teachers' own effectiveness


observing the realization of criteria


83. OPA is:

conversion of marks into grades


conversion of grades into marks


average of percentage of marks for different papers divided by grade points


average ofdifferent grade POints when assessment is done by grades


84. Which term is more global

Test


Evaluation


Measurement


Interview (Contd.)


85. To solve the problem of vast syllabus for year end examination, which,system was adopted

open-book examination


scaling


grading


semester


86. CALT stands for
Collective Aptitude fot Learning
• Technology

Computer Assisted Learning Teaching


Common Aptitude for Language Teaching


Computer Aided Learning Technology


87. Which one is not true

Measurement occurs in a context


Measurement occurs with respect to something


Measurement occurs after evaluation is over


Measurement plays an educational role


88. Criterion-referenced tests are used to determine:

whether the student is enjoying the subject/topic


which objective/objectives the student has realized


what is the position of the student in his sample group


how successful he/she will be in the next class


BAC-37 11
89. The mean of STEN scores is
4·5 .
. 05 ..
.;. .
06

90. Mid points .of clll$.8,iniervals, 34-36, 38-40 are":

35,37;39


.


38:5


36, 38; 40


91. Which one is Dot a measure of Central Tendency?

Mean


Median


Mode


Variance


92. Most of the variables measuring mental traits fall into

Discrete series


Continuous series


Ratio series


Nominal series


93. Mean of achievement scores of 105 students is alan

statistic


parameter


statistics


evaluation


94. Ogive is a

frequency polygon


histogram


cumulative frequency graph


cumulative percentage curve


(Contd.)
95. Which one is true
It is very doubtful whether majority of work in educational measurement
.
warrants accuracy beyond the.sec9nd decimal

Parametric Statistics is used with· discrete variables


Educational measurement incorporates absolute values


Histogram consists of a rectangle


96. "Root Mean Squared Deviation" is

Variance


Standard Deviation


Quartile Deviation


Percentile


97. The sum of deviations of individual observation in NPC is zero from

Harmonic Mean


Mode


Percentile Mean


Geometric Mean


98. In a distribution which is not exactly normal, the sum of absolute deviations of scores is minimum from

Median


Mode


Standard Deviation


Mean


BAC-37
99. Find the odd one out: .
Standard Deviation

percentile
Ranse

Central Tendency
.....100. Iteiri diffiCultY' can be the help ofwhich of the following standard score scale?

T


Stanine


Sten


z


101. At which of these stages of development
should cleanliness be inculcated


Prenatal stage


Natal stage


Childhood stage


Adolescent stage


102. Which of these is responsible for ozone depletion?

CCF


CO


F


CFC


103. Which ofthese measures has to be adopted
to reduce water pollution


Plant trees


Treat Industrial effluents


Donot use water in industries


Circulate oxygen in water


(Conld)
104. Which of these domains oflearning does value education cover

Cognitive


Psychomotor


Affective


All the above



105. A child is at the premoral stage of development. Which of these strategies would you adopt to provide value education?

activities to respect other views


activities that obtain reward


activities that obtain other liking


activities guided by child's conscience


106. Which of these situation would you use to provide direct value education
Instruction through regular subjects
• Events that actually occur

Instruction in specific period prescribed in time-table


All the above


107. You are asked to provide Non-formal education to dropouts in your colony. Which of these activities would you plan

Organized systematic education


Unorganized systematic education


Unorganized unsystematic education


Unorganized education


BAC-37 131
108. While preparing an Adult education programme, you are asked to keep the Adult's readiness to learn in view. Which of the following does Adult's readiness to learn depend upon

Positive reinforcement of learning


Environmental factors


Amount of previous learning


Presentation of information


109. Non-formal education contributes to VEE since it

provides free education


covers nonschool habitations


has a flexible curriculum


has flexible evaluation


110. Acronym of CABE is

Centre for Adult and Board Education


Central Advisory Board of Examination


Central Association for Board Examination


Central Advisory Board ofEducation


111. Which of the following measures could you take as an administrator to reward an effective teacher

Assign higher responsibility


Grant increment in salary


Sponsor himlher to study


All the above


(Contd.)
112. Which of the following was established to attain quality in higher education

IQC


NQC'


NBA


QAA


113.The function ofwhich ofthese state level bodies is similar to UOC at the state level?

Higher Education Commission


Commission for Higher Education


State Council for Higher Educational Training


Department of University Education


114. The National Council for Teacher Education was made a statutory. body by an act of Parliament in the year

1993


1973


1986


1983


115. Which ofthe following mechanisms would you refer to if you have to coordinate with states from the centre

SIET


CABE


NCERT


SRC


116. Which of the following sources could be . utilized for financing higher education,
Staff extension activities
Student fees
State funds
All the above .

BAC-3? 141 •
117. Which of these is at the highest order in
the hierarchy of administrative structure
at the state level


The Secretariat


The Directorate


The Inspectorate


The Commissionerate i


118. Which of these is the function of SIET

Produce educational television Programme


Provide inservice training to teachers


Provide preservice training to teachers


Plan educational activities of state


119. The acronym of SCERT is

State Centre for Educational Research and Training


State Centre for Educational Research and Teaching


State Council ofEducational Research and Training


State Council for Educational Research and Teaching


120. Who is at the top of the hierarchy in the
DPEP?


Additional Project Director


Administrative Officer


Chief Executive Officer


State Project Director


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