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390+ Educational Planning and Management Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Education (CBCS) .

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Chapter: Educational Planning
1.

Educational Planning is necessary to –

A. ensure success of the enterprise
B. minimize backward children
C. broaden the outlook of students
D. better relations among teachers
Answer» A. ensure success of the enterprise
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2.

Institutional Planning is also known as –

A. Area planning
B. Grassroot planning
C. Village planning
D. Local planning
Answer» B. Grassroot planning
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3.

The basis of all programmes of qualitative and quantitative improvement in education is –

A. Educational Management
B. Educational Planning
C. Educational Finance
D. Educational Supervision
Answer» B. Educational Planning
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4.

The process of preparing a set of decisions for realizing specific goals by the best possible means is –

A. educationaladministration
B. educational management
C. educational planning
D. educational finance
Answer» C. educational planning
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5.

Efficient and effective planning saves –

A. time
B. money
C. effort
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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6.

Every good planning should be –

A. relevant & clear
B. systematic & comprehensive
C. both of the above
D. none of the above
Answer» B. systematic & comprehensive
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7.

The quality of a plan depends on the quality of the _____ that produces a plan.

A. objectives
B. process
C. action
D. content
Answer» B. process
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8.

There are _____ basic steps involved in planning –

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Answer» B. 5
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9.

A plan prepared by a particular institution on the basis of its own development and improvement is called –

A. educational plan
B. school plan
C. institutional plan
D. none of the above
Answer» C. institutional plan
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10.

Institutional planning means planning at the –

A. highest level
B. lowest level
C. district level
D. village level
Answer» B. lowest level
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11.

Institutional planning is an effort to make use of available resources to the –

A. minimum
B. optimum
C. sufficient
D. maximun
Answer» B. optimum
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12.

Institutional planning is –

A. short term
B. long term
C. both of the above
D. none of the above
Answer» C. both of the above
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13.

Institutional plan forms the basis of –

A. Village plan
B. District plan
C. State plan
D. National plan
Answer» B. District plan
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14.

Institutional planning is an index of _____________of an institution

A. excellence
B. autonomy
C. quality
D. standard
Answer» B. autonomy
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15.

Institutional planning aims to –

A. save time, money and materials
B. involve every teacher in the plan preparation
C. promote better co-operation among teachers
D. none of the above
Answer» B. involve every teacher in the plan preparation
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16.

“Planning is an act or process of making or carrying out plans”. Who gave this definition?

A. Webster’s International Dictionary
B. Oxford Dictionary
C. Wikipedia
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Webster’s International Dictionary
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17.

“Planning is to design some action to be done beforehand”.Who gave this definition?

A. Webster’s International Dictionary
B. Oxford Dictionary
C. Wikipedia
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Oxford Dictionary
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18.

“Planning is a way of projecting our intentions, that is, a method of deciding what we want to accomplish”. Who said this?

A. Cuthbert
B. Likert
C. Adesina
D. Edmonds
Answer» C. Adesina
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19.

“To plan means to project, forecast, design, make or chart out a course”. Who said this?

A. Adesina
B. Fayol
C. Taylor
D. Ejiogu
Answer» D. Ejiogu
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20.

The main goal of planning is -

A. social and economic development
B. welfare and progress of citizens
C. bringing about desirable changes
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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21.

Good planning requires

A. future objectives
B. good vision
C. perception and ability
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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22.

Planning is a good method of -

A. solving problems
B. eliminating trial and error method
C. checking wastage and stagnation
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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23.

Efficient planning contributes to –

A. smoothness and ease of administration.
B. efficiency of the administrative process
C. best utilization of available resources.
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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24.

Uneven educational growth and regional imbalances can be corrected by adopting effective -

A. educational planning
B. educational management
C. educational administration
D. educational finance
Answer» A. educational planning
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25.

A good plan is always an outcome of -

A. scientific procedures
B. comprehensive procedures
C. systematic procedures
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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26.

Comprehensive planning means that planning should be concerned with -

A. all levels of education.
B. all aspects of education
C. all componentsof education.
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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27.

The first basic step or process involved in planning is -

A. defining the present situation
B. establishing goals, objectives or sets of goals
C. developing a set of actions.
D. determining aids and barriers
Answer» B. establishing goals, objectives or sets of goals
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28.

The final step or process in planning is -

A. determining aids and barriers
B. developing a set of actions
C. preparing a blueprint of the plan and circulating it for public opinion
D. none of the above
Answer» C. preparing a blueprint of the plan and circulating it for public opinion
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29.

Quality of planning is very much influenced by -

A. relevance and accuracy of data
B. case of processing data
C. validity of interpretation of data
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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30.

One basic chain of activities underlying all educational planning consists of -

A. gathering information
B. processing information
C. interpreting information
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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31.

“An institutional plan is “ a programme of development and improvement prepared by an educational institution on the basis of its felt needs and the resources available or likely to be available with a view to improving the school programme and school practices”. Who said this?

A. E.W.Franklin
B. M.B.Buch
C. F.W.Taylor
D. Robert House
Answer» B. M.B.Buch
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32.

“Institutional Planning is a milestone in the journey towards the improvement of education.” Who said this?

A. E.W.Franklin
B. M.B.Buch
C. F.W.Taylor
D. Robert House
Answer» A. E.W.Franklin
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33.

Institutional Plan emphasizes the planning and implementation of programmes such as -

A. improvement of teaching methods
B. enrichment of curricula
C. increasing the professional competence of teachers
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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34.

The king pin in institutional planning is the -

A. teacher
B. principal
C. head
D. none of the above
Answer» A. teacher
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35.

The main objectives of institutional planning is -

A. Improvement of Instruction
B. Optimum utilization of existing resources
C. Imparting realism and concreteness to educational planning
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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36.

The scope of institutional planning include -

A. Improvement of school plant
B. Improvement of instruction
C. Extra curricular activities for pupils
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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37.

Extra- Curricular Activities for Pupils include -

A. Social service projects
B. Work experience
C. athletics and literary activities
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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38.

Community programmes for the school include -

A. Literacy programmes
B. Adult education programmes
C. Youth service activities
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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39.

Sound Educational Planning has to be -

A. pragmatic
B. progressive
C. forward-looking
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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40.

Institutional planning results in improvement in motivation on the part of -

A. teachers
B. management
C. students
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
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41.

Webster’s International Dictionary (1981) defines planning:

A. selects among alternatives, explores routes before travel begins and identifies possible or probable outcomes of action.
B. as an act or process of making or carrying out plans.
C. efficient and effective planning saves time, effort and money.
D. is a process utilized by an administrator while performing the role of a leader, decision-maker, change agent and so on.
Answer» B. as an act or process of making or carrying out plans.
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42.

According to Hagman and Schwartz, planning is:

A. a good method of solving problems.
B. defining the present situation.
C. developing a set of actions.
D. planning selects among alternatives, explores routes before travel begins and identifies possible or probable outcomes of action.
Answer» D. planning selects among alternatives, explores routes before travel begins and identifies possible or probable outcomes of action.
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43.

Educational planning is a process utilized by:

A. an administrator while performing the role of a leader, decision-maker, change agent and so on.
B. social and economic concerned with the welfare and progress of all citizens rather than the selfish goals of some special interest groups.
C. involvement of representatives of most of the concerned Sectors of the society in the process of planning.
D. based on the principle of maximum utility of resources available with school and the community.
Answer» A. an administrator while performing the role of a leader, decision-maker, change agent and so on.
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44.

The Indian Commission 1964-66 opines that every educational institution can do much more through

A. a programme of development and improvement prepared by a particular institution
B. better planning and hard work to improve the quality of education within its existing resources
C. various alternative courses of action, evaluating these alternatives and choosing the most suitable alternative
D. changes made on adhoc piecemeal basis to solve immediate problems.
Answer» B. better planning and hard work to improve the quality of education within its existing resources
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45.

Educational planning is necessary to

A. ensure the success of education
B. minimize backward children
C. broaden the outlook of students
D. have better relationship among teachers
Answer» A. ensure the success of education
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46.

Institutional planning is based on the principles ___ utilization of the resources available in the school and community.

A. maximum
B. sufficient
C. optimum
D. none of the above
Answer» A. maximum
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47.

An Institutional planning is defined as “a programme of educational developmental improvement prepared by an educational institution on the basis of its felt needs”. Who gave this definition?

A. M.B. Buch
B. Harold Koontz
C. George Litwin
D. Robert Stringer
Answer» A. M.B. Buch
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48.

Institutional involves the three main elements which are

A. pre-determined actions use of scarce funds and taking risks
B. pre-determined objectives, use of scarce resources and taking decisions
C. planning, evaluation and review
D. programme, actions and reviews
Answer» C. planning, evaluation and review
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49.

Educational planning is a subsystem of a general planning for____ development.

A. human
B. social
C. economic
D. national
Answer» D. national
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50.

Institutional planning can be of

A. long-term only
B. short-term only
C. short-term and long-term
D. none of the above
Answer» C. short-term and long-term
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