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

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Chapter: Alternative Schooling
51.

UNESCO has evolved a new concept of adult education known as

A. Population education
B. Basic education
C. Social Education
D. Fundamental education
Answer» D. Fundamental education
52.

Any means , agency or instrument through which ideas, attitudes, impressions or images are simultaneously communicated to a large number of people is

A. Mass media
B. Communication channel
C. Mass communication
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Mass media
53.

Providing education to working youths drop-outs, adult population such as housewives, industry and agriculture workers for their professional and social efficiency through correspondence or self- instructional materials is

A. Formal education
B. Adult education
C. Non-formal education
D. Vocational education
Answer» C. Non-formal education
54.

National Literacy Mission has been formulated on the suggestion of

A. National Policy on Education, 1986
B. National Policy on Education, 1992
C. Education Commission, 1964-66
D. Central Advisory Board of Education
Answer» A. National Policy on Education, 1986
55.

The basic components of National Adult Education Programme (NAEP) are

A. Literacy, numeracy, awareness and functionality
B. Literacy, numeracy, awareness and execution
C. Literacy, numeracy, comprehension and functionality
D. Numeracy, awareness, comprehension and functionality
Answer» A. Literacy, numeracy, awareness and functionality
56.

To provide functional literacy education for adults who have never had the advantage of formal education is the objective of

A. Informal education
B. Population education
C. Adult education
D. Distance Education
Answer» C. Adult education
57.

Mass media are the means of educating the society through

A. Informal agencies
B. Non-formal agencies
C. Formal agencies
D. Special agencies
Answer» B. Non-formal agencies
58.

The educational medium for imparting education to the people irrespective of caste, colour, geographical, sociological, economical diversities are known as

A. Mass media
B. Information technology
C. Mass communication
D. Social media
Answer» A. Mass media
59.

The term “mass media” was first coined in the

A. 1930’s
B. 1920’s
C. 1940’s
D. 1950’s
Answer» B. 1920’s
60.

Liquidation of illiteracy by imparting instructions in 3R’s is the objective of

A. Adult education
B. Population education
C. Special education
D. Social education
Answer» A. Adult education
61.

The NAEP initially aimed at educating illiterate adults in the age group of

A. 15 - 36 years
B. 15 – 34 years
C. 15 – 35 years
D. 15 - 33 years
Answer» C. 15 – 35 years
62.

To broaden the horizon of the people and to enable them to fulfill their aspirations and solve their problems by equipping them with necessary knowledge ,skill and information is the objective of

A. National Literacy Mission
B. National Adult Education Programme
C. Central Advisory Board of Education
D. Non-Forma Education
Answer» B. National Adult Education Programme
63.

Any organized educational activity that takes place outside the formal educational system is known as

A. Informal education
B. Non-formal education
C. Formal education
D. Special education
Answer» B. Non-formal education
64.

A centrally sponsored scheme of non-formal education was introduced to provide education to all children outside the formal system up to the age of

A. 14 years
B. 15 years
C. 13 years
D. 16 years
Answer» A. 14 years
65.

National Open Schooling (1989) is one of the programmes launched to promote

A. Informal education
B. Non-formal education
C. Formal education
D. Special education
Answer» B. Non-formal education
66.

Adult education to be promoted both through “selective” and “mass” approach is suggested by the

A. National Policy on Education, 1986
B. National Policy on Education, 1992
C. Education Commission, 1964-66
D. University Education Commission, 1948-49
Answer» C. Education Commission, 1964-66
67.

Promotion of social cohesion and emotional integration among adult community is the objective of

A. Adult education
B. Population education
C. Social education
D. Value-oriented education
Answer» A. Adult education
68.

Provision of post-literacy and continuing education facilities through establishment of Jana Shikshan Nilayan(JSN) is the main characteristic of

A. National Adult Education Pogramme
B. National Literacy Mission
C. Family Planning Programme
D. Social Education Programme
Answer» B. National Literacy Mission
69.

An open-ended and well–planned education characterized with lots of discussion sharing, exploring , analyzing, judging etc. is the characteristic of

A. Non-formal education
B. Informal education
C. Formal education
D. Special education
Answer» A. Non-formal education
70.

Any organized systematic activity carried on outside the framework of the formal system to provide selected type of learning to particular sub group in the population of adults. This definition is given by

A. J.P.Naik
B. P.D.Shukla
C. John Dewey
D. Dr. Radhakrishnan
Answer» A. J.P.Naik
71.

To develop in children the skills, habits, attitudes necessary for healthy living is one of the objectives of

A. Formal education
B. Adult education
C. Non-formal education
D. Vocational education
Answer» C. Non-formal education
72.

Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is a programme of

A. Non-formal education
B. Adult education
C. Formal education
D. Informal education
Answer» A. Non-formal education
73.

In qualitative terms, the functional literacy implies

A. 5 R’s
B. 4 R’s
C. 5 R’s
D. 3 R’s
Answer» D. 3 R’s
74.

Literacy rate at the time when India achieved Independence in 1947 was only

A. 14 %
B. 15 %
C. 12 %
D. 13%
Answer» A. 14 %
75.

The Government implemented the programme of Social Education for eradication of illiteracy among adults in the

A. First Five-Year Plan (1951-56)
B. Second Five-Year Plan( 1956-61)
C. Sixth Five –Year Plan (1980-85)
D. Seventh Five-Year Plan (1985-90)
Answer» A. First Five-Year Plan (1951-56)
76.

Total literacy campaign, post literacy and continuing education programmes are the major programmes undertaken by

A. National Adult Education Programme
B. Central Advisory Board of Education
C. National Literacy Mission
D. Population education
Answer» C. National Literacy Mission
77.

Providing functional literacy training with life skills, orientation to self-employment and income generated skills to poor young people is a significant programme of

A. Non-formal education
B. Informal education
C. Basic education
D. Value-oriented education
Answer» A. Non-formal education
78.

In Russia, the concept of “adult education” initially was termed as

A. Social education
B. Fundamental education
C. People’s education
D. Basic education
Answer» C. People’s education
79.

A voluntary mode of education in which education is decentralized and students can take up their choice of interest is

A. Non-formal education
B. Informal education
C. Social education
D. Family education
Answer» A. Non-formal education
80.

To enable illiterate women to acquire functional skills along with literacy, to promote better awareness of health, hygiene, child-care practices and to bring out attitudinal changes is the scheme of

A. Functional Literacy for Adult Women (FLAW)
B. Jana Shikshan Nilayan (JSN)
C. Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)
D. Indira Mahila Yojna (IMY)
Answer» A. Functional Literacy for Adult Women (FLAW)

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