400+ Issues and Trends in Contemporary Indian Education Solved MCQs

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301.	The aim of value education to inculcate in students is
A.	The moral values
B.	The social values
C.	The political values
D.	The economic values
Answer» A. The moral values

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302.	When individual share similar standards in a community, we can use the term
A.	Moral system
B.	Value system
C.	Ethical system
D.	Instrumental system
Answer» B. Value system

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303.	SUPW was introduced in the school curriculum in 1978 to promote
A.	Social values
B.	Gandhian values
C.	Educational values
D.	Sex values
Answer» B. Gandhian values

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304.	The work experience is
A.	A physical exercise course of education
B.	An integral part of education
C.	Relevant for Adult education only
D.	All of the above
Answer» B. An integral part of education

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305.	At what level the programme of work experience deal with simple handwork?
A.	Lower primary classes
B.	Upper primary classes
C.	Lower secondary classes
D.	Higher secondary classes
Answer» A. Lower primary classes

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306.	Craft was chosen as _____ in the school
A.	Subject of education
B.	Medium of education
C.	Factor of production
D.	All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above

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307.	Knowledge, Skills, Application, Interest and Attitudes are the five major objectives of
A.	SUPW
B.	Work Experience
C.	Population education
D.	Value-oriented education
Answer» B. Work Experience

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308.	________ is a method of integrating the world of study with the world of work.
A.	Work experience
B.	SUPW
C.	Value education
D.	Population education
Answer» A. Work experience

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309.	Work experience is designed to bridge the gap between
A.	The informal education and formal education
B.	The theory and practice
C.	Hand and brain
D.	All of these
Answer» D. All of these

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310.	Which of the following is the specific aim of work experience programme should deal at the higher secondary stage?
A.	Foundation of production
B.	Pre-production aspects
C.	Production in school situation
D.	Production in real situation
Answer» D. Production in real situation

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311.	In SUPW, exphasis is laid on
A.	Artefacts
B.	Mechanical
C.	Manual work
D.	All of these
Answer» C. Manual work

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312.	“to develop in pupils a sense of respect for manual workers in the society” is one of the objectives of
A.	Value education
B.	SUPW
C.	Population education
D.	None of these
Answer» B. SUPW

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313.	Wood and Abbott in the year 1937 gave emphasis on _______ which lead to the harmonious development of personality.
A.	Activity-centred education
B.	Child-centred education
C.	Teacher-centred education
D.	All of these
Answer» A. Activity-centred education

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314.	Which committee introduced the terminology socially useful productive work (SUPW)
A.	Zakir Hussain Committee
B.	Hartog Committee
C.	Ishwar Bhai Committee
D.	None of the above
Answer» C. Ishwar Bhai Committee

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315.	The contents of SUPW should be
A.	Flexible
B.	No fixed programme
C.	Need-based
D.	All of these
Answer» D. All of these

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316.	Exploration, experimentation and work practice are the three phases of
A.	Work experience
B.	SUPW
C.	Population education
D.	Value education
Answer» B. SUPW

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317.	The concept of SUPW was elucidated by
A.	Sampurnanand Committee
B.	Adiseshiah Committee
C.	Ishwar Bhai Patel Review Committee
D.	Ramamurthi Committee
Answer» C. Ishwar Bhai Patel Review Committee

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318.	Work experience is a training for
A.	Cooperation in home work
B.	Participation in factory
C.	Participation in productive work for earning
D.	All of the above
Answer» C. Participation in productive work for earning

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319.	The idea of basic education is propounded by
A.	Dr. Zakir Hussain
B.	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C.	Mahatma Gandhi
D.	Rabindranath Tagore
Answer» C. Mahatma Gandhi

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320.	SUPW was introduced in the year
A.	1978
B.	1987
C.	1878
D.	1887
Answer» A. 1978

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321.	“An educational programme which provides for a study of population situation of the family, the community, nation and the world with the purpose o developing in the students a rational and responsible attitudes and behavior towards that situation”. The definition is given by UNESCO on
A.	Sex education
B.	Value-oriented education
C.	Family education
D.	Population education
Answer» D. Population education

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322.	The first attempt to conceptualize population education in India was made in the year
A.	1969
B.	1979
C.	1959
D.	1989
Answer» A. 1969

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323.	The process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexual identity, relationships and intimacy is
A.	Population education
B.	Value education
C.	Sex education
D.	Mass education
Answer» C. Sex education

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324.	Imparting sexual education helps in preventing or controlling diseases such as
A.	Malaria
B.	HIV/ADS
C.	Hepatitis
D.	Pneumonia
Answer» B. HIV/ADS

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325.	In pursuance of the recommendation of the National Seminar on Population Education(1969), a “Population Education Syllabus” was developed by
A.	National Council For Teacher Education
B.	National Council of Educational Research and Training
C.	State Council of Educational Research and Training
D.	Central Advisory Board of Education
Answer» A. National Council For Teacher Education

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326.	Schools have a significant role in imparting sex education to
A.	Adolescents
B.	kids
C.	Adults
D.	Parents
Answer» A. Adolescents

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327.	Poverty, inflation, housing shortage, mounting illiteracy is the result of
A.	Over-population
B.	Lack of human resources
C.	Lack of natural resources
D.	ignorance
Answer» A. Over-population

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328.	To develop an understanding of the influence of population trends on the various aspects of human life, political, social, cultural and economic is the aim and objective of
A.	Value-oriented education
B.	Sex education
C.	Family education
D.	Population education
Answer» D. Population education

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329.	___________________recommended that Population education should be included in the existing curriculum of schools and colleges .
A.	UNESCO (1984)
B.	National Seminar on Population Education (1969)
C.	World Population Plan of Action (1974)
D.	National Policy on Education (1986)
Answer» B. National Seminar on Population Education (1969)

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330.	The first country to address “ Population Education” was
A.	Germany
B.	India
C.	England
D.	Sweeden
Answer» D. Sweeden

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331.	_______________________ coined the term “Population Education”
A.	Pof.Sloan R. Wayland
B.	Viederman
C.	Gopal Rao
D.	Fordham
Answer» A. Pof.Sloan R. Wayland

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332.	National Population Education Project ( NPEP) was launched for institutionalizing __________________________in schools
A.	Sex education
B.	Value-oriented education
C.	Population education
D.	Family planning education
Answer» C. Population education

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333.	To promote population education, a comprehensive programme of “National Population Policy” was evolved by the Government of India in
A.	April, 1976
B.	April, 1986
C.	April, 1978
D.	April, 1988
Answer» A. April, 1976

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334.	In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations recommended that __________would be internationally observed as “World Population Day”
A.	10th July
B.	11th July
C.	15th July
D.	21st July
Answer» B. 11th July

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335.	The Government of India launched a national pogramme known as___________________________________________ designed to introduce population education along with the formal education system
A.	National Adult Education Programme
B.	National Population Education Project
C.	National Family Panning Ptrogramme
D.	National Literacy Mission
Answer» B. National Population Education Project

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336.	To enable the students to extend their understanding, attitudes, perspectives and practices related population matters, issues and problems is the ultimate goal of
A.	Social education
B.	Value-oriented education
C.	Adult education
D.	Population education
Answer» D. Population education

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337.	The first “National Population Policy(1969)” is essentially related to
A.	Human Resource Development
B.	Family planning
C.	Birth Control policy
D.	Adolescence education
Answer» A. Human Resource Development

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338.	The first national seminar on “Population Education” (1969) jointly organized by the Ministry of Education and Health &Family Planning was held in
A.	Delhi
B.	Hyderabad
C.	Bombay
D.	Bangalore
Answer» C. Bombay

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339.	“An educational programme which provides for a study of the population phenomenon so as to enable the students to take rational decisions towards problems arising out of the rapid growth”. This definition of population education is given by
A.	UNESCO (1970)
B.	Gopal Rao
C.	Viederman
D.	Massails
Answer» B. Gopal Rao

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340.	_________________ is essential to prevent the young people from sexual abuses and harassment, exploitation, early pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS
A.	Value education
B.	Population education
C.	Family Panning
D.	Sex education
Answer» D. Sex education

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341.	____________________ refers to planned educational actions aimed at the development of proper attitudes, values, emotions and behaviour pattern of the learners.
A.	Population Education
B.	SUPW
C.	Sex Education
D.	Value Education
Answer» D. Value Education

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342.	Who defined values as ‘enduring belief, a specific mode of conduct and state existence along a continuum of relative importance.’
A.	John Dewey
B.	Swami Vivekananda
C.	Viederman
D.	Rokeach
Answer» D. Rokeach

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343.	According to __________________________ duty is the supreme concern and no other worldly matters.
A.	Hedonistic Theory
B.	Intuitional Theory
C.	Bigourist Theory
D.	Idealistic Theory
Answer» C. Bigourist Theory

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344.	Who said education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.
A.	Swami Vivekananda
B.	Gandhi
C.	Tagore
D.	Radhakrishnan
Answer» A. Swami Vivekananda

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345.	In which year the NCERT organized seminar on work-oriented education and recommended Gandhian values at the primary stage of education.
A.	1970
B.	1972
C.	1973
D.	1980
Answer» A. 1970

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346.	“If we exclude spiritual training in our institutions, we would be untrue to our whole historical development” given by
A.	Kothari Commission (1964-66)
B.	Radhakrishnan Commission (1948)
C.	National Policy on Education (1986)
D.	Sri Prakasa Committee on Religious and Moral Instruction
Answer» B. Radhakrishnan Commission (1948)

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347.	________________ stressed the role of education in combating obscurantism, religious fanaticism, exploitation and injustice as well as the inculcation of values.
A.	Kothari Commission (1964-66)
B.	National Policy on Education (1986)
C.	Programme of action NPE (1992)
D.	Radhakrishnan Commission (1948)
Answer» C. Programme of action NPE (1992)

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348.	To develop in child the habits of truthfulness, tidiness, punctuality, honesty etc. and to make them liberal in thought and practice are the aim and objectives of
A.	Sex Education
B.	Work Experience
C.	Population
D.	Value-oriented Education
Answer» D. Value-oriented Education

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349.	Education that is concerned with the transformation of individual personality
A.	Sex Education
B.	Work Experience
C.	Value Education
D.	Population Education
Answer» C. Value Education

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350.	Education without character leads to criminality; educated persons have wider opportunities in crime and that too committing them more efficiently and technically
A.	Gandhiji
B.	R. Satya Raju
C.	Shankar Dayal Sharma
D.	Swami Vivekananda
Answer» A. Gandhiji

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400+ Issues and Trends in Contemporary Indian Education Solved MCQs

The aim of value education to inculcate in students is

When individual share similar standards in a community, we can use the term

SUPW was introduced in the school curriculum in 1978 to promote

The work experience is

At what level the programme of work experience deal with simple handwork?

Craft was chosen as _____ in the school

Knowledge, Skills, Application, Interest and Attitudes are the five major objectives of

________ is a method of integrating the world of study with the world of work.

Work experience is designed to bridge the gap between

Which of the following is the specific aim of work experience programme should deal at the higher secondary stage?

In SUPW, exphasis is laid on

“to develop in pupils a sense of respect for manual workers in the society” is one of the objectives of

Wood and Abbott in the year 1937 gave emphasis on _______ which lead to the harmonious development of personality.

Which committee introduced the terminology socially useful productive work (SUPW)

The contents of SUPW should be

Exploration, experimentation and work practice are the three phases of

The concept of SUPW was elucidated by

Work experience is a training for

The idea of basic education is propounded by

SUPW was introduced in the year

“An educational programme which provides for a study of population situation of the family, the community, nation and the world with the purpose o developing in the students a rational and responsible attitudes and behavior towards that situation”. The definition is given by UNESCO on

The first attempt to conceptualize population education in India was made in the year

The process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexual identity, relationships and intimacy is

Imparting sexual education helps in preventing or controlling diseases such as

In pursuance of the recommendation of the National Seminar on Population Education(1969), a “Population Education Syllabus” was developed by

Schools have a significant role in imparting sex education to

Poverty, inflation, housing shortage, mounting illiteracy is the result of

To develop an understanding of the influence of population trends on the various aspects of human life, political, social, cultural and economic is the aim and objective of

___________________recommended that Population education should be included in the existing curriculum of schools and colleges .

The first country to address “ Population Education” was

_______________________ coined the term “Population Education”

National Population Education Project ( NPEP) was launched for institutionalizing __________________________in schools

To promote population education, a comprehensive programme of “National Population Policy” was evolved by the Government of India in

In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations recommended that __________would be internationally observed as “World Population Day”

The Government of India launched a national pogramme known as___________________________________________ designed to introduce population education along with the formal education system

To enable the students to extend their understanding, attitudes, perspectives and practices related population matters, issues and problems is the ultimate goal of

The first “National Population Policy(1969)” is essentially related to

The first national seminar on “Population Education” (1969) jointly organized by the Ministry of Education and Health &Family Planning was held in

“An educational programme which provides for a study of the population phenomenon so as to enable the students to take rational decisions towards problems arising out of the rapid growth”. This definition of population education is given by

_________________ is essential to prevent the young people from sexual abuses and harassment, exploitation, early pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS

____________________ refers to planned educational actions aimed at the development of proper attitudes, values, emotions and behaviour pattern of the learners.

Who defined values as ‘enduring belief, a specific mode of conduct and state existence along a continuum of relative importance.’

According to __________________________ duty is the supreme concern and no other worldly matters.

Who said education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.

In which year the NCERT organized seminar on work-oriented education and recommended Gandhian values at the primary stage of education.

“If we exclude spiritual training in our institutions, we would be untrue to our whole historical development” given by

________________ stressed the role of education in combating obscurantism, religious fanaticism, exploitation and injustice as well as the inculcation of values.

To develop in child the habits of truthfulness, tidiness, punctuality, honesty etc. and to make them liberal in thought and practice are the aim and objectives of

Education that is concerned with the transformation of individual personality

Education without character leads to criminality; educated persons have wider opportunities in crime and that too committing them more efficiently and technically