MBOSE Class 12 Question Paper 2025 for Education

Meghalaya Board of School Education

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Total No. of Printed Pages—8
HS/XII/A/Ed/25

2025

EDUCATION

Full Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

General Instructions :

(i) Write all the answers in the Answer Script.

(ii) Attempt Part—A (Objective Questions) serially.

(iii) Attempt all parts of a question together in one place.

( PART : A—OBJECTIVE )
( Marks : 50 )

SECTION—I
( Marks : 30 )

1. Choose and write the most appropriate response of the
following from the given alternatives : 1×10=10

(a) The word ‘curriculum’ is derived from the Latin word

(i) curri

(ii) curere

(iii) currere

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(b) Inclusion is a philosophy which

(i) admits the child

(ii) excludes the child

(iii) welcomes the child

(c) Who supports integration of craft, art, health and
education into one scheme called, ‘Nai Talim’?

(i) Tagore

(ii) Gandhi

(iii) Plato

(d) The Open University of the United Kingdom (UKOU)
was established in the year

(i) 1981

(ii) 1958

(iii) 1969

(e) Children differ in their linguistic abilities and at the
rate at which they learn a particular language is

(i) language ability

(ii) aptitude

(iii) attitude

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(f) The first test to measure intelligence was constructed
by
(i) Charles Spearman
(ii) E. L. Thorndike
(iii) Alfred Binet

(g) The part of personality that is concerned with
morality principle is the
(i) Id
(ii) Ego
(iii) Super Ego

(h) The act of mentally focussing on one of the several
possible sensory stimuli is
(i) overt attention
(ii) covert attention
(iii) focussed attention

(i) The second stage of memory is
(i) encoding
(ii) retrieval
(iii) storage

(j) Knowledge structures that guide our interactions
with objects and events in the world around us are
(i) mental models
(ii) images
(iii) memories

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2. Write whether the following statements are True or False :
1×5=5

(a) Assessment is not a part of evaluation.

(b) People with disabilities have always been victims of
discrimination and cruelty in the society.

(c) Logic is not the science of thinking and does not help
in arriving at a conclusion about an issue.

(d) The human brain is a knot of 100 billion neurons and
support cells.

(e) Art education cannot cater to the needs of all kinds of
children.

3. Match the word(s) in Column—A relating to the
appropriate word(s) in Column—B : 1×5=5

Column—A Column—B

(a) Instructional media (i) Functional autonomy

(b) Gardner (ii) Memory

(c) Cognitive development (iii) Multiple intelligence

(d) Allport (iv) Technology

(e) Mnemonics (v) Learning styles

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4. Who stated the following? 1×5=5

(a) ‘‘Educational technology is concerned with the
application of modern skills and techniques to the
requirements of education and training.”

(b) ‘‘A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he
thinks, he becomes.”

(c) ‘‘The curriculum of the school did not neglect India’s
cultural, analytical and scientific heritage, but was
very involved also with the rest of the world.”

(d) ‘‘Curiosity is as much a parent of attention, as
attention is of memory.”

(e) “When all think alike, no one is thinking very much.”

5. Fill in the blanks : 1×5=5

(a) Each child is unique with different _____ and special
needs.

(b) Art draws people’s attention to finer things, and
hence is also called _____ arts.

(c) The ability to understand and interact with people
around us is referred to as _____.

(d) John Dewey is one of the most referred _____.

(e) _____ plays a significant role in encouraging people to
think.

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SECTION—II
( Marks : 20 )

6. Answer briefly the following questions in 2 or 3 sentences
each (any ten) : 2×10=20

(a) How can curriculum through its construction follow
the principle of ‘known’ to ‘unknown’?

(b) What is locomotor disability?

(c) Name the different forms of art with relevant
examples.

(d) What is instructional media?

(e) What do you understand by the term ‘emotional
intelligence’?

(f) Name the fundamental characteristics of personality.

(g) What is the cocktail-party effect?

(h) Differentiate between maintenance rehearsal and
elaborative rehearsal.

(i) What is theme-based writing?

(j) What is brainstorming?

(k) Explain the term ‘handicap’.

(l) Distinguish between natural concepts and logical
concepts.

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( PART : B—DESCRIPTIVE )
( Marks : 50 )

Answer Question No. 7 and any three from the rest

7. Write short notes on any four of the following : 5×4=20

(a) Child-centered curriculum

(b) Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)

(c) Importance of visual art

(d) Project-based learning

(e) Thurstone’s theory of intelligence

(f) Cognitive processes

(g) Interest

(h) Critical thinking

8. What is evaluation? Explain the different types of
evaluation. 2+8=10

9. What is inclusion? Who needs to be included in this
system? 2+8=10

10. What is problem solving? Explain in detail the different
steps in problem solving. 2+8=10

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11. Give the meaning of reasoning. Explain the different ways
to develop thinking and reasoning abilities. 2+8=10

12. Explain the types of educational technology. 10

13. What is memory? Describe the ways and strategies to
enhance memory. 2+8=10

14. Explain the stages and processes of Art Education as
prescribed by the NCERT. 10

15. Why do individuals differ, and in what areas? Explain
each area in brief. 2+8=10

HHH

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