MAHA SET 2015 Question Paper 2 Education

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Education
Paper II

II
Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This Paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions, each question
carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(50) (2)

1. Whitehead gives more importance to 1.

......... while defining education.

(A) Wisdom (A)

(B) Experience (B)

(C) Skill (C)

(D) Values (D)

2. According to idealism .................. is 2.

the true tool of achievement of

knowledge.
(A)
(A) Sense organs
(B)
(B) Intelligence
(C)
(C) Experience
(D)
(D) Object

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3. ‘Entire world is in a state of flux, 3.

nothing is permanent.’ This

thinking is related to the .............

school of philosophy.
(A)
(A) Idealism

(B)
(B) Naturalism

(C)
(C) Pragmatism

(D) Realism (D)

4. According to ............. the aim of 4.

education should be preparation

for the life of the man of the

world.
(A)
(A) Social realism
(B)
(B) Humanistic realism

(C)
(C) Sense realism

(D)
(D) Critical realism

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5. ‘Education is not the self-realization, 5.
but it is self-expression.’ This slogan
is of .............

(A) Naturalism (A)

(B) Realism (B)

(C) Spiritualism (C)

(D) Pragmatism (D)

6. The maxim of teaching ‘Simple to 6.
Complex’ is based on ............. school
of philosophy.
(A)
(A) Realism
(B)
(B) Pragmatism

(C) Idealism (C)

(D) Spiritualism (D)

7. ‘Education should be self-
7.
supporting.’ This idea was given
by ..............

(A) Vivekananda (A)

(B) Vinoba Bhave (B)

(C) Mahatma Gandhi (C)

(D) Rabindranath Tagore
(D)

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8. The Article of the Constitution
8.

of India that safeguards the

interests of minority institutions

is ............. (A) 30

(A) Article 30 (B) 45

(B) Article 45
(C) 14

(C) Article 14
(D) 28
(D) Article 28

9.
9. ‘There is no religion for the state.’

This philosophy is relevant to the

................... value in the Indian

Constitution.
(A)
(A) Socialism

(B)
(B) Secularism

(C) Equality (C)

(D) Justice
(D)

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10. ‘Purush and Prakrati’ are the 10.

universal truths and they differ from

each other. This is the assumption

of .............
(A)
(A) Vedant

(B)
(B) Buddhism

(C)
(C) Sankhya

(D) Jainism (D)

11. Philosophers from ......................... 11.

school deny transcendental

metaphysics because this cannot be

verified. (A)

(A) Realism
(B)

(B) Pragmatism
(C)
(C) Logical positivism

(D) Existentialism (D)

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12. Untouchability is abolished by 12.

the Article ................ of the Indian

Constitution.
(A) 17
(A) 17
(B) 30
(B) 30

(C) 25
(C) 25

(D) 29
(D) 29

13. The scope of Sociology ............. 13.

(A) is limited to a particular society (A)
only
(B)
(B) is limited to global social

interaction only

(C)
(C) ranges from interaction between

two persons to global social

interaction

(D) includes interaction in
(D)
schools among students and

teachers

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14. Linkages between school and 14.
community can be established

through ............

(A)
(A) Common school system

(B) Parental participation in (B)

teaching
(C)
(C) Mid-day meal programme
(D)
(D) Reservation for SC/STs

15. ................is useful in overcoming 15.

caste, creed and religious

discrimination based on.

(A) Equal political opportunity to

all
(A)
(B) Equal financial opportunity to

all
(B)
(C) Equal educational opportunity

to all (C)

(D) Equal vocational opportunity to
(D)
all

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16. Attitudes, religious beliefs, moral 16.

values, social beliefs and etiquetts

are components of ............

(A) Industrial culture (A)

(B) Non-material culture (B)

(C) Material culture (C)

(D) Intellectual culture (D)

17. Emphasis on equal opportunities in
17.

education makes .............

(A) Status attainment important

(A)
(B) Family background

important (B)

(C) Geographical mobility
(C)

difficult
(D)
(D) Social mobility easier

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18. Moving on from one social class to 18.
a higher social class is known
as .............
(A)
(A) Social change
(B)
(B) Social mobility
(C)
(C) Social transformation

(D) Geographical mobility (D)

19. Education is a ............... 19.

(A) Social effort (A)

(B) Global effort (B)

(C) Ideological effort (C)

(D) Physical effort (D)

20. Politics of education is not concerned
20.
with ............

(A) Conflicts in educational
institutions
(A)
(B) Development of educational
policies (B)

(C) Influence of education on
politics (C)

(D) Influence of politics on
(D)
education

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21. Indicators of societal modernity
21.
are ..............

(A) Geographical mobility, (A)

democratic and secular

attitudes

(B) Wearing of western clothes (B)

(C) Education in English medium
(C)
schools

(D) High rise buildings,

technological modes of
(D)
communication, well laid out

roads

22. Family as a social institution 22.

performs the following function :

(A) Procreation (A)

(B) Rearing of children (B)

(C) Informal education
(C) (Informal education)

(D) Taking forward family name
(D)

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23. Which of the following is not 23.

correct ?
(A)
(A) Schools are affected by the

social and economic situations

and changes in civilisation
(B)
(B) Schools are powerful agents of
(Agents)
social change
(C)
(C) Schools are sources of social

conflicts

(D)
(D) Schools are agents of

acculturation (Agents)

24. The scope of sociology of education 24.

is ............

(A) role and structure of education

in society (A)

(B) global practices (B) (Practices)

(C) ideology of education
(C)
(D) personality and behaviour of

students (D)

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25. Economics of education is not 25.

concerned with ...........

(A) Manpower planning
(A)
(B) Determining the rate of return

of education (B)

(C) Higher economic development

vis-a-vis educational
(C)
expenditure

(D) Commercialisation of
(D)
education

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26. Habit formation is related with

............. theory of learning.

(A) Bandura’s (A)

(B) Pavlov’s (B)

(C) Tolman’s (C)

(D) Kohler’s (D)

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27. ‘‘A learner should transfer his 27.

knowledge into action purposefully

and with determination.’’

This statement is related to ...........

theory of transfer of learning.
(A)
(A) Thorndike’s
(B)
(B) Judd’s

(C)
(C) Bagley’s

(D) Woodworth’s (D)

28. Ramesh was trying to solve a 28.

geometrical problem in various ways

but was unable to get a solution. All

of a sudden he got a solution for the

problem. This type of learning is an

example of ..............
(A)
(A) learning by trial and error

(B)
(B) learning by conditioning

(C) learning by imitation (C)

(D) learning by insight (D)

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29. The components of creativity
29.

are :
(A)
(A) originality, fluency, flexibility

(B) imagination, constructivity, (B)

intelligence
(C)

(C) novelty, critical thinking,
(Fantacy)
fantacy

(D)
(D) fantacy, novelty, productivity

30. According to Freud boys and girls 30.

prefer to be in the company of their

own sex and hate members from the

opposite sex at the ..........
(A)
(A) Oral stage

(B)
(B) Anal stage

(C) Latency stage (C)

(D) Genital stage (D)

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31. In the identification of mentally 31.
retarded children ............. criteria is

used.

(A)
(A) Low I.Q. and deficient adaptive

behaviour

(B) Deficient adaptive and social (B)
behaviour
(C)
(C) Low I.Q. and in-attentiveness

(D)
(D) Attention deficiency and poor

motor co-ordination

32. The process of guidance is .............
32.

(A) giving direction
(A)
(B) assisting the individual to
(B)
develop his capacity for self-

direction

(C) imposing one person’s point of

view upon another person
(C)
(D) making decision for an

individual (D)

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33. Four (4) years old Arnav solves the
33. 4
intelligence test correctly that is

made for 4 years of age. He then

solves four questions correctly from 5 4

the test made for 5 years of age. Then
6 3
he solves three questions correctly

from the test made for 6 years of age 7

followed by one question from
8
the test made for 7 years of age.

He is unable to solve any

questions from the test made for 8

years of age.
(A) 137.50
Thus Arnav’s IQ will be .........

(A) 137.50 (B) 72.72

(B) 72.72
(C) 100

(C) 100
(D) 125
(D) 125

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34. To identify the interests of 34.

individuals we need to use

...................
(A)
(A) Likert’s technique

(B)
(B) Thurston’s scale

(C) Kuder’s preference record (C)

(D) Differential aptitude test (D)

35. Savita does not get satisfactory 35. (SSC)

marks in SSC examination but she

always says that she is satisfied as

she secured the first rank in the fifth

standard. This is an example

of ..............

(A) Compensation (A)

(B) Regression (B)

(C) Identification (C)

(D) Rationalization (D)

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36. For defining educational psychology 36.

C.E. Skinner has given stress

on ...........

(A) Teaching and learning
(A)
(B) Life stages in development
(B)
(C) Solution for educational
(C)
problems

(D) Study of behaviour (D)

37. ‘‘At the time of teaching a poem a 37.

teacher should read the full text of

the poem and then teach line by

line.’’ This statement is an

application of .............. theory of

learning.
(A)

(A) Thorndike’s
(B)
(B) Kohler’s
(C)
(C) Pavlov’s

(D) Skinner’s (D)

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38. A researcher studies school climate
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by conducting participant
observation for about 115 hours in
a school and several unstructured
interviews. The approach used for
conducting this study is ...........
(A)
(A) Quantitative
(B)
(B) Qualitative
(C)
(C) Positivist
(D)
(D) Historical

39. The following is an example of 39.
experimental research :

(A) Education thoughts of
(A)
Dr. Ambedkar

(B) An analysis of opinions of (B)

teachers towards semester
system
(C)
(C) Factors affecting stress
amongst students of Standard
X (D)
(D) Effect of constructivist teaching-
learning treatment programme
on students’ academic
performance in Mathematics

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40. Ex-post-facto research is also known 40.
as .............

(A) post-test only equivalent groups
(A)
design
(B)
(B) pre-test post-test design
(C)
(C) correlational research

(D) causal-comparative research (D)

41. Among the various research tools/ 41.

techniques/methods, the most cost-

effective is ................
(A)
(A) Questionnaire
(B)
(B) Interview
(C)
(C) Case-study
(D)
(D) Observation
42.
42. The most important characteristic of

a good research tool is ...........

(A) Neatness (A)

(B) High validity (B)

(C) Simplicity
(C)
(D) Correct language
(D)
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43. What is the meaning, structure and 43.

essence of the lived experience of

this phenomenon for a person or

group of people ? This is the central

question of ...........
(A)
(A) Ecological psychology
(B)
(B) Phenomenology

(C)
(C) Ethnography

(D) Ethno-methodology (D)

44. The worthiness of a research
44.
problem is not judged by .............

(A) contribution to knowledge

development
(A)

(B) utility to society
(B)
(C) contribution by way of new

invention
(C)
(D) the cost involved in the conduct

of research (D)

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45. The size of the sample is not directly
45.

related to ............

(A)
(A) standard of accuracy in the

investigation (B)

(B) preference of the investigator
(C)

(C) time of investigation

(D)
(D) cost of investigation

46. To study the Mode of dressing 46.

in a city ....................... is most

appropriate.
(A)
(A) Interview

(B)
(B) Checklist

(C)
(C) Questionnaire

(D) Observation (D)

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47. When one uses the data that 47.

someone else has already collected

which may be coded or uncoded, for

his/her own research, such data is

called ............... data.

(A) Resource (A)

(B) Analysed (B)

(C) Archived (C)

(D) Primary (D)

48. You want to compare the mean job 48.

satisfaction of permanent and

temporary teachers. The following

statistical test will used for this :

(A) ANOVA (A) ANOVA

(B) Pearson’s r (B) r

(C) Spearman’s Rho (C) Rho

(D) t-test (D)

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49. Variance is ............... 49. (Variance)

(A) Square root of mean plus mode
(A)

(B) Square of standard deviation
(B)
(C) Square root of standard
(C)
deviation

(D) Square of Geometric Mean (D)

50. You want to compare the working 50.

conditions of teachers teaching in

ICSE, CBSE and SSC schools. The

following statistical technique will be

used for this purpose :

(A) ANCOVA (A) ANCOVA

(B) ANOVA (B) ANOVA

(C) MANOVA
(C) MANOVA

(D) Chi-square
(D) Chi-square

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