APSC Prelim Question Papers: Education Paper 2016 Solved
APSC CC (Prelim) Exam 2016 – Education optional Paper is solved here. This will help aspirants to have a fair idea of the frequently asked areas and will benefit them in their preparation for APSC Prelim Exam 2018.
Education – Question Paper 2016 Solved
Q1. The word ‘education’ has originated from
b. Latin word
Q2. “By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in child and man – body, mind and spirit.” Who said this?
b. M. K. Gandhi
Q3. The profounder of the ‘tripolar process’ is
c. John Dewey
Q4. Individual aim was profounded by
c. Sir Percy Nunn
Q5. ‘State alone is real’ – Which school of education support this
c. Social aim
Q6. Which of the following is the significance of curriculum
d. All of the above [ a. serve as a guideline to whole teaching-learning process, b. means to achieve aim of education, c. combine the knowlendge of past, present and future and focus to dev. desired behaviour in pupil ]
Q7. Correlation of studies should be
b. spontaneous
Q8. John Dewey wrote the classic book
c. Democracy and Education
Q9. Punishment
d. All the above [ a. Makes the child indisciplined, b. deteriorates the teacher-pupil relationship, c. makes the child rebellious ]
Q10. Play help in the child’s
d. All of the above [ a. physical development, b. social skill development, c. mental development ]
Q11. Popular name of Schiller-Spencer theory of Play is
c. Surplus Energy Theory
Q12. ‘Curriculum’ originated from
d. Curricle
Q13. The education acquired without any specific purpose, fixed period and place is called
c. Informal Education
Q14. First school of a child
d. Home
Q15. Which of the following hampers international understanding
d. War
Q16. Cocurricilar activities prepare the students for
d. all-round development
Q17. chairman of the Committee of National and Emotional Integration in 1961
c. Dr. Sampurna Nanda
Q18. “If human race is to survive, we have to subordinate national pride to international feeling”, who said
a. Dr. DS Radhakrishnan
Q19. Fourth International Conference of UNESCO on adult education was held in the year
d. 1985
Q20. National Curriculum Framework for School Examination (2000) is under the banner of
a. NCERT
Q21. Vocational aim gives priority to
d. activity and productivity
Q22. Word ‘School’ has originated from
b. Schole
Q23. School plant means
a. total physical environment *( and human resources also)
Q24. Human resources of a school plant include
b. teacher
Q25. “Teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself”, who said this
CORRECT Answer NOT Available (Giovanni Ruffini)
Q26. Aim of education is to help a teacher
c. to promote all-round development
Q27. Heuristic method is a method according to which
d. learner discovers things for himself
Q28. Freedom in school should bear some relations to the freedom that is found in the world at large. who said this
c. Ryburn
Q29. “The child should be left free to act practically whatever he likes and not to do whatever he does not like”, who said this
a. Rousseau
Q30. The introduction of education for internationalism through social science is school was first recommended by
b. UNESCO
Q31. “National integration is the incalculable prerequisite for the fulfillment of our democracy”. Who said
c. C D Deshmukh
Q32. Which measures will hamper in national integration of India
d. Allowing permanent resident-ship to the Hindu people of other countries
Q33. Psychology is the
c. Science of behaviour
Q34. Psychology that deals with problems of what happens to an individual after death is knows as
b. Parapsychology
Q35. Self-observation or looking one’s own mental state is a method of educational psychology known as
c. Introspection
36. First step toward acquiring knowledge is
d. Sensation
Q37. Stage when one can name an object, form an idea is known as
c. Conception
Q38. Five sense organs are known as
b. receptor
Q39. Salivary gland is a/an
b. exocrine glands
Q40. The gland which controls the activities of other endocrine gland is known as
a. pituitary gland
Q41. Central cortex lies in the
b. Cerebrum part of the brain
Q42. Spinal cord is a part of
d. central nervous system
Q43. Drives are stimulated by
c. needs
Q44. Air, light, rest are the
b. physiological needs
Q45. Acquired motives are also known as
b. secondary motives
Q46. Instincts of human beings
b. can be sublimated
Q47. Habitual activities are
b. Natural
Q48. “Habit is formed as a result of instinct activities”. who said
c. Mc. Dougall
Q49. The instinct ‘combat’ finds its expression through the emotion called
a. Anger
Q50. the law of exercise has been divided into
c. Two types
Q51. “When an Individual sees an object or a situation, he sees the object or situation as a whole and the details of the parts comes afterward.” It is according to
a. Gestalt theory
Q52. Types of attention can be divided into
c. four types
Q53. Who described “Interest as latent attention and attention is interest in action”?
a. McDougall
Q54. The interest which is developed through education and training is called
b. acquired interest
Q55. Transitory interest is
a. instinctive
Q56. In higher stage of learning, teacher should insist on the
d. subjective attention
Q57. Other name of Bi-factor theory of intelligence is
b. two-factor theory
Q58. Who opposes the two-factor theory of intelligence
a. Thorndike
Q59. Binet prepared the test to measure intelligence of children of the age group of
a. 3-15 years
Q60. Behaviour is a collective name for all
d. all of the above [ a. manifestations, b. activities c. observation ]
Q61. the main method of psychological study, as for all sciences is
b. Observation
Q62. Correct formula to calculate mean from group data
c. Sum(fX) /N
Q63. In a series of scores, 5,6,7,8,9,10 and 11, the score ‘8’ is the
c. median (a. and c. BOTH ARE CORRECT, We think, best choice may be )
Q64. Correct formula of Q is
c. Q=(Q3-Q1)/2
Q65. Which of the following is not a measures of variability
d. None of the above [ a. range, b. quartile deviation, standard deviation ]
Q66. In which series of scores, mode value can be observed directly
b. 6, 9, 10, 6, 5, 4, 6, 7
Q67. Statistics does not deal with
b. individuals
Q68. Charter Act of 1813 plays a significant role in Indian education because
d. all the above [ a. first official doc. that sanctioned big sum of rupees for cause of education in British India, b. education of people of British India as official duty of East-India Company, c. British govt favoured spreading education among Indians ]
Q69. Anglicist-Classicist controversy aroused for
d. all the above [ a. aims and objective of Indian education, b. medium of instruction, c. agency to take charge of education ]
Q70. How many clauses in wood’s despatch
a. 100
Q71. Indian Education Commission was formed in the year
b. 1982
Q72. Lord Curzon was viceroy of India during
b. 1899-1905
Q73. Lord Curzon appointed University Education Commission in
b. 1902
Q74. Resolution of 1913 covers
d. all the above ( primary, secondary, higher and women education )
Q75. Hartog commission chairman
b. Sir Phillip Hartog
Q76. wardha scheme of education 1937 is also known s
d. All the above ( Basic education’, Nai Talim and craft-centered education)
Q77. national institute of basic education was set up in
d. 1956
Q78. In the Wardha conference committee was formed under president-ship of
c. Dr. Zakir Hussain
Q79. In Assam, the first compulsory primary education act was passed in the year
b. 1926
Q80.First compulsory primary education act of Assam gave the responsibility of primary education to the
b. Local bodies
Q81. The Adult education movement of India started in the year
b. 1937
Q82. adult education was named as Social education from the year
b. 1949
Q83. The duration each adult education course under the department of central govt is six month
b. 6 months
Q84. The most successful county regarding adult education is
c. Denmark
Q85. In Assam, Adult education started in
d. 1939
Q86. the education policy of 1986 has given special importance on
d. Adult education ( the best available option)
Q87. 1986 Education Policy suggested highest priority in solving problems of
d. Differently-abled children
Q88. 1986 Education Policy suggested that teachers will have to perform
c. multiple role
Q89. 1986 Education Policy gives importance to vocational education at
d. university level
Q90. which article of the constitution makes provision for free and compulsory primary education
b. Article 45
Q91. Operation blackboard was main feature of
a. 1986 Education Policy
Q92. Indira Gandhi National Open University was established in
b. 1985
Q93. wood’s despatch led to establishment of universities in 1857 in
a. Calcutta, Bombay and Madras
Q94. University Grants commission was set up in the year
b. 1953
Q95. The idea of socially useful productive work in the curriculum was given by
b. M K Gandhi
Q96. Ancient Monument Preservation Act was passed by
a. Lord Curzon
Q97. Wood’s Despatch was formed in
c. 1854
Q98. Grant-in-air system started in
c. 1854
Q99. New Education Policy was placed before Indian Parliament for consideration and approval on
a. 20th April, 1986
Q100. Cotton college was upgraded as a state university in
a. 2011
Question Paper contributed by Dulumoni Singha.
