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EDUCATION
SHORT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Solved
questions for 1 mark each:-
1. Answer the following questions: 1×12=12
Fill in the blanks:
a) ‘Assam Secondary
Education Board’ was established on the basis of the recommendation of
the Kothari Commission.
b) The name
of the second largest Open University of the World is Allama Iqbal Open University.
c) ‘World
Population Day’ is observed on 11 July.
d) Tbilisi
International Conference on Environmental Education was held on 1977.
e) The basis of
reward and punishment in education is the laws of effect of learning.
f) Conditioned method of learning
establishes bond between natural tendency and artificial stimulus.
Give short answer
in one sentence:
g) Mention one objective
of non-formal education.
Ans:- To make education free and
universalize for children comprising 6 to 14 years.
h) What is
Physical Education?
Ans. Physical education is a part of
general education. It helps to make all round development of an individual
including physical, mental, moral, emotional and social development etc.
i) What is the
meaning of Insightful learning?
Ans:- Insightful learning refers to
finding a solution to a problem suddenly without repeated testing or continuous
practice. To further broaden its definition, insight learning is the type of
learning in which the individual draws on past experience and also includes a new
way of understanding logical and cause-effect relationships.
j) “We attend
to a small stain on a white wall” — why?
Ans:- "We see a
small stain on a white wall" The psychological reasons are.
k) Write the
formula for finding out Mean by ‘Assumed mean method’.
Ans:-
l) From a batch of
15 students who had appeared for an examination, 5 students failed. The marks
of the successful students were — 48, 78, 55, 72, 40, 66, 60, 44, 70, 58.
Calculate the median.
Solution:-
Gives Series
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2. Answer the following
questions:
1x12=12
a) Multipurpose secondary schools
in Assam were established on the basis of recommendations of Kothari Commission.
b) Absence
of direct contact between teacher and student is an important characteristic of
distance education.
c) Stimulus
has no influence on duration and capacity
attention.
d) Through
repeated attempts a student succeeds in computing a sum by himself. Such
learning is supported by theory of trial and
error method of learning method of learning.
e)
Counseling is Help a person
cope with their troubles
function of mental hygiene.
f) All
scores are taken into consideration in finding out mean
as measure of central tendency.
Give
short answer to one sentence:
g) What
is the objective of ‘Early Childhood Care and Education’?
Ans:- Early childhood care and education aims to
facilitate optimal development of the child's full potential and lay the
foundation for all round development and lifelong learning.
h) Who introduced
the concept of population education?
Ans:- The concept of population education was
introduced in 1935 by Columbia University professor S. R. Presented by Wayland.
Population education brings more awareness among students and teachers and
brings about a positive change in their attitude.
i) ‘Learning involves totality of
perception’ – Which method of Learning is related with this statement?
Ans:- Perceptual learning is learning better
perception skills such as distinguishing or classifying two musical notes from
each other.
j) Is it correct
to say that memory always aims at the past? – Justify your answer.
Ans:- Yes. It is correct to call memory and past
goals. Explanation: Since we make mistake many times and we want to fix it, we
remember our past and become aware to make that mistake again.
k) Mention an objective of mental
hygiene.
Ans:-
Preservation of mental health: One of the important aims of mental hygiene is
the preservation of mental health of the individual and the group life.
l) 25% of the scores in a distribution is less than the score 10 and
25% is more than the score 40. Find out the quartile deviation of the
distribution.
Solution:-
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3. Answer the following questions: 1x12=12
(a) The Indira Gandhi National Open University was established in 1985.
(b) The nature of first secondary school of Assam is Guwahati Seminari.
(c) The concept of ‘Population Education’ was developed by the
American Sociologist Kingsley Davis.
(d) Castalt is a German
word which means ‘whole’ or ‘total pattern’.
(e) The attention which is paid by an individual without any outside
interference or force is known as Voluntary
attention.
(f) In a polygon, frequencies are plotted on OY axis.
(g) Which Education Commission suggested the structure of education?
Ans:- Kothari
Commission had suggested 10+2+3 structure of education.
(h) Who first introduced the concept of Correspondence Education
system?
Ans:- Sir Isaac Pitman.
(i) Write the name of the first Open University in India.
Ans:- Ambedkar Andhra Pradesh Open
University.
(j) What is logical memory?
Ans:- Logical memory can be defined as
the exact opposite of rote memory. Here a person has to use his power of
reason, understanding and appreciation to remember something.
Bright students with better mental ability usually use logical type
of memory. Again, students who are unable to use logical memory and
comprehension in the examination hall often use rote memory.
(k) “Interest is latent attention and attention is interest in
action.” Who said this statement?
Ans:- Mc. Dougall.
(l) Write the formula for finding out third quartile from group
date.
4. Answer
the following questions: 1x12=12
Fill in the blanks:
a) Name the first secondary school in
Assam.
Ans:- Cotton Collegiate Government
Higher Secondary School
b) Andhra Pradesh Open University is the first Open University in India.
c) International Women’s Day is observed
on 08 March.
d)
Attention paid by students to study at
the time of examination is important attention.
e)
Treatment of mental diseases is the prevention function of mental hygiene.
f)
Satisfaction and practice are basic
factors in effective method teaching.
Give
short answer in one sentence:
g)
Mention one characteristic which
distinguishes ‘Non-formal Education’ from ‘Formal Education’.
Ans:- Informal education is planned and
separated from the school system. Timetable and course can be adjustable. In
contrast to theoretical formal education.
h)
Objectives of Environmental Education
were determined in Belgrade Charter
conference.
i)
Write a common characteristic of
maturation and learning.
Ans:- Sum of Gene Effects: Maturity is
the net sum of active gene effects in a self-limiting life cycle.
j)
Why recognition is easier than recall?
Ans:- It is easier to recognize than to
recall because it involves more cues: all those cues spread activation to
related information in memory, increase activation of the answer, and make you
more likely to pick it.
k) What is Mean? In a distribution ∑fx
=1480N = 50, find out the Mean of the distribution.
Ans: - Arithmetic Mean: - It is a value obtained by adding
together all the items and by dividing the total by the number of items. It is
also called average. It is the most popular and widely used measure for
representing the entire data by one value.
Solution:-
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l)
Which is the positional measure of
central tendency?
Ans:- The median and mode are two
commonly used measures of central tendency.
5. Answer the following questions: 1x12=12
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Gauhati University was established in 1948.
(b) In the year 1962, the
Correspondence Education System was started in India.
(c) The World Environment Day is observed on 5th June.
(d) Edward Lee Thorndike’s Trial and Error method of learning is
also known as Theory of connectionism.
(e) In a multiple-choice question, a student can identify the
correct answer with the help of Recognition
process.
(f) All scores are taken into consideration in finding out Mean as measure of Central Tendency.
Give shor answers in one sentence:
(g) What is Distance Education?
Ans:- According to Dohmann - distance
education means "a systematically organized form of self-study in which
student mentoring, presentation Organized form of self-study in which student
success is managed by a team of teachers, each with responsibilities Which can
cover long distance.
(h) “Learning is the acquisition of new behaviour or the strengthening
and weakening of old behaviour as a result of experience.” Who said this
statement?
Ans:- Henry Smith.
(i) Who was the propounder of Classical Conditioning Theory of
learning?
Ans:- Pavlov
(j) “Memory is the ideal revival……. In which the object of past
experiences are reinstated as far as possible in the order and manner of their
original occurrence.” Who said this?
Ans:- Stout.
(k) What is volitional or voluntary attention?
Ans:- When we pay attention to an object
or object with mental effort, it is called voluntary attention. It doesn't come
naturally out of interest. One needs to make a serious effort or have a strong
will to do something. A boy has a subject like Anthropology which he does not
like to study. But in order to pass, he will have to make serious efforts to
pay attention to the subject. This is called voluntary attention.
(l) Write the formula for finding out Median from group data.
6. Answer the following questions: 1x12=12
(a) “Destiny of India is now shaped in her
classroom.” This statement was given by Kothari
commission.
(b) The
distance between teacher and student is an important characteristic of distance education.
(c) ‘World Environment Day’ is observed on
05 June.
(d) The original name of the present
Cotton Collegiate School was Guwahati Seminari.
(e) Swimming
is possible because of newton's third law of
motion memory.
(f) The
three important functions of mental hygiene are preventive, curative and preservative.
Give
short answer in one sentence:
(g) Write
the name of the person who took initiative to formulate ‘National Policy on
Education, 1986’.
Ans:-
K. C. Pant.
(h) Write the name of the first open
university of Assam (full name)
Ans:- Krishna Kanta Handique Open University.
(i) Who introduced the concept of
Population Education?
Ans:-
professor S. R. Wayland.
(j)
Mention one social quality of a
mentally healthy person.
Ans:-
They feel comfortable with other people. They can laugh at themselves and with
others. Despite differences, they have respect for themselves and others. They
are able to accept the disappointments of life.
(k) Write
the formula for finding out mean by ‘assumed mean method’.
Ans:-
Assumed mean method formula
Let
x1, x2, x3,…,xn be the mid-points or class marks of n class intervals and f1,
f2, f3,…, fn be the respective frequencies. The formula for the assumed mean
method is: -
(l) From a batch of 15 students who had
appeard for an examination, 5 students failed. The marks of the successful
students were – 40, 58, 48, 66, 78, 60, 70, 55, 44, 72. Calculate the median.
Solution:-
Gives Series
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7. Answer the following questions: 1x12=12
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Multipurpose secondary school in Assam were established on the
basis of recommendations of Mudaliar Commission.
(b) Absence of direct contract between teacher and student is an
important characteristic of distance education.
(c) Stimulus
has no influence on duration and capacity
attention.
(d) Through repeated attempts a student succeeds in computing a sum
by himself. Such learning is supported by theory of trial-and-error
method of learning.
(e) Counselling is Help a person cope
with their troubles function of mental hygiene.
(f) All scores are taken into consideration in finding out mean as measure of central tendency.
Give shor answer in one sentence:
(g) What is the objective of ‘Early Childhood Care and Education’?
Ans:- Early childhood care and education
aims to facilitate optimal development of the child to his or her full
potential and lay the foundation for all-round development and lifelong
learning.
(h) Who introduced the concept of population education?
Ans:- Professor S. R. Wayland.
(i) ‘Learning involves totality of perception’ – Which method of
Learning is related with this statement?
Ans:- Perceptual learning.
(j) Is it correct to say that memory always aims at the past? –
Justify your answer.
Ans:- Yes. It is correct to call memory and past
goals. Explanation: Since we make mistake many times and we want to fix it; we
remember our past and become aware to make that mistake again.
(k) Mention an objective of mental hygiene.
Ans:-
Preservation of mental health: One of the important aims of mental hygiene is
the preservation of mental health of the individual and the group life.
(l) 25% of the scores in a distribution is less than the score 10
and 25% is more than the score 40. Find out the quartile deviation of the
distribution.
Solution:-
8. Answer the following questions: 1x12=12
Fill
in the blanks:
(a) The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council was established
in 01 June 1984.
(b) The full form of KKHSOU is Krishna
Kanta Handiqui State Open University.
(c) The World Population Day is observed on 11 July.
(d) The
basis of 'reward and Punishment’ in education is law of Edward Thorndike of learning.
(e) A man identifies
a friend whom he has not met for a long time with the help of facial recognition process.
(f) The
score that appears in maximum number in a distribution of scores is known as Mode.
Give short
answer in one sentence:
(g) What
was the name of the programme adopted for improvement of Primary Education in
India on the basis of National Education Policy, 1986?
Ans:-
Operation Blackboard
(h) What
is meant by the word 'open' in Open Education?
Ans:-
The qualifier "open" of open education refers to the elimination of
barriers that can prevent both participation opportunities and recognition in
institution-based learning. One aspect of openness or "openness" in
education is the development and adoption of open educational resources.
(i)
In which year 'Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Bill'
was passed?
Ans:-
Bill was passed in 2005.
(j)
The driver of a car stops the car when he sees a red signal in a
traffic point. Which method of learning seems to operate in this case?
Ans:-
Insight learning.
(k) Mention any one environmental factor of interest.
Ans:-
Motivation.
9. Answer the following question: (any
twelve) 1x12=12
(a) Fill in the blanks:
On the basis of the recommendations of Kothari
Commission Government of Assam constituted ‘Assam Higher Secondary Education
Council’ in 1984.
(b) The word ‘Environment’ has been derived from the French word environer.
(c) German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche used the word ‘values’
for the first time in 1880.
(d) A student could solve a sum by himself through repeated
attempts. Such learning is supported by theory
of trial and error method of
learning.
(e) According to Gestalt Psychologist, learning is an intellectual
activity that involves the power of deservation,
perception and insight of the learner.
(f) Stimulus has strong influence on sensation
and emotion attention.
Give short answer in one sentence:
(g) In which year the Government of India adopted ‘National Policy
for the Empowerment of Women’?
Ans:- 2001.
(h) What is sensory memory?
Ans:- Sensory memory is a mental
representation of how environmental events look, sound, feel, smell and taste.
(i) What is retro-active inhibition?
Ans:- Retroactive inhibition of an
activity after it has been remembered has a negative effect on the retention of
remembered material.
(j) What is Mode?
Ans:- The mode is the value that appears
most frequently in a set of data values.
(k) Where did the first open school start in India?
Ans:- Noida (U.P.)
(l) Seventeen students appeared in a test of mathematics. Eight
students failed in the test. The marks of the successful students were – 44,
32, 65, 72, 78, 80, 38, 50 and 54. Calculate the median considering the marks
of all students.
(m) Write the formula for finding out mode from frequency distribution
table.
Ans:- Mode = L + (f1−f02f1−f0−f2)
( f 1 − f 0 2 f 1 − f 0 − f 2 ) h
(n) What is voluntary or volitional attention?
Ans:- Voluntary (Voluntary Attention):
Voluntary attention exercises the will and demands our conscious effort to arrive
at a solution or achieve a goal. Unlike non-volatile attention, volatile
attention is less spontaneous or automatic.
(o) Who was the propounder of Classical Conditioning Theory of
learning?
Ans:- Ivan Pavlov, a Russian
psychologist propounded the 'Theory of Classical Conditioning', which
emphasizes that learning as a habit formation is based on the principle of
association and substitution.
10. Answer
the following questions:
1x12=12
Fill
in the blanks:
a)
‘Assam
Secondary Education Act’ was passed in 1961.
b)
The
name of the first Open University in India is Andhra
Pradesh Open University.
c)
International
Women Day is observed on 08 March.
d)
According to Thorndike, "learning
is a bond between and response".
Ans:- Thorndike's theory of learning represents the basic S–R framework
of behavioral psychology: learning is the result of associations formed between
stimuli and responses. Such associations or "habits" are strengthened
or weakened by the nature and frequency of the S–R pairs.
e)
Mental hygiene has three aspects preservative
preventive, curative and.
f)
In assumed mean method, AM is the Mean of any class interval.
Give short
answer in one sentence:
g)
Which Education Commission suggested
the 10+2+3 structure of education?
Ans:- Kothari
Commission
h)
Who
introduced the concept of 'population education'? Dr. Slawan
i)
Which method of learning establishes
bond between natural
tendency and artificial stimulus?
Ans:- Natural stimuli result in a natural
response. But natural stimuli can sometimes be replaced by artificial stimuli
(or conditioned stimuli as it is called). In this way a new relationship of
artificial stimulus and natural response is formed.
j)
Why is recognition easier than recall?
Ans:- It is easier to recognize than to recall
because it involves more cues: all those cues spread activation to related
information in memory, increase activation of the answer, and make you more
likely to pick it up.
k)
"We attend to a small stain on a white
wall." Why?
Ans:- If a person is standing in front
of a white wall and looking at a white stain, he will feel a sense of
subjective impressions as if the elements of the other color seem to be
different in the whole white wall.
l)
Write the formula for finding out
median from group data.
Ans: The formula for median in grouped
data is median = l+(n2−cff)×h, where l denotes the lower bound of the median
class, n represents the sum of all frequencies, cf represents the cumulative
frequency before the median. Is class, f denotes the frequency of the median
class and h denotes the class width.
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