Sunday, August 28, 2016


1. Which of the following description of a classroom best illustrates the use of technology in teaching and learning ?
(A) Classroom well decorated with pictures, charts and maps.
(B) Classroom provided with PC and CCTV connections.
(C) Classroom provided with electric supply for using gadgets.
(D) Both (A) and (B).

2. “Reverse the usual practice and you will almost always do right” was the dictum of
(A) Plato
(B) Rousseau
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Dewey

3. The coefficient of correlation lies from
(A) +1 to –1 (B) 0 to –1
(C) –1 to 0 (D) +1 to 0

4. Which of the following statements is true for the relationship between reliability and validity of a research tool ?
(A) A reliable test is always valid.
(B) A valid test must be reliable.
(C) A valid test may not be reliable.
(D) A reliable test is never valid.

5. Who is the exponent of experience centered curriculum ?
(A) Froebel (B) John Dewey
(C) Stevenson (D) Parker

6. Match the items of List – I with
List – II and select the correct
matching from the given options :
List – I                                                    List – II
(a) Learning by doing                  (i) Naturalism
(b) No lofty educational aims      (ii) Idealists
(c) Realization of truth, beauty and goodness
                                                       (iii) Pragmatism
(d) ‘World as it is here and now’
(iv) Realists
(v) Existentialism
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii i ii iv
(B) i v ii iv
(C) iii i v ii
(D) ii iii iv v

7. The title of the Report of Education Commission (1964-66) is
(A) Learning without Burden
(B) An Enlightened and Humane Society
(C) Education and the People of India
(D) Education and National Development

8. Reorganize the following steps of Descriptive Research in a correct sequence :
1. Collection and processing of data
2. Interpretation of results
3. Identification of a problem
4. Arranging of generalizations
5. Drafting of the report
6. Formulation of the hypothesis
(A) 6, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
(B) 6, 3, 1, 5, 2, 4
(C) 3, 6, 1, 5, 2, 4
(D) 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 5

9. Which of the following was Ottway’s view on “Education and Social Change” ?
(A) Education changes the society
(B) Educational change follows social change
(C) Educational change and social change are independent of one another.
(D) Educational change and social change are interdependent, but which is the cause and which is the effect can’t be determined.

10. Which of the following is not a characteristic of modernization ?
(A) Religious faith
(B) Participation
(C) Empathy
(D) Mobility


41. Read the following statements about field studies :
I. A field study is conducted in a real life setting.
II. It effectively uses scientific method.
Which of the following is true ?
(A) I is correct, but II is not.
(B) II is correct, but (I) is not.
(C) Both I and II are true.
(D) None of the two is true.

42. Read the following :
I. Correlation coefficient may be negative as well as positive.
II. Reliability of a test can be negative.
Which of the following is correct ?
(A) I is wrong, but II is correct.
(B) Both I and II are correct.
(C) I is correct, but II is wrong.
(D) Both I and II are wrong.

43. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Test-Retest : Stability
(B) Split-Half : Internal consistency
(C) KR-20 : Stability
(D) Parallel Form : Equivalence

44. Read the following two lists of items :
List – I List – II
(a) Intelligence (1) Alfred Binet
(b) Attitude (2) L.L. Thurstone
(c) Projective Techniques (3) Rorschach
(d) Semantic Differential (4) Osgood
(5) Guilford
Which of the following is the correct matching ?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 5
(B) 2 4 3 1
(C) 5 2 1 4
(D) 1 2 3 4

45. Which of the following is NOT a measure of dispersion ?
(A) Range
(B) Mode
(C) Mean Deviation
(D) Standard Deviation

46. The variance reflecting a systematic difference between groups of measures is termed as
(A) Total Variance
(B) Error Variance
(C) Experimental Variance
(D) Within Groups Variance

47. The difference between a statistical average based on the entire population
and the one based on a sample is known as
(A) Standard Error
(B) Mean Difference
(C) Sampling Error
(D) Mean Deviation

48. The standard deviation of sampling distribution of a statistic is known as
(A) Sampling Variance
(B) Standard Error
(C) Sampling Error
(D) Standard Variance

49. In the process of statistical inference, the Type II Error is committed when we
(A) Accept a true null hypothesis
(B) Reject a true null hypothesis
(C) Reject a false null hypothesis
(D) Accept a false null hypothesis

50. If a researchers conducts a research on finding out which administrative style contributes more to institutional effectiveness. This will be an example of
(A) Basic Research
(B) Action Research
(C) Applied Research
(D) Fundamental Research


31. The Rorschach Inkblot-Test consists of
(A) Five black and five colored cards
(B) Ten black and ten white cards
(C) Five black & white and five multicolored cards
(D) Ten multicolored cards

32. If Ram is taller than Mohan and Mohan is taller than Sohan, Ram is the tallest. This statement comes under which type of reasoning ?
(A) Inductive Reasoning
(B) Deductive Reasoning
(C) Linear Reasoning
(D) Conditioned Reasoning

33. Name of different psychological theories are given in List – I and name of psychologists who were the exponent of the theory are given in List – II. Match the correct name of the psychologists with the theories developed by them :
List – I                                         List – II
(a) Theory of Instinct               (i) M.C. Dougal
(b) Drive Reduction Theory    (ii) Hall
(c) Social urges Theory           (iii) Adler
(d) Self Actualization Theory  (iv) Maslow
(v) Freud
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (v) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (i) (v) (ii) (iv)

(D) (i) (v) (ii) (iv) 

34. Which one of the statement is incorrect in the context of determinants of attention ?
(A) All types of stimuli are not able to bring forth the same degree of attention.
(B) It is always better to introduce novelty to secure attention.
(C) Moving stimulus catches our attention quickly.
(D) Too much repetition of a stimulus captures our attention.
35. In the conditioning approach to learning :
(A) The subject should be in readiness to receive the unnatural stimulus.
(B) The unnatural stimulus follows the natural stimulus.
(C) Response to natural stimulus required to be reinforced.
(D) The natural stimulus follows the unnatural stimulus.

36. If a group of children learns a lot of arithmetic skills by way of completing a project on ‘Celebration of Deepawali festival’. This will be known as a kind of
(A) Incidental learning
(B) Formal learning
(C) Informal learning
(D) Non-formal learning

37. Which of the following is a method of qualitative research ?
(A) Experimental research
(B) Normative Survey
(C) Ethnomethodology
(D) Ex-post factor Research

38. Which of the following is not common to experimental and Ex-post Facto designs of research ?
(A) Cause and Effect relationship
(B) Manipulation of independent variable
(C) Controlling extraneous variables
(D) Observation of dependent variable

39. An operational definition of a construct is the one which defines it in terms of
(A) Other constructs
(B) Implied behaviour pattern
(C) Activities necessary to measure it
(D) Other equivalent words in the dictionary

40. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of research process ?
(A) Empirical approach
(B) Systematic endeavor
(C) Uncontrolled conditions
(D) Critical analysis



21. Which of the following is not a factor for social change in India ?
 (A) Caste
 (B) Regionalism
 (C) Language
 (D) Census

22. Religion acts as a great barrier in social change because
 (A) It preaches values
 (B) It depends on social gathering
 (C) It expects participation of all age groups
 (D) It is based on faith

23. Equality of Educational opportunities is possible by
 (A) Extending portals of educational institutions to all without any discrimination
 (B) Opening more educational institutions
 (C) Privatizing the education system in the country
 (D) Public funding of Education

24. Children of some minority communities are unable to fully participate in Indian educational institutions because
 (A) Minority communities have not been spending on education of their children.
 (B) There is exclusion process in educational institutions.
 (C) Minority communities lack faith in Indian education system.
 (D) Indian educational institutions do not have required infrastructure.

25. “Give me a dozen of healthy children I can make them Doctor, Judge, Beggar and even a Thief” – Comment made by
 (A) J.B. Watson
 (B) Hull
 (C) Jung
 (D) Guthrie

26. Which doesn't belong to the group of the other three ?
 (A) Operant Conditioning Theory of Learning
 (B) Classical Conditioning Theory of Pavlov
 (C) Learning Theory of Watson
 (D) Guthrie’s Theory of Learning

27. The view that “Anything can be taught at any stage of development” was expressed by
 (A) Piaget
 (B) Asubel
 (C) Bruner
 (D) Gagne

28. The IQ of a 25 years old boy, whose mental age 16 will be
 (A) 64
 (B) 75
 (C) 80
 (D) 100

29. Which of the following is an incorrect pair ?
(A) Sign Theory of Learning – Tolman
(B) Field Theory of Learning – Lewin
(C) social Learning Theory – Bruner
(D) Trial and Error Theory of Learning – Thorndike

30. Critically judge the following :
Assertion (A) : Pleasure or displeasure resulting from a learning experience decides the degree of its effectiveness.
 Reason (R) : All pleasant experiences have a lasting influence and are remembered for a long-time while the unpleasant ones are soon forgetten.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and
(R) is the correct explanation for (A).
 (B) Only (R) is correct.
 (C) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).