Education Paper II UGC-NET Dec 2013
UGC
NET December-2013 Paper II Education
1. A common feature of Hinduism, Buddhism
and Jainism is belief about
(A) the unreality of the world
(B) the existence of God
(C) the soul
(D) karma and rebirth
Answer: (D) karma and rebirth
2. ‘Epistemology’ means
(A) stem cell research
(B) study of the nature of knowledge
(C) study of the nature of values
(D) study of the nature of the world
Answer: (B) study of the nature of
knowledge
3. In Indian Philosophy ‘pramana’ means
(A) oath
(B) measurement
(C) assurance
(D) source of knowledge
Answer: (D) source of knowledge
4. Which of the following is the source
material about the Jain way of life?
(A) Dhammapada
(B) Karma Kanda
(C) Tripitaka
(D) Tri-ratna
Answer: (D) Tri-ratna
5. The Schools of Vedanta are
(A) Dharma, Artha and Moksa
(B) Advaita, Dwaita and Visishtadvaita
(C) Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
(D) the orthodox and the heterodox
Answer: (B) Advaita, Dwaita and
Visishtadvaita
6. A researcher is interested in studying
the flood victims. Which one of the following is a suitable sample selection
method?
(A) Random Sampling
(B) Stratified Sampling
(C) Systematic Sampling
(D) Purposive Sampling
Answer: (D) Purposive Sampling
7. Match the Measurement Scales in List – I
which can be used with appropriate Statistics in List – II:
List –
I List
– II
a. Nominal Scales i. Geometric Mean
b. Ordinal Scales ii. Frequency Distribution
c. Interval Scales iii. Median
& Rank Correlation
d. Ratio Scales iv. Mean, SD & Correlations
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) i iii ii
iv
(C) ii iii
iv
i
(D) i iv iii
ii
Answer: (C) ii iii
iv i
8. Which one of the following tests can be
used to examine the differences in Mathematics achievement of boys and girls?
(A) Correlational Test
(B) ‘t’ Test
(C) Chi-square Test
(D) Anova
Answer: (B) ‘t’ Test
9. There is a significant positive
correlation between variables X and Y. This means that:
(A) X causes variation in Y.
(B) Y causes variation in X.
(C) X and Y vary together in opposite directions.
(D) X and Y vary together in the same direction.
Answer: (D) X and Y vary together
in the same direction.
10. “Education and Society are two mutually
supporting systems, interconnected, that one cannot thrive in the absence of
the other.” What is the reason?
(A) Education sustains society, preserves culture,
ushers in new one and inculcates values.
(B) Education helps to do away with social divisions
and produces leaders for governance.
(C) Education makes people self employable/employable.
(D) Education modernises and makes society civilized.
Answer: (A) Education sustains
society, preserves culture, ushers in new one and inculcates values.
11. ‘Alienation’ as a widespread social
problem was first highlighted by
(A) Idealism
(B) Pragmatism
(C) Marxism
(D) Realism
Answer: (C) Marxism
12. What is the subject matter of
Educational Sociology?
I. Social Processes and Social Change
II. Social Behaviour and Social Control
III. Social Institutions and Social Problems
IV. Legislature, Executive and Judiciary
Codes:
(A) I, II and III
(B) IV, I and II
(C) III, IV and I
(D) II, III and IV
Answer: (A) I, II and III
13. What was the purpose of introducing the noon-meal
scheme in primary schools?
(A) To keep primary teachers engaged.
(B) To increase enrolment in primary schools.
(C) To provide employment to cooks.
(D) To provide one square meal to children every day.
Answer: (B) To increase enrolment
in primary schools.
14. What does the term ‘Socialization” refer
to?
(A) Participating in social service activities.
(B) Process of interaction among members of the
society and transmitting values.
(C) Instructions given to people through mass media to
keep society free from corruption.
(D) Advising people to bring up their children as
socially responsible beings.
Answer: (B) Process of interaction
among members of the society and transmitting values.
15. ‘Hinayana’ is the name of which School
of Buddhism?
(A) Theravada
(B) Vajrayana
(C) Tantric
(D) Esoteric
Answer: (A) Theravada
16. ‘Coherence’ is the criterion of truth is
(A) Existentialism
(B) Idealism
(C) Marxism
(D) Naturalism
Answer: (B) Idealism
17. ‘Metaphysics’ means
(A) a branch of Physics
(B) exploring the nature of ultimate reality
(C) Physics of metals
(D) Physics of weather
Answer: (B) exploring the nature
of ultimate reality
18. The two basic divisions in Schools of
Indian Philosophy are
(A) Vedanta and Buddhism
(B) Advaita and Dwaita
(C) Theistic and Atheistic
(D) Orthodox and Heterodox
Answer: (D) Orthodox and Heterodox
19. The ultimate goal of education in
Jainism is
(A) Non-violence
(B) Renunciation
(C) Liberation
(D) Philanthropy
Answer: (C) Liberation
20. The ceremony of initiation of education
in Buddhism is called
(A) Vidyarambam
(B) Upanayanam
(C) Pabajja
(D) Uparampada
Answer: (C) Pabajja
21. Researcher intends to ascertain the
attitude of adolescents towards modernization, which one of the following tools
is an appropriate one?
(A) Projective Technique
(B) Interview
(C) Likert Scale
(D) Sociometry
Answer: (C) Likert Scale
22. Which of the following is incorrect as a
measure of dispersion?
(A) Quartile Deviation
(B) Range
(C) Standard Deviation
(D) Sampling Error
Answer: (D) Sampling Error
23. A researcher prepared a report based on
the interviews of 25 people. Under which category, this research can be placed?
(A) Quantitative
(B) Qualitative
(C) Historical
(D) Scientific
Answer: (B) Qualitative
24. The Right to Education Act recently
passed by our Parliament is an extension of the following article of our
Constitution
(A) 13
(B) 15
(C) 45
(D) 55
Answer: (C) 45
25. Which of the following are essentially
required on the part of the teacher for developing intercultural understanding
in children?
I. Possession of knowledge of various cultures and
subcultures.
II. Being progressive and open-minded
III. Being pious and religious
IV. Classroom communication skills
Choose the correct answers from the given options.
Codes:
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Answer: (D) IV and I
26. What is the striking contrast between
“acclimatization” and “naturalization”?
I. Acclimatization is adjusting to the external
environment.
II. Acclimatization is changing the room temperature
and air circulation using appliances.
III. Naturalization is change of attitude as required
by the new context.
IV. Acclimatization is external and Naturalization is
internal.
Choose the correct answers from the given options.
Codes:
(A) I, II and III
(B) II, III and IV
(C) III, IV and I
(D) IV, I and II
Answer: (C) III, IV and I
27. Introspection method lacks in
(A) Reliability
(B) Validity
(C) Objectivity
(D) All the above three
Answer: (D) All the above three
28. Which of the following thinkers said
‘Literacy itself is not education, literacy is only a means to education’?
(A) J. Krishnamurti
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Sri Aurobindo
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (D) Mahatma Gandhi
29. Which teaching method was evolved by
Naturalism?
(A) Heuristic Method
(B) Playway Method
(C) Scientific Method
(D) Project Method
Answer: (B) Playway Method
30. Choose the correct or the best answer
among the following:
‘Philosophy’ means
(A) Consoling oneself while facing disappointments in
life.
(B) A form of religion.
(C) Attempt to find answer to fundamental and ultimate
questions.
(D) Sophisticated arguments.
Answer: (C) Attempt to find answer
to fundamental and ultimate questions.
31. The most ascetic School of Indian
Philosophy is
(A) Buddhism
(B) Jainism
(C) Vedanta
(D) Sankhya
Answer: (B) Jainism
32. The number of Savants [Thirthankaras] in
the Jain tradition is
(A) 10
(B) infinite
(C) 24
(D) 100
Answer: (C) 24
33. ‘Vinaya Pitaka’ deals with
(A) rules of conduct for the Buddhist Samga
(B) rules for polite behaviour for Jain monks
(C) rules for polite behaviour for Hindu Sannyasins
(D) Emperor Ashoka’s Edicts
Answer: (A) rules of conduct for
the Buddhist Samga
34. Which one of the following is the stable
measure of dispersion?
(A) Range
(B) Quartile Deviation
(C) Average Deviation
(D) Standard Deviation
Answer: (D) Standard Deviation
35. The method of drawing conclusions based
on the observation of each and every instance of a population is called
(A) Scientific Method
(B) Deductive Method
(C) Inductive Method
(D) Dialectic Method
Answer: (C) Inductive Method
36. Positivistic research approach was
advocated by
(A) Francis Bacon
(B) Stanley & Compbell
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) Babbit
Answer: (C) Auguste Comte
37. Something written in a holy book is held
to be true by readers. This method of acquiring knowledge is termed as the
method of
(A) Tenacity
(B) Authority
(C) Intuition
(D) Science
Answer: (B) Authority
38. A class teacher administered Thematic
Apperception Test to a group of students to assess their
(A) Achievement
(B) Awareness
(C) Personality
(D) Attitude
Answer: (C) Personality
39. A class teacher asked all his students
to take a test only as and when each one of them mastered the theory of
Gravitation. This is an example of
(A) Norm Referenced Test
(B) Feasibility Test
(C) Summative Test
(D) Criterion Referenced Test
Answer: (D) Criterion Referenced
Test
40. When a non-directional hypothesis is
stated, the test of significance would be
(A) One tailed
(B) Two tailed
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B) Two tailed
41. The critical difference between naturalism
and pragmatism is in the importance accorded to
(A) aims
(B) methods
(C) social context
(D) evaluation
Answer: (A) aims
42. What are the checks and balances
available in society for regulating social behaviour of people?
I. Mores, Folkways and Institutions
II. Enacted Laws and Punishments
III. Meditation and Prayer
IV. Reading religious books
Choose the correct answers from the
codes given below:
Codes:
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Answer: (A) I and II
43. What is meant by ‘Culture’?
(A) Complex whole of what man has achieved as being a
member of the society.
(B) Sophistication in dress, food, etc.
(C) Civilization marked by the use of modern electric
home appliances
(D) Using of computers, mobile phones, internet, etc.
Answer: (A) Complex whole of what
man has achieved as being a member of the society.
44. What is the objective of the Integrated
Child Development Services?
I. Improving nutrition and health status of children
upto 6 years.
II. Reducing child mortality rate in the country.
III. Providing quality primary education to children.
IV. Providing healthcare centres to take care of
children’s health.
Choose the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Answer: (A) I and II
Read the passage and answer from question Nos. 45 to
50:
“Every day, day
after day, we see men and animals dying. But each man thinks he is going to
live on forever. What can be more surprising than this?” So goes a passage in
the Mahabharata. All religions are attempts to help man come to terms with
death. Swami Vivekananda said, ‘so long as death is there religion will be
there’.
However, it is
common knowledge that very pious people are as much afraid of death as the no
so pious. Gal Bellow, a Nobel Laureate in literature said, “The tragedy of
civilization consists in the refusal of the doomed creature to die.” Jostling
for space in the annals of history is an attempt to grapple with mortality.
However, Norman O. Brown in his scholarly treatise, ‘Life against Death : A
Psychoanalytic Interpretation of History’ concludes that the survival of
mankind into the future urgently requires that we cultivate in every oncoming
generation a consciousness that is willing and ready to die.
This is
squarely a challenge for educational research. We must develop a curriculum
that will enable every individual follow the ebb and flow of the clan vital in
the parabola of the life cycle, savour the joys of sex in the waxing phase of
the parabola and mellow with it in the waning phase.
45. According to the Mahabharata what is
most surprising?
(A) People dying
(B) Animals dying
(C) Animals and people living
(D) Failure to accept death is inevitable for everyone
Answer: (D) Failure to accept
death is inevitable for everyone
46. Which of the following statements is NOT
true?
(A) Religions attempt to help us accept death.
(B) Religions attempt to help us to live properly and
die properly.
(C) Religions succeed in helping every one of their
followers to accept death when the time comes.
(D) Death is there only because of religion.
Answer: (C) Religions succeed in
helping every one of their followers to accept death when the time comes.
47. The tragedy of civilization consists in
(A) death
(B) facilitates that increase life expectancy
(C) increase in population
(D) desire of human beings to live on forever
Answer: (D) desire of human beings
to live on forever
48. “Jostling for space in the annals of
history” means
(A) struggling for lasting frame
(B) writing history books
(C) trying to get into spacecrafts
(D) trying to become a wrestler
Answer: (A) struggling for lasting
frame
49. What do you think Norman O. Brown’s book
is about?
(A) Life
(B) Death
(C) History
(D) Struggle between life and death
Answer: (D) Struggle between life
and death
50. The essential message of this passage is
best expressed as
(A) Celebration of living
(B) Celebration of dying
(C) Parabola of the life cycle
(D) Learning-to-Be and Not-to-Be
Answer: (D) Learning-to-Be and
Not-to-Be
