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This document presents  multiple choice questions about philosophical foundations of education. The questions cover various topics including the origins of education, Get School of Philosophy of Education Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ Quiz) with answers and detailed solutions. Download these Free

Q. According to which school of philosophy of education, exaltation of individual’s persona­lity is a function of education?

A. (a) Pragmatism
B. (b) Idealism
C. (c) Marxism
D. (d) Idealism and Marxism both.

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Q. Which of the following is said about the idealists?

A. (a) They are content with “briars”
B. (b) They like “roses”
C. (c) They are satisfied neither with “briars” nor with “roses”
D. (d) They want “roses” and “briars” both.

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Q. Which is not Naturalism’s aim of Education?

A. (a) Education is the notion of man’s evolution from lower forms of life
B. (b) To equip the individual or the nation for the struggle for existence so as to ensure survival
C. (c) To help the pupils to learn to be in harmony with and well-adapted to their surroundings
D. (d) To inculcate ethical and moral values in the pupils.

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Q. Which school held the view, “God makes all things good; man meddles with and they become evil?”

A. (a) Marxism
B. (b) Existentialism
C. (c) Naturalism
D. (d) Pragmatism.

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Q. Which school maintained self-expression with the accompanying cries of “no interference”, “no restraints”?

A. (a) Extreme form of Naturalism
B. (b) Most widely accepted form of Naturalism
C. (c) Truest form of Naturalism
D. (d) Most valid form of Naturalism.

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Q. Which is not the nature of philosophy?

A. (a) It is a science of knowledge
B. (b) It is a collective ensemble of various viewpoints
C. (c) It is a planned attempt on search for the truth
D. (d) It is the totality of man’s creative ideas.

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Q. Which branch of philosophy deals with knowledge, its structure, method and validity?

A. (a) Logic
B. (b) Aesthetics
C. (c) Epistemology
D. (d) Metaphysics.

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Q. Which school maintained: “Natural impulses of the child are of great importance and are good in themselves?”

A. (a) Biological Naturalism
B. (b) Mechanical Naturalism
C. (c) Naturalism of physical science
D. (d) Romantic Naturalism.

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What is the view point of progressive educators regarding the issue of liberal vs. vocational education?

A. (a) Vocational ends load one to degrade learning
B. (b) Liberal arts subject should proceed vocational training
C. (c) Vocational and liberal education should not be separated
D. (d) All subjects should have a vocational orientation.

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What is the origin of the word Education?

A. (a) ‘E’ and ‘Catum’
B. (b) Edu and ‘Catum’
C. (c) Word ‘Educate’
D. (d) None of these.

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Who was the supporter of Naturalism in Education?

A. (a) Frolbel
B. (b) Armstrong
C. (c) John Locke
D. (d) Rosseau.

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Which of the following statements is correct?

A. (a) Education is an art
B. (b) Education is a science
C. (c) It is neither an art nor science
D. (d) To some extent it is art and to some extent it is science.

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What do you mean by curriculum?

A. (a) A child learns through curriculum
B. (b) Sum total of the annual study
C. (c) Sum total of the activities of a school
D. (d) Indicates the course to be taught by the teachers to the students throughout the year.

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What is called education acquired without any specific purpose, fixed period and place?

A. (a) Indirect Education
B. (b) Individual Education
C. (c) Informal Education
D. (d) Formal Education.

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Which system of education was propounded by Mahatma Gandhi?

A. (a) Teaching by activities
B. (b) Teaching through music
C. (c) Teaching through listening, meditation etc.
D. (d) All of these.

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Which one of the following sentences is correct about the nature of teaching?

A. (a) It is diagnostic
B. (b) It is remedial
C. (c) It is diagnostic as well as remedial
D. (d) All the above statements are correct.

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Q. Who raised the slogan “Back to Nature”?

A. (a) Realism
B. (b) Pragmatism
C. (c) Naturalism
D. (d) Existentialism.

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What is the compulsory element of learning?

A. (a) Ability to read
B. (b) Bright Mind
C. (c) Tendency to know
D. (d) None of these.

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What is the place of principal in an edu­cational institute?

A. (a) Overall head of the school
B. (b) Manager of the school
C. (c) Owner of the school
D. (d) Founder of the school.

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If a student failed in any class what should be done to him?

A. (a) He should be given a chance to improve and sent to the next class after he improves
B. (b) He should be kept in the same class
C. (c) He should be advised to leave studies
D. (d) All the above methods are right.

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Why are curriculum activities used in teaching?

A. (a) Make teaching easy
B. (b) To make teaching interesting, easy to understand and effective
C. (c) To make teaching attractive
D. (d) To assist the teacher.

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What are the three components of the educational process?

A. (a) Education, teacher and books
B. (b) Teacher, student and education
C. (c) Teaching, learning and practice
D. (d) Direction, instruction and skill.

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What is teaching through deductive method?

A. (a) From general to specific
B. (b) From specific to general
C. (c) From macro to micro-
D. (d) From easy to difficult.

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What is the main centre of informal Education?

A. (a) Society
B. (b) Family
C. (c) Radio and Television
D. (d) All of the above.

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