Educational Philosophy MCQs

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. Which school of philosophy of education regrets dualism between cultural, and voca­tional curriculum?

A. Marxism
B. Idealism
C. Existentialism
D. Naturalism.
Correct answer is: A. Marxism

Q. According to which educational philosophy, socially useful labour must form the central pivot of the entire school?

A. Idealism
B. Marxism
C. Existentialism
D. Naturalism.
Correct answer is: B. Marxism

Q. Which of the following has been asserted about schools by Marxist educational philosophy?

A. They should stand above politics
B. They should disinterestedly serve society as a whole
C. They should function as deliberate instruments of state policy
D. They should not be mere weapons in the hands of the ruling class.
Correct answer is: C. They should function as deliberate instruments of state policy

Q. Which of the following characteristics is common to Pragmatism, Naturalism and Existentialism?

A. Emphasis on spiritual aims of education
B. Emphasis on the individual
C. Emphasis on physical environment
D. Emphasis on value education.
Correct answer is: B. Emphasis on the individual

Q. Which school believes that all knowledge comes through the senses?

A. Idealism
B. Sense Realism
C. Pragmatism
D. Existentialism.
Correct answer is: B. Sense Realism

Q. Whose is the ultimate concern-“What is existence”?

A. Idealists only
B. Realists only
C. Existentialists and Idealists both
D. Existentialists only.
Correct answer is: C. Existentialists and Idealists both

Q. Which school raised the slogan “Things as they are and as they are likely to be encountered in life rather than words?”

A. Pragmatist
B. Realists
C. Idealists
D. Existentialists.
Correct answer is: B. Realists

79. Which of the following philosophies held that ‘Men in the world feel lonely and anxious, being unsure of their meaning and fearful of their annihilation’ ?

A. Existentialism
B. Idealism
C. Marxism
D. Pragmatism.
Correct answer is: A. Existentialism

Q. As Huxley pleaded for the introduction of “a complete and thorough scientific culture” into schools, he is claimed to be

A. An Idealist.
B. A Realist,
C. A Pragmatist.
D. A Naturalist.
Correct answer is: B. A Realist,

Q. According to Existentialists, the essence of existence means

A. Unity with the ultimate reality.
B. Spiritual good and happiness.
C. Tensions and contradictions which condition loneliness and anxiety.
D. Continuous growth and development.
Correct answer is: A. Unity with the ultimate reality.
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