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Q. Who was the nineteenth century founder of Existentialism?

A. Hegel

B. Soren Kierkegaard

C. Rousseau

D. D.J. O’Connor.

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Q. Which of the following is not criticised by realism in education?

A. Teachers denying the value of school co-curricular activities

B. Pupils cramming for knowledge from books for reproducing in examination

C. Organizing schools in a way that is conducive to practical training in citizenship

D. Teaching which drifts away from life of the child.

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Q. In the light of relevant past events, contemporary events and their understanding should find a place in the teaching of history. Who maintained this principle?

A. Naturalists

B. Idealists

C. Realists

D. Marxists.

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Q. The most important thing to keep in mind for a teacher according to Realism in education is

(a) The method of teaching.
(b) The value and significance of what is taught.
(c) The nature of the child.
(d) Organization of the content to be taught.

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Q. Which school of philosophy very strongly advocates that education should be vocational in character?

A. Existentialism

B. Naturalism

C. Realism

D. Pragmatism.

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Q. Which is not an aspect of mind according to the Realists’ theory of knowing?

A. Awareness

B. Consciousness

C. Behaviour

D. Processing of awareness.

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Q. Who believe that “Objects have a reality independent of mental phenomena”?

A. Idealists

B. Realists

C. Naturalists

D. Existentialists.

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Q. Marxist educational philosophy is closer to

A. Idealism.

B. Realism.

C. Naturalism.

D. Pragmatism.

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Q. Which among the following statements is not a characteristic of Marxism?

A. It presupposes a reality independent of man’s mind

B. Its educational philosophy is essentially materialistic

C. Its major objective is the development of child’s personality

D. It asserts that physical environment can definitely change the nature of the child.

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

A. Marxism

B. Idealism

C. Existentialism

D. Naturalism.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

A. Idealism

B. Sense Realism

C. Pragmatism

D. Existentialism.

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

A. Idealists only

B. Realists only

C. Existentialists and Idealists both

D. Existentialists only.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Q. Which is the characteristic of the project method?

A. Problematic act

B. Carried in its natural setting

C. Used for all-round-development of child’s personality.

D. A voluntary undertaking.

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Q. Which among the following is not essentially desirable in the project method?

A. The task of the project is as real as the task of the life outside the walls of the school

B. The task of the project involves constructive effort or thought yielding objective results

C. The task of the project should be full of message for the children

D. The task of the project should be interesting enough so that the pupil is genuinely eager to carry it out.

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Q. Which is a great disadvantage of the project method?

A. It consumes much of the time of the child

B. It leaves gaps in the knowledge of the child

C. Children are generally not interested in it

D. Teachers, generally, do not like to teach through it.

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Q. Learning by Project Method is technically known as

A. Incidental learning.

B. Efficient learning.

C. Systematic learning.

D. Adequate learning.

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Q. Education, according to the Pragmatist is

A. Wholly pupil-oriented.

B. Wholly society-oriented.

C. Wholly purposive.

D. Wholly interdisciplinary.

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Q. Who among the following is not a follower of Pragmatic Philosophy?

A. William James

B. Peshtalozzi

C. John Dewey

D. Kilpatrick.

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