Q. In whose methodology of teaching “Experimentation” is the key-note of?

A. Idealism
B. Existentialism
C. Realism
D. Pragmatism.
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Q. Which statement about truth is not correct according to the philosophy of Pragmatism?

A. It is made by man
B. It is ever changing
C. It is eternal
D. It is what emerges to be true in actual practice.
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Q. What is not associated with Pragmatism?

A. Purposive education
B. Experience-based education
C. Freedom-based education
D. Education for self-realization.
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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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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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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. 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. 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 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. Project method of teaching is an outstanding contribution of

A. Realism.
B. Pragmatism,
C. Naturalism.
D. Idealism.
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Q. Pragmatism has a greater sense of responsibility than Naturalism with regard to moral training because

A. The free activity which pragmatic- system of education entails does not mean licence; rather it means a guided activity.
B. They emphasize teaching of values
C. They consider education, basically, a social process.
D. They do not want the teacher to abdicate from the scene.
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Q. The pragmatists are against

A. The external examinations
B. The specialist teachers
C. Breakdown of knowledge into separate subjects.
D. Eternal spiritual values.
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Q. Which is the most widely accepted method of education, according to the pragmatists?

A. Lecturing by the teacher.
B. Leaving the child free to learn.
C. Learning by doing.
D. Heuristic method.
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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. Religious education is strongly advocated by

A. (a) Pragmatists.
B. (b) Idealists,
C. (c) Realist.
D. (d) Existentialists.
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Q. Which among the following does not fit into the scheme of educational goals of the Idealists?

A. (a) Care of body
B. (b) Moral values
C. (c) Skills
D. (d) Self-expression.
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Q. Which philosophy of education considers psychology as an incomplete study of and an inadequate basis of educational theory?

A. (a) Realism
B. (b) Pragmatism
C. (c) Idealism
D. (d) Naturalism.
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Q. Naturalist’s conception of man is

A. (a) Man’s very essence of being is his spiritual nature.
B. (b) It is spirit rather than animality that is most truly man.
C. (c) There exists in the nature of things a perfect pattern of each individual.
D. (d) Nature would have them children before they are men.
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The Realist’s aim of education is

A. Self-realization
B. Spiritual and moral development
C. Happy and moral development
D. Total development of personality
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The aim of education according to the Existentialists is

A. (a) Humanitarian and humanist self- realization.
B. (b) Adaptation to practical life.
C. (c) Objective knowledge.
D. (d) A good understanding of the world outside.
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What is the goal of education according to Idealism?

A. (a) Perfect adaptation to the environment
B. (b) Realisation of moral values
C. (c) Satisfaction of human wants
D. (d) Cultivation of dynamic, adaptable mind which will be resourceful and enterprising in all situations.
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Q. On what is based the need for teaching philosophy of education?

A. (a) All pupils are not alike
B. (b) Different systems of education found in different countries
C. (c) Different philosophies expressed different points of view on every aspect of education
D. (d) Different ways of teaching-learning.
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