Pedagogy MCQS

Q. Social aims of education imply the training of

A. The individuals for the purpose of serving the needs of the society.
B. Individuals according to their needs.
C. The individuals according to their capacities.
D. The individuals according to the facilities.
Correct answer is: A. The individuals for the purpose of serving the needs of the society.

Q. What does the individual aim of education imply?

A. Education must secure for everyone the conditions under which the individuality is most completely developed
B. It must contribute to the peace and happiness of the whole society
C. It should have more and more institutions every year
D. It should be by and large the concern of the private sector.
Correct answer is: A. Education must secure for everyone the conditions under which the individuality is most completely developed

Q. Who was twentieth century Existentialist?

A. Soren Kierkegaard
B. D.J. O’Connor
C. Jean Paul Sartre
D. Hegel.
Correct answer is: C. Jean Paul Sartre

Q. According to which philosophy of education, childhood is something desirable for its own sake and children should be children?

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

Q. Which of the following is more generally acceptable by modern educationists?

A. There should be one single aim of education unchangeable over time and space
B. There is one grand objective of education; and that is the development of the inner nature of the child
C. Contribution to the welfare of the society should be the only aim of education
D. Education is bound to have several aims since its concerns are several such as the individual, the society, the family, the nation and so on.
Correct answer is: D. Education is bound to have several aims since its concerns are several such as the individual, the society, the family, the nation and so on.

Q. Who emphasized that education should be a social process?

A. Vivekananda
B. Rousseau
C. Dewey
D. Pestalozzi
Correct answer is: C. Dewey

Q. What is development of social sense and co­operation among the individuals through education?

A. Individual aim
B. Social aim
C. National aim
D. Constitutional aim.
Correct answer is: B. Social aim

Q. Which among the following is not an acceptable criticism of social aims of educa­tion?

A. They are anti-individual
B. They are un-psychological as they do not take into account the capacities and interests of the individual
C. They hinder the growth and development of art and literature
D. Man, in them, becomes only a means to an end.
Correct answer is: A. They are anti-individual

Q. Which among the following is not emphasized by the individual aims of education?

A. Individual freedom
B. Self-expression
C. Development of inner potentialities.
D. Development of values of tolerance and non-violence.
Correct answer is: D. Development of values of tolerance and non-violence.

Q. Which of the following statements does not go in favour of the individual aims of education?

A. The individual is an asset to the society; his development and growth are necessary
B. The society is strong if the individual is strong
C. Every individual is unique; development of his potentialities is essential
D. Society is supreme and all individuals are only parts of it.
Correct answer is: D. Society is supreme and all individuals are only parts of it.
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