Explore topic-wise MCQs in Education and Teaching.

This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Education and Teaching knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

In the following two sets, Set I mentions the suggested interventions of the Kothari Commission in respect of Teacher Education, Set II provides the concerned target stage/group:Set-I(Interventions)Set-II(Target Stage/Group)(a) Two-year training course(i) In-service training of staff(b) One-year training course having 230 working days(ii) Unqualified teachers(c) Organization of summer institutes(iii) Primary level (Pre-Service Training)(d) Correspondence courses and study leave(iv) Secondary level (Pre-Service Training) Match the two sets and answer from the codes given below:

A. (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)
B. (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)
C. (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii), (d) - (iv)
D. (a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (iii)
Answer» B. (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)
Discussion
2.

In the context of Convention on Biological Diversities, the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties was held in October 2012 at:

A. Hyderabad
B. Shanghai
C. Dhaka
D. Kandy
Answer» B. Shanghai
Discussion
3.

Identify from the following list of those factors that help in social mobility:-a)Educationb) Castec) Incomed) Occupatione) ReligionChoose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

A. a, b and e only
B. c, d and e only
C. a, c and e only
D. a, c and d only
Answer» E.
Discussion
4.

India’s first National Policy on Education was a sequel to the recommendations of which of the following committee/commissions ?

A. Kothari Commission
B. Mudaliyar Commission
C. Ramamurti Review Committee
D. Radhakrishnan Commission
Answer» B. Mudaliyar Commission
Discussion
5.

In which of the following years did the Government of India appoint the Second Backward Classes Commission?

A. 1990
B. 1972
C. 1967
D. 1979
Answer» E.
Discussion
6.

Match the following:List-I (Year)List-II(Committee)A. 1949-511. Local Finance Enquiry CommitteeB. 1953-542. Taxation Enquiry CommissionC. 1963-663. Rural-Urban Relationship CommitteeD. 1985-884. National Commission on Urbanisation

A. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4
B. A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 1
C. A - 3, B - 4, C - 1, D - 2
D. A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1
Answer» B. A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 1
Discussion
7.

Arrange the following influencing factors of education in the most appropriate sequence :(a) Democracy(b) Religion(c) Politics(d) ModernizationCode :

A. (b), (c), (a), (d)
B. (a), (b), (d), (c)
C. (c), (a), (b), (d)
D. (d), (b), (a), (c)
Answer» B. (a), (b), (d), (c)
Discussion
8.

According to NCF (2005), the salient guiding principles of curriculum development includea) connecting knowledge to life outside the schoolb) ensuring that the learning shifts away from rote methodsc) enriching curriculum beyond textbooksd) interfacing with medical model of disabilitye) focusing on the dominant cultureChoose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

A. d, a and c only
B. e, b and a only
C. c, b and e only
D. a, b and c only
Answer» E.
Discussion
9.

From the following list, identify those which are relevant for the theory of rational choice:(a) Aggregation of social behaviour(b) Random behaviour(c) Determinants of behaviour(d) Prediction of behaviour(e) Study of interest groups(f) Behaviour problems associated with informationIndicate your answer from the codes. Select the correct option:

A. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
B. (a), (c), (d) and (e)
C. (b), (b), (d) and (f)
D. (a), (b), (d) and (f)
Answer» C. (b), (b), (d) and (f)
Discussion
10.

From the list given below, identify those alternatives which contribute to social mobility. Choose the correct answer from the code given below.i) Providing expanding range of educational opportunitiesii) Feeling disillusioned from previous conditionsiii) Technology based potential for urbanization and industrializationiv) Apathy towards problems of life and livingv) Traditional linkages of behaviour

A. i and iii
B. ii and iv
C. iii and iv
D. iv and v
Answer» B. ii and iv
Discussion
11.

In February 2020, the Union Cabinet approved the constitution of the ______ Law Commission of India.

A. 24th
B. 21st
C. 22nd
D. 23rd
Answer» D. 23rd
Discussion
12.

In the following sets, Set I mentions various commissions on education and Set - II indicated chief recommendations:Set-I(Commissions)Set-II(Recommendations)(a) Secondary Education Commission (1952 – 53)(i) Establishment of ‘School Complex’ with a nodal school(b) Education Commission (1964 – 66)(ii) Improving quality of pre-service and in-service Teacher Education(c) National Commission of Teacher – I (1980)(iii) Establishment of Extension Services Department(d) High-powered Commission on Teacher Education (2012)(iv) Provision of in-service training of specified short period and its linkage with career promotion. Match the two sets and give your answer from the options given below:

A. (a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (iv)
B. (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i)
C. (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (ii)
D. (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)
Answer» D. (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)
Discussion
13.

List I presents names of organizations and List II is about their functions.List IOrganizationList IIFunctiona) UGCi) To formulate new policy and programmes of educationb)NAACii) To maintain and regulate standards of higher educationc) CABEiii) To regulate standards of the institutions of teacher educationd)NCTEiv) To give accreditation to institutions of higher learning Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A. a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i
B. a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii
C. a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii
D. a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
Answer» D. a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
Discussion