QUESTION BANK

EDU 06: EDUCATION IN INDIAN SOCIETY

1) Who headed the first education commission in independent India?

a) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
b) Sri.Charles Wood
c) Dr.Kothari
d) Lord Macaulay

2) Which one of following educational policy formed the basis for National Policy on education-1986?

a)Secondary education commission-1952
b)Radhakrishnan commission-1948
c)National Policy on Education-1968
d)Wood's Despatch

3) Arabic schools were started in Travancore in the year______.

a) 1890
b) 1903
c) 1912
d) 1919

4) DPEP stands for________.

a) Developmental Principle of Education Programme
b) Director of Primary Education Programme
c) District Primary Education Programme
d) Department of Primary Education Programme

5) Who coined the term futurology?

a) Ossip K.Flechtheim
b) Radhakrishnan
c) Thorndike
d) Montessory

6) Medium of instruction used in Buddhist period was________.

a) Tulu
b) Pali
c) Sanskrit
d) Hindi

7) Wastage in education means________.

a) Premature withdrawl of children from school
b) Retention of children in the same class for more than one year 
c) Wasting of natural resources
d) Avoidance of child's intelligence

8) NKC was established on_______

a) 2nd June 2005
b) 13th June 2005
c) 14th June 2007
d) 13th June 2006

9) "Protection of life and personal liberty" is stated under which of the following Article?

a) Article 14
b) Article 46
c) Article 15
d) Article 21

10) Article 14 states_________.

a) Equality before law.
b) Protection of life and personal liberty.
c) Uniform civil code for the citizens.
d) Organization of agriculture and animal husbandry. 

Answer key

1)  Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.

2)  National Policy on Education-1968.

3)  1912

4)  District Primary Education Programme.

5)  Ossip K. Flechtheim

6)  Pali

7)  Premature withdrawl of children from school.

8)  13th June 2005

9)  Article 21

10)  Equality before law.