Tripura University Entrance Test-2021
M.A. Education Suggestion
Tripura
University Entrance Test is held based on the three years degree course of
undergraduate degree. Entrance Candidate must go through the all semesters
syllabus for better understanding and it will help you do good score in the
entrance.
Contents & Syllabus
Teaching Aptitude
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Teaching: Nature, Objective,
Characteristics and Basic Requirements
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Learner’s Characteristics
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Factors Affecting Teaching
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Methods of Teaching
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Teaching Aids
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Evaluation System
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Practice Exercises
Logical and Analytical Reasoning
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Series Completion
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Venn Diagrams Analysis Test
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Tests of Alphabet
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Analogy
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Classification
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Coding and Decoding
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Relationship Test
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Direction Test
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Seating Puzzles
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Ranking
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Letter-Number Game Test
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Substitution and
Interchanging
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Principles of Series
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Principle of Classification
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Cube Pyramid Games
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Analytical Reasoning
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Syllogism
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Force in Arguments
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Assumptions
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Course of Action
General Awareness
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History
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General Geography
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Geography of India
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Indian Polity
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Indian Economy
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General Science
Examination Date: 27th Sept to 4th Oct 2021
Question Pattern: MCQ
Total Questions: 50 (Fifty)
Total Marks: 100
Time duration: 1hrs
Negative Mark: ½ (half) deduction for wrong answer.
Selection: Based on merit list of the Entrance exam Syllabus
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1. Epistemology is
the branch of philosophy which deals with the theories of
(A) Reality
(B) Existence
(C) Knowledge
(D) Values
Answer: (C)
2.
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A):
Philosophy helps in determining aims of education.
Reason (R):
Education depends mostly on Philosophy.
In the context of
the two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
(C) (A) is true,
but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false,
but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
3. “Things as they
are and as they are likely to be encountered in life rather than words” was
the slogan of the
(A) Pragmatists
(B) Realists
(C) Idealists
(D) Existentialists
Answer: (B)
4. An
existentialistic teacher should emphasize on
I. Freedom
II. Responsibility
III. Subjective
feelings
IV. Cooperative
living
In the above which
combination is correct?
Codes:
(A) I & II are
correct.
(B) I & III are
correct.
(C) I, II & III
are correct.
(D) II, III &
IV are correct.
Answer: (C)
5. Who advocated
the creation of a classless society?
(A) Plato
(B) Auguste Comte
(C) M.K. Gandhi
(D) Karl Marx
Answer: (D)
6. The Vedas teach
us that
(A) Creation is
without beginning
(B) Creation is
without an end.
(C) Creation is
without beginning and without an end.
(D) Creation has a
definite beginning and also an end.
Answer: (C)
7. According to
Samkhya philosophy, the sequence of creation is as under:
(A) Purusa,
Prakrati, Ahankar, Mahat
(B) Prakrati,
Purusa, Ahankar, Mahat
(C) Prakrati,
Purusa, Mahat, Ahankar
(D) Purusa,
Prakrati, Mahat, Ahankar
Answer: (D)
8. Match the
following:
List – I
List – II
(Buddhist
Concept)
(Meaning/Example)
a.
AryaSatya
1. Namrupa
b.
DwadashNidan
2. Samadhi
c.
AshtangaMarg
3. SamyakaVyayam
d. Nirvana
4. Controlling of breath
5. Sorrow in life
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 4 1 3
(B) 5 1 3 2
(C) 5 1 4 2
(D) 1 5 4 3
Answer: (B)
9. Critically judge
the following:
Assertion (A): All
Muslim Women need to go to school.
Reason (R): Muslim
Philosophy lays emphasis on the equality of all-men or women.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
(C) Statement (A)
is true, but (R) is false.
(D) Statement (A)
is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (D)
10. In Tagorian
Education System the child learns better by
I. Debates and
Discussion
II. Reading,
Writing and Speaking
III. Dance, Drama
and Music
IV. Travelling and
interacting with nature.
In the context of
the above, which statements are true ?
(A) All I, II, III
and IV are true.
(B) Statements I,
III and IV are true.
(C) Statements I,
II and III are true.
(D) Statements II,
III and IV are true.
Answer: (B)
11.
The right to free and compulsory education for children between age group of
6 to 14 has been inserted in Indian Constitution as
(A)
Article 46
(B)
Article 16
(C)
Article 45A
(D)
Article 21A
Answer: (D)
12.
Who advocated the logical analysis of language for getting the true meaning?
(A)
A.J. Ayer
(B)
Bertrand Russel
(C)
Morris L. Biggie
(D)
G.E. Moore
Answer: (A)
13.
Sociology of Education is
(A)
A branch of Anthropology
(B)
A study of the Society
(C)
An analysis of Sociological processes involved in the institutions of
Education.
(D)
A science which studies primitive societies.
Answer: (C)
14.
Schools are basically social institutions as
(A)
They preserve and instil the values of our culture in future generations.
(B)
They suggest ways and means for social progress.
(C)
They suggest solutions to social problems.
(D)
They are established by the society.
Answer: (A)
15.
Which is not a criterion used consistently for placing people in a particular
social class?
(A)
Race
(B)
Religion
(C)
Knowledge
(D)
Wealth
Answer: (C)
16.
Beginning with family
as the lowest unit which of the following constitutes correctly sequenced
hierarchy of social group?
(A)
Nation – Race – Class – Tribe – Family.
(B)
Family – Class – Tribe – Race – Nation.
(C)
Family – Tribe – Race – Class – Nation.
(D)
Family – Race – Class – Tribe – Nation.
Answer: (B)
17.
Use of Science and Technology in replacing existing social practices is
termed as
(A)
Socialization
(B)
Westernization
(C)
Sanskritization
(D)
Modernization
Answer: (D)
18.
The process of imbibing one’s own culture in one’s personality is termed as
(A)
Enculturation
(B)
Acculturation
(C)
Socialization
(D)
sanskritization
Answer: (A)
19.
Critically judge the following:
Assertion
(A): My religion is the best religion.
Reason (R): The
democratic philosophy allows me to think and live with freedom.
Codes:
(A)
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.
(B)
Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C)
Only (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D)
Only (R) is true.
Answer: (D)
20.
Which of the following chains represents the change processes underlying
educational system of Free India?
(A)
Psychological change – Social change – Political change – Educational change.
(B)
Political change – Social change – Psychological change – Educational change.
(C)
Social change – Psychological change – Political change – Educational change.
(D)
Educational change – Social change – Psychological change.
Answer: (B)
21.
The son of a rickshaw puller struggles and becomes an engineer. This is an
example of
(A)
Social change
(B)
Social stratification
(C)
Social mobility
(D)
Social cohesion
Answer: (C)
22.
An example of Social Stratification is
I.
People with different status living in an area.
II.
A society divided into different social status.
III.
A separate colony in which only class III government employees live.
IV.
A society consisting of upper and lower castes.
(A)
All the above statements are correct.
(B)
Statements I, II and IV are correct.
(C)
Statements I, II and III are correct.
(D)
Statements II, III and IV are correct.
Answer: (B)
23.
Equality of opportunities in education implies that each student
(A)
Passes examination with first division.
(B)
gets equal number of books and stationery.
(C)
Gets facilities according to his abilities and interests.
(D)
Gets facilities according to his potential and level in the society.
Answer: (C)
24.
Disadvantaged sections of society consist of
I.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
II.
Women
III.
Physically handicapped
IV.
Rural people
(A)
All the above
(B)
Only I, II and III
(C)
Only II, III and IV
(D)
Only I, II and IV
Answer: (A)
25.
Introspection method lacks in
(A)
Reliability
(B)
Validity
(C)
Objectivity
(D)
All the above three
Answer: (D)
26.
Which of the following is not a principle of development?
(A)
Principle of continuity.
(B)
Principle of individual difference.
(C)
Principle of proceeding from specific to general response.
(D)
Principle of integration.
Answer: (C)
27.
Development of language in children, according to B.F. Skinner, is the result
of
(A)
Training in grammar
(B)
Imitation and reinforcement
(C)
Innate abilities
(D)
Maturation
Answer: (B)
28.
Behaviour pattern that increases in frequency when followed by a reward is
known as
(A)
Shaping
(B)
Classical Conditioning
(C)
Generalization
(D)
Operant Conditioning
Answer: (D)
29.
Find out the odd one:
(A)
Originality
(B)
Punctuality
(C)
Flexibility
(D)
Fluency
Answer: (B)
30.
Who propounded Self Theory of Personality?
(A)
Kretschmer
(B)
Allport
(C)
Eysenck
(D)
Roger
Answer: (D)
31.
Archimedes found the solution of his problem when he was in his bath tub.
This
will come under which step of process of creativity?
(A)
Preparation
(B)
Incubation
(C)
Illumination
(D)
Verification
Answer: (C)
32.
Assertion (A): Motivation is important in the process of teaching
and learning.
Reason
(R): Motivation is attraction towards a goal and clarifies its meaning.
Codes:
(A)
Only (A) is correct and (R) is incorrect.
(B)
Only (A) is correct.
(C)
Only (R) is correct.
(D)
Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Answer: (D)
33.
The pioneer of functionalism is
(A)
Wilhelm Wundt
(B)
William James
(C)
J.B. Watson
(D)
Kurt Lewin
Answer: (B)
34.
Names of different types of intelligence tests are given in List – I and
examples of questions are given in List – II. Match the correct name of the
test to questions.
List
– I
List – II
a.
Vocabulary test
1. In what ways animals and plants are alike?
b.
Memory test
2. Where is Tajmahal situated?
c.
Information test
3. What is the meaning of the word “Eventually”?
d.
Association test
4. What is the mobile number of your class teacher?
5.
Why are nights longer and days shorter in winter?
Codes:
a b c d
(A)
3 5 4 1
(B)
3 1 5 2
(C)
1 4 2 5
(D)
3 4 2 1
Answer: (D)
35.
Re-arrange the following steps of social learning theory as given by Bandura.
a.
Remembering the behaviour.
b.
Converting the memory into action.
c.
Reinforcement of the imitated behaviour.
d.
Attending to and perceiving the behaviour.
(A)
a, b, d, c
(B)
d, a, b, c
(C)
d, a, c, b
(D)
a, d, b, c
Answer: (B)
36.
Nihar fails in the examination and attributes his failure to the framing of
the faulty question paper. Which defence mechanism does he use?
(A)
Projection
(B)
Compensation
(C)
Identification
(D)
Rationalisation
Answer: (D)
37.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Naturalistic Inquiry?
(A)
Multiple Realities
(B)
Generalisation
(C)
Human Relations
(D)
Value Based Research
Answer: (B)
38.
Assertion (A): Longer tests are more reliable than shorter ones.
Reason
(R): Each item adds to test reliability.
Which
of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A)
Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B)
Only (A) is correct.
(C)
Only (R) is correct.
(D)
None of the (A) and (R) is correct.
Answer: (B)
39.
Which of the following variances is not controlled or manipulated in a
research design?
(A)
Variance of independent variable.
(B)
Variance of dependent variable.
(C)
Variance of extraneous variables.
(D)
Error variance.
Answer: (B)
40.
Which of the following is not a criterion for the statement of a good
research problem?
(A)
Expression of relationship between/among variables.
(B)
Clarity and unambiguousness.
(C)
Possibility of empirical testing.
(D)
Possibility of use of statistical analysis.
Answer: (D)
41.
Which of the following variables is continuous?
(A)
Attitude towards school
(B)
Family size in a locality
(C)
Marital status of College students
(D)
Religious affiliation of workers.
Answer: (A)
42.
Read the following statements about a laboratory experiment.
I.
It has relatively complete control of extraneous variables.
II.
Its results are applicable to real life situations.
Which
of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A)
Both I and II are correct.
(B)
I is incorrect, but II is correct.
(C)
Neither of I and II is correct.
(D)
I is correct, but II is incorrect.
Answer: (D)
43.
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A)
Achievement Test – Content validity
(B)
Aptitude Test – Predictive validity
(C)
Reasoning Test – Content validity
(D)
Personality test – Concurrent validity
Answer: (C)
44.
Read the following two lists of items:
List
– I
List – II
a.
Historical Research
1. Current
status
b.
Action Research
2. Control of variables
c.
Survey Research
3. Natural setting
d.
Experimental Research 4. Local problem
5.
Past oriented
Which
of the following matching is correct?
Codes:
a b c d
(A)
3 4 1 2
(B)
5 4 1 2
(C)
4 3 2 5
(D)
1 2 3 4
Answer: (B)
45.
In the context of a Survey Research, the following
steps are taken in a certain order:
1.
Sampling
2.
Inference
3.
Data analysis
4.
Data collection
Which
of the following is the right order of these steps?
(A)
2, 3, 1, 4
(B)
1, 4, 3, 2
(C)
3, 2, 4, 1
(D)
4, 1, 2, 3
Answer: (B)
46.
Which of the following is a measure of location?
(A)
Mode
(B)
Mean
(C)
Percentile
(D)
Standard Deviation
Answer: (C)
47.
An investigator wants to study the vocational aspirations of visually
challenged children in a wide geographical area. He should select his sample
by using
(A)
Sample Random sampling
(B)
Stratified sampling
(C)
Purposive sampling
(D)
Convenient sampling
Answer: (C)
48.
The distribution of a large number of means based on samples of the sample
size selected from the same population is known as
(A)
Normal distribution
(B)
Sampling distribution
(C)
Standard distribution
(D)
Rectangular distribution
Answer: (B)
49.
Two variables X and Y are correlated. This means that the two variables
(A)
Cause variation in each other
(B)
Measure the same trait
(C)
Vary together
(D)
Vary independently
Answer: (C)
50.
When the questions are presented to the respondents in a face-to-face
situation and the interviewer fills out the query rather than the subjects it
is known as
(A)
An inventory
(B)
A questionnaire
(C)
A schedule
(D)
A test
Answer: (C)
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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with Answers on “Philosophical Foundations of Education” for Education Students – Part 1:
1. What is the origin of the word Education?
(a) ‘E’ and ‘Catum’
(b) Edu and ‘Catum’
(c) Word ‘Educate’
(d) None of these.
2. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Education is an art
(b) Education is a science
(c) It is neither an art nor science
(d) To some extent it is art and to some extent it is science.
3. What is called education acquired without any specific purpose, fixed period and place?
(a) Indirect Education
(b) Individual Education
(c) Informal Education
(d) Formal Education.
4. Which one of the following sentences is correct about the nature of teaching?
(a) It is diagnostic
(b) It is remedial
(c) It is diagnostic as well as remedial
(d) All the above statements are correct.
5. What is the compulsory element of learning?
(a) Ability to read
(b) Bright Mind
(c) Tendency to know
(d) None of these.
6. What is the place of principal in an educational institute?
(a) Overall head of the school
(b) Manager of the school
(c) Owner of the school
(d) Founder of the school.
7. If a student failed in any class what should be done to him?
(a) He should be given a chance to improve and sent to the next class after he improves
(b) He should be kept in the same class
(c) He should be advised to leave studies
(d) All the above methods are right.
8. Why are curriculum activities used in teaching?
(a) Make teaching easy
(b) To make teaching interesting, easy to understand and effective
(c) To make teaching attractive
(d) To assist the teacher.
9. What are the three components of the educational process?
(a) Education, teacher and books
(b) Teacher, student and education
(c) Teaching, learning and practice
(d) Direction, instruction and skill.
10. What is teaching through deductive method?
(a) From general to specific
(b) From specific to general
(c) From macro to micro-
(d) From easy to difficult.
11. What is the main centre of informal Education?
(a) Society
(b) Family
(c) Radio and Television
(d) All of the above.
12. Which is the first school for a child’s education?
(a) Society
(b) Friends
(c) Family
(d) School.
13. Which one of the following education systems supports scientific progress?
(a) Realistic Education
(b) Idealistic Education
(c) Naturalistic Education
(d) None of these.
14. What is the meaning of lesson plan?
(a) To read the lesson before teaching it
(b) To prepare all that the teacher wants to teach in a limited period
(c) To prepare detailed answers of all the questions to be asked in the class
(d) To prepare the list of questions to be asked.
15. On what depends the values of an educational experience in the eyes of the idealist?
(a) Whether or not the pupil has been properly motivated
(b) Whether or not it preserves accepted institutions
(c) The extent to which it satisfies pupil desires
(d) The manner in which it affects future experience.
16. Which educational activity is most desirable to the pragmatist?
(a) Approximates the goals which educational scientists have set up
(b) Results from the indiscrimination of the pupil in democratic theory.
(c) That is beneficial effect upon the future experiences of the pupil
(d) That characterizes by spontaneous, active, continuously pleasurable and practical for the pupil.
17. What is the view point of progressive educators regarding the issue of liberal vs. vocational education?
(a) Vocational ends load one to degrade learning
(b) Liberal arts subject should proceed vocational training
(c) Vocational and liberal education should not be separated
(d) All subjects should have a vocational orientation.
18. Who was the supporter of Naturalism in Education?
(a) Frolbel
(b) Armstrong
(c) John Locke
(d) Rosseau.
19. What do you mean by curriculum?
(a) A child learns through curriculum
(b) Sum total of the annual study
(c) Sum total of the activities of a school
(d) Indicates the course to be taught by the teachers to the students throughout the year.
20. Which system of education was propounded by Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Teaching by activities
(b) Teaching through music
(c) Teaching through listening, meditation etc.
(d) All of these.
21. Who raised the slogan “Back to Nature”?
(a) Realism
(b) Pragmatism
(c) Naturalism
(d) Existentialism.
22. Which statement is not correct about Naturalism?
(a) A reaction against the degenerated humanism of the Renaissance period
(b) A reaction against the degenerated humanism of the Renaissance period.
(c) A reaction against sophistication, artificiality and paraphernalia in education
(d) A reaction against a mere study of books and linguistic forms.
23. Who said, “Reverse the usual practice and you will almost always do right?”
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Rousseau
(c) Dewey
(d) Plato.
24. “Human institutions are one mass of folly and contradiction.” Whose statement is this?
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Rousseau
(c) Dewey
(d) Ravinder Nath Tagore.
25. According to which school of philosophy of education, exaltation of individual’s personality is a function of education?
(a) Pragmatism
(b) Idealism
(c) Marxism
(d) Idealism and Marxism both.
26. Which is not Naturalism’s aim of Education?
(a) Education is the notion of man’s evolution from lower forms of life
(b) To equip the individual or the nation for the struggle for existence so as to ensure survival
(c) To help the pupils to learn to be in harmony with and well-adapted to their surroundings
(d) To inculcate ethical and moral values in the pupils.
27. Which school held the view, “God makes all things good; man meddles with and they become evil?”
(a) Marxism
(b) Existentialism
(c) Naturalism
(d) Pragmatism.
28. Which school maintained self-expression with the accompanying cries of “no interference”, “no restraints”?
(a) Extreme form of Naturalism
(b) Most widely accepted form of Naturalism
(c) Truest form of Naturalism
(d) Most valid form of Naturalism.
29. Which is not the nature of philosophy?
(a) It is a science of knowledge
(b) It is a collective ensemble of various viewpoints
(c) It is a planned attempt on search for the truth
(d) It is the totality of man’s creative ideas.
30. Which branch of philosophy deals with knowledge, its structure, method and validity?
(a) Logic
(b) Aesthetics
(c) Epistemology
(d) Metaphysics.
31. Which school maintained: “Natural impulses of the child are of great importance and are good in themselves?”
(a) Biological Naturalism
(b) Mechanical Naturalism
(c) Naturalism of physical science
(d) Romantic Naturalism.
32. Which branch of philosophy examines issues pertaining to the nature of “reality?”
(a) Ontology
(b) Metaphysics
(c) Axiology
(d) Epistemology.
33. On what is based the need for teaching philosophy of education?
(a) All pupils are not alike
(b) Different systems of education found in different countries
(c) Different philosophies expressed different points of view on every aspect of education
(d) Different ways of teaching-learning.
34. What is the goal of education according to Idealism?
(a) Perfect adaptation to the environment
(b) Realisation of moral values
(c) Satisfaction of human wants
(d) Cultivation of dynamic, adaptable mind which will be resourceful and enterprising in all situations.
35. The aim of education according to the Existentialists is
(a) Humanitarian and humanist self- realization.
(b) Adaptation to practical life.
(c) Objective knowledge.
(d) A good understanding of the world outside.
36. 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.
37. Naturalist’s conception of man is
(a) Man’s very essence of being is his spiritual nature.
(b) It is spirit rather than animality that is most truly man.
(c) There exists in the nature of things a perfect pattern of each individual.
(d) Nature would have them children before they are men.
38. Which philosophy of education considers psychology as an incomplete study of and an inadequate basis of educational theory?
(a) Realism
(b) Pragmatism
(c) Idealism
(d) Naturalism.
39. Which among the following does not fit into the scheme of educational goals of the Idealists?
(a) Care of body
(b) Moral values
(c) Skills
(d) Self-expression.
40. Religious education is strongly advocated by
(a) Pragmatists.
(b) Idealists,
(c) Realist.
(d) Existentialists.
41. Which of the following is said about the idealists?
(a) They are content with “briars”
(b) They like “roses”
(c) They are satisfied neither with “briars” nor with “roses”
(d) They want “roses” and “briars” both.
42. Which school of philosophy of education advocated Project method of teaching?
(a) Realism
(b) Pragmatism
(c) Idealism
(d) Naturalism.
43. Play way method of teaching has been emphasised in the scheme of the education of
(a) Naturalists.
(b) Realists,
(c) Pragmatists.
(d) Existentialists.
44. 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.
45. The pragmatists are against
(a) The external examinations
(b) The specialist teachers
(c) Breakdown of knowledge into separate subjects.
(d) Eternal spiritual values.
46. 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.
47. Which of the following claims of the pragmatists is not acceptable?
(a) The free activity of the pupil is likely to result in permanent attitudes of initiative and independence and moral discipline
(b) Training in citizenship is possible through school and community activities
(c) Training in character through school’s co-curricular activities is possible
(d) Child’s own experience is valuable for adequate development of child’s personality.
48. Project method of teaching is an outstanding contribution of
(a) Realism.
(b) Pragmatism,
(c) Naturalism.
(d) Idealism.
49. 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.
50. 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.
51. 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.
52. Learning by Project Method is technically known as
(a) Incidental learning.
(b) Efficient learning.
(c) Systematic learning.
(d) Adequate learning.
53. Education, according to the Pragmatist is
(a) Wholly pupil-oriented.
(b) Wholly society-oriented.
(c) Wholly purposive.
(d) Wholly interdisciplinary.
54. Who among the following is not a follower of Pragmatic Philosophy?
(a) William James
(b) Peshtalozzi
(c) John Dewey
(d) Kilpatrick.
55. What is not associated with Pragmatism?
(a) Purposive education
(b) Experience-based education
(c) Freedom-based education
(d) Education for self-realization.
56. Who emphasised realization of Truth, Beauty and Goodness as the aims of education?
(a) Idealists
(b) Pragmatists
(c) Realists
(d) Naturalists.
57. 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.
58. In whose methodology of teaching “Experimentation” is the key-note of?
(a) Idealism
(b) Existentialism
(c) Realism
(d) Pragmatism.
59. The term “progressive education” related to
(a) Realism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Idealism.
(d) Existentialism.
60. Who said, “No fixed aims of education and no values in advance”?
(a) Progressive educators
(b) Idealists
(c) Realists
(d) Marxists.
61. Which school of philosophy of education stresses the direct study of men and things through tours and travels?
(a) Social realism
(b) Idealism
(c) Existentialism
(d) Marxism.
62. Which school believes that all knowledge comes through the senses?
(a) Idealism
(b) Sense Realism
(c) Pragmatism
(d) Existentialism.
63. 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.
64. 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.
65. Realism in education was born out of
(a) The enthusiasm of the Renaissance.
(b) The great religious movement of the 17th century.
(c) A cleavage between the work of the schools and the life of the world outside that occurred during the 19th century.
(d) The degeneration of humanism after Renaissance.
66. 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.
67. 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.
68. 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.
69. Which school of philosophy very strongly advocates that education should be vocational in character?
(a) Existentialism
(b) Naturalism
(c) Realism
(d) Pragmatism.
70. Which is not an aspect of mind according to the Realists’ theory of knowing?
(a) Awareness
(b) Consciousness
(c) Behaviour
(d) Processing of awareness.
71. Who believe that “Objects have a reality independent of mental phenomena”?
(a) Idealists
(b) Realists
(c) Naturalists
(d) Existentialists.
72. Marxist educational philosophy is closer to
(a) Idealism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Naturalism.
(d) Pragmatism.
73. 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.
74. Which school of philosophy of education regrets dualism between cultural, and vocational curriculum?
(a) Marxism
(b) Idealism
(c) Existentialism
(d) Naturalism.
75. 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.
76. 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.
77. 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.
78. Whose is the ultimate concern-“What is existence”?
(a) Idealists only
(b) Realists only
(c) Existentialists and Idealists both
(d) Existentialists only.
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.
80. 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.
81. Who was the nineteenth century founder of Existentialism?
(a) Hegel
(b) Soren Kierkegaard
(c) Rousseau
(d) D.J. O’Connor.
82. Who was twentieth century Existentialist?
(a) Soren Kierkegaard
(b) D.J. O’Connor
(c) Jean Paul Sartre
(d) Hegel.
83. 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.
84. What is development of human potentialities in education?
(a) Individual aim
(b) Social aim
(c) Individual as well as social aim
(d) Specific aim.
85. 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.
86. 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.
87. 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.
88. 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.
89. Which among the following is the most correct view about social and individual aims of education?
(a) Individual aims should be given preference to social aims
(b) Social aims should be preferred to individual aims
(c) Individual aims are implied in the social aims of education
(d) Individual and social aims are only two sides of the same coin.
90. Which statement is most acceptable to the academicians about “Bread and butter aim” of education?
(a) It is the most important aim and should be given top priority by educationists
(b) It is equally important along with other aims of education
(c) It is only partly acceptable
(d) It is important for only a section of the society.
91. Which of the following does not pertain to intellectual development aim of education?
(a) Cultivation of intelligence
(b) Spiritual development
(c) Development of cognitive powers
(d) Training and “formation” of mind.
92. Preparing the child for future life as an aim of education is preparing child for
(a) Some suitable vocation.
(b) Some particular course of study.
(c) Facing all kinds of emergencies and situations of future life.
(d) A happy married life.
93. the most effective method of character- formation is
(a) Teaching virtues through religious books.
(b) Organizing specialists’ lectures on importance of values in life.
(c) Teaching by high character teachers.
(d) Rewarding virtuous behaviours and presenting high character models in the schools.
94. Harmonious development of the child aim of education means
(a) Development of all the qualities of the mind to the maximum possible extent.
(b) Development of a sound mind in a sound body.
(c) Development of physical, mental, moral and spiritual potentialities of the child in a balanced manner.
(d) Development of the adjustment capacities of the child.
95. The social aims of education imply that
(a) The state is an idealized metaphysical entity.
(b) The state is above the individual citizen.
(c) The state is superior to the individual transcending all his desires and aspirations.
(d) The state has to give not to take anything from the individual.
96. Rigid system of state-education is justified on the basis that the state
(a) Is supreme to dictate what shall be taught and how shall be taught.
(b) Has absolute control over the lives, and destinies of its individual members.
(c) Has a right and a bounden duty to mould the citizen to a pattern which makes for its own preservation and enhancement.
(d) Has better resources to manage education.
97. 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.
98. 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.
99. 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.
100. Who emphasized that education should be a social process?
(a) Vivekananda
(b) Rousseau
(c) Dewey
(d) Pestalozzi
Answer:
1. (a) 2. (d) 3 (c) 4. (d) 5.(c) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9.(b) 10. (a) 11. (d) 12.(c) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (d) 21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (c) 31. (a) 32. (b) 33. (c) 34. (b) 35. (a) 36.(c) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (b) 41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (a) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (c) 51. (b) 52. (a) 53. (c) 54. (b) 55. (d) 56. (a) 57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (b) 60. (a) 61. (a) 62. (b) 63. (b) 64. (b) 65. (c) 66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (c) 71. (b) 72. (b) 73. (c) 74. (a) 75. (b) 76.(c) 77. (b) 78. (c) 79. (a) 80. (c) 81. (b) 82. (c) 83. (d) 84. (a) 85. (b) 86. (a) 87. (d) 88. (d) 89. (d) 90. (c) 91. (b) 92.(c) 93. (d) 94. (c) 95. (d) 96. (c) 97. (a) 98. (a) 99. (c) 100. (c)
MA EDUCATION SUGGESTION PART 2
1. A common feature of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism is belief about
(A) the unreality of the world
(B) the existence of God
(C) the soul
(D) karma and rebirth
Answer: (D)
2. ‘Epistemology’ means
(A) stem cell research
(B) study of the nature of knowledge
(C) study of the nature of values
(D) study of the nature of the world
Answer: (B)
3. In Indian Philosophy ‘pramana’ means
(A) oath
(B) measurement
(C) assurance
(D) source of knowledge
Answer: (D)
4. Which of the following is the source material about the Jain way of life?
(A) Dhammapada
(B) Karma Kanda
(C) Tripitaka
(D) Tri-ratna
Answer: (D)
5. The Schools of Vedanta are
(A) Dharma, Artha and Moksa
(B) Advaita, Dwaita and Visishtadvaita
(C) Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism
(D) the orthodox and the heterodox
Answer: (B)
6. A researcher is interested in studying the flood victims. Which one of the following is a suitable sample selection method?
(A) Random Sampling
(B) Stratified Sampling
(C) Systematic Sampling
(D) Purposive Sampling
Answer: (D)
7. Match the Measurement Scales in List – I which can be used with appropriate Statistics in List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Nominal Scales i. Geometric Mean
b. Ordinal Scales ii. Frequency Distribution
c. Interval Scales iii. Median & Rank Correlation
d. Ratio Scales iv. Mean, SD & Correlations
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) i iv iii ii
Answer: (C)
8. Which one of the following tests can be used to examine the differences in Mathematics achievement of boys and girls?
(A) Correlational Test
(B) ‘t’ Test
(C) Chi-square Test
(D) Anova
Answer: (B)
9. There is a significant positive correlation between variables X and Y. This means that:
(A) X causes variation in Y.
(B) Y causes variation in X.
(C) X and Y vary together in opposite directions.
(D) X and Y vary together in the same direction.
Answer: (D)
10. “Education and Society are two mutually supporting systems, interconnected, that one cannot thrive in the absence of the other.” What is the reason?
(A) Education sustains society, preserves culture, ushers in new one and inculcates values.
(B) Education helps to do away with social divisions and produces leaders for governance.
(C) Education makes people self employable/employable.
(D) Education modernises and makes society civilized.
Answer: (A)
11. ‘Alienation’ as a widespread social problem was first highlighted by
(A) Idealism
(B) Pragmatism
(C) Marxism
(D) Realism
Answer: (C)
12. What is the subject matter of Educational Sociology?
I. Social Processes and Social Change
II. Social Behaviour and Social Control
III. Social Institutions and Social Problems
IV. Legislature, Executive and Judiciary
Codes:
(A) I, II and III
(B) IV, I and II
(C) III, IV and I
(D) II, III and IV
Answer: (A)
13. What was the purpose of introducing the noon-meal scheme in primary schools?
(A) To keep primary teachers engaged.
(B) To increase enrolment in primary schools.
(C) To provide employment to cooks.
(D) To provide one square meal to children every day.
Answer: (B)
14. What does the term ‘Socialization” refer to?
(A) Participating in social service activities.
(B) Process of interaction among members of the society and transmitting values.
(C) Instructions given to people through mass media to keep society free from corruption.
(D) Advising people to bring up their children as socially responsible beings.
Answer: (B)
15. ‘Hinayana’ is the name of which School of Buddhism?
(A) Theravada
(B) Vajrayana
(C) Tantric
(D) Esoteric
Answer: (A)
16. ‘Coherence’ is the criterion of truth is
(A) Existentialism
(B) Idealism
(C) Marxism
(D) Naturalism
Answer: (B)
17. ‘Metaphysics’ means
(A) a branch of Physics
(B) exploring the nature of ultimate reality
(C) Physics of metals
(D) Physics of weather
Answer: (B)
18. The two basic divisions in Schools of Indian Philosophy are
(A) Vedanta and Buddhism
(B) Advaita and Dwaita
(C) Theistic and Atheistic
(D) Orthodox and Heterodox
Answer: (D)
19. The ultimate goal of education in Jainism is
(A) Non-violence
(B) Renunciation
(C) Liberation
(D) Philanthropy
Answer: (C)
20. The ceremony of initiation of education in Buddhism is called
(A) Vidyarambam
(B) Upanayanam
(C) Pabajja
(D) Uparampada
Answer: (C)
21. Researcher intends to ascertain the attitude of adolescents towards modernization, which one of the following tools is an appropriate one?
(A) Projective Technique
(B) Interview
(C) Likert Scale
(D) Sociometry
Answer: (C)
22. Which of the following is incorrect as a measure of dispersion?
(A) Quartile Deviation
(B) Range
(C) Standard Deviation
(D) Sampling Error
Answer: (D)
23. A researcher prepared a report based on the interviews of 25 people. Under which category, this research can be placed?
(A) Quantitative
(B) Qualitative
(C) Historical
(D) Scientific
Answer: (B)
24. The Right to Education Act recently passed by our Parliament is an extension of the following article of our Constitution
(A) 13
(B) 15
(C) 45
(D) 55
Answer: (C)
25. Which of the following are essentially required on the part of the teacher for developing intercultural understanding in children?
I. Possession of knowledge of various cultures and subcultures.
II. Being progressive and openminded
III. Being pious and religious
IV. Classroom communication skills
Choose the correct answers from the given options.
Codes:
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Answer: (D)
26. What is the striking contrast between “acclimatization” and “naturalization”?
I. Acclimatization is adjusting to the external environment.
II. Acclimatization is changing the room temperature and air circulation using appliances.
III. Naturalization is change of attitude as required by the new context.
IV. Acclimatization is external and Naturalization is internal.
Choose the correct answers from the given options.
Codes:
(A) I, II and III
(B) II, III and IV
(C) III, IV andü I
(D) IV, I andü II
Answer: (C)
27. Introspection method lacks in
(A) Reliability
(B) Validity
(C) Objectivity
(D) All the above three
Answer: (D)
28. Which of the following thinkers said ‘Literacy itself is not education, literacy is only a means to education’?
(A) J. Krishnamurti
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Sri Aurobindo
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (D)
29. Which teaching method was evolved by Naturalism?
(A) Heuristic Method
(B) Playway Method
(C) Scientific Method
(D) Project Method
Answer: (B)
30. Choose the correct or the best answer among the following:
‘Philosophy’ means
(A) Consoling oneself while facing disappointments in life.
(B) A form of religion.
(C) Attempt to find answer to fundamental and ultimate questions.
(D) Sophisticated arguments.
Answer: (C)
31. The most ascetic School of Indian Philosophy is
(A) Buddhism
(B) Jainism
(C) Vedanta
(D) Sankhya
Answer: (B)
32. The number of Savants [Thirthankaras] in the Jain tradition is
(A) 10
(B) infinite
(C) 24
(D) 100
Answer: (C)
33. ‘Vinaya Pitaka’ deals with
(A) rules of conduct for the Buddhist Samga
(B) rules for polite behaviour for Jain monks
(C) rules for polite behaviour for Hindu Sannyasins
(D) Emperor Ashoka’s Edicts
Answer: (A)
34. Which one of the following is the stable measure of dispersion?
(A) Range
(B) Quartile Deviation
(C) Average Deviation
(D) Standard Deviation
Answer: (D)
35. The method of drawing conclusions based on the observation of each and every instance of a population is called
(A) Scientific Method
(B) Deductive Method
(C) Inductive Method
(D) Dialectic Method
Answer: (C)
36. Positivistic research approach was advocated by
(A) Francis Bacon
(B) Stanley & Compbell
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) Babbit
Answer: (C)
37. Something written in a holy book is held to be true by readers. This method of acquiring knowledge is termed as the method of
(A) Tenacity
(B) Authority
(C) Intuition
(D) Science
Answer: (B)
38. A class teacher administered Thematic Apperception Test to a group of students to assess their
(A) Achievement
(B) Awareness
(C) Personality
(D) Attitude
Answer: (C)
39. A class teacher asked all his students to take a test only as and when each one of them mastered the theory of Gravitation. This is an example of
(A) Norm Referenced Test
(B) Feasibility Test
(C) Summative Test
(D) Criterion Referenced Test
Answer: (D)
40. When a non-directional hypothesis is stated, the test of significance would be
(A) One tailed
(B) Two tailed
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
41. The critical difference between naturalism and pragmatism is in the importance accorded to
(A) aims
(B) methods
(C) social context
(D) evaluation
Answer: (A)
42. What are the checks and balances available in society for regulating social behaviour of people?
I. Mores, Folkways and Institutions
II. Enacted Laws and Punishments
III. Meditation and Prayer
IV. Reading religious books
Choose the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Answer: (A)
43. What is meant by ‘Culture’?
(A) Complex whole of what man has achieved as being a member of the society.
(B) Sophistication in dress, food, etc.
(C) Civilization marked by the use of modern electric home appliances
(D) Using of computers, mobile phones, internet, etc.
Answer: (A)
44. What is the objective of the Integrated Child Development Services?
I. Improving nutrition and health status of children upto 6 years.
II. Reducing child mortality rate in the country.
III. Providing quality primary education to children.
IV. Providing healthcare centres to take care of children’s health.
Choose the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) IV and I
Answer: (A)
Read the passage and answer from question Nos. 45 to 50:
“Every day, day after day, we see men and animals dying. But each man thinks he is going to live on forever. What can be more surprising than this?” So goes a passage in the Mahabharata. All religions are attempts to help man come to terms with death. Swami Vivekananda said, ‘so long as death is there religion will be there’.
However, it is common knowledge that very pious people are as much afraid of death as the no so pious. Gal Bellow, a Nobel Laureate in literature said, “The tragedy of civilization consists in the refusal of the doomed creature to die.” Jostling for space in the annals of history is an attempt to grapple with mortality. However, Norman O. Brown in his scholarly treatise, ‘Life against Death : A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of History’ concludes that the survival of mankind into the future urgently requires that we cultivate in every oncoming generation a consciousness that is willing and ready to die.
This is squarely a challenge for educational research. We must develop a curriculum that will enable every individual follow the ebb and flow of the clan vital in the parabola of the life cycle, savour the joys of sex in the waxing phase of the parabola and mellow with it in the waning phase.
45. According to the Mahabharata what is most surprising?
(A) People dying
(B) Animals dying
(C) Animals and people living
(D) Failure to accept death is inevitable for everyone
Answer: (D)
46. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
(A) Religions attempt to help us accept death.
(B) Religions attempt to help us to live properly and die properly.
(C) Religions succeed in helping every one of their followers to accept death when the time comes.
(D) Death is there only because of religion.
Answer: (C)
47. The tragedy of civilization consists in
(A) death
(B) facilitates that increase life expectancy
(C) increase in population
(D) desire of human beings to live on forever
Answer: (D)
48. “Jostling for space in the annals of history” means
(A) struggling for lasting frame
(B) writing history books
(C) trying to get into spacecrafts
(D) trying to become a wrestler
Answer: (A)
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