TRAIN YOUR BRAIN

PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 1 FULL TEST

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1. Equality of educational opportunity means

A) Identical education to all

B) Equality in achieving things

C) All individuals should be given same type of education without any difference

D) Money, Caste, Creed, Colour or sex should not be a hindrance for an individual to pursue

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education

2. In the following the person who is not connected with pre-primary education is

A) Froebel

B) John Dewey

C) Montessori

D) Rousseau
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3. A condition essentially needed for quality education is

A) Quality students

B) Good environment

C) Quality study materials

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D) Quality teachers

4. The theory of Downward Filtration was formulated by

A) Jean Piaget

B) Hunter

C) Lord Macaulay
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D) Lord Harding

5. Vocationalisation of education eventually starts at the

A) University level

B) Primary level

C) Secondary level

D) Higher Secondary level

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6. Education is _________ of man power planning

A) Fifty percent

B) Whole crux
C) A part

D) Not a part

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7. One of the essential features of autonomous Institution is

A) Complete freedom given to teachers

B) Freedom given to the manager

C) Representation of the students in the management of the institution

D) Freedom is introduce innovations

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8. U.P.E. stands for

A) Universalisation of Primary Education

B) Union of Primary Education

C) Unique Primary Education

D) Universal Population Education

9. Stagnation means
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A) Failure in a particular class

B) Lagging behind in quality

C) Dropping out from the system

D) No improvement
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10. Night schools are run for the

A) Slow learners

B) Drop-outs

C) Backward children

D) Adults
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11. Which of the following is not a pre-school programme?

A) Anganwadi

B) Nursery

C) Montessori

D) Matriculation
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12. The Wood’s despatch was published in

A) 1865

B) 1854

C) 1844
D) 1874

13. The year of setting up of Tara Chand committee was

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A) 1944

B) 1948

C) 1914

D) 1917

14. Establishment of multipurpose schools at higher secondary level was recommended by

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A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

B) Dr. A.L. Mudaliar

C) Dr. D.S. Kothari

D) Mr. Tara Chand

15. Article 48 of Indian constitution says

A) Employment for all

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B) Empowerment for all

C) Everything for everyone

D) Education for all

16. Every village should possess a primary school within a circumstance of

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A) 2 km

B) 3 km

C) 5 km

D) 10 km

17. Open Schools/open universities function on the basic principle that education is a/an
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A) Informal process

B) Life-long process

C) Formal process

D) Useful process

18. Brain-drain means

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A) Employing of educational persons in their own country

B) Storming the brain for getting ideas

C) Training of intelligent persons

D) Emigration of educated persons from their own country

19. ‘Brain Drain’ indicates

A) Diminishing of brain cells

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B) Wastage of brain power to the individual

C) Wastage of man power to the nation from where education is obtained

D) None of these

20. Backwardness among children was meaningfully analysed and reported by the National
Education Commission in

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A) 1986

B) 1964

C) 1901

D) 1905

21. The sergeant report of 1944 insisted on the establishment of

A) Pre-primary schools
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B) Primary schools

C) Vocational schools

D) Public schools

22. Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan (SSA) is an expanded project for

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A) Minimum Levels of Learning (MLL)

B) Operation Blackboard Scheme (OBS)

C) Universalisation of Elementary Education (UEE)

D) None of these

23. Which of the following articles of Indian Constitution states that free, compulsory education
should be given to all children upto the age of 14?
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A) Article 49

B) Article 35

C) Article 45

D) Article 343

24. One of the major causes for illiteracy in India is

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A) Population

B) Under employment

C) Unemployment

D) Poverty
25. In our schools Vocationalisation of Education starts at

A) Primary level

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B) Secondary level

C) Higher secondary level

D) Higher educational level

26. Diversified curriculum at the higher secondary level was implemented in the year

A) 1947

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B) 1951

C) 1968

D) 1978

27. The New Educational Policy of 1986 was implemented by

A) Indira Gandhi

B) Rajiv Gandhi
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C) Mahatma Gandhi

D) None of them

28. In Tamil Nadu, the Sainik school is located in

A) Coimbatore
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B) Salem

C) Tiruchirappalli

D) Kanyakumari

29. The innovative aspect of New Education policy, 1986 is a

A) Mobile schools
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B) Computer education

C) Navodaya schools

D) Sainik schools

30. India’s destiny is shaped in her class rooms was the initial statement found in the report of the

A) Kothari Education Commission

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B) Indian Education Commission

C) Sampoornath Committee

D) Malcom Adiseshaiya’s Committee

31. The latest movement that the centre has launched for achieving hundred percent enrolment is
known as

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A) Ekalavya

B) Dronacharya

C) Navodaya

D) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan

32. In Tamil Nadu, a primary school should work for

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A) 225 days

B) 200 days

C) 210 days

D) 220 days

33. Which article of universal declaration of ‘Human Rights’ states that everyone has the right to life,
liberty and security of person?

A) 1
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B) 2

C) 3

D) 4
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34. DE schooling means

A) Staying away from schools

B) Delinking schools from the society

C) Providing instructions outside school irrespective of age

D) None of these

35. One of the recommendations of the education commission is

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A) Work experience

B) Pre-primary education C) Moral education D) AIDS education

36. In Tamil Nadu, the Navodaya schools are located

A) In the rural areas

B) In the Urban areas

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C) In the suburbs D) No where

37. The Calcutta University Commission (1917) was chaired by

A) Sergeant

B) Wood
C) Michael Sadler

D) Hartog

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38. ________ said that a school is a play garden to the primary learners

A) Froebel

B) Pestalozzi

C) Adler

D) Freud

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39. Value based education can be imparted by

A) Any teacher handling any subject

B) A particular teacher only

C) People other than teachers

D) Higher level learned personnel

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40. What is the educational significance of Article 45 of the constitution of India?

A) Condition of work ensuring a decent standard of life

B) Provision for securing the right to work

C) Provision for free education

D) Importance of universal primary education

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41. Operation blackboard is a scheme to improve

A) Mobile schools

B) Primary schools

C) National Defence Academy

D) Sainik Schools
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42. The floating university (S.S. Universe) visited the Madras harbour in the year

A) 1977

B) 1978

C) 1979

D) 1980
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43. Most children in elementary schools are at the concrete operational stage of cognitive
development and therefore lack the ability to think

A) Negatively

B) Positively
C) Creatively

D) Abstractions

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44. The percentage of mentally retarded persons in India’s population is

A) 5%

B) 1%

C) 2%

D) 3%

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45. At present, the permitted teacher student ratio is

A) 1 : 25

B) 1 : 40

C) 1 : 45

D) 1 : 50

46. University of Madras was started in

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A) 1857

B) 1896

C) 1847

D) 1855
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47. In Non-formal education a child:

A) Learns many things by himself

B) Has to learn lessons in a group

C) Learns strictly according to the curriculum

D) Learns by doing
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48. Social education was previously called

A) Adult education

B) Cultural education

C) Vocational education

D) All the above

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49. The scheme which functions under the control of ministry of human resources development of
Central Government is

A) National Adult education programme

B) practical education
C) National Literacy Mission

D) Jana Shikshnam Nilayam

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50. The founder of pre-primary education is considered to be

A) Froebel

B) Piaget

C) John Dewey

D) Decca

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51. The operation for removal of illiteracy in Tamilnadu was named

A) Adult education

B) Nehru Yuvak Kendra

C) Womens education programme

D) Operation enlightment
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52. In Montessori system of primary education, education is imparted through

A) Audio equipments

B) Visual aids

C) Didactic materials and toys

D) Lecturers
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53. In democratic education, methods of teaching are based upon

A) Respect for individuality

B) Politics based curriculum

C) The respect for ones elders

D) Learning by doing
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54. The vocational stream of education is adopted in the stage of

A) Primary education B) Middle education C) Secondary education D) College education

55. Under political motivation the students should be taught

A) The rights and duties of citizenship

B) The political structure of the state

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C) The function of the government

D) The democratic form of government

56. The language recommended for compulsory study in schools by Mudaliar Committee is

A) Hindi
B) Tamil

C) Sanskrit

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D) All of these

57. Non-formal education was implemented in the year

A) 1975

B) 1980

C) 1976

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D) 1978

58. Name the first private university of India

A) IGNOU

B) JNU

C) Amity information Technology University

D) Aligarh Muslim University

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59. The commission which recommended that students should be admitted in the university only
after completing 12 years of study in school or intermediate college is

A) Tara Chand Committee 1948

B) University Education Commission 1948-49

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C) Secondary Education Commission 1952-53

D) Central Education Advisory Board

60. The Primary schools provide good opportunities to young children for their

A) Education at an early stage

B) Mental and physical growth

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C) Sensory training and education in good conduct and behaviour

D) Physical development through playing

61. Adult education was added to the minimum needs programme during -

A) Fourth plan

B) Fifth plan

C) Sixth plan
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D) Seventh plan

62. The main elements of National Education Policy are

A) To bring education close to public life

B) Ensure qualitative improvement at all stages of education

C) Provide for vocational education

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D) Both A and B

63. Apprenticeship was enacted in the year

A) 1962

B) 1961

C) 1951

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D) 1945

64. The various levels at which a teacher can plan his teaching are:

A) Annual semester

B) Unit level

C) Lesson level

D) All the above

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65. The National Educational Policy was announced in the year:

A) July, 1968

B) January, 1968

C) March, 1968
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D) December, 1967

66. For education of girls Mudaliyar Committee(1953) suggested inclusion of the subject

A) Physical Science

B) Home Science

C) Vocational
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D) None of these

67. The Nursery system of education was founded by

A) Maria Montessori

B) Margret Macmillan

C) Froebel
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D) Dewey

59. The commission which recommended that students should be admitted in the

university only after completing 12 years of study in school or intermediate college is

A) Tarachand Committee 1948

B) University Education Commission 1948-49

C) Secondary Education Commission 1952-53

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D) Central Education Advisory Board

60. The Primary schools provide good opportunities to young children for their

A) Education at an early stage

B) Mental and physical growth

C) Sensory training and education in good conduct and behaviour

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D) Physical development through playing

61. Adult education was added to the minimum needs programme during -

A) Fourth plan

B) Fifth plan

C) Sixth plan

D) Seventh plan
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62. The main elements of National Education Policy are

A) To bring education close to public life

B) Ensure qualitative improvement at all stages of education

C) Provide for vocational education

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D) Both A and B

63. Apprenticeship was enacted in the year

A) 1962

B) 1961

C) 1951
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D) 1945

64. The various levels at which a teacher can plan his teaching are:

A) Annual semester

B) Unit level

C) Lesson level
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D) All the above

65. The National Educational Policy was announced in the year:

A) July, 1968

B) January, 1968 C) March, 1968

D) December, 1967

66. For education of girls Mudaliyar Committee(1953) suggested inclusion of the subject

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A) Physical Science

B) Home Science C) Vocational

D) None of these

67. The Nursery system of education was founded by

A) Maria Montessori

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B) Margret Macmillan C) Froebel

D) Dewey

68. The purpose of social education is to ensure

A) Mental and physical development

B) Promotion of social cohesion

C) Self-development
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D) All the above

69. The educational project which got the aid from UNICEF was

A) Special education

B) CAPE education (Comprehensive Access to Primary Educational

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C) Part time education

D) Uniform – Pattern education

70. The main aim of social education is

A) To awaken the citizens towards their rights and duties and develop the feeling of social

service in them
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B) To impart them proper knowledge of reading writing and ordinary mathematics

C) To develop feeling of cooperation in them

D) All the above

71. Article – 45 of Indian constitution emphasises:

A) Work to all
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B) Money to all

C) Everything for everybody

D) Education to all

72. Under intellectual motivation children should be encouraged to:

A) Learn the subjects prescribed in the curriculum

B) Learn on the basis of their interests

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C) Learn by hearing

D) None of these

73. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) are used to assess an individuals

A) Personality

B) I.Q

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C) Knowledge

D) Behavioural pattern

74. Under religious motivation students should be encouraged to

A) Have the feeling of religious tolerance

B) Learn spiritual teaching

C) Take the guidance of spiritual Gurus

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D) Respect all religions

75. The Committee which experimented on ‘village education’ was

A) Mudaliar Committee

B) Kothari Committee
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C) V.C. Kulandal Samy Committee

D) Sharimalik

76. The Navodaya Vidyalaya Schools provides

A) Quality education to talented children

B) Adequate opportunities to talented children to develop their potentialities

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C) Qualitative improvement in school education through innovative practices

D) All the above

77. In Non-formal type of education students should be educated on the basis of

motivations:

A) Intellectual
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B) Political and religious

C) Social and economic D) All of these

78. New educational policy was introduced in the year

A) 1980
B) 1986

C) 1984

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D) 1982

79. Language development of an individual is influenced mostly by:

A) His I.Q

B) Environment

C) Hearing ability

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D) None of these

80. The National Literacy Mission commenced in the year:

A) 1978

B) 1988

C) 1989

D) 1982
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81. The Non-formal education programme was introduced for the first time in:

A) Sixth Five Year Plan

B) Fifth Five Year Plan

C) Fourth Five Year Plan

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D) Second Five year plan

82. Mass educational centres function under

A) Village literacy mission

B) National literacy mission

C) National adult education

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D) Functional literacy programme

83. Primary education in India made some progress during the period

A) 1757 – 1813

B) 1813 - 1854

C) 1857 - 1882
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D) 1854 - 1857

84. The Indian University Commission was appointed in 1902 by

A) Lord Curzon

B) Lord Minto II
C) Lord Irwin

D) Lord Wavell

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85. The age limit for giving pre-primary education in India is

A) 3 to 6 years

B) 3 to 5 years

C) 2 to 6 years

D) 2 to 5 years

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86. The primary aim to TINP (Tamilnadu Integrated Nutritional Plan) is

A) Provision of mother – child welfare education

B) Provision of basic sanitation

C) Provision of nutritional food to children prescribed by Indian Medical Research Institute

D) Provision of child welfare, Nutritional food and play

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87. “We might have banished Englishmen, but not heir language, and English is not the monopoly of
Englishmen” these are the words of

A) Dr. Radha Krishnan B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Mahatma Gandhi

D) Gokhale

88. To develop proper attitude towards opposite sex adolescent student must be provided
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A) Sex-education

B) Co-education

C) Moral education

D) Guidance

89. The National Adult Education scheme is organized by

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A) Directorate of primary education

B) Directorate of Human Resources Development

C) Directorate of public examination

D) NCERT

90. The main functions of a school as a formal agency of education is:

A) To initiate the child into social life

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B) To fulfil vocational needs

C) To develop children normally and train them in the art of democratic living

D) All of these
91. The Universities of Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai were established in 1857 based on

the recommendations of

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A) Wood’s Despatch (1855)

B) Hartog Committee

C) Hunter Commission

D) Tara Chand Committee (1948)

92. In Non-formal education:

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A) Students convenience is given more importance than that of the teachers and administration

B) Convenience of teacher are given more importance

C) Convenience of the school administration is given much importance

D) The curriculum prescribed is strictly followed

93. Rural literacy campaign was first launched in the state of:

A) Tamil Nadu
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B) Madhya Pradesh

C) Uttar Pradesh

D) Maharastra

94. The campaign started in 1959, to eradicate illiteracy among people was
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A) Social education

B) Nehru Yuvak Kendra

C) Rural Literacy Campaign

D) Formal education

95. The vocational education projects could not achieve desired progress due to
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A) Dearth of institutions

B) Lack of continuation of education

C) Dearth of teachers

D) All the above

96. The university opened for the upliftment of women education is

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A) Bharathiyar University

B) Tanjore University

C) Mother Teresa Women’s University

D) Madras University
97. The type of Education given to gifted and handicapped children is –
A) Special Education.

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B) Child care education.
C) Adult education.
D) Child centred education
98.which one is support and issue awards to adult education programme
A) UNICEF.
B) UNESCO
C) UNFPA
D) UGC

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99. Committee on audio visual aids in higher education was set up by UGC
A) 1947.
B) 1957
C) 1967
D) 1977
100. A series of 20 gifts for the completed education and since training where despises by _
A) Maria Montessori
B) J Krishnamoorthy
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C) Abacus
D) Frobel
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