(Model Sample Paper)
EDUCATION (class XI)
Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Section- A
Note: - Question No. in Section – A has 20 Parts (i-xx) based on Objective Type Questions carrying 1
mark each. You are expected to answer them as directed:
1. Multiple Choice Questions :
(i) The Median is
(a) A score
(b) A mid-point
(c) Point of class interval
(d) Upper limit of class interval
(ii) What is the origin of word Education ‘?
(a) E and Catum
(b) Edu and Catum
(c) Word Education
(d) None of these
(iii) Education without aim is:
(a) Systemic
(b) Useful
(c) Short lived
(d) Useless
(iv) The isolated individual is a figment of imagination says :
(a) Ross
(b) Tagore
(c) Gandhiji
(d) Raymond
(v) The term ‘school’ is originated from:
(a) Latin word
(b) Greek word
(c) German word
(d) French word
(vi) Which of the following is first school for Child’s Education?
(A) Friends
(B) Society
(C) Family
(D) School
(vii) Pre-Primary Education cannot be made free due to huge:
(A) Financial implications
(B) Political implications
(C) Religious implications
(D) Social implications
(viii) Pre-School Period is highly:
(A) Unsatisfactory
(B) Plastic
(C) Satisfactory
(D) Baseless
(ix) Education raises the competence of an average worker and helps to fight :
(A) Poverty
(B) Corruption
(C) Ignorance
(D) None of these
(x) Which of the following is associated with primary education in India ?
(a) Free
(b) Universal
(c) Compulsory
(d) All of these
(xi) Who is the father of experimental psychology?
(a) Freud
(b) Watson
(c) Hull
(d) Wundt
(xii) The word Psychology was first used by Rudolf Gockel in :
(A) 1590
(B) 1690
(C) 1790
(D) 1890
(xiii) Instincts should never be
(a) Modified
(b) Channelized
(c) Suppressed
(d) Sublimated
(xiv) Emotional experiences are:
(a) Subjective
(b) Objective
(c) Impersonal
(d) None of these
(xv) Value is defined as positive term which signifies virtue and :
(a) Qualities
(b) Qualification
(c) Religion
(d) Liabilities
(xvi) Inculcation of basic human value was stressed by National Policy of Education in
(a) 1980
(b) 1986
(c) 1990
(d) None of these
(xvii) Important social values are
(a) Tolerance
(b) Cooperation
(c) Live and Let live
(d) All of these
(xviii) Various democratic qualities are
(a) Equality
(b) Fraternity
(c) Justice
(d) All of these
(xix) The formula of Median for underground data when N is even is :
(a) 2/N
(b) N+1/2
(c) N+1
(d) N-1/2
(xx) Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Education is an Art.
(b) Education is a Science.
(c) It is neither Art nor Science.
(d) To some extent it is Art and to some extent it is Science.
Section B
Note; - Question No’s 2 and 3 in Section –B are passage based questions carrying 5 marks each.
2. Read the passage and answer the following questions:
Environmental education in general means educating masses through media, clubs and NGOs
to help in creating awareness. The environmentalists are the people who feel for the improvement and
protection of the environment based upon Philosophy of conservation This is required for fulfilling needs
of the society with positive attitude for future also. Basic principles involved are recycling of wastes,
tapping of alternate source and resources and reduction of losses at various levels. Environment is
aggregate of all the external conditions influencing the life and development of man and all other living
organisms.
Questions:
(a) What is the general meaning of Environmental Education?
(b) What means are used to provide Environmental Education?
(c) Who are the Environmentalists?
(d) Define the term Environment.
3. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:
The main cause of Air Pollution is smoke which is produced by the burning of coal and other fuels
and mixes with air to pollute it with carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and soot. Smoke goes into air
from kitchens, factories. automobiles, tranning and cigarette smoking. Radioactive-dust and ionising
radiations are produced during the Nuclear and Atom bomb explosions pollen grains from flowers,
fungal spores and suspended fine dust particles are responsible for causing various allergic
reactions.
Questions
(a) What do you think is the main cause of pollution in Air ?
(b) Name the various sources of smoke that pollute air ?
(c) What kind of gasses render air unfit for inhaling ?
(d) Name the different unwanted things that are responsible for different allergic reaction
Section c
Note: - Question No’s 4-12 in Section-C are very Short Answer Type Questions carrying 2 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 25 words.
4. Write down the names any three Modern Indian Educationists.
5. What do you understand by the meaning of Aim?
6 Give two merits of spiritual aim of education.
7 Write down some limitations of Radio as an agency of education.
8. What do you mean by the term Press?
9. Make mention of two aims of pre- primary education.
10 Write down full form of ECCE and UEE.
11. Write down two important features of Educational Psychology.
12. Explain the term Cumulative Frequency Curve.
Section D
Note: - Question Nos 13-19 in Section-D are Short Answer Type Questions carrying 4 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 100 words
13. Discuss the necessity and importance of aims in Education.
14. Describe the informal agencies of Education.
15. Discuss the objectives of Pre-primary Education.
16 Write down the causes of wastage and stagnation.
17. Describe briefly the term universalisation of retention in the field of elementary education.
18. Write down the various methods used for training of Emotions.
19. Discuss the importance of Emotions in life.
Section E
Note ;- Question No.s 20-23 in Section-E are Long Answer Type Questions With internal choice carrying
6 marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 150 words
20. Discuss the various characteristics of Education.
Or
Explain need and importance of Education.
21. What do you understand by Observation Method? Write down the important steps involved in
observation method.
Or
Explain the importance of Educational Psychology.
22. Discuss briefly the sharp influence of modernity on human values.
Or
Discuss Erosion of human values with regard to political, social and economic values.
23. Calculate Mean of the following grouped date by long method
Class Interval Frequency
1-5 4
6-10 6
11-15 8
16-20 14
21-25 4
26-30 6
Or
Calculate Median from the following distribution
Class Interval Frequency
195-199 1
190-194 2
185-189 4
180-184 5
175-1179 8
170-174 10
165-169 1
