University Grants Commission NET Education Model Question Paper : ugcnetonline.

Name of the Organization : University Grants Commission
Type of the Exam : UGC National Eligibility Test NET
Subject : Education
Year : 2014
Document Type : Model Question Paper
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** This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
** All questions are compulsory.

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1. Which of the following is not the purpose of educational philosophy ?
(A) To professionalize the job of teaching
(B) To increase the teachers love of and control over the students
(C) To critically examine assumptions behind educational practice
(D) To clarify values and aims in teaching.

2. The phrase “equal educational opportunities” in India means
(A) equal opportunities for all children to have access to higher education.
(B) equalities of educational opportunities for each child.
(C) equality of the type of education available for each child.
(D) equal opportunities to have the type of education for which one is suited.

3. To educate according to ‘nature’ means
(A) to return to the natural as opposed to the artificial in life.
(B) to educate according to the natural laws of human development
(C) to study natural laws and apply them to the educational process
(D) All the above are correct.

4. The teaching of Froebel grew out of his belief that
(A) aim of education was self realization.
(B) spiritual meaning lay behind all phenomena even play.
(C) the method of education should be self-activity.
(D) All the above answers are correct.

5. In the Dewey theory of how we think
(A) the experimental method is used exclusively.
(B) the logical method of inquiry is used exclusively.
(C) the ideas produced by any method must be tested in experience.
(D) none of the above.

6. From the angle of epistemology
(A) the naturalist says truth must be obtained through objective rather than subjective means.
(B) the idealist rejects dualism of man and nature by making man a part of nature.
(C) the realist maintains that truth is arrived at through logical contemplation and revelation.
(D) the pragmatist says man is a product of biological evolution.

7. Madhyama Pratipada is a cardinal principle of
(A) Jainism
(B) Buddhism
(C) Vedanta Philosophy
(D) Sankhya

8. Integral education is a concept given by
(A) Aurobindo
(B) J. Krishnamurthy
(C) M.A. Kalam Azad
(D) Annie Beasant

9. The Jain epistemology considers a five stage hierarchy of knowledge. Which of the following is the proper order of different levels of knowledge ?
(A) Mati, Shruti, Manahparyava, Avadhi, Kaivalya
(B) Shruti, Mati, Avadhi, Manahparyava, Kaivalya
(C) Mati, Shruti, Avadhi, Manahparyava, Kaivalya
(D) Kaivalya, Avadhi, Manahparyava, Shruti, Mati

10. Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Kaivalya i. Panchkosh
b. Jivan Mukti ii. Buddhism
c. Nirvana iii. Jainism
d. Anand iv. Vedanta
v. Islamic traditions
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iii i v
(B) iii v ii iv
(C) v iii ii i
(D) iii iv ii i

11. Pedagogy of the oppressed is authored by
(A) Paulo Freire
(B) Bertrand Russell
(C) J. Krishnamurthy
(D) John Dewey

12. Ivan Illich is renowned for
(A) Life Long Learning
(B) Life Skill Education
(C) De Schooling Society
(D) Distance Education

13. Culture is not
(A) Constant flux
(B) Cummulative
(C) Primarily Materialistic
(D) Uneven in development

14. Life skill education is needed
(A) to adopt to one’s own culture
(B) to enhance vocational efficiency
(C) to promote cultural integration
(D) to face the challenges in life effectively

15. Sanskritization is a process related with
(A) Social Control
(B) Social Stratification
(C) Social Mobility
(D) Social Change

16. Critically judge the following :
Assertion (A) : Education promotes peace and harmony.
Reason (R) : Democratic principles are practised in the classrooms.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) Only (A) is true.
(D) Only (R) is true.

17. Enculturation is the process of
(A) adopting the values of significant to others.
(B) imbibing one’s own culture in one’s personality.
(C) integrating the culture and traditions.
(D) accepting the customs and values of other cultures.

18. Critically judge the following :
Assertion (A) : Education is the key that unlocks the door to modernization.
Reason (R) : Development of technology facilitates interaction among people.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) Only (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) Only (R) is true.

19. Names of the scholars are given in List – I with the field of study in List – II. Match them by arranging in the correct order :
List – I List – II
a. Margret Mead i. Cultural Lag
b. William Ogburn ii. Culture and Adolescence
c. Verrier Elwin iii. Sanskritization
d. M.N. Srinivas iv. Tribalism
v. Religion
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iv iii v
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii i v

20. Education as a sub-system of society helps
(A) to cater to the needs of knowledge society.
(B) to preserve the social customs and traditions.
(C) to transform society through scientific and technological advances.
(D) all of the above

21. Psychogy’s major contribution to education lies in
(A) defining the goals for which teacher should strive.
(B) identifying potentially successful methods and procedures for teaching.
(C) providing scientific foundation for the art of teaching.
(D) comparing the relative effectiveness of various teaching procedures.

22. The determinants of individual differences in human being relate to
(A) differences in their environment only.
(B) differences in their heredity only.
(C) differences in their heredity and environment.
(D) an interaction between factors of heredity and factors of environment.

23. Which of the following characteristics is not true of divergent thinking ?
(A) Flexibility of ideas
(B) Novelty of ideas
(C) Correctness of ideas
(D) Fluency of ideas

24. Research has constantly demonstrated that the best single index for readiness for a given academic task is
(A) the IQ (Intelligence Quotient)
(B) the AQ (Achievement Quotient)
(C) the EQ (Emotional Quotient)
(D) the MA (Mental Age)

25. Which of the following is the correct sequence of motivational set ?
(A) Goal directed behaviour, attainment of goal, drive, satisfaction
(B) Drive, goal directed behaviour, attainment of goal, satisfaction
(C) Drive, satisfaction, attainment of goal, goal directed behaviour
(D) None of the above.