PAST PAPER 16 (SS ENGLISH-PEDAGOGY PART) AJKPSC

.1. General psychology and education psychology are dissimilar in that education psychology:

a. Is concerned with the child and not with the adult

b. Is concerned with the various aspects of learning

c. Deals with the application and not with the theory

d. Selects and emphasizes certain data from the general field

2. Education psychology is oriented towards:

a. The study of peculiarities of individual children

b. Application of principles and techniques of psychology to the solutions of problems of the class room

c. The formulation of hypothesis and theories related to educational practice

d. All

3. The primary aim of education psychology

a. To contribute to an understanding of sound educational practices

b. To provide a teacher with greater appreciation of his role in the education of the child

c. To provide a theoretical framework for educational research

d. All

4. Education technology course has truly paved the way for learner to become:

a. Aware, appreciate and equipped

b. upright, attractive and prudent

c. Creative, wise and honest

d. effective, wise and honest

5. What is the main objective in educational technology?

a. Orient                        c. faster

b. Facilitate            d. Evaluate

6. Demand for commodity refers to:

a. Need for the commodity

b. Desire for commodity

c. Amount of the commodity demanded at a particular price and at a particular time.

d. Quantity demanded of that commodity

7. An individual demand curve slopes downward to the right because of:

a. Working of the law of diminishing marginal utility

b. Substitution effect of decrease in price

c. Income effect of fall in price

d. All of the above

8. The most frequent value in the set of data is called:

a. Mean                    c. Mode

b. Median       d. None

9. What is mean and median for the following set of data? X: 9,6,8,4,3

a. Mean 5, Median 8

b. Mean 5, Median 6

c. Mean 6, Median 8

d. Mean 6, Median 6

10. Sampling in which intact groups, not individuals are randomly selected is called?

a. Simple random sampling

b. Purposive sampling

c. Convenience sampling

d. Cluster sampling

11. The use of technology to enhance the learning process is called in education.

a. Information technology

b. Communication technology

c. Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)

d. None of the above

12. The purpose of grades is to:

a. Provide information about a student’s progress.

b. Allow teachers to judge student’s ability

c. Humiliate students into working harder

d. Inform parents about how smart their child is

13. Which domain of objectives is not being evaluated through our present system of examination?

a. Affective            b. Cognitive

b. Psychomotor d. None of these

14. The forces that affect the development of curriculum are called:

a. Foundations of curriculum

b. Curriculum design

c. Elements of curriculum

d. Evaluation of curriculum

15. Both aptitude and achievement test are:

a. Adjustment test      c. Anxiety test

b. Ability test          d. Attitude test

16. intelligence is affected by:

a. heredity            c. heredity environment

b. Environment    d. None

17. On which animal Pavlov conducted his experiment?

a. Rat                      c. Dog

b. Cat                      d. Bird

18. What is “Bell” in Pavlov’s classical conditioning?

a. UCS                   c. CS

b. CUR        d. CR

19. According to Piaget, planned problem solving moves from trial and error to planned approach at the end of what stage of development?

a. Sensory motor stage

b. Pre operational

c. Formal operational

d. Concrete operational

20.  General science is compulsory up to:

a. Primary        c. Lower secondary

b. Elementary        d. Higher secondary

21.  Social science deals with:

a. Human behavior c. Traditions

b. Values         d. History

22. Use of life experience in education was supported by:

a. Behaviorists         c. Constructivists

b. Cognitivists         d. Socialism

23. Students activities can be displayed on:

a. Flannel board       c. White board

b. Bulletin board       d. Magic board

24. Which is not a basic consideration in selecting and evaluating the content of an educational technology tool?

a. Will it motivate and maintain interest?

b. Is there evidence of its effectiveness?

c. Can it be easily dismantled?

d. Does it match the content?

24. Following a response with something pleasant is called:

a. Positive reinforcement   

b. Punishment

c. Negative reinforcement

d. Extinction

25. The planning which is done at federal or by the central body is called planning:

a. Indictive                       b. Imperative

b. Sectoral                d. Integrated

26. Testing hypothesis is a:

a. Inferential statistics c. Data preparation

b. Descriptive statistics d. Data presentation

27. A teacher made test is usually preferred over standardized test when the teacher made test:

a. Assess the classroom objectives more fully.

b. Favors locals, not national norms

c. Is more reliable than the standardized test

d. Requires less time to score than the standardized test

28. The method used to evaluate the curriculum is:

a. Summative evaluation

b. Formative evaluation

c. Diagnostic evaluation

d. All of the above

29. Student’s needs and interests are important in:

a. Psychological foundations

b. Economical foundations

c. Sociological foundations

d. Historical foundations

30. Curriculum as a scheme of study:

a. Defines the structure and content of an academic course.

b. Defines the rules of extra curricular activities

c. Highlights the main points of the book

d.  Describes the teaching strategies