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Curriculum development involves deciding what learners should know, how they should learn it and how achievement will be judged. Coverage includes needs analysis, aims and objectives, content selection and sequencing, learning experiences, curriculum design models, implementation, evaluation and revision. Curriculum is broader than a syllabus because it includes learning experiences and assessment as well as content.
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801. At which age the students get philosophers training to become rulers and philosophers____________?
- A. 36-50 years
- B. 40-60 years
- C. 60-70 years
- D. 36-40 years
Explanation: In the usual summary of Plato’s plan, prospective rulers receive advanced philosophical and practical preparation after earlier studies…
Correct answer: 36-50 years- A. Physics, metaphysics
- B. Biology
- C. Logic, cosmology
- D. All of these
Explanation: The advanced philosophical curriculum is presented as including the study of nature, first principles, living things, reasoning and the…
Correct answer: All of these- A. Child freedom /liberty
- B. Idealism
- C. Nationalism
- D. All of these
Explanation: Froebel’s educational philosophy combines idealism with freedom and self-activity of the child, while also stressing social and national…
Correct answer: All of these- A. 3
- B. 5
- C. 7
- D. 9
Explanation: Rousseau divided development in Émile into five broad periods: infancy, childhood, later childhood or boyhood, adolescence, and early…
Correct answer: 5- A. Ephebos
- B. Didasealeum
- C. Palaestra
- D. Philanthropinum
Explanation: Ephebos, didaskaleum and palaestra belong to the terminology of ancient Greek education.
Correct answer: Philanthropinum- A. Politics
- B. Education
- C. Trade
- D. Promotion of Christianity
Explanation: The British East India Company initially came to the subcontinent for commercial expansion and trade.
Correct answer: Trade- A. Charles Grant
- B. Charter Act 1813
- C. Bentinck Resolution
- D. Hunter Commission
Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813 marked the first formal financial and policy involvement of the British government in education in India.
Correct answer: Charter Act 1813- A. One lac
- B. Two lac
- C. Three lac
- D. Four lac
Explanation: Contemporary education records for 1852–53 commonly cite approximately three lakh pupils in missionary schools.
Correct answer: Three lac809. When was The Calcutta Vidyala College established by the British Government in India__________?
- A. 1820
- B. 1816
- C. 1812
- D. All of these
Explanation: The Calcutta Vidyalaya College is conventionally dated to 1816 in these histories of British-era education.
Correct answer: 1816- A. 1880
- B. 1882
- C. 1881
- D. 1880
Explanation: The University of the Punjab was established in 1882, making it one of the earliest modern universities in the region.
Correct answer: 1882- A. 1880
- B. 1882
- C. 1881
- D. 1883
Explanation: The Indian Education Commission, also known as the Hunter Commission, was constituted in 1882 to review education, especially primary…
Correct answer: 1882- A. Regional languages should be the medium of instruction at secondary level
- B. English language should be the medium of instruction only at the university level
- C. Degree course duration should consist of three years
- D. All of the following
Explanation: The Sadler Commission proposed vernacular or regional languages at the secondary stage, English mainly at university level, and a…
Correct answer: All of the following- A. History of Subcontinent was distorted
- B. Good Muslim values were wrongly interpreted
- C. Historical events were presented with the reference of the British ideology
- D. All of the following
Explanation: British colonial curricula commonly presented the history of the Subcontinent through British ideological assumptions and distorted Muslim…
Correct answer: All of the following- A. 1945
- B. 1268
- C. 1757
- D. 1819
Explanation: The All-India Council for Technical Education was constituted in 1945 to advise on and coordinate technical education in India.
Correct answer: 1945- A. Muslims
- B. Secular classes
- C. Lower-caste of Hindus
- D. Upper classes of Hindus
Explanation: Missionary efforts often targeted lower-caste Hindus because they were socially disadvantaged and more likely to respond to education and…
Correct answer: Lower-caste of Hindus- A. It was devoid of modern sciences
- B. Unnecessarily oversized
- C. Not compatible with the changing conditions
- D. All of the above
Explanation: A major criticism of the Deoband curriculum was its limited attention to modern sciences, excessive traditional content, and weak…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Urdu
- B. Persian
- C. English
- D. All of these
Explanation: The Ghazipur madrasa associated with Sir Syed Ahmad Khan included Urdu, Persian, and English, combining traditional language study with a…
Correct answer: All of these- A. Promotion of Western Sciences
- B. Improvement of Educational conditions of the Muslims of the Subcontinent
- C. Reformations in the religious education
- D. All of these
Explanation: The Muhammadan Educational Conference sought to improve Muslim education by encouraging Western sciences while also supporting reform in…
Correct answer: All of these- A. 1882
- B. 1883
- C. 1884
- D. 1885Science
Explanation: Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam was founded in Lahore in 1884 to promote education and social welfare, particularly among Muslims.
Correct answer: 1884- A. Binaras
- B. Delhi
- C. Aligarh
- D. Calcutta
Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established the educational committee at Banaras, now usually spelled Varanasi, as part of his early efforts to…
Correct answer: Binaras