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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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- A. Removal of discrimination between worldly and religious education
- B. Promotion of mutual cooperation between the two British and the Muslims
- C. Motivating the people for acquiring modern education
- D. All of the following
Explanation: The Aligarh Movement promoted modern education, sought cooperation with the British for educational advancement, and tried to reduce the…
Correct answer: All of the following- A. Internally independent
- B. An autonomous institution
- C. Non-governmental (not concerned with the government)
- D. All of the following options
Explanation: The Deoband Movement operated independently of the colonial government, with an autonomous and non-governmental institutional structure.
Correct answer: All of the following options823. Which of the following aims of nursing education was proposed in the Sergeant Report____________?
- A. Sense of identity
- B. Social entertaining
- C. Social training
- D. Practical education
Explanation: The Sergeant Report treated nursing as requiring social training, not merely technical skills, so nurses could serve patients and…
Correct answer: Social training- A. 1944
- B. 1946
- C. 1945
- D. 1950
Explanation: A separate Education Department under the Central Government of India was established in 1945, reflecting the growing governmental role in…
Correct answer: 1945- A. 10%
- B. 20%
- C. 30%
- D. 40%
Explanation: The Sergeant Report anticipated that approximately 20 percent of admissions would be accommodated in the relevant educational expansion…
Correct answer: 20%- A. Sadler Commission
- B. Hunter Commission
- C. Charles Grant
- D. University Commission
Explanation: The Sadler Commission recommended reorganising education so that universities would concentrate on higher education rather than…
Correct answer: Sadler Commission- A. 1%
- B. 2%
- C. 10%
- D. 15%
Explanation: The educational tax imposed on land revenue in 1868 was 1 percent. It was a small earmarked levy intended to support educational…
Correct answer: 1%- A. 1887
- B. 1900
- C. 1868
- D. 1689
Explanation: Allahabad University was established in 1887 and is among the oldest modern universities in India.
Correct answer: 1887- A. Hindu College in Calcutta
- B. Punjab University
- C. The Calcutta Vidyala College
- D. The Calcutta Academy for Hindus
Explanation: The Calcutta Vidyala College is identified in this historical classification as the first government college in India.
Correct answer: The Calcutta Vidyala College- A. Charter Act, 1813
- B. Bentick Resolution
- C. Hunter Commission
- D. None of these
Explanation: Macaulay’s recommendations were implemented through Bentinck’s Resolution of 1835, which favoured English and Western knowledge in…
Correct answer: Bentick Resolution- A. Promotion of English language and literature in the Subcontinent
- B. Promotion of Christianity
- C. Provision of servants for the government
- D. All of the following
Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813 supported English and Western learning, encouraged missionary activity and Christianity, and aimed to prepare…
Correct answer: All of the following- A. Chales Grant
- B. Sultan Nizam ul Mulk
- C. Lord Macaulay
- D. Mountain
Explanation: Charles Grant is commonly called the founder or father of the modern British education system in the Subcontinent because his proposals…
Correct answer: Chales Grant- A. 1947 AD
- B. 1948 AD
- C. 1950 AD
- D. 1980 AD
Explanation: The fourth period of educational development is generally described as running from 1905 until the partition of the Subcontinent in 1947.
Correct answer: 1947 AD- A. R.V.Prolaker
- B. William Adam
- C. Malcolm
- D. Macaulay
Explanation: R. V. Parulekar, whose name appears here as “R.V. Prolaker,” made this comparison between educational proportions in India and Europe.
Correct answer: R.V.Prolaker- A. December 1600
- B. January 1600
- C. March 1600
- D. November 1600
Explanation: Queen Elizabeth I granted the East India Company its charter on 31 December 1600, so December is the correct month.
Correct answer: December 1600- A. Only for upper classes
- B. Free
- C. Expensive
- D. Limited to poor
Explanation: Many accounts of pre-British Muslim rule describe education as widespread and generally free, particularly in maktabs and madrasas…
Correct answer: Free- A. 1857
- B. 1858
- C. 1859
- D. 1860
Explanation: The Government of India Act 1858 transferred control of India from the East India Company to the British Crown after the 1857 uprising.
Correct answer: 1858- A. 1813
- B. 1814
- C. 1815
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813 renewed the East India Company’s charter and allocated one lakh rupees annually for education.
Correct answer: 1813- A. 1823
- B. 1824
- C. 1825
- D. 1826
Explanation: The General Committee of Public Instruction was established in 1823, and it was associated with spending the one-lakh educational grant on…
Correct answer: 1823- A. Connect the government services/jobs with the English education
- B. Promote Hindus as compared to the Muslims
- C. Strive for the promotion of Christianity
- D. All of these
Explanation: British educational policy linked English education with government employment, favoured groups that entered the colonial system, and was…
Correct answer: All of these