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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. 1878
- B. 1921
- C. 1919
- D. 1901
Explanation: The Sadler Commission was appointed earlier, but its report and recommendations were presented in 1919.
Correct answer: 1919- A. William Hunter
- B. T. W. Arnold
- C. Allama Iqbal
- D. Charles Douglas
Explanation: The book The Preaching of Islam was written by Thomas Walker Arnold, commonly cited as T. W. Arnold.
Correct answer: T. W. Arnold- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Explanation: The Sergeant Report classified industrial and vocational needs into three broad groups to guide occupational preparation.
Correct answer: Three- A. Failed to produce Practical individuals
- B. Failed to produce trained individuals
- C. Failed to produce Individuals bearing high moral character
- D. All of above
Explanation: The colonial education system was criticised for producing graduates who lacked practical training, adequate professional preparation, and…
Correct answer: All of above- A. Reconciliation between Muslims and the British rulers
- B. Economic stability of the Muslims
- C. An independent system of education for Muslims
- D. All of the following
Explanation: The Aligarh Movement was driven chiefly by the educational and social uplift of Muslims, alongside efforts to improve relations with the…
Correct answer: All of the following- A. Promotion of Islamic sciences
- B. Abolition of Bidaat
- C. Stoppage of secularism
- D. All of these
Explanation: Deoband graduates promoted Islamic sciences, opposed practices regarded as religious innovations, and resisted the spread of secularising…
Correct answer: All of these- A. 60%
- B. 80%
- C. 69%
- D. 68%
Explanation: Historical accounts of Aligarh College report that about 68% of the Subcontinent’s Muslim students were enrolled there by 1925.
Correct answer: 68%- A. Ghazi University
- B. Gaziabad College School
- C. Victoria School
- D. Madrassah Alabad
Explanation: The later educational institution at Ghaziabad became known as Victoria School.
Correct answer: Victoria School- A. Calligraphy education
- B. Medical education
- C. Book binding skill
- D. All of above
Explanation: Deoband gave practical attention to calligraphy, medical education and bookbinding, alongside religious studies.
Correct answer: All of above- A. Primary level of education
- B. Middle levels of education
- C. A&B
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Sergeant Report divided basic education into junior and senior stages, broadly corresponding to primary and middle-level education.
Correct answer: A&B- A. 2 kinds
- B. 3 kinds
- C. 4 kinds
- D. 6 kinds
Explanation: The Sergeant Report proposed two broad kinds of high schools, generally academic and technical or vocational.
Correct answer: 2 kinds- A. 1919
- B. 1940
- C. 5-Apr
- D. 1944
Explanation: The Sergeant Report, formally the Sargent Plan, was presented in 1944. It proposed a wide-ranging post-war scheme for reorganising…
Correct answer: 1944- A. Teacher Training Institutions will be setup
- B. Education for handicaped persons will be arranged
- C. Social and entertaining activities will be arranged
- D. All of these
Explanation: The report recommended teacher-training institutions, provision for handicapped learners and social or recreational activities.
Correct answer: All of these- A. 1920
- B. 1924
- C. 1925
- D. 1923
Explanation: Elementary education for children aged six to ten was declared compulsory in 1923.
Correct answer: 1923- A. Promotion of Christianity
- B. Provision of faithful employees
- C. Generation of dependent people
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Critics describe the colonial education system as serving missionary influence, producing loyal clerical employees and creating dependence…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Dispensation of Western Sciences, English will be the medium of instruction
- B. Official language will be English rather than Persian and there will be no further expenditure on the promotion of oriental sciences
- C. To produce clerical staff and not to spend on oriental knowledge
- D. All of the following options
Explanation: Bentinck’s 1835 policy favoured Western knowledge through English, replaced Persian with English for official purposes and reduced state…
Correct answer: All of the following options- A. 1810-1854
- B. 1813-1854
- C. 1813-1956
- D. None of these
Explanation: The second period of British educational policy is conventionally dated from the Charter Act of 1813 to Wood’s Dispatch of 1854.
Correct answer: 1813-1854- A. 1841 AD
- B. 1813 AD
- C. 1814 AD
- D. 1818 AD
Explanation: The second period began with the Charter Act of 1813, which formally increased government responsibility for education.
Correct answer: 1813 AD- A. 1863
- B. 1866
- C. 1867
- D. 1864
Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established the Scientific Society in 1864, initially at Ghazipur.
Correct answer: 1864- A. local
- B. national
- C. govt
- D. civil
Explanation: During the Hunter Commission period, primary education was mainly financed through local funds administered by local bodies.
Correct answer: local