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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. edu conference 1947
- B. commission 1959
- C. both
- D. none of these
Explanation: The 1959 Commission proposed five years of compulsory education to be achieved within ten years.
Correct answer: commission 1959- A. molana taqi
- B. molana naqi
- C. molana shibli
- D. molana usmani
Explanation: Maulana Shibli Nomani is widely regarded as the chief intellectual architect of the Nadwa educational movement.
Correct answer: molana shibli- A. women
- B. man
- C. child
- D. all of these
Explanation: The Hunter Commission gave special attention to female education because girls’ access to schooling was far below that of boys.
Correct answer: women- A. 1877
- B. 1878
- C. 1879
- D. 1880
Explanation: The Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was formally established in 1877, growing from the earlier school founded by Sir Syed…
Correct answer: 1877- A. 1859
- B. 1860
- C. 1861
- D. 1862
Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established a school at Muradabad in 1859, before founding institutions at Ghazipur and Aligarh.
Correct answer: 1859- A. English
- B. Hindi
- C. Arabic
- D. Sanskrit
Explanation: English helped create the educated intermediary class described in Macaulay’s 1835 educational policy, which aimed to produce Indians…
Correct answer: English- A. East India Company
- B. Wood
- C. Lord Report
- D. None of these
Explanation: The East India Company was the body whose territorial administration and revenue collection first came under direct parliamentary…
Correct answer: East India Company- A. formal
- B. informal
- C. non formal
- D. Technical
Explanation: Formal education follows a deliberate curriculum with predefined objectives, content, timetable, and procedures.
Correct answer: formal- A. formal
- B. informal
- C. non formal
- D. Technical
Explanation: Non-formal education is organised outside the conventional school system and is often designed around learners' practical needs and…
Correct answer: non formal- A. 1875
- B. 1876
- C. 1877
- D. 1878
Explanation: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental School at Aligarh in 1875. It later developed into the MAO College.
Correct answer: 1875- A. 1920
- B. 1921
- C. 1922
- D. 1923
Explanation: The MAO College at Aligarh was upgraded to Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. The year 1920 is therefore the relevant milestone.
Correct answer: 1920- A. 1862
- B. 1863
- C. 1864
- D. 1856
Explanation: The office of the Director of Public Instruction in Punjab was established in 1856 as part of the development of organised colonial…
Correct answer: 1856- A. nadva
- B. india pact
- C. india pact
- D. none of these
Explanation: Nadwatul Ulama, commonly called Nadva, aimed to connect Islamic scholarship with contemporary needs and maintain intellectual links with…
Correct answer: nadva- A. nadva
- B. jamia millia
- C. india pact
- D. none of these
Explanation: Jamia Millia Islamia promoted Urdu as the medium of instruction as part of its effort to develop an indigenous and national system of…
Correct answer: jamia millia- A. lahore
- B. multan
- C. karachi
- D. all of these
Explanation: The first Pakistan Education Conference was held in Karachi in November 1947.
Correct answer: karachi- A. edu conference 1947
- B. commission 1959
- C. edu policy 1972
- D. none of these
Explanation: The Education Policy of 1972 introduced free education measures that included providing textbooks and writing materials to students.
Correct answer: edu policy 1972- A. 42
- B. 43
- C. 44
- D. 45
Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813 contained 43 clauses. Its education-related provisions included the allocation of one lakh rupees for the…
Correct answer: 43- A. literal
- B. common
- C. main
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813 included the promotion of knowledge and science among its major educational provisions.
Correct answer: main- A. part
- B. section
- C. both
- D. None of these
Explanation: The revival of literature was one part of the educational provision associated with the Charter Act of 1813, alongside the promotion of…
Correct answer: part- A. language
- B. nation
- C. both
- D. Sanskrit
Explanation: Macaulay argued that English education would create an intermediary class of Indians who were Indian in origin but English in ideas…
Correct answer: language