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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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Moderate
  • A. cancel
  • B. set
  • C. both
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813 provided that one lakh rupees would be set apart annually for education and the promotion of learning.

Correct answer: set
Moderate
  • A. edu conference 1947
  • B. commission 1959
  • C. edu policy 1972
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Free and universal education was a major goal of Pakistan’s Education Policy of 1972, which aimed to widen access beyond limited…

Correct answer: edu policy 1972
Fairly easy
  • A. nadva
  • B. jamia millia
  • C. india pact
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Jamia Millia was associated with national education that combined modern subjects with oriental or Islamic learning.

Correct answer: jamia millia
Moderate
  • A. nadva
  • B. jamia millia
  • C. india pact
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Nadwatul Ulama sought to reform the traditional curriculum so that religious education could respond to modern intellectual and social…

Correct answer: nadva
Very hard
  • A. 1885
  • B. 1887
  • C. 1886
  • D. 1889Exploring Local Private K-12 Schools

Explanation: The All-India Muhammadan Educational Conference was founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1886 to promote educational advancement among…

Correct answer: 1886
Fairly easy
  • A. wood dispatch
  • B. Lord report
  • C. East India Company
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Wood’s Despatch of 1854 placed responsibility for organising and supervising education on a structured government education department.

Correct answer: wood dispatch
Easy
  • A. Arabic
  • B. Hindi
  • C. English
  • D. Sanskrit

Explanation: Lord Macaulay strongly favoured English as the medium for higher education and argued for Western literature and science.

Correct answer: English
Fairly easy
  • A. 1 lac
  • B. 2 lac
  • C. 3 lac
  • D. 4 lac

Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813 set aside one lakh rupees annually for the promotion of education in India.

Correct answer: 1 lac
Hard
  • A. Greek
  • B. Arabic
  • C. Urdu
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Macaulay compared English favourably with the traditional learning available through Arabic and Sanskrit, so Arabic fills the first blank.

Correct answer: Arabic
Hard
  • A. lahore
  • B. karachi
  • C. islambad
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Pakistan’s National Education Policy of 1978 was announced at a conference held in Islamabad.

Correct answer: islambad
Hard
  • A. nadva
  • B. jamia millia
  • C. india pact
  • D. Aujuman Himayat islam

Explanation: Anjuman Himayat-i-Islam made a notable contribution by publishing textbooks and other educational and religious literature.

Correct answer: Aujuman Himayat islam
Very hard
  • A. jamia millia
  • B. Nadwa
  • C. india pact
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Jamia Millia placed emphasis on Islamic and Quranic knowledge alongside modern national education.

Correct answer: jamia millia
Hard
  • A. jamia millia
  • B. india pact
  • C. nadva
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Nadwa’s reformed curriculum included modern philosophy and English in addition to traditional Islamic studies.

Correct answer: nadva
Fairly easy
  • A. Urdu
  • B. Hindi
  • C. English
  • D. none of these

Explanation: English was generally used as the medium of instruction at the secondary level in the traditional education structure of British India and…

Correct answer: English
Hard
  • A. 1862
  • B. 1863
  • C. 1864
  • D. 1865

Explanation: The school referred to as the Ghazipur school was established in 1862. The surrounding years are therefore distractors rather than the…

Correct answer: 1862
Moderate
  • A. informal
  • B. formal
  • C. non formal
  • D. Technical

Explanation: Radio and television learning may be organized as non-formal education, but when learners use them independently without a structured…

Correct answer: informal
Easy
  • A. formal
  • B. informal
  • C. non formal
  • D. Technical

Explanation: Informal education is neither pre-planned nor systematically organized; it occurs naturally through daily experiences, family, media, and…

Correct answer: informal
Fairly easy
  • A. formal
  • B. informal
  • C. non formal
  • D. Technical

Explanation: Formal education is organized, planned, and normally conducted within a defined period, such as a school year or degree programme.

Correct answer: formal
Fairly easy
  • A. wood report
  • B. lord report
  • C. East India Company
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813, enacted under the East India Company, included the objective of reviving and improving literature.

Correct answer: East India Company
Moderate
  • A. East India Company
  • B. Wood
  • C. Lord Report
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Charter Act of 1813 also called for promoting knowledge of science among the people of British India.

Correct answer: East India Company