AHSEC Class 12 Question Papers: Education' 2018

2018

EDUCATION

Full Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 30

Time: 3 hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

1. Answer the following questions:                                                        1x12=12

a)         Multipurpose secondary schools in Assam were established on the basis of recommendations of _____ Commission.

b)         Absence of direct contact between teacher and student is an important characteristic of _____ education.

c)          Stimulus has no influence on _____ attention.

d)         Through repeated attempts a student succeeds in computing a sum by himself. Such learning is supported by _____ method of learning.

e)         Counseling is _____ function of mental hygiene.

f)          All scores are taken into consideration in finding out _____ as measure of central tendency.

Ø  Give short answer to one sentence:

g)         What is the objective of ‘Early Childhood Care and Education’?

h)         Who introduced the concept of population education?

i)           ‘Learning involves totality of perception’ – Which method of Learning is related with this statement?

j)           Is it correct to say that memory always aims at the past? – Justify your answer.

k)         Mention an objective of mental hygiene.

l)           25% of the scores in a distribution is less than the score 10 and 25% is more than the score 40. Find out the quartile deviation of the distribution.

2. Describe two important problems of Secondary Education in Assam.                                  2

3. Mention two important features of Distance Education.                                           2

4. Write two objectives of Environmental Education.                                                       2

5. Mention two benefits of imparting Physical Education in school.                           2

6. Mention two educational applicability of conditioning method of learning.                       2

Or

“Learning is nothing but a process of solving problems” – What is your view?

7. Briefly show the difference between ‘trial and error method’ and ‘insightful method’ of learning.                       2

8. Write a note on the differences between Retroactive Inhibition and Proactive Inhibition.                                         2

9. “Instinct is an important condition of attention” – explain.                                       2

10. Mention two points showing the relationship between education and mental hygiene.                                          2

11. “Mental health depends upon adequate satisfaction of our needs”. – Explain this statement.                                              2

12. Why Median is considered as a positional measure of central tendency? Write the formula for finding out median from grouped data.                                                   1+1=2

13. Mention two uses of statistics in education.                                                 2

14. Write four functions of ‘Board of Secondary Education, Assam’ as given by ‘Secondary Education Act, Assam, 1961’.  4

15. Write briefly the suggestions given by Kothari Commission regarding structure of Secondary Education.         4

16. Describe the suggestions given by Mudaliar Commission for improvement of vocational efficiency among students.   4

Or

Discuss the suggestions given by National Policy of 1986 to equalize educational opportunity.

17. Suggest four measures for imparting population education in educational institution.                                              4

Or

Discuss the scope of Environmental Education.

18. Write the educational importance of the ‘Law of effect’ of learning.                                                 4

19. Mention four educative value of ‘insightful method’ of learning.                                        4

20. Explain the concept of analytical and synthetic attention with example.                          4

Or

Describe four mental causes of forgetting.

21. Write four important objectives of mental hygiene.                                                 4

22. What is Pie diagram? Represent the following data of students’ enrolment in a primary school by a Pie-diagram. 1+3=4

Class	No. of Students
I II III IV	48 40 40 32

23. Construct a histogram and polygon of data given in the following table on same axis (use graph paper)           4

Class-interval	Frequency
45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24	2 4 8 6 5 3

24. What is Non-formal Education? Describe the importance of Non-formal Education in present day society.     2+4=6

25. What is Value? What measures we can take for imparting value education in school?                               2+4=6

Or

What do you mean by women empowerment? Discuss the role of education in women empowerment.        2+4=6

26. Explain the process of memorization. Briefly describe four marks of good memory.                  2+4=6

Or

What is Interest? Discuss the characteristics of interest.                                          2+4=6

27. What is Central Tendency? Find out Mean of the following distribution table by Assumed Mean Method.      2+4=6

Class-Interval	Frequency
40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4	5 8 8 10 12 6 5 3 3