2018
EDUCATION
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
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 |
