University : Mother Teresa Women’s University
Exam : TNSET – Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2017
Subject : Education
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Paper – II :
Note :
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2. Each question carries two (2) marks.
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1. What does not form a part of the Noble Eight-fold path of Buddhism?
1) Right Livelihood
2) Right Effort
3) Right Speech
4) Right Direction
2. In which temple did Ramanuja teach?
1) Madurai
2) Srirangam
3) Mamallapuram
4) Somanathapura
3. Which edible is not mentioned in the Rigveda?
1) Apupa
2) Curd
3) Salt
4) Yava
4. In Indian Philosophy ‘pramana’ means
1) oath
2) measurement
3) assurance
4) source of knowledge
5. Which of the following Orthodox (Astik) Schools of Indian Philosophy, is silent on the issue of existence of God as the ultimate reality?
1) Vedanta
2) Sankhya
3) PoorvaMimansa
4) Nyaya
6. Which world is real according to idealists?
1) Material world
2) Spiritual world
3) Physical world
4) Humanistic world
7. Idealists believe that –––––––––– is more important than material nature.
1) Man
2) God
3) Soul
4) Sage
8. Pragmatism lays a special stress on the value of ––––––––––.
1) experimentation
2) spiritualism
3) materialism
4) empathy
9. The naturalists advocate freedom in ––––––––––
1) activity
2) education
3) preaching
4) views
10. Marxism is otherwise known as ––––––––––
1) Dialectical Materialism
2) Empirical Logicism
3) Experimentalism
4) Instrumentalism
11. According to Nyaya Philosophy, the means to the highest end of life is ––––––––––.
1) Mukthi
2) Self – actualization
3) Meditation
4) Nirvana
12. The institution ceremony of Buddhist education
1) Upanayana
2) Pabbaja
3) Vidyarampha
4) Upasampada
13. Sociology of Education is
1) An analysis of psychological processes involved in the institutions of Education
2) A study of the society
3) An analysis of Sociological processes involved in the institutions of Education
4) A study of the primitive society
14. Schools are basically social institutions as they
1) Preserve and instill the values of our culture in future generations
2) Suggest ways and means for social progress
3) Suggest solutions to social problems
4) Suggest ways for social mobility
15. Which is correctly sequenced hierarchy of social group?
1) Nation – Race – Class – Tribe – Family
2) Family – Class – Tribe – Race – Nation
3) Family – Tribe – Race – Class – Nation
4) Family – Race – Class – Tribe – Nation
16. Which of the following is not a factor for social change in India?
1) Caste
2) Regionalism
3) Language
4) Census
17. Which of the following chains represents the change processes underlying educational system of Free India?
1) Psychological change – Social change – Political change – Educational change
2) Political change – Social change – Psychological change – Educational change
3) Social change – Psychological change – Political change – Educational change
4) Educational change – Social change – Psychological change
18. The son of a rickshaw puller struggles and becomes an engineer. This is an example of
1) Social change
2) Social stratification
3) Social mobility
4) Social cohesion
19. Which of the following agency regulates education?
1) Temple
2) State
3) School
4) Library
20. Which of the following does not specify Max Weber’s concept of social stratification?
1) Educational Status
2) Income
3) Political Power
4) Social Prestige
21. Socialization’ is a process by which the individual is adapted to his
1) Classroom environment
2) Social environment
3) Political environment
4) Cultural environment
22. The movement from one social class to another is known as
1) Social status
2) Social control
3) Social change
4) Social mobility
23. ‘Cultural Lag’ is the term used by
1) Ogburn
2) Pyne
3) Weber
4) Marx
24. The great sociologist who held the view that “education doesn’t bring about social change; rather the social change results into an educational change” was
1) McDougal
2) Aristotle
3) Durkheim
4) Dewey
25. Religion is an institution because, it
1) teaches religion to people
2) discharges an important social function
3) imparts moral education to people
4) gives respect to the individual in society
26. Maturation depends on:
1) environmental factors
2) intelligence factors
3) genetic factors
4) facial factors
27. Higher order thinking processes are located in:
1) frontal lobe
2) parietal lobe
3) occipital lobe
4) temporal lobe
28. The largest part of the human brain is
1) cerebellum
2) cerebral cortex
3) thalamus
4) corpus callosum
29. The coating of neuron fibres with an insulated fatty covering is known as
1) sensation
2) feathering
3) wrinkling
4) myelination
30. Search for mental balance between cognitive schemes and information from the environment refers to
1) assimilation
2) equilibration
3) accommodation
4) adaptation