2017

 EDUCATION

Full marks: 100

Pass marks: 30

Time: Three hours

 The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.

1. No. 1 carries 1 marks each …………………. 1 x 12 = 12
2. No. 2 carries 2 marks each …………………. 2 x 12 = 24
3. No. 3 carries 4 marks each …………………. 4 x 10 = 40
4. No. 4 carries 6 marks each …………………. 6 x 4 = 24

                                                                          Total = 100

1. Answer the following questions: (any twelve)                  1x 12 = 12

Fill in the Blanks:

(a) Name the first secondary school in Assam.

Ans: Cotton Collegiate School

(b)___________  University is the first open university in India.

Ans: Dr. B.R Ambedkar Andra Pradesh Open University.

(c) International Women’s Day is observed on ____________ .

Ans: March 8th in every year.

(d) Attention paid by students to study at the time of examination is _____________ attention.

Ans: Voluntary attention.

(e) Treatment of mental diseases is the _______________ function of mental hygiene.

Ans: Curative function

(a) Satisfaction and practice are basic factors in _____________  method of teaching.

Ans: Learning by doing.

• Give Short Answer in one sentence :

(g) Mention one characteristics which distinguishes ‘Non-formal Education’ from ‘Formal Education’.

Ans: Non formal Education is organised education outside the formal education. It is the one characteristics which distinguishes Non-formal education from Formal education.

(h) Objectives of Environmental Education were determined in ___________ conference.

Ans: Tbilisi Conference in 1977.

(i) Write a common characteristics of maturation and learning.

Ans: A common characteristics of maturation and learning is that learning and maturation both result in modification of behaviour.

(j) Why recognition is easier than recall ?

Ans: 

(k) What is Mean ? In a distribution ∑fX= 1480 and N =50 . Find out the Mean of the distribution.

Ans: The scores are added and their sum is then divided by the number of the item is called Mean. It is defined as ‘the average of a set of number which reflects the central tendency of the position of the numbers.’

(l) What is the positional measure of central tendency ?

Ans: Median is considered as a positional measure of central tendency.