26. Which is not Naturalism’s aim of Education?
(a) Education is the notion of man’s evolution from lower forms of life
(b) To equip the individual or the nation for the struggle for existence so as to ensure survival
(c) To help the pupils to learn to be in harmony with and well-adapted to their surroundings
(d) To inculcate ethical and moral values in the pupils.
27. Which school held the view, “God makes all things good; man meddles with and they become evil?”
(a) Marxism
(b) Existentialism
(c) Naturalism
(d) Pragmatism.
28. Which school maintained self-expression with the accompanying cries of “no interference”, “no restraints”?
(a) Extreme form of Naturalism
(b) Most widely accepted form of Naturalism
(c) Truest form of Naturalism
(d) Most valid form of Naturalism.
29. Which is not the nature of philosophy?
(a) It is a science of knowledge
(b) It is a collective ensemble of various viewpoints
(c) It is a planned attempt on search for the truth
(d) It is the totality of man’s creative ideas.
30. Which branch of philosophy deals with knowledge, its structure, method and validity?
(a) Logic
(b) Aesthetics
(c) Epistemology
(d) Metaphysics.
31. Which school maintained: “Natural impulses of the child are of great importance and are good in themselves?”
(a) Biological Naturalism
(b) Mechanical Naturalism
(c) Naturalism of physical science
(d) Romantic Naturalism.
32. Which branch of philosophy examines issues pertaining to the nature of “reality?”
(a) Ontology
(b) Metaphysics
(c) Axiology
(d) Epistemology.
33. On what is based the need for teaching philosophy of education?
(a) All pupils are not alike
(b) Different systems of education found in different countries
(c) Different philosophies expressed different points of view on every aspect of education
(d) Different ways of teaching-learning.
34. What is the goal of education according to Idealism?
(a) Perfect adaptation to the environment
(b) Realisation of moral values
(c) Satisfaction of human wants
(d) Cultivation of dynamic, adaptable mind which will be resourceful and enterprising in all situations.
35. The aim of education according to the Existentialists is
(a) Humanitarian and humanist self- realization.
(b) Adaptation to practical life.
(c) Objective knowledge.
(d) A good understanding of the world outside.
36. The Realist’s aim of education is
(a) Self-realization
(b) Spiritual and moral development
(c) Happy and moral development
(d) Total development of personality.
37. Naturalist’s conception of man is
(a) Man’s very essence of being is his spiritual nature.
(b) It is spirit rather than animality that is most truly man.
(c) There exists in the nature of things a perfect pattern of each individual.
(d) Nature would have them children before they are men.
38. Which philosophy of education considers psychology as an incomplete study of and an inadequate basis of educational theory?
(a) Realism
(b) Pragmatism
(c) Idealism
(d) Naturalism.
39. Which among the following does not fit into the scheme of educational goals of the Idealists?
(a) Care of body
(b) Moral values
(c) Skills
(d) Self-expression.
40. Religious education is strongly advocated by
(a) Pragmatists.
(b) Idealists,
(c) Realist.
(d) Existentialists.
41. Which of the following is said about the idealists?
(a) They are content with “briars”
(b) They like “roses”
(c) They are satisfied neither with “briars” nor with “roses”
(d) They want “roses” and “briars” both.
42. Which school of philosophy of education advocated Project method of teaching?
(a) Realism
(b) Pragmatism
(c) Idealism
(d) Naturalism.
43. Play way method of teaching has been emphasized in the scheme of the education of
(a) Naturalists.
(b) Realists,
(c) Pragmatists.
(d) Existentialists.
44. Which is the most widely accepted method of education, according to the pragmatists?
(a) Lecturing by the teacher.
(b) Leaving the child free to learn.
(c) Learning by doing.
(d) Heuristic method.
45. The pragmatists are against
(a) The external examinations
(b) The specialist teachers
(c) Breakdown of knowledge into separate subjects.
(d) Eternal spiritual values.
46. Pragmatism has a greater sense of responsibility than Naturalism with regard to moral training because
(a) The free activity which pragmatic- system of education entails does not mean licence; rather it means a guided activity.
(b) They emphasize teaching of values
(c) They consider education, basically, a social process.
(d) They do not want the teacher to abdicate from the scene.
47. Which of the following claims of the pragmatists is not acceptable?
(a) The free activity of the pupil is likely to result in permanent attitudes of initiative and independence and moral discipline
(b) Training in citizenship is possible through school and community activities
(c) Training in character through school’s co-curricular activities is possible
(d) Child’s own experience is valuable for adequate development of child’s personality.
48. Project method of teaching is an outstanding contribution of
(a) Realism.
(b) Pragmatism,
(c) Naturalism.
(d) Idealism.
49. Which is the characteristic of the project method?
(a) Problematic act
(b) Carried in its natural setting
(c) Used for all-round-development of child’s personality.
(d) A voluntary undertaking.
50. Which among the following is not essentially desirable in the project method?
(a) The task of the project is as real as the task of the life outside the walls of the school
(b) The task of the project involves constructive effort or thought yielding objective results
(c) The task of the project should be full of message for the children
(d) The task of the project should be interesting enough so that the pupil is genuinely eager to carry it out.
