Tuesday 30 April 2019

Education MCQs page 8

56. A normal human being has __________ senses.
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
57. Which from the following is NOT among the five senses?
(A) vision
(B) touch
(C) smell
(D) thought
58. The application of ideas, knowledge and skills to achieve the desired results is called
(A) problem solving
(B) critical thinking
(C) reasoned arguments
(D) deductive method
59. According to Socrates of Meno, virtue is
(A) teachable
(B) unteachable
(C) reachable
(D) unreachable
60. The curriculum of educational institutes should be based on
(A) theory
(B) practice
(C) theory and practice
(D) theory, practice and research
ANSWERS: EDUCATION MCQS
56. B
57. D
58. A
59. B
60. C


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Education MCQs Page 7

51. The concept of perennialism in education means school curricula should focus on what is
(A) important
(B) everlasting
(C) in demand
(D) in need
52. According to John Dewey, children should experience __________in school to make them better citizens.
(A) rules
(B) discipline
(C) democracy
(D) practical implementation
53. Progressivism believes that education comes from the experience of the
(A) child
(B) teacher
(C) principal
(D) society
54. The idea of teaching the whole child in the “philosophy of pragmatism in education” means teaching students to be good
(A) learners
(B) thinkers
(C) scientists
(D) citizens
55. Progressivism believes that children learn in a/an
(A) community
(B) competition
(C) isolation
(D) closed environment
ANSWERS: EDUCATION QUIZZES 
51. B
52. C
53. A
54. D
55. A


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Education MCQs page 6

46. The concept of pragmatism in educational philosophy says that education should be about
(A) obedience
(B) virtue
(C) life and growth
(D) shaping good citizens
47. The idea of practical learning means education should apply to the
(A) practice
(B) society
(C) abstract knowledge
(D) real world
48. An aspect of pragmatism is experiential learning, which says, education should come through
(A) experience
(B) practice
(C) knowledge
(D) observations
49. According to Aristotle, virtue is a/an __________ state between excess and deficiency.
(A) natural
(B) intermediate
(C) real
(D) artificial
50. In case of spending money, the virtue is __________ between wastefulness and stringiness.
(A) generosity
(B) penury
(C) lavishness
(D) prodigal
ANSWERS: EDUCATION QUIZ
46. C
47. D
48. A
49. B
50. A


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Education MCQs page 5

41. The philosopher who for the first time mentioned the importance of play (or sports) in education was
(A) Socrates
(B) Plato
(C) Aristotle
(D) John Locke
42. The process of selecting units from a population to estimate characteristics of the population is called
(A) analyzing
(B) inference
(C) research
(D) sampling
43. We calculate average marks of a student in the way as we calculate
(A) arithmetic mean
(B) geometric mean
(C) standard deviation
(D) variance
44. The __________ is a measure of how spreads out points are from the mean.
(A) arithmetic mean
(B) geometric mean
(C) standard deviation
(D) variance
45. The standard deviation is the __________ of the variance.
(A) square
(B) square root
(C) cube
(D) cube root
ANSWERS: PEDAGOGY MCQS
41. C
42. D
43. A
44. C
45. B


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Education MCQs page 4

31. The most recent response is most likely to
(A) forget
(B) compromised
(C) reoccur
(D) not occur again
32. Rousseau advocated an educational method which consisted of removing the child from
(A) school
(B) burden
(C) past memory
(D) society
33. Who advocated removing children from their mothers’ care and raising them as wards of the state?
(A) Socrates
(B) Plato
(C) Aristotle
(D) John Locke
34. The famous book “The Republic” was written by
(A) Socrates
(B) Plato
(C) Aristotle
(D) John Locke
35. “All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.” This is the saying of
(A) Aristotle
(B) Socrates
(C) Plato
(D) John Locke
36. The Waldorf education approach emphasizes a balanced development of
(A) head and heart
(B) head and hands
(C) heart and hands
(D) head, heart, and hands
37. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are
(A) distributed genetically
(B) not distributed genetically
(C) distributed gender-wise
(D) not distributed gender-wise
38. A priori knowledge is knowledge that is known independently of
(A) analysis
(B) information
(C) experience
(D) evidence
39. A posteriori knowledge is knowledge that is known by
(A) analysis
(B) information
(C) experience
(D) evidence
40. According to John Locke, a child’s mind does not contain any
(A) innate ideas
(B) memory
(C) observation
(D) imagination
ANSWERS: PEDAGOGY QUIZ
31. C
32. D
33. B
34. B
35. A
36. D
37. B
38. C
39. C
40. A


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Education MCQs page 3

21. The more parts of your brain you use, the more likely you are to __________ information.
(A) use
(B) miss
(C) misuse
(D) retain
22. The conclusion of a deductive argument is
(A) certain
(B) experience
(C) observation
(D) probable
23. The truth of the conclusion of an inductive argument is
(A) certain
(B) experience
(C) observation
(D) probable
24. The process of reasoning from one or more given statements to reach a logically certain conclusion is called
(A) Deductive Reasoning
(B) Inductive Reasoning
(C) Qualitative Reasoning
(D) Quantitative Reasoning
25. The reasoning in which the given statements are viewed as supplying strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion is called
(A) Deductive Reasoning
(B) Inductive Reasoning
(C) Qualitative Reasoning
(D) Quantitative Reasoning
26. According to Jean Piaget, children develop abstract logic and reasoning skill during
(A) Sensorimotor stage
(B) Preoperational stage
(C) Concrete operational stage
(D) Formal operational stage
27. Children are usually egocentric during __________ and __________ stages.
(A) Sensorimotor, Preoperational
(B) Preoperational, Concrete operational
(C) Concrete operational, Formal operational
(D) Formal operational, Sensorimotor
28. According to Jean Piaget, children are no longer egocentric when entering
(A) Sensorimotor stage
(B) Preoperational stage
(C) Concrete operational stage
(D) Formal operational stage
29. According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the Concrete operational stage starts at age
(A) 3
(B) 7
(C) 11
(D) 15
30. According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the Formal operational stage starts at age
(A) 3
(B) 7
(C) 11
(D) 15
ANSWERS: EDUCATION QUIZZES
21. D
22. A
23. D
24. A
25. B
26. D
27. A
28. C
29. B
30. C


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Education MCQs page 2

11. Teachers should present information to the students clearly and in interesting way, and relate this new information to the things students
(A) don’t know
(B) already know
(C) willing to know
(D) not willing to know
12. According to John Dewey, school is a __________ institution, and education is a __________ process.
(A) social, social
(B) social, philosophical
(C) philosophical, philosophical
(D) environmental, psychological
13. According to John Dewey, schools must prepare students for
(A) present life
(B) future life
(C) entrepreneurship
(D) research
14. Responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become __________ to occur again in that situation.
(A) not likely
(B) equally likely
(C) less likely
(D) more likely
15. Responses that produce a discomforting effect become __________ to occur again in that situation.
(A) not likely
(B) equally likely
(C) less likely
(D) more likely
16. According to Rousseau, at what age a person ready to have a companion of the opposite sex?
(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 18
(D) 19
17. The field of study concerned with the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making is called
(A) Education
(B) Pedagogy
(C) Cognitive Development
(D) Epistemology
18. Jean Piaget proposed __________ stages of Cognitive Development.
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
19. The more often a particular ability is used the __________ it becomes.
(A) more important
(B) less important
(C) stronger
(D) weaker
19. The longer a particular ability is unused the __________ it becomes.
(A) more important
(B) less important
(C) stronger
(D) weaker
ANSWERS: PEDAGOGY MCQS
11. B
12. A
13. A
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. C
20. D


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Education MCQs Ebook

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) Page-1


1. The word “Pedagogy” means?
(A) to understand the child
(B) to guide the child
(C) to educate the child
(D) to lead the child
2. Pedagogy is the study of?
(A) Education
(B) Learning Process
(C) Teaching Methods
(D) Guiding Students
3. The philosopher who worked in mathematical and scientific didactic was?
(A) Jean Piaget
(B) John Dewey
(C) Martin Wagenschein
(D) Lev Vygotsky
4. The use of technology to enhance learning process is called __________ in education.
(A) IT
(B) ICT
(C) Information technology
(D) Communication technology
5. A scoring guide use to evaluate the quality of students is called
(A) rubrics
(B) checklists
(C) inventories
(D) rating scales
6. As people grow older, the __________ of learning declines.
(A) speed
(B) power
(C) quality
(D) quantity
7. Which from the following should be used to increase correct responses and appropriate behavior?
(A) Praise
(B) Reward
(C) Ignorance
(D) Strictness
8. Which from the following should be used to decrease minor inappropriate behavior?
(A) Praise
(B) Reward
(C) Ignorance
(D) Strictness
9. The book Emile or “On Education” on the nature of education and man is written by
(A) Aristotle
(B) Plato
(C) John Dewey
(D) Rousseau
10. According to Emile, the noblest work in education is to make a/an
(A) good citizen
(B) reasoning man
(C) thinker
(D) entrepreneur
ANSWERS: PEDAGOGY QUIZ
1. D 
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. B


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