NET/EDUCATION DECEMBER 2012-SOLVED PAPER-II PRACTICE BITS-(11-20)

11. The right to free and compulsory education for children between age group of 6 to 14 has been inserted in Indian Constitution as

(A) Article 46

(B) Article 16

(C) Article 45A
(D) Article 21A

12. Who advocated the logical analysis of language for getting the true meaning ?

(A) A.J. Ayer
(B) Bertrand Russel

(C) Morris L. Biggie
(D) G.E. Moore

13. Sociology of Education is

(A) A branch of Anthropology

(B) A study of the Society

(C) An analysis of Sociological processes involved in the institutions of Education.

(D) A science which studies primitive societies.

14. Schools are basically social institutions as

(A) They preserve and instill the values of our culture in future generations.

(B) They suggest ways and means for social progress.

(C) They suggest solutions to social problems.

(D) They are established by the society.

15. Which is not a criterion used consistently for placing people in a particular social class ?

(A) Race

(B) Religion

(C) Knowledge

(D) Wealth

16. Beginning with family as the lowest unit which of the following constitutes correctly sequenced hierarchy of social group ?

(A) Nation – Race – Class – Tribe – Family.

(B) Family – Class – Tribe – Race – Nation.

(C) Family – Tribe – Race – Class – Nation.

(D) Family – Race – Class – Tribe – Nation.

17. Use of Science and Technology in replacing existing social practices is termed as

(A) Socialization

(B) Westernization
(C) Sanskritization
D) Modernization

18. The process of imbibing one’s own culture in one’s personality is termed as

(A) enculturation

(B) acculturation

(C) socialization

(D) sanskritization

19. Critically judge the following :

Assertion (A) : My religion is the best religion.

Reason (R) : The democratic philosophy allows me to think and live with freedom.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(C) Only (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) Only (R) is true.

20. Which of the following chains represents the change processes underlying educational system of Free India ?

(A) Psychological change – Social change – Political change – Educational change.
(B) Political change – Social change – Psychological change – Educational change.

(C) Social change – Psychological change – Political change – Educational change.

(D) Educational change – Social change – Psychological change.

THANK YOU,
NANDITHA AKUNURI