Education and Change Set 2

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This set of Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Education and Change Set 2

Q1 | Which of the following is an agent of positive social change?
  • Power
  • Education
  • Money
  • Calamity
Q2 | Which of the following is not a factor for social change in India?
  • Caste
  • Regionalism
  • Language
  • Census
Q3 | What is more crucial for bringing about a desired social change in India?
  • development of social resources
  • development of natural resources
  • development of human resources
  • development of physical resources
Q4 | Culture is______
  • an individual phenomenon
  • inherited biologically
  • continuous and cumalative
  • static
Q5 | Social change refers to the changes that take place in a
  • Society
  • Family
  • Classroom
  • Neighbourhood
Q6 | One of the chief causes of social change is
  • Media
  • Mobility of people
  • Government influence
  • Culture
Q7 | What is considered to be the most prominent factor of social change?
  • Environmental
  • Psychological
  • Educational
  • Biological
Q8 | Education brings about social change by changing man’s
  • Fashion
  • Location
  • Occupation
  • Attitude
Q9 | Mass education has fostered the sense and the feeling of
  • Rivalry
  • Equality
  • Pride
  • Discrimination
Q10 | The mass media that come in the printed form is called
  • The press
  • Radio
  • Television
  • Satellite
Q11 | Which one of the following is the largest computer network?
  • Satellite
  • Compact disc
  • Internet
  • Google
Q12 | Which among the following best describes the meaning of culture?
  • The characteristics and products of the learned behaviour of a group of people
  • The feelings of the people of a group
  • The inter-relationships of the people of a group
  • The mutual understandings of the people of a group
Q13 | Culture is
  • Static
  • Immobile
  • Dynamic
  • Rigid
Q14 | Buildings, roads, bridges are examples of
  • Non-material culture
  • Technological culture
  • Industrial culture
  • Material culture
Q15 | One of the main causes of cultural lag is
  • Population explosiion
  • Political power
  • Technological advancement
  • Natural calamities
Q16 | Which of the following moves faster than the others?
  • Material culture
  • Non-material culture
  • Technological culture
  • Intellectual culture
Q17 | To which type of culture belong attitudes, religious beliefs, moral beliefs andetiquettes?
  • Material culture
  • Intellectual culture
  • Non material culture
  • Industrial culture
Q18 | What is most important to bridge the cultural lag?
  • Technology
  • Government
  • NGOs
  • Education
Q19 | Which of the following is most effective in bringing about cultural change?
  • Discipline
  • Cultural functions
  • Education
  • Mass media
Q20 | Cultural change is
  • A characteristic of a developing country
  • Restricted to third world countries
  • Universal phenomenon
  • Restricted to primitive societies
Q21 | The term ‘Primary group’ was first introduced by
  • C. H. Cooley
  • John Dewey
  • Pestalozzi
  • Karl Marx
Q22 | In which year was ‘Primary Group’ first coined?
  • 1907
  • 1908
  • 1909
  • 1910
Q23 | What is the name of the book written by C. H. Cooley?
  • Historical organisation
  • Social organisation
  • Political organisation
  • Cultural organisation
Q24 | C. H. Cooley was a/an
  • British psychologist
  • Australian psychologist
  • American psychologist
  • German psychologist
Q25 | ‘Face to face’ relationship is a characteristic of
  • Family
  • Political party
  • City
  • Nation