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This set of Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Introduction to Educational Sociology Set 1
Q1 | Society has been defined as a “web of social relationships” by
- Cooley
- Durkhein
- Mac Iver
- Bronson
Q2 | Which aim of education is most useful for the community?
- Cultural
- Technological
- Livelihood
- Socialization
Q3 | The individual and society are considered as
- supplementary
- interdependent
- complimentary
- contradictory
Q4 | “Education and society are two mutually supporting systems, interconnected, that one cannotthrive in the absence of the other.” What is the reason?
- Education sustains society, preserves culture,ushers in new one and inculcates values
- Education helps to do away with social divisions and produces leaders for governance
- Education makes people employable
- Education modernizes and makes society civilized
Q5 | Education provided to the child by the schools is
- formal
- informal
- traditional
- highly standardized
Q6 | A society is a network of
- social attitudes
- socio-political relationships
- religions-cultural attitudes
- inter-personal relationships
Q7 | Educators must have a good understanding of the social forces because
- education is a social process
- educators are social beings
- education is influenced by social forces
- education is one of the activities carried on in the social setting amidst social forces
Q8 | Human nature develops in man as a
- member of a religion
- citizen of a state
- member of an organization
- member of a society
Q9 | It is implied in the ‘social nature’ of the education that it
- ensures desirable socialization of the child
- ensures the development of child’s potentialities
- educates the child for citizenship
- enables the individual to find a job himself
Q10 | High degree of inter-dependence between education and the rest of the society is very much emphasized, not because of
- increasing number of students, requiring increasing financial support
- dramatic changes in the role of the government in educational matters
- man’s social nature
- social nature of education
Q11 | The study of human society involves the study of
- man
- mind
- environment
- heredity
Q12 | All human beings have to interact with other human beings in order to
- survive
- gossip
- quarrel
- compete
Q13 | Society preserves our
- civilization
- culture and transmits it to succeeding generation
- philosophical ideas
- interrelation
Q14 | The schools help the people to
- assimilate culture
- ignore culture
- protest against culture
- enjoy culture
Q15 | Individual and society are considered as
- interdependent
- contradicting
- complementary
- supplementary
Q16 | Human nature develop in man as a
- member of a religion
- citizen of a state
- member if an organization
- member of a society
Q17 | Man’s behaviour in society is determined mainly by two forces, namely
- formal and informal
- natural and unnatural
- physical and social
- psychological and philosophical
Q18 | Function of educational structure is
- replacement of population
- socialization of new population
- maintenance of a sense of purpose
- system maintenance
Q19 | The most important characteristic of a society is
- inter-communication
- mutual influence
- interpersonal relationship
- individual approach
Q20 | The fundamental unit of human society is known as
- social group
- tribal group
- individual
- family
Q21 | Characteristics of society is
- mutual awareness
- specific aims
- definite geographical area
- interrelation
Q22 | A society is a network of
- inter-personal relationship
- social attitude
- socio-political relationship
- religions-cultural attitudes
Q23 | Both nature and necessity compel man to live in
- forest
- society
- church
- college
Q24 | The educational institution is a
- community
- family
- social institution
- organization
Q25 | Educational Sociology tries to search for suitable solution for problems related to education and
- politics
- economics
- society
- religion