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This set of Special Education Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Introduction to Special Education Set 2
Q1 | Who was the most important figure in the history of education of the blind?
- Louis Braille
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
- Eglantyne Jebb
- Herbert Hoover
Q2 | In India, the first school for the blind was established in 1883 by
- British government
- Christian missionary
- Indian Educationist
- Local people
Q3 | Seguin’s first private school in Paris set up around 1840, was meant for the education of
- The visually impaired children
- The hearing impaired children
- The mentally handicapped children
- Physically challenged children
Q4 | Anne Sullivan, who served as Helen Keller’s tutor suffered from
- Orthopedically handicapped
- Speech defective
- Mental retardation
- Visual impairment
Q5 | The European enlightenment toward special education began in
- 18th century
- Mid 18th century
- Late 18th century
- Early 19th century
Q6 | The term ‘exceptionality’ refers to those children with
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Alcohol abuse or dependence
- Poverty and deficiency
- Difficulties in learning and whose performance is so superior
Q7 | On the Positive side of exceptional there are
- Gifted and creative children
- Deaf and dumb children
- Blind and socially disadvantages children
- Stammering and stuttering children
Q8 | Children with special needs are mostly identified with
- Personality test
- Interest inventories
- Intelligence test
- Study habits inventories
Q9 | Exceptional children differ markedly from
- Children within same age group
- Normal children
- Children of same sex
- One who possess high IQ
Q10 | Who need special education?
- Children of weaker section of society
- Exceptional children
- Every children of school going age
- War refugee children
Q11 | Gifted and talented children are students who
- Perform high in some of the subjects
- Perform high if they prepared well
- Perform remarkably high in single subject
- Perform remarkably high levels of accomplishment
Q12 | Which among the following is the characteristic of positive exceptional children?
- Excellent memory
- Reasons well
- Long attention span
- All of the above
Q13 | A factor that contributes to Giftedness and Talent is
- Previous learning
- Heredity or genes
- Training of the senses
- Early schooling
Q14 | Children who are on the positive dimension need
- Similar subject as their peers
- Advanced and inclusive curriculum
- A large amount leisure and free time
- Recreation and sports
Q15 | The field of special education is concerned with children who deviate from
- Superior children
- Emotional disturbance children
- Children in needs of humanitarian assistance
- Average children
Q16 | Visual impairment is also known as
- Vision defect
- Visual defect
- Visual disorder
- All of the above
Q17 | The partially blind are those who have a visual acuity of
- 20/20
- 20/60
- 20/70
- 20/90
Q18 | Unable to see distant objects clearly, commonly called near-sighted or short-sighted is known as
- Night blindness
- Myopia
- Tunnel vision
- Colour blindness
Q19 | The most common causes of blindness worldwide were:
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Age-related macular degeneration
- All of the above
Q20 | Unable to see close objects clearly, commonly called far-sighted or long-sighted is known as
- Hyperopia
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Amblyopic
- Cataract
Q21 | One of the most prominent identification of Visual disorder is
- Case history
- Observation
- Psychological test
- Interview of the patient
Q22 | An eye chart that can be used to measure visual acuity is
- Snellen chart
- Sheller chart
- Skellen chart
- Snetter chart
Q23 | Which of the following is a top cause of preventable childhood blindness
- Iodine deficiency
- Iron deficiency
- Vitamin A deficiency
- Protein deficiency
Q24 | Blindness in children may be due to
- Intellectual impairments and genetic mutations
- Birth defects and nutritional deficiencies
- Poor living condition and low socio-economic
- High exposure to bright light
Q25 | Special educational arrangement for partially sighted children include the use of
- Grey or green board instead of black
- Ordinary pencils and paper
- Glare and direct sunlight seating
- Bright coloring of walls