Deck 11: Adult Education and Literacy Programs in India

Question 1

UNESCO has evolved a new concept of adult education known as

A)Population education
B)Basic education
C)Social Education
D)Fundamental education

Answer 1

Fundamental education

Question 2

Any means , agency or instrument through which ideas, attitudes, impressions or images are simultaneously communicated to a large number of people is

A)Mass media
B)Communication channel
C)Mass communication
D)None of the above

Answer 2

Mass media

Question 3

Providing education to working youths drop-outs, adult population such as housewives, industry and agriculture workers for their professional and social efficiency through correspondence or self-instructional materials is

A)Formal education
B)Adult education
C)Non-formal education
D)Vocational education

Answer 3

Non-formal education

Question 4

National Literacy Mission has been formulated on the suggestion of

A)National Policy on Education, 1986
B)National Policy on Education, 1992
C)Education Commission, 1964-66
D)Central Advisory Board of Education

Question 5

The basic components of National Adult Education Programme (NAEP) are

A)Literacy, numeracy, awareness and functionality
B)Literacy, numeracy, awareness and execution
C)Literacy, numeracy, comprehension and functionality
D)Numeracy, awareness, comprehension and functionality

Question 6

To provide functional literacy education for adults who have never had the advantage of formal education is the objective of

A)Informal education
B)Population education
C)Adult education
D)Distance Education

Question 7

Mass media are the means of educating the society through

A)Informal agencies
B)Non-formal agencies
C)Formal agencies
D)Special agencies

Question 8

The educational medium for imparting education to the people irrespective of caste, colour, geographical, sociological, economical diversities are known as

A)Mass media
B)Information technology
C)Mass communication
D)Social media

Question 9

The term "mass media" was first coined in the

A)1930's
B)1920's
C)1940's
D)1950's

Question 10

Liquidation of illiteracy by imparting instructions in 3R's is the objective of

A)Adult education
B)Population education
C)Special education
D)Social education

Question 11

The NAEP initially aimed at educating illiterate adults in the age group of

A)15 - 36 years
B)15- 34 years
C)15- 35 years
D)15- 33 years

Question 12

To broaden the horizon of the people and to enable them to fulfill their aspirations and solve their problems by equipping them with necessary knowledge ,skill and information is the objective of

A)National Literacy Mission
B)National Adult Education Programme
C)Central Advisory Board of Education
D)Non-Forma Education

Question 13

Any organized educational activity that takes place outside the formal educational system is known as

A)Informal education
B)Non-formal education
C)Formal education
D)Special education

Question 14

A centrally sponsored scheme of Non-formal education was introduced to provide education to all children outside the formal system up to the age of

A)14 years
B)15 years
C)13 years
D)16 years

Question 15

National Open Schooling (1989) is one of the programmes launched to promote

A)Informal education
B)Non-formal education
C)Formal education
D)Special education

Question 16

Adult education to be promoted both through "selective" and "mass" approach is suggested by the

A)National Policy on Education, 1986
B)National Policy on Education, 1992
C)Education Commission, 1964-66
D)University Education Commission, 1948-49

Question 17

Promotion of social cohesion and emotional integration among adult community is the objective of

A)Adult education
B)Population education
C)Social education
D)Value-oriented education

Question 18

Provision of Post-literacy and continuing education facilities through establishment of Jana Shikshan Nilayan(JSN) is the main characteristic of

A)National Adult Education Pogramme
B)National Literacy Mission
C)Family Planning Programme
D)Social Education Programme

Question 19

An open-ended and well-planned education characterized with lots of discussion sharing, exploring , analyzing, judging etc. is the characteristic of

A)Non-formal education
B)Informal education
C)Formal education
D)Special education

Question 20

Any organized systematic activity carried on outside the framework of the formal system to provide selected type of learning to particular sub group in the population of adults. This definition is given by

A)J.P.Naik
B)P.D.Shukla
C)John Dewey
D)Dr. Radhakrishnan

Question 21

To develop in children the skills, habits, attitudes necessary for healthy living is one of the objectives of

A)Formal education
B)Adult education
C)Non-formal education
D)Vocational education

Question 22

Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is a programme of

A)Non-formal education
B)Adult education
C)Formal education
D)Informal education

Question 23

In qualitative terms, the functional literacy implies

A)5 R's
B)4 R's.
C)5 R's.
D)3 R's

Question 24

Literacy rate at the time when India achieved Independence in 1947 was only

A)14 %
B)15 %
C)12 %
D)13%

Question 25

The Government implemented the programme of Social Education for eradication of illiteracy among adults in the

A)First Five-Year Plan (1951-56)
B)Second Five-Year Plan( 1956-61)
C)Sixth Five-Year Plan (1980-85)
D)Seventh Five-Year Plan (1985-90)