WEEKEND TEST--I

1. Which one of the following best describes the changes in current teaching-learning process?
a. Students have become more free spirited and maverick
b. Teachers are better paid and have become lazy
c. Students have unprecedented access to information
d. Colleges are receiving huge financial aid
2. Critical pedagogy wants the teacher to:
a. create an environment conducive for professional education
b. question conventional wisdom and common sense
c. make sure students are exposed to new areas of learningd.
d. avoid pure academic questions and try to correlate things
3. A question paper should—
a. cater to different learning groups
b. keep away from overtly sensitive and subjective issues
c. try to gauge the overall understanding of the leaner
d. All the above
4. Dropout rate cannot be reduced by—
a. giving information on possible jobs and required skills
b. counseling to students and parents
c. direct personal intervention on the part of the teacher
d. giving more grants and scholarships
5. Which is the richest source knowledge and perception for a teacher?
a. Seminars and conferences
b. Students and interactions
c. Reading and browsing net
d. Discussion with peer group members
6. Inductive reasoning is the process of—
a. arriving at a conclusion from existing premises
b. making and revising conclusions on the basis of the new information
c. drawing a conclusion on the basis of previous observations
d. eliminating erroneous conclusions to get the real one
7. Which of the following is not an aspect of learning?
a. modification of perceptions
b. accumulation of knowledge
c. Sensitization of nerve fiber
d. gain of social insights
Read the paragraph and answer the following questions:
While people know that the Central/ State governments have plans and projects to bring about development, they are much less aware of the part played by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). That part includes sensitization and the actual carrying out of projects like providing housing, rural roads, sanitation, schools and health facilities. The World Bank recognizes this and divides the NGOs into two categories: those involved in sensitization and those involved in operations. We know the advocacy groups/social activists, because they attract media attention by their steps like fasts and demonstrations. They make the marginalized aware of their rights, often sabotaged and denied. They bring instances of injustice to the notice of the authorities using the media. However, very few know about the second category of NGOs, those that actually deliver services. There is some knowledge about the big ones among them, a number of which are part of international NGOs such as ActionAid, Helpage and the Red Cross. But smaller NGOs, some of which work in just one State, or have small projects in different States, are virtually unknown. This is not because they do not publicize their work; they regularly bring out information material on their work and send it to the media. It is because the media consider news as something different. Even if they do carry some information on what NGOs are doing, it is about the activist NGOs, not about those in the field of development, the operational NGOs.
Unfortunately, the situation is not likely to change in the near future. Success stories do not sell, hard-boiled journalists will tell you. In part, it is because a single story about, say, a hospital doing excellent work in a remote rural region will not alter the general perception that medical services are very scarce in villages or non-existent in large tracts of the country. And that has to do with the general perception of the relatively affluent, those who read newspapers and journals, listen to radio news bulletins or watch television news channels.
Simply put, they see poverty, lack of health facilities, illiteracy and scarcity of schools in the abstract and as issues to be addressed by the state. This class does not look at issues as something that affects individuals unless those individuals are personally known – servants, workers who build one’s house or even poor relatives. My handling of a servant wanting a higher wage has nothing to do with my genuine concern about the slow progress being made by the state in its efforts to eliminate or lessen poverty.
8. What is the role played by NGOs in development?
a. Design and estimation of plans
b. Make people aware and implementation of projects
c. Move courts and gain popularity
d. Act as a bridge the media and the target group
9. NGOs which do fieldwork are often go unknown because
a. They do not keep media posted of their activities
b. Their work does not fit in the media definition of news
c. They have a poor popular image
d. Their actions are too insignificant to get media attention
10. NGOs are not likely to receive their due of media attention in future too because:
a. Mainstream media is preoccupied with programs like reality shows, soap operas and live sports events
b. Most of the people who benefit from the work of NGOs are ignorant of the pains involved in their work
c. The good deeds they do often fail in producing optimum results and they generally run out of money to continue the work
d. Occasional successes do not change perceptions and poor people are not adequately exposed to media