This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about sociological and philosophical perspectives on education and the role of education in social change. Some key points addressed in the questions include: - Educational sociology is defined as the study of the interaction between individuals and their cultural environment. - Schools are social institutions that preserve and instill cultural knowledge and customs, and can influence social progress and change. - Families impart informal education to children, and value conflicts in schools may arise from conflicting value systems between home and school. - Industrial and mixed economies place a higher value on education compared to agricultural economies. - Social institutions meet specific social needs and interests of people in a society.

1. EDU 01
Knowledge and Curriculum:
Philosophical and Sociological
Perspectives
Role of Education in Social Change
Aswani V G
Roll No 29
Physical Science

2. 1) Application of principles of sociology to education is known
as
(a) Sociology of education (b) Educational
sociology.
(c) Social foundations of education (d) Social science of education
2)Schools are social institutions because they
(a) Preserve and instill in future generations the knowledge, ideas, and
customs of our culture.
(b) Suggest ways and means of social progress.
(c) Suggest solutions to social problems.
(d) Are established by the society.
3)Educational Sociology is the study of the interaction of the individual
and his cultural environment.” This was stated by
(a) Brown (b) Carter (c) Ottoway (d) Skinner
4)Which of the following is not correct about schools?
(a) They are necessarily affected by the social and economic situations
and changes in our civilisation.
(b) They are powerful instruments of social change.
(c) They are potential agents of conflicts and disintegration.
(d) They are social agencies of cultural transmission.
5)Educational Sociology deals with which aspect of education?

3. (a) Social (b) Political (c) Economic (d) Psychological
6) Social classes and their sub-cultures are most interesting and most
important to a student of education because
(a) Social classes differ from one another in many ways
which are important for education.
(b) Teachers also come from different social classes
(c) Students belong to different social classes
(d) Schools may belong to different social classes..
7)What type of education the family imparts to the child?
(a) Formal (b) Informal (c) Deliberate (d) Regular
8)Value conflicts in the minds of school children are often
created by
(a) Maladjusted teachers.
(b) Unruly students.
(c) Conflicting value systems of the home and the school.
(d) Conflicting laws of the country.
9)As a social institution, the essential function of the family is
(a) Producing children.
(b) Rearing of children during their immaturity.
(c) Imparting formal education at the initial stages of life.
(d) Increasing community’s population.
10)Which of the following type of economy places higher

4. value on education?
(a) Agricultural economy (b) Industrial economy
(c) Commercial economy (d) Mixed economy.
11)The difference between the social groups, in the degree of
cultural development; or the degree of antipathy manifested
by individuals belonging to one group towards individuals
belonging to the other is known as social
(a) Apathy (b) Disorder (c) Distance (d) Selection
12)The study of society is nothing but study of
(a) Mores (b) Conventions (c) Laws (d) Folkways
13)Man’s behaviour in society is determined mainly by two
forces, namely
(a) Formal and informal (b) Natural and unnatural.
(c) Physical and social (d) Psychological and philosophical
14)One of the basic principles of socialing individuals is
(a) Religion (b) Caste (c) Education (d) Imitation
15) When the child is able to judge the response of a group as
a whole, he is responding to a
(a) “Particular other” (b) “Insignificant other”.
(c) “Generalised other” (d) “Significant other”
16) Internalization means that the individual
(a) Conforms to group norms.

5. (b) Has identity, social location, aspiration and values.
(c) Has adopted the norms and values of the group and uses
them.
(d) Has standards to judge his own
17)The process which aims to destroy the opponent is
(a) Co-operation (b) Conflict (c) Competition (d)
Accommodation
18)The technique of measurement of the patterns of social
behaviour in a group is known as
(a) Sociogram (b) Interactional, analysis
(c) Social distance scale (d) Sociometry
19) A social institution is defined as
(a) An institution established by the government.
(b) An institution which serves the society.
(c) The totality of relationships processes and facilities
which people develop to meet a specific social interest or
need.
(d) An institution established for achieving social purposes.
20) Which one of the following social institutions of India does
not have a profound effect on education?
(a) The family (b) The government
(c) The business class organisation (d) The religion