SWAYAM - Understanding Disciplines and Subjects - Question Paper

 

SWAYAM – Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds

UNDERSTANDING DISCIPLINES AND SUBJECTS 

Time: 3.00 hrs                                                                         Marks: 100         

Section – A (CBT)

I. Answer all the questions.                                                       20X01=20

1. Knowledge received from  the school by the teacher is called as –

     a)Knowledge through tenacity   b) Knowledge through intuition

      c) Knowledge through reason   d) Knowledge through authority

2. Emergence of a discipline occurs by categorizing ____________ .

      a) Data   b) Information c) Knowledge d) Phenomenom

3. Which is not a characteristic of a discipline?

     a) Every discipline has a historical perspective.

     b) Every discipline has a research base.

     c) Discipline is static in nature

    d) Every discipline is having an institutional manifestation.

4. Population Education is -

     a) A basic discipline                             b) An applied discipline

     c) A multidisciplinary area of study     d) An independent discipline

5. Knowledge is ___________ in nature?

     a)  Predictive       b) Informative     c) Comparative     d) Meaningful

6. Disciplinary knowledge in Social Science is transacted through

     a)  Experiment        b) Recitation                   c) Social inquiry         d) Discovery

7. Which discipline uses ''critical observation of the natural phenomenon'' as a discipline specific process to acquire knowledge?

     a)   Science     b) Social Science          c) Mathematics               d) Languages

8. The subject Astronomy comes under which discipline?

     a)  Earth Science    b) Physics             c) Chemistry                  d) Biochemistry

9. Mathematical knowledge is

     a) Different from culture to culture    

     b) Similar across the cultures

     c) Based upon the theory that the culture practices

     d) Different from human and cultural Endeavour.

10. The term ''Geography'' was first coined by whom?

      a)  Eratosthenes       b) Miletus                       c) Aristotle                    d) Herodotus

11. Evolution of a discipline is a ________________________ process.

      a) Natural    b) Continuous   c) Time taking    d) Scientific

12. Which discipline mostly uses inductive and deductive methods?

      a) Mathematics         b) Languages                 c) Science         d) Social Science

13. Mathematics is called as

      a) Language of Physics         b) Computation of numbers

      c) Formulas and derivations   d) Cross cultural language

14. The knowledge base of Biochemistry has been generated from the disciplines of 

      a) Botany and Zoology          b) Chemistry and Zoology

      c) Chemistry and Botany       d) Biology and Chemistry

15. Which one is not a perspective of a discipline?

      a) Historical perspective        b) Socio-political perspective

      c) Philosophical perspective   d) Natural perspective

16. Who among is not associated with Behaviourist pedagogic approach? 

     a)  I.P. Pavlov    b) B.F. Skinner        c) Jean Piaget    d) E.L. Thorndike

17. Who is the chief pioneer of Constructivist approach of teaching learning process?

      a)  Lev Vygotsky     b) Wilhelm Wundt            c) J.B. Watson d) Erik Erikson

18. Which is not a specific areas of knowledge addresses in school curriculum?

       a)  Social Science   b) Art and Craft   c) Peace Education   d) Health and Physical Education

19. Which level of curriculum transmits institutional curriculum into school subjects and courses?

     a) Classroom curriculum                    b) Programmatic curriculum

     c) Institutional curriculum                  d) Uniform curriculum

20. Reframing school subjects and introducing new subjects in the school curriculum is a

      a) Dynamic process b) Social process c) Terminal process d) Continuous process

SECTION – B (PEN & PAPER MODE)

II.All questions are compulsory.                                            10X03=30

21.Explain ‘posteriori knowledge’ with an example. 

22.Differentiate between Knowledge and Information with suitable examples.

23.Explain the characteristics of Discipline.

24. Listout the types of Knowledge with an suitable examples.

25.Explain Mathematics as a human endeavour with an example.

26.Explain, with an example, the historical perspective of a discipline.

27. Explain ‘experienced knowledge’ with an example.

28. Explain the nature of contents which are included in the discipline of ‘Earth Science’.

29. Explain the interrelationship of Social Sciences with Mathematics.

30. Describe about the Art Education?

SECTION - C(PEN & PAPER MODE)

III. Write FIVE questions out of SEVEN QUESTIONS.   05x10=50   

31.Explain in detail about Sources and ways of acquiring Knowledge.

32. Explain, with an example, the philosophical perspective of a discipline.

33. Describe in detail about Pedagogical Concerns of Disciplinary Knowledge.

34. Briefly explain the broad domains of school education.

35. Explain the concept of socio-cultural perspective of a discipline.

36. Discuss, with an example, how constructivist theory of learning can be applied in selecting topics for the curriculum of secondary school subjects.

37. How language works across the curriculum?