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Pre Board Exam2O222-23
Sub: English
std. xll M.M.80
Date: t7.t2.22 TIME:3Hrs.
SECTION A: READING
l.Philosophy of Education is a label applied to the study of the purpose, process, nature, and ideals of
education. lt can be considered a branch of both philosophy and education. Education can be defined
as the teaching and learning of specific skills, and
the imparting of knowledge, judgement, and wisdom,
and is something broader than the societal institution of education we often speak of. Many
educationalists consider it a weak and woolly field, too far removed from the practical applications of
the real world to be useful. But philosophers dating back to Plato and the Ancient Greeks have given
the area much thought and emphasis, and there is little doubt that their work has helped shape the
practice of education overthe millennia.
2.Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in ,,The
Republic" (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). ln it,
he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising
them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest
receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able.
He believed that education should be holistic, inciuding factg skillq physical discipline, music, and
art.
Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus is be found in
children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated
minority of the'population does not really follow a democratic model.
3.Aristotle considered human nature, habit, and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated
in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed
that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop
good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas.
He
emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he
explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a
wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
4.During the Medieval period, the idea of Perennialism was first formulated by St. Thomas Aquinas
in.
his work "De Magistro". Perennialism holds that one should teach those things deemed to be of
everlasting importance to all people everywhere, namely principles and reasoning, not just facts (which
are apt to change over time), and that one should teach first about people, not machine or
techniques.
It was originally religious in nature, and it was only much later that the theory of secular perennialism
developed.
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passage, answer the questions that
on the basis of your understanding of the above [10]
follow: t1l
Q.l.MajordifferencebetweentheapproachesofSocratesandAristotlewasthat: on dialogic learning'
a) Aristotle felt the need for rote-learning; Socrates emphasised that students need to be
b) Aristotle felt the need for interminablJ learning; Socrates felt
PerPetuallY challenged'
believed in implausible thinkers'
c) Aristotle believed in virtuous citizens; socrates
d)Aristotleemphasisedontheimportanceofpayingattentiontohumannature;Socrates
emPhasised uPon rationalitY'
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philosophy a 'weak and woolly' field as
Q.2. Educationists consider
a. lt is not rational or Pragmatic'
b. lt's theoretical concepts are uncomplicated'
lt is irrelevant for education
c.
d. lt's not evolving with time'
'Perennialism', in the context of the given
passage? t1I
a.3. Wh;; ;" ,o, ,,.1J"rsiand by the term on facts because: t1I
Q.4. Aquinas proposed a model of
education which did not lay much emphasis
b' Facts do not lead to holistic education
a.Facts at times are irrelevant'
d' Facts are frozen in time'
c. Facts change with the changing times'
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Q.5.ChoosethestatementwhichiscorrectwithreferencetoPlato,stheory:
a.Hebelievedthatonlytherichhavetherighttoacquireeducation.
b.Hebelievedindemocracybuthispracticesdidn,tsuggestthesame.
cHebelievedthatonlyaselectfewaremeanttoattendschools.
d. He believed that all pupils are not talented'
approach to education was: t1l
Q6.The first person trhave an analytical
a.ThomasAquinasb.Aristotlec,MicheldeMontaigned.Socrates t2l
QT.GivetwopointsofcomparisonbetweentheviewsofAristotleandPlato. t1I
Q8. 'Pragmatic' is similar in meaning
to: [refer to paral]
a.ancientb.millenniac.practicald.efficientanduseful t1l
Qg.Findthewordfromthepassagewhichistheantonymoffolly:[parasl
conventional c' aasumption d' Wisdom
a. skeptic b.
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plan. This one will be divided into various achievables, say,
for every five years," says Nilesh
Rajadhyaksha,leadcoordinatorofMPDandurbanspecialistinNlUA'
The NIUA- an autonomous research and advisory body
that comes under the Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs - has been roped in by the Delhi
Development Authority (DDA)to undertake this colossal
plan, MPD-2021, which was notified in 2007 and was
strategy plan for Delhi 2041. The current master
prepaied by an in-house team of the DDA, would expire in
2021"
missing. Many crucial elements of MPD-2021 still
The concern is that a sense of urgency to fix Delhi is
plan to expire' AK Jain' former Commissioner-planning
remain on paper, with just two years left for the
what have not been implemented' The
in DDA and key architect of MPD-2021, gives a long list of
colonies such as Lajpat Nagar' Old
master plan talks about brownfield redevelopment oirehabilitation
meant for partition refugees' Nothing has
Rajendra Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar, whicir were originally
of 45 resettlement colonies such as
been done on that front so far. Nor for the redevelopment
during emergency to rehabilitate slum dwellers'
Ambedkar Nagar and Trilokpuri ,which were developed
river remains severely polluted in the Delhi
The rejuvenation of the Yamuna is also on the plan, but the
st retch.
be a highly liveable city even if the
will Delhi be liveable? Jain is not very hopeful. He says Delhi won't (NCR)' So'
part of the National capital Region
master plan is implemented in its entirety. "Delhi is
Delhi's development can't happen in isolation," he explains'
co
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passage, choose the option that lists the
3. Based on the given graphical representation of data in the
-;,TRU
statement that E:
of Delhi'
4. The Delhi Developmental Authority has hired............ to look into the development
Planner b)Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
a) The Urban
c)NIUA d)Allof these
S..,The concern is that a sense of urgency to fix Delhi is missing". With reference to this statement,
select the correct inference from the following:
you.
3. The recent killing of Avni,thetigress,wh ich had two 1O-month -old cubs has disturbed
You realize that human encroachment an d the greed of land grabbing companies are the cause
of this. Write an article to be published in 'The National Times' about your concern and the
need to take urgent action to stop the de,ctine in the number of tigers in lndia. You are Avnita/
Amit Shukla. lsI
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4. You are sports captain of st. Joseph's Public school, Patna.
Draft a notice informing the students
about the lnterschool Basketball match to be played between
your school and XYZ School'ts]
SECTION C: LITERATURE
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3. Explain 'our being expand'.
4. What was promised to these poor people?
5. What is the poet's attitude towards the plight of the poor?
6. What do the peasants want from rich?
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