UGC-NET (NTA) Adult Education, December-2019

Total Questions: 100

91. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

There are some important issues which need to be highlighted in respect of programmes of educational development. To begin with, it should be emphasized that while it need money, but it cannot be achieved through money alone.
The nonmonetary inputs, such as good planning, creating a climate of hardwork, or improving the commitment of teachers and motivation of students, are far more important. Infact in most areas of education, we have reached a point of diminishing returns for further investment of funds; and it is only these inputs, can transform the situation.
One needs to lay highest emphasis on more effective use of existing investment in education partly because additional funds would be difficult to comeby, and mainly because there is so much waste and in-effectiveness in the existing system.
We need to make every possible effort to see that the unit cost go down without impairing quality. Otherwise, we may never have the resources to provide good education to all our people.
The text refers that all attempts made so far in educational development has: 

Correct Answer: B. Overestimated the role of money

92. As per the text whose commitments are more important:

Correct Answer: A. Teachers

93. Why it is difficult to mobilize more funds in education?

Correct Answer: D. Because there is waste

94. The text lays emphasis on:

Correct Answer: D. Reducing the unit cost without compromising the quality

95. Text suggests that:

Correct Answer: A. Motivation of learners need to be improved

96. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

A new and perhaps most long term role of education today into prepare people's capacity to take responsibility for their own development.
The efforts in sustainable ecological development are moving towards the understanding that the sense of balance between nature and humanity was far better in the traditional societies and indegenous groups than the homogenised modern day heirarchical communities.
State led models of development in many societies resulted in passive apathetic, dependent citizenship. People dependent on governments for their well beings for decades neither took initiatives nor responded pro-actively to deal with their own capacities and resources.
The text suggests a changed role for education today and that is: 

Correct Answer: C. Enabling the people to do their own development

97. The development of modern time has helped in:

Correct Answer: D. Creating heirarchical communities

98. As per the text what values can be attributed to indegenous groups?

Correct Answer: B. Sensible to the balance between natured humanity

99. There is a general passivity, indifference and dependency among people because of:

Correct Answer: A. Top-down model of development

100. State has effectively implemented development programmes for people in last decades. This has resulted in:

Correct Answer: D. Dependent citizenship