Curriculum Studies Questions and Answers

Q: Which of the following are the stages of selecting content ?(i) Topics selection(ii) Basic ideas selection(iii) Specific content selection(iv) Sampling of the content(v) Processing contentChoose the correct answer from the options given below :

The key gives (i), (ii) and (iii) only: topics selection, basic ideas selection and specific content selection.This follows the logic of choosing content: first decide the topics, then the basic ideas within them, then the specific content that carries those ideas. Sampling and processing the content are steps in organising and handling content once it is chosen, so the key leaves them out.Options B, C and D each include (iv) sampling or (v) processing, which the key does not count as stages of selection. I could not find a published list that gives these five stages in this form, so the explanation rests on that reading and on the key; nothing shows the key wrong.

Q: What is the system mostly required in the school to keep the curriculum in tune with need of the time and of the students ?

The key's answer is revision of curriculum.Knowledge, society and students' needs keep changing, so a curriculum stays relevant only if it is periodically reviewed and revised: content is updated, outdated material dropped, and objectives and methods adjusted in the light of evaluation and feedback. Regular curriculum revision is the system that keeps the curriculum in tune with the times.A baseline survey is a one-time study of the starting situation. A review committee is a body that may carry out revision, not the system itself. Diagnosis of needs is only the first step of curriculum development, not a continuing process of keeping it up to date.

Q: Which of the following broad expectation of the school it may be considered as ideals ?

Among these, democratic citizenship is an ideal.Broad expectations of a school can be classed by their nature. Some are skills (reflective thinking), some are attitudes and appreciations (enjoying literature), some are practical, vocational outcomes (saleable skills), and some are ideals, the values and ways of life the school aims to build. Democratic citizenship, with its commitment to equality, liberty and responsible participation, is the one that stands as an ideal.Reflective thinking is a mental skill, appreciation of beauty in literature is an aesthetic attitude, and saleable skills are vocational competencies. They serve the school's aims but are not ideals in themselves.

Q: Which of the following type of curriculum is most effective in elementary schools ?

The activity curriculum is most effective in elementary schools.The activity curriculum, associated with John Dewey and Kilpatrick, organises learning around children's interests and purposeful activities such as projects, play, construction and excursions, rather than around separate subjects. Young children learn best through doing and direct experience, so it suits the elementary stage.The disciplinary (subject) curriculum suits older students who can handle organised bodies of knowledge. The core curriculum and broad fields curriculum integrate subjects for secondary schools; they are less tied to the young child's need to learn through activity.

Q: Arrange the steps of curriculum development in order to appropriate sequence :(i) Organization of learning experiences(ii) Organization of content(iii) Formulation of objectives(iv) Diagnosis of needs(v) Selection of content(vi) Evaluation system(vii) Selection of Learning experiencesChoose the correct answer from the options given below :

The correct sequence is (iv) (iii) (v) (ii) (vii) (i) (vi).Hilda Taba's model of curriculum development has seven steps:Diagnosis of needs (iv)Formulation of objectives (iii)Selection of content (v)Organization of content (ii)Selection of learning experiences (vii)Organization of learning experiences (i)Evaluation (vi)Sequences that start with formulating objectives skip the diagnosis of needs on which objectives are based. The option starting (iv) (ii) organises content before objectives are set and content is selected.

Q: According to Tyler Ralph W. what are the organizing structural elements of learning experience ?(i) Specific subjects(ii) Broad fields(iii) Core curriculum(iv) Syllabus(v) Course modulesChoose the correct answer from the options given below :

The structural elements are (i), (ii) and (iii) only: specific subjects, broad fields and the core curriculum.In Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction (1949), Ralph Tyler distinguished levels of organising structure. At the largest level the structure may be specific subjects, broad fields (such as social studies), a core curriculum, or a completely undifferentiated structure. Courses, units and lessons are the smaller levels within these.A syllabus is a document listing content, not an organising structure in Tyler's sense, and 'course modules' is not one of Tyler's categories. Options including (iv) or (v) are therefore wrong.

Q: Stating objectives in a specific form are helpful in .......... .(i) Selecting learning experiences(ii) Guiding teaching(iii) Decreasing drop out rate(iv) Formative evaluationChoose the correct options given below :

Specific objectives help in (i), (ii) and (iv) only: selecting learning experiences, guiding teaching and formative evaluation.Objectives stated in specific, behavioural terms say what the learner should be able to do. That tells the teacher which learning experiences to provide (i), gives direction to teaching methods and activities (ii), and provides clear criteria for checking progress during instruction, which is formative evaluation (iv).Decreasing the drop-out rate (iii) depends on many social, economic and school factors; it is not a direct function of how objectives are worded. Every option containing (iii) is therefore wrong.

61.

Which of the following are the stages of selecting content ?

(i) Topics selection
(ii) Basic ideas selection
(iii) Specific content selection
(iv) Sampling of the content
(v) Processing content

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A.(i), (ii) and (iii) only
B.(ii), (iii) and (iv) only
C.(iii), (iv) and (v) only
D.(iv), (v) and (i) only

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: A

The key gives (i), (ii) and (iii) only: topics selection, basic ideas selection and specific content selection.

This follows the logic of choosing content: first decide the topics, then the basic ideas within them, then the specific content that carries those ideas. Sampling and processing the content are steps in organising and handling content once it is chosen, so the key leaves them out.

Options B, C and D each include (iv) sampling or (v) processing, which the key does not count as stages of selection. I could not find a published list that gives these five stages in this form, so the explanation rests on that reading and on the key; nothing shows the key wrong.

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62.

What is the system mostly required in the school to keep the curriculum in tune with need of the time and of the students ?

A.Baseline survey
B.Review committee
C.Revision of Curriculum
D.Diagnosis in curriculum development

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

The key's answer is revision of curriculum.

Knowledge, society and students' needs keep changing, so a curriculum stays relevant only if it is periodically reviewed and revised: content is updated, outdated material dropped, and objectives and methods adjusted in the light of evaluation and feedback. Regular curriculum revision is the system that keeps the curriculum in tune with the times.

A baseline survey is a one-time study of the starting situation. A review committee is a body that may carry out revision, not the system itself. Diagnosis of needs is only the first step of curriculum development, not a continuing process of keeping it up to date.

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63.

Which of the following broad expectation of the school it may be considered as ideals ?

A.Reflective thinking
B.The appreciation of beauty in Literature
C.The development of saleable skills
D.Democratic citizenship

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

Among these, democratic citizenship is an ideal.

Broad expectations of a school can be classed by their nature. Some are skills (reflective thinking), some are attitudes and appreciations (enjoying literature), some are practical, vocational outcomes (saleable skills), and some are ideals, the values and ways of life the school aims to build. Democratic citizenship, with its commitment to equality, liberty and responsible participation, is the one that stands as an ideal.

Reflective thinking is a mental skill, appreciation of beauty in literature is an aesthetic attitude, and saleable skills are vocational competencies. They serve the school's aims but are not ideals in themselves.

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64.

Which of the following type of curriculum is most effective in elementary schools ?

A.Disciplinary curriculum
B.Core curriculum
C.Activity curriculum
D.Broad fields curriculum

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: C

The activity curriculum is most effective in elementary schools.

The activity curriculum, associated with John Dewey and Kilpatrick, organises learning around children's interests and purposeful activities such as projects, play, construction and excursions, rather than around separate subjects. Young children learn best through doing and direct experience, so it suits the elementary stage.

The disciplinary (subject) curriculum suits older students who can handle organised bodies of knowledge. The core curriculum and broad fields curriculum integrate subjects for secondary schools; they are less tied to the young child's need to learn through activity.

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65.

Arrange the steps of curriculum development in order to appropriate sequence :

(i) Organization of learning experiences
(ii) Organization of content
(iii) Formulation of objectives
(iv) Diagnosis of needs
(v) Selection of content
(vi) Evaluation system
(vii) Selection of Learning experiences

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A.(iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (v) (vii) (vi)
B.(iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (vii) (v) (vi)
C.(iv) (ii) (vii) (iii) (i) (v) (vi)
D.(iv) (iii) (v) (ii) (vii) (i) (vi)

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

The correct sequence is (iv) (iii) (v) (ii) (vii) (i) (vi).

Hilda Taba's model of curriculum development has seven steps:

Diagnosis of needs (iv)
Formulation of objectives (iii)
Selection of content (v)
Organization of content (ii)
Selection of learning experiences (vii)
Organization of learning experiences (i)
Evaluation (vi)

Sequences that start with formulating objectives skip the diagnosis of needs on which objectives are based. The option starting (iv) (ii) organises content before objectives are set and content is selected.

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66.

According to Tyler Ralph W. what are the organizing structural elements of learning experience ?

(i) Specific subjects
(ii) Broad fields
(iii) Core curriculum
(iv) Syllabus
(v) Course modules

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A.(i), (ii) and (iii) only
B.(iii), (iv) and (v) only
C.(ii), (iii) and (iv) only
D.(i), (iv) and (v) only

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

The structural elements are (i), (ii) and (iii) only: specific subjects, broad fields and the core curriculum.

In Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction (1949), Ralph Tyler distinguished levels of organising structure. At the largest level the structure may be specific subjects, broad fields (such as social studies), a core curriculum, or a completely undifferentiated structure. Courses, units and lessons are the smaller levels within these.

A syllabus is a document listing content, not an organising structure in Tyler's sense, and 'course modules' is not one of Tyler's categories. Options including (iv) or (v) are therefore wrong.

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67.

Stating objectives in a specific form are helpful in .......... .

(i) Selecting learning experiences
(ii) Guiding teaching
(iii) Decreasing drop out rate
(iv) Formative evaluation

Choose the correct options given below :

A.(i), (ii) and (iii) only
B.(ii), (iii) and (iv) only
C.(iii), (iv) and (i) only
D.(i), (ii) and (iv) only

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

Specific objectives help in (i), (ii) and (iv) only: selecting learning experiences, guiding teaching and formative evaluation.

Objectives stated in specific, behavioural terms say what the learner should be able to do. That tells the teacher which learning experiences to provide (i), gives direction to teaching methods and activities (ii), and provides clear criteria for checking progress during instruction, which is formative evaluation (iv).

Decreasing the drop-out rate (iii) depends on many social, economic and school factors; it is not a direct function of how objectives are worded. Every option containing (iii) is therefore wrong.

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68.

‘Project is a whole-hearted purposeful activity proceeding on a social environment”, it was defined by

A.John Dewey
B.Ballard
C.Kilpatrick
D.Adamson

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The definition of a project as a whole-hearted purposeful activity proceeding in a social environment is given by W. H. Kilpatrick, who developed the project method from Dewey's ideas. Dewey and Ballard are not credited with this definition, and Adamson is not associated with it. The answer is Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick's 1918 essay on the project method defines the project as a whole-hearted purposeful activity carried on in a social environment, and he stressed the learner's purpose as the key. That is why his name is attached to the quotation, in preference to Dewey, whose philosophy inspired the method.

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69.

Curriculum means

A.all the experiences which students get in school.
B.subject that are transferred by the faculty.
C.syllabus prescribed for the course.
D.class experiences, sports and games.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

In its modern sense the curriculum means all the experiences that students get in school, in classes, library, play ground, activities and informal contacts under the direction of the teachers. The syllabus is only the list of subjects and topics, and a narrow view of curriculum as subjects transferred by faculty or class experiences, sports and games leaves out many parts. The answer is the first option. Older usage treated curriculum as a syllabus or a list of subjects, but the modern definition, which goes back to the Secondary Education Commission's wider view, takes in teaching, activities and the whole school life. That is why the broadest statement is the correct one.

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70.

Teaching Political Science to learners helps in

I. Developing leadership skills in them.
II. Developing political consciousness among them.
III. Inculcating democratic values in them.
IV. Developing awareness about social issues in them.

A.All the above statements are correct.
B.Only statements I, II and III are correct.
C.Only statements II, III and IV are correct.
D.Only statements, I, II and IV are correct.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

All the four statements are correct. Teaching political science to learners helps in developing leadership skills in them, developing political consciousness, inculcating democratic values, and developing awareness about social issues, since it deals with government, citizenship, rights and duties, and public affairs.

Each of the other options leaves out one of the four statements, and since each of those statements is a recognised benefit of the subject, they are incomplete.

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