Extension and Community Development Questions and Answers

Q: At which place did Mahatma Gandhiji start his Sevagram project ?

Gandhiji started his Sevagram project near Wardha.In 1936 Gandhi moved to the village of Segaon, about 8 km from Wardha in Maharashtra, and renamed it Sevagram, 'village of service'. His ashram there became the centre of his constructive programme of village reconstruction, basic education, khadi and sanitation.Rajkot is in Gujarat, where Gandhi spent his boyhood, and Gwalior and Pohri are in Madhya Pradesh; none is the site of Sevagram.

Q: The main aim of the Community Development Programme is :

The main aim of the Community Development Programme was socio-economic development.Launched on 2 October 1952, the programme aimed at the all-round development of rural people: higher agricultural production, better health, education, housing and communication, and through people's own participation, a change in their social and economic life.Cultural, technological and political development were parts or by-products of this aim, but the programme's stated goal was the overall social and economic improvement of village life.

Q: The concept of multipurpose village level worker was evolved from :

The multipurpose village level worker evolved from the Etawah Pilot Project.The Etawah Pilot Project in Uttar Pradesh, begun in 1948 under Albert Mayer, used a single multipurpose village level worker (gram sevak) for a group of villages to carry advice on agriculture, health and other matters to farmers. Its success made the VLW the basic field worker of the Community Development Programme of 1952.The Community Development Project and the National Extension Service (1953) adopted the VLW from Etawah. The earlier Gurgaon Project of F. L. Brayne used village guides, but the multipurpose VLW concept is credited to Etawah.

Q: The use of computers in technology transfer is :

The use of computers in technology transfer is cyber extension.Cyber extension uses information and communication technology, computers, the internet, websites and online advisory services, to deliver agricultural and home science information to farmers and families, as in village knowledge centres and kiosks.Participatory extension involves people in planning and decisions, emancipatory extension aims at empowering the disadvantaged, and broad-based extension covers many subjects and clients; none is defined by the use of computers.

Q: Which of the following is associated with the Panchayati Raj ?

Panchayati Raj is associated with the Balwant Rai Committee.The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957), set up to review the Community Development Programme, recommended 'democratic decentralisation' through a three-tier Panchayati Raj system of village panchayat, panchayat samiti and zila parishad. Rajasthan introduced it first, at Nagaur on 2 October 1959.The Shah Commission inquired into the Emergency, the Nanavati Commission into the 1984 riots and the Godhra incident, and Royal Commissions were British inquiries, such as the Royal Commission on Agriculture of 1928.

Q: A combination of adult education and informal education is called :

The key calls the combination extension education.Extension education is out-of-school education for adults and young people in their own setting. Textbooks such as Dahama's describe it as an informal type of adult education that helps rural people improve their farming, homes and communities, so it combines adult education with informal methods.Formal education is organised schooling with fixed curricula and degrees, non-formal education is organised learning outside the school system with its own structure, and 'education' alone is too general.

Q: In extension education the audience is :

In extension education the audience is heterogeneous, with diversified goals.Extension serves people of all ages, levels of literacy, occupations and interests, a heterogeneous audience, and each person comes with his or her own needs and goals, so there is no fixed curriculum.A homogeneous audience with a common goal or the same curriculum describes formal schooling, where students of similar age and level follow one syllabus toward a degree.

Q: Learning in a non-formal education programme takes place through :

Learning in non-formal education takes place through democratic discussion and dialogue.Non-formal programmes, such as adult literacy and extension classes, are learner-centred and flexible. Learners and facilitators share experience as equals and learn through discussion, dialogue and participation, in the tradition of Paulo Freire.Classroom interactions are typical of formal schooling, and the telephone and the internet are media that can carry any kind of education rather than the characteristic method of non-formal learning.

Q: Field trip provides :

A field trip provides first hand and direct experience.On a field trip learners go to the real setting, a farm, factory, museum or demonstration plot, and see, hear and sometimes handle things themselves. In Edgar Dale's cone of experience, direct purposeful experience is the most concrete form of learning.Awareness, practical knowledge and new experience may follow from a field trip, but its defining feature is that the experience is first hand and direct.

31.

At which place did Mahatma Gandhiji start his Sevagram project ?

A.Wardha
B.Pohri
C.Gwalior
D.Rajkot

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: A

Gandhiji started his Sevagram project near Wardha.

In 1936 Gandhi moved to the village of Segaon, about 8 km from Wardha in Maharashtra, and renamed it Sevagram, 'village of service'. His ashram there became the centre of his constructive programme of village reconstruction, basic education, khadi and sanitation.

Rajkot is in Gujarat, where Gandhi spent his boyhood, and Gwalior and Pohri are in Madhya Pradesh; none is the site of Sevagram.

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32.

The main aim of the Community Development Programme is :

A.Cultural development
B.Technological development
C.Socio-economic development
D.Political development

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

The main aim of the Community Development Programme was socio-economic development.

Launched on 2 October 1952, the programme aimed at the all-round development of rural people: higher agricultural production, better health, education, housing and communication, and through people's own participation, a change in their social and economic life.

Cultural, technological and political development were parts or by-products of this aim, but the programme's stated goal was the overall social and economic improvement of village life.

Discuss in Forum

33.

The concept of multipurpose village level worker was evolved from :

A.Community Development Project
B.Etawah Pilot Project
C.National Extension Service
D.Gurgaon Project

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

The multipurpose village level worker evolved from the Etawah Pilot Project.

The Etawah Pilot Project in Uttar Pradesh, begun in 1948 under Albert Mayer, used a single multipurpose village level worker (gram sevak) for a group of villages to carry advice on agriculture, health and other matters to farmers. Its success made the VLW the basic field worker of the Community Development Programme of 1952.

The Community Development Project and the National Extension Service (1953) adopted the VLW from Etawah. The earlier Gurgaon Project of F. L. Brayne used village guides, but the multipurpose VLW concept is credited to Etawah.

Discuss in Forum

34.

The use of computers in technology transfer is :

A.Emancipatory extension
B.Participatory extension
C.Cyber extension
D.Broad based extension

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

The use of computers in technology transfer is cyber extension.

Cyber extension uses information and communication technology, computers, the internet, websites and online advisory services, to deliver agricultural and home science information to farmers and families, as in village knowledge centres and kiosks.

Participatory extension involves people in planning and decisions, emancipatory extension aims at empowering the disadvantaged, and broad-based extension covers many subjects and clients; none is defined by the use of computers.

Discuss in Forum

35.

Which of the following is associated with the Panchayati Raj ?

A.Shah Commission
B.Nanavati Commission
C.Balwant Rai Committee
D.Royal Commission

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

Panchayati Raj is associated with the Balwant Rai Committee.

The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957), set up to review the Community Development Programme, recommended 'democratic decentralisation' through a three-tier Panchayati Raj system of village panchayat, panchayat samiti and zila parishad. Rajasthan introduced it first, at Nagaur on 2 October 1959.

The Shah Commission inquired into the Emergency, the Nanavati Commission into the 1984 riots and the Godhra incident, and Royal Commissions were British inquiries, such as the Royal Commission on Agriculture of 1928.

Discuss in Forum

36.

Any idea or practice which an individual perceives to be new, it is :

A.Adoption
B.Transformation
C.Innovation
D.Diffusion

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

An idea or practice perceived as new by an individual is an innovation.

Everett Rogers defined an innovation as 'an idea, practice, or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption'. It does not matter whether the idea is objectively new; what counts is that it is new to the person.

Adoption is the decision to make full use of an innovation, diffusion is the process by which it spreads through a social system, and transformation is a general word for change, not this definition.

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37.

A combination of adult education and informal education is called :

A.Education
B.Extension education
C.Formal education
D.Non-formal education

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

The key calls the combination extension education.

Extension education is out-of-school education for adults and young people in their own setting. Textbooks such as Dahama's describe it as an informal type of adult education that helps rural people improve their farming, homes and communities, so it combines adult education with informal methods.

Formal education is organised schooling with fixed curricula and degrees, non-formal education is organised learning outside the school system with its own structure, and 'education' alone is too general.

Discuss in Forum

38.

In extension education the audience is :

A.Homogeneous and diversified goal
B.Heterogeneous and common goal
C.Homogeneous and same curriculum
D.Heterogeneous and diversified goals

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: D

In extension education the audience is heterogeneous, with diversified goals.

Extension serves people of all ages, levels of literacy, occupations and interests, a heterogeneous audience, and each person comes with his or her own needs and goals, so there is no fixed curriculum.

A homogeneous audience with a common goal or the same curriculum describes formal schooling, where students of similar age and level follow one syllabus toward a degree.

Discuss in Forum

39.

Learning in a non-formal education programme takes place through :

A.Democratic discussion and dialogue
B.Telephonic conversation
C.Classroom interactions
D.Internet

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: A

Learning in non-formal education takes place through democratic discussion and dialogue.

Non-formal programmes, such as adult literacy and extension classes, are learner-centred and flexible. Learners and facilitators share experience as equals and learn through discussion, dialogue and participation, in the tradition of Paulo Freire.

Classroom interactions are typical of formal schooling, and the telephone and the internet are media that can carry any kind of education rather than the characteristic method of non-formal learning.

Discuss in Forum

40.

Field trip provides :

A.Awareness through direct knowledge
B.First hand and direct experience
C.Practical knowledge
D.New experience

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

A field trip provides first hand and direct experience.

On a field trip learners go to the real setting, a farm, factory, museum or demonstration plot, and see, hear and sometimes handle things themselves. In Edgar Dale's cone of experience, direct purposeful experience is the most concrete form of learning.

Awareness, practical knowledge and new experience may follow from a field trip, but its defining feature is that the experience is first hand and direct.

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