Educational Planning and Management 1st set

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Mizoram University

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Prajwal Hallale

QUESTION BANK
EDUCATION VI SEMESTER
PAPER X
EDUCATIONAL PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

Unit 1- Educational Planning
MCQ:-
1. Educational Planning is necessary to –
(a) ensure success of the enterprise
(b) minimize backward children
(c) broaden the outlook of students
(d) better relations among teachers

2. Institutional Planning is also known as –
(a) Area planning
(b) Grassroot planning
(c) Village planning
(d) Local planning

3. The basis of all programmes of qualitative and quantitative improvement in education is –
(a) Educational Management
(b) Educational Planning
(c) Educational Finance
(d) Educational Supervision

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4. The process of preparing a set of decisions for realizing specific goals by the best possible
means is –
(a) educational administration
(b) educational management
(c) educational planning
(d) educational finance

5. Efficient and effective planning saves –
(a) time
(b) money
(c) effort
(d) all the above

6. Every good planning should be –
a) relevant & clear
b) systematic & comprehensive
c) both of the above
(d) none of the above

7. The quality of a plan depends on the quality of the _____ that produces a plan.
(a) objectives
(b) process
(c) action
(d) content

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8. There are _____ basic steps involved in planning –
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7

9. A plan prepared by a particular institution on the basis of its own development and
improvement is called –
(a) educational plan
(b) school plan
(c) institutional plan
(d) none of the above

10. Institutional planning means planning at the –
(a) highest level
(b) lowest level
(c) district level
(d) village level

11. Institutional planning is an effort to make use of available resources to the –
(a) minimum
(b) optimum
(c) sufficient
(d) maximun

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12. Institutional planning is –
(a) short term
(b) long term
(c) both of the above
(d) none of the above

13. Institutional plan forms the basis of –
(a) Village plan
(b) District plan
(c) State plan
(d) National plan

14. Institutional planning is an index of _____________of an institution
(a) excellence
(b) autonomy
(c) quality
(d) standard

15. Institutional planning aims to –
(a) save time, money and materials
(b) involve every teacher in the plan preparation
(c) promote better co-operation among teachers
(d) none of the above

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16. “Planning is an act or process of making or carrying out plans”. Who gave this definition?
(a) Webster‟s International Dictionary
(b) Oxford Dictionary
(c) Wikipedia
(d) None of the above

17. “Planning is to design some action to be done beforehand”.Who gave this definition?
(a) Webster‟s International Dictionary
(b) Oxford Dictionary
(c) Wikipedia
(d) None of the above

18. “Planning is a way of projecting our intentions, that is, a method of deciding what we
want to accomplish”. Who said this?
(a) Cuthbert
(b) Likert
(c) Adesina
(d) Edmonds

19. “To plan means to project, forecast, design, make or chart out a course”. Who said this?
(a) Adesina
(b) Fayol
(c) Taylor
(d) Ejiogu

20. The main goal of planning is -
(a) social and economic development
(b) welfare and progress of citizens
(c) bringing about desirable changes
(d) all the above

21. Good planning requires
(a) future objectives
(b) good vision
(c) perception and ability
(d) all the above

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22. Planning is a good method of -
(a) solving problems
(b) eliminating trial and error method
(c) checking wastage and stagnation
(d) all the above

23. Efficient planning contributes to –
(a) smoothness and ease of administration.
(b) efficiency of the administrative process
(c) best utilization of available resources.
(d) all the above

24. Uneven educational growth and regional imbalances can be corrected by adopting
effective -
(a) educational planning
(b) educational management
(c) educational administration
(d) educational finance

25. A good plan is always an outcome of -
(a) scientific procedures
(b) comprehensive procedures
(c) systematic procedures
(d) all the above

26. Comprehensive planning means that planning should be concerned with -
(a) all levels of education.
(b) all aspects of education
(c) all componentsof education.
(d) all the above

27. The first basic step or process involved in planning is -
(a) defining the present situation
(b) establishing goals, objectives or sets of goals
(c) developing a set of actions.
(d) determining aids and barriers

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28. The final step or process in planning is -
(a) determining aids and barriers
(b) developing a set of actions
(c) preparing a blueprint of the plan and circulating it for public opinion
(d) none of the above

29. Quality of planning is very much influenced by -
(a) relevance and accuracy of data
(b) case of processing data
(c) validity of interpretation of data
(d) all the above

30. One basic chain of activities underlying all educational planning consists of -
(a) gathering information
(b) processing information
(c) interpreting information
(d) all the above

31. “An institutional plan is “ a programme of development and improvement prepared by an
educational institution on the basis of its felt needs and the resources available or likely to be
available with a view to improving the school programme and school practices”. Who said
this?
(a) E.W.Franklin
(b) M.B.Buch
(c) F.W.Taylor
(d) Robert House

32. “Institutional Planning is a milestone in the journey towards the improvement of
education.” Who said this?
(a) E.W.Franklin
(b) M.B.Buch
(c) F.W.Taylor
(d) Robert House

33. Institutional Plan emphasizes the planning and implementation of programmes such as -
(a) improvement of teaching methods
(b) enrichment of curricula
(c) increasing the professional competence of teachers
(d) all the above

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34. The king pin in institutional planning is the -
(a) teacher
(b) principal
(c) head
(d) none of the above

35. The main objectives of institutional planning is -
(a) Improvement of Instruction
(b) Optimum utilization of existing resources
(c) Imparting realism and concreteness to educational planning
(d) all the above

36. The scope of institutional planning include -
(a) Improvement of school plant
(b) Improvement of instruction
(c) Extra curricular activities for pupils
(d) all the above

37. Extra- Curricular Activities for Pupils include -
(a) Social service projects
(b) Work experience
(c) athletics and literary activities
(d) all the above

38. Community programmes for the school include -
(a) Literacy programmes
(b) Adult education programmes
(c) Youth service activities
(d) all the above

39. Sound Educational Planning has to be -
(a) pragmatic
(b) progressive
(c) forward-looking
(d) all the above

40. Institutional planning results in improvement in motivation on the part of -
(a) teachers
(b) management
(c) students
(d) all the above

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Key Answers to Education Paper X MCQ Unit I:-
1. (a) ensure success of the enterprise
2. (b) Grassroot planning
3. (b) Educational Planning
4. (c) educational planning
5. (d) all the above
6. b) systematic & comprehensive
7. (b) process
8. (b) 5
9. (c) institutional plan
10. (b) lowest level
11. (b) optimum
12. (c) both of the above
13. (b) District plan
14. (b) autonomy
15. (b) involve every teacher in the plan preparation
16. (a) Webster‟s International Dictionary

17. (b) Oxford Dictionary

18. (c) Adesina

19. (d) Ejiogu

20. (d) all the above

21. (d) all the above

22. (d) all the above

23. (d) all the above

24. (a) educational planning

25. (d) all the above

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26. (d) all the above

27. (b) establishing goals, objectives or sets of goals

28. (c) Preparing a blueprint of the plan and circulating it for public opinion

29. (d) all the above

30. (d) all the above

31. (b) M.B.Buch

32. (a) E.W.Franklin

33. (d) all the above

34. (a) teacher

35. (d) all the above

36. (d) all the above

37. (d) all the above

38. (d) all the above

39. (d) all the above

40. (d) all the above

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