Assistant Education Officer - Paper 5
Q1: The Demonstration Method is most effective when teaching skills that require:
A) Rote memorization
B) Abstract reasoning
C) Visual and physical imitation ✅ Answer
D) Lengthy reading assignments
Q2: Defense Mechanisms (e.g., repression, rationalization) are primarily associated with the psychological theories of:
A) B.F. Skinner
B) Sigmund Freud ✅ Answer
C) Carl Rogers
D) Abraham Maslow
Q3: The Core Curriculum model typically consists of:
A) Only vocational subjects
B) A common set of required subjects for all students ✅ Answer
C) Elective courses only
D) Teacher-centered instruction
Q4: The POSDCORB acronym in educational management, developed by Luther Gulick, includes which function?
A) Promotion
B) Personnel
C) Staffing (S) ✅ Answer
D) Teaching
Q5: A research study conducted to examine events, conditions, and relationships that already exist is known as:
A) Experimental Research
B) Descriptive Research ✅ Answer
C) Historical Research
D) Pure Research
Q6: The philosophy of Romanticism in education, linked to Rousseau, advocates for the concept of:
A) Strict discipline
B) The Noble Savage (development of child's natural goodness) ✅ Answer
C) Studying classical literature
D) Social conformity
Q7: Micro-teaching is a teaching technique used for:
A) Teaching a single concept to a large group
B) Developing specific teaching skills in a scaled-down setting ✅ Answer
C) Teaching via technology
D) Long-term curriculum planning
Q8: The psychological phenomenon where previous learning interferes with the learning of new material is called:
A) Retroactive Interference
B) Proactive Facilitation
C) Proactive Interference ✅ Answer
D) Repression
Q9: The degree to which test results can predict a student's future performance is known as:
A) Content Validity
B) Concurrent Validity
C) Predictive Validity ✅ Answer
D) Construct Validity
Q10: School mapping is an administrative technique primarily used for:
A) Drawing school boundaries on a map
B) Planning the location and size of educational institutions ✅ Answer
C) Tracking student performance
D) Mapping the curriculum
Q11: The level of Valuing in the Affective Domain is placed immediately below:
A) Receiving
B) Responding
C) Organization ✅ Answer
D) Characterization
Q12: According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, the stage where individuals define right and wrong based on abstract ethical principles is the:
A) Pre-conventional Level
B) Conventional Level
C) Post-conventional Level ✅ Answer
D) Non-conventional Level
Q13: Which type of curriculum organization breaks down large subjects into smaller, specific units (e.g., fractions, decimals, geometry in Math)?
A) Correlated Curriculum
B) Broad Fields Curriculum
C) Subject-Specific Curriculum (Disciplines) ✅ Answer
D) Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Q14: The educational philosophy that prioritizes the transmission of cultural heritage and time-tested knowledge is:
A) Pragmatism
B) Essentialism ✅ Answer
C) Existentialism
D) Naturalism
Q15: When a researcher uses existing data, reports, and official documents for analysis, the research type is based on:
A) Primary Data
B) Experimental Data
C) Secondary Data ✅ Answer
D) Fieldwork Data
Q16: The study of how the educational system contributes to social stratification (class differences) is a concern of:
A) Educational Psychology
B) Educational Measurement
C) Sociology of Education ✅ Answer
D) Educational Administration
Q17: The most frequently occurring score in a set of data is the:
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode ✅ Answer
D) Standard Deviation
Q18: The administrative principle that states an employee should receive orders from only one superior is:
A) Span of Control
B) Decentralization
C) Unity of Command ✅ Answer
D) Scalar Chain
Q19: In curriculum design, Scope refers to the:
A) Order of topics
B) Depth of content
C) Breadth and range of content covered ✅ Answer
D) Time allocated
Q20: The psychological concept of Learning Curve graphically represents the relationship between:
A) Intelligence and age
B) Practice/Time and Performance/Progress ✅ Answer
C) Motivation and reward
D) Memory and recall
Q21: The Inductive Method of teaching proceeds from:
A) Rule to Example (General to Specific)
B) Principle to Law
C) Example to Rule (Specific to General) ✅ Answer
D) Law to Application
Q22: A test where the scores are interpreted based on how the individual performs relative to a larger, comparable group is a:
A) Criterion-Referenced Test
B) Norm-Referenced Test ✅ Answer
C) Diagnostic Test
D) Mastery Test
Q23: Idealism in education views the teacher as primarily an agent of:
A) Social change
B) Scientific inquiry
C) Spiritual and moral development ✅ Answer
D) Vocational training
Q24: Institutional Planning in education refers to planning that is carried out at the level of the:
A) Federal Government
B) Provincial Government
C) Individual School/College ✅ Answer
D) District Education Office
Q25: The measure of central tendency that divides the data set into two equal halves is the:
A) Mean
B) Median ✅ Answer
C) Mode
D) Range
Q26: The psychological school of thought that focuses on the study of mental processes like perception, memory, and problem-solving is:
A) Behaviorism
B) Psychoanalysis
C) Cognitivism ✅ Answer
D) Humanism
Q27: An assessment used to predict future academic success (e.g., college entrance exam) is primarily a:
A) Achievement Test
B) Aptitude Test ✅ Answer
C) Diagnostic Test
D) Placement Test
Q28: The administrative function that involves measuring performance against planned goals and taking corrective action is:
A) Organizing
B) Staffing
C) Directing
D) Controlling ✅ Answer
Q29: Fluid Intelligence is characterized by the ability to:
A) Use acquired knowledge
B) Reason speedily and abstractly, solving novel problems ✅ Answer
C) Access crystallized knowledge
D) Communicate effectively
Q30: The type of learning where a learner associates an involuntary response with a neutral stimulus (e.g., bell and saliva) is:
A) Operant Conditioning
B) Classical Conditioning ✅ Answer
C) Observational Learning
D) Cognitive Learning
Q31: The curriculum design approach that integrates content from two or more subject areas around a central theme or project is:
A) Subject-Centered
B) Disciplined-Based
C) Interdisciplinary/Integrated Curriculum ✅ Answer
D) Hidden Curriculum
Q32: Reconstructionism views education as a process of:
A) Maintaining the current society
B) Transmitting fixed values
C) Actively reforming and rebuilding society ✅ Answer
D) Focusing only on the past
Q33: When a researcher studies a specific case or event in great depth and detail, the method used is a:
A) Survey
B) Experiment
C) Case Study ✅ Answer
D) Correlational Study
Q34: The ability of a research finding to be repeated by another researcher with the same results is known as:
A) Validity
B) Replicability ✅ Answer
C) Generalization
D) Objectivity
Q35: The concept of Incentive in psychology primarily serves to:
A) Reduce internal drives
B) Attract or motivate behavior ✅ Answer
C) Punish undesirable actions
D) Restore cognitive balance
Q36: The Scalar Chain administrative principle refers to the formal line of:
A) Financial transactions
B) Authority from top management to the lowest rank ✅ Answer
C) Curriculum content
D) Teacher-parent communication
Q37: Which philosophy emphasizes that the school environment should mirror society and that students should learn through active participation in democratic processes?
A) Essentialism
B) Idealism
C) Progressivism ✅ Answer
D) Perennialism
Q38: The highest level in the Affective Domain (Krathwohl) is:
A) Responding
B) Valuing
C) Organization
D) Characterization (or Internalization of Values) ✅ Answer
Q39: Research conducted specifically to confirm or refute the findings of prior research is called:
A) Exploratory Research
B) Developmental Research
C) Replication Study ✅ Answer
D) Basic Research
Q40: Attribution Theory in educational psychology deals with how students explain their:
A) Motivation
B) Memory capacity
C) Success and Failure ✅ Answer
D) Social skills
Q41: The teaching method where a group of students researches a topic and presents findings to the class is a:
A) Seminar
B) Lecture
C) Group Discussion/Presentation ✅ Answer
D) Drill
Q42: The term Span of Control in management refers to the number of subordinates a manager can:
A) Promote
B) Effectively supervise ✅ Answer
C) Hire
D) Ignore
Q43: The principle of Vertical Organization in curriculum refers to the arrangement of content:
A) Within a single grade level
B) Across different subjects
C) From one grade level to the next (sequence) ✅ Answer
D) By teacher preference
Q44: Empiricism in education asserts that all knowledge ultimately comes from:
A) Innate ideas
B) Sensory experience ✅ Answer
C) Divine revelation
D) Logical deduction
Q45: A Unit Plan in teaching typically covers:
A) A single class period
B) A broad area of study or related topics over several weeks ✅ Answer
C) The entire semester
D) Only homework
Q46: Which teaching method involves using a simulated environment to allow students to practice skills and decision-making without real-world risk?
A) Case Study
B) Project Method
C) Simulation/Role-Play ✅ Answer
D) Heuristic Method
Q47: Vocational Guidance primarily aims to help students choose:
A) A subject for an essay
B) A suitable career path ✅ Answer
C) Their friends
D) A good book
Q48: A statistical table that shows the number of times each score occurs is called a:
A) Correlation Table
B) Frequency Distribution ✅ Answer
C) Percentile Rank
D) Scatter Plot
Q49: The concept of Social Mobility in education refers to the system's ability to help individuals change their:
A) Curriculum
B) Teacher
C) Social or economic status ✅ Answer
D) Hobbies
Q50: Transformational Leaders typically motivate staff by:
A) Offering strict adherence to contracts
B) Punishing mistakes
C) Articulating an inspiring vision and intellectual stimulation ✅ Answer
D) Focusing solely on short-term tasks
Q51: A Reflective Practitioner in teaching is one who:
A) Uses only traditional methods
B) Avoids change
C) Continuously examines and modifies their own teaching practice ✅ Answer
D) Relies solely on textbooks
Q52: The National Education Policy (NEP) 1972-80 made education free up to which level?
A) Primary
B) Middle
C) Matric (Class 10) ✅ Answer
D) Intermediate
Q53: The 4-year B.Ed. (Hons) degree was introduced in Pakistan primarily to:
A) Reduce the cost of teacher education
B) Shorten the training period
C) Elevate the academic and professional status of the teaching degree ✅ Answer
D) Increase administrative staff
Q54: Which Pakistan Education Policy emphasized the goal of achieving Universal Primary Education (UPE) for all children?
A) NEP 1959
B) NEP 1992 ✅ Answer
C) NEP 1979
D) NEP 2017
Q55: The core of the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) model, developed by Shulman, integrates the teacher's knowledge of content, pedagogy, and:
A) Administration
B) Finance
C) Students and Context ✅ Answer
D) Research methodology
Q56: The Education Policy 2009 identified a critical need for reform in the system of:
A) School buildings only
B) Examination and Assessment ✅ Answer
C) Teacher retirement
D) Financial management
Q57: Mentoring in teacher education is a long-term process that focuses on providing:
A) Financial bonuses
B) Strict orders
C) Ongoing guidance and support by an experienced teacher ✅ Answer
D) Only subject knowledge
Q58: The National Education Policy (NEP) 1979 introduced the concept of Iqra (read) for mass education, which aimed to fund education through:
A) Foreign loans
B) Community donations
C) An Education Cess (tax) ✅ Answer
D) Student fees
Q59: Which policy measure is designed to attract and retain highly qualified teachers in the profession?
A) Mandatory overtime
B) Improved salary and incentives ✅ Answer
C) Increased class size
D) Reduced administrative support
Q60: The 18th Amendment (2010) transferred the authority for education from the Concurrent List to the Provinces, resulting in:
A) Centralized curriculum development
B) Decentralization of curriculum, textbooks, and policy ✅ Answer
C) Abolition of the Ministry of Education
D) Uniformity in grading across the country
Q61: The smallest continent in the world is:
A) Europe
B) Antarctica
C) Australia ✅ Answer
D) South America
Q62: The line of latitude that is halfway between the North and South Poles is the:
A) Tropic of Cancer
B) Prime Meridian
C) Equator ✅ Answer
D) Arctic Circle
Q63: Pakistan's national bird is the:
A) Crow
B) Sparrow
C) Falcon (Shaheen)
D) Chukar Partridge ✅ Answer
Q64: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) primarily aims to promote global:
A) Health and welfare
B) Monetary cooperation and financial stability ✅ Answer
C) Military security
D) Environmental protection
Q65: The city of Rome is situated on which river?
A) Seine
B) Danube
C) Tiber ✅ Answer
D) Thames
Q66: The largest city of Pakistan by population is:
A) Lahore
B) Faisalabad
C) Karachi ✅ Answer
D) Rawalpindi
Q67: The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually in which country?
A) France
B) Denmark
C) Sweden (and Norway for Peace) ✅ Answer
D) Germany
Q68: The ancient city of Taxila, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is located near which modern Pakistani city?
A) Lahore
B) Multan
C) Rawalpindi/Islamabad ✅ Answer
D) Quetta
Q69: The Strait of Malacca is an important shipping route between:
A) India and Sri Lanka
B) Malay Peninsula and Sumatra ✅ Answer
C) Europe and Africa
D) North and South America
Q70: The Atomic Clock is a device used to measure:
A) Temperature
B) Pressure
C) Time with extreme accuracy ✅ Answer
D) Radiation
Q71: The Objective Resolution (1949) was later incorporated as the Preamble to the:
A) Indian Constitution
B) 1956, 1962, and 1973 Constitutions of Pakistan ✅ Answer
C) Lahore Resolution
D) Simla Agreement
Q72: The First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, was assassinated in which city?
A) Karachi
B) Lahore
C) Rawalpindi ✅ Answer
D) Dhaka
Q73: The Kalabagh Dam project has been a source of political controversy mainly among the provinces due to concerns over:
A) Tourism
B) Water distribution and displacement ✅ Answer
C) Road construction
D) Military security
Q74: The Kargil War between Pakistan and India took place in the year:
A) 1989
B) 1998
C) 1999 ✅ Answer
D) 2001
Q75: The Ghani Khan Baba is a renowned poet of which language?
A) Punjabi
B) Sindhi
C) Urdu
D) Pashto ✅ Answer
Q76: The Federal Capital of Pakistan was officially shifted from Karachi to Islamabad in:
A) 1950
B) 1959
C) 1967 ✅ Answer
D) 1973
Q77: The National Flag of Pakistan features two colors, Green and White, where the green color represents the:
A) Minorities
B) Muslim majority ✅ Answer
C) Agricultural land
D) Peace
Q78: The Indus Valley Civilization site of Harappa is located in which province of Pakistan?
A) Sindh
B) Balochistan
C) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
D) Punjab ✅ Answer
Q79: The Pakistan Resolution was famously titled the 'Pakistan Resolution' by:
A) Muslim League leaders
B) Quaid-e-Azam
C) The Hindu press/opposition ✅ Answer
D) British officials
Q80: Which President of Pakistan introduced the Local Government System (LGS) in 2001?
A) Ghulam Ishaq Khan
B) Farooq Leghari
C) Pervez Musharraf ✅ Answer
D) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Q81: The Holy Quran has been divided into how many equal parts (Juz)?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 30 ✅ Answer
D) 40
Q82: Hajj is a compulsory duty for Muslims who possess the necessary financial and physical ability, known as:
A) Zakat
B) Sadaqa
C) Istita'ah (Ability/Capacity) ✅ Answer
D) Nisab
Q83: The term Fiqh in Islamic jurisprudence means:
A) Memorization of the Quran
B) Deep understanding or jurisprudence (Islamic law) ✅ Answer
C) Recitation rules
D) Stories of the Prophets
Q84: The first mosque built by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Madinah was:
A) Masjid an-Nabawi
B) Masjid al-Haram
C) Masjid Quba ✅ Answer
D) Masjid al-Qiblatayn
Q85: The concept of Tawheed is the fundamental belief in:
A) Five pillars of Islam
B) The finality of prophethood
C) The oneness and uniqueness of God (Allah) ✅ Answer
D) The Day of Judgment
Q86: The Holy Book revealed to Prophet Isa (AS) (Jesus) was the:
A) Tawrat
B) Zabur
C) Injil (Gospel) ✅ Answer
D) Suhuf
Q87: The direction Muslims face during prayer (Salat) is called the:
A) Makkah
B) Haram
C) Qibla ✅ Answer
D) Mihrab
Q88: The Siege of Taif by the Muslims took place shortly after the battle of:
A) Badr
B) Uhud
C) Khandaq
D) Hunayn ✅ Answer
Q89: Who was the last wife of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to pass away?
A) Hazrat Khadija (RA)
B) Hazrat Ayesha (RA)
C) Hazrat Umm Salamah (RA) ✅ Answer
D) Hazrat Hafsa (RA)
Q90: The Islamic concept of Halal refers to what is:
A) Forbidden
B) Disliked
C) Permitted or lawful ✅ Answer
D) Compulsory
Q91: Choose the correct synonym of 'Augment':
A) Decrease
B) Minimize
C) Shrink
D) Increase/Enlarge ✅ Answer
Q92: Antonym of 'Conceal' is:
A) Hide
B) Mask
C) Disguise
D) Reveal/Disclose ✅ Answer
Q93: The passive voice of the sentence "He writes a letter" is:
A) A letter wrote by him.
B) He is written by a letter.
C) A letter is written by him. ✅ Answer
D) A letter was written by him.
Q94: Choose the correct spelling:
A) Maintainance
B) Maintanence
C) Maintenance ✅ Answer
D) Maintenance
Q95: Choose the correct sentence with the appropriate use of 'Since' or 'For':
A) He has been living here since ten years.
B) He has been living here since 2010.
C) He has been living here for ten years. ✅ Answer
D) He is living here for 2010.
Q96: The common name for the compound H2O is:
A) Salt
B) Sugar
C) Carbon Dioxide
D) Water ✅ Answer
Q97: Which process is responsible for the formation of clouds?
A) Evaporation
B) Sublimation
C) Precipitation
D) Condensation ✅ Answer
Q98: LAN in computer networking stands for:
A) Large Area Network
B) Long Access Node
C) Local Area Network ✅ Answer
D) Limited Access Network
Q99: The green pigment found in plants that is essential for photosynthesis is:
A) Hemoglobin
B) Carotene
C) Anthocyanin
D) Chlorophyll ✅ Answer
Q100: The layer of the Earth's atmosphere closest to the surface, where most weather occurs, is the:
A) Stratosphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Troposphere ✅ Answer
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