Sample Question Papers for B.Ed

Q.1 Write the names of early nations of Subcontinent? In Subcontinent following nations are lining from ancient period. · The Kols · The Dravidians · The Indo-Aryans · The Sakas · The Mongoloid · The Huns · The Iranians · The Greeks · The Muslims · The Europeans Q.2 Write the four characteristics of Indus Valley Civilization? · This Urban Civilization spread over a vast geographical region from the high mountains of Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Makran, Sindh and Gujarat (India). · Large cities and smaller towns grew up along the major trade routes as administrative and ritual centers. · This civilization evolved from local cultures, which has roots extending back to the earliest Neolithic farming dating in Pakistan and India to around 6500BC. · Urban character of the Indus Valley Civilization around 2600.B.C. This civilization was organized around cities and towns. Q.3 Where is Mohenjo-daro and Harappa and writes the meaning of both? · Mohenjo-Daro means the city of dead mound. It is situated in Sindh in Pakistan. · Harappa means the city of golden gates. It is situated in Sahiwal in Punjab. Q.4 Who were ARYANS and which was their real homeland? · The Aryans were a long-headed race, of tall stature, with narrow noses and a fair complexion. Their purest representatives are found today mainly in Kashmir, the Punjab and Rajputana. · The real homeland of Aryans was Central Asia. Q.5 Write the names of Rivers in Subcontinent? · Kabul Jhelum Chenab Ravi · Indus Beas Sutlej Q.6 Write the four castes of Hindus? These are four castes of Hindus. · Brahmans · Khatri · Vaishya · Sudra Q.7 Write the names of religious books of Hindus and Muslims? There are four religious books of Hindus. · Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharan Veda. There are following books of Muslims. · Holy Quran · Bibal · Turat · Zaboor Q.8 Write a short note on Harappa and Mohenjo-daro? · Mohenjo-daro (The Mound of the dead) is the largest city of of Indus Valley Civilization. It was flourished between 2600 to 1900 BC.It was discovered and excavated in 1900.It is the first oldest city in the Subcontinent and now situated in Sindh, Pakistan. · Harappa It was the next big city of Indus Valley Civilization according to S.M. Vehller.Its old name was Hariupea means the city of golden gates. It is situated near the Sahiwal in Punjab and 85 km from Lahore. Sir Johan Marshal excavated here. Q.9 What was the duration of Muslims rulers in Subcontinent? · The Muslims rules at Subcontinent from 712 to 1857. Q.10 When Indian came into control in British Government and why? · The East India Company came into being in 1600 A.D and by the subsequent acquisitions of many commercial privileges from the emperors, it had acquired strength in the middle of the eighteenth century. They came for trade but became the ruler of the Subcontinent. Q.11 Write down the effects of East India Company? There are following effects of East India Company. · Destroy Muslim Culture and Heritage. They struggled to destroy the Muslim religion. · They destroy the Educational system of Muslims. · They gave importance to Hindus in jobs and neglect the Muslims. · English Language became the Language of Education instead of Persian. · They destroy the Bengal Industry of cloth. Q.12 When Minto-Marly reforms held? Point out important events from 1857-1947? · Minto-Marly reforms held in 1909. · 1857 War of Independence. · 1858 Government of India Act. · 1861 Sir Syed Pamphlet “Reasons of Rebellions” · 1892 Indian Legislature Act. · 1919 Indian Act was revived. · In 1930-31-32 Round Table Conferences. · In 1935 Indian Government Act was passed. · In 1940, Muslims were united on one demand of Pakistan. Krips commission, suggestions, Lord Wayel plan, 1946 election, Muslim Leagues victory, Red Clif award, Boundary Commission and Independence of India in two countries. Q.13 Who was the first and present Governor General and Prime Minister of Pakistan? · The first GN was Quaid-I-Azam and PM was Liaqat Ali Khan · The present GN is General Peraiz Musharraf and PM is Shuqat Azaz Q.14 How many Constitutions have been formulated in Pakistan also write the years? · Three Constitutions have been formulated in Pakistan. · First Constitution of 1956 · Second Constitution of 1962 · Third Constitution of 1973 Q.15 Write down the five statements of Constitutions of 1973? · The President is Muslim and elected by the join session of NA and Senate. · NA elects the PM. · The Constitution of 1973 provided a bicameral legisture, the NA and Senate. · The NA consists of 207 Muslim members. · The Supreme Court shall consists of Chief Justice and other Judges whose number shall be determined by the President. Q.16 When General Parvaiz Musharraf became the President of Pakistan and why? · General Peraiz came into power after an army coup against Nawaz Sharief. 9/11 incidents happened in his age, he has to change Afghan policy, enhance economic growth and advance Kashmir. Q.17 Write the meanings of Civics and from which language it is derived? · Civics is derived from Latin language. It is a combination of two words civis and civitas. Civics means citizen and civitas means city and citizen state. So Civics means discuss that matters which are related to citizen and citizen state. Q.18 Define Civics? Civics is that useful branch of human knowledge, which deals with everything social, intellectual, economic, political and even religious aspect relating to citizens past, present and future local, national and human. Q.19 Define Rights? According to T.H.Green. “Right is a that tool which is considered necessary for general benefit.” Q.20 Write the kinds of rights? · There are three basics kinds of Rights. · Moral Right · Legal Right · Social Right Q.21 What is meant by Democracy? According to Dictionary definition democracy is “Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives”. Q.22 Write the characteristics of Islamic Democratic society? Following are the characteristic of an Islamic Democratic Society. · Tauheed (Sovereignty of God) · Prophet hood (obedience to Muhammad PBUM) · Justice, equity, place of non-Muslims · Brotherhood and advisory system · Human Right, sacrifice for others. Q.23 What is the meaning of Geography and from which language it is derived? · According to the Wikipedia “Geography derived from Greek words Ge or Gaea, both meaning Earth and Graphein meaning to describe or to write or to map”. Q.24 Define the term Geography? · “Geography is the study of Earths surface and its related physical, biological and cultural features”. Q.25 Write four kinds of maps? · Physical Map · World Map · Topographical Map · Population Map Q.26 What is meant by map reading? · Map reading is a Geographical Skill. Through map reading we know the scale, longitude and latitude, symbols of map and kinds of map etc. Q.27 Write a short note on Agriculture of Pakistan? · Agriculture sector is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy. Pakistans 80% of Population is associated with the Agriculture for their livelihood variety of crops is cultivated in Pakistan. Those crops which are cultivated before the beginning of winter season and harvested in early summer are known as Rabi Crops. They include wheat, barly, grams, oilseeds, pulses etc. Those crops which are grown in the beginning of summer and harvested in early winter are called as Kharif Crops. These include rice, sugercane, millets, maize, cotton etc. Q.28 Write a note on minerals of Pakistan? · Pakistan possesses mineral resources in abundance. Pakistan has sufficient deposits of non-metallic minerals, including Rock Salt, Gypsum, China Clay, Limestone, Marable, Kaoline and Granite. However Pakistan is deficient in Metallic minerals, which are found in low quantity. Metallic minerals, which are found in Pakistan, are Iron, Copper, Lead, Bauxite Gold, Magnesite, Tungsten and Zinc. Q.29 What is longitude and latitude? · Longitude is the angular distance east or west from north-south line that passes through Greenwich, England, to particular location. · Latitude is angular distance north or south from equator to a particular location. Q.30 Write kinds of Geography? · There are two important kinds of Geography. · Physical Geography relates with physical features of earth. · Human Geography relates with human interaction with their environment. Q.31 Define inductive and deductive method? · INDUCTIVE METHOD: Here the child is enabled to arrive at general conclusions, establish laws or formulate generalizations through the observations of particular facts, and concrete examples. · DEDUCTIVE METHOD: It is the opposite of the inductive approach. Here learner proceeds from general to particular, abstract to concrete and formula to examples. Q.32 What is lecture method? · It is oldest method of teaching. The lecture method is called teacher centred and one-way communication. Socrates used this method and that it is chief method of teaching. Its use is more effective when teacher use appropriate physical environment and himself use command on language, other verbal and non-verbal sources and students participation. Q.33 Write down the five merits of problem solving method? MERITS: · Students learn to propose and structure problem. · They do their own learning under the guidance of their teacher. · They learn to formulate hypotheses. · This approach trains them to solve problems in everyday life. · They get trained in scientific method by developing scientific attitude and scientific temper. Q.34 Write two merits and demerits of project method? MERITS · Purpose or reasons for learning are clarified. · Interest in learning increased. DEMERITS: · Project identification and planning is very difficult task.. · All subject and curriculum cannot be covered. Q.35 What is discussion method? · A process of talking about a topic in a group in a conversation way. Any contributions to the conversation are accepted from anyone involved in the discussion and ideas can emerge and evolve in ways, which have not been predetermined by the teacher. Q.36 Write the characteristics of role-play? · Role-play is a technique used for developing ihe communicative skill of the learners. · A small group of participants acts out a real-life situation in front of a larger group. · Participants make up their parts as they act. Q.37 What is team teaching? · David Warwick (1971) defines team teaching as “a form of organization in which individual teachers decide to pool resources, interests and expertise in order to devise and implement a scheme of work suitable to the needs of their pupil and the facilities of their schools.” Q.38 What is recapitulation? · When the students should note down the blackboard summary. The blackboard summary must be removed before asking the recapitulation questions. The purpose of these questions is to practice the student learning and evaluate the student performance. Q.39 What is microteaching? · Micro-teaching is an instructional activity used in training and evaluating classroom teachers. Teachers-in-training are given specific guidelines for developing one or more short lessons which are delivered in front of an audience. Micro-teaching sessions are usually videotaped so that the performance of the teachers-in-training can be closely examined. Q.40 Write a short note on Audio visual aids? · Audiovisual aids are defined as any device used to aid in the communication of an idea. From the definition, virtually anything can be used as an aid, providing it successfully communicates the idea or information for which it is designed, we not only used the term “Audiovisual Aids”, and “Instructional Aids”, “Teaching Aids” “Audio Aids”, “Visual Aids” as well. Q.41 Write advantages of Homework? · Homework refers to assignments students are given that are to be completed during their time away from the classroom. Homework is both an assessment technique and an instructional method. As an instructural method it can involve activities for independent study such as assigning questions, completing reports, and preparing for presentations. As an assessment technique, it can be used to evaluate student performance through the use of rating scales, checklists, or anecdotal records. Q.42 Write down the names of big cities of Sindh? · Big Cities of Sindh are Karachi, Hyderabad, Sakhur and Larkana. Q.43 Write down the names of countries, which are situated in Subcontinent? · Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka. Q.44 Which kinds of nations were living in Sindh civilization? · The Kols · The Dravidians · The Indo-Aryans · The Sakas · The Mongoloid · The Huns · The Iranians · The Greeks · The Muslims · The Europeans Q.45 Who was Dravidians? · Dravidians were the creator of Sindh civilization. They are distinguished physically by their short stature. Their complexion is very dark, approaching black, hair plentiful, eyes dark, head long and nose very broad, but not so as to make the face appear flat. Q.46 Write down the causes of fall of Mughals? · Akbars Religious Policy · Aurangzeb religious Policy · Aurangzeb Daccan Policy · Deterioration in Character of Kings · Intellectual Bankruptcy · Corruption in the Mughal Administration · Rise of British power in India Q.47 Write a note on Geography of Indo-Pakistan? · Subcontinent now consists of Countries: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.In 1947 Subcontinent was diided into independent countries, Pakistan and Bharat. In 1971 Bangladesh was divided from Pakistan. · This subcontinent covers about area of 4480000 kilometers. It is part of Asian continent. It covers to present Asia and 40% population of Asia. · Pakistan and India form a vast subcontinent. It is triangular in shape. On the north it is bounded by the Himalayan Range, which cuts it off from the rest of Asia. In its east is the Bay of Bengal, and in the west the Arabian Sea. On the southern side of it flows the Indian Ocean Q.48 Who were creators of Sindh civilization? · Dravidians were the creator of Sindh ciilization. They are distinguished physically by their short stature. Their complexion is very dark, approaching black, hair plentiful, eyes dark, head long and nose very broad, but not so as to make the face appear flat. Q.49 Write down the names of Holy books of Hindus? · There are four Holy Books of Hindus. · Rig Veda · Sama Veda · Yajur Veda · Atharvan Veda Q.50 What is Ghandhara Civilization? · Ghandhara is in the area of Pakistan. It consists two main cities Pusklawati and Texashela.This area is very rich heritage of Budha culture. Ghandhara Art is very famous.