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West Bengal State UniversityB.A./B.Sc./B.Com. ( Honours, Major, General) Examinations, 2014

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EDUCATION - GENERALPaper - III

Duration : 3 Hours 1 [ Full Marks: 100. .

Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

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GROUP-A

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1. 10 x 2 = 20Answer any ten of the following questions:

a) What is Samavartana in Brahmanic Education system?'

b) Mention two names of Buddhistic universities whose fame wasinternational.

c) What is Muktab ? \

d) Mention the names of some books which were written by William Carey.

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e) What do you mean by Downward Filtration theory ?

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f) Mention some activities regarding social reforms of Raja Rammohan Roy.

g) Why Adam's third report on indigenous system of education in India wasso important?

h) Mention the names of two books for the children, written by Vidyasagar.

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i) Why was the name of Vivekananda so popular to the extremist freedomfighters?

j) What do you mean by Wardha Scheme?

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k) What is meant by 'core' subject according to Mudaliar Commission ?

1) What is Nari Shiksha Bhandar ?

m) Which was the first education commission in India ?

n) What do you mean by wastage in primary education?

0) Write the full form of CASE.

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GROUP-B

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Answer any five of the following questions:

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2. What do you mean by 'Upanayana' ? Discuss the salient features of Brahmanicsystem of education. 4 + 12

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3. .Describe the major recommendations of the Despatch of 1854.

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4. Briefly describe the role of Iswarchandra Vidyasagar in women education andBengali language and literature. 8 + 8

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5. What were the main reasons of National Education Movement? What was therole of Rabindranath Tagore in this movement? 6 + 10

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6. Discuss the recommendation of Hunter Commission on secondary education.

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7. Mention the major recommendations of Sadler Commission and state itseducational importance. 12 + 4

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8. Mention the recommendations of Sargent Plan for the development of pre-primary and primary education. 8 + 8

9. Discuss the language policy and vocational education as suggested by KothariCommission. 8 + 8

EDCG (GEN)-03. 6810. . Give a brief description regarding women education since independence. 16

11. Discuss the recommendations of the National Education Policy, 1986 regardingsecondary and vocational education. 8 + 8