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What popular view lowers morale in social science classes?Read the answer and worked solution →Early schooling often suggests thatRead the answer and worked solution →Seeing social science as text to be memorised points to which problem?Read the answer and worked solution →Social science examinations are criticised for chiefly rewarding what?Read the answer and worked solution →Reducing information overload in social science also needs a review ofRead the answer and worked solution →To reduce content load, social science should stressRead the answer and worked solution →Which committee opposed retaining information without comprehension?Read the answer and worked solution →Why should social studies include local content?Read the answer and worked solution →Who should bring local realities into social studies?Read the answer and worked solution →How do social science methods compare with natural science ones?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phenomena are wrongly seen as the only scientific ones?Read the answer and worked solution →Some social scientists copy physical science methods becauseRead the answer and worked solution →Which values must social sciences help widen among people?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a concern for discussion under normative responsibility?Read the answer and worked solution →Which institution is suggested as one theme linking disciplines?Read the answer and worked solution →The proposed epistemic shift treats the textbook asRead the answer and worked solution →The proposed epistemic shift moves from utilitarianism towardsRead the answer and worked solution →What new name was suggested in place of 'Civics'?Read the answer and worked solution →In what context did Civics enter the Indian school curriculum?Read the answer and worked solution →Which feature marked colonial civics?Read the answer and worked solution →Political science treats civil society as a sphere producing which citizens?Read the answer and worked solution →'Gendering' the curriculum chiefly requiresRead the answer and worked solution →In classes I and II, the environment is taught as part ofRead the answer and worked solution →Which subject is introduced for classes III to V?Read the answer and worked solution →Which methods suit classes I and II social studies?Read the answer and worked solution →In classes III to V, activities should relate toRead the answer and worked solution →An upper primary aim is understanding the earth asRead the answer and worked solution →Which issue is emphasised for upper primary social science?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the main focus of social sciences at the secondary stage?Read the answer and worked solution →Contemporary India is viewed through whose perspective?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What popular view lowers morale in social science classes?

  1. It is too scientific to teach
  2. It is a non-utility subject
  3. It suits only senior students
  4. It needs costly laboratories
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Correct answer: B. It is a non-utility subject

The correct answer is It is a non-utility subject.

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Early schooling often suggests that

  1. social sciences are harder than science
  2. natural sciences are superior to social sciences
  3. science is easier than languages
  4. languages outrank all other subjects
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Correct answer: B. natural sciences are superior to social sciences

The correct answer is natural sciences are superior to social sciences.

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Seeing social science as text to be memorised points to which problem?

  1. Excess of outdoor fieldwork
  2. Information overload and rote study
  3. Lack of printed wall maps
  4. Shortage of trained teachers
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Correct answer: B. Information overload and rote study

The correct answer is Information overload and rote study.

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