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Social science is often said to mainly do what?Read the answer and worked solution →Exams in social science wrongly reward what?Read the answer and worked solution →Social science is seen as lacking what for specialists?Read the answer and worked solution →Social science is said to give needless details of what?Read the answer and worked solution →To reduce content load, curriculum writers should stress what rather than many facts?Read the answer and worked solution →What helps all regions relate to social studies content?Read the answer and worked solution →Relevant local content in social studies is ideally taught through what?Read the answer and worked solution →What should happen to boundaries between disciplines?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kothari Commission urged that India not be viewed only through which approach?Read the answer and worked solution →The school book should be treated as what for further enquiry?Read the answer and worked solution →Which new name was proposed to replace the school subject Civics?Read the answer and worked solution →What did colonial Civics chiefly stress about citizens?Read the answer and worked solution →Who authored the first Civics book, The Citizen of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Gendering the curriculum requires what beyond adding women?Read the answer and worked solution →The shift in how the school book is seen goes from a closed box to what?Read the answer and worked solution →History courses should be corrected by taking account of what?Read the answer and worked solution →A key objective of primary social studies is developing which skills?Read the answer and worked solution →Primary social studies should build respect for what in the child?Read the answer and worked solution →At Classes III to V, all concepts taught should be what?Read the answer and worked solution →At Classes III to V, what is stressed about the social environment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which issues are children sensitised to in Classes III to V?Read the answer and worked solution →What guide should be prepared to help teachers handle EVS topics?Read the answer and worked solution →At upper primary, the earth is studied as habitat of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which subject areas feed Social Science at the upper primary stage?Read the answer and worked solution →At upper primary, history should be taught emphasising which concept?Read the answer and worked solution →At the secondary stage, the main focus is on which theme?Read the answer and worked solution →Contemporary India at secondary level is discussed including whose perspective?Read the answer and worked solution →Students at secondary stage should learn about each discipline's nature, scope and what?Read the answer and worked solution →Commerce at higher secondary may include which subjects?Read the answer and worked solution →A higher secondary objective is helping students choose what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Social science is often said to mainly do what?

  1. Build vocational skills
  2. Link lessons to daily life
  3. Train field researchers
  4. Transmit facts to memorise
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Correct answer: D. Transmit facts to memorise

The position paper reports a widespread belief that social science merely transmits text meant to be memorised for examinations.

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Exams in social science wrongly reward what?

  1. Original project design
  2. Conceptual understanding
  3. Memorising excess facts
  4. Group discussion skills
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Correct answer: C. Memorising excess facts

Examinations are felt to reward memorising superfluous facts while conceptual understanding is largely ignored.

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Social science is seen as lacking what for specialists?

  1. Prizes for toppers
  2. Books in regional languages
  3. Chances for school trips
  4. Desirable job openings
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Correct answer: D. Desirable job openings

One perception is that not many desirable job options are open to students specialising in social sciences.

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