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Concept of Inclusive Education — Quiz

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Q1. A school admits ten children with disabilities to its regular sections but makes no change in teaching, materials or evaluation. Why is this NOT inclusive education?
- A. Because inclusion is an approach to learning, not just a placement decision; the school must modify the system to suit the child.
- B. Because the children should be in separate special schools.
- C. Because the number of children admitted is too small.
- D. Because admission rules require government approval first.
Q2. Inclusion gives children access to
- A. Common educational provisions in a regular classroom along with their peers
- B. Special curricula reserved only for children with disabilities
- C. Home-schooling material instead of school
- D. Boarding-school facilities at government cost
Q3. Under the 'Psychological' need for inclusive education, it is mainly argued that inclusion
- A. Helps children feel safe and secure and builds confidence in their individual ability
- B. Improves rote memorisation of textbook content
- C. Replaces the need for school counsellors entirely
- D. Speeds up completion of the syllabus
Q4. The 'Educational' argument for inclusion rests on which evidence?
- A. Inclusive schools always score higher in board exams.
- B. Children with disabilities should be tested separately.
- C. Special schools produce better engineers and doctors.
- D. Research shows children in inclusive settings show better educational outcomes than those educated in segregated settings.
Q5. Under the human-rights argument for inclusion, no child can be discriminated against because of which factors?
- A. Learning ability and social, economic, cultural and family background
- B. Only because of caste
- C. Only because of physical disability
- D. Only because of religion and language
Q6. 'integration' of children with disabilities into regular schools is described primarily as
- A. Placement in the same space and time as peers, often with support in a resource room, while expecting the child to fit the system
- B. Complete restructuring of curriculum for every child
- C. Teaching only through Braille and sign language
- D. Moving regular-school children into special schools
Q7. Which contrast between integration and inclusion is highlighted?
- A. Integration is online; inclusion is offline.
- B. Integration uses only one teacher; inclusion uses many.
- C. Integration is cheaper; inclusion is costlier.
- D. Integration highlights the child's inadequacy to meet school demands; inclusion makes modifications in the system so the child can participate.
Q8. The historical movement of educating children with disabilities in India and the world has followed which sequence?
- A. Special schools → mainstreaming → integration → inclusion
- B. Inclusion → integration → mainstreaming → special schools
- C. Integration → special schools → inclusion → mainstreaming
- D. Mainstreaming → inclusion → special schools → integration
Q9. Sunita teaches Class 4 in a school in rural Bihar. Her class has children from very different home backgrounds, mother tongues, and learning paces. Under the factor 'Diversity among learners', this situation
- A. Should make her refuse admission to slower learners
- B. Means all children must be grouped strictly by IQ
- C. Is irrelevant — diversity does not affect classroom teaching
- D. Is itself a key factor affecting inclusive education, calling for varied materials and flexible methods
Q10. Why is 'availability of resources' listed as a factor that affects inclusive education in Indian schools?
- A. Because resource books are unnecessary in inclusive classes
- B. Because resources are needed only for gifted children
- C. Because every Indian school already has enough resources for every child
- D. Because special learning materials, assistive devices and expert support are often hard to access, especially in rural schools
Q11. The existing evaluation system in Indian schools is treated as a factor that hinders inclusion because it
- A. Is too easy for every child
- B. Tests only oral skills
- C. Is conducted once a year only
- D. Is rigid and uniform — the same paper and the same conditions for every child, regardless of individual need
Q12. Rohini wants to teach 'shapes' to her Class 2 class, which includes one child with low vision and one with mild hearing impairment. Following 'varied learning materials' guidance, which set is most aligned?
- A. A printed textbook page read aloud, only once
- B. Visual flash cards plus tactual shapes she has cut from old greeting cards plus a short video clip
- C. Only chalk-and-talk for the full period
- D. Photocopied worksheets given as homework
Q13. In a Class 5 test, Meena, who is visually impaired, is given the same question paper but in Braille instead of print. Under child-friendly evaluation techniques, this is an example of
- A. Substitution
- B. Omission
- C. Compensation
- D. Mainstreaming
Q14. For a child with a mobility impairment, the classroom should preferably be
- A. On the ground floor, with an accessible path and no obstacles inside
- B. In a noisy corridor
- C. On the top floor of the school building
- D. Inside the principal's office
Q15. The 'girl child' is listed among groups at risk of exclusion from the education system primarily because
- A. Girls are biologically less capable of learning
- B. Girls do not want to attend school
- C. Schools refuse admission to girls
- D. Family and social conditions — household work, early marriage, safety fears and gender bias — often push girls out of school

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