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Unit 24 : Question Bank

(2) The students also know what types of questions will be asked in the examination, so they Notes
study accordingly.
(3) The examiners are at great ease in setting the question papers, because they have a guide
before them. Questions being out-of-course cannot occur.
(4) All teachers have participation in the construction of question banks, so they understand
the questions clearly, the objectivity in evaluation is then obvious.

24.6 Disadvantages of Question Bank

(1) If the number of teachers and students is large, it is not possible to seek their participation
in it. Participation of the students is an impracticable concept.
(2) The scholars are not of uniform opinion, whether the question banks should be known to
all teachers and students or not.
(3) The aim of an examination is not to pass or fail the students; it is rather to evaluate their
educational achievements and guide them. Then what is the use of acquainting the teachers
and students with question banks!
(4) Another demerit of question bank is that there is no originality in the construction of
question for question papers and there is no opportunity to present a new problem before
the examinees and it is, therefore, not possible to know of the ability and logic of the
students under new circumstances.
We are of the opinion that it is difficult to follow the method of construction of question banks;
participation of students in the construction of question banks is at all impracticable. The setting
of question papers with the help of question banks have both merits and demerits, however the
demerits outnumber the merits. As far as the guidance of the teachers and students is concerned,
the specialists have prepared question lists. Since we have experimented with the question banks
without any benefit, the need of the hour is to train the question paper setters in the construction
of good questions and to distribute them according to the aims and objectives of measurement
and evaluation.

What is Computerised question bank ?

Self Assessment
1. Fill in the blanks :
(i) Question banks are large _____ of suitable questions that are coded by subject area,
instructional objectives measured.
(ii) ______ is an essential requirement for planning a question bank.
(iii) Course wise blue print for the term and examination has defined on primarily three
dimensions viz. ______ , _______ and _______ .

(iv) ______ deals with behaviours like gross bodily movements, finely co-ordinated bodily
movements non-verbal Communications and speech behaviours.
(v) Parallel sets can be made very easily with the help of ______.
(vi) ______ of the students is an impracticable Concept.

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