National Achievement Survey (NAS)
CLASS
Pupil Questionnaire (PQ)
Instructions: Given below are some items to seek
information about you as a student studying at
secondary stage in your school. Please read each item
carefully and respond one-by-one. For responding the
item, darken the appropriate circles given along with the
item as shown below:
Right Method :
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State Code
School Code
CYCLE-1
Student Code
(To be filled by the Centre Superintendent)
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This information is to be used for a National Study and
shall be kept confidential.
1.
Your gender:
(2) If yes, then which of the group
do you belong?
(1) Boy
(2) Girl
(1) Buddhist
2.
Your age:
(2) Christian
(1) 14 years
(3) Jain
(2) 15 years
(4) Muslim
(3) 16 years
3.
(5) Parsi
(6) Sikh
Location of your residence:
(1) Rural
(7) Any other please specify ____________
(2) Urban
4.
6.
Social Category you belong to:
(1) SC
(2) ST
Highest Educational
Qualification of parents:
(1) Did not go to school
(3) OBC
(2) Primary
(4) Others
(3) Elementary
(4) Secondary
5.
(1) Do you belong to a
minority group?
(1)
Yes
(2)
No
(5) Higher secondary
(6) Degree & above
(7) Not known
Educational Survey Division
2015
Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi
(1)
(2)
Father
Mother
7.
(1)
(2)
11. Do you have any of the following disabilities?
Occupational status of parents: Father Mother
(1) Hearing impairment
(1) Unemployed
(2) Speech disability
(2) Household / Housewife
(3) Visual disability
(3) Agricultural Labour /
Domestic Servant /
(4) Physical disability
Daily Wager / Street Vendor
(5) Mental Retardation
(4) Farmer (Cultivator)
(6) Multiple disability
(5) Skilled Worker / Office Worker
(6) Shopkeeper/Businessman
12. Have you ever repeated a grade?
(Please darken only one circle in each row)
(7) Teacher/Lecturer/Professor
(8) Manager / Senior Officer /
Professional
(1)
No,
Never
(9) Information not available
(1) Primary
(Grades 1 to 5)
(10) Not alive
(2) Middle
(Grades 6 to 8)
8.
Number of your own
brother(s) / sister(s)
(1)
(2)
Brother Sister
(3) Secondary
(Grades 9 to 10)
(1) None
13. Which of the following do you
use at your home?
(2) One
(3) Two
(1) Newspaper
(4) More than two
(2) Magazine
(3) Radio
9.
Do you get help in your
studies at home from
family members?
(1)
Yes
(4) Television
(2)
No
(5) Computer
(6) Dictionaries
10. Do you get private tuition
for your studies?
(1)
Yes
(7) Mobile Phone
(2)
No
(8) Internet
(9) CD / Calculator
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(2)
Yes,
Once
(3)
Yes, More
than Once
14. (1) What is approximate distance of
your school from your home?
(3) If yes, then how many books you
can issue in your name?
(1) Up to 1 k.m.
(1) One
(2) 1 to 2 k.m.
(2) Two
(3) 2 to 3 k.m.
(3) Any number
(4) More than 3 k.m.
(4) For how many days you can
retain the book after issuance?
(2) Travel time to school
(1) Up to 30 Min.
(1) One day
(2) 30 to 60 Min.
(2) One week
(3) 1 to 2 hour
(3) One month
(4) More than 2 hour
(4) One session
(3) How do you go to school?
18. (1) Does your School have a laboratory?
(1) Stay in residential school
(2) On foot
(1) Yes
(3) Bicycle
(2) No
(4) Public Transport
(2) If yes,
(5) Own vehicle
i) Do you get an opportunity to do practicals /
experiments in your school laboratory?
15. How many times were you absent from
school in the last two full weeks?
(1) Yes
(1) Never
(2) No
(2) One or two times
ii) If yes, how many periods per week are
allotted for practical in your school time table?
(3) Three or four times
(4) More than four times
(1) One period
16. (1) Do you have the facility of working
on computers in your school?
(2) Two periods
(3) More than two periods
(1) Yes
19. Which subject do you like the most in
your courses of studies?
(2) No
(2) If yes, then how many time you get a
chance of working on computers in school?
(1) English Language
(1) Every day
(2) Mathematics
(2) Once a week
(3) Science
(3) Once a month
(4) Social Science
17. (1) Does your School have a library?
(5) Language other than English
(1) Yes
(2) No
20. Do you share your subject related
(2) Do you have the facility of getting books
problems with your friends/classmates?
issued in your name from your school library?
(1) Yes
(1) Yes
(2) No
(2) No
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21. (1) Is there time allotted for games and sports
period in school timetable?
(1) Yes
23. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the
following statements? (Please darken only one
circle in each row.)
Strongly DisStrongly
Disagree agree Agree Agree
(2) No
(1)
1. I look forward to
going to school.
(2) Which type of games usually you play in school
during your games period/free classes?
2. It is easy to
understand what
the teachers
teach in class.
(1) Indoor
(2) Outdoor
3. I wish I could ask
my teachers
more questions
about a topic
which is not
clear.
22. How often do the following things happen?
(Please darken only one circle in each row)
Never Sometime
(1)
(2)
Often
(3)
1. I share with my
parents what is
happening at
school.
4. My teachers give
me interesting
activities to do in
class.
5. I am scared of
taking tests at
school.
2. I discuss the
difficult concepts
with teachers.
6. I don’t like going
to school.
3. I discuss
problems (in my
study or
otherwise) with my
friends.
7. I need more help/
extra time from
the teacher to
understand a
topic.
4. I ask help from my
parents / teachers if
I am stuck with a
problem.
8. In class, my
teachers
encourage me to
ask questions
related to the
topic.
5. My parents check
if I do my
homework.
9. It is important to
do well at school.
6. I get to perform
experiments in the
school laboratory.
10. The school
gives me
enough chances
to participate in
sports and
cultural
activities.
7. I am bullied by
other students.
8. I am punished by
teachers.
11. I feel proud of
my school.
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(2)
(3)
(4)