BLOOM’S TAXONOMICAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

(TABLE – I)
Bloom’s
S.No. Taxonomical Definitions Possible words in the questions
Terms
Retrieving, recognizing and recalling How many, when, where, list,
relevant knowledge from long term define, tell, describe, identify
1. Remembering
memory. etc.,

Constructing meaning from oral, Depict, predict, explain,

written and graphic messages through estimate, identify, differentiate,
2. Understanding interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, etc.,
summarizing, inferring, comparing
and explaining.
Carrying out or using a procedure Demonstrate, apply, illustrate,
3. Applying through execution or implementing. show, examine, classify,
experiment , etc.,
Breaking material into constituent What are the differences,
parts, determining how the parts differentiate, distinguish,
relate to one another and to an analyze, elucidate, compare,
4. Analyzing
overall structure or purpose through separate, categorize, arrange
differentiating, organizing and etc.,
attributing.
Making decisions based on criteria Assess, decide, measure, select,
5. Evaluating and standards through checking and conclude, compare, summarize,
critiquing. etc.,

Putting elements together to form a Combine, rearrange, substitute,

coherent or functional whole; create, design, invent, etc.,
6. Creating reorganizing elements into a new
pattern or structure through
generating, planning or producing.