CTET - Child Development and Pedagogy
Child Development and Pedagogy
1. This Section consists of 30 questions.
2. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks.
3. Answer the questions quickly and as carefully as you can.
4. Some questions may be difficult and others easy.
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Question 1 |
Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the most
appropriate option.
1. Which one of the following is not related to other options?
1. Which one of the following is not related to other options?
A | Taking feedback from students on a topic |
B | Conducting quiz |
C | Modeling the skills of selfassessment |
D | Organizing question-answer sessions |
Question 2 |
2. Which one of the following questions is correctly matched with its
specified domain ?
A | What was the turning point in the cricket matc telecasted last night ? :Creating |
B | Write down a new recipe to cook chicken by
using herbs :Application |
C | Determine which of the given measures
would most likely lead to achieve best results ? :Analyzing |
D | Could you group your students
on the basis of their achievement in Mathematics ? :Evaluating |
Question 3 |
3. Which of the following is the most effective way to convey students
from disadvantaged sections that you expect them to participate
and succeed ?
A | Develop your own interest in the topics to be taught |
B | Compare them with other children as frequently as possible to make them realize their goal |
C | Emphasize the point that you have high expectation of them |
D | Articulate your confidence in their ability to succeed |
Question 4 |
4. Following are the examples of developmental disorder,
except—
A | cerebral palsy |
B | post-traumatic stress |
C | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
D | autism |
Question 4 Explanation:
Posttraumatic stress disorder
may develop after a person
is exposed to one or more
traumatic events, such assexual
assault, serious injury, or the
threat of death. The diagnosis
may be given when a group of
symptoms, such as disturbing
recurring flashbacks, avoidanceor numbing of memories of the
event and hyperarousal (high
levels of anxiety) continue for
more than a month after the
traumatic event.
Question 5 |
5. Multiple pedagogical techniques. assorted learning material, multiple
assessment techniques and varying the complexity and nature
of the content are associated with which of the following ?
A | Remedial teaching |
B | Differentiated instruction |
C | Reciprocal teaching |
D | Universal design for learning |
Question 5 Explanation:
Differentiated instruction is the
process of ‘ensuring that what a
student learns, how he or she
learns it and how the student
demonstrates what he or she has
learned is a match for that student’s
readiness level, interests
and preferred mode of learning.”
Question 6 |
6. Which of the following is true about gifted learners ?
A | They always lead others and assume extra responsibility in the classroom |
B | They may achieve lower grades due to their heightened
sensitivity |
C | Their importance is primarily due to their brainpower |
D | They make everyone else smarter and are essential for
collaborative learning |
Question 7 |
7. Inclusion in schools primarily focuses on—
A | fulfilling the needs of children with disabilities only |
B | meeting the need of the disabled child at the expense of
entire class |
C | including the educational needs of illiterate parents in
schools |
D | making subtle provisions for special category children |
Question 8 |
8. The cause of learned helplessness in children is their—
A | callous attitude towards classroom activities |
B | non-compliance with expectations of their parents |
C | moral decision for not taking up studies seriously |
D | acquired behaviour that they will not succeed |
Question 9 |
9. If a student is consistently getting lower grades in school, her
parents can be advised to help her by—
A | with-holding mobile phones, movies, comics and extra time for play |
B | narrating her the hardships of life for those who do not possess proper education |
C | forcing her to work harder at home |
D | working in close association with teachers |
Question 10 |
10. Which of the following does not deter problem solving ?
A | Mental sets |
B | Entrenchment |
C | Fixation |
D | Insight |
Question 10 Explanation:
Insight is the understanding
of a specific cause and effect in
a specific context.
Question 11 |
11. A teacher is connecting a text to the previously learnt text and
showing children how to summarize it. She is—
A | insinuating that there is no need to go through the entire text |
B | reinforcing the importance of text from the assessment point of view |
C | encouraging children to mug it up as effectively as possible |
D | helping children to develop their own strategy to comprehend it |
Question 12 |
12. What kind of errors is common between a learner who is learning
his mother tongue and the learner who learns the same language
as a second language ?
A | Simplification |
B | Developmental |
C | Hypercorrection |
D | Overgeneralization |
Question 13 |
13. The stress affects performances in examinations. This fact reflects
which of the following relationships ?
A | Stress-Omission |
B | Performance-Anxiety |
C | Cognition-Competition |
D | Cognition-Emotion |
Question 13 Explanation:
Cognition and Emotion is
devoted to the study of emotion,
especially to those aspects of
emotion related to cognitive
processes.
Question 14 |
14. A teacher is trying to counsel a child who is not performing well
after an accident. Which one of the following is most appropriate
about counseling in schools ?
A | It builds self-confidence of people by letting them explore their own thoughts |
B | It is about giving the best possible advice to students about their future career options |
C | It can be done only by the professional experts |
D | It is about the palliative measures for making people comfortable |
Question 15 |
15. Which of the following would encourage the least a student
who wants to become a highly creative theatre artist ?
A | Develop empathetic, amicable and supportive relationships with your peer theatre artists |
B | Devote your time to those theatrical skills that you find most enjoyable |
C | Read about the performances of the world’s best
theatre artists and try to learn |
D | Try to win the State level competition that will ensure you scholarship |
Question 16 |
16. Which of the following theorists would be of the opinion that
students study hard for their personal growth and development ?
A | Maslow |
B | Skinner |
C | Piaget |
D | Bandura |
Question 17 |
17. Which of the following factors supports learning in a classroom ?
A | Supporting the autonomy of children by the teachers |
B | Sticking to one particular method of instruction to maintain uniformity |
C | Increasing the time interval of periods from 40 minutes to 50 minutes |
D | Increasing the number of tests to motivate children to learn |
Question 18 |
18. Mature students—
A | resolve easily all their conflicts with their intellect |
B | sometimes need emotional support in their studies |
C | do not get upset by studies in difficult situations |
D | believe that emotion has no place in their studies |
Question 19 |
19. A child coming to pre-school for the first time cries profusely. After
two years when the same child goes to the primary school for the
first time, he does not express his tension by crying rather his
shoulder and neck muscles become tense. This change in his
behaviour can be explained on the basis of which of the following
principles ?
A | Development is gradual |
B | Development is different in different people |
C | Development is characterized by differentiation and integration |
D | Development proceeds in a sequential manner |
Question 20 |
20. Which of the following statements is true ?
A | Adoptive children possess same IQs as their adoptive siblings |
B | Experience does not influence brain development |
C | Intelligence remains unaffected by the schooling |
D | Genetic makeup impacts responsiveness of an individual to qualities of the environment |
Question 21 |
21. In the progressive model of education as implemented by CBSE,
socialization of children is done in such a way so as to expect them to—
A | be an active participant in the group work and learn social skills |
B | prepare themselves to conform to the rules and regulations of society without questioning |
C | accept what they are offered by the school irrespective of their social background |
D | give up time-consuming social habits and learn how to
score good grades |
Question 22 |
22. Which of the following is based on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory ?
A | Reciprocal teaching |
B | Culture-neutral cognitive development |
C | Insight learning |
D | Operant conditioning |
Question 22 Explanation:
Reciprocal teaching is an
instructional activity that takes the
form of a dialogue between
teachers and students regarding
segments of text for the purpose
of constructing the meaning of
text. Reciprocal teaching is a
reading technique which is
thought to promote the teaching
process.
Question 23 |
23. A teacher says to her class, “As individual assignments are
designed to help individual students learn more effectively, all
students should complete assignments prescribed without any
assistance.” She is referring to which of the following stages of
Kohlberg’s moral development ?
A | Post-conventional stage 5 |
B | Pre-conventional stage 1 |
C | Pre-conventional stage 2 |
D | Conventional stage 4
—law and order |
Question 24 |
24. Fourteen-year-old Devika is attempting to develop a sense of
herself as a separate, selfgoverning individual. She is developing—
A | autonomy |
B | teenage arrogance |
C | maturity |
D | hatred for rules |
Question 25 |
25. In context of progressive education, which of the following
statements is true according to John Dewey ?
A | Students should be able to solve social problems themselves |
B | Curiosity does not belong to the inherent nature of students rather it is to be cultivated |
C | Students should be observed and not heard in he classroom |
D | There should not be a place for democracy in a classroom |
Question 25 Explanation:
John Dewey was an American
philosopher, psychologist, and
educational reformer whose ideas
have been influential in education
and social reform.
Question 26 |
26. A disorder related to language comprehension is—
A | dyslexia |
B | aspeechxia |
C | aphasia |
D | apraxia |
Question 26 Explanation:
Aphasia is a disturbance of
the comprehension and formulation
of language caused by dysfunction
in specific brain regions.
This class of language disorder
ranges from having difficulty
remembering words to losing the
ability to speak, read or write.
This also affects visual language
such as sign language. Aphasia
is usually linked to brain damage,
most commonly caused by
stroke.
Question 27 |
27. Following are the critical views about the ‘Theory of Multiple
Intelligence’s’, except—
A | different intelligences demand different methods for
different students |
B | gifted students usually excel in a single domain |
C | it lacks of empirical support |
D | it is not research-based |
Question 27 Explanation:
The theory of multiple
intelligences is a theory of
intelligence that differentiates it
into specific (primarily sensory)
“modalities”, rather than seeing intelligence as dominated by a
single general ability. This model
was proposed by Howard
Gardner in his 1983 book
Frames of Mind : The Theory of
Multiple Intelligences. Gardner
articulated seven criteria for a
behaviour to be considered an
intelligence. These were that the
intelligences showed : potential
for brain isolation by brain
damage, place in evolutionary
history, presence of core operations,
susceptibility to encoding
(symbolic expression), a distinct
developmental progression, the
existence of savants, prodigies
and other exceptional people, and
support from experimental psychology
and psychometric findings.
Question 28 |
28. ‘Theory of Multiple Intelligences’ cannot be legitimized as it—
A | does not place equal importance on all seven intelligences |
B | is based only on sound empirical studies done by Abraham Maslow throughout his life |
C | is not compatible with general intelligence ‘g’, which is
most important |
D | is not possible to measure different intelligences as there are no specific tests |
Question 28 Explanation:
The theory of multiple
intelligences is a theory of
intelligence that differentiates it
into specific ‘modalities’, rather
than seeing intelligence as dominated
by a single general ability.
Question 29 |
29. The individual differences of students in a classroom are—
A | detrimental as they lead to student-student conflicts |
B | inexpedient as they reduce the speed of the curriculum transaction to the level of the slowest student |
C | Advantageous as they lead teacher to explore a wider pool of cognitive structures |
D | disadvantageous as teachers need to control a diverse classroom |
Question 30 |
30. School-based assessment was introduced to—
A | ensure the holistic development of all the students |
B | motivate teachers to punctiliously record all the activities of students for better interpretation
of their progress |
C | encourage schools to excel by competing with the other
schools in their area |
D | decentralize the power of Boards of school education in the country |
Question 30 Explanation:
School-based Assessment
(SBA) was first proposed in the
Reform Proposals for the Education
System in Hong Kong, published
in September 2000.
According to the proposal, the
modes, content and the assessment
methods of public examinations
should be reviewd.
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