Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) Exam Exam held on 29.01.2012 Part- I Child Development And Pedagogy

Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) Exam

Exam held on 29.01.2012 

Part- I Child Development And Pedagogy

1. When a teacher involves a visually challenge learner in group activities with the other learners of the class, she is

• acting according to the spirit of inclusive education
• helping all the learners to develop sympathy towards the visually challenged learner
• likely to increase the stress on the visually challenged learner
• creating barriers to learning for the class

2. A teacher uses audio-visual aids and physical activities in her teaching because they

• facilitate effective assessment
• provide a diversion to learners
• utilize maximum number of senses to enhance learning
• provide relief to the teacher

3. A teacher engages her learners in a number of group activities such as group discussions, group projects, etc. the learning dimension it highlights is

• learning through recreation
• language-guided learning
• competition-based learning
• learning as a social activity

4. Science and Art exhibitions, music and dance shows and bringing out school magazines, are meant to

• train students for various professions
• establish a name for the school
• satisfy the parents
• provide a creative channel for learners

5. A teacher always helps her learners link the knowledge they have derived in one subject area with the knowledge from other subject areas. This helps to promote

• correlation and transfer of knowledge
• individual differences
• learner autonomy
• reinforcement

6. Creativity is usually associated with

• Imitation
• Convergent thinking
• Divergent thinking
• Modelling

7. A student works hard to clear an entrance test for admission into a medical college. The student is said to be motivated

• experimentally
• intrinsically
• extrinsically
• individually

8. The ‘doing aspect of behavior falls in the

• Psychological domain of learning
• Cognitive domain of learning
• Affective domain of learning
• Cognitive domain of learning

9. Which of the following is predominantly heredity related factor?

• Participation in social activities
• Attitude towards peer group
• Thinking pattern
• Colour of the eyes

10. Teachers should study the errors of their students they often indicate the

• need for differentiated curriculum
• extent of their knowledge
• remedial strategies needed
• pathways for ability grouping

11. Seema learns every lesson very quickly but Leena takes longer to learn them. It denotes the developmental principle of

• inter-relationships
• continuity
• general to specific
• individual differences

12. Environmental factors that shape development include all of the following except

• culture
• quality of education
• physique
• quality of nutrition

13. According to theories of motivation, a teacher can enhance learning by

• setting uniform standards of expectations
• not having any expectations from students
• setting extremely high expectations
• setting realistic expectations from students

14. Development starts from

• pre-natal stage
• the stage of infancy
• pre-childhood stage
• post-childhood stage

15. Ability to recognize and classify all varieties of animals, minerals and plants, according to multiple intelligences theory, is called

• Naturalist intelligence
• Linguistic intelligence
• Spatial intelligence
• Logico- mathematical intelligence

16. The statement “Majority of the people are average, a few very bright and a few very dull” is based on the established principle of

• Distribution of intelligence
• Growth of intelligence
• Intelligence and sex differences
• Intelligence and racial differences

17. According to Piaget’s cognitive theory of learning, the process by which the cognitive structure is modified is called

• Accommodation
• Assimilation
• Schema
• Perception

18. When previous learning makes no difference at all to the learning in a new situation, it is called

• Absolute transfer of learning
• Positive transfer of learning
• Negative transfer of learning
• Zero transfer of learning

19. Thinking is essentially

• a psychomotor process
• a psychological phenomenon
• an affective behavior
• a cognitive activity

20. In a child-centered classroom, children generally learn

• mainly from the teacher
• individually
• in groups
• individually and in groups

21. In co-operative learning, older and more proficient students assist younger and lesser skilled students. This leads to

• higher moral development
• conflict between the groups
• higher achievement and self-esteem
• intense competition

22. The major frustration that children with hearing loss face in the classroom is

• the inability to take examinations with other students
• the inability to read the prescribed textbook
• the inability to participate in sports and games
• the inability to communicate or share information with others

23. Dyslexia is associated mainly with difficulties in

• reading
• speaking
• speaking and hearing
• hearing

24. Gifted students will realize their potential when

• they learn with other students
• they are segregated from other students
• they attend private coaching classes
• they are tested frequently

25. A good textbook avoids

• social responsibility
• gender bias
• gender sensitivity
• gender equality

26. The stage of cognitive development according to Piaget, in which a child displays ‘object permanence’ is

• Formal operational stage
• Sensorimotor stage
• Pre-operational stage
• Concrete operational stage

27. Inclusive education refers to a school education system that

• emphasizes the need to promote the education of the girl child only
• includes children with disability
• includes children regardless of physical, intellectual, social, linguistic or other differently abled conditions
• encourages education of children with special needs through exclusive schools

28. According to Kohlberg, the thinking process involved in judgments about questions of right and wrong is called

• Moral reasoning
• Moral realism
• Moral dilemma
• Morality co-operation

29. A student is aggressive in his behavior towards his peer group and does not conform to the norms of the school. This student needs help in

• Higher order thinking skills
• Cognitive domain
• Psychomotor domain
• Affective domain

30. Teachers are advised to involve their learners in group activities because, besides facilitating learning, they also help in

• Socialization
• Value conflicts
• Aggression
• Anxiety