1. A
6-year-old girl shows exceptional sporting ability. Both of her parents are
sportspersons, send her for coaching everyday and train her on weekends. Her
capabilities are most likely to be the result of an interaction between:
A.
heredity
and environment
B. growth
and development
C. health
and training
D. discipline
and nutrition
2. Which
of the following are secondary agents of socialization?
A. Family
and neighbourhood
B.
School
and neighbourhood
C. School
and immediate family members
D. Family
and relatives
3. According
to Lev Vygotsky, the primary cause of cognitive development is:
A. equilibration
B.
social
interaction
C. adjustment
of mental schemas
D. stimulus-response
pairing
4. In the
context of Kohlberg’s stages of moral reasoning, under which stage would the
given typical response of a child fall?
“Your
parents will be proud of you if you are honest. So you should be honest.”
A. Punishment-obedience
orientation
B. Social
contract orientation
C.
Good
girl-good boy orientation
D. Law and
order orientation
5. According
to Jean Piaget, which of the following is necessary for learning?
A.
Active
exploration of the environment by the learner
B. Observing
the behaviour of adults
C. Belief
in immanent justice
D. Reinforcement
by teachers and parents
6. According
to Jean Piaget, schema building occurs as a result of modifying new information
to fit existing schemes and by modifying old schemes as per new information.
These two processes are known as:
A. accommodation
and adaptation
B. assimilation
and adaptation
C. equilibration
and modification
D.
assimilation
and accommodation
7. In a
progressive classroom setup, the teacher facilitates learning by- providing an
environment that:
A.
promotes
discovery
B. is
restrictive
C. discourages
inclusion
D. encourages
repetition
8. Howard
Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligence (MI) suggests that:
A. every
child should be taught every subject in eight different ways in order to
develop all of the intelligences
B. intelligence
is solely determined by IQ tests
C.
teachers
should use MI as a framework for devising alternative ways to teach the subject
matter
D. ability is destiny and does not change over a period
of time
9. A
5-year-old girl talks to herself while trying to fold a T-shirt. Which of the
following statements is correct in the context of the behaviour displayed by
the girl?
A. Jean
Piaget and Lev Vygotsky would explain this as egocentric nature of the child’s
thoughts.
B.
Jean
Piaget would explain this as egocentric speech, while Lev Vygotsky would
explain this as the child’s attempt to regulate her actions through private
speech.
C. Jean
Piaget would explain this as social interaction, while Lev Vygotsky would
explain this as an exploration.
D. Jean
Piaget and Lev Vygotsky would explain this as the child’s attempt to imitate
her mother,
10.
‘Gender’ is a/an:
A. biological
entity
B. physiological
construct
C. innate
quality
D.
social
construct
11.
Which one of the following is best suited
for emotional development of children?
A.
Democratic
classroom environment
B. No
involvement of the teachers as it is the task of the parents
C. Controlled
classroom environment
D. Authoritarian
classroom environment
12. Which
one of the following is not a suitable formative assessment task?
A. Open-ended
questions
B. Project
C. Observation
D.
Ranking
the students
13. To be
an effective teacher it is important to
A. emphasize
dictating answers from the book.
B. focus
on individual learning rather than group activity.
C. avoid
disruption caused due to questioning by students.
D.
be
in touch with each and every child.
14. Teachers
need to create a good classroom environment to facilitate children's learning.
To create such a learning environment, which one of the given statements is not
true?
A. Approval
of the child's efforts
B.
Compliance
with teachers
C. Acceptance
of the child
D. Positive
tone of the teacher
15. Given
below are some statements about boys and girls. According to you, which one of
these is true?
A. Boys
should help in activities outside the home.
B.
Boys
should help in household chores.
C. All
boys should be taught Science and girls, Home Science.
D. Girls
should help in household chores.
16. A
child's notebook shows errors in writing like reverse images, mirror imaging,
etc. Such a child is showing signs of
A. Learning
disadvantage
B.
Learning
disability
C. Learning
difficulty
D. Learning
problem
17. Teachers,
in order to help learners construct knowledge, need to focus on
A. making sure the learner memorises
everything
B. scores
marks obtained by the learner.
C. involving
the learner for active participation.
D. mastering
learning of concepts by the learner.
18. Giftedness
from teacher's point of view is a combination of
A.
High
Ability - High Creativity - High Commitment
B. High
Motivation - High Commitment - High Talent
C. High
Ability - High Talent - High Commitment
D. High
Talent - High Creativity - High Memory
19. According
to NCF 2005, errors are important because they
A. are an
important tool in classifying students into groups of 'passed' and 'failed'.
B. provide
a way to the teachers to scold the children.
C. provide an insight into the child's
thinking and help to identify solutions.
D. provide
space for removing some children from the class.
20. Out-of-the-box'
thinking is related to
A. Consistent
Thinking
B. Memory-based
Thinking
C.
Divergent
Thinking
D. Convergent
Thinking