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CTET February 2016 : CDP, Paper 1
PART - I / भाग - I
Child Development and Pedagogy / बाल विकास और शिक्षणशास्त्र
Direction : Answer the following questions (Q. Nos 1 to 30) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
निर्देश : निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों (प्रश्न संख्या 1 से 30) के उत्तर सही/सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्पों का चयन करके दीजिए।
1. Most classrooms in India are multilingual and this needs to be seen as ............ by the teacher.
A. A problem
B. An obstacle
C. A resource
D. A bother
2. Mistakes and errors made by students
A. Are indicative of the failure of the teacher and the students
B. Should be seen as opportunities to understand their thinking
C. Should be severely dealt with
D. Are a wonderful opportunity to label children as 'weak' or 'outstanding
3. ........... views children as active builders of knowledge and little scientists who construct their own theories of the world.
A. Pavlov
B. Piaget
C. Jung
D. Skinner
4. Child-centred pedagogy means
A. Asking the children to follow and imitate the teacher
B. Giving primacy to children's voices and their active participation
C. Letting the children be totally free
D. Giving moral education to the children
5. A teacher can help the children to process a complex situation by
A. Not offering any help at all so that children learn to help on their own
B. Giving a lecture on it
C. Breaking the task into smaller parts and writing down instructions
D. Encouraging competition and offering a high reward to the child who completes the task first

6. Expecting students to reproduce knowledge in the same way as it is received
A. Is an effective assessment strategy
B. Is problematic, because individuals interpret experiences and do not reproduce knowledge as it is received
C. Is good, since we record everything as it is in our brains
D. Is good, since it is easy for the teacher to assess
7. When students are given an opportunity to discuss a problem in groups, their learning curve
A. Remains stable
B. Declines
C. Remains the same
D. Becomes better
8. The pace of development varies from one individual pattern. to another, but it follows
A. A haphazard
B. An unpredictable
C. A sequential and orderly
D. A toe-to-head
9. Which one of the following is correct about development
A. 'Sociocultural context plays an important role in development
B. Development is unidimensional
C. Development is discrete
D. Development begins and ends at birth
10. Why do individuals differ from one another?
A. Due to the inborn characteristics
B. Due to the interplay between heredity and environment
C. Because each individual has received a different gene set from his/her parents
D . Because of the impact of the environment
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11. Family plays .......... role in socialization of the child
A. An exciting
B. A primary
C. A secondary
D. A not-so-important
12. Which one of the following is a correctly matched pair
A. Formal operational child-Imitation begins, imaginary play
B. Infancy Applies logic and is able to infer
C. Pre-operational child-Deductive thought
D. Concrete operational child is able to conserve and classify
13. A child says, "Clothes dry faster in the sun." She is showing an understanding of
A. Egocentric thinking
B. Cause and effect
C. Reversible thinking
D. Symbolic thought
14. According to Piaget, children's thinking differs in ........ from adults than in ............
A. Size; correctness
B. Kind; amount
C. Size; type
D. Amount; kind
15. Which one of the following is an example of scaffolding?
A. Giving motivational lectures to students
B. Offering explanations without encouraging questioning
C. Offering both material and non-material rewards
D. Giving prompts and cues, and asking questions at critical junctures
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16. According to Vygotsky, children learn
A. By maturation
B. By imitation
C. By interacting with adults and peers
D. When reinforcement is offered
17. Kohlberg has given
A. The stages of physical development
B. The stages of emotional development
C. The stages of moral development
D. The stages of cognitive development
18. Which one of the following situations is illustrative of a child-centred classroom?
A. A class in which the textbook is the only resource the teacher refers to
B. A class in which the students are sitting in groups and the teacher takes tums to go to each group
C. A class in which the behaviour of students is governed by the rewards and punishments the teacher would give them
D. A class in which the teacher dictates and the students are asked to memorize the notes
19. Intelligence is
A. A singular and generic concept
B. The ability to imitate others
C. A specific ability
D. A set of capabilities
20. Early childhood is ............. development. period for language
A. An unimportant
B. A sensitive
C. Neutral
D. A not-so-significant

21. A teacher remarks in a co-education class to boys, "Be boys and don't behave like girls." This remark
A. Is a good example of dealing with boys and girls
B. Reflects stereotypical behaviour of discrimination between boys and girls
C. Highlights the biological superiority of boys over girls
D. Reflects caste discrimination
22. Assessment
A. Should actively promote competitive spirit among children
B. Should generate tension and stress to ensure learning
C. Is a way to improve learning
D. Is a good strategy to label and categorize children
23. Which one of the following statements best describes "Inclusion'
A. It is the belief that some children cannot learn at all
B. It is the philosophy that all children have a right to get equal education in a regular school system.
C. It is the philosophy that special children are 'a special gift of God".
D. It is the belief that children need to be segregated according to their abilities.
24. To cater to the children from 'disadvantaged" background, a teacher should
A. Try to find out more about them and involve them in class discussions
B. Make them sit separately in the class
C. Ignore them as they cannot interact with other students
D. Give them a lot of written work
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25. Which one of the following behaviours is an identifier of a child with learning disability?
A. Abusive behaviour
B. Writing 'b' as 'd', 'was' as 'saw', '21' as 12'
C. Low attention span and high physical activity
D. Frequent mood swings .
26. A child who can see partially
A. Should not he given education, since it is not of any use to him
B. Needs to be put in a separate institution
C. Should be put in a 'regular' school while making special provisions
D. Should be put in a 'regular' school with no special provisions
27. Learning
A. Has very little connection with emotions
B. Is independent of a learner's emotions
C. Is influenced by a learner's emotions
D. Is not affected by a learner's emotions
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28. To enable students to make conceptual changes in their thinking, a teacher should
A. Discourage children from thinking on their own and ask them to just listen to her and follow that
B. Offer an explanation in a lecture mode
C. Make clear and convincing explanations and have the students discussions with
D. Offer rewards for children who change their thinking
29. In the context of a primary school classroom, what does active engagement mean?
A. Imitating and Copying the teacher
B. Enquiry, Questioning and Debate
C. Copying answers given by the teacher
D. Memorizing, Recall and Reciting
30. Children are most creative when they participate in an activity
A. Under stress to do well in front of others
B. Out of interest
C. For rewards
D. To escape their teacher's scolding
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