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CTET 2016 Solved Paper:
Part -I-Child Development and Pedagogy
Examination: CTET Paper I
Part: Child Development and Pedagogy Section
Exam Organizer: CBSE
Total number of questions: 30
Paper Set – I
Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the Correct/most appropriate options.
1. Most classrooms in India are multilingual and this needs to be seen as by the teacher?
a. a problem
b. a resource
c. an obstacle
d. a bother
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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’.
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
3. _____ views children as active builders of knowledge and little scientists, who construct their own theories of the world.
a. Pavlov
b. Jung
c. Piaget
d. Skinner
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
4. Child-centered 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
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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.
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
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.
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
8. The pace of development varies from one individual to another, but it follows ____ pattern.
(I) a haphazard
b. an unpredictable
c. a sequential and orderly
d. a toe-to-head
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
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.
[toggle]ANSWER – (a)[/toggle]
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.
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
11. Family plays ____ role in the socialization of the child.
a. an exciting
b. a primary
c. a secondary
d. a not-so-important
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
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
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
16. According to Vygotsky, Children learn
a. by maturation
b. by imitation
c. by interacting with adults and peers
d. when reinforcement is offered
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
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
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
18. Which one of the following situations is illustrative of a child-centered classroom?
(I) 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 turns to go to each group
c. A class in which the behavior 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
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
19. Intelligence is
a. a singular and generic concept
b. the ability to imitate others
c. a specific ability
d. a set of capabilities
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
20. Early childhood is ____ period for language development.
a. an unimportant
b. a sensitive
c. a neutral
d. a not-so-significant
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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 behavior of discrimination between boys and girls
c. highlights the biological superiority of boys over girls
d. reflects caste discrimination
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
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 an 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.
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
24. In catering 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 class
c. ignore them as they cannot interact with other students
d. give them a lot of written work
[toggle]ANSWER – (a)[/toggle]
25. Which one of the following behaviors is an identifier of a child with a learning disability?
a. Abusive behavior
b. Writing ‘b’ as ‘d’, ‘was’ as ‘saw’,‘21’ as ‘12’
c. Low attention span and high physical activity
d. Frequent mood swings
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
26. A child, who can see partially
a. should not be 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
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
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
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
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 discussions with the students
d. offer rewards for children who change their thinking.
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
29. In the context of a primary school classroom, what does active engagement mean?
a. Imitating and copying the teacher
b. An inquiry, Questioning and Debate
c. Copying answers were given by the teacher
d. Memorizing, Recall and Reciting
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
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