CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY

1. ‘‘Development is a never ending process.’’ This idea is associated with

(1) Principle of integration

(2) Principle of interaction

(3) Principle of interrelation

(4) Principle of continuity

2. Four distinct stages of children’s intellectual development are identified by

(1) Skinner

(2) Piaget

(3) Kohlberg

(4) Erikson

3. Parents should play a ___________ role in the learning process of young children.

(1) sympathetic

(2) neutral

(3) negative

(4) proactive

4. The ‘insight theory of learning’ is promoted by

(1) Jean Piaget

(2) Vygotsky

(3) ‘Gestalt’ theorists

(4) Pavlov

5. Motivation, in the process of learning,

(1) makes learners think unidirectionally

(2) creates interest for learning among young learners

(3) sharpens the memory of learners

(4) differentiates new learning from old learning

6. Which of the following is not a sign of an intelligent young child ?

(1) One who carries on thinking in an abstract manner

(2) One who can adjust oneself in a new environment

(3) One who has the ability to cram long essays very quickly

(4) One who has the ability to communicate fluently and appropriately

7. Which is the place where the child’s ‘cognitive’ development is defined in the best way ?

(1) Auditorium

(2) Home

(3) Playground

(4) School and classroom environment

8. The stage in which a child begins to think logically about objects and events is known as

(1) Pre-operational stage

(2) Concrete operational stage

(3) Sensori-motor stage

(4) Formal operational stage

9. Which of the following is not related to the socio-psychological needs of the child ?

(1) Regular elimination of waste products from the body

(2) Need for company

(3) Need for appreciation or social approval

(4) Need for emotional security

10. Which of the following will foster creativity among learners ?

(1) Emphasizing achievement goals from the beginning of school life

(2) Coaching students for good marks in examination

(3) Teaching the students the practical value of good education

(4) Providing opportunities to question and  to nurture the innate talents of every learner

11. ‘Mind mapping’ refers to

(1) drawing the picture of a mind

(2) researching the functioning of the mind

(3) a technique to enhance comprehension

(4) a plan of action for an adventure

12. ‘‘A yung child responds to a new situation on the basis of the response made by him/her in a similar situation as in the past.’’ This is related to

(1) ‘Law of Attitude’ of learning process

(2) ‘Law of Readiness’ of learning

(3) ‘Law of Analogy’ of learning

(4) ‘Law of Effect’ of learning

13. The best way, specially at primary level, to address the learning difficulties of students is to use

(1) easy and interesting textbooks

(2) story-telling method

(3) a variety of teaching methods suited to the disability

(4) expensive and glossy support material

14. Education of children with special needs should be provided

(1) in special schools

(2) by special teachers in special schools

(3) along with other normal children

(4) by methods developed for special children in special schools

15. ‘Dyslexia’ is associated with

(1) Reading disorder

(2) Behavioural disorder

(3) Mental disorder

(4) Mathematical disorder

16. ___________ is not considered a sign of ‘being gifted’.

(1) Novelty in expression

(2) Curiosity

(3) Creative ideas

(4) Fighting with others

17. A student of V-grade with ‘visual deficiency’ should be

(1) treated normally in the classroom and provided support through Audio CDs

(2) given special treatment in the classroom

(3) excused to do a lower level of work

(4) helped with his/her routine-work by parents and friends

18. Which of the following statements cannot be considered as a feature of the process of learning ?

(1) Learning is goal-oriented

(2) Unlearning is also a learning process

(3) Educational institutions are the only place where learning takes place

(4) Learning is a comprehensive process

19. Learning can be enriched if

(1) teachers use different types of lectures and explanation

(2) due attention is paid to periodic tests in the class

(3) situations from the real world are brought into the class in which students interact with each other and

the teacher facilitates

(4) more and more teaching aids are used in the class

20. To make assessment a ‘useful and interesting’ process, one should be careful about

(1) using a variety of ways to collect information about the student’s learning across the scholastic and coscholastic boundaries

(2) using technical language to give feedback

(3) making comparisons between different students

(4) labelling students as intelligent or average learners

21. A teacher, because of his/her democratic nature, allows students to sit all over the class. Some sit together and discuss or do group reading. Some sit quietly and read themselves. A parent does not like it. Which of the following may be the best way to handle the situation ?

(1) Parents should show trust in the teacher and discuss the problem with the teacher

(2) Parents should take away the child from that school

(3) Parents should complain against the teacher to the principal

(4) Parents should request the principal to change the section of their ward

22. Which of the following should be considered the most important quality of a teacher at primary level ?

(1) Competence in methods of teaching and knowledge of subjects

(2) Competence to teach in highly standardised language

(3) Eagerness to teach

(4) Patience and perseverance

23. ___________ is considered a sign of motivated teaching.

(1) Questioning by students

(2) Pin drop silence in the class

(3) Maximum attendance in the class

(4) Remedial work given by the teacher

24. At lower classes, play-way method of teaching is based on

(1) psychological principles of development and growth

(2) sociological principles of teaching

(3) theory of physical education programmes

(4) principles of methods of teaching

25. The term ‘curriculum’ in the field of education refers to

(1) evaluation process

(2) text-material to be used in the class

(3) methods of teaching and the content to be taught

(4) overall programme of the school which students experience on a day-to-day basis

26. According to Piaget, at which of the following stages does a child begin to think logically

about abstract propositions ?

(1) Sensori-motor stage (Birth – 02 years)

(2) Pre-operational stage (02 – 07 years)

(3) Concrete operational stage (07 – 11 years)

(4) Formal operational stage (11 years and up)

27. A teacher should make an attempt to understand the potentialities of her/his students. Which of the following fields is related to this objective ?

(1) Media – Psychology

(2) Educational Psychology

(3) Educational Sociology

(4) Social Philosophy

28. Kritika who does not talk much at home, talks a lot at school. It shows that

(1) she does not like her home at all

(2) her thoughts get acknowledged at school

(3) the school provides opportunities to children to talk a lot

(4) teachers demand that children should  talk a lot at school

29. ‘‘Children actively construct their understanding of the world’’ is a statement attributed to

(1) Kohlberg

(2) Skinner

(3) Piaget

(4) Pavlov

30. In which of the following stages do children become active members of their peer group ?

(1) Early childhood

(2) Childhood

(3) Adolescence

(4) Adulthood 

      

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CTET EXAM SOLVED PAPER ENVIORNMENTAL SCIENCES CTET JUN-2011

CTET EXAM SOLVED PAPER

ENVIORNMENTAL SCIENCES

CTET JUN-2011

1. It has been observed that the process of digestion is faster inside the stomach than outside because
(1) the digestive juices inside the stomach are acidic, while outside they are alkaline
(2) the amount of digestive juices produced in the stomach in the presence of food is much more
(3) the digestive juices when kept outside the stomach become inactive
(4) the food is churned in the stomach thereby increasing the surface area for quicker enzyme action

2. Cooked rice can be preserved for a longer time in a refrigerator because
(1) microbes become inactive at low temperature
(2) microbes are destroyed and killed at low temperature
(3) moisture content in the food is reduced at low temperature
(4) refrigerators contain certain chemicals which kill the microbes

3. A lemon sinks in normal water but floats in salty water because the density of
(1) salt water is more than normal water
(2) normal water is more than salt water
(3) lemon increases in salt water
(4) lemon decreases in salt water

4. Malaria can be detected by testing the blood for the presence of
(1) ruptured liver cells in blood
(2) larvae of mosquito in blood
(3) eggs of mosquito in red blood cells
(4) Plasmodium in red blood cells

5. A Shooting Star is a
(1) shining object which moves with a constant speed in the atmosphere
(2) star with a tail at the end
(3) meteoroid which catches fire as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere
(4) star which moves with a constant speed

6. Durga lives in a village and cooks food on a chulha (earthen stove) using wood or cow dung cakes as
fuel. She has been suffering from severe cough for the last three months. This may be due to the
(1) carbon monoxide produced by burning fuel which may have been deposited in her respiratory
tract
(2) soot produced by burning the fuels which may have been deposited in her respiratory tract
(3) smoke produced by burning fuels which may have caused her allergy
(4) old age and pollution inside and outside her hut

7. A man with blood group ‘O’ marries a woman with blood group ‘A’. The chance of their first child
having blood group ‘O’ is
(1) 50%
(2) 100%
(3) 25%
(4) 75%

8. The difference between boiling and evaporation is that
(1) boiling causes a change of state of water while evaporation does not
(2) evaporation can take place at any temperature while boiling cannot
(3) boiling causes reduction in volume of liquid while evaporation does not
(4) changing of boiling liquid into vapour can be seen but evaporation cannot be seen

9. A farmer wanted to separate the grains from the chaff. This can be achieved by the process called
(1) Threshing
(2) Winnowing
(3) Harvesting
(4) Handpicking

10. In rural areas, cow dung is used to coat the floor and walls of huts to
(1) make them smooth and clean
(2) make them rough to increase friction
(3) give a natural colour to the floor
(4) keep the insects away

11. Mira and Divya are young girls. Mira likes to eat samosas, cutlets and bread. Divya, on the other
hand, takes an iron deficient diet. Which of the following disorders are Mira and Divya likely to
suffer from, respectively ?
(1) Anaemia and night blindness
(2) Obesity and anaemia
(3) Obesity and scurvy
(4) Scurvy and anaemia

12. Vitamins are substances
(1) required as medicines to make us healthy
(2) that build muscles to keep us strong
(3) required in small quantities to prevent deficiency diseases
(4) that increase our metabolic rate leading to loss of weight

13. Chipko Movement was strengthened under the leadership of
(1) Amrita Devi Bishnoi
(2) Medha Patkar
(3) A.K. Banerjee
(4) Sunder Lal Bahuguna

14. Rina separated the garbage from the house into two piles as shown below :


Rina has separated the garbage waste into two piles depending on the criteria
(1) can be decomposed/cannot be decomposed
(2) can be recycled/cannot be recycled
(3) are household/industrial waste
(4) have odour/are odourless

15. An egret bird is often seen on a buffalo’s back. This is because the egret
(1) loves to sing while sitting on the buffalo’s back
(2) rests after flying for a while
(3) feeds on parasites on the buffalo’s back
(4) feeds on insects present in the grass

16. Which of the following statements is not an objective of teaching EVS at the primary level ?
(1) Arouse curiosity about the natural and social environment
(2) Engage in exploratory and hands-on activities that lead to the development of cognitive and
psychomotor skills
(3) To load learners with terms and definitions for assessment
(4) To internalise the values of concern for life and environment

17. The idea of showing a sample of a railway ticket in the EVS textbook is to
(1) give the students an idea of the rail fare
(2) provide them the knowledge of various abbreviations used in the ticket
(3) enhance the skills of students to arrive at conclusions
(4) give them an opportunity to interact with real information and develop the skill of observation

18. The concept of ‘seed germination’ can be taught best by
(1) howing germinated seeds to the class and explaining the process of germination
(2) presenting the germination stages through drawings on the board
(3) asking the students to perform an activity to sow seeds, observe different stages and draw
them
(4) showing photographs of seed germination

19. Which one of the following is not an objective of including riddles and puzzles in the EVS textbook ?
(1) To develop critical thinking ability in students
(2) To develop reasoning ability in students
(3) To confuse the mind of the students and let them enjoy the confusion
(4) To develop curiosity and ability to think creatively

20. As an EVS teacher, you plan to take the students to the zoo. Which of the following activities would
you not allow the students to undertake ?
(1) Collect photographs of the animals they expect to see at the zoo
(2) Take their drawing books along with them to draw what they see at the zoo
(3) Take along lots of eatables for the animals at the zoo
(4) Try to find out the food taken up by different animals at the zoo

21. At the primary stage, assessments should consist of
(1) continuous and unstructured teacher observations to be shared with learners and parents
(2) formal tests and games done every week and recorded in the Report Card
(3) half-yearly and annual examinations at the end of the year
(4) home assignments and class assignments every week to rate young learners under the
categories of pass or fail

22. Simple experiments and demonstrations can be performed in the EVS class
(1) to enable children to learn on their own and sharpen their observation skills
(2) to follow what is being done in the senior classes
(3) to discuss ideas, record and analyse observations on the basis of questions raised by students
(4) to control the students to ensure discipline in the class

23. Which of the following statements about assignments is correct ?
(1) Assignments need to be given as classwork followed by homework every day to provide variety
and practice
(2) Assignments should be the only method of assessment
(3) Assignments provide learners an opportunity to search for information, construct their own
ideas and articulate them
(4) Assignments can be done by parents, brothers or sisters depending on the talent that they
possess

24. The skills required to read a map include
(1) excellent drawing and painting skills
(2) ability to use calculations and sketch positions on a globe
(3) excellent communication skills to draw out the expressive ability
(4) ability to understand relative position of places, distances and directions

25. The use of poems and story telling to explain concepts in an EVS class helps to
(1) make the lesson enjoyable and interesting
(2) promote the ability to imagine and explore the nature of the world at the local and global level
(3) take care of the language and cultural diversity among learners
(4) channelize the energies of the students in the right direction

26. To make children aware of different kinds of fuel, a teacher can
(1) show pictures of fuels on a chart
(2) ask children to list different fuels
(3) show some samples of fuels in the class
(4) discuss with children about possible kinds of fuel that can be used for cooking, along with a
short film

27. Giving importance to individual experiences of children in an EVS class will benefit the teacher
(1) to know the unique experiences of children
(2) to help and improve the language and communication skills of the children
(3) to connect the subject to the learners’ experiential world and promote reflection and learning
(4) to save her energy as children enjoy talking


28. Which of the following represents one of the objectives of teaching EVS at Primary School ?
(1) To make learners aware of technical terms and definitions
(2) To assess technical terms related to EVS
(3) To inform the learners about the books they should read to expand their knowledge
(4) To connect the experiences of the learners in school with the outside world

29. A school planned an educational trip for Class-V students to Rajasthan. What would be your
expectation from the children during the visit ?
(1) They should enjoy themselves
(2) They should observe keenly, make notes and share their observations with other students and
the teacher
(3) They should note down their questions, if any, and ask the parents after reaching home
(4) They should observe everything without asking questions about it

30. After the lunch break, while teaching EVS, you find that students are not taking interest in the
lesson. What would you do ?
(1) Use audio-visual aids based on multiple intelligences to make the lesson interesting
(2) Change the topic immediately
(3) Take the children out to play in the ground
(4) Ask them to put their heads down on the desk and


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