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CTET November 2012 : 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. Theory of multiple intelligences implies the following except
A. Intelligence is a distinct set of processing operations used by an individual to solve problems
B. Disciplines should be presented in a numbers of ways
C. Learning could be assessed through a variety of means
D. Emotional intelligence is not related to IQ
2. A child of 16 years scores 75 in an IQ test; his mental age will be _____ years.
A. 12
B. 8
C. 14
D. 15
3. Which one of the following optimizes motivation to learn?
A. Personal satisfaction in meting targets
B. Extrinsic factor
C. Motivation to avoid failure
D. Tendency to chose very easy or difficult goals
4. Smallest unit of meaning in a language is
A. Pragmatics
B. Syntax
C. Morpheme
D. Phoneme
5. IQ scores are generally _____ correlated with academic performance.
A. Least
B. Perfectly
C. Highly
D. Moderately
6. Successful inclusion requires the following except
A. Involvement of parents
B. Capacity building
C. Sensitization
D. Segregation

7. Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to encourage disadvantaged children to attend school regularly?
A. A child collector employed by the school, must bring children from homes everyday
B. Paying Rs. 5 per day to attract children
C. Opening residential schools
D. Not allowing children to attend school may be made a legally punishable offence
8. The best way to avoid gender discrimination in a school may be
A. Formation of a rule to shun gender discrimination in the school and enforce it strictly
B. Selection of more boys than girls for a music competition
C. Metacognition of their gender-biased behaviors by teachers
D. Recruitment of equal number of male and female teachers
9. Gifted students are
A. Non-assertive of their needs
B. Independent in their judgements
C. Independent of teachers
D. Introvert in nature
10. The up-scaling of performance in the scholastic areas on the basis of performance in co-scholastic areas can be justified as
A. It follows the policy of compensatory discrimination for the marginalized students
B. It ensures universal retention
C. It develops respect for manual labour
D. It caters to individual differences
11. In the Information Processing Model of thinking, the following steps are said to take place:
1. Response execution
2. Response selection
3. Pre-Processing
4. Categorization
The correct sequence of these steps is
A. 3, 1, 4, 2
B. 4, 3, 2, 1
C. 3, 4, 2, 1
D. 2, 4, 3, 1
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12. A child cannot distinguish between ‘saw’ and ‘was’, ‘nuclear’ and ‘unclear’. He/She is suffering from
A. Dyslexia
B. Dysmorphia
C. Dyslexia
D. Word jumbling disorder
13. Learning disabilities are generally found
A. More often in children belonging to rural areas as compared to urban areas
B. In specially those children whose paternal relatives have such problems
C. In children with average to superior IQ
D. More often in boys as compared to girls
14. An empowering school will promote which of the following qualities the most in its teachers?
A. Tendency to experiment
B. Memory
C. Disciplined nature
D. Completive aptitude
15. Adolescents may experience
A. Feeling of self-actualization
B. Feeling of satiation about life
C. Anxiety and concern about themselves
D. Feeling of fear about sins committed in childhood
16. Orthopedically impaired children are likely to have
A. Dyslexia
B. Dysgraphia
C. Dysthymia
D. Dyscalculia
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17. Partial reinforcement
A. Works best in training animals
B. Is more effective than continuous reinforcement
C. Is less effective than continuous reinforcement
D. Cannot be applied in actual classrooms
18. Vygotsky theory implies
A. Child will learn best in the company of children having IQ lesser than his/her own
B. Collaborative problem solving
C. Individual assignments to each student
D. After initial explanation, do not support a child in solving difficult questions
19. Monika, a Math's teacher, asks Radhika a question. On not getting any answer from Radhika, she quickly moves on and asks Mohan another question. She rewords her question after realizing that Mohan is struggling to find the answer. This tendency of Monika reflects that she is
A. Supporting gender stereotyping of roles by favoring Mohan
B. Trying not to put Radhika in an embarrassing situation
C. Well aware of the fact that Radhika is not capable of answering questions
D. Slightly nervous about her question
20. Assessment for learning takes into account the following except
A. Mistakes of students
B. Learning styles of students
C. Strengths of students
D. Needs of students

21. One of the identical twin brothers is adopted by a socio-economically rich family and the other by a poor family. After one year, which one of the following may be most likely observed about their IQ scores?
A. Socio-economic level does not affect the IQ score
B. The boy with rich socio-economic family will score greater than the boy with poor family
C. Both of them will score equally
D. The boy with poor family will score greater than the boy with rich socio-economic family
22. Which one of the following is an example of a fine motor skill?
A. Climbing
B. Hoping
C. Running
D. Writing
23. Which of the following characteristics is the hallmark of the problem-solving approach?
A. The problem is based on only one principle/topic
B. There is an implicit hint given in the problem statement
C. The problem is original
D. There is usually one approach for getting the right answer
24. Which of the following is true in relation to errors made by children?
A. Correcting every error would take to much time and be tiresome for a teacher
B. Errors can be corrected by children themselves, therefore a teacher should not immediately correct them
C. If a teacher is not able to correct al errors in the classroom it indicates that the system of teacher education has failed
D. A teacher should not notice every error otherwise syllabus will not be covered
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25. In order to instill a positive environment in a primary class, a teacher should
A. Narrate stories with positive endings
B. Wish each child in the morning
C. Not discriminate and set the same goal for every child
D. Allow them to make groups on their own on the basis of sociometry during group activates
26. While selecting material for the portfolio of students _____ of _____ should be there.
A. Inclusion; parents
B. Exclusion; students
C. Inclusion; other teachers
D. Inclusion; students
27. Which would be the best first theme to start with in a nursery class?
A. My best friend
B. My neighborhood
C. My school
D. My family
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28. Learners who demonstrate an earnest desire for increased knowledge and academic competence are said to have a
A. Work-avoidance orientation
B. Mastery orientation
C. Performance-approach orientation
D. Performance-avoidance orientation
29. A teacher can make problem-solving fun for students by doing al the following except
A. Providing open ended material
B. Giving time for free play
C. Providing endless opportunities for creative thinking
D. Expecting perfection from the students while they are trying to do things by themselves
30. Of the following, the greatest advantage of interdisciplinary instruction is that
A. Teachers are les likely to fell overwhelmed by the multiplicity of topics needed to be addressed in a traditional curriculum
B. Students are les likely to develop a dislike for particular topics of different subject areas
C. Teachers are permitted greater flexibility in planning lessons and activates
D. Students are given opportunities to generalize and apply newly learned knowledge in multiple contexts
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