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CTET January 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. A teacher, after preparing a question paper, checks whether the questions test specific testing objectives. He is concerned primarily about the question paper’s
A. Validity
B. Content coverage
C. Typology of questions
D. Reliability
2. Critical pedagogy firmly believes that
A. The teacher should always lead the classroom instruction
B. The learners ned not reason independently
C. What children learn out of school is irrelevant
D. The experiences and perceptions of learners are important
3. Scholz-based assessment is primarily based on the principle that
A. Assessment should be very economical
B. Teachers know their learners’ capabilities better than external examiners
C. Students should at al costs get high grades
D. Schools are more efficient than external bodies of examination
4. Learners display individual differences. So a teacher should
A. Insist on uniform pace of learning
B. Provide a variety of learning experiences
C. Enforce strict discipline
D. Increase number of tests
5. Vygotsky emphasised the significance of the role played by which of the following factors in the learning of children?
A. Social
B. Hereditary
C. Moral
D. Physical

6. A teacher makes use of a variety of tasks to cater to the different learning styles of her learners. She is influenced by
A. Piaget’s cognitive development theory
B. Kohlberg’s moral development theory
C. Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory
D. Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory
7. A teacher never gives answers to questions herself. She encourages her students to suggest answers, have group discussions and adopt collaborative learning. This approach is based on the principle of
A. Active participation
B. Proper organisation of instructional material
C. Seting a god example and being a role-model
D. Readiness to learn
8. Which of the following is a teacher-related factor affecting learning?
A. Mastery over the subject-mater
B. Proper seating arrangement
C. Availability of teaching-learning resources
D. Nature of the content or learning experiences
9. A school gives preference to girls while preparing students for a State level solo-songs completion. This reflects
A. Gender bias
B. Global trends
C. Pragmatic approach
D. Progressive thinking
10. The most effective method to teach the concept of germination of seeds is
A. To give detailed explanations
B. To make the students plant seeds and observe stages of germination
C. To draw pictures on the black-board and give descriptions
D. To show pictures of sed growth
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11. When a child ‘fails’, it means
A. The child is not fit for studies
B. The child has not memorised the answers properly
C. The child should have taken private tuition
D. The system has failed
12. The emphasis from teaching to learning can be shifted by
A. Focusing on examination results
B. Adopting child-centerer pedagogy
C. Encouraging rote learning
D. Adopting frontal teaching
13. Inclusive Education
A. Includes teachers from marginalised groups
B. Celebrates diversity in the classroom
C. Encourages strict admission procedures
D. Includes indoctrination of facts
14. Which of the following is an objective question?
A. Essay type question
B. Short answer question
C. Open ended question
D. True or False
15. Which of the following is a feature of progressive education?
A. Flexible time-table and seating
B. Instruction based solely on prescribed text books
C. Emphasis on scoring god marks in examinations
D. Frequent tests and examinations
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16. According to Piaget’s stages of Cognitive Development, the sensory-motor stage is associated with
A. Concerns about social issues
B. Imitation, memory and mental representation
C. Ability to solve problems in logical fashion
D. Ability to interpret and analyse options
17. According to Kohlberg, a teacher can install moral values in children by
A. Giving strict instructions on ‘how to behave’
B. Giving importance to religious teachings
C. Laying clear rules of behaviour
D. Involving them in discussions on moral issues
18. Young learners should be encouraged to interact with pers in the classroom so that
A. The teacher can control the classroom better
B. They can learn answers to questions from each other
C. The syllabus can be covered quickly
D. They learn social skills in the course of study
19. When a child with a disability first comes to school, the teacher should
A. Conduct an admission test
B. Refer the child to a special school according to the disability
C. Seclude him from other students
D. Discus with the child’s parents to evolve collaborative plans
20. Errors of learners often indicate
A. Socio-economic status of the learners
B. How they learn
C. The need for mechanical drill
D. Absence of learning

21. Which of the following is the first step in the scientific method of problem-solving?
A. Formation of hypothesis
B. Verification of hypothesis
C. Problem awareness
D. Collection of relevant information
22. Human personality is the result of
A. Only heredity
B. Upbringing and education
C. Interaction between heredity and environment
D. Only environment
23. Individual attention is important in the teaching—learning process because
A. Children develop at different rates and learn differently
B. Learners always learn biter in groups
C. Teacher training programmed prescribe it
D. It offers better opportunities to teachers to discipline each learner
24. Which of the following is a domain of learning?
A. Professional
B. Experiential
C. Affective
D. Spiritual
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25. When a child gets bored while doing a task, it is a sign that
A. The child needs to be disciplined
B. The task may have become mechanically respective
C. The child is not intelligent
D. The child is not capable of learning
26. In the context of education, socialisation means
A. Always following social norms
B. Creating one’s own social norms
C. Respecting elders in society
D. Adapting and adjusting to social environment
27. Which of the following is a principle of development?
A. Al processes of development are not interconnected
B. It does not proceed at the same pace for all
C. Development is always linear
D. It is a discontinuous process
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28. Human development is divided into domains such as
A. Physical, spiritual, cognitive and social
B. Physical, cognitive, emotional and social
C. Emotional, cognitive, spiritual and social psychological
D. Psychological, cognitive, emotional and physical
29. A teacher uses a text and some pictures of fruits and vegetables and holds a discussion with her students. The students link the details with their previous knowledge and learn the concept of nutrition. This approach is based on
A. Construction of knowledge
B. Classical conditioning of learning
C. Theory of reinforcement
D. Operant conditioning of learning
30. A child starts to cry when his grandmother takes him from his mother’s lap. The child cries due to
A. Separation anxiety
B. Social anxiety
C. Emotional anxiety
D. Stranger anxiety
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