Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-29 for CTET, Central Teacher Eligibility Test conducted by CBSE.. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

1
You are asked to organise a picnic. Which one of the following will be your first step?
  • A
    Collecting money form the students
  • B
    Selecting the spot to be visited
    Correct
  • C
    Getting approval of the parents
  • D
    Arranging transport
2
“At least one – third of learning that will determine later levels of school achievement has already taken place by the age of six. “This is a statement most closely associated with the writings of
  • A
    Fritz Redl
  • B
    Martin Mayer
  • C
    Nathan Glazer
  • D
    Benjamin Bloom
    Correct
3
In your opinion, a successful teacher is one, who
  • A
    Gives good marks in examinations
  • B
    Gives home work regularly
  • C
    Takes keen interest in the progress of students
    Correct
  • D
    Comes to school on time
4
Sports, according to you
  • A
    Should be a part of education
  • B
    Should be more important than education
    Correct
  • C
    Generally diverts the attention of the students
  • D
    Should be a individual’s affair.
5
Perhaps the best way to view gender typing is as
  • A
    An insignificant event that has little relevance to most individuals.
  • B
    An activity of adolescence and early adulthood.
  • C
    An ongoing and changing process throughout development.
    Correct
  • D
    An activity of childhood, once established, always the same.
6
In your class, a student is not able to answer a question due to fear even if he knows it. You will
  • A
    Tell him time and again to answer the question
  • B
    Try to find the basic reasons of his fear
    Correct
  • C
    Tell him the answer
  • D
    Ask for an answer from another student
7
In ………………………………. Stage, the child is beginning to understand the operations of classification, relations, numbers, temporal and spatial order.
  • A
    Pre-operational
  • B
    Concrete operations
    Correct
  • C
    Format operations
  • D
    Pre-conceptual
8
According to Kohlberg's cognitive theory of the development of gender typing, children's differentiation of gender roles occurs before
  • A
    Stereotyping.
  • B
    Completion of the Oedipus complex
  • C
    Gender identification.
    Correct
  • D
    A gender schema develops
9
Insecurely attached infants who are left by their mothers in an unfamiliar setting often will:
  • A
    Hold fast to their mothers on their return
  • B
    Display little emotion at any time
  • C
    Explore the new surroundings confidently
  • D
    Be indifferent toward their mothers on their return
    Correct
10
Which of the following sex differences has been observed in the way parents treat their children?
  • A
    Girls are allowed to run errands and engage in venturesome activities at the same time as boys.
  • B
    Girls are encouraged equally as boys to be independent and achieve.
  • C
    Parents tend to be more apprehensive about their sons as opposed to daughters.
  • D
    Boys are more likely to be left unsupervised after school in comparison to girls.
    Correct
11
According to Kohlberg, ____ is achieved between the ages of _____ years.
  • A
    Gender identity; 2 -3
    Correct
  • B
    Gender constancy; 4 - 5
  • C
    Gender identity; 4 -5
  • D
    Gender constancy; 2 - 3
12
Margo is teaching Tom to play a new composition for the piano. Initially, Margo must provide each explanation, many hints, and several demonstrations. As Tom practices, Margo's instruction is reduced. Gradually, Tom learns to perform the composition well all by himself. This is an example of Lev Vygotsky's concept of
  • A
    Assimilation.
  • B
    Wisdom.
  • C
    Apprenticeship training.
  • D
    Zone of proximal development.
    Correct
13
Creative writing should be an activity planned for
  • A
    Only those children who want to write for the class newspaper
  • B
    All children
    Correct
  • C
    Only those children who can spell and who can write cohesive sentences
  • D
    Only those children reading on grade–I level
14
Lesson planning should be guided primary by the consideration of
  • A
    Providing pupils with work
  • B
    Creating a happy classroom environment
  • C
    The curriculum goals
    Correct
  • D
    Meeting the needs of the average child in the class
15
…………………… is interpreting one’s own experience in terms of one’s existing schemes.
  • A
    Assimilation
    Correct
  • B
    Cognition
  • C
    Sensation
  • D
    Accommodation