Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-05 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

In preparing a fifth grade class to take a standardized reading test the teacher is best advised to:

A
Ditto key questions from a previous test and allow the pupils to answer them
B
Tell the children the test is very important and they should do the best they can
C
Coach the below grade level readers, as the rest of the class will do well anyway
D
Give the pupils practice in answering questions similar to the type that will appear on the test
Correct

Human personality is the result of

A
interaction between heredity and environment
Correct
B
upbringing and education
C
only environment
D
only heredity

…………………… is characterized by adapting one’s current understandings to incorporate new information.

A
Assimilation
B
Script
C
Accommodation
Correct
D
Schema

Individual attention is important in the teaching-learning process because

A
teacher training programmes prescribe it
B
learners always learn better in groups
C
it offers better opportunities to teachers to discipline each learner
D
children develop at different rates and learn
Correct

A teacher engages her learners in a number if group activities such as group discussions, group projects, role plays, etc. The learning dimension it highlights is

A
language - guided learning
B
learning through recreation
C
learning as a social activity
Correct
D
competition - based learning

A normal child of twelve years of age is most likely to

A
Be eager for peer approval
Correct
B
Have feelings of anxiety about pleasing adults
C
Have difficulty with gross motor coordination
D
Confine his/her interests to here and now

Which of the following is the first step in the scientific method of problem-solving?

A
Collection of relevant information
B
Formation of hypothesis
C
Problem awareness
Correct
D
Verification of hypothesis

At primary level, it is better to teach in mother language because-

A
it makes learning easy
B
it develops self-confidence in children
C
it is helpful in intellectual development
D
it helps children in learning in natural atmosphere
Correct

Which of the following is a domain of learning?

A
Professional
B
Spiritual
C
Affective
Correct
D
Experiential

The Big Five personality factors are:

A
Neuroticism, openness, introversion, sociability, locus of control
B
Neuroticism, gregariousness, extraversion, impulsiveness, conscientiousness
C
Neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness
Correct
D
Neuroticism, extraversion, openness, emotional stability, sensitivity

When a child gets bored while doing a task, it is a sign that

A
the child needs to be disciplined
B
the child is not capable of learning
C
the task ma have become mechanically repetitive
Correct
D
the child is not intelligent

Errors of learners often indicate

A
the need for mechanical drill
Correct
B
absence of learning
C
socio-economic status of the learners
D
how they learn

According to the cognitive developmental perspective of development, the child is ______ and development is __________.

A
Passive, continuous
B
Active, continuous
C
Active, discontinuous
Correct
D
Passive, discontinuous

What is most important while writing on blackboard?

A
Writing in big letters
B
Good writing
Correct
C
Writing in small letters
D
Clarity in writing

Fifteen –year old Sanjay has taken to wearing the same style sweaters that his teacher wears. This form of behaviour is known as:

A
Compensation
B
Regression
C
Transference
D
Identification
Correct