Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-21 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
A child of 16 years scores 75 in an IQ test his mental age will be ……………… years.
  • A
    12
    Correct
  • B
    8
  • C
    15
  • D
    14
2
Ideal ‘waiting time’ for getting response from students should be proportional to
  • A
    Time taken by the students for answering questions from previous lessons
  • B
    Relevance of the question in the real life
  • C
    Difficulty level of the question
    Correct
  • D
    Time allotted to specific topic in the curriculum
3
Suppose you are the Chairperson of a Board of School Education, how would you plan to improve the overall quality of education in the schools under your jurisdiction? This type of question is an example of
  • A
    Higher order convergent
  • B
    Higher order divergent
    Correct
  • C
    Lower order convergent
  • D
    Lower order divergent
4
Assessment …………………… learning influences learning by reinforcing the …………………. between assessment and instruction.
  • A
    Of; variance
  • B
    Of; difference
  • C
    For; connections
    Correct
  • D
    For; difference
5
For an intrinsically motivated student,
  • A
    The level of motivation is lower than an extrinsically
  • B
    There is no need of formal education
  • C
    External rewards are not enough to keep him/her motivated
    Correct
  • D
    Rewards are not at all required
6
The word ‘Comprehensive’ in the scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation is supported by the following except
  • A
    L L Thurstone’s theory of primary mental abilities
  • B
    J P Guilford’s theory of structure of intellect
    Correct
  • C
    Theory of information processing
  • D
    Theory of multiple intelligence
7
How teachers and students ………………………. Gender in the classroom, it …………………… the learning environment.
  • A
    Define; vitiates
  • B
    Adapt; perturbs
    Correct
  • C
    Interpret; does not affect
  • D
    Construct; impact
8
Achievement motivation is
  • A
    The tendency to avoid failure
  • B
    Willingness to accept success and failure equally
  • C
    Tendency to act impulsively
  • D
    The tendency to persist at challenging tasks
    Correct
9
In science practicals, boys generally take control of apparatus and ask girls to record data or wash utensils. This tendency reflects that
  • A
    Stereotyping of masculine and feminine roles takes place in schools also
    Correct
  • B
    Girls are excellent observers and record data flawlessly
  • C
    Girls being delicate prefer such less energy consuming tasks
  • D
    Boys can handle equipments more efficiently as they are naturally endowed for doing such things
10
Group project activity as prescribed by CBSE is a powerful means
  • A
    To promote the concept of unity in diversity
  • B
    Of relieving the stress caused due to routine teaching
  • C
    Of facilitating social participation
    Correct
  • D
    Of alleviating the burden of teachers
11
Raven’s Progressive Matrices test is an example …………………… tests.
  • A
    Verbal IQ
  • B
    Culture-free IQ
    Correct
  • C
    Personality
  • D
    Non-group
12
Which of the following principles is not involved in lesson planning?
  • A
    Rigidity of planning
    Correct
  • B
    Knowledge of teaching
  • C
    Clarity of objectives
  • D
    Knowledge of pupils
13
The word ‘compulsory’ in the ‘Right to Free and Compulsory Education 2009’ means,
  • A
    Central Government will ensure admission, attendance and completion of elementary education
  • B
    Compulsory education will be imparted through continuous testing
  • C
    Appropriate governments will ensure admission attendance and completion of elementary education
    Correct
  • D
    Parents are compulsorily forced to send their children to school to avoid punitive action
14
What does ‘self-regulation of learners’ mean?
  • A
    Rules and regulations made by the student body
  • B
    Self-discipline and control
  • C
    Creating regulations for student behaviour
  • D
    Ability to monitor their own learning
    Correct
15
The sentence ‘Madam drives a bicycle’ is
  • A
    Correct syntactically but semantically incorrect
    Correct
  • B
    Correct semantically but syntactically incorrect
  • C
    Semantically as well as syntactically correct
  • D
    Semantically as well as syntactically correct