Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-14 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
The disadvantaged child’s chances for success in school will be maximized when:
  • A
    He/she is given a high concentration of skills subjects
  • B
    His/her intellectual potential is discovered and his/her educational deficiencies are overcome
    Correct
  • C
    He/she is treated like any other child
  • D
    He/she is provided with vocational training earlier than other children
2
According to John Bowlby, children become depressed as a result of
  • A
    Self-devaluing cognitive schema.
  • B
    Exposure to prolonged, uncontrollable negative experiences.
  • C
    Insecure attachments
    Correct
  • D
    Living with depressed parents
3
“The individual develops through the head, the heart, and the hand”, this was the educational philosophy of:
  • A
    Pestalozzi
    Correct
  • B
    Comenius
  • C
    Froebel
  • D
    Herbart
4
Asking questions form the students is an important aspect of teaching. What purpose does it achieve?
  • A
    Students should participate actively in going through the lesson
  • B
    Students may remain alert
  • C
    Students should understand the lesson
  • D
    All the three depending on the subject taught
    Correct
5
A teacher can motivate the students by-
  • A
    delivering speech in class
  • B
    giving proper guidance
    Correct
  • C
    giving suitable prizes
  • D
    giving examples
6
A parent of a fourth grader refuse to give permission for her child to go on a class trip. The teacher should first:
  • A
    Refer the matter to the guidance counselor
  • B
    Ask another teacher in the same grade to take that child on the day of the trip
  • C
    Give the class a homework assignment for all parents to sign; giving reasons why each child wants to go on the trip
  • D
    Confer with the parent to discuss the educational purpose of the trip
    Correct
7
The cognitive structures into which children organize their behaviour and knowledge are called
  • A
    Frameworks
  • B
    Accommodations
  • C
    Schemata
    Correct
  • D
    Operations
8
An increase in comprehension skill is most likely to result from
  • A
    Guided oral reading
  • B
    Unstructured silent reading
  • C
    The teacher reading to the class
  • D
    Guided silent reading
    Correct
9
Education is called a triangular process. Which are the three sides of the triangle?
  • A
    Social environment, Teacher and Students
    Correct
  • B
    Books, School, Teacher
  • C
    School, Knowledge, Teacher
  • D
    None of these
10
Piaget claimed that all of the following are true of his stages of cognitive development EXCEPT:
  • A
    All children progress through the various stages at exactly the same age.
    Correct
  • B
    All normal children reach the stage of concrete operations
  • C
    All children throughout the world pass through the stages in the same order.
  • D
    The changes from stage to stage can sometimes be very abrupt
11
Kindergarten system of education was contributed by-
  • A
    Froebel
    Correct
  • B
    Montessori
  • C
    Spencer
  • D
    T. P. Nunn
12
A child who frequently loses his/her place where reading can be temporarily helped by
  • A
    Giving him/her a card to place under each line being read
    Correct
  • B
    Letting him/her listen to taped stores
  • C
    Allowing him/her to fingerpoint
  • D
    Providing him/her with a large-print reader such as those used by the visually handicapped
13
Of the following activities in a science class, the one with least educational value is
  • A
    Viewing a filmstrip
  • B
    Drawing a design
  • C
    Reading about a simple experiment
    Correct
  • D
    Constructing a model
14
Montessori System of education is based on
  • A
    Freedom to the child to express his interests
    Correct
  • B
    Development of the talents of the child
  • C
    Motivation of children by the teachers
  • D
    Freedom to the child to play games
15
Piaget's theory of cognitive development has been criticized for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
  • A
    Cross-cultural findings suggest that Piaget may have overemphasized the importance of schooling and other experiential factors.
    Correct
  • B
    Certain tasks may be solved without the underlying operations that Piaget claimed were necessary.
  • C
    Piaget may have been incorrect in suggesting that children pass through the stages in an unvarying sequence.
  • D
    Piaget underestimated the capabilities of infants.