Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-08 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 normal twelve –year –old child is most likely to:
  • A
    Confine his/her interests to the here and now
  • B
    Have difficulty with gross motor coordination
  • C
    Be eager for peer approval
    Correct
  • D
    Have anxiety feelings about pleasing adults
2
The reason why students run from school is
  • A
    Not giving punishment to students
  • B
    Lack of interest in studies on the part of students
  • C
    Callous attitude of teachers towards the problem
    Correct
  • D
    Lack of interesting class teaching work
3
As a child observes, liquid is transferred from a tall, thin tube into a short, wide jar. The child is asked if there is now less liquid in order to determine if she has mastered:
  • A
    The schema for liquids
  • B
    The concept of object permanence
  • C
    The concept of conservation
    Correct
  • D
    The ability to reason abstractly
4
You find a student to be intelligent. You will
  • A
    Inform his parents about the fact that he is intelligent
  • B
    Motivate him so that he can make more progress
    Correct
  • C
    Not give him additional homework
  • D
    Remain pleased with him
5
Which of the following is important for a teacher to do?
  • A
    Build the character of the students
    Correct
  • B
    Help the students to get food marks
  • C
    Maintain discipline in the class
  • D
    Do justice to teaching
6
If some students are not in a mood to study in the class, you will
  • A
    Tell those students to leave the class and enjoy
  • B
    Force them to study
  • C
    Tell them some interesting things related to their interests or your own subject
    Correct
  • D
    Warn them that they must study else you will report the matter to the Principal
7
Child development is defined as a field of study that
  • A
    Accounts for the gradual evolution of the child's cognitive, social, and other capacities.
    Correct
  • B
    Examines change in human abilities.
  • C
    Seeks to explain behaviour across the life span.
  • D
    Compares children to adults to senior citizens.
8
I am 3 years old, can use language, and have trouble taking another person’s perspective. I am in Piaget’s ______ stage of cognitive development.
  • A
    Concrete operational
  • B
    Preoperational
    Correct
  • C
    Formal operational
  • D
    Sensorimotor
9
The term ‘identical elements’ is closely associated with:
  • A
    Group instruction
  • B
    Jealousy between twins
  • C
    Similar test questions
  • D
    Transfer of learning
    Correct
10
The major frustration that children with hearing loss face in the classroom is
  • A
    the inability to participate in sports and games
  • B
    the inability to take examinations with other students
  • C
    the inability to communicate or share information with others
    Correct
  • D
    the inability to read the prescribed textbook
11
Organismic theories of development hold that
  • A
    Psychological structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.
    Correct
  • B
    Physical structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.
  • C
    Passively developed structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.
  • D
    Slowly developed structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.
12
In preconventional morality, the person
  • A
    Follows the dictates of his or her conscience
  • B
    Conforms to gain social approval
  • C
    Obeys to avoid punishment or to gain rewards
    Correct
  • D
    Obeys out of a sense of social duty
13
Non-formal Education Programme caters to the need of ? 1. Drop-outs 2. Working children 3. Out of school children
  • A
    Only 3
  • B
    Only 1
  • C
    All of these
    Correct
  • D
    Only 2
14
A Person believes that nurture strongly influences the development of his child. He would not agree with the importance of:
  • A
    Genetic factors.
    Correct
  • B
    The types of toys at home.
  • C
    Exposure to peers.
  • D
    The warmth displayed by the parents.
15
Child Labour Prohibition Act (1986)-
  • A
    Prohibits child labour in risk-taking works only
  • B
    Prohibits child labour during school hours only
  • C
    Prohibits child labour by imposing the responsibility of children's education on the employers
  • D
    Prohibits all types of child labour upto 14 years of age of child
    Correct