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
Which of the following figures correctly represents the development according to Piaget’s development theory?
  • A
    Option A
  • B
    Option B
  • C
    Option C
    Correct
  • D
    Option D
2
A teacher found that a student is facing difficulty in drawing a square. She/he assumes that this student would also find it difficult to draw a diamond. She/he applies which of the following principles to arrive at his/her assumption?
  • A
    Development is gradual
  • B
    Development tends to follows an orderly sequence
    Correct
  • C
    Development is different for different people
  • D
    Development is salutatory
3
Which one of the following statements is true regarding the role of heredity and environment in human development?
  • A
    The theories based on the ‘behaviorism’ are largely based on the role of ‘nature’ in human development
  • B
    The role of environment is almost fixed, whereas the impact of heredity can be altered
  • C
    The policy of compensatory discrimination of the Government of India is based on the role of ‘nature’ in human development
  • D
    The relative effects of heredity and environment vary in different areas of development
    Correct
4
In the context of socialization, schools often have a hidden curriculum which consists of
  • A
    Teaching and assessment of values and attitudes
  • B
    The informal cues about social roles presented in schools through interaction and materials
    Correct
  • C
    Negotiating and resisting socialization of students through their families
  • D
    Forcible learning, thinking and behaving in particular ways by imitating peers and teachers
5
Which of the following implications cannot be derived from Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?
  • A
    Discovery learning
  • B
    Acceptance of individual differences
  • C
    Need of verbal teaching
    Correct
  • D
    Sensitivity to children’s readiness to learn
6
Which of the following is a characteristic of Kohlberg’s stages of moral development?
  • A
    Variable sequence of stages
  • B
    Stages are isolated responses and not general pattern
  • C
    Universal sequences of stages across all cultures
    Correct
  • D
    Stages proceed in a non-hierarchic manner
7
Teachers and students draw on one another’s expertise while working on complex projects related to real world problems in __________classroom.
  • A
    Teacher-centric
  • B
    Constructivist
  • C
    Social-constructivist
    Correct
  • D
    Traditional
8
In the context of progressive education, the term ‘equal educational opportunity’ implies that all students should
  • A
    Be provided an education by using the same methods and materials without any distinction
  • B
    Receive equal education irrespective of their caste, creed, colour, region and religion
  • C
    Be provided an education which is most appropriate to them and their future life at work
    Correct
  • D
    Be allowed to prove their capability after receiving and equal education
9
In the context of language development, which of the following areas was underestimated by Piaget?
  • A
    Social interaction
    Correct
  • B
    Active construction by the child
  • C
    Heredity
  • D
    Egocentric speech
10
An eleven-year old child’s score on Standard-Binet Intelligence Scale is 130. By assuming and in a normal probability curve, calculate the percentage of 11-year old children this child has scored better than
  • A
    80%
  • B
    98%
    Correct
  • C
    78%
  • D
    88%
11
Which of the following observations supports Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences?
  • A
    Different intelligences are hierarchical in nature
  • B
    Intelligence is an interaction of analytical, creative and practical intelligences
  • C
    Teachers should follow one specific theory of educational innovation at the time of designing instruction
  • D
    Damage to one part of the brain affects only a particular ability sparing others
    Correct
12
Which one of the following statements is true about ability and ability grouping?
  • A
    Teachers may use multilevel teaching to cater to different ability groups
    Correct
  • B
    Students learn better in homogeneous groups
  • C
    For smooth and effective teaching, class should be homogeneous
  • D
    Children are intolerant and do not accept differences
13
Which one of the following statements is true?
  • A
    The formative assessment can sometimes be summative assessment and vice-versa
    Correct
  • B
    The summative assessment implies that assessment is a continuous and integral part of learning
  • C
    The major objective of the formative assessment is to grade the achievement of students
  • D
    The formative assessment summarizes the development of learners during a time interval
14
A teacher asks his/her students to draw a concept map to reflect their comprehension of a topic. He/She is
  • A
    Jogging the memory of the students
  • B
    Conducting formative assessment
    Correct
  • C
    Trying to develop rubrics to evaluate the achievement of the students
  • D
    Testing the ability of the students to summarize the main points
15
Which one of the following represents the domain ‘evaluating’ in the Bloom’ revised taxonomy?
  • A
    Creating a graph or chart using the data
  • B
    Formulating a new way for categorizing objects
  • C
    Judging the logical consistency of a solution
    Correct
  • D
    Evaluating the pertinence of the data provided