Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-12 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
‘Dyslexia’ is associated with-
  • A
    Behavioural disorder
  • B
    Mathematical disorder
  • C
    Reading disorder
    Correct
  • D
    Mental disorder
2
……………. is not considered a sign of ‘being gifted’.
  • A
    Curiosity
  • B
    Creative ideas
  • C
    Novelty in expression
  • D
    Fighting with others
    Correct
3
A student of V-grade with ‘visual deficiency’ should be-
  • A
    Helped with his/her routine-work by parents and friends
  • B
    Given special treatment in the classroom
  • C
    Excused to do a lower level of work
  • D
    Treated normally in the classroom and provided support through Audio CDs
    Correct
4
Which of the following statements cannot be considered a feature of the process of learning?
  • A
    Learning is goal-oriented
  • B
    Learning is a comprehensive process
  • C
    Educational institutions are the only place where learning takes place
    Correct
  • D
    Unlearning is also a learning process
5
Learning can be enriched if-
  • A
    Due attention is paid to periodic tests in the class
  • B
    Teachers use different types of lectures and explanation
  • C
    More and more teaching aids are used in the class
  • D
    Situations from the real world are brought into the class in which students interact with each other and the teacher facilitates
    Correct
6
To make assessment a ‘useful and interesting’ process, one should be careful about
  • A
    Using a variety a ways to collect information about the student’s learning across the scholastic and co-scholastic boundaries
    Correct
  • B
    Makin comparisons between different students
  • C
    Labelling students as intelligent or average learners
  • D
    Using technical language to give feedback
7
A teacher, because of his/her democratic nature, allows students to sit all over the class. Some sit together and discuss or do group reading. Some sit quietly and read themselves. A parent does not like it. Which of the following may be the best way to handle the situation?
  • A
    Parents should take away the child from that school
  • B
    Parents should show trust in the teacher and discuss the problem with the teacher
    Correct
  • C
    Parents should complain against the teacher to the principal
  • D
    Parents should request the principal to change the section of their ward
8
Which of the following should be considered the most important quality of a teacher at primary level?
  • A
    Eagerness to teach
  • B
    Competence in methods of teaching and knowledge of subjects
  • C
    Competence to teach in highly standardized language
  • D
    Patience and perseverance
    Correct
9
…………………… is considered a sign of motivated teaching.
  • A
    Remedial work given by the teacher
  • B
    Pin drop silence in the class
  • C
    Maximum attendance in the class
  • D
    Questioning by students
    Correct
10
At lower classes, play-way method of teaching is based on
  • A
    Theory of physical education programmes
  • B
    Principles of methods of teaching
  • C
    Psychological principles of the development and growth
    Correct
  • D
    Sociological principles of teaching
11
The term ‘curriculum’ in the field of education refers to-
  • A
    Overall programme of the school which students experience on a day-to-day basis
    Correct
  • B
    Methods of teaching and the content to be taught
  • C
    Text-material to be used in the class
  • D
    Evaluation process
12
According to Piaget, at which of the following stages does a child begin to think logically about abstract propositions?
  • A
    Concrete operations stage (07-11 years)
  • B
    Sensori-motor stage (Birth-02 years)
  • C
    Formal operational stage (11 years and up)
    Correct
  • D
    Pre-operational stage (02-07 years)
13
A teacher should make an attempt to understand the potentialities of her/his students. Which of the following fields is related to this objective?
  • A
    Educational Psychology
    Correct
  • B
    Media-Psychology
  • C
    Social Philosophy
  • D
    Educational sociology
14
Kritika, who does not talk much at home, talk a lot at school. It shows that-
  • A
    Her thoughts get acknowledged at school
    Correct
  • B
    The school provides opportunities to children to talk a lot
  • C
    She does not like her home at all
  • D
    Teachers demand that children should talk a lot at school
15
“Children actively construct their understanding of the world” is a statement attributed to-
  • A
    Kohlberg
  • B
    Piaget
    Correct
  • C
    Pavlov
  • D
    Skinner