Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-18 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
Schools should arrange co-curricular activities for the students, because?
  • A
    Curricular experiences are incomplete without supplements
  • B
    Co-curricular activities make the school’s program attractive.
  • C
    Interplay of curricular and co-curricular experiences gives a better insight into the content and its context
    Correct
  • D
    Everybody wants co-curricular activities these days
2
If you have a snake phobia because you once heard a loud noise while looking at a snake, for you a snake is a(n)
  • A
    CR.
  • B
    CS.
    Correct
  • C
    US.
  • D
    UR.
3
'National Council of Educational Research and Training' was established in-
  • A
    1964
  • B
    1961
    Correct
  • C
    1962
  • D
    1963
4
You are teaching in your class and it is almost the end of your session. A child of your class comes late and seeks your permission to enter the class, you will?
  • A
    Allow him/her to enter and ask him/her the reasons for being so late when the class gets over
    Correct
  • B
    Not permit the child, as it makes little sense coming to class so late
  • C
    Ask the child to explain his/her position before you take an appropriate decision
  • D
    Get annoyed, as you are disturbed
5
A series of responses that gradually approach a desired pattern of behavior are called
  • A
    Conditioning trials.
  • B
    Gradients.
  • C
    Successive approximations.
    Correct
  • D
    Adaptations.
6
If some students are not in a mood to study in the class, you will
  • A
    Warn them that they must study else you will report the matter to the Principal
  • B
    Tell those students to leave the class and enjoy
  • C
    Force them to study
  • D
    Tell them some interesting things related to their interests or your own subject
    Correct
7
You enter your regular class to discover the children not in a mood to study that particular day. You will
  • A
    Feel disturbed seeing the reluctance of the children to study
  • B
    Value the child’s precious time and world; therefore, teach as per your plan
  • C
    Allow students the freedom to come up with what they want and gradually connect them to your plan
    Correct
  • D
    Ask the children to mend their ways
8
Punishment is most effective in suppressing behavior when it is
  • A
    Delayed, inconsistent, and intense.
  • B
    Immediate, consistent, and mild.
  • C
    Immediate, consistent, and intense.
    Correct
  • D
    Delayed, consistent, and mild.
9
Child development is defined as a field of study that
  • A
    Seeks to explain behaviour across the life span.
  • B
    Accounts for the gradual evolution of the child's cognitive, social, and other capacities.
    Correct
  • C
    Compares children to adults to senior citizens.
  • D
    Examines change in human abilities.
10
Motivation should be followed by?
  • A
    Reproof
  • B
    Reward
    Correct
  • C
    Incentive
  • D
    Knowledge of result
11
In Pavlov's experiments with dogs, the conditioned stimulus was the
  • A
    Salivation to the bell.
  • B
    Salivation to the food.
  • C
    Bell.
    Correct
  • D
    Food.
12
To maintain interest among students in class, a teacher should-
  • A
    ask question
    Correct
  • B
    tell stories
  • C
    discuss
  • D
    use blackboard
13
Which of the following is an audio-visual aid?
  • A
    Radio
  • B
    Projector
  • C
    Television
    Correct
  • D
    Tape-recorder
14
Ivan Pavlov has been credited with the initial discovery of
  • A
    Classical conditioning.
    Correct
  • B
    Reinforcement.
  • C
    Operant conditioning.
  • D
    Vicarious conditioning.
15
The term ‘identical elements’ is closely associated with:
  • A
    Group instruction
  • B
    Similar test questions
  • C
    Jealousy between twins
  • D
    Transfer of learning
    Correct