Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-15 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
A teacher notes poor attendance in class on Fridays, the day weekly tests are given. The teacher should
  • A
    Schedule tests throughout the week
    Correct
  • B
    Tell the pupils that missing two tests will result in a failing mark
  • C
    Call the parents of the absentees
  • D
    Do nothing
2
The purpose of new education policy is-
  • A
    to improve the whole education system
    Correct
  • B
    to link the education with employment
  • C
    to delink the degree with education
  • D
    to provide equal opportunity of education to all
3
When 4-year-old Andy hears a concerto on the radio, he begins to move his hands up and down in a motion that resembles a person playing the piano. Andy's behaviour exemplifies Piaget's
  • A
    Formal operational stage.
  • B
    Preoperational stage.
    Correct
  • C
    Concrete thinking stage.
  • D
    Sensorimotor stage.
4
Creative writing should be an activity planned for
  • A
    Only those children who want to write for the newspaper of the class
  • B
    Only those children reading on grade level
  • C
    All children
    Correct
  • D
    Only those children who can spell and also, can write cohesive sentences
5
When the majority of pupils in a science class is well below grade level in reading, the teacher should
  • A
    Show many filmstrips
  • B
    Prepare many dittoed sheets for the pupils to use
  • C
    Read to the class from the text book
  • D
    Plan many hands-on activities
    Correct
6
There is tension among villagers and you are teacher there. What will you do ?
  • A
    You will inform "Gram Pradhan"
  • B
    You will report to police
  • C
    You will keep distance from them
  • D
    You will try to pacify them
    Correct
7
Career education should begin
  • A
    In kindergarten
    Correct
  • B
    When the child enters junior high school
  • C
    In the third or fourth grades
  • D
    In high school economics classes
8
Concrete operations allow the child to
  • A
    Coordinate several characteristics rather than focus on a single property of an object.
    Correct
  • B
    Mentally construct hypotheses and theories.
  • C
    Imagine and analyze the thoughts of others compared to the thoughts of him/ herself.
  • D
    Imagine the necessary steps in solving a problem.
9
What will you do in leisure time in school ? You will-
  • A
    take rest in teacher's room
  • B
    read magazines in library
  • C
    talk to clerks in office
  • D
    check home work of students
    Correct
10
Of the following, the most promising step for a teacher to take in order to improve class discipline is to
  • A
    Evaluate his/her materials, methods and approaches to children
    Correct
  • B
    Note specific infractions of class rules in the marking book
  • C
    Call a parent – teacher meeting to discuss the situation
  • D
    Consult the class and agree upon a graduated series of punishments
11
To be successful with an overactive child, the teacher should
  • A
    Provide the child with purposeful activities that legitimize the need for movement
    Correct
  • B
    Isolate the child from the class
  • C
    Give the child extra written work so he/she will have a reason for remaining in his/her seat
  • D
    Allow the child to leave his/her seat whenever he/she becomes restless
12
…………………… refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
  • A
    Perception
  • B
    Conception
  • C
    Sensation
  • D
    Cognition
    Correct
13
The formal operational thinker is
  • A
    More tied to reality than the preoperational or concrete operational child who uses a sort of pseudo-logic.
  • B
    Exceptionally insightful about the practical aspects of life.
  • C
    Demanding of a literally true answer to most problems.
  • D
    Capable of abstraction.
    Correct
14
Piaget's theory has been criticized on the basis that
  • A
    Children do not seem to behave the way he described.
    Correct
  • B
    The idea of development following a series of stages has not been well supported by the evidence.
  • C
    Assimilation and accommodation do not work the way he described.
  • D
    The concepts are not very interesting.
15
The question "Will the shy child who never speaks turn into a quiet, shy adult or wilL the child become a sociable, talkative person?" is concerned with which developmental issue?
  • A
    Cultural universals versus cultural relativism
  • B
    Maturation
  • C
    Continuity and discontinuity
  • D
    Nature and nurture
    Correct