Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-28 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 is true about gifted learners?
  • A
    They make everyone else smarter and are essential for collaborative learning
  • B
    They may achieve lower grades due to their heightened sensitivity
    Correct
  • C
    Their importance is primarily due to their brainpower
  • D
    They always led other and assume extra responsibility in the classroom
2
Inclusion in schools primarily focuses on
  • A
    Meeting the need of the disabled child at the expense of entire class
  • B
    Including the educational needs of illiterate parents in schools
  • C
    Making subtle provisions for special category children
    Correct
  • D
    Fulfilling the needs of children with disabilities only
3
The cause of learned helplessness in children is their
  • A
    Moral decision for not taking up studies seriously
  • B
    Callous attitude towards classroom activities
  • C
    Acquired behavior that they will not succeed
    Correct
  • D
    Non-compliance with expectations of their parents
4
If a student is consistently getting lower grades in school, her parents can be advised to help her by
  • A
    Narrating her the hardships of life for those who do not possess proper education
  • B
    Working in close association with teachers
    Correct
  • C
    Forcing her to work harder at home
  • D
    Withholding mobile phones, movies, comics and extra time for play
5
Which of the following does not deter problem solving?
  • A
    Mental sets
  • B
    Entrenchment
  • C
    Insight
    Correct
  • D
    Fixation
6
A teacher is connecting a text to the previously learnt text and showing children how to summarize it. She is
  • A
    Encouraging children to mug it up as effectively as possible
  • B
    Helping children to develop their own strategy to comprehend it
    Correct
  • C
    Insinuating that there is no need to go through the entire text
  • D
    Reinforcing the importance of text from the assessment point of view
7
What king of errors is common between a learner who is learning his mother tongue and the learner who learns the same language as a second language?
  • A
    Simplification
  • B
    Developmental
    Correct
  • C
    Overgeneralization
  • D
    Hypercorrection
8
The stress affects performance in examinations. This fact reflects which of the following relationships?
  • A
    Cognition-competition
  • B
    Performance-anxiety
  • C
    Stress-omission
  • D
    Cognition-emotion
    Correct
9
A teacher is trying to counsel a child who is not performing well after an accident. Which one of the following is most appropriate about counseling in schools?
  • A
    It can be done only by the professional experts
  • B
    It is about giving the best possible advice to students about their future careers options
  • C
    It builds self-confidence of people by letting them explore their own thoughts
    Correct
  • D
    It is about the palliative measures for making people comfortable
10
Which of the following would encourage the least a student who wants to become a highly creative theater artist?
  • A
    Devote your time to those theatrical skills that you find most enjoyable
  • B
    Develop empathetic, amicable and supportive relationships with your peer theater artists
  • C
    Read about the performances of the world’s best theater artists and try to learn
  • D
    Try to win the State level competition that will ensure you scholarship
    Correct
11
Which of the following theorists would be of the opinion that students study hard for their personal growth and development?
  • A
    Maslow
    Correct
  • B
    Piaget
  • C
    Bandura
  • D
    Skinner
12
Which of the following factors supports learning in a classroom?
  • A
    Supporting the autonomy of children by the teachers
    Correct
  • B
    Increasing the time interval of periods from 40 minutes to 50 minutes
  • C
    Sticking to one particular method of instruction to maintain uniformity
  • D
    Increasing the number of tests to motivate children to learn
13
Mature students
  • A
    Believe that emotion has no place in their studies
  • B
    Do not get upset by studies in difficult situations
  • C
    Sometimes need emotional support in their studies
    Correct
  • D
    Resolve easily all their conflicts with their intellect
14
A child coming to pre-school for the first time cries profusely. After two years when the same child goes to the primary school for the first time, he does not express his tension by crying rather his shoulder and neck muscles become tense. This change in his behavior can be explained on the basis of which of the following principles?
  • A
    Development is gradual
  • B
    Development is characterized by differentiation and integration
    Correct
  • C
    Development proceeds in a sequential manner
  • D
    Development is different in different people
15
Which of the following statement is true?
  • A
    Experience does not influence brain development
  • B
    Adoptive children possess same IQs as their adoptive siblings
  • C
    Intelligence remain unaffected by the schooling
  • D
    Genetic makeup impacts responsiveness of an individual to qualities of the environment
    Correct