CTET Child Development previous year MCQ solution

CTET Child Development and Pedagogy Question Paper with Answers PDF

CTET Child development MCQs: In this article objective type questions of CTET Paper 2 previous years are given with answers.

Question.1. What is meant by ‘sensitive period’ in child development?

1. Period concerning a rapid advances only in cognition and learning.
2. Optimal period for development of specific capabilities.
3. Period in which development of only language can be accelerated.
4. Period at which physical growth is at its peak.

Answer. 2

Question.2. Cephalo – Caudal principle of development states that –

1. development proceeds from head to toe.
2. development proceeds from centre to extremities.
3. development proceeds from toe to head.
4. development proceeds from extremities to the centre.

Answer. 1

Question.3. Thought becomes abstract and idealistic during the period of –

1. Infancy
2. Early childhood
3. Middle childhood
4. Adolescence

Answer. 4

Question.4. Rearranging schemas, linking them with other schemas to create a strongly interconnected cognitive system in Piaget’s theory is referred to as

1. Assimilation.
2. Accommodation.
3. Organization.
4. Maturation.

Answer. 3

Question.5. Children in __ stage can solve problems mentally but the problems themselves have tobe related to materials and not symbols.

1. formal operational
2. concrete operational
3. sensori – motor
4. pre-operational

Answer. 2

Question.6. Socio-constructivist theorist consider the child as –

1. a blank slate
2. passive recipients of knowledge
3. active beings involved in creation of knowledge.
4. miniature adults.

Answer. 3

Question.7. Encouraging dialogue among students and providing scaffolding are examples of –

1. creating a zone of proximal development.
2. conditioning of responses.
3. positive reinforcement.
4. transfer of learning.

Answer. 1

Question.8. Who proposed that new knowledge is constructed is a zone between what the child knows andwhat she is capable of knowing with support?

1. Lev Vygotsky
2. Jean Piaget
3. Howard Gardner
4. Ivan Pavlov

Answer. 1

Question.9. Which of these situations is illustrative of a child-centred classroom?

1. A class in which the students are sitting in groups and the teacher takes turns to go to each group.
2. A class in which the behaviour of students is governed by the rewards and punishment theteacher would give them.
3. A class in which the teacher dictates and the students are asked to memorise the notes.
4. A class in which the students do whatever they want while the teacher watches them silently.

Answer. 1

Question.10. The idea of ideal reciprocity as exhibited in the Golden Rule is the key characteristics of which stage of moral development according to Kohlberg?

1. Social order orientation
2. Social contract orientation
3. Universal ethical principles
4. Good boy- good girl orientation

Answer. 4

Question.11. Intelligence is _ according to Howard Gardner.

1. a positive change in behaviour
2. a negative change in behaviour
3. the ability to produce original products
4. a set of several distinct abilities

Answer. 4

Question.12. Assertion (A) : Teachers should follow standardized curriculum, pedagogy and methods of assessment.
Reason (R) : Educational systems should ignore and dismiss individual differences among the children.

1. Both (A) and ( R) are true and ( R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and ( R) are true but ( R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R ) is false.
4. Both (A) and (R ) are false.

Answer. 4

Question.13. Encouraging girls to take up languages and arts and discouraging them to take up mathematicsand science is an example of –

1. gender equity
2. gender constancy
3. gender discrimination
4. gender empowerment

Answer. 3

Question.14. Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between language andthought as per the socio-constructivist perspective?

1. Language determines thought.
2. Thought is governed and directed by language.
3. Relationship between language and thought is bi-directional.
4. Language and thought are independent cognitive capabilities.

Answer. 3

Question.15. To ensure focus on ‘assessment for learning’ rather then ‘assessment of learning’ it is important to include:
(i) Self – assessment
(ii) Peer– assessment
(iii) Quantitative feedback
(iv) Comparisons between students on quantitative parameters
Choose the correct option

1. (iii), (iv)
2. (i), (ii), (iii)
3. (ii), (iii), (iv)
4. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

Answer. 2

Question.16. Which of the following practice promotes inclusion in education?

1. Corporal punishment to students
2. Learning for competitive exams
3. Respect for diversity
4. Standardized curriculum

Answer. 3

Question.17. Which of the following disability causes challenges in paying attention and sustaining longduration involvement in tasks?

1. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
2. Dysgraphia
3. Dyslexia
4. Visual Impairment

Answer. 1

Question.18. In a class having learners from various linguistics identities, a teacher should practice:

1. Multilingualism
2. Segregation
3. Labelling
4. Stereotyping

Answer. 1

Question.19. Use of multimedia for communication will help inclusion of:
(i) students with intellectual difficulties
(ii) students with giftedness
(iii) students with Autism
(iv) students with Dyslexia
Choose the correct option

1. (i)
2. (ii), (iii)
3. (i), (ii), (iv)
4. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

Answer. 4

Question.20. Which of the following is a correctly matched pair of appropriate accommodation strategy for inclusion of students with specific disability?

1. Dyscalculia: Prohibition of use of calculator
2. Dyslexia: Giving long essays to be written
3. Visual impairment: Providing read-to-text software
4. Autism: Increasing visual overload

Answer. 3

Question.21. Which of the following does not facilitate students’ thinking?

1. Active involvement
2. Meaningful activities
3. Passive listening
4. Social participation

Answer. 3

Question.22. ______ opportunity of hands-on activities is likely to _____ learning among students.

1. Avoiding, improve
2. Facilitating, improve
3. Presenting, stagnate
4. Preventing, enhance

Answer. 2

Question.23. Which of the following is correct in context of learning?

1. Students learn best when they participate in activities that are related to their context
2. Students learn best when they participate in activities that are not related to their context
3. Students learn best when they participate in meaningless activities
4. Students learn best when they participate in mechanical activities

Answer. 1

Question.24. While introducing a new topic, a teacher should ask questions which:

1. are from the domains completely unfamiliar from students.
2. are much beyond their cognitive abilities.
3. has not relation with the topic to be taught.
4. relates the topic to be studied with what students already know.

Answer. 4

Question.25. Socio-cultural context of students:

1. has minimal role in the learning process
2. has no role in the learning process
3. plays a significant role in the learning process
4. should be ignored in the learning process

Answer. 3

Question.26. A teacher intends to facilitate reflective skills among her students. This can be done by:

1. Asking students to copy the content written on board.
2. Encouraging students to ask themselves questions about their understanding.
3. Giving a passage to students for rote – memorization.
4. Shaping the students’ behaviour using stimulus –response associations.

Answer. 2

Question.27. A teacher should:

1. discourage students to identify their errors themselves
2. ignore misconceptions carried by students
3. strengthen students’ misconceptions. 4. scaffold students to correct their errors themselves.

Answer. 4

Question.28. A student is feeling very nervous and having high anxiety before the exam. His emotional state is likely to

1. cause internal motivation for performance.
2. have no impact on his performance in exam.
3. improve his performance in exam.
4. negativity impact his performance in exam.

Answer. 4

Question.29. Which of following is a correctly matched pair of a source of motivation and the type of motivation?

1. Curiosity – Intrinsic motivation
2. Appreciation from peers – Intrinsic motivation
3. Praise of teacher – Intrinsic motivation
4. Trophy in match – Intrinsic motivation

Answer. 1

Question.30. Which of the following will not facilitate understanding of a concept?

1. Asking students to copy the answers from the notes given by teacher.
2. Asking students to explain that concept in their own words.
3. Asking students to frame principles from specific examples.
4. Asking students to generate analogies between different conditions.

Answer. 1

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