Q1. _______ Includes all the extrinsic forces, influences and conditions which affect the life, nature, behaviour, the growth, development and maturation of living organism.
(a) Culture (b) Nurture
(c) Heredity (d) Environment
Ans: (d)
Q2. Which one of the following is one of the phases of cognitive development as proposed by Burner?
(a) Inductive (b) Iconic
(c) Deductive (d) Didactic
Ans: (b)
Q3. According to which theory, an individual learns, an individual what is desirable but also eliminates avoids or unleams undesirable habits, unhealthy attitudes, superstition, fear and phobia through de-conditioning? (Exam Date : 07.08.2019)
(a) Insightful learning
(b) Social learning
(c) Classical conditioning
(d) Operant conditioning
Ans: (c)
Q4. According to _______ reinforcement is an effective means to modify the undesirable behaviour of student or to make them learn new behaviour in the classroom.
(a) Insightful learning
(b) Social learning
(c) Classical conditioning
(d) Operant conditioning
Ans: (c)
Q5. ______ is the ability to make or do something new that is also useful or valued by others.
(a) Creativity (b) Intelligence
(c) Personality (d) Learning
Ans: (a)
Q6. Stimulus Generalisation is associated with which learning theory
(a) Insightful learning
(b) Social learning
(c) Classical conditioning
(d) Operant conditioning
Ans: (c)
Q7. Which one of the following can teachers use to encourage students’ divergent thinking?
(a) Rote memorisation
(b) Close-ended questions
(c) Positive punishment
(d) Open-ended questions
Ans: (d)
Q8. ______ is defined as the generation of ideas that are new as well as useful, productive, and appropriate.
(a) Creative thinking (b) Divergent thinking
(c) Convergent thinking (d) Problem solving
Ans: (a)
Q9. Which scheme aimed at providing educational opportunities to learners with disabilities in regular schools, and to facilitate their achievement and retention?
(a) Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC)
(b) District Primary Education Programme (DPEP)
(c) The united Nations Economic and Special Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
(d) Inclusive Education Scheme
Ans: (a)
Q10. Inclusive education is carried out in a ________.
(a) Extreme learning environment
(b) Segregated learning environment
(c) Common learning environment
(d) Diminished learning environment
Ans: (c)
Q11. Which of these is the centrally sponsored scheme launched by the government in 1974, which aimed to provide educational opportunities to children with special needs (CWSN) in regular schools and to facilitate their achievement and retention?
(a) Policy for Special Education (PSE)
(b) Individuals with Disabilities Exclusive Attention
(c) Integrated Education for Disabled children (IEDC) scheme
(d) Universal Education Policy
Ans: (c)
Q12. Which one of the following strategies is NOT useful in teaching student with special education needs?
(a) Use a multiple-scenario approach to developing lesson plans
(b) Monitor student responses to lessons and modify lesson plans to address their different learning needs
(c) Gather some tricks of the trade from fellow teachers
(d) Adopt a uniform strategy to teach all children
Ans: (d)
Q13. ______ is a process that allows children with special needs to enter certain standard classrooms after they show the ability to keep up with the rest of their peers.
(a) Segregation (b) Mainstreaming
(c) Name-calling (d) Full inclusion
Ans: (b)
Q14. A teacher selects only boys for science quiz and only girls for a dance competition what behaviour is the teacher displaying?
(a) Wise selection (b) Scientific screening
(c) Inclusive education (d) Gender bias
Ans: (d)
Q15. In which one these is the focus on learning product and outcome?
(a) Curriculum-centered (b) Learner -centered
(c) Teacher-centered (d) Subject-centered
Ans: (c)
Q16. Subject matter is organized around a real or hypothetical problem to be solved in
(a) Problem-based learning
(b) Project-based learning
(c) Content-based learning
(d) Curriculum-based learning
Ans: (b)
Q17. ______ is a concise statement or table of the heads of discourse, which lists the subjects of a series of lectures, and is connected with the courses leading to examinations.
(a) Learning objective (b) Syllabus
(c) Curriculum (d) Course
Ans: (b)
Q18. Subject-centered curriculum (or learning) focuses primarily on:
(a) Content
(b) Learner
(c) Teacher/instructor
(d) Learners’ interest, experiences and tendencies
Ans: (a)
Q19. Which one of these learning approaches is more likely than others to motivate students and help them stay engaged in the material that they are learning?
(a) Curriculum-centered approach
(b) Learner-centered approach
(c) Teacher-centered approach
(d) Subject-centered approach
Ans: (b)
Q20. In which one these is the focus on learning process and experiences?
(a) Curriculum-centered (b) Learner-centered
(c) Teacher-centered (d) Subject-centered
Ans: (b)
Q21. _____ enables instructors to measure the effectiveness of their teaching by linking student performance to specific learning objectives.
(a) Student assessment (b) Self-assessment
(c) Peer assessment (d) Curriculum design
Ans: (a)
Q22. _____ enables instructors to determine the metrics of measurement for student understanding of and proficiency in learning objectives and provides the evidence needed to document and validate that meaningful learning has occurred in the classroom.
(a) Educational psychology
(b) Pedagogy
(c) Assessment
(d) Curriculum design
Ans: (c)
Q23. Involves the use of evaluative processes in which judgement to objectively evaluate one’s own work is involved.
(a) Formative assessment
(b) Self-assessment
(c) Summative assessment
(d) Peer assessment
Ans: (b)
Q24. ______ involves the evaluation of student learning over the course of time with the purpose of estimating students’ level of achievement in order to enhance their learning during the learning process.
(a) Formative assessment
(b) Diagnostic assessment
(c) Prognostic assessment
(d) Summative assessment
Ans: (a)
Q25. Which method of assessment is more likely than others to instill in the learner a sense of ownership of one’s learning and develop transferable skills in other areas of learning that involve group projects and teamwork, critical thinking and problem-solving, as well as leadership roles in the teaching process?
(a) Formative assessment
(b) Self-assessment
(c) Summative assessment
(d) Peer assessment
Ans: (b)
Q26. ______ is the marking of one’s own work against a set of criteria and potential outcomes provided by a third person, usually the instructor.
(a) Self-assessment (b) Peer-assessment
(c) Peer grading (d) Self-grading
Ans: (d)
Q27. Which of the following is not a characteristic of ‘Sensory Motor Stage’ of cognitive development of a child?
(a) Imitative behaviour
(b) Language development
(c) Learning through senses
(d) Reflex play a crucial role
Ans: (b)
Q28. Read the following statements and identify the correct one: [I] “Cognitive development is independent of language” – Piaget, [II] “Language is essential for cognitive development” – Vygotsky
(a) (i) correct and (ii) wrong
(b) (i) wrong and (ii) correct
(c) Both (i) and (ii) correct
(d) Both (i) and (ii) wrong
Ans: (c)
Q29. A teacher in her primary class often enacts the play/story for her students. Such enactments help:
(a) Children to come regularly to school
(b) Visual presentation helps to captivate the interest of students
(c) Students to create their own stories
(d) It does not at all make any impact on the children.
Ans: (b)
Q30. Who was the first person to use the term “learning curve”?
(a) Herman Ebbinghaus
(b) Wilhelm Wundt
(c) Charles Horton Cooley
(d) Jean Piaget
Ans: (a)