Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. Which one is associated with ‘Dyslexia’?
(a) Reading disorder (b) Mental disorder
(c) Hearing impaired (d) Behavioral disorder
Ans: (a)


Q2. When did the integrated education programme start in India?
(a) 1950 to 1960 (b) 1961 to 1970
(c) 1971 to 1980 (d) 1981 to 1990
Ans: (d)


Q3. In a motivated learning situation the learner :
(a) Becomes interested to ask questions
(b) Memorises the lesson by cramming
(c) Prepares himself for the examination
(d) His memorization and forgetting becomes equal
Ans: (a)


Q4. What type of evaluation is the entrance test?
(a) Summative (b) Diagnostic
(c) Formative (d) Placement (Exam: 2017)
Ans: (d)


Q5. Which one is not a free response type question?
(a) How many gases are released by a tree during day time?
(b) Write the functions of leaf.
(c) Write the use of water.
(d) Explain how a piece of stick can be used.
Ans: (a)


Q6. When did multi-lingual education programme start in our state?
(a) 2005 -2006 (b) 2006-2007
(c) 2007-2008 (d) 2008-2009
Ans: (c)


Q7. According to 2011 Census of our country what is the literacy rate of women?
(a) 60.46 (b) 60.64
(c) 65.46 (d) 75.46
Ans: (c)


Q8. Which of the following is not related to childcentered teaching and learning?
(a) Emphasis on learning experience
(b) Emphasis on holistic development
(c) Emphasis on self-learning
(d) Emphasis on class-room teaching
Ans: (d)


Q9. Which one is not an evaluation tool?
(a) Checklist (b) Rating scale
(c) Progress Card (d) Home task
Ans: (c)


Q10. Which one is not a step in experimental learning?
(a) Sensing the problem
(b) Defining the problem
(c) Drawing conclusion
(d) Construction of knowledge
Ans: (d)


Q11. Which one is not a step of meaningful learning?
(a) Engagement (b) Explanation
(c) Illustration (d) Demonstration
Ans: (b)


Q12. Which of the following is related to the leaner’s hand-writing?
(a) Maturation (b) Family
(c) Environment (d) Peer-groups
Ans: (a)


Q13. Which one is the extrinsic motivation?
(a) Punishment (b) Self-satisfaction
(c) Interest (d) Self-esteem
Ans: (a)


Q14. Which is not a nature of learning?
(a) Purpose (b) Limited to Age
(c) Active (d) Universal
Ans: (b)


Q15. Which one is not correct?
(a) Showing impartial attitude towards the children
(b) Praising a child before other children
(c) Not comparing a child before other children
(d) Not giving maximum scope to the child
Ans: (b)


Q16. “Learning is the modification of behavior through experience and training.” Who stated it?
(a) Hilgard (b) Skinner
(c) Cavlin (d) Gates
Ans: (d)


Q17. Which of the following is not a continuous process?
(a) Motivation (b) Learning
(c) Development (d) Growth
Ans: (d)


Q18. Which of the following is both qualitative and quantitative?
(a) Study
(b) Experimentation
(c) Evaluation
(d) Observation
Ans: (c)


Q19. By which process does the growth of the individual take place?
(a) Social
(b) Biological
(c) Educational
(d) Continuous
Ans: (b)


Q20. Which one is related with the assimilation of Piaget’s cognitive development?
(a) Self-cognition (b) Accommodation
(c) Imagination (d) Perception
Ans: (b)


Q21. Which one refers to “Cephalocaudal” development?
(a) From centre to head
(b) From head to toe
(c) From centre to periphery
(d) All of the above
Ans: (b)


Q22. Which method is suitable to identify the gifted learners?
(a) Intelligence Test
(b) Teachers observation
(c) Achievement Test
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)


Q23. Who was the propounded of observational learning?
(a) Gates (b) Bandura
(c) Skinner (d) Cavlin
Ans: (b)


Q24. Which principle is not associated with growth and development?
(a) Principle of continuity
(b) Principle of contiguity
(c) Principle of integration
(d) Principle of segregation
Ans: (b)


Q25. Which is not a feature of special education?
(a) Special school for specific disabled learners
(b) Special educators for teaching disabled learners
(c) Each class should consist of at least 20 learners
(d) Provision for vocational training for such learners
Ans: (c)


Q26. Which is not a Recognition type test?
(a) True and False
(b) Sentence completion
(c) Matching
(d) Multiple choice
Ans: (b)


Q27. Which animal was taken by Thorndike for his second experiment of Trial and Error theory of learning ?
(a) Dog (b) Cat
(c) Rat (d) Chimpanzee
Ans: (b)


Q28. Maturation is a :
(a) Psychological process (b) Mental process
(c) Learning process (d) Biological process
Ans: (d)


Q29. Which learning theory is associated with transfer of training ?
(a) Trial and Error (b) Conditioning
(c) Insightful learning (d) None of the above
Ans: (c)


Q30. Which is correct from mastery learning point of view ?
(a) Equal learning objectives for all the learners
(b) Method of teaching is equal for all the learners
(c) Rate of learning is equal for all the learners
(d) Learning time is equal for all the learners
Ans: (a)


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