Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. Piaget’s stage in which children perceive ‘reality’
(a) Sensory motor stage
(b) Pre-operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
Ans: (c)


Q2. The Author of ‘Democracy and Education
(a) John Dewey (b) Clifford Beers
(c) J. B. Watson (d) Rousseau
Ans: (a)


Q3. The theory of intelligence proposed by Spearman is
(a) Uni factor theory
(b) Two factor theory
(c) Multi factor theory
(d) Group factor theory
Ans: (b)


Q4. Author of the book ‘Emile’
(a) Rousseau (b) J.B. Watson
(c) Montessori (d) Wundt
Ans: (a)


Q5. T.A.T. refers to
(a) Thematic Aptitude Test
(b) Thematic Apperception Test
(c) Thematic Attitude Test
(d) Thematic Ability Test
Ans: (b)


Q6. The most Common thinking nature among ‘Adolescence’ is
(a) Concrete (b) Abstract
(c) Fantasy (d) Divergent (Exam Date: 06.08.2022)
Ans: (c)


Q7. The sequence required for remembering
(a) Retention, Encoding, Retrieval
(b) Retention, Encoding, Retrieval
(c) Encoding, Retrieval, Retention
(d) Encoding, Retention, Retrieval
Ans: (d)


Q8. “Motivation is an inclination to action with some degree of direction” defined by
(a) Guilford (b) Fisher
(c) Atkinson (d) McIver
Ans: (b)


Q9. Verbal memory is related to
(a) Enactive method (b) Iconic method
(c) Symbolic method (d) Intuitive thinking
Ans: (c)


Q10. Abraham Maslow explained theory of motivation in the perspective of
(a) Interests (b) Needs
(c) Awards (d) Punishments
Ans: (b)


Q11. “Psychology is the study of behavior” defined by
(a) Crow & Crow (b) Woodworth
(c) Skinner (d) Watson
Ans: (d)


Q12. The unfolding of innate abilities and capacities is
(a) Growth (b) Development
(c) Maturity (d) Critical change
Ans: (c)


Q13. ‘The constant drive of motivation towards the aim’
(a) Interest (b) Attitude
(c) Appreciation (d) Value
Ans: (d)


Q14. This is measured with the help of intelligent scale
(a) IQ (b) Mental Age
(c) Real Age (d) Level of aspiration
Ans: (b)


Q15. The Psychologist who said that ‘any learning topic can be taught to an individual at any age’ in any form is
(a) Bandar (b) Skinner
(c) Thorndike (d) Bruner
Ans: (d)


Q16. If the mean, median and the mode are all equal, such a symmetrical curve is called
(a) Histogram
(b) Frequency Polygon
(c) Cumulative Frequency
(d) Normal Probability
Ans: (d)


Q17. Digital locker was launched in
(a) 2014 (b) 2015
(c) 2016 (d) 2017
Ans: (b)


Q18. Identifying ‘mother’ among family members is a
(a) Perceptual learning
(b) Discrimination learning
(c) Verbal learning
(d) Conceptual learning
Ans: (b)


Q19. The curriculum structure prescribed by NEP – 2020 is
(a) 5+3+4+3 (b) 4+3+5+4
(c) 5+3+3+4 (d) 3+5+3+4
Ans: (c)


Q20. The term ‘Gestalt’ belongs to this language
(a) French (b) German
(c) Russian (d) Japanese
Ans: (b)


Q21. One of the following is not a computer virus
(a) Trojan Horse (b) Time bomb
(c) File destroyer (d) Freeware
Ans: (d)


Q22. ‘Alexia’ is a
(a) writing disability
(b) reading disability
(c) arthematic disability
(d) attention disorder
Ans: (b)


Q23. According to Piaget, the stage of concrete operations in children’s development occurs between the age of
(a) 0 to 7 years (b) Birth to 2 years
(c) 2 to 7 years (d) 7 to 11 years
Ans: (d)


Q24. As per weight age table marks allotted to ‘project works’ in Formative Assessment
(a) 10 (b) 20
(c) 25 (d) 15
Ans: (a)


Q25. One of the following does not belongs to “Learner Centered Approach”
(a) Children discussions
(b) Teacher being a facilitator
(c) Lecturing by teacher
(d) Learning by doing
Ans: (c)


Q26. “Learning should be in congruence with the nature of student” said by
(a) John Dewey (b) John Holt
(c) Rousseau (d) Herbart
Ans: (c)


Q27. Every aspect that effects an individual other than his genes is related to
(a) Growth (b) Development
(c) Maturation (d) Environment
Ans: (d)


Q28. This indicates the changes that are rigid and happen in a particular pattern–
(a) Growth (b) Development
(c) Heredity (d) Environment
Ans: (b)


Q29. Exactly measurable change in an organism is
(a) Heredity (b) Growth
(c) Maturation (d) Development
Ans: (b)


Q30. The individual’s physical growth is controlled by
(a) Pituitary gland (b) Adrenal gland
(c) Thyroid gland (d) Para thyroid gland
Ans: (a)


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