Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. Find out the wrong statement with regard to learning
(a) Learning leads to changes in behavior
(b) Learning is purposeful and goal oriented
(c) Learning starts with birth and proceeds up to death
(d) Behavioural changes occur through learning are temporary
Ans: (d)


Q2. The aspiration to achieve greatness will make the person to achieve that greatness. This is called
(a) Achievement Motivation
(b) Intrinsic Motivation (Exam date : 15.06.2018) [Shift- IInd)
(c) Aspirational Motivation
(d) Extrinsic Motivation
Ans: (a)


Q3. When a previously learned task affects the retention of the task being currently acquired is called as
(a) Retro active inhibition
(b) Pro active inhibition
(c) Retroactive effect
(d) Proactive effect
Ans: (b)


Q4. The main aim of Evaluation according to NCF- 2005
(a) To assess the teaching learning process.
(b) To measure the scholastic progress of the student.
(c) To measure the achievements of teacher and students
(d) To assess the processing of co-curricular activities in a school.
Ans: (c)


Q5. Teacher acquainting the students who have passed 10th class regarding the availability of courses according to their interests and abilities is known as
(a) Vocational Guidance
(b) Personal Guidance
(c) Educational Guidance
(d) Group Guidance
Ans: (c)


Q6. Individual differences in intelligence are due to
(a) Environment factors only
(b) Hereditary factors only
(c) Hereditary and Economic factors
(d) Hereditary and Environmental factors
Ans: (d)


Q7. Psychological aspect that affects learning is
(a) Level of aspiration (b) Gender difference
(c) Maturation (d) Physical health
Ans: (a)


Q8. Find out the wrong pair from the following
(a) Bruner-Theory of instruction
(b) Vygotsky-Instrumental learning
(c) Carl Rogers-Experiential learning
(d) Maslow-Hierarchy of needs
Ans: (b)


Q9. The leadership style of a teacher who motivates the children by giving importance to their ideas and feelings and allowing them to participate in the school programs along with him is,
(a) Permissive leadership
(b) Authoritarian leadership
(c) Participatory leadership
(d) Laissezfaire leadership
Ans: (c)


Q10. A person after reaching college repeatedly thinks whether he has switched off the gas stove or not, whether he has locked the house or not. This disorder is
(a) Psycho neurosis (b) Neurasthenia
(c) Common anxiety (d) Obsessive compulsive neurosis
Ans: (d)


Q11. Suresh is unable to read and cannot understand what others read. His learning disability is
(a) Dysgraphia (b) Dyslexia
(c) Dyscalculia (d) Dysphasia
Ans: (b)


Q12. One of the following is not related to psychomotor domain
(a) Imitation (b) Naturalization
(c) Evaluation (d) Manipulation
Ans: (c)


Q13. Development is high in infancy and low in childhood and it becomes high again when the child reaches adolescence. The developmental principle involved here is
(a) Development is not uniform in all stages
(b) There are individual differences in development
(c) Development is continuous
(d) Development is a process of interaction
Ans: (a)


Q14. Cognitive development is also called as
(a) Social development
(b) Emotional development
(c) Moral development
(d) Mental development
Ans: (d)


Q15. Minimum number of instructional hours specified for classes 6th to 8th in an academic year according to RTE Act-2009
(a) 1000 (b) 800
(c) 1200 (d) 900
Ans: (a)


Q16. The learning in which, the teacher makes students learn by themselves by putting problems and questions before them to provoke thoughts and allow brainstorming is,
(a) Problem solving learning
(b) Social learning
(c) Inquiry based learning
(d) Instrumental learning
Ans: (c)


Q17. The method in which information is obtained from the same person selected for study is,
(a) Longitudinal method
(b) Experimental method
(c) Observation method
(d) Introspection method
Ans: (d)


Q18. According to L.M. Terman intelligence is
(a) Ability to change his behavior towards the achievement of goal
(b) Abstract thinking ability
(c) Ability to adapt to physical and social environment
(d) Person’s innate ability to develop interpersonal relations
Ans: (b)


Q19. Shyam doesn’t like to participate in family gathering but at the same time he doesn’t want to disappoint his mother. The conflict here is
(a) Avoidance-Avoidance
(b) Approach-Approach
(c) Approach-Avoidance
(d) Dual approach-Avoidance
Ans: (a)


Q20. Physiological trait that affects person’s personality
(a) Skin colour (b) Health
(c) Blood pressure (d) Hair colour
Ans: (c)


Q21. According to Kohlberg the reason for moral behavior of the child during the stade of conventional morality
(a) To avoid punishment from the parents
(b) Gaining acceptance and getting rewards from others
(c) Gaining acceptance and avoiding censure by others
(d) By self accepted principles
Ans: (c)


Q22. The learners who learn lesson easily by acting and performing art are called
(a) Bodily Kinesthetic learners
(b) Visual learners
(c) Auditory learners
(d) Oral learners
Ans: (a)


Q23. According to Piaget changes occur in Schemata due to
(a) Assimilation and Accommodation
(b) Accommodation and Equilibration
(c) Adaptation and Equilibration
(d) Adaptation and Organization
Ans: (a)


Q24. Latha’s knowledge about music doesn’t help her to drive a car, the transfer of learning here is
(a) Positive transfer
(b) Zero transfer
(c) Bilateral transfer
(d) Negative transfer
Ans: (b)


Q25. Physical factor that affects the development of a person is
(a) Environment he grows
(b) His relatives
(c) Media
(d) Religious rituals
Ans: (a)


Q26. The temporary support that parents provide to a child for a task until the child can do it on his own is termed as
(a) Co-operative learning
(b) Zone of proximal development
(c) Collaborative learning
(d) Scaffolding
Ans: (d)


Q27. A new born baby who is unable to hold its head could be able to hold the head after four months without any training – this is due to
(a) Aptitude (b) Learning
(c) Maturation (d) Environment
Ans: (c)


Q28. The skill that is related to ’empathy dimension’ of Golman’s emotional intelligence
(a) Leadership
(b) Innovation
(c) Achievement curiosity
(d) Self Confidence
Ans: (a)


Q29. The stage of ‘morality of individual principles and conscience’ comes under this level of Kholberg’s moral development
(a) Pre conventional morality
(b) Post conventional morality
(c) Natural conventional morality
(d) Conventional morality
Ans: (b)


Q30. According to Erickson the psychosocial stage of a person in the age group of 12 to 20 is
(a) Initiative Vs Guilt
(b) Identity Vs Identity confusion
(c) Intimacy Vs Isolation
(d) Trust Vs Mistrust
Ans: (b)


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