Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. One of the following speaks about the social expectations for every stage of development.
(a) Development tasks.
(b) Development hazards
(c) Conflicts
(d) Cognitive abilities.
Ans: (d)


Q2. Pick the correct statements from the following.
(a) Physical health is important than mental health.
(b) Mental health is important than physical health. (Exam: January, 2012
(c) Physical and mental health is interrelated and both are important.
(d) Mental health is important for intellectuals and physicals health is important for labourers.
Ans: (c)


Q3. The performance of a student is less than his aptitude in Mathematics. He requires ……..
(a) Extra coaching
(b) Training in memory techniques
(c) Best teaching
(d) Guidance
Ans: (d)


Q4. ‘Prediction’ is the characteristic of the following psychological concept.
(a) Interest (b) Attitude
(c) Creativity (d) Aptitude
Ans: (d)


Q5. A classroom teacher would like to known the opinion of class X students on certain issues. The appropriate method to known the opinion is ……….
(a) Case study (b) Observation
(c) Interview (d) Attitude
Ans: (d)


Q6. Relation between intelligence and creativity is…………
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) No specific relation
(d) Positive in students having an above average I.Q.
Ans: (c)


Q7. Learning outcome depends upon the following.
(a) Learner, learning material, learning process and teacher
(b) Learning material, leaning process and teacher
(c) Learner, learning material and teacher
(d) Learning process and teacher
Ans: (a)


Q8. One of the following methods is more suitable to teach the heterogeneous group of students for self-paced learning.
(a) Lecture method
(b) Historical method
(c) Programmed instruction method
(d) Loud reading method
Ans: (c)


Q9. A child is not able to learn a task properly because of nonattainment of age. The learning factor involved is ………
(a) Cognitive (b) Personal
(c) Environmental (d) Social
Ans: (b)


Q10. “Law of exercise” is the contribution of his school.
(a) Behaviorism (b) Constructivism
(c) Gestalt school (d) Psychoanalysts
Ans: (a)


Q11. Three students of class IX stand in 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions interchangeably in all their achievement test. All the time they feel jealous of one another.
(a) Conative (b) Affective
(c) Psychomotor (d) Cognitive
Ans: (b)


Q12. Involvement of the learner …….
(a) Is active in R-S conditioning than in S-R conditioning
(b) Is active in S-R conditioning than in R-S conditioning
(c) Is active in both S-R and R-S conditionings
(d) Is passive in both S-R and R-S conditionings
Ans: (a)


Q13. Essential component of learning is
(a) Experience (b) Teaching
(c) Objectives (d) Guidance
Ans: (a)


Q14. According to Vygotsky, children’s self-directed speech is called……..
(a) Private speech
(b) Egocentric speech
(c) Culture-oriented speech
(d) Social speech
Ans: (d)


Q15. A teacher and two to four students form a collaborative group and take turns in leading dialogues on the content of a text. It is called …..
(a) Reciprocal teaching (b) Remedial teaching
(c) Extended teaching (d) Cooperative learning
Ans: (d)


Q16. A student of class V has learnt many things when the class teacher appreciated the behaviour of his classmates. The learning theory involved is ……..
(a) Insight learning
(b) Social learning
(c) Instrumental conditioning
(d) Classical conditioning
Ans: (b)


Q17. Change in the neurological system of a person due to the process of memory is known as ……
(a) Engram (b) Genetical memory
(c) Biogenetical memory (d) Linguistic memory
Ans: (a)


Q18. A class VIII rural student learns the periodic table in a similar fashion to learning ‘VIBGYOR’, the colours of the rainbow. The technique involved in this learning is ……….
(a) Mnemonics (b) Paired association
(c) Ideas association (d) Word association
Ans: (a)


Q19. To carry out the provisions of the RTE Act. 2009 ‘funding’ is the responsibility of…………
(a) The central government
(b) The state government
(c) SSA and RMSA
(d) Both central and state governments
Ans: (d)


Q20. As per the NCF-2005, assessment at class I and II is ……
(a) No test in any form
(b) Oral test
(c) A simple written or oral test
(d) Based on the syllabus
Ans: (a)


Q21. One of the following indicates the learner’s higher cognitive ability.
(a) Retention (b) Reasoning
(c) Imitation (d) Observation
Ans: (b)


Q22. One of the following is the reason for learning disability.
(a) Possessing I.Q. less than 70
(b) Inappropriate teaching
(c) Committing errors in solving the problems
(d) Defect in the perceptual process
Ans: (d)


Q23. Innovative way of problem solving is mostly observed in this learning.
(a) S-R conditioning (b) R-S conditioning
(c) Insight learning (d) Social learning
Ans: (c)


Q24. One of the following actions of a teacher indicates that he is a good leader.
(a) Doing things right
(b) Doing the right things
(c) Setting the things right
(d) Asking to do right things
Ans: (b)


Q25. A child comforts another child who is crying by offering her toy. The behavior of the child who tried to comfort the other child represents …….
(a) Social development
(b) Social and emotional development
(c) Emotional development
(d) Cognitive development
Ans: (b)


Q26. Identify the correct statement with regard to the growth and development.
(a) Growth is the part of development.
(b) Growth starts from conception and continues till death.
(c) Development starts from birth and stops at certain age.
(d) Development and growth are no way related to each other.
Ans: (a)


Q27. No autonomy is granted under this child rearing practice.
(a) Uninvolved (b) Autocratic
(c) Authoritative (d) Permissive
Ans: (b)


Q28. Symbolic and Ego-centric thinking are the major characteristics of ….
(a) Concrete operational stage
(b) Sensori motor stage
(c) Pre-operational stage
(d) Formal-operational stage
Ans: (c)


Q29. The unfolding of biologically inherited potentialities as a function of time or in an age related sequence is called ……
(a) Maturation (b) Progress
(c) Development (d) Growth
Ans: (a)


Q30. “Mnemonics” are used in improving …..
(a) Understanding (b) Memory
(c) Intelligence (d) Creativity
Ans: (b)


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