Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. Who gave the concept of multiple intelligence?
(a) Golman (b) Spearman
(c) John Mayor (d) Gardner
Ans: (d)


Q2. Dyslexia has difficulty in
(a) Reading/Spelling (b) Expressing
(c) Standing (d) Speaking
Ans: (a)


Q3. Which of the following is not the role of teacher in inclusive classroom?
(a) Make adequate seating arrangements according to the requirement of the child
(b) Teacher should not pay attention to differently abled child
(c) Teacher should encourage the children
(d) Teacher should devote extra time to teach learning disabled
Ans: (b)


Q4. In the class, questioning by students
(a) Should be discouraged
(b) Should be encouraged
(c) Should be stopped
(d) Should not be allowed
Ans: (b)


Q5. Growth of a child is mainly related to
(a) Physical Development
(b) Social Development
(c) Emotional Development
(d) Moral Development
Ans: (a)


Q6. Human development starts from
(a) Pre-natal stage (b) Pre-childhood stage
(c) Post-childhood stage (d) Stage of infancy
Ans: (a)


Q7. ‘The Conditions of Learning’ book is written by
(a) E.L. Thorndike (b) B.F. Skinner
(c) R.M. Gagne (d) I.P. Pavlov
Ans: (c)


Q8. “Adolescence is the period of great stress, strain, storm and strike” is the statement of :
(a) Jersield (b) Stanley Hall
(c) Simpson (d) Crow & Crow
Ans: (b)


Q9. Total time taken in Indian Model of Micro Teaching is :
(a) 36 minute (b) 40 minute
(c) 45 minute (d) 30 minute
Ans: (a)


Q10. “Plateaus of learning are a characteristic feature of the learning process indicating a period where no improvement in performance is made”. Who said this?
(a) Gates and others (b) Hollingworth
(c) Ross (d) Skinner
Ans: (c)


Q11. If a teacher finds a problematic child in the class, what should he does?
(a) Punish the child
(b) Ignore the child
(c) Provide counselling to the child
(d) Send the child back to home immediately
Ans: (c)


Q12. Co-curricular activities are mostly related to :
(a) Development of educational institutions
(b) All round development of students
(c) Professional development of students
(d) Mental development of students
Ans: (b)


Q13. Whom of the following has not propounded the learning theory?
(a) Kohler (b) Skinner
(c) B.S. Bloom (d) Thorndike
Ans: (c)


Q14. Meaning of stagnation in education is :
(a) Taking not admission in school by the child
(b) Not going to school by the child
(c) Leave the school by the child
(d) Retention of a child in a same class for more than one year
Ans: (d)


Q15. In which of the following skill, testing of previous knowledge comes?
(a) Skill of stimulus-variation
(b) Skill of introduction
(c) Skill of closure
(d) Skill of demonstration
Ans: (b)


Q16. Match the column– A and Column–B Column–A Column–B
A. Animal Intelligence
I. Gestalt
B. Schedule of reinforcement II. Piaget
C. Law of Pragnanz III. Thorndike
D. Adaptation IV. Skinner A B C D
(a) I IV III II
(b) II IV III I
(c) II IV I III
(d) III IV I II
Ans: (d)


Q17. “Development is a never ending process”. This statement is related to which principle of development?
(a) Principle of interaction
(b) Principle of integration
(c) Principle of inter relationship
(d) Principle of continuity
Ans: (d)


Q18. Through which Amendment of Constitution education has become fundamental right?
(a) 86th Amendment (b) 25th Amendment
(c) 52nd Amendment (d) 22nd Amendment
Ans: (a)


Q19. Instinct Theory of motivation was propounded by:
(a) McDougall (b) Abraham Maslow
(c) Simpson (d) William James
Ans: (a)


Q20. Which of the following stages of development is called as “A unique stage of emotional development” by Cole and Bruce?
(a) Infancy (b) Childhood
(c) Adulthood (d) Adolescence
Ans: (b)


Q21. ‘Learning is any change in behaviour, resulting from behaviour’ who said it?
(a) Woodworth (b) Guilford
(c) Skinner (d) Crow & Crow
Ans: (b)


Q22. Match the List–A and List–B List–A List–B
A. Bruner I. Basic teaching model
B. Ausubel II. Synectics teaching model
C. Glasser III. Advance organiser teaching model
D. Gordon IV. Concept attainment teaching model
V. Inquiry training model A B C D
(a) IV III I II
(b) IV III II I
(c) I II III V
(d) III I II V
Ans: (a)


Q23. The first step of problem solving is :
(a) Data collection
(b) Identification of problem
(c) Testing of hypothesis
(d) Formulation of hypothesis
Ans: (b)


Q24. Learning of children will be most effective when :
(a) Emphasis will be only on reading, writing and mathematical skills
(b) Development of cognitive, affective and psychomotor domain of children will take place
(c) Teaching system will be autocratic
(d) Teacher will lead the learning process and keep the children passive
Ans: (b)


Q25. Which step is prominent in the syntax of teaching model of memory level and understanding level?
(a) Generalization (b) Exploration
(c) Presentation (d) Planning
Ans: (c)


Q26. Which of the following theory is also known as theory of Reinforcement?
(a) Classical Conditioning Theory
(b) Stimulus Response Theory
(c) Theory of Insight
(d) Operant Conditioning Theory
Ans: (d)


Q27. Which of the following stages is not the part of Bruner’s Cognitive Development Theory?
(a) Intuitive stage (b) Iconic stage
(c) Symbolic stage (d) Enactive stage
Ans: (a)


Q28. Morrison has described five steps in his teaching model at understanding level which are :
I. Presentation II. Exploration III. Organisation IV. Assimilation
V. Recitation The correct sequence is :
(a) IV, V, III, I, II (b) II, I, IV, III, V
(c) II, I, III, IV, V (d) I, II, III, IV, V
Ans: (b)


Q29. Which of the following is not related with cognitive domain?
(a) Valuing (b) Application
(c) Understanding (d) Knowledge
Ans: (a)


Q30. Which of the following is not the curve of learning?
(a) Concave (b) Combination type
(c) Longitudinal (d) Convex
Ans: (c)


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