Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) Feb 2016 - (Class I-V) Child Development and Pedagogy

Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET)
Feb 2016

(Class I-V)
Child Development and Pedagogy

Q1: Children are most creative when they participate in an activity?

(a) to escape their teacher scolding
(b) under stress to do well in front of others
(c) out of interest
(d) for rewards



Q2: Child-centered pedagogy means 

(a) giving moral education to the children
(b) asking the children to follow and imitate the teacher
(c) giving primacy to children's voices and their active participation
(d) letting the children be totally free


Q3: Most classrooms in India are multi-lingual and this needs to be seen as _______ by the teacher.

(a) a bother
(b) a problem
(c) a resource
(d) an obstacle


Q4: Why do individuals differ from one another?

(a) Because of the impact of the environment.
(b) Due to inborn characteristics
(c) Due to interplay between heredity and environment
(d) Because each individual has received a different gene set from his/her parents.





Q5: Learning 

(a) is not affected by a learner's emotions
(b) has very little connection with emotions
(c) is independent of learner's emotions
(d) is influenced by learner's emotions



Q6: A child says "Clothes dry faster in the Sun". She is showing an understanding of 

(a) symbolic thoughts
(b) egocentric thinking
(c) cause and effect
(d) reversible thinking



Q7: According to Vygotsky, children learn

(a) when reinforcement is offered
(b) by maturation
(c) by imitation
(d) by interacting with adults and peers



Q8: When students are given an opportunity to discuss a problem in groups, their learning curve 

(a) becomes better
(b) remains stable
(c) declines
(d) remains the same



Q9: In the context of a primary school classroom what does active engagement mean?

(a) Memorising, Recall and Reciting
(b) Imitating and copying the teacher
(c) Enquiry, Questioning and Debate
(d) Copying answers given by the teacher



Q10: Early childhood is _________ period for language development.

(a) a not so significant
(b) an unimportant
(c) a sensitive
(d) a neutral


Answers:
1: (c) out of interest
2: (c) giving primacy to children's voices and their active participation
3: (c) a resource
4: (c) Due to interplay between heredity and environment
5: (d) is influenced by learner's emotions
6: (c) cause and effect
7: (d) by interacting with adults and peers
8: (a) becomes better
9: (c) Enquiry, Questioning and Debate
10: (c) a sensitive