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This section includes 259 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Education and Teaching knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
How will you bring a hyperactive child on the right path? |
A. | Make him sit in front of the class and keep a strict vigil on him |
B. | Allocate a seat for him in a corner of the class |
C. | Give him tasks of watering trees, cleaning the blackboard, making toys of clay etc. |
D. | None of above |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
One of the basic principles of socializing Individuals is: |
A. | Religion |
B. | Caste |
C. | Education |
D. | Imitation |
Answer» E. | |
3. |
The current movement of behavior modification, wherein tokens are awarded for correct responses, is |
A. | Herbart‟s Five Steps |
B. | Lock‟s Tabula rasa |
C. | Thorndike's Law of Effect |
D. | Thorndike's Law of Exercise |
Answer» E. | |
4. |
Discipline means: |
A. | strict-behaviour |
B. | severe punishment |
C. | obedience |
D. | going by the rules |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
Absenteeism can be tackled by : |
A. | teaching |
B. | punishing the students |
C. | giving the sweets |
D. | contacting the parents |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
If student is too shy to participate in the class, you will |
A. | Not ask questions from him |
B. | Ask only those questions from him whose answers can be given by him |
C. | Not ask those questions from him whose answers are beyond his means and due to which, he may become objects of ridicule in the class |
D. | Ask questions from him only when he is keen to answer them |
Answer» E. | |
7. |
Knowledge of child psychology is a must for a primary teacher. That is because |
A. | It helps in making children disciplined |
B. | The examination result is improved |
C. | It becomes a convenient mode for motivating children |
D. | It helps the teacher in understanding the behavior of children |
Answer» E. | |
8. |
In co-education you won’t |
A. | make separate rows of boys and girls |
B. | you give preference to boys over girls |
C. | you give preference to none |
D. | you deal according toned |
Answer» E. | |
9. |
A Person believes that nurture strongly influences the development of his child. He would not agree with the importance of: |
A. | Genetic factors. |
B. | Exposure to peers. |
C. | The types of toys at home. |
D. | The warmth displayed by the parents. |
Answer» B. Exposure to peers. | |
10. |
If any girl child does not corner to school regularly you will |
A. | no bother |
B. | struck off her name |
C. | complain to the Principal |
D. | meet the parents and en-courage them |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
Which of the skills do you consider most essential for a teacher? |
A. | Oration skill |
B. | Listening skills |
C. | Managerial skills |
D. | Teaching skills |
Answer» E. | |
12. |
Good reading aims at developing |
A. | understanding |
B. | pronunciation |
C. | sensitivity |
D. | increasing factual knowledge |
Answer» B. pronunciation | |
13. |
Success in developing values is mainly dependent upon |
A. | government |
B. | Society |
C. | family |
D. | teacher |
Answer» E. | |
14. |
The primary duty of a teacher is to be responsible to his/her: |
A. | family |
B. | students |
C. | society |
D. | nation |
Answer» C. society | |
15. |
Organismic theories of development hold that |
A. | Psychological structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development. |
B. | Physical structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development. |
C. | Passively developed structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development. |
D. | Slowly developed structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development. |
Answer» B. Physical structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development. | |
16. |
If some students are not in a mood to study in the class, you will |
A. | Force them to study |
B. | Tell those students to leave the class and enjoy |
C. | Warn them that they must study else you will report the matter to the Principal |
D. | Tell them some interesting things related to their interests or your own subject |
Answer» E. | |
17. |
You find a student to be intelligent. You will |
A. | Remain pleased with him |
B. | Not give him additional homework |
C. | Motivate him so that he can make more progress |
D. | Inform his parents about the fact that he is intelligent |
Answer» E. | |
18. |
The term „identical elements‟ is closely associated with: |
A. | Group instruction |
B. | Transfer of learning |
C. | Jealousy between twins |
D. | Similar test questions |
Answer» C. Jealousy between twins | |
19. |
Child development is defined as a field of study that |
A. | Examines change in human abilities. |
B. | Seeks to explain behavior across the life span. |
C. | Compares children to adults to senior citizens. |
D. | Accounts for the gradual evolution of the child's cognitive, social, and other capacities |
Answer» E. | |
20. |
Frobel’s most important contribution to education was his development of the |
A. | Vocational School |
B. | Public high School |
C. | Kindergarten |
D. | Latin School |
Answer» E. | |
21. |
The reason why students run from school is |
A. | Lack of interesting class teaching work |
B. | Lack of interest in studies on the part of students |
C. | Not giving punishment to students |
D. | Callous attitude of teachers towards the problem |
Answer» E. | |
22. |
The normal twelve- year old child is most likely to |
A. | Have difficulty with gross motor coordination |
B. | Have anxiety feelings about pleasing adults |
C. | Confine his/her interests to the here and now |
D. | Be eager for peer approval |
Answer» E. | |
23. |
Frobel‟s most important contribution to education was his development of the |
A. | Vocational school |
B. | Public high school |
C. | Kindergarten |
D. | Latin School |
Answer» D. Latin School | |
24. |
Intelligence testing is useful for knowing_____ |
A. | Individual difference |
B. | Mental retardation |
C. | Educational backwardness |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
25. |
The key difference between evolutionary and cultural change is that evolutionary change alters__________ whereas cultural change alters____________. |
A. | Reproduction; environment |
B. | Heredity; environment |
C. | Environment; behavior |
D. | Development; learning |
Answer» C. Environment; behavior | |
26. |
Non-verbal test of intelligence is suitable for_____ |
A. | Deaf and dumb |
B. | Literates |
C. | Backward children |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
27. |
Of the following, the most promising step for a teacher to take in order to improve class discipline is to |
A. | Note specific infractions of class rules in the marking book |
B. | Evaluate his/her materials, methods and approaches to children |
C. | Consult the class and agree upon a graduated series of punishments |
D. | Call a parent-teacher meeting to discuss the situation |
Answer» C. Consult the class and agree upon a graduated series of punishments | |
28. |
In preparing a fifth grade class to take a standardized reading test the teacher is best advised to: |
A. | Tell the children the test is very important and they should do the best they can |
B. | Ditto key questions from a previous test and allow the pupils to answer them |
C. | Coach the below grade level readers, as the rest of the class will do well anyway |
D. | Give the pupils practice in answering questions similar to the type that will appear on the test |
Answer» E. | |
29. |
Creative writing should be an activity planned for |
A. | Only those children reading on grade level |
B. | Only those children who can spell and also, can write cohesive sentences |
C. | Only those children who want to write for the newspaper of the class |
D. | All children |
Answer» E. | |
30. |
Of the following, the main purpose of state certification of teachers is to |
A. | Monitor the quality of teacher training institutions |
B. | Provide for a uniform standard of entry-level teacher competency throughout the state |
C. | Exclude from the profession those not trained in pedagogy |
D. | Exclude from the profession those who are mentally unhealthy |
Answer» C. Exclude from the profession those not trained in pedagogy | |
31. |
A normal child of twelve years of age is most likely to |
A. | Have difficulty with gross motor coordination |
B. | Have feelings of anxiety about pleasing adults |
C. | Confine his/her interests to here and now |
D. | Be eager for peer approval |
Answer» E. | |
32. |
If heredity is an important determinant of a specific behaviour, what prediction can we make about expression of the behaviour in identical twins reared apart compared to its expression in fraternal twins reared apart? |
A. | Fraternal twins will express the behaviour more similarly than identical twins. |
B. | There will be little similarity in the expression of the behaviour in either set of twins. |
C. | Identical twins will express the behaviour more similarly than fraternal twins. |
D. | The behaviour will be expressed as similarly by identical twins as it is by fraternal twins. |
Answer» E. | |
33. |
A child from a disorganized home will experience the greatest difficulty with: |
A. | Well structured lessons |
B. | Independent study |
C. | Programmed instruction |
D. | Workbooks |
Answer» C. Programmed instruction | |
34. |
The question Will the shy child who never speaks turn into a quiet, shy adult or will the child become a sociable, talkative person? is concerned with which developmental issue? |
A. | Maturation |
B. | Continuity and discontinuity |
C. | Cultural universals versus cultural relativism |
D. | Nature and nurture |
Answer» E. | |
35. |
All of the following can be signs that a child is gifted, except |
A. | Early development of a sense of time |
B. | Interest in encyclopedias and dictionaries |
C. | Uneasy relationships with peers. |
D. | Easy retention of facts |
Answer» E. | |
36. |
Most psychologists believe that development is due |
A. | Largely to nature. |
B. | Largely to nurture. |
C. | To nature and nurture acting separately. |
D. | To an interaction of nature and nurture. |
Answer» E. | |
37. |
A child has been admitted to your school who belongs to a back ward family/background from the cultural viewpoint. You will |
A. | Keep him in a class in which, there are many more students of backward |
B. | background from the cultural viewpoint |
C. | Send a teacher to know more about the backward cultural background of the child Keep him in a normal class but will make special arrangements for teaching him, keeping his special needs in view |
D. | Advise him to take up vocational education |
Answer» E. | |
38. |
The development that proceeds in the direction of the longitudinal axis i.e., head to foot is termed as_____ |
A. | Cephalo-caudal development |
B. | Proximo distal |
C. | Interrelation |
D. | Intergration |
Answer» B. Proximo distal | |
39. |
An empowering school will promote which of the following qualities the most in its teachers? |
A. | tendency to experiment |
B. | memory |
C. | disciplined nature |
D. | competitive aptitude |
Answer» E. | |
40. |
Successful inclusion requires the following except |
A. | involvement of parents |
B. | capacity building |
C. | sensitization |
D. | segregation |
Answer» E. | |
41. |
The development that proceeds from the centre to the periphery is termed as: |
A. | Spiral development |
B. | Linear development |
C. | Proximo-distal |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
42. |
Primary education helps_____. |
A. | Socialization of child |
B. | Democratization of child |
C. | In course understanding |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
43. |
Child growth as proceeding through an organized sequence of stages divided roughly by age in view of_____. |
A. | Kohlberg |
B. | Piaget |
C. | Vygotsky |
D. | Skinner |
Answer» C. Vygotsky | |
44. |
IQ scores are generally ________ correlated with academic performance. |
A. | Least |
B. | Perfectly |
C. | Highly |
D. | Moderately |
Answer» D. Moderately | |
45. |
The differences among individuals that distinguish them from one another and make each one a unique individual are denoted by the term____. |
A. | Individual difference |
B. | Heredity |
C. | Environment |
D. | Personality |
Answer» B. Heredity | |
46. |
The process of expansion of an individual's capacities quantitatively, should be termed as: |
A. | Development |
B. | Growth |
C. | Equilibration |
D. | Maturation |
Answer» B. Growth | |
47. |
_____ is the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge. |
A. | Personality |
B. | Intelligence |
C. | Aptitude |
D. | Attitude |
Answer» C. Aptitude | |
48. |
Which indicates the change in the quality or character of a child? |
A. | Growth |
B. | Development |
C. | Learning |
D. | Environment |
Answer» C. Learning | |
49. |
____ is the process of determining the context to which an objective is achieved or the qualities envisaged. |
A. | Measurement |
B. | Evaluation |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b) | |
50. |
Single factor theory of intelligence was given by_____ |
A. | Alfred Binet |
B. | Thorndike |
C. | Freeman |
D. | None of them |
Answer» B. Thorndike | |