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This section includes 321 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Maharashtra CET knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
For the growth of children, some parents and teachers were over-concerned about providing _______ conditions. |
| A. | Certain |
| B. | Fundamentally |
| C. | Powerful |
| D. | Healthful |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
“Development results in new characteristics and new abilities.” This statement is given by |
| A. | Gesell |
| B. | Hurlock |
| C. | Meredith |
| D. | Douglas and Holland |
| Answer» C. Meredith | |
| 3. |
How does the child's developmental process proceed ? |
| A. | From simple to complex |
| B. | From complex to simple |
| C. | From specific to general |
| D. | From general to specific |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
As the child grows, he develops |
| A. | new needs |
| B. | disinterest |
| C. | unwillingness |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. disinterest | |
| 5. |
A child who is high and low in a characteristic (such as anxiety or sociability) will remain so at later ages. This statement stresses on the importance of: |
| A. | Hereditary |
| B. | Environment |
| C. | Hereditary and environment |
| D. | Maturation |
| Answer» B. Environment | |
| 6. |
Autism was first described by: |
| A. | Kanner |
| B. | Down |
| C. | Skinner |
| D. | Sigmund Freud |
| Answer» B. Down | |
| 7. |
In which stage is the physical growth rapid ? |
| A. | Early childhood |
| B. | Infancy |
| C. | Adolescence |
| D. | School age |
| Answer» C. Adolescence | |
| 8. |
'Embryonic stage' of the development refers to the period of |
| A. | 0-2 weeks |
| B. | 2-8 weeks |
| C. | 9-10 weeks |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. 9-10 weeks | |
| 9. |
At what stage of development, team-spirit of children changes? |
| A. | Childhood |
| B. | Pre-adolescence |
| C. | Adolescence |
| D. | Pre-adulthood |
| Answer» D. Pre-adulthood | |
| 10. |
"Adolescence is the period of great stress, strain, storm and strike" is the statement of |
| A. | Crow & Crow |
| B. | Stanley Hall |
| C. | Jersield |
| D. | Simpson |
| Answer» C. Jersield | |
| 11. |
In adolescence behaviour and attitude are affected mostly by |
| A. | Parents |
| B. | Peer Groups |
| C. | Teacher |
| D. | Films |
| Answer» C. Teacher | |
| 12. |
An adolescent uses her/his left hand for performing act like taking food or writing this is developed due to |
| A. | All options are right |
| B. | Developmental behaviour |
| C. | Inherited behaviour |
| D. | Wrong behaviour |
| Answer» C. Inherited behaviour | |
| 13. |
Factors which affect a child's physical growth and development are: |
| A. | Heredity |
| B. | Environment |
| C. | Neither |
| D. | Both Heredity and Environment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
In accordance with Kurt Lewin's concept of 'Life Space', the complex of all non-psychological facts that surround it is called, |
| A. | a vector |
| B. | a barrier |
| C. | a foreign hull |
| D. | a force |
| Answer» D. a force | |
| 15. |
Children begin to acquire gender stereotypes in |
| A. | early childhood |
| B. | puberty |
| C. | adolescence |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. puberty | |
| 16. |
From which stage does the development of the child begin? |
| A. | Pre-natal |
| B. | Post-childhood |
| C. | Infancy |
| D. | Childhood |
| Answer» B. Post-childhood | |
| 17. |
In the children, overprotectiveness of the parents, brings |
| A. | honesty |
| B. | competitive attitude |
| C. | lack of self-confidence |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 18. |
During the period of childhood, development |
| A. | consists only of quantitative changes. |
| B. | is disorderly and disjointed. |
| C. | is slow and cannot be measured. |
| D. | is multi-layered and complex. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
A child's diet affects how tall the child grows and even how effectively the child can think and solve problems. In this example development is primarily influenced by: |
| A. | Heredity |
| B. | Environment |
| C. | Early-later experience |
| D. | Continuity |
| Answer» C. Early-later experience | |
| 20. |
He was the first who tried to divide human development in different stages. |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» B. Plato | |
| 21. |
'Cephalocaudal law' is associated with the |
| A. | growth |
| B. | maturation |
| C. | emotion |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. maturation | |
| 22. |
"Development is a never-ending process'. This statement is related to which principle of development? |
| A. | Principle of continuity |
| B. | Principle of integration |
| C. | Principle of interaction |
| D. | Principle of inter relationship |
| Answer» B. Principle of integration | |
| 23. |
Heredity plays most important role in the |
| A. | Cultural development of the child |
| B. | Physical development of the child |
| C. | Social development of the child |
| D. | Emotional development of the child |
| Answer» C. Social development of the child | |
| 24. |
Development generally proceeds from head to foot, this principle of development is called |
| A. | Bilateral to unilateral |
| B. | General to specific |
| C. | Proximodistal |
| D. | Cephalo Caudal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Differentiation of emotions takes place at the time of |
| A. | During the period of adolescence |
| B. | Birth of child |
| C. | During adulthood |
| D. | During infancy |
| Answer» B. Birth of child | |
| 26. |
Out of following which is not correct principle in context to growth and development? |
| A. | Foot to head |
| B. | From near to distant |
| C. | Head to foot |
| D. | Interaction of heredity & environment |
| Answer» B. From near to distant | |
| 27. |
Development continues upto |
| A. | adolescenece |
| B. | adulthood |
| C. | death |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 28. |
Among the following, which aspect is not related to physical development? |
| A. | Nervous System |
| B. | Endocrine Glands |
| C. | Body Structure |
| D. | Perception |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
______ play an important role in the education of students. |
| A. | Heredity |
| B. | Environment |
| C. | Both of the above |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 30. |
In a normal zygote, the number of chromosomes in pair is |
| A. | 22 |
| B. | 23 |
| C. | 24 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. 24 | |
| 31. |
Gang age is associated to ________ age group and delayed development is associated to ________. |
| A. | 3-6 years and language |
| B. | 8-10 years and socialization |
| C. | 16-19 years and morality |
| D. | 16-19 years and cognitive |
| Answer» C. 16-19 years and morality | |
| 32. |
Initially, a baby grasps the object by using his whole palm. Gradually as growth and development continues the baby uses finger and thumb to pick up the object. This type of progression is |
| A. | Cephalocaudal progression |
| B. | Proximodistal progression |
| C. | Mass to specific action progression |
| D. | Random progression |
| Answer» C. Mass to specific action progression | |
| 33. |
By which process does the growth of the individual take place? |
| A. | Social |
| B. | Biological |
| C. | Educational |
| D. | Continuous |
| Answer» C. Educational | |
| 34. |
A student is reading, someone called him by name. By which sensation he (student) will respond from the following? |
| A. | Tactual sensation |
| B. | Auditory sensation |
| C. | Visual sensation |
| D. | Perceptual sensation |
| Answer» C. Visual sensation | |
| 35. |
Development in a child is often divided into three broad domains such as physical, cognitive, emotional and social. So far as developmental process is concerned these domains: |
| A. | develop independently without influencing other |
| B. | develop in an integrated and wholistic fashion |
| C. | develop partially |
| D. | develop randomly |
| Answer» C. develop partially | |
| 36. |
Knowledge in which subject helps the teacher to identify the individual differences among the learners ? |
| A. | Educational Sociology |
| B. | Educational Psychology |
| C. | Educational Philosophy |
| D. | Pedagogy |
| Answer» C. Educational Philosophy | |
| 37. |
Maturation is a: |
| A. | Psychological process |
| B. | Mental Process |
| C. | Learning process |
| D. | Biological process |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Cognitive development means: |
| A. | Transformation of received sensory Information |
| B. | Elaboration of received Information |
| C. | Storage and recovery of Information |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
In which of the following stage the rate of physical development is slowest? |
| A. | Adolescence |
| B. | Childhood |
| C. | Infancy |
| D. | Embryonic |
| Answer» C. Infancy | |
| 40. |
At which stage of development the child becomes imaginative? |
| A. | Infancy |
| B. | Pre-childhood |
| C. | Adolescence |
| D. | Late childhood |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
According to Ross which stage of development is known as 'Pseudo Maturity' stage? |
| A. | Infancy |
| B. | Childhood |
| C. | Adolescence |
| D. | Adulthood |
| Answer» C. Adolescence | |
| 42. |
In counselling session, when the counsellor states what the client has just said, using fewer words but without changing the meaning of what the client said, it is called |
| A. | paraphrasing |
| B. | communication |
| C. | decoding |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. communication | |
| 43. |
A teenager feels that no one has ever been as deeply in love as he is. It indicates: |
| A. | Imaginary Audience |
| B. | Personal fable |
| C. | self identity |
| D. | Identity crisis |
| Answer» C. self identity | |
| 44. |
Parent-teacher interaction is __________ for all-round development of the child. |
| A. | essential |
| B. | not essential |
| C. | secondary |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. not essential | |
| 45. |
It is said that 'Development is a never-ending process'. Which of the following defines it? |
| A. | Principle of Interaction |
| B. | Principle of Integration |
| C. | Principle of Continuity |
| D. | Principle of Interrelation |
| Answer» D. Principle of Interrelation | |
| 46. |
Developmental process proceeds from |
| A. | specific to general |
| B. | simple to easy |
| C. | general to specific |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 47. |
Growth of a child is mainly related to |
| A. | Moral Development |
| B. | Social Development |
| C. | Physical Development |
| D. | Emotional Development |
| Answer» D. Emotional Development | |
| 48. |
Development of a child is concerned with |
| A. | only quantitative development |
| B. | only qualitative development |
| C. | both quantitative and qualitative development |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 49. |
In which of the following periods does physical growth and development occur at a rapid pace ? |
| A. | Infancy and early childhood |
| B. | Early childhood and middle childhood |
| C. | Middle childhood and adolescence |
| D. | Adolescence and adulthood |
| Answer» B. Early childhood and middle childhood | |
| 50. |
Personality is the outcome of |
| A. | only heredity |
| B. | upbringing and education |
| C. | interaction between heredity and environment |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |