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This section includes 61 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. |
(a) The ratio of the number of teachers and the number of learners.(b) Favourable Teaching and Learning environment.(c) The degree of learning capacity of the learners.(d) The degree of teaching efficiency of - the teachers.Which sequence of the above is most effective for the optimum success of the teaching and learning process? |
A. | abcd |
B. | badc |
C. | cdba |
D. | dcab |
Answer» C. cdba | |
2. |
A teacher’s role while using co-operative learning in her class - |
A. | is to leave the class and let children work on their own. |
B. | is to be supportive and monitor each group. |
C. | is to support the group which has the ‘bright’ and ‘talented’ children. |
D. | is to be a silent spectator and let children do what they want. |
Answer» C. is to support the group which has the ‘bright’ and ‘talented’ children. | |
3. |
Micro-teaching is |
A. | Scaled down teaching |
B. | Effective teaching |
C. | Evaluation teaching |
D. | Real teaching |
Answer» B. Effective teaching | |
4. |
Along with the evaluation process, comprehensive method is also used for _________. |
A. | Decision making |
B. | Strategy planning |
C. | Analyzing technique |
D. | Skill developing |
Answer» B. Strategy planning | |
5. |
In the class, questioning by students |
A. | should not be allowed. |
B. | should be encouraged. |
C. | should be discouraged. |
D. | should be stopped. |
Answer» C. should be discouraged. | |
6. |
Maxim of teaching is/are |
A. | particular to geneal |
B. | direct to indirect |
C. | Both (A) and (B) |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
7. |
Enabling teachers to learn and assimilate new teaching skills under controlled conditions is done in which of the following ? |
A. | Remedial teaching |
B. | Micro teaching |
C. | Peer teaching |
D. | Team teaching |
Answer» C. Peer teaching | |
8. |
Backward exploration and means-end analysis are examples of which of the following? |
A. | Algorithms |
B. | Mental sets |
C. | Heuristics |
D. | functional fixedness |
Answer» D. functional fixedness | |
9. |
In which stage of psychomotor domain work starts with trial and error? |
A. | Perception |
B. | Mechanism |
C. | Guided response |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
10. |
'Modelling' is an effective teaching method for: |
A. | Children with visual impairment |
B. | Children with learning disability |
C. | Acid Attack Victims |
D. | Children with intellectual disability |
Answer» C. Acid Attack Victims | |
11. |
According to Weimer, what is the role of a teacher in learning centred teaching?I. Creating an environment that fosters students’ learningII. Creating an environment that motivates students to accept responsibility for learning |
A. | Only II |
B. | Only I |
C. | Neither I nor II |
D. | Both I and II |
Answer» E. | |
12. |
If majority of students in your class are weak you should:- |
A. | Keep your speed of teaching fast so that students comprehension level may increase |
B. | Keep your teaching slow |
C. | Not care about the intelligent students |
D. | Keep your teaching slow along with some extra guidance to bright pupils |
Answer» E. | |
13. |
Pedagogy can tell us ______ to teach.I. WhatII. HowIII. When |
A. | I, II and III |
B. | I and III |
C. | I and II |
D. | II and III |
Answer» B. I and III | |
14. |
Conceptual understanding among students is likely to improve in the settings which emphasise on |
A. | textbook-centric pedagogy |
B. | frequent examinatins |
C. | inquiry and dialogue |
D. | competitions |
Answer» D. competitions | |
15. |
A teacher after completing a chapter ask the students some questions to review their learning and check their understanding. The questions she is asking will be based on: |
A. | Hyper-order thinking skills |
B. | Higher-order thinking skills |
C. | Middle-order thinking skills |
D. | Lower-order thinking skills |
Answer» E. | |
16. |
____________ is considered as a sign of motivated teaching. |
A. | Maximum attendance in the class |
B. | Pin drop silence in the class |
C. | Remedial work given by the teacher |
D. | Questioning by students |
Answer» E. | |
17. |
Out of the following which should not be kept in mind while selecting a teaching method? |
A. | Individual distinction |
B. | Parental background |
C. | Mental level of the students |
D. | Specific nature of subject |
Answer» C. Mental level of the students | |
18. |
It is Important to create ___________ learning environment in the classroom rather than _________ one. |
A. | fearful; facilitative |
B. | competitive; facilitative |
C. | collaborative: competitive |
D. | competitive; collaborative |
Answer» D. competitive; collaborative | |
19. |
By working in groups, teaching and ________ helping each other, children |
A. | get distracted and hence it is an ineffective pedagogical strategy. |
B. | develop competitive tendencies that hinder learning. |
C. | are able to reflect on their own thought processes and shift to a higher level of the cognitive nativity |
D. | can develop misconceptions which interferes with their learning. |
Answer» D. can develop misconceptions which interferes with their learning. | |
20. |
A primary school teacher can encourage children to become effective problem solvers by |
A. | offering materialistic rewards for every small tasks |
B. | emphasizing only on procedural knowledge |
C. | dismissing and penalizing ‘incorrect answers’ |
D. | encouraging children to make intuitive guesses and then brainstorming on the same |
Answer» E. | |
21. |
Brainstorming model of teaching is used to improve which of the following? |
A. | Understanding |
B. | Application |
C. | Creativity |
D. | Problem solving |
Answer» E. | |
22. |
A class teacher administered Thematic Apperception Test to a group of students to assess their |
A. | Acheivement |
B. | Awareness |
C. | Personality |
D. | Attitude |
Answer» D. Attitude | |
23. |
Demonstration method is known as passive learning method because? |
A. | No feedback mechanism is involved. |
B. | Students are the active role players. |
C. | Teacher centered method. |
D. | All of the above. |
Answer» B. Students are the active role players. | |
24. |
In Cooperative learning method, for student achievement to improve considerably, which characteristics should be present in every group?I. Success is not reliant on each individual’s learningII. Students are looking towards a group goal or recognition |
A. | Only II |
B. | Only I |
C. | Both I and II |
D. | Neither I nor II |
Answer» B. Only I | |
25. |
An autocratic teacher:- |
A. | Helps students individually |
B. | Gives a lot of independence to the students |
C. | Trusts students |
D. | Keeps a strict control on the students |
Answer» E. | |
26. |
Learner-centered instructional strategy in which students are encouraged to construct their understanding with the assistance of the teacher through questions and directions is: |
A. | Discovery learning |
B. | Guided discovery learning |
C. | Problem based learning |
D. | Project based learning |
Answer» C. Problem based learning | |
27. |
Choose the most appropriate optionWhich one of the following methods uses student to student interaction most for learning in the classroom? |
A. | Grammar Translation Method |
B. | Direct Method |
C. | Structural - Situational Method |
D. | Communicative English Language Teaching |
Answer» E. | |
28. |
______ is considered as appropriate for creating social atmosphere in the classroom where the children are facilitated to have enough scope to interact with each other. |
A. | Small Group Learning Strategy |
B. | Large Group Learning Strategy |
C. | Medium Group Learning Strategy |
D. | Very Large Group Learning Strategy |
Answer» B. Large Group Learning Strategy | |
29. |
Positive facilitation of present learning through past learning, for example, addition helps multiplication. This type of transfer of learning is called: |
A. | Vertical |
B. | Sequential |
C. | Lateral |
D. | Bilateral |
Answer» D. Bilateral | |
30. |
Identification of learning gaps of children and plugging them is done through: |
A. | Team teaching |
B. | Reflective teaching |
C. | Remedial teaching |
D. | Re-teaching |
Answer» D. Re-teaching | |
31. |
Children may adopt teachers' positive or negative views and start to live upto them. This is called |
A. | educational self-fulfilling prophecies |
B. | isolation prophecies |
C. | interaction prophecies |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. isolation prophecies | |
32. |
Most suitable strategy for a teacher, when he/she is working with adolescent students is to: |
A. | Ask students to make comparisons |
B. | Propose a problem and invite students to form hypothesis |
C. | Give children experience in ordering operations |
D. | Construct an inclined plane or a hill |
Answer» C. Give children experience in ordering operations | |
33. |
PECS is a method of teaching, which may be used for : |
A. | Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders |
B. | Children with Communication Impairment |
C. | Both (1) and (2) |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
34. |
An example of an effective problem-solving strategy is |
A. | Not paying any attention to evaluating the solution. |
B. | Functional fixedness — focusing on only the conventional function of an object. |
C. | Response set — getting stuck on one way of representing a problem. |
D. | Means-end analysis — dividing the problem into a number of sub-goals. |
Answer» E. | |
35. |
Maria Montessori was a/an |
A. | German physician |
B. | Greek physician |
C. | Italian physician |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
36. |
In order to access the students’ academic achievements of teaching environmental studies which of the following evaluation indicator should not be used? |
A. | Observation |
B. | Discussion |
C. | Experimentation |
D. | Remedial teaching |
Answer» E. | |
37. |
On which of the following points should a teacher rigorously focus on while planning a lesson?I. Framing the learning objectiveII. Selecting the teaching-learning strategyIII. Selecting teaching learning activities and learning experiences |
A. | I and III |
B. | II and III |
C. | I and II |
D. | I, II and III |
Answer» E. | |
38. |
In learning centred approach to learning, according to Weimer, the content facilitates students to _________.I. build an appreciation for the value of contentII. practice using inquiry or ways of thinking in the disciplineIII. develop a way to learn through content and make meaning out of content |
A. | II and III |
B. | I, II and III |
C. | I and II |
D. | I and III |
Answer» C. I and II | |
39. |
A teacher is teaching children by the demonstration of a task to correct the performances of an already learned task. He is using ____ method of teaching. |
A. | observation |
B. | correction |
C. | modelling |
D. | imitation |
Answer» D. imitation | |
40. |
How can teachers facilitate understanding of complex concepts in children ? |
A. | By delivering a lecture |
B. | By organizing competitive events |
C. | By repetitive mechanical drill |
D. | By providing opportunities for exploration and discussion |
Answer» E. | |
41. |
______ is a very detailed and specific plan consisting of intended learning outcomes, description of teaching – learning strategies and activities and actual tool for assessment of learning outcome |
A. | Unit plan |
B. | Yearly plan |
C. | Lesson plan |
D. | Both A and C |
Answer» E. | |
42. |
______ takes place when students work together in the same place on a structured project in a small group. |
A. | Collaborative learning |
B. | Learner centred learning |
C. | Learning centred learning |
D. | Cooperative learning |
Answer» E. | |
43. |
Divya often divides the assigned job into small tasks which she can handle easily. She is using __ |
A. | secondary elaboration |
B. | subgoal analysis |
C. | functional fixedness |
D. | reductionism |
Answer» C. functional fixedness | |
44. |
In which approach to learning, there is a collaborative partnership among all those who are the stakeholders of children’s learning?I. Learner-centred approachII. Learning centred approach |
A. | Only II |
B. | Neither I nor II |
C. | Both I and II |
D. | Only I |
Answer» B. Neither I nor II | |
45. |
Providing teaching-learning materials in accessible formats to the diverse learners implies ___ |
A. | Universal Code of Teaching Practices |
B. | Universal Humanistic Approach of Teaching |
C. | Universal Design of Learning |
D. | Universal Inclusive Education Ethical Considerate |
Answer» D. Universal Inclusive Education Ethical Considerate | |
46. |
As a teacher, which one of the following do you find most appropriate for scientific approach to teaching? |
A. | Clarify the students about the concepts in the class |
B. | Show the use of technology for teaching concepts |
C. | Give projects to the students |
D. | Ask the students to perform activities related to the concepts |
Answer» E. | |
47. |
If a teacher finds a problematic child in the class, what should he does ? |
A. | Send the child back to home immediately |
B. | Ignore the child |
C. | Punish the child |
D. | Provide counselling to the child |
Answer» E. | |
48. |
"All the activities of the pupils should be focused on achieving the aim" - which element of teaching activity is this? |
A. | Challanging |
B. | Knowledge construction |
C. | Spontaneous involvement |
D. | Teaching objective |
Answer» E. | |
49. |
Define ‘Plan’? |
A. | Carrying out activity that’ll involve a particular task. |
B. | Ask question ‘what did we do at the last lesson. |
C. | Consolidation language from the previous stage by extending and personalising it. |
D. | Providing a context for the activity. |
Answer» E. | |
50. |
In order to modify the undesirable behaviour of student the most effective method is |
A. | To inflict punishment |
B. | To ignore it |
C. | To ask the parents to deal with it |
D. | To find out the reasons and attempt to provide remedies |
Answer» E. | |