CTET/UTET Sample Question Paper on Child Development and Pedagogy 1

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Q1. Most important work of teacher is—
(A) to organize teaching work                                                               (B) to deliver lecture in class
(C) to take care of children                                                                    (D) to evaluate the students

Q2. A teacher should be—
(A) Honest                                 (B) Dilligent                                           (C) Dutiful                             (D) Punctual

Q3. Environmental education should be taught in schools because—
(A) it will affect environmental pollution                                             (B) it is important part of life
(C) it will provide job to teachers                                                          (D) we cannot escape from environment

Q4. Navodaya Schools have been established to—
(A) increase number of school in rural areas                                    (B) provide good education in rural areas
(C) complete ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’                                               (D) check wastage of education in rural areas

Q5. At primary level, it is better to teach in mother language because—
(A) it develops self-confidence in children                                         (B) it makes learning easy
(C) it is helpful in intellectual development                                        (D) it helps children in learning in natural atmosphere

Q6. Women are better teacher at primary level because—
(A) they behave more patiently with children                                    (B) they are ready to work with low salary
(C) higher qualification is not needed in this profession                 (D) they have less chances in other profession

Q7. You have been selected in all the four professions given below. Where would you like to go ?
(A) Teacher                                               (B) Police                              (C) Arm                                  (D) Bank

Q8. What is most important while writing on blackboard?
(A) Good writing                                                                                       (B) Clarity in writing
(C) Writing in big letters                                                                          (D) Writing in small letters

Q9. Some students send a greeting card to you on teacher’s day. What will you do ? You will—   
(A) do nothing                                                                                          (B) say thanks to them
(C) ask them to not to waste money                                                    (D) reciprocate the good wishes to them

Q10. A student comes late in your class. Then you will—
(A) inform to parents                                                                               (B) punish him
(C) try to know the reason                                                                      (D) not pay attention there

Q11. When the students become failed, it can be understood that—
(A) The system has failed                                                                      (B) The teacher’s failure
(C) The text-books failure                                                                      (D) The individual student’s failure

Q12. It is advantage of giving home work that students—
(A) remain busy at home                                                                       (B) study at home
(C) may be checked for their progress                                               (D) may develop habit of self study

Q15. A teacher has serious defect is he/she—
(A) is physically handicapped                                                               (B) belongs to low socio-economic status
(C) has weak personality                                                                       (D) has immature mental development

Q16. The success of teacher is—
(A) high achievement of students                                                        (B) good traits of his/her personality
(C) his/her good teaching                                                                      (D) his/her good character

Q17. A Deepawali fair is being organized in your school. What would you like to do?
(A) only to visit the fair                                                                            (B) to take part in function
(C) to take a shop to sell something                                                    (D) to distribute free water to visitors

Q18. The most important trait of a student is—
(A) sense of responsibility                     (B) to speak truth                 (C) co-operation                  (D) obedience

Q19. The purpose of basic education scheme is—
(A) universalization of primary education                                          (B) to vocationalise the eduction
(C) to fulfil basic need of persons through education                      (D) to make education compulsory for all

Q20. You are teaching a topic in class and a student ask a question unrelated to the topic. What will you do ?
(A) you will allow him to ask unrelated question                               (B) you will not allow him to ask unrealated question
(C) you will consider it indiscipline and punish him                         (D) you will answer the question after the class

Q21. If you are unable to get a job of teacher, then you will—
(A) start giving tuition at home                                                              (B) remain at home till you get a job
(C) take some another job                                                                     (D) continue applying for teaching

Q22. A teacher can motivate the students by—         
(A) giving suitable prizes                                                                       (B) giving proper guidance
(C) giving examples                                                                               (D) delivering speech in class

Q23. If a student does not pay any respect to you, then you will—
(A) ignore him                                                                                          (B) award less marks in examination
(C) talk to his/her parents                                                                       (D) rebuke him

Q25. The aim of National Council for teacher education is—
(A) to open college of education                                                          (B) to promote research in education
(C) to maintain standards in colleges of education                          (D) to provide grant to colleges of education

Q26. Kindergarten system of education was contributed by—
(A) T. P. Nunn                           (B) Spencer                                          (C) Froebel                           (D) Montessori

Q27. ‘National Council of Educational Research and Training’ was established in—
(A) 1961                                    (B) 1962                                                                (C) 1963                                                (D) 1964

Q28. Essay type test are not reliable because—
(A) their answers are different                                                              (B) their results are different
(C) their checking is affected by examiner’s mood                          (D) their responding styles are different

Q29. A guardian never comes to see you in school. You will—
(A) ignore the child                                                                                  (B) write to the guardian

(C) go to meet him youself                                                                    (D) start punishing the child

Q30. To maintain interest among students in class, a teacher should—
(A) use blackboard                  (B) discuss                                            (C) tell stories                       (D) ask question

Child Pedagogy & Teaching Aptitude:

1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6.(A) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (C), 11. (D) 12. (D) 15. (D)

16. (C) 17.(B) 18. (D) 19. (C) 20. (D), 21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (A) 25. (C) 26.(C) 27. (A) 28. (C) 29. (C) 30. (D)

Central Teacher Eligibility Test CTET/UTET - Teaching Aptitute Practice Paper 1

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Q1. Absenteeism can be tackled by : 

(1) teaching,  (2) punishing the students, (3) giving the sweets, (4) contacting the parents,

Q2. Discipline means:

(1) strict‐behaviour, (2) severe punishment, (3) obedience, (4) going by the rules,

Q3. If any girl child does not corne to school regularly you will:

(1) no bother, (2) struck off her name, (3) complain to the Principal, (4) meet the parents and encourage them

Q4. In co-education you want't to:

(1) make separate rows of boys and girls (2) you give preference to boys over girls 

(3) you. give preference to none (4) you deal according to need

Q5. One of the basic priniclples of socializing Individuals is : 

(1) religion, (2) caste, (3) educational, (4) imitation

Directions (6-10) : Which of the' skills do you consider most essential for a teacher?

Q6. (1) Oration skills,  (2) Listening skills, (3) Managerial skills, (4) Teaching skills

Q7. (1) encourage children to search for knowledge (2) have all the information for the children 

(3) ability to make children memorize materials (4) enable children to do well in tests

Q8. (1) identify gifted children, (2) have an understanding of all children abilities, (3) identify children with learning disabilities, (4) none of the above

Q9. (1) _ ability to help children understand texts thoroughly (2) ability to help children do all the exercises (3) ability to raise possible actions from the texts (4) ability to help children from their own  opinions on the text 

Q10. (1) to communicate well {2) to use difficult language (3) to impress students (4) to read out the textbook

Q11. Success in developing values is mainly dependent upon:

(1) government, (2) society,  (3) family  (4) teacher

Q12. Good reading aims at developing:

(l) understanding (2) pronunciation (3) sensitivity (4) increasing factual knowledge

Q13. The primary duty of a teacher is to be responsible to his/her:

(1) family  (2) students  (3) society  (4) nation

Q14. Which of the following is not related to educational achievement?

(1) Heredity (2) Experiences (3) Practice (4) Self learning

Q15. One of,the students of a class hardly talks in the class. How would you encourage him to express himself? 

(1) By orgariising discussions, (2) By encouraging children to take part in classroom activities

(3) By organizing educational games/ programmes in which ‐ children feel like speaking.

(4) By giving good marks to those who express them'selves well

Q16. The current view of childhood assumes that

(a) Children are similar to adults in most ways, (b) Children are best treated as young adults.

(c) Childhood is basically a "waiting period.", (d) Childhood is a unique period of growth and change.

Q17. 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

Q18. 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

Q19. 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

Q20. 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

Q21. 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

Q22. A child from a disorganized home will experience the greatest difficulty with:

(a) Well structured lessons,   (b)  Independent study, (c) Programmed instruction, (d) Workbooks

Q23. 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.

Q24. 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

Q25. 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

Q26. 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

Q27. 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

Q28. Child development is defined as a field of study that

(a) Examines change in human abilities. (b) Seeks to explain behaviour 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.

Q29. The term ‘identical elements’ is closely associated with:

(a) Group instruction, (b) Transfer of learning, (c) Jealousy between twins, (d) Similar test questions

Q30. 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.

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