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| 951. |
Why do individuals differ from one another? [CTET-Feb.-2016-I] |
| A. | Because of the impact of the environment |
| B. | Due to the inborn characteristics |
| C. | Due to the interplay between heredity and environment |
| D. | Because each individual has received a different gene set from his/her 'parents. |
| Answer» D. Because each individual has received a different gene set from his/her 'parents. | |
| 952. |
Mistakes and errors made by students [CTET-Feb.-2016-I] |
| A. | are a wonderful opportunity to label children as 'weak' or 'outstanding'. |
| B. | are indicative of the failure of the teacher and the students. |
| C. | should be seen as opportunities to understand their thinking. |
| D. | should be severely dealt with. |
| Answer» D. should be severely dealt with. | |
| 953. |
Children are most creative when they participate in an activity [CTET-Feb.-2016-I] |
| A. | to escape their teacher's scolding. |
| B. | under stress to do well in front of others. |
| C. | out of interest. |
| D. | for rewards. |
| Answer» D. for rewards. | |
| 954. |
A lot of debate surrounds whether girls and boys have specific sets of abilities due to their genetic materials. Which one of the following are you most likely to agree with in this context? [CTET-Feb.-2015-II] |
| A. | Boys cannot be caring since they are born that way. |
| B. | Girls are socialized to be caring while boys are discouraged to show emotions such as crying. |
| C. | After puberty boys and girls cannot play with each other since their interests are complete opposites. |
| D. | All girls have inherent talent for arts while boys are genetically programmed to be better at aggressive sports. |
| Answer» C. After puberty boys and girls cannot play with each other since their interests are complete opposites. | |
| 955. |
According to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence, the factor that would contribute most for being a 'self-aware' individual would be [CTET-Feb.-2015-II] |
| A. | Intrapersonal |
| B. | Musical |
| C. | Spiritual |
| D. | Linguistic |
| Answer» B. Musical | |
| 956. |
Individual learners differ from each other in [CTET-2011-II] |
| A. | principles of growth and development |
| B. | rate of development |
| C. | sequence of development |
| D. | general capacity for development |
| Answer» C. sequence of development | |
| 957. |
Adjusting in all stages and making happiness and usefulness to self and others is [TNTET-2011-I] |
| A. | based on environment |
| B. | based on mental health |
| C. | based on attitude |
| D. | based on economy |
| Answer» C. based on attitude | |
| 958. |
Images, concepts, symbols & signs, language, muscle activities and brain functions are involved in: [PTET-2011-II] |
| A. | adaptation |
| B. | motor development |
| C. | problem solving |
| D. | thinking process |
| Answer» E. | |
| 959. |
Which of the following is not a sign of an intelligent young child? |
| A. | One who has the ability to cram long essays very quickly |
| B. | One who has the ability to communicate fluently and appropriately |
| C. | One who carries on thinking in an abstract manner |
| D. | One who can adjust oneself in a new environment |
| Answer» B. One who has the ability to communicate fluently and appropriately | |
| 960. |
Four distinct stages of children's intellectual development are identified by [CTET-2011-I] |
| A. | Kohlberg |
| B. | Erikson |
| C. | Skinner |
| D. | Piaget |
| Answer» E. | |
| 961. |
Peer group is formed by [TNTET-2011-I] |
| A. | Teacher + Controlled environment |
| B. | Parents + Independent environment |
| C. | Society + Controlled environment |
| D. | Unexpected + independent environment |
| Answer» D. Unexpected + independent environment | |
| 962. |
Print media and electronic media must project [TNTET-2011-I] |
| A. | acceptable negative side of life |
| B. | acceptable positive side of life |
| C. | positive and negative sides of life |
| D. | seamy side of life |
| Answer» D. seamy side of life | |
| 963. |
In the present situation, the children must possess an important factor of [TNTET-2011-1] |
| A. | intelligence |
| B. | personality |
| C. | moral value |
| D. | experience |
| Answer» D. experience | |
| 964. |
The following is a play that is said to be the first social activity of a child with his friends [APTET-May.-2018-I] |
| A. | Solitary play |
| B. | Parallel play |
| C. | Co-operative play |
| D. | Arrogant play |
| Answer» C. Co-operative play | |
| 965. |
Who described different types of personality based on glands? [UPTET-2017-I] |
| A. | Kretschmer |
| B. | Jung |
| C. | Cannon |
| D. | Spranger |
| Answer» D. Spranger | |
| 966. |
Who has classified introvert personality and extrovert personality? [UPTET-2017-I] |
| A. | Freud |
| B. | Jung |
| C. | Munn |
| D. | Allport |
| Answer» C. Munn | |
| 967. |
Watching her granddaughter arguing with her father for going on a school trip, the grandmother says, "Why can't you be obedient like a good girl? Who will marry you if you behave like a boy?" This statement reflects which of the following? [CTET-Sept.-2016-II] |
| A. | Difficulties faced by families in child- rearing |
| B. | Gender constancy |
| C. | Gender stereotypes about attributes of girls and boys |
| D. | Improper gender identification of the girl |
| Answer» D. Improper gender identification of the girl | |
| 968. |
Which of the following is true of school and socialization? [CTET-Sept.-2016-II] |
| A. | School is the first primary agent of socialization. |
| B. | School is an important agent of socialization. |
| C. | School does not play any role in socialization. |
| D. | School plays very little role in socialization. |
| Answer» C. School does not play any role in socialization. | |
| 969. |
'Gender' is a/an : [CTET-Sept.-2016-I] |
| A. | biological entity |
| B. | physiological construct |
| C. | innate quality |
| D. | social construct |
| Answer» E. | |
| 970. |
Socialization is a process of [CTET-Feb.-2015-II] |
| A. | socializing with friends. |
| B. | acquiring values, beliefs and expectations. |
| C. | assimilation and accommodation. |
| D. | learning to critique the culture of a society. |
| Answer» C. assimilation and accommodation. | |
| 971. |
In the context of socialization, schools often have a hidden curriculum which consists of [CTET-Feb.-2014-II] |
| A. | forcible learning, thinking and behaving in particular ways by imitating peers and teachers |
| B. | the informal cues about social roles presented in schools through interaction and materials |
| C. | negotiating and resisting socialization of students through their families |
| D. | teaching and assessment of values and attitudes |
| Answer» C. negotiating and resisting socialization of students through their families | |
| 972. |
What kind of errors is common between a learner who is learning his mother tongue and the learner who learns the same language as a second language? [CTET-Feb. -2014-I] |
| A. | Overgeneralization |
| B. | Simplification |
| C. | Developmental |
| D. | Hypercorrection |
| Answer» D. Hypercorrection | |
| 973. |
Socialization includes cultural transmission and [CTET-July-2013-II] |
| A. | discourages rebellion. |
| B. | development of individual personality. |
| C. | fits children into labels. |
| D. | provides emotional support. |
| Answer» C. fits children into labels. | |
| 974. |
Features assigned due to social roles and not due to biological endowment are called [CTET-July-2013-II] |
| A. | Gender role attitudes |
| B. | Gender role strain |
| C. | Gender-role stereotype |
| D. | Gender role diagnosticity |
| Answer» D. Gender role diagnosticity | |
| 975. |
Socialization is [CTET-July-2013-I] |
| A. | Rapport between teacher and taught |
| B. | Process of modernization of society |
| C. | Adaptation of social norms |
| D. | Change in social norms |
| Answer» D. Change in social norms | |
| 976. |
The first teacher of a child is [TNTET-2014-II] |
| A. | Pre Primary School teacher |
| B. | Primary School Teacher |
| C. | Parents |
| D. | Society |
| Answer» D. Society | |
| 977. |
An example of media that transports learners to remote places by means of visualized reports is: [PTET-2014-II] |
| A. | educational television |
| B. | educational broadcasts |
| C. | overhead projector |
| D. | telephone |
| Answer» D. telephone | |
| 978. |
Socialization is a process by which children & adults learn from: [PTET-2014-I] |
| A. | Family |
| B. | School |
| C. | Peers |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 979. |
Self-centered person is [UPTET-2014-I] |
| A. | Introvert |
| B. | Extrovert |
| C. | Ambivert |
| D. | Socially dependent |
| Answer» B. Extrovert | |
| 980. |
A group which has completely negative influence is [TNTET-2011-II] |
| A. | primary group |
| B. | intermediate group |
| C. | secondary group |
| D. | tertiary group |
| Answer» C. secondary group | |
| 981. |
"If the people of the society has high achievement motivation, the economic growth increases and the society gets modernized". It is given in the book [TNTET-2011-II] |
| A. | The achieving Society |
| B. | Achievement of the Society |
| C. | Society and Achievement |
| D. | Society and its Development |
| Answer» B. Achievement of the Society | |
| 982. |
In which of the following stages do children become active members of their peer group? [UPTET-2011-II] |
| A. | Adolescence |
| B. | Adulthood |
| C. | Early childhood |
| D. | Childhood |
| Answer» E. | |
| 983. |
Adjustment means accommodating oneself to various circumstances in order to satisfy [RTET-2011-I] |
| A. | Others |
| B. | motives |
| C. | goals |
| D. | needs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 984. |
Which of the following is not related to the socio- psychological needs of the child? [CTET-2011-I] |
| A. | Need for appreciation or social approval |
| B. | Need for emotional security |
| C. | Regular elimination of waste products from the body |
| D. | Need for company |
| Answer» D. Need for company | |
| 985. |
In the context of Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning, under which stage would the given typical response of a child fall? "Your parents will be proud of you if you are honest so you should be honest." [CTET-Sept.-2016-I] |
| A. | Punishment-obedience orientation |
| B. | Social contract orientation |
| C. | Good girl-good boy orientation |
| D. | Law and order orientation |
| Answer» B. Social contract orientation | |
| 986. |
According to Lev Vygotsky, the primary cause of cognitive development is [CTET-Sept.-2016-I] |
| A. | equilibration |
| B. | social interaction |
| C. | adjustment of mental schemas |
| D. | stimulus-response pairing |
| Answer» C. adjustment of mental schemas | |
| 987. |
As a teacher, who firmly believes in social constructivist theory of Lev Vygotsky, which of the following methods would you prefer for assessing your students? [CTET-Sept.-2016-I] |
| A. | Collaborative projects |
| B. | Standardized tests |
| C. | Fact-based recall questions |
| D. | Objective multiple-choice type questions |
| Answer» B. Standardized tests | |
| 988. |
Middle childhood is the period from [CTET-Feb.-2016-II] |
| A. | birth to 2 years |
| B. | 10 years onwards |
| C. | 2 years to 6 years |
| D. | 6 years to 11 years |
| Answer» E. | |
| 989. |
Nowadays, there is a tendency to refer to 'wrong concepts' of children as 'alternative conceptions'. This could be attributed to [CTET-Feb.-2016-11] |
| A. | Recognition that children are capable of thinking and their thinking is different from that of adults. |
| B. | children's understanding being nuanced and their being passive in their own learning. |
| C. | using fancy terms to describe children's errors. |
| D. | children being thought of as adult-like in their thinking. |
| Answer» B. children's understanding being nuanced and their being passive in their own learning. | |
| 990. |
In a constructivist classroom as envisioned by Piaget and Vygotsky, learning [CTET-Feb.-2016-II] |
| A. | is constructed by the students themselves who play an active role. |
| B. | is offering of reinforcement by the teacher. |
| C. | is dictated by the teacher and the students are passive recipients of the same. |
| D. | happens by pairing of a stimulus and a response. |
| Answer» B. is offering of reinforcement by the teacher. | |
| 991. |
According to Vygotsky, learning cannot be separated from [CTET-Feb.-2016-II] |
| A. | Its social context. |
| B. | Perception and attentional processes. |
| C. | reinforcement. |
| D. | a measurable change in behavior. |
| Answer» B. Perception and attentional processes. | |
| 992. |
The concept of 'private speech' of children as proposed by Vygotsky [CTET-Feb.-2016-II] |
| A. | illustrates that children are egocentric. |
| B. | shows that children are stupid and thus need guidance of adults. |
| C. | shows that children love themselves. |
| D. | illustrates that children use speech to guide their own actions. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 993. |
Kohlberg has given [CTET-Feb. -2016-1] |
| A. | the stages of cognitive development. |
| B. | the stages of physical development. |
| C. | the stages of emotional development. |
| D. | the stages of moral development. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 994. |
According to Vygotsky, children learn [CTET-FB.-2016-I] |
| A. | when reinforcement is offered. |
| B. | by maturation. |
| C. | by imitation. |
| D. | by interacting with adults and peers. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 995. |
According to Piaget, children's thinking differs in .,.....,,. From adults than in......... [CTET-Feb.-2016-I] |
| A. | amount, kind |
| B. | size, correctness |
| C. | kind, amount |
| D. | size, type |
| Answer» D. size, type | |
| 996. |
.......... Views children as active builders of knowledge and little scientists who construct their own theories of the world. [CTET-Feb.-2016-I] |
| A. | Skinner |
| B. | Pavlov |
| C. | Jung |
| D. | Piaget |
| Answer» E. | |
| 997. |
According to Piaget's theory, children learn by [CTET-Feb.-2015-II] |
| A. | changing their behavior when offered appropriate rewards. |
| B. | memorizing information by paying clue attention. |
| C. | scaffolding provided by more able members of the society. |
| D. | Processes of adaptation. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 998. |
According to Vygotsky, zone of proximal development is [CTET-Feb.-2015-II] |
| A. | what the child can do on her own which cannot be assessed. |
| B. | zone demarking the support offered by the teacher. |
| C. | the gap between what the child can do independently and with assistance. |
| D. | the amount and nature of support provided to the child to achieve her potential. |
| Answer» D. the amount and nature of support provided to the child to achieve her potential. | |
| 999. |
Which one of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between development and learning as proposed by Vygotsky? [CTET-Feb.-2015-II] |
| A. | Learning and development are parallel processes. |
| B. | Development is independent of learning. |
| C. | Development process lags behind the learning process. |
| D. | Development is synonymous with learning |
| Answer» D. Development is synonymous with learning | |
| 1000. |
In Lawrence Kohlberg's theory, which level signifies the absence of morality in the true sense? [CTET-Feb.-2015-I] |
| A. | Level III |
| B. | Level IV |
| C. | Level! |
| D. | Level II |
| Answer» D. Level II | |