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| 1451. |
Physical growth & development is called |
| A. | readiness |
| B. | maturation |
| C. | mobility |
| D. | heredity |
| Answer» C. mobility | |
| 1452. |
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. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1453. |
Another name for a newborn baby is |
| A. | Embryo |
| B. | Neonate |
| C. | Zygote |
| D. | Fetus |
| Answer» C. Zygote | |
| 1454. |
A normal child of 12 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. | |
| 1455. |
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 | |
| 1456. |
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. | Integrative |
| Answer» B. Proximo distal | |
| 1457. |
Development is a never ending process." This idea is associated with |
| A. | Principle of integration |
| B. | Principle of interaction |
| C. | Principle of interrelation |
| D. | Principle of continuity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1458. |
In a normal zygote, the number of chromosomes in pair is [UPTET-2017-I] |
| A. | 22 |
| B. | 23 |
| C. | 24 |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. 24 | |
| 1459. |
Match the following principles of development with their correct descriptions:[CTET-Sept.-2016-II] Principle Description [A] Proximodistal trend (i) Different children develop at different rates [B] Cephalocaudal trend (ii) Head to toe sequence [C] Interindividual differences (iii) In a single child, the rate of development canvary from one domain of development to the other [D] Intraindividual differences (iv) From the centre of body to out wards (v) Progression from simple to complex |
| A. | A\[\to \](v), B\[\to \](ii), C\[\to \](i), D\[\to \](iii) |
| B. | A\[\to \](v), B\[\to \](ii), C\[\to \](i), D\[\to \] (iii) |
| C. | A\[\to \](ii), B\[\to \](iv), C\[\to \](i), D\[\to \](iii) |
| D. | A\[\to \](ii), B\[\to \](iv), C\[\to \](iii), D\[\to \](i) |
| Answer» C. A\[\to \](ii), B\[\to \](iv), C\[\to \](i), D\[\to \](iii) | |
| 1460. |
The unique interaction of__ and __ can result in different paths and outcomes of development. [CTET-Sept.-2016-II] |
| A. | exploration; nutrition |
| B. | challenges; limitations |
| C. | heredity; environment |
| D. | stability; change |
| Answer» D. stability; change | |
| 1461. |
Which of the following statements about children are correct? [CTET-Sept.-2016-1] A. Children are passive recipients of knowledge. B. Children are problem solvers. C. Children are scientific investigators. D. Children are active explorers of the environment. |
| A. | A, B and D |
| B. | B, C and D |
| C. | A, B, C and D |
| D. | A, B and C |
| Answer» C. A, B, C and D | |
| 1462. |
Early childhood is .......... period for language development. [CTET-Feb.-2016-I] |
| A. | a not-so-significant |
| B. | an unimportant |
| C. | a sensitive |
| D. | a neutral |
| Answer» D. a neutral | |
| 1463. |
Which one of the following is correct about development? [CTET-Feb.-2016-I] |
| A. | Development begins and ends at birth. |
| B. | 'Sociocultural context' plays an important role in development. |
| C. | Development is unidimensional. |
| D. | Development is discrete. |
| Answer» C. Development is unidimensional. | |
| 1464. |
Which of the following development tasks is not appropriate to the late childhood?[RTET-2011-I] |
| A. | Learning physical skills necessary for ordinary games |
| B. | Achieving a masculine or feminine social role |
| C. | Achieving personal independence |
| D. | Learning to get along with age-mates. |
| Answer» C. Achieving personal independence | |
| 1465. |
In late childhood period children understand the conversion of which physical entity (ies)? [RTET-2011-I] |
| A. | Mass |
| B. | Mass and number |
| C. | Number |
| D. | Mass, number and area |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1466. |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of early childhood? [RTET-2011-I] |
| A. | Pre-gang age |
| B. | Imitative age |
| C. | Questioning age |
| D. | Play age |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1467. |
The nature-nurture debate refers to [CTET-Sept.-2014-I] |
| A. | genetics and environment |
| B. | behavior and environment |
| C. | environment and biology |
| D. | environment and upbringing |
| Answer» B. behavior and environment | |
| 1468. |
Which one of the following statements is true regarding the role of heredity and environment in human development? [CTET-Feb. -2014-II] |
| A. | The role of environment is almost fixed, whereas the impact of heredity can be altered |
| B. | The theories based on the 'behaviorism' are largely based on the role of 'nature' in human development |
| C. | The relative effects of heredity and environ- ment vary in different areas of development |
| D. | The policy of compensatory discrimination of the Government of India is based on the role of 'nature' in human development |
| Answer» D. The policy of compensatory discrimination of the Government of India is based on the role of 'nature' in human development | |
| 1469. |
A teacher found that a student is facing difficulty in drawing a square. He/She assumes that this student would also find it difficult to draw a diamond. He/She applies which of the following principles to arrive at his/her assumption? [CTET-Feb. -2014-II] |
| A. | Development tends to follow an orderly sequence |
| B. | Development is saltatory |
| C. | Development is gradual |
| D. | Development is different for different people |
| Answer» B. Development is saltatory | |
| 1470. |
Adolescence is a period of storm and stress - said by [TNTET-2014-II] |
| A. | Brickson |
| B. | Cole |
| C. | Stanley Hall |
| D. | William Mcdougall |
| Answer» D. William Mcdougall | |
| 1471. |
During fertilization the chromosome received from the male partner is [TNTET-2014-II] |
| A. | Y |
| B. | X |
| C. | XY |
| D. | XX |
| Answer» D. XX | |
| 1472. |
The book titled 'Dream Analysis' was published by [TNTET-2014-I] |
| A. | John Dewey |
| B. | William James |
| C. | Edward Tichenes |
| D. | Sigmund Freud |
| Answer» C. Edward Tichenes | |
| 1473. |
Which of the following statements is not true? [UPTET-2014-II] |
| A. | "Heredity is the transmission of traits from parents to offspring". |
| B. | "Development is the product of the interaction to the organism and its environment." |
| C. | "Heredity is the sublimation of inborn individual traits." |
| D. | "Heredity is the transmission from parents to off springs of physical and mental characteristics". |
| Answer» D. "Heredity is the transmission from parents to off springs of physical and mental characteristics". | |
| 1474. |
Emotion is originated through _____. [UPTET-2014-II] |
| A. | habits |
| B. | instincts |
| C. | physical development |
| D. | formation of concepts |
| Answer» C. physical development | |
| 1475. |
"Child is a book which the teacher has to learn from page to page." Who has stated the above? [UPTET-2014-II] |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Rousseau |
| D. | Ross |
| Answer» D. Ross | |
| 1476. |
The type of personality of a person expressing his Libido outward is [UPTET-2014-I] |
| A. | Cognitive Personality |
| B. | Aesthetic Personality |
| C. | Extrovert Personality |
| D. | Religious Personality |
| Answer» D. Religious Personality | |
| 1477. |
Factors influencing the emotional development are [UPTET-2014-I] |
| A. | Physical health |
| B. | Mental abilities |
| C. | Fatigue |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1478. |
Survival of the fittest is the principle of [UPTET-2014-I] |
| A. | Lamarck |
| B. | Harrison |
| C. | Darwin |
| D. | McDougall |
| Answer» D. McDougall | |
| 1479. |
In Child Development- [UPTET-2014-I] |
| A. | Emphasis is on process |
| B. | Emphasis is on the role of environment an experience |
| C. | It is study from conception to adolescence |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1480. |
The central focus of Child Psychology is [UPTET-2014-I] |
| A. | Good teacher |
| B. | Child |
| C. | Teaching process |
| D. | School |
| Answer» C. Teaching process | |
| 1481. |
Physical growth and development is called [UPTET-2014-I] |
| A. | Readiness |
| B. | Maturation |
| C. | Mobility |
| D. | Heredity |
| Answer» C. Mobility | |
| 1482. |
Environmental factors that shape development include all of the following except [CTET-2012-II] |
| A. | culture |
| B. | quality of education |
| C. | physique |
| D. | quality of nutrition |
| Answer» D. quality of nutrition | |
| 1483. |
Human development is the product of joint contribution of both [RTET-2011-II] |
| A. | parents and teachers |
| B. | sociological and cultural factors |
| C. | heredity and environment |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 1484. |
Human development is based on certain principles. Which of the following is not principle of human development? [CTET-2011-II] |
| A. | Continuity |
| B. | Sequentiality |
| C. | General to Specific |
| D. | Reversible |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1485. |
Heredity is considered as a social structure.[CTET-2011-II] |
| A. | primary |
| B. | secondary |
| C. | dynamic |
| D. | static |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1486. |
Formative Assessment is assessment |
| A. | of learning |
| B. | at learning |
| C. | in learning |
| D. | for learning |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1487. |
A teacher designs a test to find out the cause of the poor grades of her learners through a/an |
| A. | Diagnostic test |
| B. | Proficiency test |
| C. | Achievement test |
| D. | Aptitude test |
| Answer» B. Proficiency test | |
| 1488. |
A test to assess the potential of students for specific abilities and skills such as music, spatial ability or logical ability is called a/an |
| A. | Proficiency test |
| B. | Aptitude test |
| C. | Attitude test |
| D. | Achievement test |
| Answer» C. Attitude test | |
| 1489. |
An appropriate form of assessing students' performance in practical's is: |
| A. | interview |
| B. | observation |
| C. | questionnaire |
| D. | written test |
| Answer» C. questionnaire | |
| 1490. |
In the National Curriculum Framework, 2005 under the heading 'Examination Reforms' which of the following reforms has been suggested? |
| A. | Open book exams |
| B. | Continuous and comprehensive evaluation |
| C. | Group work evaluation |
| D. | All of these. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1491. |
Children's Apperception Test was designed for children between ages 3 and 10. The CAT cards substitute |
| A. | non-living objects for living objects |
| B. | animals for people |
| C. | females for males |
| D. | children for adults |
| Answer» C. females for males | |
| 1492. |
To make assessment a 'useful and interesting' process, one should be careful about |
| A. | making comparisons between different students |
| B. | labeling students as intelligent or average learners |
| C. | using a variety of ways' to collect information about the student's learning across the scholastic and co-scholastic Boundaries |
| D. | using technical language to give feedback |
| Answer» D. using technical language to give feedback | |
| 1493. |
Which of the following is not an appropriate tool for Formative Assessment? |
| A. | Assignment |
| B. | Oral questions |
| C. | Term test |
| D. | Quiz and games |
| Answer» D. Quiz and games | |
| 1494. |
In the context of the strategies used by schools with well-developed assessment systems match the following Strategies Characteristics (i) Student Profiles (p) Involve examining response patterns on specific standardized test items in different topic areas and generating hypotheses about the potential causes of these patterns (ii) Classroom Profiles (q) These profiles allow educators to view an assessment "snapshot" of students (iii) School Profile (r) This method, again done on a spreadsheet, allows for analyzing performance patterns and generating hypothesis within grade levels or subject areas (iv) Standardized Test Item Analyses (s) This method, typically done on a spreadsheet, allows for analyzing performance patterns and generating hypothesis |
| A. | (i)-p; (ii)-q; (iii)-r; (iv)-s |
| B. | (i)-q; (ii)-s; (iii)-p; (iv)-r |
| C. | (i)-r; (ii)-s; (iii)-p; (iv)-q |
| D. | (i)-q; (ii)-s; (iii)-r; (iv)-p |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1495. |
"All those activities undertaken by teachers, and by their students in assessing themselves, which provide information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are engaged" refers to |
| A. | Evaluation |
| B. | Assessment |
| C. | Examination |
| D. | Learning |
| Answer» C. Examination | |
| 1496. |
Evaluation of student learning should mainly be |
| A. | a continuous and comprehensive process |
| B. | at the end of the each term |
| C. | at the end of the each lesson |
| D. | a yearly process |
| Answer» B. at the end of the each term | |
| 1497. |
Evidence of validity can be related to |
| A. | Content |
| B. | Criterion |
| C. | Construct |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1498. |
Standardized tests are most often |
| A. | Norm-referenced |
| B. | Criterion-referenced |
| C. | Stanine tests |
| D. | Judgmental in nature |
| Answer» B. Criterion-referenced | |
| 1499. |
The two most important characteristics of a standardized test are ___. |
| A. | reliability and validity |
| B. | reliability and accuracy |
| C. | accuracy and equality |
| D. | practicality and validity |
| Answer» C. accuracy and equality | |
| 1500. |
Which of the following is not a projective technique [TNTET-2011-II] |
| A. | Rorschack ink - blot test |
| B. | Sentence completion test |
| C. | Word association test |
| D. | Interest inventing test |
| Answer» E. | |