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SET 6 - CTET - Nov 2012 - Paper 1
1.
Which one of the following is an example of a fine motor skill?
a) Hopping
b) Writing
c) Climbing
d) Running
2.
Adolescents may experience
a) Feeling of fear about sins committed in childhood
b) Feeling of satiation about life
c) Feeling of self-actualization
d) Anxiety and concern about themselves
3.
Orthopedically impaired children are likely to have
a) Dyslexia
b) Dyscalculia
c) Dysgraphia
d) Dysthymia
4.
Partial reinforcement
a) Works best in training animals
b) Is less effective than continuous reinforcement
c) Is more effective than continuous reinforcement
d) Cannot be applied in actual classrooms
5.
Gifted students are
a) Non-assertive of their needs
b) Independent of teachers
c) Introvert in nature
d) Independent in their judgments
6.
Vygotsky theory implies
a) Collaborative problem solving
b) After initial explanation, do not support a child in solving difficult questions
c) Child will learn best in the company of children having IQ lesser than his/her own
d) Individual assignments to each student
7.
In the Information Processing Model of thinking, the following steps are said to take place
A. Response execution
B. Response selection
C. Pre-Processing
D. Categorization
The correct sequence of those steps is
a) B, D, C, A
b) C, A, D, B
c) C, D, B, A
d) D, C, B, A
8.
A child cannot distinguish between ‘saw’ and ‘was’ nuclear and ‘unclear’. He/she is suffering from
a) Dyslexia
b) Dyslexemia
c) Word jumbling disorder
d) Dysmorphemia
9.
Learning disabilities are generally found
a) In specially those children whose paternal relatives have such problems
b) More often in children belonging to rural area as compared to urban areas
c) More often in boys as compared to girls
d) In children with average to superior IQ
10.
Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to encourage disadvantaged children to attend school regularly?
a) A child collector employed by the school, must bring children from homes everyday
b) Not allowing children to attend school may be made a legally punishable offence
c) Opening residential schools
d) Paying Rs 5 per day to attract children
11.
The best way to avoid gender discrimination in a school may be
a) Selection of more boys than girls for a music competition
b) Metacognition of their gender-biased behaviours by teachers
c) Recruitment of equal number of male and female teachers
d) Formation of a rule to shun gender discrimination in the school and enforce it strictly
12.
The up-scaling of performance in the scholastic are as on the basis of performance in co-scholastic areas can be justified as
a) It develops respect for manual labour
b) It follows the policy of compensatory discrimination for the marginalized students
c) It ensures universal retention
d) It caters to individual differences
13.
While selecting material for the portfolio of students ............... of ............. should be there.
a) Inclusion; parents
b) Inclusion; students
c) Inclusion; other teachers
d) Exclusion; students
14.
Learners who demonstrate an earnest desire for increased knowledge and academic competence are said to have a
a) Performance-approach orientation
b) Mastery orientation
c) Work-avoidance orientation
d) Performance-avoidance orientation
15.
A teacher can make problem-solving fun for students by doing all the following except
a) Expecting perfection from the students while they are trying to do things by themselves
b) Providing open ended material
c) Providing endless opportunities for creative thinking
d) Giving time for free play
16.
Of the following, the greatest advantage of interdisciplinary instruction is that
a) Students are given opportunities to generalize and apply newly learned knowledge in multiple contexts
b) Students are less likely to develop a dislike for particular topics of different subject areas
c) Teachers are permitted greater flexibility in planning lessons and activities
d) Teachers are less likely to feel overwhelmed by the multiplicity of topics needed to be addressed in a traditional curriculum
17.
Successful inclusion requires the following except
a) Involvement
b) Sensitization
c) Segregation
d) Capacity building
18.
Which of the following characteristics is the hallmark of the problem-solving approach?
a) There is usually one approach for getting the right answer
b) There is an implicit hint given in the problem statement
c) The problem is original
d) The problem is based on only one principle/topic
19.
Which would be the best first theme to start with in a nursery class?
a) My school
b) My family
c) My best friend
d) My neighbourhood
20.
In order to instill a positive environment in a primary class, a teacher should
a) Allow them to make group on their own on the basis of sociometry during group activities
b) Not discriminate and set the same goal for every child
c) Wish each child in the morning
d) Narrate stories with positive endings
21.
Which of the following is true in relation to errors made by children?
a) Errors can be corrected by children themselves; therefore a teacher should not immediately correct them
b) If a teacher is not able to correct all errors in the classroom it indicates that the system of teacher education has failed
c) Correcting every error would take too much time and be tiresome for a teacher
d) A teacher should not notice every error otherwise syllabus will not be covered
22.
Monika, a Maths teacher, asks Radhika a question. On not getting any answer from Radhika, she quickly moves on and asks Mohan another question. She rewords her question after realizing that Mohan is struggling to find the answer. This tendency of Monika reflects that she is
a) Supporting gender stereotyping of roles by favouring Mohan
b) Trying not to put Radhika in an embarrassing situation
c) Slightly nervous about her question
d) Well aware of the fact that Radhika is not capable of answering questions
23.
An empowering school will promote which of the following qualities the most in its teachers?
a) Memory
b) Disciplined nature
c) Tendency to experiment
d) Competitive aptitude
24.
Smallest unit of meaning in a language is
a) Phoneme
b) Syntax
c) Morpheme
d) Pragmatics
25.
IQ scores are generally ............ correlated with academic performance.
a) Highly
b) Least
c) Moderately
d) Perfectly
26.
Theory of multiple intelligence implies the following except
a) Intelligence is a distinct set of processing operations used by an individual to solve problems
b) Emotional intelligence is not related to IQ
c) Disciplines should be presented in a numbers of way
d) Learning could be assessed through a variety of means
27.
Assessment for learning takes into account the following except
a) Strengths of students
b) Learning styles of students
c) Needs of students
d) Mistakes of students
28.
One of the identical twin brothers is adopted by a socio-economically rich family and the other by a poor family. After one year, which one or the following may be most likely observed about their IQ scores?
a) Both of them will score equally
b) The boy with rich socio-economic family will score greater than the boy with poor family
c) The boy with poor family will score greater than the boy with rich socio-economic family
d) Socio-economic level does not affect the IQ score
29.
Which one of the following optimizes motivation to learn?
a) Personal satisfaction in meeting targets
b) Tendency to choose very easy or difficult goals
c) Motivation to avoid failure
d) Extrinsic factor
30.
A child of 16 years scores 75 in an IQ test his mental age will be ............ years.
a) 12
b) 8
c) 14
d) 15
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