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Question 1: Which of the following is correct about students who are gifted?
(a) They learn with high efforts.
(b) They take much longer to perceive information.
(c) They have above-average ability.
(d) They lack creativity and originality in ideas.
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Answer: (c) They have above-average ability.

Explanation:
1. Gifted students have above-average ability.
2. They usually learn quickly and show creativity.

Teacher's Note:
1. Gifted learners need enrichment.
2. Do not assume giftedness means lack of effort or creativity.

Question 2: Brain is ____ of learning from real world contexts, hence schools should emphasise upon ____ learning.
(a) capable, constructive
(b) incapable, discovery
(c) capable, textbook based
(d) incapable, decontextualised
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Answer: (a) capable, constructive

Explanation:
1. The brain learns well from real-world contexts.
2. So schools should emphasise constructive learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. Meaningful, contextual learning is stressed.
2. Textbook-based or decontextualised learning is less effective.

Question 3: Constructivism advocates _____
(a) Production of new knowledge by learners
(b) Rejection of new knowledge by teachers
(c) Reproduction of knowledge already gained
(d) Display of knowledge through rote memorisation
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Answer: (a) Production of new knowledge by learners

Explanation:
1. In constructivism, learners build their own knowledge.
2. Reproduction and rote memorisation are not its aim.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learners construct meaning using prior knowledge.
2. Associate constructivism with Piaget, Vygotsky and Bruner.

Question 4: The strategy of dividing the problem into a number of intermediate subgoals and then figuring out means for solving each intermediate subgoal is referred to as:
(a) verbalisation
(b) analogical thinking
(c) means-ends analysis
(d) functional fixedness
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Answer: (c) means-ends analysis

Explanation:
1. Means-ends analysis breaks a problem into subgoals and reduces the gap to the goal step by step.
2. Analogical thinking uses a similar solved problem.

Teacher's Note:
1. Means-ends analysis is Newell and Simon's strategy.
2. Functional fixedness is a barrier, not a strategy.

Question 5: Assertion (A): A teacher should explore the students' 'naive' theories about concepts to be taught and build the lesson upon them.
Reason (R): Students' 'naive' theories are a kind of alternative conception and are valuable for advanced learning.
Choose the correct option:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) Both (A) and (R) are false
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Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Explanation:
1. Both statements are true.
2. Because naive theories are valuable for advanced learning, teachers should build on them, so (R) explains (A).

Teacher's Note:
1. Prior conceptions are the base of new learning.
2. Test whether (R) gives the reason for (A).

Question 6: Assertion (A): Schools should promote pedagogies which don't emphasize on mere reproduction of materials learnt.
Reason (R): Emotions and cognition are independent of each other.
Choose the correct option:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) Both (A) and (R) are false
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Answer: (c) (A) is true but (R) is false

Explanation:
1. (A) is true: pedagogy should aim at understanding, not reproduction.
2. (R) is false: emotions and cognition are interrelated.

Teacher's Note:
1. Emotions affect attention, memory and motivation.
2. Treat 'independent' claims about emotion and cognition as false.

Question 7: Learning gets influenced by:
(i) classroom environment
(ii) availability of resources
(iii) pedagogy of teacher
(iv) readiness level of students
(a) (i) only
(b) (i), (ii) only
(c) (i), (ii), (iii) only
(d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
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Answer: (d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Explanation:
1. Learning is affected by environment, resources, teaching methods and learner readiness.
2. So all four factors influence it.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learning is influenced by both learner and context factors.
2. In 'all of the above' items, check each statement.

Question 8: A conducive teaching-learning environment requires:
(a) maximization of threats
(b) minimization of distractions
(c) ignorance of individual differences
(d) rigid pedagogical practices
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Answer: (b) minimization of distractions

Explanation:
1. A good environment is safe and focused.
2. Minimising distractions helps attention; threats and rigidity harm learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learning needs psychological safety.
2. Flexibility and respect for differences are important.

Question 9: Which of the following statement is correct about principles of child development?
(a) Development occurs from central part of the body toward peripheries.
(b) Development is not influenced by heredity and environment.
(c) Development in one domain doesn't have any influence on development in other domains.
(d) Development is purely quantitative and can be measured precisely.
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Answer: (a) Development occurs from central part of the body toward peripheries.

Explanation:
1. Development follows the proximodistal principle: from the centre of the body outwards.
2. Heredity and environment both influence it, domains are interrelated and development is also qualitative.

Teacher's Note:
1. Cephalocaudal means head to toe; proximodistal means centre to periphery.
2. Other options use absolute wording.

Question 10: Concrete operational stage in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development corresponds to the age group –
(a) Birth - 2 years
(b) 2 - 7 years
(c) 7 - 11 years
(d) Above 11 years
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Answer: (c) 7 - 11 years

Explanation:
1. Piaget's stages: sensorimotor 0-2, preoperational 2-7, concrete operational 7-11, formal operational 11+.
2. So concrete operational is 7-11 years.

Teacher's Note:
1. Memorise the four age bands in order.
2. Conservation is mastered in the concrete operational stage.

Question 11: Lev Vygotsky's ideas on language and thought suggest that –
(a) language guides cognitive development.
(b) cognitive development guides language.
(c) there is no relation between language and cognition.
(d) cognition is independent of language.
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Answer: (a) language guides cognitive development.

Explanation:
1. For Vygotsky, language is a cultural tool that shapes thinking.
2. Inner speech guides thought, so language guides cognitive development.

Teacher's Note:
1. Piaget held the reverse: cognition leads language.
2. Vygotsky stressed private speech.

Question 12: According to contemporary policies of Education, which of the following is the most suggested model of schooling for children with disabilities?
(a) Only vocational education
(b) Inclusive education
(c) Separate education
(d) Integrated Education
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Answer: (b) Inclusive education

Explanation:
1. RTE Act, NEP 2020 and the RPwD Act 2016 promote inclusive education.
2. Children with disabilities learn together with peers in regular classrooms.

Teacher's Note:
1. Inclusion changes the school to fit the child.
2. Integration expects the child to adjust to the school.

Question 13: Which of the following is a hereditary factor which influences development?
(a) Social policies
(b) Educational institutions
(c) Biological maturation
(d) Cultural practices
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Answer: (c) Biological maturation

Explanation:
1. Biological maturation is the genetically programmed unfolding of the body.
2. The others are environmental factors.

Teacher's Note:
1. Heredity covers genes and maturation.
2. Policies, schools and culture are part of the environment.

Question 14: Which of the following is the primary agent of socialization for very young children?
(a) Books
(b) Cinema
(c) Parents' workplace
(d) Family
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Answer: (d) Family

Explanation:
1. Young children spend most of their time with family.
2. Family is the first and primary agent of socialisation.

Teacher's Note:
1. Primary agent: family; secondary: school, peers, media.
2. Books and cinema are not agents in the primary sense.

Question 15: According to Jean Piaget, the combining, arranging, recombining, and rearranging of behaviours and thoughts into coherent systems is called
(a) disequilibration
(b) conceptualisation
(c) organisation
(d) misconception
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Answer: (c) organisation

Explanation:
1. Organisation is the tendency to arrange thoughts and behaviours into coherent systems.
2. It works with adaptation (assimilation and accommodation).

Teacher's Note:
1. Piaget's two tendencies: organisation and adaptation.
2. Disequilibrium is a state of imbalance.

Question 16: Lev Vygotsky gave significant importance to ____ in development of thinking and learning.
(a) Rewards and punishments
(b) Cultural tools
(c) Same ability-based groupings
(d) Advance organisers
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Answer: (b) Cultural tools

Explanation:
1. Vygotsky stressed cultural tools such as language, symbols and counting systems.
2. These shape how children think.

Teacher's Note:
1. Rewards and punishments belong to behaviourism.
2. Advance organisers are Ausubel's idea.

Question 17: In Lev Vygotsky's theory, the strategy of simplifying questions, giving cues, and telling initial steps to solve a question helps them in overcoming the obstacles of solving a given question is referred to as:
(a) Scaffolding
(b) Analogy
(c) Maturation
(d) Socialisation
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Answer: (a) Scaffolding

Explanation:
1. Temporary support such as cues and hints that helps learners within their ZPD is scaffolding.
2. The support is withdrawn as the learner gains competence.

Teacher's Note:
1. Scaffolding is linked with ZPD (term coined by Wood, Bruner and Ross).
2. Support should be gradually removed.

Question 18: Which of the following aspect should be promoted by a teacher among her students?
(a) Passive imitation
(b) Rote memorisation
(c) Knowledge construction
(d) High competition
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Answer: (c) Knowledge construction

Explanation:
1. Learners should build understanding actively.
2. Passive imitation, rote memory and high competition do not promote meaningful learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. NCF and NEP favour constructivist learning.
2. Rote learning is discouraged.

Question 19: As per recent conceptualisation of intelligence, Intelligence Quotient (IQ) tests are not appropriate to assess an individual's intelligence because they are often
(a) valid
(b) reliable
(c) culturally biased
(d) comprehensive
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Answer: (c) culturally biased

Explanation:
1. IQ tests often favour certain cultural and language groups.
2. They also measure a narrow range of abilities.

Teacher's Note:
1. Valid, reliable and comprehensive are positive traits.
2. Gardner's multiple intelligences go beyond IQ.

Question 20: Language and thought ______.
(a) interact in many significant ways
(b) develop independent of each other
(c) have no influence on an individual's development
(d) interact only in a fixed and uniform way
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Answer: (a) interact in many significant ways

Explanation:
1. Language and thought influence each other in many ways.
2. Both Piaget and Vygotsky accepted a relationship, though they differ on the direction.

Teacher's Note:
1. Absolute options like 'independent' and 'no influence' are wrong.
2. Piaget and Vygotsky differ on which leads.

Question 21: To promote inclusion in education, a teacher should create a class environment which ______.
(a) nurtures acceptance of diversity
(b) promotes stereotypes and labelling
(c) nurtures entity belief about ability
(d) promotes competitive feeling among students
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Answer: (a) nurtures acceptance of diversity

Explanation:
1. Inclusion requires respect for all kinds of differences.
2. Stereotyping, labelling and fixed ability beliefs exclude learners.

Teacher's Note:
1. Encourage a growth mindset, not entity belief.
2. Cooperation is better than competition for inclusion.

Question 22: To utilise assessment as 'Assessment for learning', it should be done mainly:
(a) as an on-going activity
(b) after completion of half syllabus
(c) at end of the session only
(d) at beginning of the session only
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Answer: (a) as an on-going activity

Explanation:
1. Assessment for learning is formative and continuous.
2. It gives feedback during teaching to improve learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. Summative assessment is assessment of learning.
2. Use ongoing observation, tasks and feedback.

Question 23: Which of the following questions will be helpful in promoting critical thinking among students?
(a) What is the formula of (a + b)²?
(b) Who was India's first President?
(c) How can we avoid water crisis in future?
(d) On which date is Children's Day celebrated?
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Answer: (c) How can we avoid water crisis in future?

Explanation:
1. Critical thinking needs analysis, reasoning and problem solving.
2. Only the water crisis question is open-ended; the others ask for recall.

Teacher's Note:
1. Open-ended 'how' and 'why' questions build higher-order thinking.
2. Factual recall questions test memory.

Question 24: Which of the following factors influence learning?
(i) Motivation
(ii) Social context
(iii) Emotions
(iv) Pedagogical approaches
(a) (i), (ii), (iv)
(b) (i), (iii), (iv)
(c) (ii), (iii)
(d) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
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Answer: (d) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

Explanation:
1. Motivation, social context, emotions and pedagogy all influence learning.
2. So all four apply.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learning is influenced by many learner and context factors.
2. When all statements are true, pick 'all of these'.

Question 25: Which domain of development relates to intellectual abilities such as attention, memory, problem solving, imagination and creativity?
(a) Emotional domain
(b) Cognitive domain
(c) Social domain
(d) Physical domain
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Answer: (b) Cognitive domain

Explanation:
1. Attention, memory, problem solving and creativity are mental processes.
2. They belong to the cognitive domain.

Teacher's Note:
1. Cognitive: thinking; emotional: feelings; social: relationships; physical: body.
2. Domains are interrelated.

Question 26: In a progressive classroom –
(a) teaching is textbook-centric.
(b) emphasis is placed on summative assessment.
(c) learners play an active part in their learning.
(d) teachers use rewards and punishment to direct children's learning.
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Answer: (c) learners play an active part in their learning.

Explanation:
1. Progressive education is child-centred and activity-based.
2. Learners take an active part in learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. Dewey is associated with progressive education.
2. Textbook-centric and reward-punishment approaches are traditional.

Question 27: For successful inclusion of students belonging to disadvantaged groups, it is important to
(a) teach them in a separate section only.
(b) promote sense of belonging among them.
(c) ignore the social-cultural context of these students.
(d) make tuition-taking after school compulsory for them.
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Answer: (b) promote sense of belonging among them.

Explanation:
1. Inclusion needs a sense of belonging and acceptance.
2. Segregation, ignoring context and compulsory tuition do not help.

Teacher's Note:
1. Separate sections are segregation.
2. Respect for learners' contexts is key.

Question 28: Students with Dyscalculia are likely to face challenge in
(a) Mathematics
(b) Singing
(c) Running
(d) Drawing
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Answer: (a) Mathematics

Explanation:
1. Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability in mathematics.
2. It affects number sense and calculation.

Teacher's Note:
1. Dyslexia: reading; dysgraphia: writing; dyscalculia: maths.
2. Support with concrete materials.

Question 29: Which of the following is a typical characteristic of students with Autism?
(a) Repetitive behaviour
(b) Cognitive flexibility
(c) High communicable skills
(d) Urge for frequent changes in routine
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Answer: (a) Repetitive behaviour

Explanation:
1. Autism involves repetitive behaviours and restricted interests.
2. Children usually have limited flexibility, communication difficulty and prefer routine.

Teacher's Note:
1. Structured routines help students with autism.
2. It is a spectrum, so traits vary.

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