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Question 1: Students play a/an _____ role in the process of knowledge construction.
(a) active
(b) passive
(c) docile
(d) insignificant
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Answer: (a) active

Explanation:
1. In constructivism learners actively build their own knowledge.
2. Passive, docile or insignificant roles contradict this.

Teacher's Note:
1. Knowledge is constructed, not transmitted.
2. Active participation is the key word.

Question 2: Which of the following learning disability directly affects the ability to perform mathematical calculations?
(a) Dyscalculia
(b) Dysgraphia
(c) Dyslexia
(d) Dyspraxia
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Answer: (a) Dyscalculia

Explanation:
1. Dyscalculia is difficulty with numbers and calculations.
2. Dysgraphia affects writing, dyslexia reading and dyspraxia motor coordination.

Teacher's Note:
1. Calc in 'dyscalculia' hints at calculation.
2. Learn the four 'dys' terms as a set.

Question 3: Which of the following is promoted by constructivist approach for learning?
(a) Expository teaching
(b) Inquiry-based learning
(c) Lecture method of teaching
(d) Rote memorization
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Answer: (b) Inquiry-based learning

Explanation:
1. Constructivism encourages students to explore, question and build understanding.
2. Expository, lecture and rote methods are teacher-centred transmission.

Teacher's Note:
1. Inquiry, discovery and collaboration are constructivist methods.
2. Lecture and rote are the usual wrong options.

Question 4: A child learns to hop and jump before learning to play football. Which principle of development does this illustrate?
(a) Cephalocaudal
(b) Proximodistal
(c) Reversibility
(d) Equilibration
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Answer: (b) Proximodistal

Explanation:
1. Gross, whole-body movement develops before fine, specific skills, following centre-to-outward development (proximodistal/general to specific).
2. Cephalocaudal is head-to-toe, and the other two are Piagetian terms.

Teacher's Note:
1. Proximodistal: from the centre of the body outward.
2. Option b was misspelt 'Pronimodistal' in the source.

Question 5: Although domains of development are interrelated yet development of intellectual abilities such as logical reasoning are a significant part of study under ___ domain of development.
(a) Emotional
(b) Physical
(c) Cognitive
(d) Social
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Answer: (c) Cognitive

Explanation:
1. The cognitive domain covers thinking, reasoning and problem solving.
2. The other domains deal with feelings, body and relationships.

Teacher's Note:
1. Cognitive = intellectual abilities.
2. Piaget's theory belongs to this domain.

Question 6: During childhood which of the following agency acts as primary agency of socialisation for children?
(a) Social media
(b) Family
(c) Law
(d) Religious organisations
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Answer: (b) Family

Explanation:
1. The family is the first group a child interacts with.
2. It shapes basic values, language and behaviour.

Teacher's Note:
1. Primary agent = family; secondary agents = school, peers, media.
2. Remember the order of influence in childhood.

Question 7: According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, at which stage do children begin to remember events in correct sequence of past, present and future?
(a) Sensorimotor
(b) Preoperational
(c) Concrete operational
(d) Formal operational
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Answer: (c) Concrete operational

Explanation:
1. In the concrete operational stage (7–11 years) children think logically about concrete events.
2. They can order events in time and understand sequence.

Teacher's Note:
1. Seriation, classification and conservation also appear at this stage.
2. Preoperational thinking is still centred on the present.

Question 8: According to Lawrence Kohlberg, individuals at ______ stage judge their and other's actions in terms of needs and wants.
(a) Obedience and punishment orientation
(b) Good boy-Good girl orientation
(c) Law and order orientation
(d) Instrumental purpose orientation
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Answer: (d) Instrumental purpose orientation

Explanation:
1. At the instrumental purpose (instrumental relativist) stage, actions are right if they satisfy one's own needs and sometimes others'.
2. It is based on 'you scratch my back, I scratch yours'.

Teacher's Note:
1. This is Stage 2 of the preconventional level.
2. Link needs and wants with exchange of favours.

Question 9: Lev Vygotsky emphasised on the importance of ____ and ____ in the process of cognitive development.
(a) cultural tools and punishment
(b) psychological tools and rewards
(c) social interactions and discussions
(d) biological maturation and competition
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Answer: (c) social interactions and discussions

Explanation:
1. Vygotsky stressed that cognition develops through social interaction and dialogue.
2. Punishment, rewards, maturation and competition are not his central emphases.

Teacher's Note:
1. Vygotsky: social, cultural, language and scaffolding.
2. Maturation as the main driver is more Piagetian.

Question 10: Which of the following is advocated in progressive education?
(a) Teacher-centered pedagogy
(b) Self-assessment by learner
(c) Standardised curriculum
(d) Conditioning of behaviour
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Answer: (b) Self-assessment by learner

Explanation:
1. Progressive education is learner-centred and promotes autonomy, so self-assessment fits.
2. Teacher-centred pedagogy, standardisation and conditioning belong to traditional approaches.

Teacher's Note:
1. Progressive education is associated with Dewey.
2. It values activity, experience and learner responsibility.

Question 11: Anita is performing really well in the domain of solving puzzles and problems requiring reasoning such as cause and effect relationships. As per Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence, Anita possesses high level of ______ kind of intelligence.
(a) logical-mathematical
(b) musical
(c) bodily-kinesthetic
(d) interpersonal
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Answer: (a) logical-mathematical

Explanation:
1. Reasoning, puzzles and cause-effect relationships indicate logical-mathematical intelligence.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match the skill to the intelligence in Gardner's list.
2. Logical-mathematical includes scientific and numerical reasoning.

Question 12: Assertion (A): A teacher should encourage students to verbalise their thought process and the ideas while working on a task.
Reason (R): Private speech hinders development of higher-order cognitive skills among students.
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: thinking aloud supports learning.
2. R is false: per Vygotsky, private speech helps self-regulation and higher-order thinking.

Teacher's Note:
1. Private speech is a tool for thought, not a hindrance.
2. Check each statement separately first.

Question 13: A teacher is interested in understanding the learning progress of students on regular basis without comparison with each other. She should use ______ assessment.
(a) formative
(b) summative
(c) discontinuous form of
(d) norm-referenced
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Answer: (a) formative

Explanation:
1. Formative assessment is ongoing and monitors progress.
2. Norm-referenced assessment compares students and summative is end-of-term.

Teacher's Note:
1. Regular and non-comparative means formative, criterion-based.
2. Formative assessment is assessment for learning.

Question 14: In order to develop a sense of belonging among all students, a teacher should
(a) give examples that are likely to activate stereotypes.
(b) celebrate festivals of dominant cultures only.
(c) ignore experiences of students belonging to subordinate groups.
(d) inculcate respect of diversity and individual differences.
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Answer: (d) inculcate respect of diversity and individual differences.

Explanation:
1. Respecting diversity makes every child feel included.
2. The other options exclude or stereotype groups.

Teacher's Note:
1. Inclusion needs equal respect for all cultures.
2. Eliminate options that favour one group.

Question 15: A mother notices that one of her twins is progressing more quickly in learning to walk, than the other. Which principle of development is associated with this variation in learning?
(a) Development proceeds from head to toe among individuals.
(b) Development proceeds stage by stage among everyone.
(c) Development proceeds at different pace among different individuals.
(d) Development proceeds from general to specific in everyone.
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Answer: (c) Development proceeds at different pace among different individuals.

Explanation:
1. The twins differ in speed, which shows individual differences in rate of development.

Teacher's Note:
1. Each child has a unique pace of growth.
2. Directional principles do not explain differences in rate.

Question 16: Development is dependent upon
(i) Genetic dispositions
(ii) Socio-cultural practices
(iii) Physical environment
(a) (i) only
(b) (i) and (ii) only
(c) (ii) and (iii) only
(d) (i), (ii) and (iii)
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Answer: (d) (i), (ii) and (iii)

Explanation:
1. Development depends on heredity and on socio-cultural and physical environment together.

Teacher's Note:
1. Nature and nurture interact.
2. Be wary of 'only' options.

Question 17: According to Jean Piaget's theory of Cognitive development, at which stage should a teacher give problems to solve requiring 'seriation'?
(a) Sensorimotor
(b) Preoperational
(c) Concrete operational
(d) Formal operational
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Answer: (c) Concrete operational

Explanation:
1. Seriation (ordering objects by size, weight etc.) is a logical operation mastered in the concrete operational stage.

Teacher's Note:
1. Concrete operational: conservation, classification, seriation.
2. Use concrete materials at this stage.

Question 18: Manish, a 6-year-old boy, tends to see the world and the experiences of others from his own viewpoint only and fails to consider other's viewpoints. This represents:
(a) Conservation
(b) Egocentrism
(c) Reversible thinking
(d) Scientific reasoning
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Answer: (b) Egocentrism

Explanation:
1. Seeing things only from one's own viewpoint is egocentrism, typical of the preoperational stage (2–7 years).

Teacher's Note:
1. Egocentrism is seen in the three-mountain task.
2. Conservation and reversibility come later.

Question 19: According to Lawrence Kohlberg an individual at Law and Order orientation of moral development will believe that
(a) Laws and rules must be obeyed to please others.
(b) Laws and authorities must be obeyed so that social system is maintained.
(c) Laws and rules must be obeyed to avoid punishment.
(d) Laws and rules must be obeyed only if they fulfil our needs.
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Answer: (b) Laws and authorities must be obeyed so that social system is maintained.

Explanation:
1. At the law and order stage, rules are followed to maintain social order.

Teacher's Note:
1. Option a is good boy-good girl; c is punishment; d is instrumental.
2. This is Stage 4, conventional level.

Question 20: Which of the following theory is given by Lev Vygotsky?
(a) Cognitive theory of moral development
(b) Psycho-dynamic theory of personality development
(c) Socio-cultural theory of cognitive development
(d) Developmental theory of attachment
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Answer: (c) Socio-cultural theory of cognitive development

Explanation:
1. Vygotsky proposed the socio-cultural theory of cognitive development.

Teacher's Note:
1. Moral development = Kohlberg; psychodynamic = Freud; attachment = Bowlby.
2. Key terms: ZPD and scaffolding.

Question 21: In a progressive classroom, students' focus should be on _________.
(a) competing with their peers
(b) rote memorising as much as possible
(c) winning tangible rewards such as trophy
(d) constructing the knowledge with active participation
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Answer: (d) constructing the knowledge with active participation

Explanation:
1. Progressive classrooms stress active participation and construction of knowledge.

Teacher's Note:
1. Competition and rote learning are traditional.
2. Active, experiential learning is the aim.

Question 22: Which of the following is not one of the multiple intelligences proposed by Howard Gardner?
(a) Linguistic intelligence
(b) Emotional intelligence
(c) Spatial intelligence
(d) Musical intelligence
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Answer: (b) Emotional intelligence

Explanation:
1. Gardner's types include linguistic, spatial and musical.
2. Emotional intelligence was popularised by Goleman; Gardner has interpersonal and intrapersonal.

Teacher's Note:
1. Gardner's list: linguistic, logical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic.
2. Emotional intelligence is not on it.

Question 23: Assertion (A): According to the National Education Policy 2020, all children up to the fifth standard should be given education in their mother tongue.
Reason (R): Young children learn and understand meaningful concepts more quickly in their mother tongue.
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. NEP 2020 recommends mother tongue or home language as medium at least up to Grade 5.
2. The reason for this is that children grasp concepts faster in their mother tongue, so R explains A.

Teacher's Note:
1. NEP says 'at least till Grade 5, preferably till Grade 8'.
2. Research on early language learning supports the policy.

Question 24: In a multicultural classroom, a teacher should
(a) promote cultural practices of dominant group only.
(b) promote cultural practices of disadvantaged groups only.
(c) negatively present cultural practices of dominant group.
(d) respect individual differences of students in terms of their socio-cultural experiences.
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Answer: (d) respect individual differences of students in terms of their socio-cultural experiences.

Explanation:
1. A multicultural classroom values all cultures equally.
2. The other options favour or demean particular groups.

Teacher's Note:
1. Equal respect, not preference, is the principle.
2. Reject any 'only' option.

Question 25: When assessment is done for student's comprehension and understanding of a skill or lesson during the learning and teaching process, it refers to
(a) Assessment for learning
(b) Assessment of learning
(c) Non-continuous evaluation
(d) Summative evaluation
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Answer: (a) Assessment for learning

Explanation:
1. Assessment during teaching to guide and improve learning is assessment for learning (formative).
2. Assessment of learning and summative evaluation come at the end.

Teacher's Note:
1. For learning = during; of learning = after.
2. Formative and for-learning go together.

Question 26: To cater to children from disadvantaged background, a teacher should
(a) give them a lot of all written work.
(b) find out more about their context and involve them in class discussion.
(c) make them sit separately in the class.
(d) ignore them as they cannot interact with other students.
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Answer: (b) find out more about their context and involve them in class discussion.

Explanation:
1. Understanding their context and involving them builds inclusion and participation.
2. Segregation, ignoring or overloading them harms learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. Use the child's background as a learning resource.
2. Choose the participatory, respectful option.

Question 27: Which of the following learning disability impacts an individual's ability of balance, manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination?
(a) Dyslexia
(b) Dyscalculia
(c) Dysphasia
(d) Dyspraxia
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Answer: (d) Dyspraxia

Explanation:
1. Dyspraxia is a motor coordination difficulty affecting balance, dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

Teacher's Note:
1. Dyslexia = reading; dyscalculia = maths; dysphasia = language.
2. Praxis means action or movement.

Question 28: Which identifying characteristics are students with Autism likely to have?
(a) communication difficulties
(b) high urge to interact with all
(c) very low IQ levels
(d) advanced social skills
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Answer: (a) communication difficulties

Explanation:
1. Autism is marked by difficulties in communication and social interaction.
2. The other options are the opposite or not defining.

Teacher's Note:
1. Autism is a spectrum, and intelligence varies.
2. Repetitive behaviour is another feature.

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