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Question 1: Assertion (A): In a progressive classroom the teacher should be didactic and keep the children in control by maintaining 'pin-drop' silence.
Reason (R): Children learn only when teachers exercise total control over them.
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: (d) Both (A) and (R) are false

Explanation:
1. A progressive classroom is interactive and child-centred, not didactic with pin-drop silence, so (A) is false.
2. Children learn through interaction and activity, not total control, so (R) is false.

Teacher's Note:
1. Progressive classrooms welcome talk, questions and activity.
2. Extreme words like 'only' and 'total' signal falsehood.

Question 2: Individuals with ______ are able to make connections based on their prior knowledge and are drawn to categorization, patterning, and relationships between ideas.
(a) Logico-mathematical intelligence
(b) Bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence
(c) Interpersonal intelligence
(d) Linguistic intelligence
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Answer: (a) Logico-mathematical intelligence

Explanation:
1. Logical-mathematical intelligence involves reasoning, patterns, categories and relationships.
2. The other intelligences concern movement, people and language.

Teacher's Note:
1. Typical careers: scientists, mathematicians, programmers.
2. Link keywords (patterns, categories) to the intelligence.

Question 3: A teacher's remark in a co-education class to boys, "Be brave and don't behave weakly like girls", would encourage:
(a) gender equity
(b) gender stereotyping
(c) gender role flexibility
(d) gender equality
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Answer: (b) gender stereotyping

Explanation:
1. The remark portrays girls as weak and boys as brave.
2. This reinforces fixed gender roles, which is stereotyping.

Teacher's Note:
1. Teachers should avoid gendered comparisons.
2. Stereotypes limit both boys and girls.

Question 4: Which of the following questions promotes critical thinking rather than mere recall of information?
(a) In which year was the last census held?
(b) Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?
(c) Who was the first President of India?
(d) How can democratic ideals be promoted in a society?
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Answer: (d) How can democratic ideals be promoted in a society?

Explanation:
1. The first three questions ask for a single fact that is simply recalled.
2. 'How can democratic ideals be promoted?' needs analysis, reasoning and application.

Teacher's Note:
1. Open-ended 'how' and 'why' questions build higher-order thinking.
2. Fact-based 'who, when, where' questions test recall.

Question 5: Assessment should be reported in such a manner that -
(a) it reflects what the student cannot do
(b) it specifies the student's performance in comparison to the others
(c) it details what and how the student has been learning
(d) it describes the student with appropriate labels such as slow learner, intelligent etc.
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Answer: (c) it details what and how the student has been learning

Explanation:
1. Reports should give useful feedback on what and how the child has learned.
2. Comparison with others, deficit-focus and labelling harm self-esteem and do not guide learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. NCF and RTE discourage comparison and labelling.
2. Descriptive feedback is better than marks alone.

Question 6: The purpose of inclusive education is ______
(a) isolation of learners with special needs
(b) special education of learners with special needs
(c) to bring the students with special needs up to the grade level of students without special needs
(d) to ensure that all learners have a right to get education in a regular school system
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Answer: (d) to ensure that all learners have a right to get education in a regular school system

Explanation:
1. Inclusive education means all children learn together in the regular school.
2. Isolation and separate special education are the opposite of inclusion.

Teacher's Note:
1. Inclusion is a right, not a favour.
2. RTE and RPwD Act support education in regular schools.

Question 7: Which period of development comprises each of the following characteristics: establishment of independence, development of identity and abstract thinking?
(a) Middle childhood
(b) Late childhood
(c) Adolescence
(d) Early Adulthood
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Answer: (c) Adolescence

Explanation:
1. Adolescence is the period of identity formation (Erikson).
2. It also brings independence and formal, abstract thinking (Piaget).

Teacher's Note:
1. Adolescence: identity vs role confusion.
2. Abstract thinking begins around 11-12 years.

Question 8: In a progressive classroom, a teacher facilitates the children to work in groups to achieve a common learning task. This will promote ______ among students.
(a) competition
(b) cooperative learning
(c) rivalry
(d) frustration
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Answer: (b) cooperative learning

Explanation:
1. Working together on a common task is cooperative learning.
2. Competition and rivalry arise when students work against each other.

Teacher's Note:
1. Cooperative learning supports Vygotsky's social construction.
2. A shared goal is the key feature.

Question 9: A learning difficulty marked by low span of attention, impulsiveness and a low tolerance for frustration is referred to as -
(a) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(b) Autism
(c) Visual Impairment
(d) Dyscalculia
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Answer: (a) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Explanation:
1. ADHD involves inattention, impulsiveness and hyperactivity.
2. Autism concerns social communication; dyscalculia concerns maths.

Teacher's Note:
1. Remember the three ADHD signs: inattention, impulsivity, hyperactivity.
2. Seat the child near the teacher and give short tasks.

Question 10: A student is likely to experience ______ when attribution for success is considered internal and ______ when attribution for failure is considered external.
(a) Anxiety, Relief
(b) Shame, Gratitude
(c) Pride, Anger
(d) Gratitude, Joy
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Answer: (c) Pride, Anger

Explanation:
1. Attributing success to oneself brings pride.
2. Blaming failure on outside factors tends to bring anger (Weiner).

Teacher's Note:
1. Internal success gives pride; internal failure gives guilt or shame.
2. External success gives gratitude.

Question 11: For successful inclusion of students belonging to disadvantaged groups the teachers should:
(a) include aspects of their culture through various activities.
(b) discourage them to take part in cultural activities and ask them to focus on studies.
(c) encourage them to take part in cultural activities but not on studies.
(d) gently ask the parents to enrol children in home tuitions
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Answer: (a) include aspects of their culture through various activities.

Explanation:
1. Including students' culture in activities makes them feel valued and part of the class.
2. The other options sideline them or their culture.

Teacher's Note:
1. Culturally responsive teaching builds belonging.
2. Value learners' backgrounds.

Question 12: A teacher should support inclusion of students belonging to disadvantaged groups by:
(a) creating a classroom ethos where differences are accepted and every child is valued.
(b) identifying children's academic abilities and always grouping children of the same ability together
(c) segregating children into groups based on their caste.
(d) promoting them to reproduce textbook knowledge even if it is meaningless to them.
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Answer: (a) creating a classroom ethos where differences are accepted and every child is valued.

Explanation:
1. Inclusion needs an atmosphere where differences are accepted and every child is valued.
2. Ability grouping, caste segregation and rote reproduction exclude or limit learners.

Teacher's Note:
1. Classroom ethos matters as much as methods.
2. Avoid fixed groupings.

Question 13: A child's intelligence test score shows that she is above average, she is regular and active in class. Her mathematics grades and writing skill are good, but when given the task of reading aloud her performance is poor. The child is likely to have:
(a) Dysgraphia
(b) Dyscalculia
(c) Dyslexia
(d) Autism
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Answer: (c) Dyslexia

Explanation:
1. Her intelligence, maths and writing are fine.
2. Only reading is poor, which points to dyslexia.

Teacher's Note:
1. Specific learning disabilities occur despite normal intelligence.
2. Dysgraphia and dyscalculia are ruled out by good writing and maths.

Question 14: What is creativity?
(a) Ability to repetitively perform an action without being bored.
(b) Ability to rote memorize long passages.
(c) Ability to think divergently.
(d) Ability to copy and imitate others as it is
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Answer: (c) Ability to think divergently.

Explanation:
1. Creativity is producing new and original ideas.
2. This depends on divergent thinking (Guilford), not repetition, memorising or copying.

Teacher's Note:
1. Divergent thinking gives many possible answers.
2. Convergent thinking gives one correct answer.

Question 15: ______ is an example of intrinsic motivation.
(a) Studying to get first prize
(b) Learning to satisfy curiosity.
(c) Completing work to get appreciation.
(d) Coming first to get a bicycle.
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Answer: (b) Learning to satisfy curiosity.

Explanation:
1. Intrinsic motivation comes from interest and curiosity within the learner.
2. Prizes, praise and gifts are external rewards.

Teacher's Note:
1. Intrinsic: interest, curiosity, enjoyment.
2. Extrinsic: rewards, praise, marks.

Question 16: Assertion (A): Effective teaching includes forming positive relationships with students and giving importance to their emotional needs.
Reason (R): Emotions and learning are inter-related.
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. Teachers attend to emotional needs because emotions affect learning, so (R) explains (A).

Teacher's Note:
1. Positive emotions support attention and motivation.
2. Check if the reason answers why the assertion holds.

Question 17: Mastery oriented learners:
i. Set learning goals
ii. Believe that ability is stable and permanent
iii. Set very easy or no goals
iv. Seek help and support to facilitate their learning
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iv)
(d) (iii) and (iv)
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Answer: (c) (i) and (iv)

Explanation:
1. Mastery-oriented learners set learning goals and seek help when needed.
2. They believe ability can grow, and do not set very easy goals.

Teacher's Note:
1. Mastery goals focus on understanding; performance goals on looking able.
2. Believing ability is fixed marks helpless learners.

Question 18: Students learn effectively when the teacher:
(a) does not have any expectations from them.
(b) has very low expectations from them.
(c) does not give any autonomy to the students.
(d) focuses on the processes of inquiry through discovery
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Answer: (d) focuses on the processes of inquiry through discovery

Explanation:
1. Inquiry and discovery involve the student actively in learning.
2. No or low expectations and no autonomy limit learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. High, realistic expectations help (Pygmalion effect).
2. Autonomy builds motivation.

Question 19: During the teaching-learning process, children are constantly encouraged by the teacher to create new knowledge through exploration, games, and various practical activities. This is an example of:
(i) A progressive classroom in which children have the opportunity to learn by doing and their active participation.
(ii) A traditional classroom in which there is active participation of teacher rather than students in the teaching-learning process.
(iii) A classroom in which the teacher focuses on child-centred methods of learning rather than textbook knowledge.
(iv) A progressive classroom where the students are expected to be passive recipients of knowledge.
(a) (i), (iii)
(b) (i), (ii)
(c) (iii), (iv)
(d) (ii), (iv)
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Answer: (a) (i), (iii)

Explanation:
1. Exploration, games and activities indicate learning by doing in a progressive, child-centred classroom, so (i) and (iii) fit.
2. (ii) and (iv) describe traditional, passive classrooms.

Teacher's Note:
1. Progressive means active, child-centred.
2. Passive recipients cannot be part of a progressive class.

Question 20: Assertion (A): While teaching a diverse group of learners a teacher should not have any discussion regarding the social and cultural context of students.
Reason (R): Social and cultural contexts do not play any role in 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: (d) Both (A) and (R) are false.

Explanation:
1. Social and cultural contexts strongly affect learning, so (R) is false.
2. Teachers should connect lessons to learners' contexts, so (A) is false.

Teacher's Note:
1. Vygotsky emphasised culture in learning.
2. Use students' backgrounds as a resource.

Question 21: To facilitate deeper long-lasting understanding amongst the students a teacher should:
(a) Focus on memorisation of concepts.
(b) Use the methods of direct instruction.
(c) Make provisions for materials to facilitate learning by doing.
(d) Make verbal presentations and discourage questioning by children.
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Answer: (c) Make provisions for materials to facilitate learning by doing.

Explanation:
1. Learning by doing with materials builds understanding that lasts.
2. Memorisation, direct instruction and discouraging questions lead to shallow learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. Hands-on experience links to prior knowledge.
2. Rote learning is quickly forgotten.

Question 22: Rearranging schemas and linking them with other schemas to create a strongly interconnected cognitive system in Piaget's theory is referred to as
(a) Assimilation
(b) Accommodation
(c) Organization
(d) Maturation
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Answer: (c) Organization

Explanation:
1. Organisation is the tendency to arrange schemas into an interconnected system.
2. Assimilation fits new information into existing schemas; accommodation changes schemas.

Teacher's Note:
1. Piaget's processes: organisation and adaptation (assimilation + accommodation).
2. Organisation is about linking schemas.

Question 23: Intelligence is ______ according to Howard Gardner.
(a) a positive change in behaviour
(b) a negative change in behaviour
(c) the ability to produce original products
(d) a set of several distinct abilities
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Answer: (d) a set of several distinct abilities

Explanation:
1. Gardner proposed multiple intelligences.
2. So intelligence is a set of several distinct abilities.

Teacher's Note:
1. Gardner's theory is called Multiple Intelligences.
2. Original products relate to creativity.

Question 24: In a class having learners from various linguistic identities, a teacher should practise:
(a) Multilingualism
(b) Segregation
(c) Labelling
(d) Stereotyping
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Answer: (a) Multilingualism

Explanation:
1. Multilingualism uses and respects the languages of all learners.
2. Segregation, labelling and stereotyping exclude learners.

Teacher's Note:
1. NEP 2020 and NCF promote multilingual education.
2. Use the home language as a resource.

Question 25: A group of children enact scenes from a popular dance reality show in their play. As a judge, 8-year-old Sana gives comments on other children's dances. This situation highlights the important role of ______ in the socialization of children.
(a) religious institutions
(b) Family
(c) Media
(d) School
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Answer: (c) Media

Explanation:
1. The play is copied from a TV reality show.
2. The influence comes from media.

Teacher's Note:
1. Media is a powerful agency of socialisation.
2. Match the source of behaviour with the agency.

Question 26: Which of the following illustrates a constructivist learning approach in a progressive classroom?
(a) Multiple perspectives and collaborative construction of knowledge
(b) Rote memorization and verbatim recall
(c) Rewards and punishment
(d) Repeated drill and practice
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Answer: (a) Multiple perspectives and collaborative construction of knowledge

Explanation:
1. Constructivism encourages learners to build knowledge using multiple perspectives and discussion.
2. Rote recall, rewards and punishment, and drill are behaviourist.

Teacher's Note:
1. Constructivism: active, social, meaning-making.
2. Other options are behaviourist techniques.

Question 27: A student is unable to pay attention in class, becomes distracted easily, can't sit in the assigned seat, fidgets and loses things. These characteristics are indicative of
(a) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(b) Visual impairment
(c) Dyslexia
(d) Dysgraphia
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Answer: (a) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Explanation:
1. Inattention, distractibility, restlessness and losing things are signs of ADHD.
2. The other conditions concern vision, reading and writing.

Teacher's Note:
1. Look for the combination of inattention and hyperactivity.
2. Support with structure and short tasks.

Question 28: Which of the following are secondary agencies of socialization?
(i) Books and magazines
(ii) Immediate family
(iii) Media
(iv) School
(a) (iii), (iv)
(b) (ii), (iv)
(c) (i), (iii), (iv)
(d) (ii), (iii), (iv)
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Answer: (c) (i), (iii), (iv)

Explanation:
1. The family is the primary agency.
2. Books and magazines, media and school are secondary agencies.

Teacher's Note:
1. Primary: family. Secondary: school, peers, media, books.
2. Immediate family is always primary.

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