CTET SST Paper 2 Mock Test Set 21

1. If you are elected as the President of India which of the following decisions can you take on your own?

2. Which would be the best example to challenge students' stereotypes regarding 'gender and occupation?

3. Which of the following are the aims of Mid day meal programme?
A) Increasing enrolment and retention of children in schools.
B) Reinforcing caste prejudices among school children.
C) Reducing hunger and increased concentration in studies.
D) Decreasing the malnutrition levels prevailing among children.
Choose the appropriate option.

4. Read the statements A and B and choose the correct option.
A) In a 'Social & Political life' subject's classroom, the institutions and processes are discussed by incorporating them in the form of fictional narratives, or case-studies or exercises that draw on child's experience.
B) Children learn best through concrete experiences.

5. The following questions are generally used in Social Science classes. Choose those which provide a greater scope for developing of critical thinking?
A. Why is the Salt March considered a symbol of resistance against colonialism?
B. The Salt March was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism. Do you agree with the statement? Justify your answer.
C. Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism.
D. Why did political parties differ sharply over the question of separate electorate?
Choose the correct option.

6. A teacher in Delhi wants her students to find out about the life of people in Sahara Desert. What task/tasks could she give her students for this?
(A) Prepare a project based on secondary sources
(B) Make a field visit
(C) Show a documentary on Sahara Desert
Choose the correct option.

7. A social science teacher assigns students the task of writing a short essay on 'The Great Bengal Famine'. After the students have completed the task, she asks each one to examine their essay by verifying and comparing it using a given criteria. What assessment strategy is the teacher using here?

8. Rhine Valley and Vosges Mountains are example of:

9. Consider the statements A, B and C on tawarikh choose the correct answer.
A. The authors of Tawarikh lived in villages.
B. They wrote their histories for Sultan for rewards.
C. These authors advised rules on the need to preserve social order.

10. During the colonial rule, indentured labourers, were taken from India to work in plantations in which of the following countries:

11. Asteroids are found between the orbits of which planets?

12. Consider the following pairs:
A. Temperate evergreen forest - Hard wood trees
B. Coniferous forests - softwood trees
C. Tropical deciduous forests - Both hardwood and softwood trees.
Which of the pair / pairs above is / are correctly matched?

13. Which of the following is / are true about population pyramid.
(A) Total population is divided into various age groups e.g. 5 to 9 years, 10-14 years and so on.
(B) The percentage of the total population is subdivided into males and females in each group.
(C) The age - sex structure of a population refers only to the number of females in different age groups.

14. The Parliament of India does not include:

15. 27 year old Laxmi from a poor tribal family has begun to change things. She is the first woman engine driver for Northern Railways. She overcame many hardship and studied hard to get a diploma in electronics. She rode motorcycles at the polytechnic and decided to become an engine driver. She is most definitely______

16. Which was the first state to introduce 'mid-day meal scheme' for providing children with cooked lunch in schools?

17. While discussing about various inequalities within the classroom, which of the following points would you primarily focus on?
(A) Make student understand that inequalities are social in nature
(B) Enlist various movement that have taken place to question the inequalities
(C) Emphasis how everyone is equal in a democratic society
(D) Deliver lectures to students on various inequalities
Choose the correct option.

18. Which of the following activities in a history class has the maximum potential for promoting critical thinking skills?
A. Interpreting sources
B. Listening to lectures
C. Sequencing events
D. Asking recall questions
E. Differentiating facts from opinions
Choose the correct option.

19. A social science teacher asks students to collect newspaper articles and magazines clippings on problems faced by urbanised cities. After this she organises a discussion where students present their ideas on the topic based on the information collected. Which pedagogical strategy is the teacher using in the class?

20. Which of the following is correct about major objectives of evaluation in social science?
A. To complete the syllabus
B. To provide continuous feedback to students
C. To gauge students knowledge and abilities
D. To enhance pedagogical strategies

21. Match the following:
         Type of vegetation                       Species of plants
(a) Thorny bushes                             (i) Sundari
(b) Tropical Rain Forests                    (ii) Khair
(c) Tropical Deciduous Forests           (iii) Ebony
(d) Mangrove Forests                        (iv) Neem

22. Consider these statements for types of farming and choose the correct answer.
(A) Low levels of technology is used in mixed farming.
(B) Shifting cultivation is a type of primitive subsistence farming.
(C) Shifting cultivation is also known as 'slash and burn' agriculture.

23. Women in the United States of America got the right to vote after which historical event?

24. Pedagogy of Geography should try to
A. introduce concepts to understand the world we live in.
B. promote an understanding of independence of various regions.
C. sensitize about the conservation of environment and resources

25. A teacher of social sciences is discussing the topic 'manuscript' in her class. Which of the following words could be part of her discussion on the subject?
(a) accounts and taxes
(b) letters and teachings of saints
(c) archives
(d) trabeate

26. If students do not understand what is being taught in a class, the teacher needs to __

27. Which of the following questions attempt to assess metacognitive knowledge?
A. What do the names of different textiles tell us about their histories?
B. Identify a marginalized community in your locality. Write a poem, or song, or draw a poster etc. to express your feelings as a member of this community.
C. What is Indian secularism? List a few important features in the Indian constitution that promotes secularism.
D. Look into the history of any tea plantation in India. Examine how the life of workers in these plantations was similar to or different from that of workers in indigo plantations.
E. What impact did Bahadur Shah Zafar's support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?
Choose from the following options.

28. In which script was Ashoka's inscriptions written?

29. In order to do large scale cultivation in the present day Tamilnadu of 5th and 6th century it was necessary to-

30. Which of the following best explains the reason for burying the dead with their possession?