1. The term 'curriculum' in the field of education refers to
(1) methods of teaching and the content to be taught (2) overall programme of the school which students experience on a day-to-day basis (3) evaluation process (4) text-material to be used in the class Ans: (2)
2. At lower classes, play-way method of teaching is based on (1) theory of physcial education programmes (2) principles of methods of teaching (3) psychological principles of development and growth (4) sociological principles of teaching Ans: (3)
3. "A young child responds to a new situation on the basis of the response made by him/her in a similar situation as in the past." This is related to
(1) 'Law of Analogy' of learning (2) 'Law of Effect' of learning (3) 'Law of Attitude' of learning process (4) 'Law of Readiness' of learning Ans: (2)
4. 'Dyslexia' is associated with
(1) Mental disorder (2) Mathematical disorder (3) Reading disorder (4) Behavioural disorder Ans: (3)
5. Education of children with special needs should be provided
(1) along with other normal children (2) by methods developed for special children in special Schools (3) in special school (4) by special teachers in special schools Ans: (1)
6. To make assessment a 'useful and interesting' process, one should be careful about
(1) making comparisons between different students (2) labelling students as intelligent or average learners (3) using a variety of ways' to collect information about the student's learning across the scholastic and co-scholastic boundaries (4) using technical language to give feedback Ans: (3)
7. ____ is not considered a sign of 'being gifted'.
(1) Creative ideas (2) Fighting with others (3) Novelty in expression (4) Curiosity Ans: (2)
8."Children actively construct their understanding of the world" is a statement attributed to
(1) Piaget (2) Pavlov (3) Kohlberg (4) Skinner Ans: (1)
9. Kritika who does not talk much at home, talks a lot at school. It shows that
(1) the school provides opportunities to children to talk a lot (2) teachers demand that children should talk a lot at school (3) she does not like her home at all (4) her thoughts get acknowledged at school Ans: (4)
10. A teacher should make an attempt to understand the potentialities of herlhis students. Which of the following fields is related to this objective?
(1) Educational Sociology (2) Social Philosophy (3) Media - Psychology (4) Educational Psychology Ans: (4)
11. Motivation, in the process of learning,
(1) sharpens the memory of learners (2) differentiates new. learning from old learning (3) makes learners think unidirectionally (4) creates interest for learning among young learners Ans: (4)
12. Learning can be enriched if
(1) situations from the real world are brought into the class in which students interact with each other and the teacher facilitates (2) more and more teaching aids are used in the class (3) teachers use different types of lectures and explanation (4) due attention is paid to periodic tests in the class
Ans: (1)
13. Which of the following statements cannot be considered as a feature of the process of learning?
(1) Educational institutions are the only place where learning takes place (2) Learning is a comprehensive process (3) Learning is goal-oriented (4) Unlearning is also a learning process Ans: (1)
14. A student of V-grade with 'visual deficiency' should be
(1) excused to do a lower level of work (2) helped with hislher routine-work by parents and friends (3) treated normally in the classroom and provided support through Audio CDs (4) given special treatment III the classroom Ans: (3)
15. Which of the following should be considered the most important quality of a teacher at primary level ?
(1) Eagerness to teach (2) Patience and perseverance (3) Competence in methods of teaching and knowledge of subjects (4) Competence to teach in highly standardised language
Ans 2




Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriateoption.

1. Absenteeism can be tackled by :
(1) teaching (2) punishing the students (3) giving the sweets (4) contacting the parents

2. Discipline means:
(1) strict-behaviour (2) severe punishment (3) obedience (4) going by the rules

3. If any girl child does not corne to school regularly you will
(1) no bother (2) struck off her name (3) complain to the Principal (4) meet the parents and en-courage them .
4. In co-education you want't to : (1) make separate rows of boys and girls (2) you give preference to boys over girls (3) you. give preference to none (4) you deal according to need
5. One of the basic priniclples of socializing Individuals is :
(1) religion (2) caste (3) educational (4) imitation
6. Which of the' skills do you consider most essential for a teacher?
(1) Oration skills (2) Listening skills (3) Managerial skills,
(4) Teaching skills
7. Which of the' skills do you consider most essential for a teacher?
(1) encourage children to search for knowledge (2) have all the information for the children (3) ability to make children memorize materials (4) enable children to do well in tests
8. Which of the' skills do you consider most essential for a teacher?
(1) identify gifted children (2) have an understanding of all children abilities (3) identify children with learning disabilities (4) none of the above
9. Which of the' skills do you consider most essential for a teacher?
(1) Ability to help children understand texts thoroughly (2) ability to help children do all the exercises (3) ability to raise possible actions from the texts (4) ability to help children from their own opinions on the text
10. Which of the' skills do you consider most essential for a teacher?
(1) to communicate well {2) to use difficult language (3) to impress students (4) to read out the textbook
11. Success in developing values is mainly dependent upon:
(1) government (2) Society (3) Family (4) Teacher
12. Good reading aims at developing:
(l) understanding (2) Pronunciation (3) Sensitivity (4) Increasing factual knowledge
13. The primary duty of a teacher is to be responsible to his/her:
(1) family (2) students (3) society (4) nation
14. Which of the following is not related to educational achievement?
(1) Heredity (2) Experiences (3) Practice (4) Self learning
15. One of,the students of a class hardly talks in the class. How would you encourage him to express himself?
(1) By orgariising discussions (2) By encouraging children to take part in classroom activities (3) By organizing educational games/ programmes in which - children feel like speaking- (4) By giving good marks to those who express them'selves well

Answers: 1.4, 2. 4, 3. 4, 4. 4, 5. 3, 5. 4, 7. 1, 8. 2, 9. 4, 10. 1, 11. 3, 12. 1, 13. 2, 14. 1, 15. 3