This test is based upon pstet 2023. it has 30 questions based on Child development and Pedagogy. Pstet Questions are with answers and explanation.
1. What kind of changes brought by development are very difficult to measure ?
(a) Qualitative
(b) Quantitative
(c) General to specific
(d) Specific to general
(a)
2. The laws of heredity are propounded by:
(a) Thorndike1
(b) Mandel
(c) Pavlov
(d) Skinner
3. In a classroom on asking question, a teacher is more willing to listen to and accept the answers from male students rather than their counterparts. Which type of teacher’s behaviour is depicted through this statement?
(a) Gender-equality
(b) Gender-bias
(c) Gender-equity
(d) Gender-concern
4. A person possessing well developed verbal skills and sensitivity to sounds of words, could have a career as a:
(a) Scientists
(b) Athlete
(c) Sculpture
(d) Lawyer
5. According to which theory, teachers and students should engage in an active dialogue?
(a) Teacher-centric
(b) Behaviourism
(c) Social-constructivist
(d) Cognitivist
6. Name the mode of teaching which refers to shaping conduct and skills:
(a) Conditioning
(b) Training
(c) Instruction
(d) Indoctrination
7. In a tri-polar process of teaching, the following three poles are inter-connected except:
(a) The teacher
(b) The pupil
(c) The building
(d) The subject-matter
8. In which concept, the term ‘Proximodostał sequence’ is used?
(a) Growth
(b) Development
(c) Measurement
(d) Assessment
9. The behavioural changes brought about by factors like fatigue, drugs, illness, maturation or emotional situations are: :
(a) Transitory in nature
(b) Permanent in nature
(c) Perpetual in nature
(d) Constant in nature
10. A child as a problem solver evaluates the truth. Which kind of thinking is used by the child?
(a) Logical thinking
(b) Aesthetic thinking
(c) Creative thinking
(d) Reasoning thinking
11. Which type of reinforcement is given at varying Intervals of time or after a varying number of responses?
(a) Fixed ratio reinforcement
(b) Continuous reinforcement
(c) Fixed interval reinforcement
(d) Variable reinforcement
12. An elementary teacher organizes games and sports to encourage interactions among students in a group. The learning strategy used by teacher is
(a) Instructional learning
(b) Environmental learning
(c) Cooperative learning
(d) Reinforcement learning
13. According to Vygotsky, the difference between what a child can do on his own and what can be accomplished with some assistance, is referred as:
(a) Zone of prudential development
(b) Zone of proximal development
(c) Zone of prior development
(d) Zone of possible development
14. According to Maslow’s Theory of Motivation, the lower level of human needs emanates from:
(a) Self-actualization needs
(b) Self-esteem needs
(c) Safety needs
(d) Physiological needs
15. Radha has adequate intelligence and attends quality school with no hindrances but still has difficulty in calculations, logical and mathematical operations. From which type of learning, disability is Radha suffering?
(a) Dyslexia
(b) Dysgraphia
(c) Discalculia
(d) Deterioration
16. A learning strategy is a
(a) Plan formulated by student to achieve a long-term goal,.
(b) Plan formulated by administration to achieve a long- term goal.
(c) Plan formulated by teacher to achieve a long-term goal.
(d) Plan formulated by management to achieve a long-term goal.
17. If the gifted student is allowed to move through two grade levels in a single year, or to skip a grade level altogether or to enter high school or even college before the age typically permits, it stands for:
(a) Accelerated instruction
(b) Enrichment instruction
(c) Differentiated instruction
(d) Teachers instruction
18. ‘A child hears no speech sounds at normal conversational level.’ Identify the level of hearing loss
(measured in Decibels).
(a) 15-20 db
(c) 60-80 db
(b) 20-40 db
(d) 50-60 db
19. What is the premise of Inclusive education?
(a) Education should be provided to only special child.
(b) Education is for only underprivileged section of society.
(c) Education is a basic human right.
(d) Education is for only differentially abled child.
20. The focus of diversity is on:
(a) Accepting all
(b) Accepting handicaps
(c) Accepting disadvantaged groups
(d) Accepting disabled
21. The students who have the ability to use imagination and critical reasoning to generate, design new and meaningful ideas are called:
(a) Disabled students
(b) Creative students
(d) Specially-abled students
(c) Adolescent students
22. Rohan writes 19 as 91 and b as d. This is a case of:
(a) Spatial disability
(c) Physical disability
(b) Learning disability
(d) Visual disability
23. The focus of inclusive education is:
(a) Adopting equality-based practices
(b) Adopting gender-based practices
(c) Adopting marginalized based practices
(d) Adopting equity-based practices
24. Children belonging to disadvantaged groups have special needs due to differences in their:
(a) Demonstrational practices
(b) Cultural practices
(c) Individual practices
(d) Universal practices
25. IDEA stands for:
(a) Individual with Different Education Act.
(b) Individuals with Disability Education Act. (c) Individual with Disability Educational Act.
(d) Individuals with Disabled Education Act.
26. The teacher gives hints in the classroom to help the students in solving problems. Which technique is being used by the teacher?
(a) Meta cognition
(b) Assimilation
(d) Scaffolding
(c) Accommodation
27. Thinking, memory, imagination, creativity and perception are related to which type of development?
(a) Motor development
(b) Language development
(c) Moral development
(d) Social development
28. Which of the following is the purpose of summative assessment?
(a) Focus on product of learning
(b) Focus on process of learning
(c) Focus on improvement of student learning
(d) Focus on giving directions to the teacher
29. The evaluation in a school that covers all aspects of
learner’s development is known as:
(a) Continuous and cognitive evaluation
(b) Continuous and comprehensive evaluation
(c) Consistent and comprehensive evaluation
(d) Consistent and cognitive evaluation
30. According to Piaget’s Developmental Theory, at which stage the child learns to deal with concepts and ideas that exist only in mental terms?
(a) Concrete operational stage
(b) Formal operational stage
(c) Preoperational stage
(d) Sensorimotor stage