Child Development and Pedagogy Quiz 23

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Child Development and Pedagogy is an important subject in CTET & other TET Exam. In any of teaching exam, CDP carries weightage of 30-40 %  of questions, with focused practice good marks can be fetched from this section. These questions are very important in achieving your success in CTET and Other TET Exams.

Q1.  

Women are better than men in handling social responsibilities. This is due to difference in

•  gender
•  culture
•  aesthetic sense
•  memory

Solution
gender

Q2. 

Which of the following is not an acquired trait of a learner?

•  Height
•  Cultural outlook
•  Education
• Manners

Solution
Height

Q3. What determines the individual difference in human beings?

•  The interests of the people
• Heredity and environment
•  Perceptions of the people
•  None of the above

Solution
Heredity and environment

Q4. Which of the following can be the cause for a student not being able to learn a language other than his mother tongue?

•  Not able to understand the role of his mother tongue in learning the another language
•  Unable to understand the nature and structure of the language
• " Inability of the teacher in establishing the correlation between the mother tongue and the new language
•  None of the above

Solution
Unable to understand the nature and structure of the language

Q5.  For a science project, Mr Sharma, the Science teacher, assigned different experiments to be carried out to different students of the class. He believes in the fact that

•  assigning different experiments reduce the chances of cheating
•  this will assess the overall progress of the students of the class
•  there is individual differences among the students
•  the interests of the students will be intact if they perform different tasks ;

Solution
there is individual differences among the students

Q6. It is necessary to value individual differences in the classroom because it is

•  necessary for proper development for all the children
•  the learners' right
•  the teacher's responsibility
• All of the above

Solution
All of the above

Q7. What will you do to help a student who is facing difficulties in understanding a lesson in one of his text books?

• Making him clear in terms of the scope of the language
•  Helping him comprehend the structure of the given language
•  All of the above
•  None of the above

Solution
All of the above

Q8. Consider the following statement(s) about individual differences I. Individual differences due to different family lies in difference in personality. II. Due to difference in the personalities two persons can have individual differences. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

•  Only 1
• Only II
•  Both I and II
• Neither I nor II

Solution
Both I and II

Q9. Variations in acquisition of manual skills are usually due to variations in

•  psychomotor speed
•  ability for and quickness in understanding procedures
• general intelligence
• All of the above

Solution
All of the above

Q10. What should be the role of the teacher in reducing the effects of individual differences?

•  The teacher should try to adjust the curriculum as per the individuals' needs
•  The teacher should try to understand the abilities, aptitudes and interests of the students
•  All of the above
•  None of the above

Solution
All of the above