CBSE CTET December 2019 Paper I Main Question Paper

Board : CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education
Exam : CTET Central Teacher Eligibility Test
Year : December 2019
Document Type : Question Paper
Paper : Paper I Main
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CBSE CTET Question Paper

Central Board of Secondary Education, CTET December 2019 Central Teacher Eligibility Test Paper I Main Question Paper.

CTET December Question Paper

Child Development & Pedagogy:
Directions : Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 1 to 30) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.

1. The most critical period of acquisition and development of language is
(1) pre-natal period.
(2) early childhood.
(3) middle childhood.
(4) adolescence.

2. Which of the following is a stage of moral development proposed by Lawrence Kohlberg ?
(1) Latency Stage
(2) The social contract orientation
(3) Concrete operational stage
(4) Industry vs. Inferiority stage

3. During classroom discussions, a teacher often pays more attention to boys than girls. This is an example of
(1) Gender bias.
(2) Gender identity.
(3) Gender relevance.
(4) Gender constancy.

4. Which of the following is an effective strategy to reduce children’s gender stereotyping and gender-role conformity ?
(1) Discussion about gender bias
(2) Emphasizing gender-specific roles
(3) Gender-segregated play groups
(4) Gender-segregated seating arrangement

5. Which of the following theorists while viewing children as active seekers of knowledge emphasized the influence of social and cultural contents on their thinking ?
(1) John B. Watson
(2) Lev Vygotsky
(3) Jean Piaget
(4) Lawrence Kohlberg

6. While working on a jig-saw puzzle, 5 years old Najma says to herself, “Where is the blue piece ? No, not this one, darker one that would go here and make this shoe”. This kind of talk is referred to by Vygotsky as
(1) private speech.
(2) talk aloud.
(3) scaffolding.
(4) egocentric speech

7. Giving cues to children and offering support as and when needed is an example of
(1) reinforcement.
(2) conditioning.
(3) modelling.
(4) scaffolding.

8. Which of the following behaviours characterize the ‘concrete operational stage’ as proposed by Jean Piaget ?
(1) Hypothetico-deduction reasoning; propositional thought
(2) Conservation; class inclusion
(3) Deferred imitation; object permanence
(4) Make-believe play; irreversibility of thought

9. Which of the following is a Piagetian construct in the context of cognitive development of children ?
(1) Schemas
(2) Observational learning
(3) Conditioning
(4) Reinforcement

10. Primary objective of Assessment should be
(1) assigning rank to students.
(2) understanding children’s clarity and confusions about related concepts.
(3) labelling students as per their score.
(4) marking pass or fail in the report cards.

11. Which of the following statements about intelligence is correct ?
(1) Intelligence is a fixed ability determined at the time of birth only.
(2) Intelligence can be accurately measured and determined by using standardized tests.
(3) Intelligence is a unitary factor and a single trait.
(4) Intelligence is multi-dimensional and a set of complex abilities.

12. Ruhi always thinks of multiple solutions to a problem many of which are original solutions. Ruhi is displaying characteristics of a/an
(1) creative thinker.
(2) convergent thinker.
(3) rigid thinker.
(4) egocentric thinker.

13. In a situation of less participation of students belonging to a deprived group in teaching – learning process, a teacher should
(1) ask the children to withdraw from school.
(2) accept this situation as it is.
(3) lower her expectations from such students.
(4) reflect on her own teaching and find ways to improve student’s involvement.

14. In an inclusive classroom, a teacher _________ Individualized Education Plans.
(1) should not prepare
(2) should occasionally prepare
(3) should actively prepare
(4) should discourage the preparation of

15. The primary characteristic of children with ‘dyslexia’ includes
(1) attention deficit disorders.
(2) divergent thinking; fluency in reading.
(3) inability to read fluently.
(4) engaging in repetitive locomotor actions.

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