These MCQs are helpful for Child Development and Pedagogy Subject for both papers, i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2 of CTET.
1. A child who uses both its hands to hold a toy, gradually holds the toy with its fingers. This can be best explained by this development principle.
(1) Interaction
(2) Development is predictable
(3) Individual differences
(4) Development proceeds from general to specific
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2. Comparatively, emotions shift easily in….
(1) Childhood
(2) Infancy
(3) Adolescence
(4) Puberty
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3. The modification of existing knowledge structures as result of exposure to new
information or experiences is….
(1) Accommodation
(2) Assimilation
(3) Schema
(4) Equilibration
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4. A child of class I obeys the orders of the elders to avoid punishment. The child is in
this stage of the Kohlberg’s moral development.
(1) Stage I of premoral level
(2) Stage II of premoral level
(3) Stage III of conventional morality
(4) Stage IV of conventional morality
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5. One of the following perspectives proposes that all children have an innate language acquisition device which is responsible for language acquisition called the…
(1) Nativist perspective
(2) Humanistic perspective
(3) Behavioristic perspective
(4) Socio-cultural perspective
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6. One of the following speaks about the social expectations for every stage of development.
(1) Development tasks
(2) Developmental hazards
(3) Conflicts
(4) Cognitive abilities
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7. Pick the correct statement from the following.
(1) Physical health is important than mental health.
(2) Mental health is important than physical health.
(3) Physical & mental health are interrelated & both are important.
(4) Mental health is important for intellectuals & physical health is important for labourers.
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8. The performance of a student is less than his aptitude in Mathematics. He requires….
(1) Extra coaching
(2) Training in memory techniques
(3) Best teaching
(4) Guidance
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9. ‘Prediction’ is the characteristic of the following psychological concept.
(1) Interest
(2) Attitude
(3) Creativity
(4) Aptitude
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10. A class teacher would like to know the opinion of class X students on certain issues. The appropriate method to know the opinion is.
(1) Case Study
(2) Obeservation
(3) Interview
(4) Attitude