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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

✅ Correct Answer: 2

At lower classes play-way method of teaching is based on

1. vtheory of physcial education programmes
2. principles of methods of teaching
3. psychological principles of development and growth
4. sociological principles of teaching

✅ Correct Answer: 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

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Dyslexia is associated with

1. Mental disorder
2. Mathematical disorder
3. Reading disorder
4. Behavioural disorder

✅ Correct Answer: 3

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

✅ Correct Answer: 1

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 students learning across the scholastic and co-scholastic boundaries
4. using technical language to give feedback

✅ Correct Answer: 3

___ is not considered a sign of being gifted.

1. Creative ideas
2. Fighting with others
3. Novelty in expression
4. Curiosity

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Children actively construct their understanding of the world is a statement attributed to

1. Piaget
2. Pavlov
3. Kohlberg
4. Skinner

✅ Correct Answer: 1

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

✅ Correct Answer: 4

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

✅ Correct Answer: 4

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

✅ Correct Answer: 1

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

✅ Correct Answer: 4

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

✅ Correct Answer: 1

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

✅ Correct Answer: 3

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

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The stage in which a child begins to think logically about objects and events is known as

1. Sensori-motor stage
2. Formal operational stage
3. Pre-operational stage
4. Concrete operational stage

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A teacher because of his/her democratic nature allows students to sit all over the class. Some sit together and discuss or do group reading. Some sit quietly and read themselves. A parent does not like it. Which of the following may be the best way to handle the situation ?(1) (2) (3) (4)

1. Parents should complain against the teacher to the principal
2. Parents should request the principal to change the section of their ward
3. Parents should show trust in the teacher and discuss the problem with the teacher
4. Parents should take away the child from that school

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The insight theory of learning is promoted by

1. Gestalt theorists
2. Pavlov
3. Jean Piaget
4. Vygotsky

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Four distinct stages of childrens intellectual development are identified by

1. Kohlberg
2. Erikson
3. Skinner
4. Piaget

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In which of the following stages do children become active members of their peer group?

1. Adolescence
2. Adulthood
3. Early childhood
4. Childhood

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Parents should play a _ role in the learning process of young children.

1. negative
2. proactive
3. sympathetic
4. neutral

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Development is a never ending process. This idea is associated with

1. Principle of interrelation
2. Principle of continuity
3. Principle of integration
4. Principle of interaction

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which is the place where the childs cognitive development is defined in the best way?

1. Playground
2. School and classroom environment
3. Auditorium
4. Home

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is not a sign of an intelligent young child?

1. One who has the ability to cram long essays very quickly
2. One who has the ability to communicate fluently and appropriately
3. One who carries on thinking in an abstract manner
4. One who can adjust oneself in a new environment

✅ Correct Answer: 1

___ is considered a sign of motivated teaching.

1. Maximum attendance in the class
2. Remedial work given by the teacher
3. Questioning by students
4. Pin drop silence in the class

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following is not related to the socio-psychological needs of the child?

1. Need for appreciation or social approval
2. Need for emotional security
3. Regular elimination of waste products from the body
4. Need for company

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Mind mapping refers to

1. a technique to enhance comprehension
2. a plan of action for an adventure
3. drawing the picture of a mind
4. researching the functioning of the mind

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The best way specially at primary level to address the learning difficulties of students is to use

1. a variety of teaching methods suited to the disability
2. expensive and glossy support material
3. easy and interesting textbooks
4. story-telling method

✅ Correct Answer: 1

According to Piaget at which of the following stages does a child begin to think logically about abstract propositions?

1. Concrete operational stage (07 - 11 years)
2. Formal operational stage (11 years and up)
3. Sensori-motor stage (Birth - 02 years)
4. Pre-operational stage (02 - 07 years)

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following will foster creativity among learners ?

1. Teaching the students the practical value of good education
2. Providing opportunities to question and to nurture the innate talents of every learner
3. Emphasizing achievement goals from the beginning of school life
4. Coaching students for good marks in examination

✅ Correct Answer: 2

While teaching comparison of fractions which the numerators are same e.g. 3/5 and 3/7 Rohit�s response was since the numerators are same and since 7 is larger than 5therefore 3/7 is bigger than 3/5 .�This suggests that(1) (2) (3) (4)

1. Rohit does not know the concept of equivalent fractions
2. Rohit has not practised well
3. Rohit does not understand the magnitude of fractions
4. Rohit does not know the concept of numerator and denominator

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Examine the following matchstick patterns:jagran joshIf the pattern continues how many matchsticks are needed in the 15th stage?

1. 61
2. 62
3. 105
4. 65

✅ Correct Answer: 2

To introduce the concept of fractions a teacher can begin with

1. writing fractions in the form of a/b where b ? 0
2. identifying fractional parts of things around them
3. identifying numerators and denominators of different fractions
4. finding fractions on a number line

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The number 49532 rounded off to the nearest thousand is

1. 41000
2. 50000
3. 49000
4. 49500

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In the following which is the greatest number?

1. [(2+2)2]2
2. (2+2+2)2
3. (4)2
4. (2+2+2)2

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Start a discussion in the class on things in the childs environment which roll and slide. Help children to look at their shapes and see how some things roll and others slide.Suggestions like this have been given in the NCERT textbook of Class-II to help a teacher understand that

1. discussions supplemented with demonstration help students to understand concepts better
2. discussions bring multiple perspectives into the classroom
3. discussion is the best strategy for the mathematics classroom
4. it is imperative for the teachers to draw the childrens attention to the things around them

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The chapters in the NCERT textbook of mathematics of Class-IV have titles like 38. The Junk Seller Trip to Bhopal The Way the World Looks.This shift has been done to

1. make it interesting by relating it to everyday life
2. know about selling junk and travelling
3. challenge the students to guess the mathematical content in the chapters
4. make them understand differently

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The weight of some mangoes is 2 kg 600 g and that of some apples is 1 kg 450 g. The weight of the mangoes is greater than that of the apples by

1. 1 kg 200 g
2. 150 g
3. 4 kg 50 g
4. 1 kg 150 g

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Problem solving as a strategy of doing mathematics involves

1. activity based approach
2. estimation
3. extensive practice
4. using clues to arrive at a solution

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Sequence the following tasks as they would be taken up while. developing the understanding of shapes and space across primary classes :a. Matches the properties of 2-D shapes by observing their sides and cornersb. Describes intuitively the properties of 2-D shapesc. Sorts 2-D shapesd. Describes the various 2-D shapes by counting their sides corners and diagonals

1. a d b c
2. c a d b
3. d b a c
4. c b d a

✅ Correct Answer: 2

If an operator jagran joshis defined as4jagran josh3=4+5+65jagran josh4=5+6+7+86jagran josh4=6+7+8+9what will njagran josh8 be equal to ?

1. 8n + 36
2. n + 36
3. n + 28
4. 8n + 28

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The purpose of a diagnostic test in mathematics is

1. to know the gaps in childrens understanding
2. to plan the question paper for the end-term examination
3. to know the gaps in childrens understanding
4. to give feedback to the parents

✅ Correct Answer: 3

407928 is read as

1. Forty thousand nine hundred twenty eight
2. Four lakh seven thousand nine hundred twenty eight
3. Four lakh seventy nine thousand twenty eight
4. Forty seven thousand nine hundred twenty eight

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The length of a rectangle is l and its width is half of its length. What will be the perimeter of the rectangle if the length is doubled keeping the width same?

1. 6l
2. 3l
3. 4l
4. 5l

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which is true for a hexagonal pyramid?

1. It has two hexagonal faces and six rectangular faces
2. It has six hexagonal faces joined by six rectangular faces
3. It has six faces and each face is a hexagon
4. It has a hexagonal base with six triangular faces meeting at a point

✅ Correct Answer: 4

How many 4-digit numbers are there in the Hindu-Arabic Numeration System?

1. 9999
2. 9000
3. 99
4. 8999

✅ Correct Answer: 2

When teaching shapes a teacher can plan a trip of historical places as

1. field trips have been recommended by CBSE so they are a must
2. shapes are an integral part of any architecture and such trips encourage connections across disciplines
3. she has completed most of the syllabus well in time and needs to provide leisure
4. it would be a good break from the routine mathematics class and an opportunity to improve communicative kills

✅ Correct Answer: 2

To introduce the concept of area a teacher can start with

1. calculating area of figures with the help of counting unit square
2. explaining of formulae for finding area of figures of different shapes
3. comparing area of any figure with the help of different objects like palm leaf pencil notebook etc.
4. calculating area of a rectangle by finding length and breadth of a rectangle and using the formula for area of a rectangle (i.e. length x breadth)

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A rhombus has diagonals of length 8 cm and 6 cm. Find its perimeter.

1. 24 cm
2. 28 cm
3. 18 cm
4. 20 cm

✅ Correct Answer: 4

When teaching addition of fractions a teacher came across the following error: 1/2 + 1/3 = 2/5 What remedial action can the teacher take in such a situation?

1. Help the child to understand the magnitude of each fraction
2. Help the child to understand the concept of LCM
3. Ask the child to practise as much as she can
4. No intervention is needed because she will understand as she grows

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Sequence the following tasks as they are taken up while developing the concept of measurement :a. Learners use standard units to measure length.b. Learners use non-standard units to measure length.c. Learners verify objects using simple observationd. Learners understand the relationship between metric units.

1. c b a d
2. d a c b
3. a b d c
4. b a c d

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The NCF (2005) considers that Mathematics involves a certain way of thinking and reasoning. From the statements given below pick out one which does not reflect the above principle:

1. The method by which it is taught
2. Giving students set formulae to solve the numerical questions
3. The way the material presented in the textbooks is written
4. The activities and exercises chosen for the class

✅ Correct Answer: 2

To be a good mathematician one must be able to

1. understand apply and make connections across the concepts
2. master the techniques of answering questions
3. memorise most of the formulae
4. solve the problem in no time

✅ Correct Answer: 1

As an EVS teacher you plan to take the students to the zoo. Which of the following activities would you not allow the students to undertake?

1. Take along lots of eatables for the animals at the zoo
2. Try to find out the food taken up by different animals at the zoo
3. Collect photographs of the animals they expect to see at the zoo
4. Take their drawing books along with them to draw what they see at the zoo

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The concept of seed germination can be taught best by

1. asking the students to perform an activity to sow seeds observe different stages and draw them
2. showing photographs of seed germination
3. showing germinated seeds to the class and explaining the process of germination
4. presenting the germination stages through drawings on the board

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Mira and Divya are young girls. Mira likes to eat samosas cutlets and bread. Divya on the other hand takes an iron deficient diet. Which of thefollowing disorders are Mira and Divya likely to suffer from respectively?

1. Obesity and scurvy
2. Scurvy and anaemia
3. Anaemia and night blindness
4. Obesity and anaemia

✅ Correct Answer: 4

To make children aware of different kinds of fuel a teacher can

1. show some samples of fuels in the class
2. discuss with children about possible kinds of fuel that can be used for cooking along with a short film
3. show pictures of fuels on a chart
4. ask children to list different fuels

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The skills required to read a map include

1. excellent communication skills to draw out the expressive ability
2. ability to understand relative position of places distances and directions
3. excellent drawing and painting skills
4. ability to use calculations and sketch positions on a globe

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Giving importance to individual experiences of children in an EVS class will benefit the teacher

1. to connect the subject to the learners experiential world and promote reflection and learning
2. to save her energy as children enjoy talking
3. to know the unique experiences of children
4. to help and improve the language and communication skills of the children

✅ Correct Answer: 1

It has been observed that the process of digestion is faster inside the stomach than outside because

1. the digestive juices when kept outside the stomach become inactive
2. the food is churned in the stomach thereby increasing the surface area for quicker enzyme action
3. the digestive juices inside the stomach are acidic while outside they are alkaline
4. the amount of digestive juices produced in the stomach in the presence of food is much more

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following statements is not an objective of teaching EVS at the primary level?

1. To load learners with terms and definitions for assessment
2. To internalise the values of concern for life and environment
3. Arouse curiosity about the natural and social environment
4. Engage in exploratory and hands-on activities that lead to the development of cognitive and psychomotor skills

✅ Correct Answer: 1

An egret bird is often seen on a buffalos back. This is because the egret

1. feeds on parasites on the buffalos back
2. feeds on insects present in the grass
3. loves to sing while sitting on the buffalos back
4. rests after flying for a while

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The idea of showing a sample of a railway ticket in the EVS textbook is to

1. enhance the skills of students to arrive at conclusions
2. give them an opportunity to interact with real information and develop the skill of observation
3. give the students an idea of the rail fare
4. provide them the knowledge of various abbreviations used in the ticket

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following represents one of the objectives of teaching EVS at Primary School?

1. To inform the learners about the books they should read to expand their knowledge
2. To connect the experiences of the learners in school with the outside world
3. To make learners aware of technical terms and definitions
4. To assess technical terms related to EVS

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following statements about assignments is correct?

1. Assignments provide learners an opportunity to search for information construct their own ideas and articulate them
2. Assignments can be done by parents brothers or sisters depending on the talent that they possess
3. Assignments need to be given as classwork followed by homework every day to provide variety and practice
4. Assignments should be the only method of assessment

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Simple experiments and demonstrations can be performed in the EVS class

1. to discuss ideas record and analyse observations on the basis of questions raised by students
2. to control the students to ensure discipline in the class
3. to enable children to learn on their own and sharpen their observation skills
4. to follow what is being done in the senior classes

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Durga lives in a village and cooks food on a chulha (earthen stove) using wood or cow dung cakes as fuel. She has been suffering from severe coughfor the last three months. This may be due to the

1. smoke produced by burning fuels which may have caused her allergy
2. old age and pollution inside and outside her hut
3. carbon monoxide produced by burning fuel which may have been deposited in her respiratory tract
4. soot produced by burning the fuels which may have been deposited in her respiratory tract

✅ Correct Answer: 4

After the lunch break while teaching EVS you find that students are not. taking interest in the lesson. What would you do?

1. Take the children out to play in the ground
2. Ask them to put their heads down on the desk and relax
3. Use audio-visual aids based on multiple intelligences to make the lesson interesting
4. Change the topic immediately

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A school planned an educational trip for Class-V students to Rajasthan. What would be your expectation from the children during the visit?

1. They should note down their questions if any and ask the parents after reaching home
2. They should observe everything without asking questions about it
3. They should enjoy themselves
4. They should observe keenly make notes and share their observations with other students and the teacher

✅ Correct Answer: 4

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