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CTET December 2024 Paper 1 (14 December 2024)
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1Mastery Oriented learners typically attribute success to __________ and failure to __________.
- A) ability and good luck; task difficulty
- B) ability and effort; bad luck
- C) ability and effort; insufficient effort
- D) ability and good luck; low ability
Answer: C
2Which of the following statement represents 'Proximodistal' principle of development?
- A) Development is multidirectional and multidimensional.
- B) Identical twins living in different cultures can develop at different rates.
- C) Children develop ability to grasp the ball before putting beads in thread.
- D) Children develop ability to sit up before standing.
Answer: A
3According to Vygotsky children speak to themselves:
- A) To aid thought and for self-regulation.
- B) To provide self-reinforcement when adults are ignoring them.
- C) Because they are egocentric.
- D) Because their thought is illogical.
Answer: A
4Challenges in social communication are evident in:
- A) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- B) Cerebral palsy
- C) Autism Spectrum Disorder
- D) Developmental delay
Answer: A
5According to Vygotsky's theory of learning and development, which of the following is an example of scaffolding?
- A) Breaking a task down into smaller steps and providing support as needed.
- B) Providing a student with a grade for their work as motivation.
- C) Providing a student with a reading assignment and asking them to answer questions independently.
- D) Demonstrating a skill to a student and then having them master it on their own.
Answer: A
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CTET January 2024 Paper 1 (21 January 2024)
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1Assertion (A) : School curriculum should give reasonable space and value to learner's cultural knowledges. Reason (R) : Supporting students to uphold their cultural identities facilitates learning. Choose the correct option:
- A) (A) is true but (R) is false.
- B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
- C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
- D) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: C
2Socio-constructivist views of learning advocate that -
- A) Effective learning is activated by lecturing and explaining
- B) Effective learning takes place through the process of recall and rehearsal
- C) Learners receive knowledge passively from others
- D) Learners actively construct knowledge
Answer: D
3Which of the following statements is not correct about learning?
- A) Learning is facilitated by social action
- B) Learning as a product rather than a process
- C) Learning depends on learner's previous knowledge
- D) Learning implies reorganisation of prior conceptual schemes
Answer: B
4In the course of development, children achieve gross motor skills before fine motor skills. This indicates that development is:
- A) Linear
- B) Proximodistal
- C) Anarchic
- D) Cephalocaudal
Answer: B
5Reasoning, thinking and problem-solving are explained in which aspect of development ?
- A) Moral Development
- B) Motor Development
- C) Social Development
- D) Cognitive Development
Answer: D
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CTET July 2024 Paper 1 (7 July 2024)
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1Which of the following would support continuous and comprehensive evaluation ?
- A) Best works portfolio
- B) Growth and learning progress portfolio
- C) Standardized achievement test
- D) Standardized intelligence test
Answer: B
2Assertion (A): Teachers should constantly examine their own attitudes and biases while working with children.
Reason (R) : The process of problem-solving is hindered by functional fixedness.
Choose the correct option.
- A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
- B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
- C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
- D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Answer: B
3While talking about her poor marks in mathematics Avi says “I just don't have the sense for numbers" Avi is attributing his performance to :
- A) Luck
- B) Task difficulty
- C) Lack of effort
- D) Lack of ability
Answer: D
4According to Lev Vygotsky's theory, which of the following is a recommended approach in order to optimize students' learning experience ?
- A) providing students with work that is completely unrelated to their current level of understanding.
- B) providing students with work that is just beyond their current level of understanding, with appropriate support and guidance.
- C) providing no support to students and leaving them to struggle on their own.
- D) providing students with work that they can manage and complete individually.
Answer: B
5Which of the following statement best describes the role of the teacher in progressive education ?
- A) The teacher is the primary source of knowledge.
- B) The teacher serves as a facilitator.
- C) The teacher implements the prescribed curriculum ‘as it is'.
- D) The teacher leaves the children on their own to work independently.
Answer: B
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CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Mathematics and Science (7 July 2024)
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1In progressive education children are perceived as :
- A) Innocent and dependent
- B) Compliant and capable of only consuming knowledge
- C) Knowledgeable and meaning-makers
- D) Vulnerable and in need of protection
Answer: C
2Feedback to the students in a classroom is most effective when :
- A) It assigns comparative ranks to the students.
- B) It occurs during as well as after the learning activity.
- C) It focuses on what the child cannot do rather than what they can do.
- D) It centres around tests and exams at the end of the year.
Answer: B
3Assertion (A): During adolescence the pressures to conform to gender expectations and follow conventions of feminity or masculinity increases.
Reason (R) : Gender and gender roles are determined biologically.
Choose the correct option.
- A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
- B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
- C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
- D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Answer: C
4Sunita, a 12 year old girl, shows exceptional musical ability. Both her parents are accomplished singers, and they send her for classes for voice training after school. Her capabilities are most likely to be the result of an interaction between :
- A) growth and maturation
- B) nutrition and discipline
- C) heredity and environment
- D) gender identity and genetic make-up
Answer: C
5Sensitive periods are those time periods during which certain __________ for course of 'normal' development.
- A) genetic predispositions
- B) ethnic factors
- C) environmental factors
- D) hereditary factors
Answer: C
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