CTET Exam Paper I (CDP) – 20 Dec 2021 (Official Answer Key)

CBSE conducted the CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) Exam Paper 2021-22. This Paper held on 20 December, 2021. Here The CTET Paper – I, Part – I (Child Development and Pedagogy) in English Language Solved Question Paper. CTET December, 2021 Question Paper with Answer Key.

CTET (Central Teachers Eligibility Test)
Paper – I Primary Level (Class 1 to Class 5)

Exam – CTET Paper I Primary Level (Class I to V) 
Part – Part – I (Child Development and Pedagogy)
Organized – CBSE 
Number of Question – 30
Exam Date – 20 December, 2021

CTET Exam December 2021 Paper – I (Primary Level)
Part – I Child Development and Pedagogy
(Official Answer Key)

1. Which of the following is NOT a principle of the development?
1. Development occurs along a single course and is not uni-dimensional.
2. Development proceeds from the top-down and from centre outwards.
3. Development is influenced by both ‘nature’ and ‘nurture’.
4. Development occurs in socio-cultural contexts.

2. Cephalocaudal principle is applicable in the sphere of –
1. motor Development
2. language Development
3. cognitive Development
4. moral Development

3. _________________ is a ‘sensitive period’ pertaining to language development.
1. Pre-natal period
2. Early childhood period
3. Middle childhood
4. Adolescence

4. ___________ occurs within the family when children first learn their individual identity, acquire language and develop initial cognitive skills.
1. Primary socialization
2. Secondary socialization
3. Latent socialization
4. Active socialization

5. According to the theory of Lawrence Kohlberg, at which level is moral thinking based on taking initial perspective of the society?
1. Pre conventional
2. Conventional
3. Post-conventional
4. Late-conventional

6. From a Piagetian perspective, the process of taking new information into the existing body of knowledge is called –
1. Accommodation
2. Socialization
3. Assimilation
4. Organization

7. Meena has begun to use ‘words’ and started understanding that words represent objects. She is also beginning to reason logically though she cannot perform conservation. According to Jean Piaget, which stage of cognitive development is Meena in?
1. Pre-operational
2. Formal operational
3. Sensori-motor
4. Concrete operational

8. The concept of ‘zone of Proximal Development’ has been proposed by –
1. Jerome Bruner
2. David Ausubel
3. Robert M. Gagne
4. Lev Vygotsky

9. Which statement correctly lays out the fundamental principle of Lev Vygotsky’s theory?
1. Learning is a un-conscious process
2. Learning is a social activity
3. Learning is genetically programmed.
4. Learning is a discontinuous process that occurs in four stages.

10. An example of pedagogical strategy that would promote meaningful learning is -Options :
1. regular individual competitions.
2. use of verbal punishment.
3. uniform rigidly structured curriculum.
4. focusing on ‘assessment for learning’ rather than only ‘assessment of learning’.

11. Which one of the following developmental theory advocates that ‘cognitive development precedes symbolic language development in a child’?
1. Piaget’s cognitive development theory
2. Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory
3. Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development
4. Bandura’s social learning theory

12. Which of the following is not an effective practice adopted by a teacher in the classroom to address gender stereotypes?
1. Counter gender bias.
2. Separate seating arrangement for boys and girls in the class.
3. Discussions on gender discrimination.
4. Use of examples which show boys and girls in non-conformist roles.

13. Paro helps her father in his carpentry shop where she successfully measures wooden blocks using techniques taught by her father. She is recently admitted to a public school under EWS scheme, where she is unable to cope up with the academic demands especially in this situation, the teacher should –
1. tell Paro that she does not have the ability to study.
2. give tests and encourage repeated drill and practice.
3. contextualize the curriculum and study material for Paro integrating her mathematical experiences gained outside the school.
4. ask Paro to keep her knowledge gained at home separate from knowledge gained in school.

14. Sensitivity to the sounds, rhythms and meaning of words characterize which type of intelligence?
1. Interpersonal
2. Intrapersonal
3. Linguistic
4. Spatial

15. In a socio- constructivist classroom which methods of assessment would be preferred?
1. Collaborative projects
2. Objective questions having one word answers
3. Standardized tests.
4. Tests based on mere recall.