CTET Exam Paper I (CDP) – 23 Dec 2021 (Official Answer Key)

16. Fluency, elaboration and flexibility are characteristics of –
1. Egocentricism
2. External motivation
3. Creativity
4. Functional fixedness

17. Inclusion of students with orthopedic challenges requires –
1. Standardised curriculum
2. Infrastructural Accessibility
3. Rigid attitudes of authority
4. Placement in special school

18. Dyslexia is generally categorised as :
1. Spectrum of learning disorders
2. Mild mental retardation
3. Spectrum of psycho-social disorders
4. Common motor disability in childhood

19. ________ is NOT a principle of inclusive teaching.
1. Equity
2. Segregation and labelling
3. Systematic adaptation to diversity
4. Acceptance of individual differences

20. Assertion (A) – Children belonging to the potter community learn conservation of mass earlier than conservation of number.
Reason(R) – Learning and development takes place in a socio- cultural context.
Choose the correct option.
1. Both (A) and (R ) are true and (R ) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. Both (A) and (R ) are true but (R ) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3. (A) is true but (R ) is false
4. Both (A) and (R ) are false

21. When students learn a behaviour through observation, the first step of that process is that they must –
1. remember the actions of the model
2. pay attention to the model
3. assessment of their acts of imitation
4. repeat and practice the behaviour of the model

22. Understanding the errors made by learners is important for a teacher as –
1. she can identify ‘weak’ and ‘bright’ learners
2. she can understand the learners’ thought process
3. she can inform parents about the learner’s carelessness
4. she can segregate and rank the learners

23. National Education Policy 2020 states that learning should be
1. Content oriented
2. Textbook centric
3. Experiential
4. Behavioristic

24. Tanvi practices deep breathing just before the onset of examination. She is using _________ strategy to cope with anxiety.
1. Problem solving
2. Emotion management
3. Avoidance
4. Denial

25. During the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, Rohini likes to read the story books her elder sister had without any promting from anybody. Rohini is a –
1. Competitive learner
2. Intrinsically motivated learner
3. Performance-oriented learner
4. Extrinsically motivated learner

26. Alternate conceptions and misconceptions hold by children represent :
1. Inability to learn
2. Intuitive ideas about particular concept
3. Baseless assertions
4. Permanent conceptional stagnation

27. Which of the following pedagogical strategies are effective in a primary classroom ?
(i) Use of concept maps
(ii) Moving from abstract to concrete concept
(iii) Provisioning for diverse materials
(iv) Use of stories and anecdotes
Options :
1. (i) (ii) (iii)
2. (i) (iii) (iv)
3. (ii) (iii) (iv)
4. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

28. A primary teacher asks her students to write all the information at least five times in their notebook. The technique would be –
1. highly effective since rehearsal and repetition helps significantly in meaningful learning of
content.
2. effective since repetition of any information less than five times leads to immediate forgetting.
3. ineffective since more rehearsal is not a suitable technique for meaningful learning.
4. ineffective since rehearsal is a complex method of meaningful learning.

29. Which of the following are effective problem solving strategies?
(i) Algorithms
(ii) Heuristics
(iii) Trial and error without comprehension
(iv) Functional fixedness
Options :
1. (i), (iv)
2. (i), (ii)
3. (ii), (iii)
4. (iii), (iv)

30. Which one of these activities is NOT effective for making use of the previous knowledge of children for further learning ?
1. Rote memorization
2. Brainstorming
3. Schema activation
4. Concept mappi