CTET (Central Teachers Eligibility Test)
Paper – II Junior Level (Class 6 to Class 8)

CTET Exam January 2024 Paper – II (Junior Level)
Part – I Child Development and Pedagogy
(Answer Key)

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY

Direction : Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 1 to 30 ) by selecting the correct / most appropriate options.

1. Jean Piaget believed that knowledge is:
(1) a visible behavioural change that can be measured with reliability.
(2) constructed by the child rather than being passed passively from the environment.
(3) innate and given rather than acquired through interactions.
(4) co-constructed in interactions with more knowledgeable others.

2. Which of the following statements about adolescence is not correct?
(1) Children across different cultures usher in and experience adolescence in a similar manner.
(2) Adolescence is a social construction.
(3) Adolescence is generally considered to begin with puberty – the process that leads to sexual maturity and the ability to reproduce.
(4) Adolescence is developmental transition between childhood and adulthood entailing physical, cognitive and psychosocial changes.

3. Which of the following describes a mastery goal orientation ?
(1) focus on avoiding failure or punishment for fear of humiliation.
(2) focus on achieving a certain level of performance for competing with others
(3) focus on improving ones’ skills and understanding of a task.
(4) focus on achieving a high grade for receiving external rewards.

4. Which of the following best describes the role of the teacher in progressive education?
(1) The teacher lets the children learn independently and does not interfere in their learning.
(2) The teacher is the primary source of knowledge and authority in the classroom.
(3) The teacher provides diverse materials for children to experiment and provides scaffolding as and when required.
(4) The teacher is responsible for ensuring strict adherence to curriculum standards.

5. According to Jean Piaget the ability to use symbols for symbols such as letting the letter X stand for an unknown numeral develops during ________ and enables the children to learn ________ .
(1) formal operational stage; conservation and seriation
(2) concrete operational stage; algebra and calculus
(3) concrete operational stage; conservation and seriation
(4) formal operational stage; algebra and calculus

6. Which of the following is an example of a question that requires students to analyze information?
(1) Who is the protagonist of “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
(2) What is the plot of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” ?
(3) What is the theme of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” ?
(4) How does the author use symbolism in “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

7. Assertion (A) : Students are more likely to do well and stay in school if they have emotional attachment to the school and believe that they matter.
Reason (R) : Emotions play a significant role in learning.
Choose the correct option:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(4) (A) is true but (R) is false.

8. Asking Critical questions such as “how much and in what ways are various gender represented in textbooks and media” would encourage :
(1) Discouraging gender role flexibility
(3) Strengthening gender constancy
(2) Questioning gender stereotypes
(4) Reinforcing gender identity

9. In order to address the individual differences among learners, a teacher should :
(1) implement a rigid and uniform curriculum for all learners
(2) acknowledge differences as abnormal and kind of deficit
(3) be indifferent towards individual differences
(4) consider differences as obvious feature of human diversity

10. In a progressive classroom assessment is:
(1) Normative
(2) Dynamic
(3) Objective
(4) Summative

11. Alok shows the following behaviours: Holds head in an awkward position when reading; squinting and rubbing the eye frequently; redness/swelling of eyes; confusing letters. These can be symptoms of potential :
(1) Communication disorder
(2) Visual problems
(3) Language comprehension problems
(4) Autistic spectrum disorder

12. Assertion (A) : There is no objectively definable moment when a child enters middle childhood or adolescence.
Reason (R) : Development is continuous in nature.
Choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(4) (A) is true but (R) is false.

13. Assertion (A) : Teachers should constantly reflect on their own stereotypes and bias.
Reason (R) : Culturally responsive teaching means that teachers are reflective.
Choose the correct option:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(4) (A) is true but (R) is false.

14. According to Vygotsky, what is the role of the teacher in facilitating cognitive development ?
(1) To give only those tasks that the student can currently do independently.
(2) To provide information and knowledge to the student.
(3) To guide and support the student’s learning through scaffolding.
(4) To allow the student to learn completely independently.

15. A middle school teacher wants to enable meaningful learning by helping students make connections between concepts and real-world applications. Which of the following activities would be an appropriate pedagogical strategy?
(1) Let the students research on a current issue in small groups and present their findings to the class.
(2) Let the students memorize terms and definitions.
(3) Let the students complete worksheets with multiple choice questions.
(4) Let the students learn by the method of stimulus-response conditioning.

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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 – 23 December, 2021

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

1. The belief that children’s behaviour can be modified by reinforcers and punishers is based on the idea that development is primarily influenced by –
1. Heredity only
2. Both heredity and environment
3. Environment only
4. Neither heredity nor environment.

2. A child can throw the ball before holding a pencil and write. Which principle of development this situation illustrates ?
1. Cephalo caudal principle
2. Proximo-Distal principle
3. Uniformity of Pattern
4. Principle of integration

3. Motor and cognitive development happens:
1. Till the period of childhood.
2. Till the period of adoloscence.
3. Till the period of adulthood.
4. Throughout the lifespan.

4. Which of the following is a primary agency of socialisation for children ?
1. School
2. Religion
3. Family
4. Community

5. As per Jean Piaget’s ideas on language and thought, which of the following statements is true?
1. Thought determines language.
2. Language determines thought.
3. Language and thoughts are independents processes.
4. Language and thoughts are innate propositions.

6. Two glasses hold the same amount of water yet Anu thinks that the taller glass holds more water than the ‘wider but shorter’ glass. According to Jean Piaget, this reasoning of Anu is due to
1. Centration
2. Seriation
3. Conservation
4. Maturation

7. Reversibility – the ability to reverse actions is a basic accomplishment of which stage as given in the Piagetian theory of Cognitive development ?
1. Sensorimotor
2. Pre operational
3. Concrete Operational
4. Formal Operational

8. A mathematics teacher is using more skilled peers to support and guide the other students, which theoretical frame is she trying to apply in the class ?
1. Lev Vygotsky’s theory of Social constructivism
2. B.F. Skinner’s operant conditioning theory
3. Jerome Bruner’s theory of constructivism
4. Jean Piaget’s Cognitive development theory

9. Which of the following is the basis of Lev Vygotsky’s views on development ?
1. Maturation and culture
2. Language and physical world
3. Language and culture
4. Language and maturation

10. Gender is a ____________ concept.
1. Moral
2. Biological
3. Social
4. Physiological

11. Neeta can recognize and clasify all varieties of animals, plants, metals and minerals. As per Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence, which of the following type of Intelligence is she demonstrating ?
1. Interpersonal
2. Naturalistic
3. Linguistic
4. Intra-personal

12. To cater to individual differences in her class a primary school teacher should –
1. make strict rules for everyone in class and punish the children who disobey her
2. focus on standardized ‘paper-pencil’ as the primary way of assessment.
3. have uniform curriculum and pace of learning for all.
4. provide diverse learning experiences to students.

13. Eight year old Rohit reasons stealing is wrong because stealing behaviour can lead to his rejection by others. As per Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, which stage is he displaying ?
1. ‘Good boy’-‘good girl’ orientation
2. Punishment and disobedience orientation
3. Social order orientation
4. Universal ethical principles

14. A collection of students’ work on a variety of task throughout the meant for keeping a record of their performance is known as a –
1. Rubric
2. File
3. Data sheet
4. Portfolio

15. In a progressive school, the education imparted will make the children –
1. Active explorers
2. Active followers
3. Passive followers
4. Passive explorers

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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 – 22 December, 2021

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

1. Which domain of development relates to intellectual abilities such as attention, memory, problem solving, imagination and creativity?
1. Emotional domain
2. Cognitive domain
3. Social domain
4. Physical domain

2. Sana learnt to hold a glass and a bottle before she could hold a pen or button her shirt. This example indicates that –
1. Development is unidimensional.
2. Direction of development is cephalo -caudal.
3. Direction of development is proximo – distal.
4. Direction follows a random pattern.

3. Development of children is a result of –
1. only heredity.
2. only environment.
3. schooling and education.
4. interaction between heredity and environment.

4. Which of these is NOT a primary agent of socialization ?
1. Family
2. Neighbourhood
3. Peers
4. Government

5. On the basis if children’s responses to Heinz dilemma, Lawrence Kohlberg has proposed specific developmental stages of –
1. Moral Development
2. Social Development
3. Psychological Development
4. Personal Development

6. 9 year old Leela classifies a collection of buttons according to their size. She then combines all groups of buttons and re-distributes them on the basis of holes on them. According to Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, Leela is in ____________ stage of development.
1. Pre -operational
2. Formal -operational
3. Concrete -Operational
4. Sensori -Motor

7. _______ occurs when children transform their experiences to fit into their existing schemes.
1. Assimilation
2. Accommodation
3. Centration
4. Conservation

8. Lab Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development is called a _____________ theory as he argues that children’s learning takes place in a context.
1. psycho -dynamic
2. psychosexual
3. social -cultural
4. behaviouristic

9. When a teacher adjusts the support offered to a child to fit the child’s current level of performance and to help her reach her zone of proximal development, the teacher is –
1. using co-operative learning.
2. demonstrating inter -subjectivity.
3. scaffolding the child.
4. inducing cognitive conflict in the child.

10. In a progressive classroom –
1. teaching is textbook -centric.
2. emphasis is placed on summative assessment.
3. learners play an active part in their learning.
4. teachers uses rewards and punishment to direct children’s learning.

11. _______ intelligence refers to the ability to recognize and respond appropriate to the moods, temperaments and intentions of others.
1. Interpersonal
2. Intrapersonal
3. Spatial
4. Logics -mathematical

12. National Education Policy 2020 proposes that –
1. children in primary grades should be taught in home / local languages.
2. there should be one uniform language of instruction in primary classes.
3. teachers should be discouraged to use a bilingual approach.
4. multilingualism should be heavily discouraged.

13. A School gives preference to boys while selecting students for Badminton competition and to girls for music competitions. This indicates –
1. Gender stability
2. Gender identity
3. Gender equality
4. Gender stereo typing

14. Continuous and comprehensive evaluation entails which of these –
i) planning on parameters and tools of evaluation
ii) meticulous record keeping by the teacher
iii) periodic testing and ranking of children
iv) integration with the teaching -learning process
Options :
1. I, ii, iv
2. ii, iv
3. I, ii, iii
4. ii, iii

15. What should be the underlying principal for assessment according to National Education Policy 2020?
1. Primarily testing rote memorisation skills
2. Encouraging learning of content only
3. Optimizing learning and development for all students
4. Assessing students only into the cognitive domains through end of the year examination

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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 – 21 December, 2021

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

1. Development is
1. unidimensional.
2. uni-directional.
3. modifiable.
4. totally genetically pre-programmed.

2. Which of the following is definitely predetermined by genetics / heredity?
1. Choice of friends
2. Colour of the eyes
3. Academic success
4. Interest in studies

3. ________ refers to the learning that children undergo when they enter social institutions such as school.
1. Maturation
2. Passive socialisation
3. Primary socialisation
4. Secondary socialisation

4. In Kohlberg’s moral development theory, stage 3 at level 2, conventional morality is referred to as
1. The obedience and punishment orientation
2. “Good boy-good girl” orientation
3. The Law and order orientation
4. The Social contract and individual rights orientation

5. In Jean Piaget’s theory, creation of a new scheme on account of inability to understand the environment with the existing schema is known as
1. accomodation.
2. assimilation.
3. adaptation.
4. organisation.

6. According to Jean Piaget, is a concept/framework that organizes and interprets information.
1. expository model
2. schema
3. advance organizer
4. sensory register

7. Rashmi uses a variety of tasks to cater to the different learning potential of learners in her class and often makes groups to facilitate peer learning, Which of the following theory supports her actions?
1. Sigmund Freud’s psycho-sexual theory
2. Lev Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory
3. Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral development-theory
4. B.F. Skinner’s behavioristic theory

8. Which of the following is NOT an example of scaffolding by the teacher?
1. Modelling skills for imitation
2. Rote memorization
3. Prompts and cues
4. Peer tutoring

9. Which of the following does NOT depict appropriate strategies for learning in a constructivist classroom?
1. Encouraging multiple perspectives
2. Group collaboration
3. Drill and Recall
4. Experimentation

10. Who dismissed the idea of general intelligence and defined intelligence in terms of several distinct set of processing operations?
1. Charles Spearman
2. Alfred Binet
3. Theodore Simon
4. Howard Gardner

11. In a constructivist classroom, emphasis should be placed on:
1. Summative assessment
2. Formative assessment
3. Singular assessment
4. Standardized and uniform assessment

12. ‘Private speech’ in Vygotsky’s theory
1. is indicative of children’s egocentricism.
2. hinders children’s actions and behaviour.
3. helps children to regulate their behaviour while doing complex tasks.
4. is an indication that cognition is never internalized.

13. Dolls and pink dresses are usually associated with girls while cars and blue dresses are usually associated with boys. This is a demonstration of –
1. gender constancy.
2. gender empowerment.
3. gender diversity.
4. gender stereotyping.

14. Assertion (A): Education fails the child when children are expected to reproduce knowledge in more or less the same way it was received.
Reason (R): Reproduction of information is a meaningful indicator of children’s learning.
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.

15. What is the role of teacher and students in constructivist classroom?
1. Both students and teachers are passive.
2. Students are active but teachers are passive.
3. Both teacher and students are active.
4. Teacher is active but students are passive.

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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.

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