Central Teacher Eligibility Test CTET Teaching Aptitute Practice Paper 1

Teaching Aptitute: Paper No. 1

Q1. Absenteeism can be tackled by :

(1) teaching, (2) punishing the students, (3) giving the sweets, (4) contacting the parents,

Q2. Discipline means:

(1) strict‐behaviour, (2) severe punishment, (3) obedience, (4) going by the rules,

Q3. If any girl child does not corne to school regularly you will:

(1) no bother, (2) struck off her name, (3) complain to the Principal, (4) meet the parents and encourage them

Q4. In co‐education you want't to:

(1) make separate rows of boys and girls (2) you give preference to boys over girls

(3) you. give preference to none (4) you deal according to need

Q5. One of the basic priniclples of socializing Individuals is :

(1) religion, (2) caste, (3) educational, (4) imitation

Directions (6‐10) : Which of the' skills do you consider most essential for a teacher?

Q6. (1) Oration skills, (2) Listening skills, (3) Managerial skills, (4) Teaching skills

Q7. (1) encourage children to search for knowledge (2) have all the information for the children

(3) ability to make children memorize materials (4) enable children to do well in tests

Q8. (1) identify gifted children, (2) have an understanding of all children abilities, (3) identify children with learning disabilities, (4) none of the above

Q9. (1) _ ability to help children understand texts thoroughly (2) ability to help children do all the exercises (3) ability to raise possible actions from the texts (4) ability to help children from their own opinions on the text

Q10. (1) to communicate well {2) to use difficult language (3) to impress students (4) to read out the textbook

Q11. Success in developing values is mainly dependent upon:

(1) government, (2) society, (3) family (4) teacher

Q12. Good reading aims at developing:

(l) understanding (2) pronunciation (3) sensitivity (4) increasing factual knowledge

Q13. The primary duty of a teacher is to be responsible to his/her:

(1) family (2) students (3) society (4) nation

Q14. Which of the following is not related to educational achievement?

(1) Heredity (2) Experiences (3) Practice (4) Self learning

Q15. One of,the students of a class hardly talks in the class. How would you encourage him to express himself?

(1) By orgariising discussions, (2) By encouraging children to take part in classroom activities

(3) By organizing educational games/ programmes in which ‐ children feel like speaking.

(4) By giving good marks to those who express them'selves well

Q16. The current view of childhood assumes that

(a) Children are similar to adults in most ways, (b) Children are best treated as young adults.

(c) Childhood is basically a "waiting period.", (d) Childhood is a unique period of growth and change.

Q17. In preparing a fifth grade class to take a standardized reading test the teacher is best advised to:

(a) Tell the children the test is very important and they should do the best they can

(b) Ditto key questions from a previous test and allow the pupils to answer them

(c) Coach the below grade level readers, as the rest of the class will do well anyway

(d) Give the pupils practice in answering questions similar to the type that will appear on the test

Q18. A normal child of twelve years of age is most likely to

(a) Have difficulty with gross motor coordination, (b) Have feelings of anxiety about pleasing adults

(c) Confine his/her interests to here and now , (d) Be eager for peer approval

Q19. Creative writing should be an activity planned for

(a) Only those children reading on grade level, (b) Only those children who can spell and also, can write cohesive sentences

(c) Only those children who want to write for the newspaper of the class , (d) All children

Q20. Of the following, the most promising step for a teacher to take in order to improve class discipline is to

(a) Note specific infractions of class rules in the marking book

(b) Evaluate his/her materials, methods and approaches to children

(c) Consult the class and agree upon a graduated series of punishments

(d) Call a parent – teacher meeting to discuss the situation

Q21. The question "Will the shy child who never speaks turn into a quiet, shy adult or will the child become a sociable, talkative person?" is concerned with which developmental issue?

(a) Maturation, (b) Continuity and discontinuity, (c) Cultural universals versus cultural relativism, (d) Nature and nurture

Q22. A child from a disorganized home will experience the greatest difficulty with:

(a) Well structured lessons, (b) Independent study, (c) Programmed instruction, (d) Workbooks

Q23. Most psychologists believe that development is due

(a) Largely to nature., (b) Largely to nurture., (c) To nature and nurture acting separately. (d) To an interaction of nature and nurture.

Q24. The normal twelve –year –old child is most likely to:

(a) Have difficulty with gross motor coordination, (b) Have anxiety feelings about pleasing adults

(c) Confine his/her interests to the here and now, (d) Be eager for peer approval

Q25. The reason why students run from school is

(a) Lack of interesting class teaching work, (b) Lack of interest in studies on the part of students

(c) Not giving punishment to students, (d) Callous attitude of teachers towards the problem

Q26. You find a student to be intelligent. You will

(a) Remain pleased with him

(b) Not give him additional homework

(c) Motivate him so that he can make more progress

(d) Inform his parents about the fact that he is intelligent

Q27. If some students are not in a mood to study in the class, you will

(a) Force them to study, (b) Tell those students to leave the class and enjoy

(c) Warn them that they must study else you will report the matter to the Principal

(d) Tell them some interesting things related to their interests or your own subject

Q28. Child development is defined as a field of study that

(a) Examines change in human abilities. (b) Seeks to explain behaviour across the life span.

(c) Compares children to adults to senior citizens.

(d) Accounts for the gradual evolution of the child's cognitive, social, and other capacities.

Q29. The term ‘identical elements’ is closely associated with:

(a) Group instruction, (b) Transfer of learning, (c) Jealousy between twins, (d) Similar test questions

Q30. Organismic theories of development hold that

(a) Psychological structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.

(b) Physical structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.

(c) Passively developed structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.

(d) Slowly developed structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.

Answers: 

1-4, 2- 4, 3- 4, 4- 4, 5- 3, 5- 4, 7- 1, 8- 2, 9- 4, 10- 1, 

11- 3, 12-1, 13-2, 14-1, 15-3, 16-d, 17-d, 18-d, 19-d, 

20-b, 21-d, 22-b, 23-d, 24-d, 25-d, 26-C, 27- D, 28-D, 29-B, 30-A.