AP DSC 2025 School Assistant (SA) Child Development and Pedagogy English Mock Test

1. According to Piaget’s theory, children learn by

changing their behaviour when offered appropriate rewards.

memorizing information by paying due attention.

scaffolding provided by more able members of the society.

processes of adaptation.

Question 1 of 25

2. Failure of a child to perform well in class tests leads us to believe that

children are born with certain capabilities and deficits.

there is a need to reflect upon the syllabus, pedagogy and assessment processes.

assessment is objective and can be used to clearly identify failures.

some children are deemed to fail irrespective of how hard the system tries.

Question 2 of 25

3. Which one of the following assessment practices will bring out the best in students?

When the marks obtained and the position securcd by the student in the class are the ultimate determinants of success

When conceptual change and students’ alternative solutions are assessed through several different methods of assessment

When students are required to reproduce facts as tested via multiple choice questions

When the emphasis is laid upon positive correlation between test scores and student ability

Question 3 of 25

4. According to Kohlberg , the thinking process involved in judgments about questions of right ans wrong is called

Moral realism

Moral dilemma

Moral reasoning

Morality co- operation

Question 4 of 25

5. A good text – book avoids

gender sensitivity

gender bias

gender equality

social responsibility

Question 5 of 25

6. How can a teacher help children become better problem solvers?

By providing correct solutions to all the problems they pose to students

By giving tangible rewards for solving problems

By encouraging children to look for answers to the problems in the textbook

By giving children a variety of problems to solve and support while solving them

Question 6 of 25

7. he statement “Majority of the people are average, a few very bright and a few very dull “is based on the established principle of

Intelligence and racial differences

Distribution of differences

Growth of intelligence

Intelligence and sex differences

Question 7 of 25

8. The major frustration that children with hearing loss face in the classroom is

the inability to take examinations with other students

the inability to communicate or share information with others

the inability to participate in sports and games

the inability to read the prescribed text & book

Question 8 of 25

9. Dyslexia students will realize their potential when

speaking

speaking and hearing

hearing

reading

Question 9 of 25

10. What is a major criticism of Kohlberg’s theory?

Kohlberg proposed a theory without any empirical basis.

Kohlberg did not give clear cut stages of moral development.

Kohlberg did not account for cultural differences in moral reasoning of men and women.

Kohlberg proposed that moral reasoning is developmental.

Question 10 of 25

11. Teachers are advised to involve their learners in group activities because, besides facilitating learning. They also help in

Aggression

Socialization

Value conflicts

Anxiety

Question 11 of 25

12. The stage of cognitive development, according to Piaget, in which a child displays ‘objects permanence ‘is

Formal operational stage

Concrete operational stage

Pre – operational

Sensor motor stage

Question 12 of 25

13. Which one of the following statements best describes why children should be encouraged to ask questions in the class?

Children can be made to realize that they lack intelligence by making them think of all the things they don’t know about.

Children need to practise their language skills.

Questions increase the curiosity of the children.

Questions take learning forward by interactions and lead to conceptual clarity.

Question 13 of 25

14. A teacher always helps her learners link the knowledge they have derived in one subject areas with the knowledge from other subject areas. This helps to promote

correlation and transfer of knowledge

individual differences

learner autonomy

reinforcement

Question 14 of 25

15. A teacher wants to ensure that her students are motivated intrinsically. She would

plan learning activities which encourage convergent thinking.

focus on the processes of learning of individual children rather than on the final outcome.

offer tangible rewards.

specify uniform standards of achievement for all children.

Question 15 of 25

16. Which of these is a characteristic of a child with learning disability?

Difficulty in reading fluently and reversing words

An IQ below 50

Bullying other children and engaging in aggressive acts

Doing the same motor action repeatedly

Question 16 of 25

17. Development starts from

pre – natal stage

pre –childhood stage

post – childhood stage

the stage of infancy

Question 17 of 25

18. Which one of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between development and learning as proposed by Vygotsky?

Learning and development are parallel processes.

Development is independent of learning.

Development process lags behind the learning process.

Development is synonymous with learning.

Question 18 of 25

19. Piaget proposes that pre-operational children tire unable to conserve. He attributes this inability to which one of the following factors?

Lack of high-level abstract reasoning

Inability of hypothetico-deductive reasoning

Personal fable

Irreversibility of thought

Question 19 of 25

20. Gifted students will realize their potential when

they attend private coaching classes

they learn with other students

they are tested frequently

they are segregated from other students

Question 20 of 25

21. A student is aggressive in his behavior towards his peer group and does not conform to the norms of the school. This student needs help in

Psychomotor domain

Affective domain

Cognitive domain

Higher order thinking skills

Question 21 of 25

22. Inclusive education refers to a school education system that

includes children with disability

emphasizes the need to promote the education of the girl child only

encourages the education of children with special needs through exclusive schools

includes children regardless of physical, intellectual, social, linguistic of other differently a baled conditions

Question 22 of 25

23. Research has pointed out that several levels of discrimination exist in the schools. Which of these is not an example of discrimination at upper primary level?

Dalit children are made to sit separately during mid-day meals.

Teachers have low expectations of children from lower socio-economic strata.

Many teachers use only lecture method to teach.

Girls are not encouraged to take up maths and science.

Question 23 of 25

24. Ability to recognize and classify all varieties of animals , minerals and plants , according to multiple intelligences theory , is called

Naturalist intelligence

Logicoa- mathematical intelligence

spatial called

Linguistic intelligence

Question 24 of 25

25. A teacher can effectively respond to the needs of children from ‘disadvantaged sections’ of society by

ensuring that the children do not get a chance to interact with each other to minimize the chances of their being bullied.

sensitizing the disadvantaged children to the norms and strictures of schools so that they can comply with those.

telling the ‘other children’ to co-operate with the ‘disadvantaged children’ and help them learn the ways of the school.

reflecting on the school system and herself about various ways in which biases and stereotypes surface.

Question 25 of 25

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