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

1. 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

Affective domain

Cognitive domain

Psychomotor domain

Higher order thinking skills

Question 1 of 25

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

Personal fable

Lack of high-level abstract reasoning

Inability of hypothetico-deductive reasoning

Irreversibility of thought

Question 2 of 25

3. Socialization is a process of

learning to critique the culture of a society.

socializing with friends.

assimilation and accommodation.

acquiring values, beliefs and expectations.

Question 3 of 25

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

the inability to participate in sports and games

the inability to read the prescribed text & book

the inability to take examinations with other students

the inability to communicate or share information with others

Question 4 of 25

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

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

By giving tangible rewards for solving problems

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

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

Question 5 of 25

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

Growth of intelligence

Distribution of differences

Intelligence and sex differences

Intelligence and racial differences

Question 6 of 25

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

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

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

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

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

Question 7 of 25

8. 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 8 of 25

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

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

Questions increase the curiosity of the children.

Children need to practise their language skills.

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

Question 9 of 25

10. 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

learner autonomy

correlation and transfer of knowledge

individual differences

reinforcement

Question 10 of 25

11. Gifted students will realize their potential when

they are tested frequently

they learn with other students

they are segregated from other students

they attend private coaching classes

Question 11 of 25

12. A good text – book avoids

gender equality

gender sensitivity

social responsibility

gender bias

Question 12 of 25

13. A teacher in a multi-cultural classroom would ensure that the assessment considers the following :

Expectations of the school administration by complying with the minimum levels of learning

Socio-cultural context of her students

Standardization of the assessment tool

Reliability and validity of her assessment tool

Question 13 of 25

14. Inclusive education refers to a school education system that

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

includes children with disability

Question 14 of 25

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

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.

children are born with certain capabilities and deficits.

Question 15 of 25

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

Development process lags behind the learning process.

Development is synonymous with learning.

Learning and development are parallel processes.

Development is independent of learning.

Question 16 of 25

17. Creativity is usually associated with

Imitation

Divergent thinking

Convergent thinking

Modeling

Question 17 of 25

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

Anxiety

Socialization

Value conflicts

Aggression

Question 18 of 25

19. According to theories of motivation, a teacher can enhance learning by

setting realistic expect expectations from students

not having any expectations from students

setting uniform standard of expectations

Setting extremely high expectations form students

Question 19 of 25

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

Moral reasoning

Morality co- operation

Moral dilemma

Moral realism

Question 20 of 25

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

Logicoa- mathematical intelligence

Naturalist intelligence

spatial called

Linguistic intelligence

Question 21 of 25

22. 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?

Girls are not encouraged to take up maths and science.

Many teachers use only lecture method to teach.

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

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

Question 22 of 25

23. Development starts from

pre –childhood stage

pre – natal stage

the stage of infancy

post – childhood stage

Question 23 of 25

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

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

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

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

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

Question 24 of 25

25. According to Vygotsky, zone of proximal development is

the gap between what the child can do independently and with assistance.

what the child can do on her own which cannot be assessed.

the amount and nature of support provided to the child to achieve her potential.

zone demarking the support offered by the teacher.

Question 25 of 25

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