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

1. 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 sex differences

Growth of intelligence

Intelligence and racial differences

Distribution of differences

Question 1 of 25

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

spatial called

Logicoa- mathematical intelligence

Naturalist intelligence

Linguistic intelligence

Question 2 of 25

3. 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?

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

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

Girls are not encouraged to take up maths and science.

Many teachers use only lecture method to teach.

Question 3 of 25

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

Bullying other children and engaging in aggressive acts

Difficulty in reading fluently and reversing words

An IQ below 50

Doing the same motor action repeatedly

Question 4 of 25

5. 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

Cognitive domain

Affective domain

Higher order thinking skills

Question 5 of 25

6. 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

Irreversibility of thought

Inability of hypothetico-deductive reasoning

Personal fable

Question 6 of 25

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

Setting extremely high expectations form students

setting realistic expect expectations from students

not having any expectations from students

setting uniform standard of expectations

Question 7 of 25

8. Inclusive education refers to a school education system that

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

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

includes children with disability

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 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.

Question 9 of 25

10. According to Vygotsky, zone of proximal development is

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

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

zone demarking the support offered by the teacher.

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

Question 10 of 25

11. Creativity is usually associated with

Imitation

Modeling

Divergent thinking

Convergent thinking

Question 11 of 25

12. 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 synonymous with learning.

Development process lags behind the learning process.

Development is independent of learning.

Question 12 of 25

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

changing their behaviour when offered appropriate rewards.

processes of adaptation.

scaffolding provided by more able members of the society.

memorizing information by paying due attention.

Question 13 of 25

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

specify uniform standards of achievement for all children.

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.

Question 14 of 25

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

Value conflicts

Aggression

Anxiety

Socialization

Question 15 of 25

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

Morality co- operation

Moral reasoning

Moral dilemma

Moral realism

Question 16 of 25

17. 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 encouraging children to look for answers to the problems in the textbook

By giving tangible rewards for solving problems

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

Question 17 of 25

18. 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.

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

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

Question 18 of 25

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

Pre – operational

Concrete operational stage

Sensor motor stage

Formal operational stage

Question 19 of 25

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

children are born with certain capabilities and deficits.

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

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

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

Question 20 of 25

21. 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

reinforcement

individual differences

learner autonomy

correlation and transfer of knowledge

Question 21 of 25

22. Dyslexia students will realize their potential when

speaking

reading

hearing

speaking and hearing

Question 22 of 25

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

Kohlberg did not give clear cut stages of moral development.

Kohlberg proposed a theory without any empirical basis.

Kohlberg proposed that moral reasoning is developmental.

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

Question 23 of 25

24. 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 24 of 25

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

Socio-cultural context of her students

Reliability and validity of her assessment tool

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

Standardization of the assessment tool

Question 25 of 25

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