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

1. Gifted students will realize their potential when

they are tested frequently

they are segregated from other students

they attend private coaching classes

they learn with other students

Question 1 of 25

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

Children need to practise their language skills.

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.

Question 2 of 25

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

Socio-cultural context of her students

Standardization of the assessment tool

Reliability and validity of her assessment tool

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

Question 3 of 25

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

Distribution of differences

Intelligence and racial differences

Growth of intelligence

Intelligence and sex differences

Question 4 of 25

5. Inclusive education refers to a school education system that

encourages the education of children with special needs through exclusive schools

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

includes children with disability

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

Question 5 of 25

6. Socialization is a process of

assimilation and accommodation.

learning to critique the culture of a society.

acquiring values, beliefs and expectations.

socializing with friends.

Question 6 of 25

7. Development starts from

pre – natal stage

post – childhood stage

pre –childhood stage

the stage of infancy

Question 7 of 25

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

not having any expectations from students

Setting extremely high expectations form students

setting uniform standard of expectations

setting realistic expect expectations from students

Question 8 of 25

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

memorizing information by paying due attention.

changing their behaviour when offered appropriate rewards.

scaffolding provided by more able members of the society.

processes of adaptation.

Question 9 of 25

10. 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

Higher order thinking skills

Cognitive domain

Psychomotor domain

Affective domain

Question 10 of 25

11. 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.

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

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

Many teachers use only lecture method to teach.

Question 11 of 25

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

spatial called

Linguistic intelligence

Logicoa- mathematical intelligence

Naturalist intelligence

Question 12 of 25

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

Concrete operational stage

Pre – operational

Formal operational stage

Sensor motor stage

Question 13 of 25

14. 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

Irreversibility of thought

Inability of hypothetico-deductive reasoning

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.

children are born with certain capabilities and deficits.

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

Question 15 of 25

16. Creativity is usually associated with

Imitation

Convergent thinking

Modeling

Divergent thinking

Question 16 of 25

17. A good text – book avoids

gender bias

gender equality

gender sensitivity

social responsibility

Question 17 of 25

18. According to Vygotsky, zone of proximal development is

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

zone demarking the support offered by the teacher.

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.

Question 18 of 25

19. 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 19 of 25

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

Moral reasoning

Moral dilemma

Morality co- operation

Moral realism

Question 20 of 25

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

plan learning activities which encourage convergent thinking.

specify uniform standards of achievement for all children.

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

offer tangible rewards.

Question 21 of 25

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

the inability to communicate or share information with others

the inability to take examinations with other students

the inability to read the prescribed text & book

the inability to participate in sports and games

Question 22 of 25

23. 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 23 of 25

24. Dyslexia students will realize their potential when

hearing

speaking and hearing

reading

speaking

Question 24 of 25

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

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.

Kohlberg did not give clear cut stages of moral development.

Question 25 of 25

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