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.

processes of adaptation.

scaffolding provided by more able members of the society.

memorizing information by paying due attention.

Question 1 of 25

2. Creativity is usually associated with

Imitation

Divergent thinking

Convergent thinking

Modeling

Question 2 of 25

3. Dyslexia students will realize their potential when

speaking

hearing

speaking and hearing

reading

Question 3 of 25

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

Questions increase the curiosity of the children.

Children need to practise their language skills.

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

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

Question 4 of 25

5. Inclusive education refers to a school education system that

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

includes children with disability

encourages the education of children with special needs through exclusive schools

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

Question 5 of 25

6. 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.

Many teachers use only lecture method to teach.

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

Question 6 of 25

7. 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 participate in sports and games

the inability to take examinations with other students

the inability to read the prescribed text & book

Question 7 of 25

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

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

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

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

Question 8 of 25

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

Development is independent of learning.

Development process lags behind the learning process.

Learning and development are parallel processes.

Development is synonymous with learning.

Question 9 of 25

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

Setting extremely high expectations form students

not having any expectations from students

setting uniform standard of expectations

setting realistic expect expectations from students

Question 10 of 25

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

Irreversibility of thought

Inability of hypothetico-deductive reasoning

Lack of high-level abstract reasoning

Personal fable

Question 11 of 25

12. 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.

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.

Question 12 of 25

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

Bullying other children and engaging in aggressive acts

An IQ below 50

Difficulty in reading fluently and reversing words

Doing the same motor action repeatedly

Question 13 of 25

14. 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 14 of 25

15. 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

correlation and transfer of knowledge

individual differences

learner autonomy

Question 15 of 25

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

Moral reasoning

Moral realism

Morality co- operation

Moral dilemma

Question 16 of 25

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

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

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

children are born with certain capabilities and deficits.

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

Question 17 of 25

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

Reliability and validity of her assessment tool

Socio-cultural context of her students

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

Standardization of the assessment tool

Question 18 of 25

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

Logicoa- mathematical intelligence

spatial called

Naturalist intelligence

Linguistic intelligence

Question 19 of 25

20. 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 20 of 25

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

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

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

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.

Question 21 of 25

22. A good text – book avoids

social responsibility

gender sensitivity

gender equality

gender bias

Question 22 of 25

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

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.

Kohlberg proposed a theory without any empirical basis.

Question 23 of 25

24. 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

Intelligence and racial differences

Distribution of differences

Growth of intelligence

Question 24 of 25

25. Development starts from

pre – natal stage

post – childhood stage

pre –childhood stage

the stage of infancy

Question 25 of 25

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