PAST PAPER (HEADMASTER)  KPPSC

./Educational Psychology

Q-1. The Primary focus of Educational Psychology is:
(A) Analyzing economic factors in Education
(B) Understanding how students learn and develop
(C) Implementing standardized test procedures
(D) Designing school curricula

Q-2. Which method in educational psychology involves manipulating variables and measuring their effects on behaviors?
(A) Descriptive method
(B) Qualitative method
(C) Experimental method
(D) Cross-sectional method

Q-3. Which stage of development is marked by significant cognitive growth, including the development of logical reasoning and the ability to think abstractly?
(A) Infancy
(B) Early childhood
(C) Adolescence
(D) Middle childhood

Q-4. Which factor primarily influences the height and weight of an individual during growth?
(A) Genetic factors
(B) Environmental factors
(C) Socioeconomic factors
(D) Cultural factors

Q-5. Which term refers to the physical changes that occur in an individual’s body over time?
(A) Evolution
(B) Maturation
(C) Growth
(D) Development

Q-6. Which factor is most influential in shaping emotional development?
(A) Genetic factors
(B) Social environment
(C) Cultural norms
(D) Physical health

Q-7. The preoperational stage, according to Piaget, is marked by the development of:
(A) Logical and abstract thinking
(B) Object permanence
(C) Conservation and hypothetical reasoning
(D) Symbolic representation

*Here B and D both are correct

Q-8. Which factor refers to the prior knowledge and experiences that a learner brings to a new learning situation?
(A) Cognitive ability
(B) Learning environment
(C) Socioeconomic status
(D) Background knowledge

Q-9. Which of the following is a key concept in behaviorism that refers to the process of learning through the association of stimuli and responses?
(A) Classical conditioning
(B) Operant conditioning
(C) Observational learning
(D) Social learning

Q-10. Who is considered the founder of behaviorism?
(A) Sigmund Freud
(B) B.F. Skinner
(C) Albert Bandura
(D) Jean Piaget

Q-11. Positive reinforcement involves:
(A) Removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior
(B) Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior
(C) Adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior
(D) Adding a pleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a behavior

Q-12. Intelligence can be defined as:
(A) The ability to acquire knowledge and skills
(B) A fixed trait that remains stable throughout a person’s life
(C) The capacity to solve problems and adapt to new situations
(D) A measure of academic achievement

Q-13. Which intelligence involves the ability to understand and interact effectively with others?
(A) Interpersonal intelligence
(B) Intrapersonal intelligence
(C) Naturalistic intelligence
(D) Existential intelligence

Q-14. Which of the following is an effective strategy for supporting slow learners?
(A) Providing advanced-level materials to challenge them
(B) Setting low expectations to avoid frustrating them
(C) Isolating them from their peers
(D) Using multisensory teaching approaches

Q-15. Gifted learners may excel in which of the following areas?
(A) Social skills and emotional intelligence
(B) Physical coordination and sports
(C) Artistic expression and creativity
(D) Verbal fluency and language skills

Q-16. Gifted learners are individuals who:
(A) Have above-average intelligence
(B) Have a slower rate of learning compared to their peers
(C) Are unable to learn at all
(D) Have significant cognitive impairments

Use of ICT in Education

1- Educationists consider the internet as the most significant ICT tool in
(A) Distance Learning
(B) Classroom Learning
(C) E-Learning
(D) None of these

2- Creativity and Critical thinking are included in
(A) Learning Skill
(B) Literacy Skill
(C) Life Skill
(D) None of these

3- Life Skills are also called
(A) FLIPS
(B) PLIPS
(C) IMT
(D) None of these

* Flexibility, leadership, initiative, productivity, and social skills

4- Which of the following is an example of informative tool?
(A) Internet
(B) Front Page
(C) Power Point
(D) None of these

5- Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) has been used for more than ________ years.
(A) 15
(B) 20
(C) 25
(D) None of these

6- The way of education in which students learn through electronic ICT as well as face to face teaching is
(A) Blended Learning
(B) Distance Learning
(C) E-Learning
(D) None of these

7- Duplicating Copyright content without author approval is known as
(A) Hacking
(B) Steeling
(C) Plagiarism
(D) None of these

8- In MS Word Window at the top of the ________ there are seven Tabs.
(A) Ribbon
(B) Title Bar
(C) Status Bar
(D) None of these

9- ________ is a temporary storage place in computer memory.
(A) Clip Board
(B) Dash Board
(C) RAM
(D) None of these

10- ALT+F4 is a Short key to ________ in Power Point.
(A) open a presentation
(B) Run a presentation
(C) Quit power point
(D) None of these

11-MS Word automatically applies a ________ point border to all Table and table cells.
(A) 1/2
(B) 1/4
(C) 1/6
(D) None of these

12- A chart is a tool used in MS Excel represent data
(A) Pictorially
(B) Graphically
(C) Diagrammatically
(D) None of these

13-________ Short Key are used to switch to previous window.
(A) CTRL+Shift+P
(B) CTRL+Shift+F6
(C) CTRL+F6
(D) None of these

14- Short Key for check spelling in power point is ________
(A) F5
(B) F7
(C) F9
(D) None of these

15- The username and Domain name cannot be longer than ________ Characters in an E-mail Address.
(A) 32,64
(B) 64,128
(C) 64,254
(D) None of these

16-The first E-mail was sent by ________ in 1971.
(A) Tomlinson
(B) Arpanetson
(C) Spareson
(D) None of these