.The self-adjective mechanism that teachers often unwittingly encourage is______.

(a) An attention-getting device
(b) Daydreaming
(c) Regression
(d) None of these
Answer: a

When an individual repeats those learning that, in the past, proved to be highly satisfying, such behaviour can best be explained by the law of______.
(a) Effect
(b) Frequency
(c) Readiness
(d) None of these
Answer: a

Children’s attitudes toward persons of different ethnic groups are generally based upon______.
(a) Their parent’s attitudes
(b) The attitudes of their peer
(c) The influence of television
(d) None of these
Answer: a

______ is not a sound mental hygiene practice.
(a) Asking pupils to correct their answers after their tests have been marked
(b) Discussing an individual pupil’s test marks with the class
(c) Asking parents to sign test papers so that that they are aware of their child’s marks.
(d) None of these
Answer: b

All of the following advanced principles of child development are closely allied to the stimulus response learning theory, except ______.
(a) Pavlov
(b) J. B. Watson
(c) Gesell
(d) None of these
Answer: d

All of the following can be signs that a child is gifted, except______.
(a) Early development of a sense of time
(b) Interest in encyclopaedias and dictionaries
(c) Uneasy relationships with peers.
(d) None of these
Answer: c

Teacher tenure laws can best be justified because they______.
(a) Protect teachers whose political views differ sharply with those of the community
(b) Provide for stability of staffing
(c) Allow an experienced teacher to plan creatively
(d) None of these
Answer: a

All of the following contribute to the crisis in urban schools except______.
(a) The rapid increase in school pollution
(b) The disappearance of taxable property
(c) The deterioration and decline of real property
(d) None of these
Answer: a

Which is the incorrectly associated pair?
(a) Joseph Lancaster-contract plan
(b) Benjamin Franklin-academy
(c) James B. Conant-high school
(d) None of these
Answer: a

When parents ask teachers about their children’s television habits, it is best to suggest that they______.
(a) Prohibit television viewing
(b) Use television for rewards and punishments
(c) Give children freedom to selected whatever they want to see
(d) None of these
Answer: c

Curriculum-makers have the most difficulty when______.
(a) There is an inflationary cycle
(b) The nature of the student population is changing
(c) Parents are participants
(d) None of these
Answer: b

A major contribution of the Jesuits to education includes all of the following except______.
(a) Insistence on well trained teachers
(b) Repetition and memorization as teaching methods
(c) Concentration on the early education of children
(d) None of these
Answer: d

De facto school segregation is segregation primarily a result of______.
(a) Guidelines issued by the State Commissioner of Education
(b) Discriminatory zoning of a local school board
(c) Residence patterns of the community
(d) None of these
Answer: c

______ advanced the idea of the five formal steps in leaving.
(a) Rousseau
(b) Herbart
(c) Pestalozzi
(d) None of these
Answer: b

That the mind of an infant is a tabula rasa is the contribution of______.
(a) Plato
(b) Horace Man
(c) John Locke
(d) None of these
Answer: c

The disadvantaged child’s chances for success in school will be maximized when______.
(a) he/she is given a high concentration of skills subjects
(b) His/her intellectual potential is discovered and his/her educational deficiencies are overcome
(c) He/she is treated like any other child
(d) None of these
Answer: b

“The individual develops through the head, the heart, and the hand”, this was the educational philosophy of______.
(a) Herbart
(b) Comenius
(c) Pestalozzi
(d) None of these
Answer: c

Of the following the statement the least educationally valid is______.
(a) Over-learning constitutes a waste of time (b) Drill periods should be brief
(c) Study habits should be taught
(d) None of these
Answer: a

In a kindergarten class it would be unreasonable to expect a child to______.
(a) Care for plants
(b) Clean up after clay work
(c) Know when it is time to clean up
(d) None of these
Answer: d

The trial and error method of instruction is best enhanced by______.
(a) Role playing
(b) Programmed instruction
(c) Independent study
(d) None of these
Answer: d

A parent of a fourth grader refuses to give permission for her child to go on a class trip. The teacher should first______.
(a) Refer the matter to the guidance counsellor
(b) Confer with the parent to discuss the educational purpose of the trip
(c) Give the class a homework assignment for all parents to sign, giving reasons why each child wants to go on the trip
(d) None of these
Answer: b

An increase in comprehension skill is most likely to result from______.
(a) Guided silent reading
(b) Guided oral reading
(c) Unstructured silent reading
(d) None of these
Answer: a

In dealing with a class that is misbehaving, the teacher’s least effective course of action is to______.
(a) Ask the principal to observe him/her and make recommendations
(b) Lower the grades of pupils who create the most serious infractions
(c) Isolate those most responsible for the misbehaviour
(d) None of these
Answer: b

A fourth grader takes the possessions of pupils who sit near him. The teacher’s best initial step is to______.
(a) Isolate the child in a corner of the room
(b) Arrange a parent conference to try to determine causation
(c) Ignore the behaviour, as it will eventually disappear
(d) None of these
Answer: b

All of the following are appropriate areas for pupil-teacher planning except______.
(a) The day’s schedule
(b) The selection of committees
(c) The sequence in a skills programme
(d) None of these
Answer: c

1. Most important work of teacher is—

a. to organize teaching work

b. to deliver lecture in class

c. to take care of children

d. to evaluate the students

2. A teacher should be—
A) Honest B) Diligent C) Dutiful  D) Punctual

3. Environmental education should be taught in schools because—

a. it will affect environmental pollution

b. it is important part of life

c. it will provide job to teachers

d. we cannot escape from environment

4. Noondays Schools have been established to—

a. increase number of school in rural areas

b. provide good education in rural areas

c. complete ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’

d. check wastage of education in rural areas

5. At primary level, it is better to teach in mother language because—

a. it develops self-confidence in children

b. it makes learning easy

c. it is helpful in intellectual development

d. it helps children in learning in natural atmosphere

6. Women are better teacher at primary level because—

a. they behave more patiently with children

b. they are ready to work with low salary

c. higher qualification is not needed in this profession

d. they have less chances in other profession

7. You have been selected in all the four professions given below. Where would you like to go ?
(A) Teacher (B) Police  (C)  Army  (D) Bank

8. What is most important while writing on blackboard ?
(A) Good writing  (B) Clarity in writing
(C) Writing in big letters (D) Writing in small letters

9. Some students send a greeting card to you on teacher’s day. What will you do ? You will—
(A) do nothing (B) say thanks to them 
(C) ask them to not to waste money (D) reciprocate the good wishes to them

10. A student comes late in your class. Then you will—
(A) inform to parents (B) punish him
(C) try to know the reason  (D) not pay attention there