Pedagogy MCQs for SST, CT and Teaching Exams
The more often a particular ability is used the ———- it becomes
A. more important
B. less important
C. stronger (Answer)
D. weaker
The conclusion of a deductive argument is————
A. certain (Answer)
B. experience
C. observation
D. probable
The reasoning in which the given statements are viewed as supplying strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion is called———–
A. Deductive Reasoning
B. Inductive Reasoning (Answer)
C. Qualitative Reasoning
D. Quantitative Reasoning
The person is influential communicator if:
A. He is a comedian characteristic
B. If his communication is very clear (Answer)
C. If he communicates in his mother tongue
D. If he has dramatic characteristic
Generally students like those teachers who
A. Dictate notes in the class
B. Remove the difficulties of the subject (Answer)
C. Reveal important Questions before examinations
D. Are self-disciplined
Child development is marked by interrelated processes, which one is not one of them
A. Differentiation
B. Motivation (Answer)
C. Integration
D. Learning
What type of class climate you would prefer
A. A well behaved class students speaking only when asked
B. An active class following the rules prescribed by you
B. A highly interactive and self disciplined class (Answer)
D. A quiet and highly attentive class
Developing new rules and principles on the basis of given facts and information in memory level is called———–
A. Association
B. Generalization (Answer)
C. Application
D. Assimilation
What should teacher do before teaching the lesson
A. He should tell the answers of the lessons first
B. Lesson should be read by a student C. He should point out the meaning of difficult words of the lesson, first
D. He should tell the main objectives of the lesson (Answer)
Which of the following is not the part of educational technology
A. Use of motivation techniques in the class
B. Construction of measuring instruments for evaluation of instructional outcomes
C. Comparison of performance of two different classes or schools (Answer)
D. Selection of suitable teaching strategies
Which of the following purposes is served by lesson plan
A. Psychological teaching is possible
B. Suitable learning environment can be created in the class
C. A teacher can stick to his content
D. All of the above (Answer)
Which of the following strategies is most suitable for introducing a lesson
A. Demonstration
B. Questioning (Answer)
C. Narration
D. Lecture
Purpose of evaluative phase of teaching is:
A. To know to what extent objectives are realized
B. To know the shortcoming of the teacher
C. To know the effectiveness of strategies
D. All of the above (Answer)
Which is the best method of study of child behavior
A. Inspection method
B. Interview method
C. Practical method
D. Personal study method (Answer)
Attitude can:—————-
A. Be overt or covert both
B. Provide basic for individual differences
C. Be the measure of cultural differentiation
D. All of the above (Answer)
Which of the following teaching aids helps the pupils to study, analyses and compare date
A. Graphs (Answer)
B. Maps
C. Diagrams
D. Pictures
Evaluation approach of lesson planning is criticized on the ground that:
A. No effort is made to integrate different teaching points
B. It is highly structured where teacher dominates over pupils
C. It does not take individual difference of pupils into account
D. All of the above (Answer)
Complexities of scoring of matching types of tests can be reduced by————
A. Assigning only one mark for the item
B. Increasing the items in two columns
C. Supplementing the matched items with four alternative items (Answer)
D. None of these
Guidance removes:————–
A. The personal problems of the individual
B. Psychological problems of the individual
C. The social problems of the individual
D. All of the above (Answer)
Three merits of proficiency test are————–
A. Approval, reliability and subjective (Answer)
B. Subjectivity, dexterity and approval
C. Approval, subjectivity and reliability
D. Approval, dexterity and objectivity
Guidance differs from counseling in which of the following manner
A. Guidance is a group process while counseling is a one to one contact
B. Guidance mostly covers social aspects while counseling is a learning oriented process and reduces the learning problems of the individual
C. Guidance is a broader concept than counseling
D. All of the above (Answer)
When a child responds to all women who wear black suit because of the black suit of her mother, it is the example of————-
A. Internal inhibition
B. Generalizations (Answer)
C. Assimilation
D. All of the above
What is meaning of growth
A. Change related to measurement
B. Change related to result
C. Both A. and B. (Answer)
D. None of these
The able teacher is one who:————
A. Inculcates the interest in the subject among students
B. Helps all the students in passing the examination
C. Engaged the students in their work (Answer)
D. Maintains peace in the class
Basic Education mean————–
A. System of education
B. Poor learning
C. Basic of any learning (Answer)
D. Minimum learning
A teacher must check his own unruly behavior because
A. Principal will take action
B. Students will not like it
C. Parents will complain
D. He is dealing with impressionable age (Answer)
When students begin learning with an activity designed to lead them to particular concepts or conclusions, the method of teaching is called————
A. Analytical teaching
B. Discovery teaching (Answer)
C. Invention teaching
D. None of these
Teacher-centered instruction which includes lecture, presentation and recitation is also known as———–
A. Classical Instruction
B. Direct Instruction (Answer)
C. Old method Instruction
D. None of these
————is an approach whereby a teacher or counselor poses questions to the student to allow them to explore ideas that may be complex or emotionally difficult
A. Facilitative questioning (Answer)
B. Critical questioning
C. Explanatory questioning
D. None of these
Free writing is used as a timed activity to stimulate the flow of————
A. Ideas and words (Answer)
B. Talk
C. Discussions
D. Letters of the alphabet
A ———- is any activity that occurs outside the classroom for the purpose of providing hands on experience with objects or people that only occur in certain places
A. Field work
B. Field Observations
C. Field walk
D. Field Trips (Answer)
When educators travel to the student’s location to provide instruction on topics of professional or personal interest. The mode of teaching becomes———–
A. Innovative Teaching
B. Moving Teaching
C. Travel Teaching
D. Extension Teaching (Answer)
–——– is an organizing tool to help the students visualize how many events can be tied to or contribute to a result
A. Fishbone (Answer)
B. Fishpond
C. Backbone
D. None of these
When students are asked to prepare an analysis of critic all features of an object or concept, the strategy is termed as———-
A. Sequencing
B. Concept mapping
C. Characterization (Answer)
D. None of these
While teaching in the classroom, any kind of work that involves two or more students, is a form of———–
A. Collaborative learning (Answer)
B. Collaborative project
C. Collaborative work
D. Collaborative effort
Chucking is a ————- technique
A. Ordering
B. Memorization (Answer)
C. Knowledge
D. None of these
The theory explaining the different types of learning and proposing that they require different types of teaching is remembered as———–
A. Conditions of knowledge
B. Conditions of behaviors
C. Conditions of learning (Answer)
D. None of these
When a notebook is maintained by a group in which each member of the group is expected to add an idea, the notebook is known as———–
A. Collective Notebook (Answer)
B. Collective work sample
C. Collective homework
D. None of these
Circles of learning were formulated by———-
A. Rogers
B. David Johnson
C. Roger and David Johnson (Answer)
D. None of these
–———- can be useful in motivating some students to learn
A. Competitions (Answer)
B. Collisions
C. Compositions
D. None of these
A process of looking at what is being assessed is called———-
A. Assessment
B. Evaluation (Answer)
C. Measurement
D. Rubrics
Formative assessment is an assessment ———– learning
A. to
B. of
C. by
D. for (Answer)
An assessment use to identify difficulties in the learning process is called———
A. initial assessment
B. diagnostic assessment (Answer)
C. formative assessment
D. summative assessment
To compile the information into pattern and propose a plan is called———-
A. analyzing
B. evaluating
C. synthesizing (Answer)
D. originating
The most complex skill of Bloom’s taxonomy is————
A. characterizing
B. evaluating
C. synthesizing
D. originating (Answer)
The three domains of Bloom’s taxonomy are————
A. Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor (Answer)
B. Cognitive, Pedagogy and Psychomotor
C. Cognitive, Affective and Pedagogy
D. Pedagogy, Affective and Psychomotor
The first institution of higher learning in the Western world, “Academy”, was founded by———–
A. Socrates
B. Plato (Answer)
C. Aristotle
D. John Dewey Page
Pag The “Apology” the Plato’s recollection of the speech given by Socrates when Socrates was charged with————
A. believing in the rotation of the Earth
B. not believing in the rotation of the Earth
C. believing in gods
D. not believing in gods (Answer
Which from the following is NOT an informal assessment
A. Observation
B. Project (Answer)
C. Rubrics
D. Participation
A student having scientific attitude———–
A. Becomes courageous
B. Gets goods job
C. Studies systematically
D. Thinks rationally (Answer)
Through which action children learn fast
A. Facial expression (Answer)
B. Walk
C. Study
D. Write
Projective techniques of measuring personality is superior to other techniques because:————
A. The examinee does not know that he is revealing his own self (Answer)
B. Statistical analysis of the result is possible
C. They are easy to administer
D. None of these
Which of the following strategies is problem centered
A. Discovery
B. Heuristic
C. Project
D. All of the above (Answer)
Teacher should read other books also except course-books. What will be the benefit of it
A. They can use their best time
B. They will get satisfaction and teach well
C. Knowledge will be overall developed and they teach well (Answer)
D. People will know him as best teacher due to his way of teaching
There are three main duties of a teacher, which are—————
A. Teaching, regulation and direction (Answer)
B. Teaching, creation of character and co-operation
C. Instruction, direction and training
D. Direction, skilled practice and regulation
Which of the following factors the classroom management
A. Disciplined and controlled behavior in classroom
B. Behavior of teacher with students
C. General administration and management of school
D. All of the above (Answer)
The students of class v make too much of noise in Math’s class. The probable reason of this could be that the teacher
A. Is not well versed in teaching methodology (Answer)
B. The children dislike the subject
C. Is not able to maintain discipline in the class
D. The children do not pay attention
True or false items cannot provide accurate criterion of evaluation because
A. Chance of guessing on the part of examines is at highest probability
B. They generally inflate actual scores due to guessing or cheating
C. They do not require thorough study to attempt
D. All of the above (Answer)
Who is called the father of both Realism and the scientific method
A. Aristotle (Answer)
B. Plato
C. Socrates
D. Edward Thorndike
Realism is a philosophical approach that argues that ultimate reality is the world of———–
A. ideas
B. experiences
C. observations
D. physical objects (Answer)
The philosopher who is called the father of Idealism is————-
A. Aristotle
B. Plato (Answer)
C. Socrates
D. Edward Thorndike
The psychologist who for the first time proposed the concept of connectionism in learning was————-
A. Aristotle
B. Plato
C. Robert Sternberg
D. Edward Thorndike (Answer)
The philosopher who for the first time taught logic as a formal discipline was———-
A. Aristotle (Answer)
B. Plato
C. Socrates
D. Edward Thorndike
Idealism is a philosophical approach that argues that ———-are the only true reality, and the only thing worth knowing.
A. ideas (Answer)
B. experiences
C. observations
D. physical objects
According to Edward Thorndike, learning is about responding to————–
A. analysis
B. change
C. experiment
D. stimuli (Answer)
The connection between stimulus and response is called————
A. stimulus-response bond (Answer)
B. receiving-accepting bond
C. stimulus-response paradigm
D. receiving-accepting paradigm
The ———- the stimulus-response bond (S-R bond), the better a person has learned the lesson.
A. stable
B. unstable
C. stronger (Answer)
D. weaker
Anything that causes a reaction is called————–
A. learning
B. stimulus (Answer)
C. connectionism
D. physical objects
Which of the following techniques is used in educational surveys
A. Tests
B. Interview
C. Questionnaires
D. All of the above (Answer)
Which of the skills do you consider most essential for a teacher
A. To read out the text-book
B. To communicate well (Answer)
C. To use difficult language
D. To impress students
Condition necessary for micro teaching is———–
A. Controlled environment
B. Repeated manifestation of only one skill
C. Observation and criticism
D. All of the above (Answer)
In teaching-learning process which of the following things is done first
A. Task analysis (Answer)
B. Writing objectives
C. Determination of objectives
D. Determination of strategies
Which of the following conditions must be fulfilled for proper adjustment in the environment
A. Physical fitness and health
B. Social acceptability of the person
C. Free form psychological diseases
D. All of the above (Answer)
The most complex skill in cognitive domain of Bloom’s taxonomy is———-
A. characterizing (Answer)
B. understanding
C. evaluating
D. synthesizing
Teaching by small steps and frequent short assignment techniques are useful for———-
A. Learning disabled
B. Slow learners
C. Educationally backward children
D. All of the above (Answer)
All round development means:
A. Developments of all the aspects of personality (Answer)
B. Shapely development of physique
C. All students should develop
D. One can take as many rounds as possible
For healthy arrangement of class room necessary thing is—————-
A. Ventilated class room
B. Sufficient light should be in the class
C. Appropriate seating arrangement in the class
D. All of the above (Answer)
A scoring guide use to evaluate the quality of students is called————
A. rubrics (Answer)
B. checklists
C. inventories
D. rating scales
The technique of classroom management where the teacher punishes negative behaviors by removing an unruly student from the rest of the class is called———–
A. extinction technique
B. satiation technique
C. time out technique (Answer)
D. corporal punishment
Which of the following is an important fear causing stimuli
A. Fear of failure in the examination
B. Fear of social situations like meeting with people in high offices , being lonely in the house
C. Fear of wild animals
D. All of the above (Answer)
According to Robert Sternberg, the three different types of required intelligence for creativity are————-
A. synthetic, analytical, and practical (Answer)
B. analytical, observational and practical
C. analytical, critical and practical
D. abstract, synthetic and analytical
Plato argued that ———- are fit to rule
A. educationists and philosophers
B. only educationists
C. only philosophers (Answer)
D. only psychologists
The three laws of connectionism are the laws of————
A. effect, stimulus and response
B. stimulus, response and exercise
C. exercise, readiness and response
D. effect, exercise and readiness (Answer)
The study of the physical, social and mental aspects of aging is called————
A. Esthetics
B. Genetics
C. Gerontology (Answer)
D. Clinical psychology
Which of the following is an important anger arousing situation during adolescence
A. Biased attitude against them
B. Not getting the needs fulfilled
C. Unfair and insulting attitude towards them
D. All of the above (Answer)
One of the basic principles of socializing individuals is————
A. Education (Answer)
B. Caste
C. Imitation
D. Religion You wish to become a teacher, because: Get more holidays There is no compulsion to teach Less labor is involved in teaching Like to be a teacher (Answer)
The teacher wants students to practice by repetition of some learning content, he normally uses ———— method
A. Drill (Answer)
B. Recitation
C. Skill
D. None of these
When the teacher is restating the information to show basic principles in the classroom, he is actually
A. Making diagrams
B. Pinpointing
C. Generalizing (Answer)
D. Criticizing
Providing temporary support and encouragement to students until help in no longer needed is called————-
A. Scaffolding (Answer)
B. Criticizing
C. Appreciating
D. None of these
–——— are visual frameworks to help the learner make connections between concepts
A. Graphic representations
B. Graphic organizers (Answer)
C. Graphic charts
D. None of these
According to Socrates, physical objects and events are ———– of their ideal form
A. shadows (Answer)
B. images
C. parts
D. signs
When the topic or an area of a course contains a lot of information, it is recommended to use
A. lecture method (Answer)
B. inquiry-based method
C. cooperative method
D. assignment method
In your view, which one is the most important factor of teaching process
A. Teaching materials
B. Student
C. Teacher (Answer)
D. The environment of the class
In order to make memory level of teaching a success what should a teacher do
A. Logical sequence should be there in the presentation of subject matter
B. Recall and rehearsal of the learn material should be done at short intervals
C. Subject matter should be meaningful and interesting before presenting it to pupils
D. All of the above (Answer)
Which from the following should be used to increase correct responses and appropriate behavior
A. Praise (Answer)
B. Reward
C. Ignorance
D. Strictness
According to Rousseau, at what age a person ready to have a companion of the opposite sex
A. 16 (Answer)
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19
Responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become ———- to occur again in that situation
A. not likely
B. equally likely
C. less likely
D. more likely (Answer)
Jean Piaget proposed ———– stages of Cognitive Development
A. 3
B. 4 (Answer)
C. 5
D. 6
“All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.” This is the saying of———–
A. Aristotle (Answer)
B. Socrates
C. Plato
D. John Locke
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