Teaching Aptitude Questions

1. The book ‘Education for Critical Consciousness’ is written by :
(A) Mary Wollstonecraft
(B) Nel Noddings
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Paulo Freire

2. ‘Hinyana’ is also known as :
(A) Vajrayana
(B) Theravada
(C) Tantra
(D) Suktta

3. Social change is a term used to describe………………….
(A) Variation in any aspect of school management
(B) Modification in teaching and learning methods
(C) Variation and modification in social interaction or social organisation
(D) Modification in curriculum

4. The ultimate goal of human life according to Jainism is………….
(A) Moksha
(B) Bhakti
(C) Nirvana
(D) Keval Dnyan

5. The book ‘Education of Man’ was written by…………………..
(A) Sartre
(B) Plato
(C) Froebel
(D) Rousseau

6. According to Rousseau who provides a fencing around the soul of the child ?
(A) Father
(B) Mother
(C) Society
(D) Teacher

7. According to Samkhya Philosophy the aims of education are…………
(A) Emotional and materialistic
(B) Spiritual and materialistic
(C) Emotional and Spiritual
(D) Spiritual and indirect

8. In Islam Ulum Aqliyya deals with the study of……………………..
(A) Languages and fine arts
(B) Philosophy and physical sciences
(C) Psychology and Philosophy
(D) Psychology and social sciences

9. ‘The Challenge to Care in Schools’— This book was written by :
(A) Swami Dayananda
(B) Sri Aurobindo
(C) Nel Noddings
(D) Mahatma Gandhi

10. According to…………………….education should be vocational in character.
(A) Realism
(B) Pragmatism
(C) Naturalism
(D) Idealism

11. To inculcate protection and consolidation of democracy through education is one of the objectives of………………………………
(A) Yashpal Committee’s Report (2009)
(B) National Policy of Education (1986-1992)
(C) Kothari Education Commission (1964-66)
(D) National Knowledge Commission (2007)

12. The………………….recommended that the burden of the school bags should be reduced at the primary level.
(A) Kothari Education Commission (1964-66)
(B) Yashpal Committee’s Report (2009)
(C) National Policy of Education (1986-1992)
(D) National Knowledge Commission (2007).

13. According to signaling theory………..
(A) There is reflection of correlation between education and unobserved ability
(B) There is no effect of education on politics
(C) There is no relation between education and social status
(D) There is correlation between education and politics

14. Political socialization is measured through the use of…………………related to politics.
(A) Criteria
(B) Indicators
(C) Measures
(D) Issues

15. Education for SC/ST and OBC universal access to education was to be ensured and adequate incentives were to be given to children particularly the girls was recommended by………………………..
(A) National Commission on Teachers (1999)
(B) National Policy of Education (1992)
(C) Kothari Education Commission (1964-66)
(D) Yashpal Committee Report (2009)

16. The books should be prepared in Indian vernacular languages for the benefit of student’s and teachers. This was emphasised in………………….
(A) Wood’s Dispatch
(B) Macaulay’s Minutes
(C) Adam’s Report
(D) Manro’s document

17. In………………………decisions taken by the ruler are to be propagated and to be imposed on students by teacher.
(A) Autocracy
(B) Aristocracy
(C) Monarchy
(D) Dictatorship

18. ……………………believe that most people can be reasonable and that teachers need to use teaching methods that build and support the ability to rationalize and use their intelligence.
(A) Liberalism
(B) Secularism
(C) Individualism
(D) Conservatism

19. Arrange chronologically the establishment of the Commissions/ Committees given below :
Kothari Education Commission (KEC), Yashpal Committee (YC), Justice Verma Committee (JVC), National Knowledge Commission (NKC)
(A) KEC, JVC, YC, NKC
(B) KEC, NKC, YC, JVC
(C) KEC, YC, NKC, JVC
(D) JVC, KEC, NKC, YC

20. The execution of education policy into action is called as………………..
(A) Formation of education policy
(B) Analysis of education policy
(C) Documentation of education policy
(D) Implementation of education policy

21. Virat can measure, classify, compare different things then he is at…………… as per Piaget’s theory.
(A) Pre-conceptual stage
(B) Intuitive stage
(C) Concrete operational stage
(D) Formal operational stage

22. ………………………… is the one of the determinant of individual differences.
(A) Attitude
(B) Interest
(C) Personality
(D) Hormones

23. …………………….. stage is not enumerated by Erikson in his psycho-social theory of development.
(A) Trust versus mistrust
(B) Autonomy versus shame
(C) Humour versus anger
(D) Initiative versus guilt

24. According to Sternberg’s theory, the following is not the component of tacit knowledge :
(A) Managing self
(B) Managing others
(C) Managing career
(D) Managing imaginations

25. Students are punished when they don’t do homework, so they do homework. This change of behaviour is called…………………..
(A) Discriminated punishment learning
(B) Punishment learning
(C) Escape learning
(D) Active avoidance learning

26. In Clarke Hull’s Theory, Need, Habit strength, incentive motivation and…………………….are the most important terms are used.
(A) Stimulus
(B) Response
(C) Drive
(D) Performance

27. In Gagne’s hierachical theory of learning……………….. is the first stage of learning.
(A) Chain learning
(B) Signal learning
(C) Concept learning
(D) Verbal associative learning

28. According to Ginzberg’s theory second stage in the vocational development of an individual is…………….stage.
(A) No choice
(B) Fantancy
(C) Trial and error
(D) Stabilization

29. The main aim of educational guidance is……………………
(A) Pupil development
(B) To solve the problem of schools
(C) For ease in transaction of curriculum
(D) To improve school standard

30. ………………….. is the focal point of vocational counselling.
(A) Individual
(B) Vocation
(C) Skills required for vocation
(D) Interest of an individual

31. Teaching is not a profession because there is……………………..
(A) No oath
(B) No professional organization which controls teacher’s behaviour
(C) No provision for getting money by using skills acquired
(D) No social service

32. To provide extension services department to teacher education colleges is one of the functions of………………….
(A) NCTE
(B) NCERT
(C) SBTE
(D) SCERT

33. The three components of teacher education suggested by NCTE are competency, commitment and………..
(A) Progress
(B) Attitude
(C) Quality
(D) Performance

34. In the course, where all the college teachers only from same subject attends the course, said course is called…………………………..
(A) Refresher course
(B) Orientation course
(C) Summer institutes
(D) Faculty development programme

35. Need of pre-service teacher education was firstly recommended by…………………………….
(A) Kothari Commission
(B) Radhakrishnan Commission
(C) Mudaliar Commission
(D) Chattopadhyaya Commission

36. ‘In any event, no reform can succeed without the co-operation and active participation of teachers’. This is the statement made ……………………. Commission
(A) Kothari
(B) Radhakrishnan
(C) Delor
(D) Mudaliar

37. In behaviouristic model of teacher education more stress is given on…………………….
(A) Theory building
(B) Skill development
(C) Value development
(D) Attitude development

38. As a………………, an educator is in a position to profess substantive beliefs about the meaning and value of education.
(A) Expert
(B) Resource person
(C) Professional
(D) Counsellor

39. The technique used to roll the responsibility of learning towards the students and make them active participants of learning process is………………………..
(A) Role play
(B) Peer teaching
(C) Flip methodology
(D) Brainstorming

40. A teaching process where teachers think over their teaching practices, analysing how something was taught and how the practice might be improved or changed for better learning outcomes is…………………..
(A) Reflective teaching
(B) Resourceful teaching
(C) Creative teaching
(D) Flipped teaching

41. Robert Stake’s model regarding curriculum evaluation is called …………………
(A) Interactive Evaluative Model
(B) Summative Evaluation Model
(C) Formative Evaluation Model
(D) Responsive Evaluation Model

42. Which statement of the following is not true ?
(A) Curriculum is a dynamic process
(B) Curriculum is knowledge arranged systematically for progressive acquisition
(C) Curriculum is the summary of textbooks
(D) Curriculum is not confined to certain subjects only

43. In curriculum development the idealists……………………..
(A) Emphasize on the logical divisions of subject-matter
(B) Advocate vocational subjects to be included
(C) Attach a higher importance to humanities than physical and biological sciences
(D) Give importance to only literature

44. In any university the curriculum is approved by………………….
(A) Academic Council
(B) Management Council
(C) Board of Studies
(D) University Senate

45. In any university the responsibility of curriculum development belongs to…………………….
(A) Subject Teacher Association
(B) Academic Council
(C) Management Council
(D) Board of Studies

46. The word ‘Curriculum’ according to its original Latin word means………..
(A) Path of knowledge
(B) Path of success
(C) Path of competition
(D) Path of running

47. ………………..are the main elements of any curriculum.
(A) Objectives, content, teaching methods, evaluation
(B) Content, evaluation, teaching aids
(C) Planning, assignment, content
(D) Teaching units, questions, assignments, support material

48. In case of curriculum which of the following is not desirable ?
(A) Curriculum should be learner-centered
(B) Curriculum should be flexible
(C) Curriculum should be based on textbooks
(D) Curriculum should be changed from time to time.

49. Changing curriculum is the effect of……………………………..
(A) Changing teaching methods
(B) Changing evaluation pattern
(C) Changing educational objectives
(D) Changing needs of time

50. A curriculum whose structure allows for topics or skills to be repeated each time in more detail or depth is called the……………………….
(A) Repeated curriculum
(B) Revised curriculum
(C) Reinforcing curriculum
(D) Spiral curriculum