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1. A creative learner refers to one who is
(1) very talented in drawing and painting
(2) highly intelligent
(3) capable of scoring consistently good marks in tests
(4) good at lateral thinking and problem solving
2. Individual learners differ from each other in
(1) principles of growth and development
(2) rate of development
(3) sequence of development
(4) general capacity for development
3. Every learner is unique means that
(1) No two learners are alike in their abilities, interests and talents
(2) Learners do not have any common qualities, nor do they share common goals
(3) A common curriculum for all learners is not possible
(4) It is impossible to develop the potential of learners in a heterogeneous class
4. Constructivism as a theory
(1) focuses on the role of imitation
(2) emphasises the role of the learner in constructing his own view of the world
(3) emphasises on memorising information and testing through recall
(4) emphasises on the dominant role of the teacher
5. Development of concepts is primarily a part of
(1) emotional development
(2) intellectual development
(3) physical development
(4) social development
6. Heredity is considered as a _________ social structure.
(1) primary
(2) secondary
(3) dynamic
(4) static
7. The most intense and crucial socialization takes place
(1) throughout the life of a person
(2) during adolescence P
(3) during early childhood
(4) during adulthood
8. Helping learners recapitulate or recall what they have already learnt is important because
(1) it is a convenient beginning for any classroom instruction
(2) relating new information to prior knowledge enhances learning
(3) it is an effective way of revising old lessons
(4) it enhances the memory of learners thereby strengthening learning
9. According to Piaget, during the first stage of development (birth to about 2 years age), a child learns
best
(1) by using the senses
(2) by comprehending neutral words
(3) by thinking in an abstract fashion
(4) by applying newly acquired knowledge of language
10. Theory of learning which totally and only depends on ‘observable behaviour’ is associated with
_________ theory of learning.
(1) Cognitivist
(2) Developmental
(3) Behaviourist
(4) Constructivist
11. Multilingual character of Indian society should be seen as
(1) a hindrance in teaching-learning process
(2) a resource for enrichment of school life
(3) a challenge to teacher’s capacity to motivate students to learn
(4) a factor that makes school life a complex experience for the learners
12. Creative answers require
(1) direct teaching and direct questions
(2) content-based questions
(3) open-ended questions
(4) a highly disciplined classroom
13. Diagnosis of the gaps in the learning of students should be followed by
(1) appropriate remedial measures
(2) intensive drill and practice
(3) systematic revision of all lessons
(4) reporting the findings to learners and parents
14. Which of the following statements cannot be considered as a feature of ‘learning’ ?
(1) Learning is a process that mediates behaviour P
(2) Learning is something that occurs as a result of certain experiences
(3) Study of behaviour is learning
(4) Unlearning is also a part of learning
15. ‘Self-regulation’ of learners refers to
(1) their ability to monitor their own learning
(2) creating regulations for student behaviour
(3) rules and regulations made by the student body
(4) self-discipline and control
16. Which of the following does not reflect ‘teaching for understanding’ ?
(1) Ask students to explain a phenomenon or a concept in their own words
(2) Teach students to provide examples to illustrate how a law works
(3) Help students see similarities and differences and generate analogies
(4) Enable students to memorize isolated facts and procedures
17. Which of the following statements is true about ‘learning’ ?
(1) Errors made by children indicate that no learning has taken place.
(2) Learning is effective in an environment that is emotionally positive and satisfying for the
learners.
(3) Learning is not affected by emotional factors at any stage of learning.
(4) Learning is fundamentally a mental activity.
18. Human development is based on certain principles. Which of the following is not a principle of
human development ?
(1) Continuity
(2) Sequentiality
(3) General to Specific
(4) Reversible
19. The main purpose of assessment should be
(1) to point out the errors of the learners
(2) to measure the achievement of learners
(3) to decide if a student should be promoted to the next class
(4) to diagnose and remedy gaps in learning
20. Centrally sponsored scheme of Integrated Education for disabled children aims at providing
educational opportunities to children with disabilities in
(1) regular schools
(2) special schools
(3) open schools
(4) Blind Relief Association schools
100. The woman described in the poem
(1) was very busy doing chores
(2) was no more
(3) lived in her own house
(4) worked in the house of a rich man
101. The woman was always tired because
(1) she was physically very weak
(2) she was suffering from a serious ailment
(3) she did all the household work without
any help
(4) she had hardly anything to eat
102. The woman wanted to go to a place where
(1) people didn’t sing or dance
(2) people didn’t cook, wash or sew
(3) people would take good care of her
(4) people would sincerely mourn for her
103. The woman’s account in the poem shows
(1) how overworked a housewife is
(2) that there is no work in heaven
(3) how a woman can escape from work
(4) how we should help each other
104. ‘For everything there is exact to my wishes,’
In this line, the word ‘exact’ can be
interpreted to mean
(1) contrary
(2) contributing
(3) according
(4) leading
105. The rhyme pattern in the poem is
(1) ab, ab, ab, ab, ab
(2) aa, ab, cd, cd, ee
(3) aa, bb, cc, dd, ee
(4) aa, ab, bc, cd, de
Directions : Answer the following questions by
selecting the most appropriate option.
106. Ria is unable to pronounce the words ‘smile’
and ‘school’ clearly. As her teacher, what will
you do ?
(1) Make Ria repeat the ‘words’ many times
(2) Make Ria understand the meaning and
sound pattern and get the class as a
whole to listen to these words through
an audio-visual medium
(3) Humiliate Ria by isolating her and
asking her to repeat the words
(4) Asking the entire class to repeat the
words and appreciating Ria when she
repeats them correctly
107. Lalita, a teacher of young learners, provides
them with opportunities to play with clay,
water and sand so as to
(1) build fine motor skills, especially of the
fingers and thumb
(2) encourage play with no other objective
(3) please them and make them happy
(4) dirty their hands so that they may learn
to wash them
108. The spoken skills in a language teaching
classroom can be developed through
(1) engaging in small talk as confident
agressive learners
(2) emotionally connecting with learners
(3) enabling activities with a focus on
conversation skills leading to
communicative competence
(4) group activities where learners can talk
in whichever language they would like
to
109. Ritu often makes errors in Subject-Verb
concord. The teacher can help her by
(1) taking up many examples for the entire
class and paying special attention to
Ritu
(2) explaining to her the rules of grammar
(3) asking Ritu to learn the rules and
scolding her
(4) asking Ritu to write the rules ten times
in her notebook
110. How will a teacher best teach ‘writing’ skills
to a class ?
(1) By brainstorming ideas and asking
students to write in their own words
(2) By asking students to write neatly
(3) Through dictation
(4) By asking students to learn articles and
rewrite them
111. In a diverse classroom, learners find it
difficult to speak and write good English and
often lapse into their mother-tongue because
(1) they are not motivated to learn
(2) they lack enough competence and the
structures of the two languages are
different
(3) they do not have the ability to learn
English
(4) they are slow learners
112. Read the two sentences given below :
The lizard ate the fly.
The fly ate the lizard.
A teacher can use this example to explain
that
(1) there is no difference in the two
sentences because both have the same
words
(2) when subject and object change
positions, the meaning of the sentence
changes
(3) they are examples of reported speech
(4) they are a collection of words
113. Mary, a young teacher, believes in
personalised learning because she thinks that
(1) every person must be exposed to
learning
(2) every learner is unique and needs to be
given a chance to develop to the best of
their ability
(3) all learners must learn on their own
(4) children must enjoy their learning
114. Grammar should be taught by
(1) asking students to learn rules
(2) making learners do written assignments
(3) giving clear explanations
(4) enabling practice in context
115. A child studying in Class-III says : ‘‘I dranked
the water.’’ It indicates that the child
(1) has not learnt grammar rules properly
(2) should memorise the correct sentence
(3) has overgeneralized the rule for making
past tense verbs, showing that learning
is taking place
(4) is careless and needs to be told that she
should be conscious of such errors
116. Children who are differently abled join a new
school. Teachers give different reactions.
Which one reflects the concept of inclusive
education ?
(1) ‘‘Oh ! How can I teach children who
cannot even read ?’’
(2) ‘‘I’m worried that my class may not
accept these children and some of the
mischievous children may even harm
the poor kids.’’
(3) ‘‘Good, it will provide a good opportunity
for the children to learn to help each
other and be supportive.’’
(4) ‘‘Such children should go to special
schools where they will learn better.’’
117. Leena uses Big Reading Books in her
language classes to
(1) allow students to read at home
(2) ensure books carry a lot of information
(3) use these illustrated colourful books for
reading together
(4) use them for big students of different
ages
118. A teacher can cater to the learning styles of
all the children by
(1) teaching every lesson thoroughly and
revising the lessons
(2) testing the children frequently
(3) advising the children to join
drawing/dance/music classes
(4) employing a variety of teaching methods
and modes of assessment which cater to
diversity among learners
119. The Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009 stipulates
that learning should be
(1) restricted to co-scholastic subjects
(2) carefully monitored by frequent testing
(3) through activities in a child-friendly
manner
(4) supported by extra coaching
120. As part of a class project, a teacher planned a
salad fruit celebration day in which all
learners needed to participate. The boys
protested as they felt that boys do not cook.
The teacher should
(1) ignore such protests and tell the boys
what she thinks of their bias
(2) complain to the head of the school
seeking action against the boys
(3) make an attempt to counsel the boys,
impressing upon them that gender
stereotyping is not healthy
(4) respect the sentiments of the boys and
allow them not to participate in the
class project
Directions : Read the passage given below and
answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 121 to 129)
by selecting the most appropriate option.
1 Karuna Verma is bewildered. ‘‘I don’t
know how she did it,’’ she says about
her mother, Renu Chopra. Karuna’s
childhood memories are of her father
leaving late for office so that, by then,
her mother would be back from work.
Of her parents working in sync to make
sure the kids were well taken care of. Of
her mother handling kitchen and
classroom with ease.
2 When her own daughter was born,
Karuna too wanted to do the balancing
act. But it did not turn out to be as easy
as it seemed. For starters, her parents’
era was different from hers. As she was
living with her husband in Andheri,
Mumbai, away from their families,
resuming work would have meant
leaving her daughter with a maid while
she was away. Her daughter’s formative
years would be spent with an outsider,
a thought that did not appeal to
Karuna. She quit her teaching job in a
school.
3 For a woman who was encouraged to be
independent throughout her life, the
decision to quit and stay at home was a
difficult one. Ironically it was her
mother who urged her to quit the job
and become a full-time mother. For
Karuna, being a housewife is one of the
tougher jobs she has had. ‘‘I have no
time for myself,’’ says Karuna. ‘‘I make
sure all my personal work is done when
Avni is asleep. Earlier I had a set
routine. My husband and I used to
wake up at 6 a.m. I would re-heat the
food the maid had cooked the day before
and pack it for lunch. Then we used to
head off to work, and at night, we would
go out. I had a lot of time to myself and
for my husband then,’’ says Karuna.
4 The routine is quite different now.
Karuna has taken to cooking. She
wakes up quite early and makes sure
all her work is done before the baby is
up. The rest of the day flies by,
pandering to two-year-old Avni’s needs.
Source : The Week, March 13, 2011 (Adapted)
121. Karuna Verma is bewildered at
(1) the amount of work that she has to do
after becoming a mother
(2) the late hours of work that her father
followed
(3) the responsibility of bringing up a
daughter in a big city
(4) her mother’s ability to combine her
career with household work
122. ‘... parents working in sync’ means
(1) parents pooling their resources together
to take care of expenses
(2) husband and wife sinking their
differences to preserve domestic
harmony
(3) father earning and mother taking care
of children
(4) parents having staggered office hours
and sharing household work
123. ‘... Karuna too wanted to do the balancing act.’
In this sentence, the term ‘balancing act’
implies
(1) sharing of responsibilities by both
husband and wife
(2) a mother’s ability to look after her child
without quitting her job
(3) managing the time efficiently so that
parents can spend quality time with
their children
(4) making adjustments in order to balance
work and leisure properly
124. ‘As she was living with her husband in
Andheri, Mumbai, away from their families
............ . In this sentence ‘their families’ refers
to
(1) Karuna’s mother and father’s families
(2) Karuna’s husband’s family
(3) Families of friends in Andheri, Mumbai
(4) Karuna’s parents and in-laws
125. Karuna’s parents and her husband’s parents
probably lived
(1) in Andheri, Mumbai
(2) in some other city
(3) in Mumbai but not in Andheri
(4) with Karuna and her husband
126. Karuna decided to quit her job because
(1) she was not interested in her teaching
job
(2) she did not want her daughter to spend
her early years with a maid
(3) she wanted to have more time to herself
and for her husband
(4) she wanted to pay more attention to her
cooking
127. It was ironical that Karuna’s mother should
advise her to quit her job and stay at home
because
(1) Karuna herself was keen on quitting her
job
(2) Karuna’s parents had insisted that
household chores should be shared
between husband and wife
(3) Karuna’s parents had always advised
her that home was much more
important than career
(4) Karuna’s mother herself had not quit
her job to take care of children as she
encouraged independence of women
128. After Karuna quit her job
(1) she had a lot of time to herself and for
her husband
(2) she occupied herself with cooking to
spend her time usefully
(3) she sent her maid away as she felt that
the maid was a bad influence on Avni
(4) she had no time for herself as Avni
needed all her attention and care
129. ‘‘I have no time for myself,’’ says Karuna. This
sentence can be written in reported speech as
(1) Karuna says that she have no time for
herself
(2) Karuna said that she had no time for
myself
(3) Karuna said that she had no time for
herself
(4) Karuna says that she had no time for
herself
Directions : Read the passage given below and
answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 130
to 135) by selecting the most appropriate
option.
1 This was one of the Old Man’s pet
schemes; and one about which he would
brook no interference. Each child would
review the events of his school week in
his own words, in his own way; he was
free to comment, to criticize, to agree or
disagree, with any person, subject or
method, as long as it was in some way
associated with the school. No one and
nothing was sacred, from the
Headmaster down, and the child,
moreover, was safe from any form of
reprisal.
2 ‘‘Look at it this way,’’ Mr. Florian had
said. ‘‘It is of advantage to both pupil
and teacher. If a child wants to write
about something which matters to him,
he will take some pains to set it down
as carefully and with as much detail as
possible; that must in some way
improve his written English in terms of
spelling, construction and style. Week
by week we are able, through his
reviews, to follow and observe his
progress in such things. As for the
teachers, we soon get a pretty good idea
what the children think of us and
whether or not we are getting close to
them. It may sometimes be rather
deflating to discover that a wellprepared
lesson did not really excite
Johnny Smith’s interest, but, after all,
the lesson was intended to benefit
Johnny Smith, not his teacher.
130. The scheme, according to the Old Man, was
useful because
(1) it was meant to humiliate the teacher
(2) it was meant to give power to the
teacher
(3) it was excellent feedback for the
teacher, principal and school
(4) he was slightly eccentric
131. ‘Pet schemes’ in line 1 refers to
(1) a pet animal
(2) a method he has advocated
(3) a student he is fond of
(4) a formula he had discovered
132. The ‘Old Man’ refers to
(1) a teacher of the school
(2) the headmaster called Mr. Florian
(3) a parent of the school
(4) a student of the school
133. The advantages of the scheme were many.
Pick out the disadvantage from the list given
below.
(1) Effective feedback
(2) Enhanced writing skills
(3) Sometimes deflating to the teacher’s ego
(4) Diagnostic and remedial for the student
and the teacher
134. ‘Sacred’ in the context of the Headmaster
means
(1) that he was a holy man
(2) that he was the powerful head of the
school
(3) that even ‘he’ was not above the
‘scheme’ he advocated for students
(4) he believed in the sacred nature of all
life
135. ‘Brook’ as a verb means ‘to tolerate’ in para
1. As a noun, it means
(1) Suffer
(2) Stream
(3) Tolerance
(4) Allow
Directions : Answer the following questions by
selecting the most appropriate option.
136. The Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009 has included
‘all round development of the child’ as one of
the aims of education because
(1) every child grows rapidly between six to
fourteen years
(2) proper health care is essential
(3) it nurtures the physical, mental and
emotional aspects of the child
(4) it ensures that every child is a part of a
workforce
137. A textbook describes a domestic scene which
shows the father cooking in the kitchen, the
mother coming home from work and their son
sewing. What is the concept conveyed ?
(1) Removing gender bias
(2) Dignity of labour
(3) Division of labour among sexes
(4) Work is worship
138. Teachers do not give the meaning of new
words to learners directly because
(1) learners already know the meaning of
the words
(2) vocabulary will not be enriched
(3) learners do not like to be given the
meaning of words
(4) it prevents learners from discovering
the meaning through puzzling out using
clues
139. Reading for comprehension can be best
achieved through
(1) Helping learners speak words softly
while reading
(2) Learners reading silently and asking
comprehension questions
(3) Teaching learners to run a finger or
pencil under the line being read
(4) Asking the children to read the text
aloud
140. Remedial teaching as part of Formative
Assessment means
(1) extra coaching by parents
(2) teaching for gifted students
(3) diagnosing and addressing gaps in
learning
(4) teaching beyond the textbooks
141. What type of questions promote thinking
skills in children ?
(1) Personal response questions
(2) Closed-ended questions
(3) Factual questions
(4) Questions based purely on the reading
text
142. Which of the following is a value associated
with an inclusive classroom ?
(1) Sympathy
(2) Collaboration
(3) Competition
(4) Envy
143. ‘Students need to brainstorm ideas, organise
them, draft, edit and revise their work,’ is a
‘process’ which reflects
(1) Reading skills
(2) Writing skills
(3) Listening skills
(4) Speaking skills
144. The aim of mechanical drills is to
(1) improve the fluency of the learners
(2) improve the accuracy of the learners
(3) strengthen the role learning capacity of
the learners
(4) encourage creative use of language
among the learners
145. Teachers help learners ‘construct’ their
knowledge in English by
(1) giving extensive language drills in
which learners practice language items
mechanically
(2) enabling them to see the relationship
between their prior knowledge and the
new knowledge
(3) giving the learners a lot of assignments
and projects that will lead to much
practice
(4) correcting every mistake a learner
makes and giving the relevant rule of
grammar as immediate feedback
146. Learners are involved in individual activities,
pair work, group work and whole-class work
because these
(1) enable the already over-worked teacher
to preserve her energy thereby
becoming more effective
(2) afford the learners opportunities to use
the language in a focused manner for
real-life interaction
(3) provide the learners enough
opportunities to relax in a language
classroom
(4) have the sole aim of introducing variety
in a language classroom
147. Which of the following is an instance of nonformal
learning ?
(1) Children learning through
correspondence lessons
(2) Children learning to draw from their art
teacher
(3) Children learning to cook from their
parents
(4) Children learning a new game from
friends
148. Which of the following statements is true ?
(1) While all formative tasks are meant for
improving teaching-learning, some are
used for assessment too.
(2) Formative assessment helps us to grade
students into good, average and poor.
(3) All formative tasks are meant for
assessment.
(4) Formative assessment, to be effective,
must be conducted only after teaching a
lesson
149. Group project work helps in developing
(1) competition among learners to excel in
academics
(2) good memory in the young learners
(3) a high level of ambition to achieve
(4) collaboration, critical thinking and
problem solving
150. When young learners seem to lose interest in
a lesson, the teacher should
(1) allow them to go out and play
(2) ask them to sleep for a while
(3) tell a story or conduct an interesting
activity
(4) ask them to sit quietly for some time
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