OTET Paper 2 Mock Test - 7 (Social Science) - OTET MCQ

Disadvantaged students are those belonging to the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and minority groups. The children from these categories come to school with a disadvantaged tag with them and as a result, they become easy prey to differential treatment by the teacher and their classmates.

The Cephalocaudal Principle states that development proceeds from top to bottom. According to this principle, a child will gain physical control of their head first. After this, physical control will move downward to the arms and lastly to the legs.

Language is a symbolic, rule-governed system, shared by a group of people to express their thoughts and feelings. It provides a bank of memories and symbols inherited from one's fellow speakers and created in one's own lifetime.​

Critical Thinking: Critical thinking is a process that is way beyond mental exercise. It ensembles the various mechanisms of reasoning which enable us to, analyze, synthesize, process, and evaluate the information.

All the options given in the question about growth are correct except option C. i.e. it is not necessary that growth always bring development for example if a child becomes fat may not bring any qualitative improvement.

• उपर्युक्त गद्यांश के अनुसार अधिकारों के मामलों में भारतीय उपभोक्ताओं की स्थिति दयनीय है।
• अर्थात उपभोक्ताओं के पास अधिकार ना के बराबर है बाद के वर्षों में जाकर उपभोक्ता संगठन सक्रिय हुए।

'अभिमान' शब्द में उपसर्ग का विकल्प सही है - 'अभि + मान'

• अभि + मान = अभिमान
• 'अभि' (पास) उपसर्ग और 'मान' (प्रतिष्ठा) मूल शब्द 
• अर्थ: अपनी प्रतिष्ठा या मर्यादा एवं सत्ता की अनुचित धारणा, अहंकार, घमंड।
• विलोम शब्द - 'नम्रता'

अभिव्यक्ति से तात्पर्य मन के विचारों को स्वतंत्र रूप से खुल कर अभिव्यक्ति करने से है। मौखिक अभिव्यक्ति से तात्पर्य मन के विचारों को स्वतंत्र रूप से बोल कर अभिव्यक्त करने से है तथा लिखित अभिव्यक्ति के अन्तर्गत विषयानुकूल लेखन एवं अपने विचारों भावों को लिखित रूप में समझापाने का कौशल आता है।

In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

The investigations which are conducted to check what the student learns while in school are called achievement and performance test. Through this investigation, attention is also paid to the activities going on in the school and the study work so that they can be improved.

Piaget was born in Switzerland. He was a student of biology and also had a keen interest in psychology and philosophy. His interest in the study of cognition evolved while working in a laboratory.

The given passage is about Artificial Intelligence.
Let us refer to the line from the passage, "Thus, when a machine mimics a human-like behaviour e.g. learning, planning, reasoning, problem-solving, the perception of the environment, natural language processing etc., then it falls under the category of Artificial Intelligence".
From the given passage we get to know that artificial intelligence is when machines behave and perform tasks the same as that of a human. 
So, 'It mimics a human-like behaviour' is the correct option.

Students can improve their comprehension of written material if they use a strategy called SQ4R, which is survey, query, read, review, recite, and revision.

Language Proficiency Test is the measurement of how well an individual has mastered a language. It is the ability of a person that transfers meaning in production and comprehension to use language with a level of accuracy. It is used to check the ability to speak, read and write the language.
Salient Features of a Good Language Proficiency Test:

• Tests should have a positive effect on learning and teaching.
• Tests should aim at specifying areas of difficulties experienced by the class or the individual.
• Questions in the test should be of many types like objective Type, Short Answer Type, and Essay Type questions.
• Tests should determine the level of accuracy in a specific language.
• The test should enable the teachers to find out which parts of the language program cause difficulty for the class.

So, from the mentioned features of the language proficiency test, it becomes clear that questions in the test should be the combination of Objective Type, Short Answer Type, and Essay Type questions.

The appropriate word group of "fit as a fiddle" is an adjective phrase and indicates being in very good health.

Exercise is not a method of remedial teaching in the teaching of Hindi language.
Many deficiencies of the students can be rectified through remedial work. Due to which students' interest in teaching Hindi will develop and students will be able to contribute in maintaining the standard form of Hindi language. Following is the method of remedial teaching in Hindi language teaching.
1) Extra classes
2) Seminars
3) Specific exercises
4) Collective removal of errors after diagnosis
5) Individual rectification of inaccuracies.
6) Removal of difficulties individually or collectively on the basis of individual differences.

Azure is a variation of sky blue colour.

Formative evaluation is an ongoing assessment process that provides feedback to both teachers and learners about the learning progress and helps in making instructional adjustments.

Option 2 is correct as this is a polite and correct way to request someone to not to do something. Option 1 is rude and offensive and options 3 and 4 are grammatically incorrect expressions.

Remedial Teaching is an integral part of the teaching-learning program, also known as compensatory or corrective teaching.
The following are characteristics of Remedial Teaching:

• It can be used for improving language skills.
• To rectify a particular problem area, it can be used. For example, a student is confused among the pronunciation of 'no' and 'know', he can be taught the concept of silent letters.
• It is carried out after the identification of problems and challenges faced by students.
• A teacher should be well aware of students' strengths and weaknesses to apply this method.
• It is a systematic process as the teacher first diagnoses the problem of students and then applies appropriate remedial methods.

Here, erratic means unpredictable.
Right means proper and expected. So, it is the opposite word to 'erratic'.

The discussion on the Indian Constitution is situated within a historical context. This has been done with the express intent that students become aware of the major influence that our anti-colonial struggle had on Indian democracy.

Both the given statements about the Ahoms are false.

• The Ahoms migrated to the Brahmaputra valley from present-day Myanmar in the thirteenth century.
• They created a new state by suppressing the older political system of the bhuiyans (landlords).
• During the sixteenth century, they annexed the kingdoms of the Chhutiyas (1523) and of Koch-Hajo (1581) and subjugated many other tribes.
• The Ahoms built a large state, and for this they used firearms as early as the 1530s.
• By the 1660s they could even make high-quality gunpowder and cannons.
• However, the Ahoms faced many invasions from the south-west.
• In 1662, the Mughals under Mir Jumla attacked the Ahom kingdom.
• Despite their brave defence, the Ahoms were defeated.
• But direct Mughal control over the region could not last long.

Based on the above discussion, we can conclude that both the given statements about the Ahoms are false.

In Gagne's hierarchy of learning pyramid, the topmost position is occupied by problem solving.

• Veda Samaj was established by Keshab Chandra Sen and K. Sridharalu Naidu.
• Established in Madras (Chennai) in 1864. 
• The Veda Samaj was inspired by the Brahmo Samaj.
• An important ideology of the members of Veda Samaj was regarding marriage and the funeral rituals as matters of routine, destitute of all religious significance.

The direction of force acting on a current-carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field is determined by Fleming's Left Hand Rule. The direction of this force is always at a right angle to the plane containing both the conductor and the magnetic field, and is predicted by Fleming's Left Hand Rule.

Evaluation refers to a continuous process of making value judgments based on both qualitative and quantitative data collected over a period of time. 

At the upper primary stage, the subject area of Social Science drawing its content from history, geography, political science, and economics will be introduced. 

Ocean currents are the vertical and horizontal movement of water on the surface of the water.

• Ocean currents are caused by rotation of the earth, winds, variation of ocean water, temperature, etc.
• Some of the ocean currents are Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, the California Current, the Atlantic South Equatorial Current, and the West Wind Drift.
• Depending on the origin, the currents are described as cold and warm.
• The currents that move from the equatorial regions to the polar regions are the warm currents. For example- the Gulf Stream.
• The cold currents move from the polar regions to the tropical regions. For example- the Labrador current.
• The region where warm and cold currents meet each other is ideal for fishing because it supports the existence large quantity of fish.
• Moreover, currents help in the navigation and movements of ships.

Hence, we can conclude that Gulf Stream and the Labrador are the ocean currents.

Such questions make the students to think logically. They are given such questions to develop their reasoning abilities. The students must be given some time to come out with a reason. This also enhances their critical thinking skills.