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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
Directions: Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 1 to 30) 
by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
1. Creativity is thought to be related the concept of:
(1) crystallized intelligence
(2) convergent thinking
(3) divergent thinking
(4) fluid intelligence
2. The acceptable sound combinations of a language 
are specified in its __________ rules.
(1) grammatical (2) syntactic
(3) inflection (4) phonological
3. The position where thought patterns are influenced 
by language is called:
(1) linguistic determination
(2) cognitive bias
(3) sociolinguistic genesis
(4) cultural tendency
4. Ravi repairs appliances by testing hypothesis about 
the cause of the malfunction based on his experiences 
with the symptoms. He uses:
(1) algorithms (2) mental set
(3) heuristics (4) insight
5. Divya often divides the assigned job into small tasks 
which she can handle easily. She is using:
(1) secondary elaboration (2) subgoal analysis
(3) functional fixedness (4) reductionism
6. “Society determines the roles of male and female.“ 
This statement articulates:
(1) gender as a hereditary endowment
(2) gender as an intuitive construct
(3) gender as a social construct
(4) gender as an inherent construct
7. Grading, coding, marking and credit accumulation 
systems are some of the examples of:
(1) symbolizing position of children in the class
(2) depicting the academic progress in report card
(3) scoring procedure of assessment of learners 
achievement
(4) evaluation procedure of answer sheets of the 
examination
8. Assessment of learners achievement helps the 
teachers to:
(1) evaluate the effectiveness of pedagogy
(2) make ability grouping of learners in the classrooms
(3) prepare activity log for teaching
(4) maintain the performance record of learners
9. Inclusive Education is based on the principle of:
(1) equity and equal opportunities
(2) social existence and globalization
(3) world brotherhood
(4) social equilibrium
10. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act has been 
enacted in the year:
(1) 1995 (2) 1999
(3) 2016 (4) 1992
11. Children with individual differences should be 
taught in a school having teachers:
(1) trained to use different pedagogy to meet their 
diverse learning needs
(2) trained to teach children with specific individual 
differences
(3) trained to make them homogeneous learners
(4) to teach in different sections of classrooms based 
on their individual differences
12. The Right of Children to Free and compulsory 
education act, 2009 ensures the rights of children 
with disabilities to free education from:
(1) 3 years to 18 years (2) 6 years to 14 years
(3) 6 years to 22 years (4) 6 years to 18 years
13. Providing teaching-learning materials in accessible 
formats to the diverse learners implies:
(1) Universal Code of Teaching Practices.
(2) Universal Humanistic Approach of Teaching.
(3) Universal Design of Learning
(4) Universal Inclusive Education Ethical Considerate.
14. __________ involves self awareness and control of 
cognitive abilities, e.g., planning, reviewing and 
revising, etc.
(1) Metacognition (2) Cognition
(3) Accommodation (4) Centration
15. When children think to interpret the received 
information according to their experiences, it is called:
(1) creative thinking (2) abstract thinking
(3) concrete thinking (4) reflective thinking
16. T eaching learners at varying levels of difficulty based 
on the ability of individual learner is known as:
(1) selective instruction
(2) precision teaching
(3) errorless instruction
(4) differentiated instruction
17. Maintenance is the specific stage of learning which 
is antecedent to __________ stage of learning.
(1) motivation (2) independent
(3) generalization (4) acquisition
18.  Zajonc believes that cognition and emotion are:
(1) independent (2) interrelated
(3) integrated (4) interdependent
19. A teacher is teaching children by demonstration 
of a task to correct the performances of an already 
learned task. He is using __________ method of 
teaching.
(1) observation (2) correction
(3) modelling (4) imitation
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 2 (Social Science)
18th December, 2018
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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
Directions: Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 1 to 30) 
by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
1. Creativity is thought to be related the concept of:
(1) crystallized intelligence
(2) convergent thinking
(3) divergent thinking
(4) fluid intelligence
2. The acceptable sound combinations of a language 
are specified in its __________ rules.
(1) grammatical (2) syntactic
(3) inflection (4) phonological
3. The position where thought patterns are influenced 
by language is called:
(1) linguistic determination
(2) cognitive bias
(3) sociolinguistic genesis
(4) cultural tendency
4. Ravi repairs appliances by testing hypothesis about 
the cause of the malfunction based on his experiences 
with the symptoms. He uses:
(1) algorithms (2) mental set
(3) heuristics (4) insight
5. Divya often divides the assigned job into small tasks 
which she can handle easily. She is using:
(1) secondary elaboration (2) subgoal analysis
(3) functional fixedness (4) reductionism
6. “Society determines the roles of male and female.“ 
This statement articulates:
(1) gender as a hereditary endowment
(2) gender as an intuitive construct
(3) gender as a social construct
(4) gender as an inherent construct
7. Grading, coding, marking and credit accumulation 
systems are some of the examples of:
(1) symbolizing position of children in the class
(2) depicting the academic progress in report card
(3) scoring procedure of assessment of learners 
achievement
(4) evaluation procedure of answer sheets of the 
examination
8. Assessment of learners achievement helps the 
teachers to:
(1) evaluate the effectiveness of pedagogy
(2) make ability grouping of learners in the classrooms
(3) prepare activity log for teaching
(4) maintain the performance record of learners
9. Inclusive Education is based on the principle of:
(1) equity and equal opportunities
(2) social existence and globalization
(3) world brotherhood
(4) social equilibrium
10. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act has been 
enacted in the year:
(1) 1995 (2) 1999
(3) 2016 (4) 1992
11. Children with individual differences should be 
taught in a school having teachers:
(1) trained to use different pedagogy to meet their 
diverse learning needs
(2) trained to teach children with specific individual 
differences
(3) trained to make them homogeneous learners
(4) to teach in different sections of classrooms based 
on their individual differences
12. The Right of Children to Free and compulsory 
education act, 2009 ensures the rights of children 
with disabilities to free education from:
(1) 3 years to 18 years (2) 6 years to 14 years
(3) 6 years to 22 years (4) 6 years to 18 years
13. Providing teaching-learning materials in accessible 
formats to the diverse learners implies:
(1) Universal Code of Teaching Practices.
(2) Universal Humanistic Approach of Teaching.
(3) Universal Design of Learning
(4) Universal Inclusive Education Ethical Considerate.
14. __________ involves self awareness and control of 
cognitive abilities, e.g., planning, reviewing and 
revising, etc.
(1) Metacognition (2) Cognition
(3) Accommodation (4) Centration
15. When children think to interpret the received 
information according to their experiences, it is called:
(1) creative thinking (2) abstract thinking
(3) concrete thinking (4) reflective thinking
16. T eaching learners at varying levels of difficulty based 
on the ability of individual learner is known as:
(1) selective instruction
(2) precision teaching
(3) errorless instruction
(4) differentiated instruction
17. Maintenance is the specific stage of learning which 
is antecedent to __________ stage of learning.
(1) motivation (2) independent
(3) generalization (4) acquisition
18.  Zajonc believes that cognition and emotion are:
(1) independent (2) interrelated
(3) integrated (4) interdependent
19. A teacher is teaching children by demonstration 
of a task to correct the performances of an already 
learned task. He is using __________ method of 
teaching.
(1) observation (2) correction
(3) modelling (4) imitation
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 2 (Social Science)
18th December, 2018
254  Oswaal CTET Year-wise Solved Papers
20. According to Mann and Janis, decision maker 
children analyze the problem, list the alternatives 
and weigh each option for its advantages and 
disadvantages. His behaviour reflects:
(1) vigilant (2) outgoing
(3) autocratic (4) surveillance
21. In __________ thinking, a child as a problem solver 
evaluates the truth or likelihood of statements.
(1) aesthetic (2) abstract
(3) logical (4) creative
22. The task in which the children get experience while 
enjoying themselves is known as:
(1) consumer type task (2) producer type task
(3) problem type task (4) drill and practice task
23. Multi sensory approach in teaching-learning is the 
simultaneous use of visual, auditory, tactile and 
_________ senses to enhance learning. 
(1) vestibular (2) perceptual
(3) observational (4) kinesthetic
24. The development from central part of the body 
towards peripheries or extremities denotes the:
(1) principles of decentralized development
(2) principles of proximodistal development
(3) principles of cascade development
(4) principles of radiated development
25. School is an institution of socialization of children 
where:
(1) school routines occupy the central position
(2) school activities occupy the central position
(3) schoolteachers occupy the central position
(4) schoolchildren occupy the central position
26. If you join a teacher fraternity and choose to dress 
like most of the others in your group, you are 
exhibiting:
(1) obedience (2) compliance
(3) conformity (4) group identity
27. The concept of object permanence is attained during 
Piaget’s __________ stage of development.
(1) preoperational (2) concrete operational
(3) formal operational (4) sensorimotor
28. Individualized Education Programme is planned 
from the perspective of:
(1) Child-centered Education Programme.
(2) Open School Education Programme.
(3) e-Learning Education Programme.
(4) Special Education Programme
29.  Between __________ months of age, most children 
begin to combine words into short sentences while 
speaking.
(1) 18 and 24 (2) 24 and 30
(3) 30 and 36 (4) 12 and 18
30. The concept of intelligence Quotient or IQ was 
developed by:
(1) Binet (2) Stern
(3) T erman (4) Galton
Social Science/Social Studies
31. A narrow strip of land joining two landmasses is 
known as:
(1) isthmus (2) island
(3) bay (4) straight
32. Which one of the following continents is smallest in 
size?
(1) South America (2) Africa
(3) Europe (4) Australia
33. At the upper primary stage, Social Science comprises 
of:
(1) History, Geography, Economics, Sociology
(2) History, Geography, Political Science, Economics
(3) History, Geography, Political Science, Sociology
(4) History, Geography, Political Science, Psychology
34. Inductive learning is contradictory to which one of 
the following approaches?
(1) Structure training (2) Simulation
(3) Mastery learning (4) Expository teaching
35. Read the given statements A and B and select the 
correct answer:
A. Critical thinking promotes the building of 
concepts, application and expansion of ideas.
B. It does not help in understanding and evaluating 
arguments and beliefs of others.
(1) A is false and B is true
(2) Both A and B are false
(3) Both A and B are true
(4) A is true and B is false
36. What is an empirical evidence?
(1) A numeric approach for research
(2) Data measured in metric units
(3) Data gathered using reliable methods of data 
collection
(4) Data gathered in the real world through the 
senses
37. The models/replicas of physical features are most 
suitable for teaching:
(1) Economics (2) Geography
(3) Political science (4) History
38. The collection of weather information from the local 
newspaper is an example of which type of source?
(1) Primary
(2) Secondary
(3) T ertiary
(4) Both primary and tertiary
39. In which type of classroom, the students with 
learning disabilities learn alongside other students?
(1) Special (2) Inclusive
(3) Modern (4) Exclusive
40. Who has given the following theory?
 “All children go through the same sequence of 
development, but at different rates. Therefore, 
teachers must plan activities for individual children 
and small groups, not just for the class as a whole.”
(1) D. Purcell (2) J.H. Bell
(3) J. Piaget (4) C.L. Ogden
41. In order to promote cooperative learning in the 
classroom, a teacher should:
(1) given them individual projects
(2) divide the class in small groups for work
(3) provide them various sources to do the project
(4) engage students in debate and discussions
42. A self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which 
attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a 
fair-minded way is called:
(1) complex thinking (2) intelligent thinking
(3) abstract thinking (4) critical thinking
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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
Directions: Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 1 to 30) 
by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
1. Creativity is thought to be related the concept of:
(1) crystallized intelligence
(2) convergent thinking
(3) divergent thinking
(4) fluid intelligence
2. The acceptable sound combinations of a language 
are specified in its __________ rules.
(1) grammatical (2) syntactic
(3) inflection (4) phonological
3. The position where thought patterns are influenced 
by language is called:
(1) linguistic determination
(2) cognitive bias
(3) sociolinguistic genesis
(4) cultural tendency
4. Ravi repairs appliances by testing hypothesis about 
the cause of the malfunction based on his experiences 
with the symptoms. He uses:
(1) algorithms (2) mental set
(3) heuristics (4) insight
5. Divya often divides the assigned job into small tasks 
which she can handle easily. She is using:
(1) secondary elaboration (2) subgoal analysis
(3) functional fixedness (4) reductionism
6. “Society determines the roles of male and female.“ 
This statement articulates:
(1) gender as a hereditary endowment
(2) gender as an intuitive construct
(3) gender as a social construct
(4) gender as an inherent construct
7. Grading, coding, marking and credit accumulation 
systems are some of the examples of:
(1) symbolizing position of children in the class
(2) depicting the academic progress in report card
(3) scoring procedure of assessment of learners 
achievement
(4) evaluation procedure of answer sheets of the 
examination
8. Assessment of learners achievement helps the 
teachers to:
(1) evaluate the effectiveness of pedagogy
(2) make ability grouping of learners in the classrooms
(3) prepare activity log for teaching
(4) maintain the performance record of learners
9. Inclusive Education is based on the principle of:
(1) equity and equal opportunities
(2) social existence and globalization
(3) world brotherhood
(4) social equilibrium
10. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act has been 
enacted in the year:
(1) 1995 (2) 1999
(3) 2016 (4) 1992
11. Children with individual differences should be 
taught in a school having teachers:
(1) trained to use different pedagogy to meet their 
diverse learning needs
(2) trained to teach children with specific individual 
differences
(3) trained to make them homogeneous learners
(4) to teach in different sections of classrooms based 
on their individual differences
12. The Right of Children to Free and compulsory 
education act, 2009 ensures the rights of children 
with disabilities to free education from:
(1) 3 years to 18 years (2) 6 years to 14 years
(3) 6 years to 22 years (4) 6 years to 18 years
13. Providing teaching-learning materials in accessible 
formats to the diverse learners implies:
(1) Universal Code of Teaching Practices.
(2) Universal Humanistic Approach of Teaching.
(3) Universal Design of Learning
(4) Universal Inclusive Education Ethical Considerate.
14. __________ involves self awareness and control of 
cognitive abilities, e.g., planning, reviewing and 
revising, etc.
(1) Metacognition (2) Cognition
(3) Accommodation (4) Centration
15. When children think to interpret the received 
information according to their experiences, it is called:
(1) creative thinking (2) abstract thinking
(3) concrete thinking (4) reflective thinking
16. T eaching learners at varying levels of difficulty based 
on the ability of individual learner is known as:
(1) selective instruction
(2) precision teaching
(3) errorless instruction
(4) differentiated instruction
17. Maintenance is the specific stage of learning which 
is antecedent to __________ stage of learning.
(1) motivation (2) independent
(3) generalization (4) acquisition
18.  Zajonc believes that cognition and emotion are:
(1) independent (2) interrelated
(3) integrated (4) interdependent
19. A teacher is teaching children by demonstration 
of a task to correct the performances of an already 
learned task. He is using __________ method of 
teaching.
(1) observation (2) correction
(3) modelling (4) imitation
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 2 (Social Science)
18th December, 2018
254  Oswaal CTET Year-wise Solved Papers
20. According to Mann and Janis, decision maker 
children analyze the problem, list the alternatives 
and weigh each option for its advantages and 
disadvantages. His behaviour reflects:
(1) vigilant (2) outgoing
(3) autocratic (4) surveillance
21. In __________ thinking, a child as a problem solver 
evaluates the truth or likelihood of statements.
(1) aesthetic (2) abstract
(3) logical (4) creative
22. The task in which the children get experience while 
enjoying themselves is known as:
(1) consumer type task (2) producer type task
(3) problem type task (4) drill and practice task
23. Multi sensory approach in teaching-learning is the 
simultaneous use of visual, auditory, tactile and 
_________ senses to enhance learning. 
(1) vestibular (2) perceptual
(3) observational (4) kinesthetic
24. The development from central part of the body 
towards peripheries or extremities denotes the:
(1) principles of decentralized development
(2) principles of proximodistal development
(3) principles of cascade development
(4) principles of radiated development
25. School is an institution of socialization of children 
where:
(1) school routines occupy the central position
(2) school activities occupy the central position
(3) schoolteachers occupy the central position
(4) schoolchildren occupy the central position
26. If you join a teacher fraternity and choose to dress 
like most of the others in your group, you are 
exhibiting:
(1) obedience (2) compliance
(3) conformity (4) group identity
27. The concept of object permanence is attained during 
Piaget’s __________ stage of development.
(1) preoperational (2) concrete operational
(3) formal operational (4) sensorimotor
28. Individualized Education Programme is planned 
from the perspective of:
(1) Child-centered Education Programme.
(2) Open School Education Programme.
(3) e-Learning Education Programme.
(4) Special Education Programme
29.  Between __________ months of age, most children 
begin to combine words into short sentences while 
speaking.
(1) 18 and 24 (2) 24 and 30
(3) 30 and 36 (4) 12 and 18
30. The concept of intelligence Quotient or IQ was 
developed by:
(1) Binet (2) Stern
(3) T erman (4) Galton
Social Science/Social Studies
31. A narrow strip of land joining two landmasses is 
known as:
(1) isthmus (2) island
(3) bay (4) straight
32. Which one of the following continents is smallest in 
size?
(1) South America (2) Africa
(3) Europe (4) Australia
33. At the upper primary stage, Social Science comprises 
of:
(1) History, Geography, Economics, Sociology
(2) History, Geography, Political Science, Economics
(3) History, Geography, Political Science, Sociology
(4) History, Geography, Political Science, Psychology
34. Inductive learning is contradictory to which one of 
the following approaches?
(1) Structure training (2) Simulation
(3) Mastery learning (4) Expository teaching
35. Read the given statements A and B and select the 
correct answer:
A. Critical thinking promotes the building of 
concepts, application and expansion of ideas.
B. It does not help in understanding and evaluating 
arguments and beliefs of others.
(1) A is false and B is true
(2) Both A and B are false
(3) Both A and B are true
(4) A is true and B is false
36. What is an empirical evidence?
(1) A numeric approach for research
(2) Data measured in metric units
(3) Data gathered using reliable methods of data 
collection
(4) Data gathered in the real world through the 
senses
37. The models/replicas of physical features are most 
suitable for teaching:
(1) Economics (2) Geography
(3) Political science (4) History
38. The collection of weather information from the local 
newspaper is an example of which type of source?
(1) Primary
(2) Secondary
(3) T ertiary
(4) Both primary and tertiary
39. In which type of classroom, the students with 
learning disabilities learn alongside other students?
(1) Special (2) Inclusive
(3) Modern (4) Exclusive
40. Who has given the following theory?
 “All children go through the same sequence of 
development, but at different rates. Therefore, 
teachers must plan activities for individual children 
and small groups, not just for the class as a whole.”
(1) D. Purcell (2) J.H. Bell
(3) J. Piaget (4) C.L. Ogden
41. In order to promote cooperative learning in the 
classroom, a teacher should:
(1) given them individual projects
(2) divide the class in small groups for work
(3) provide them various sources to do the project
(4) engage students in debate and discussions
42. A self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which 
attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a 
fair-minded way is called:
(1) complex thinking (2) intelligent thinking
(3) abstract thinking (4) critical thinking
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43. The colours used in the Ajanta Caves Paintings have 
been derived from which of the following materials?
(1) Graphite
(2) Plants and minerals
(3) Slate
(4) Remains of animal organs
44. The earliest manuscripts were written on:
(1) stones (2) paper
(3) wood (4) palm leaves
45. Which one of the following periods is longest in the 
human history?
(1) Mesolithic (2) Neolithic
(3) Megalithic (4) Palaeolithic
46. Read the given statements A and B and select the 
correct answer:
A. Mehrgarh is located in a fertile plain near Bolan 
Pass of Pakistan.
B. Evidences of farming and herding are found here.
(1) A is false and B is true
(2) Both A and B are false
(3) Both A and B are true
(4) A is true and B is false
47. In which one of the following States of India, the 
largest number of Harappan sites have been found?
(1) Haryana (2) Gujarat
(3) Jammu and Kashmir (4) Punjab
48. ‘Rig Veda’ was originally composed in which one of 
the following languages?
(1) Pali (2) Sanskrit
(3) Prakrit (4) Brahmi
49. The first ruler of Magadha Mahajanapadas in the 
sixth century BC was:
(1) Prasenjit (2) Bimbisara
(3) Ajatashatru (4) Mahavira
50. Which one of the following is not among the three 
jewels of Buddhism?
(1) Dhamma (2) Ahimsa
(3) Sangha (4) Buddha
51. Who among the following elects the Rajya Sabha 
Members?
(1) Voters in Parliamentary Constituencies
(2) Lok Sabha Members
(3) Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs)
(4) Voters in Assembly Constituencies
52. Which of the following systems of government was 
adopted by India?
(1) Presidential and Federal
(2) Presidential and Unitary
(3) Parliamentary and Federal
(4) Parliamentary and Unitary
53. How many Parliamentary Constituencies are reserved 
for the Scheduled Castes?
(1) 84 (2) 47
(3) 74 (4) 48
54. Which one of the following Fundamental Rights 
is violated due to the practice of untouchability in 
India?
(1) Right to Freedom
(2) Right against Exploitation
(3) Right to Constitutional Remedies
(4) Right to Equality
55. As per the Constitution of India, which one of the 
following is not a Fundamental Right?
(1) Right against Exploitation
(2) Right to Freedom of Religion
(3) Right to Property
(4) Right to Education
56. Untouchability refers to the discrimination on the 
basis of:
(1) gender (2) caste
(3) race (4) physical disability
57. Who appoints the Chief Minister?
(1) The Prime Minister
(2) The Governor
(3) The Chief Justice of the High Court
(4) The President
58. Who appoints the Governor?
(1) The Chief Minister
(2) The Chief Justice of India
(3) The President
(4) The Prime Minister
59. Who elects the Prime Minister?
(1) The Chief Minister?
(2) MPs
(3) MPs and MLAs
(4) The Council of Ministers
60. Who among the following is called the first citizen 
of India?
(1) The Home Minister
(2) The President
(3) The Prime Minister
(4) The Chief Justice of India
61. Who among the following is called the first citizen 
of a State in India?
(1) The Home Minister
(2) The Governor
(3) The Chief Minister
(4) The Chief Justice of the High Court
62. The current Lok Sabha (from 2014 onwards) is the:
(1) 14th (2) 15th
(3) 16th (4) 13th
63. Who is the current President of India?
(1) Pratibha Patil (2) M. Venkaiah Naidu
(3) Ram Nath Kovind (4) Narendra Modi
64. Which of the following is not mentioned in the 
Constitution of India?
(1) Structure of the Government
(2) Names of political parties
(3) Rights of the citizen
(4) Names of the States and Union Territories
65. Who nominates Members to the Rajya Sabha?
(1) The Vice President
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(4) The President
66. Who among the following was the President of the 
Constituent Assembly of India?
(1) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) C. Rajagopalachari
67. Who among the following was the only Indian 
Governor-General of India?
(1) B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(2) T .T . Krishnamachari
(3) C. Rajagopalachari
(4) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
Directions: Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 1 to 30) 
by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
1. Creativity is thought to be related the concept of:
(1) crystallized intelligence
(2) convergent thinking
(3) divergent thinking
(4) fluid intelligence
2. The acceptable sound combinations of a language 
are specified in its __________ rules.
(1) grammatical (2) syntactic
(3) inflection (4) phonological
3. The position where thought patterns are influenced 
by language is called:
(1) linguistic determination
(2) cognitive bias
(3) sociolinguistic genesis
(4) cultural tendency
4. Ravi repairs appliances by testing hypothesis about 
the cause of the malfunction based on his experiences 
with the symptoms. He uses:
(1) algorithms (2) mental set
(3) heuristics (4) insight
5. Divya often divides the assigned job into small tasks 
which she can handle easily. She is using:
(1) secondary elaboration (2) subgoal analysis
(3) functional fixedness (4) reductionism
6. “Society determines the roles of male and female.“ 
This statement articulates:
(1) gender as a hereditary endowment
(2) gender as an intuitive construct
(3) gender as a social construct
(4) gender as an inherent construct
7. Grading, coding, marking and credit accumulation 
systems are some of the examples of:
(1) symbolizing position of children in the class
(2) depicting the academic progress in report card
(3) scoring procedure of assessment of learners 
achievement
(4) evaluation procedure of answer sheets of the 
examination
8. Assessment of learners achievement helps the 
teachers to:
(1) evaluate the effectiveness of pedagogy
(2) make ability grouping of learners in the classrooms
(3) prepare activity log for teaching
(4) maintain the performance record of learners
9. Inclusive Education is based on the principle of:
(1) equity and equal opportunities
(2) social existence and globalization
(3) world brotherhood
(4) social equilibrium
10. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act has been 
enacted in the year:
(1) 1995 (2) 1999
(3) 2016 (4) 1992
11. Children with individual differences should be 
taught in a school having teachers:
(1) trained to use different pedagogy to meet their 
diverse learning needs
(2) trained to teach children with specific individual 
differences
(3) trained to make them homogeneous learners
(4) to teach in different sections of classrooms based 
on their individual differences
12. The Right of Children to Free and compulsory 
education act, 2009 ensures the rights of children 
with disabilities to free education from:
(1) 3 years to 18 years (2) 6 years to 14 years
(3) 6 years to 22 years (4) 6 years to 18 years
13. Providing teaching-learning materials in accessible 
formats to the diverse learners implies:
(1) Universal Code of Teaching Practices.
(2) Universal Humanistic Approach of Teaching.
(3) Universal Design of Learning
(4) Universal Inclusive Education Ethical Considerate.
14. __________ involves self awareness and control of 
cognitive abilities, e.g., planning, reviewing and 
revising, etc.
(1) Metacognition (2) Cognition
(3) Accommodation (4) Centration
15. When children think to interpret the received 
information according to their experiences, it is called:
(1) creative thinking (2) abstract thinking
(3) concrete thinking (4) reflective thinking
16. T eaching learners at varying levels of difficulty based 
on the ability of individual learner is known as:
(1) selective instruction
(2) precision teaching
(3) errorless instruction
(4) differentiated instruction
17. Maintenance is the specific stage of learning which 
is antecedent to __________ stage of learning.
(1) motivation (2) independent
(3) generalization (4) acquisition
18.  Zajonc believes that cognition and emotion are:
(1) independent (2) interrelated
(3) integrated (4) interdependent
19. A teacher is teaching children by demonstration 
of a task to correct the performances of an already 
learned task. He is using __________ method of 
teaching.
(1) observation (2) correction
(3) modelling (4) imitation
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20. According to Mann and Janis, decision maker 
children analyze the problem, list the alternatives 
and weigh each option for its advantages and 
disadvantages. His behaviour reflects:
(1) vigilant (2) outgoing
(3) autocratic (4) surveillance
21. In __________ thinking, a child as a problem solver 
evaluates the truth or likelihood of statements.
(1) aesthetic (2) abstract
(3) logical (4) creative
22. The task in which the children get experience while 
enjoying themselves is known as:
(1) consumer type task (2) producer type task
(3) problem type task (4) drill and practice task
23. Multi sensory approach in teaching-learning is the 
simultaneous use of visual, auditory, tactile and 
_________ senses to enhance learning. 
(1) vestibular (2) perceptual
(3) observational (4) kinesthetic
24. The development from central part of the body 
towards peripheries or extremities denotes the:
(1) principles of decentralized development
(2) principles of proximodistal development
(3) principles of cascade development
(4) principles of radiated development
25. School is an institution of socialization of children 
where:
(1) school routines occupy the central position
(2) school activities occupy the central position
(3) schoolteachers occupy the central position
(4) schoolchildren occupy the central position
26. If you join a teacher fraternity and choose to dress 
like most of the others in your group, you are 
exhibiting:
(1) obedience (2) compliance
(3) conformity (4) group identity
27. The concept of object permanence is attained during 
Piaget’s __________ stage of development.
(1) preoperational (2) concrete operational
(3) formal operational (4) sensorimotor
28. Individualized Education Programme is planned 
from the perspective of:
(1) Child-centered Education Programme.
(2) Open School Education Programme.
(3) e-Learning Education Programme.
(4) Special Education Programme
29.  Between __________ months of age, most children 
begin to combine words into short sentences while 
speaking.
(1) 18 and 24 (2) 24 and 30
(3) 30 and 36 (4) 12 and 18
30. The concept of intelligence Quotient or IQ was 
developed by:
(1) Binet (2) Stern
(3) T erman (4) Galton
Social Science/Social Studies
31. A narrow strip of land joining two landmasses is 
known as:
(1) isthmus (2) island
(3) bay (4) straight
32. Which one of the following continents is smallest in 
size?
(1) South America (2) Africa
(3) Europe (4) Australia
33. At the upper primary stage, Social Science comprises 
of:
(1) History, Geography, Economics, Sociology
(2) History, Geography, Political Science, Economics
(3) History, Geography, Political Science, Sociology
(4) History, Geography, Political Science, Psychology
34. Inductive learning is contradictory to which one of 
the following approaches?
(1) Structure training (2) Simulation
(3) Mastery learning (4) Expository teaching
35. Read the given statements A and B and select the 
correct answer:
A. Critical thinking promotes the building of 
concepts, application and expansion of ideas.
B. It does not help in understanding and evaluating 
arguments and beliefs of others.
(1) A is false and B is true
(2) Both A and B are false
(3) Both A and B are true
(4) A is true and B is false
36. What is an empirical evidence?
(1) A numeric approach for research
(2) Data measured in metric units
(3) Data gathered using reliable methods of data 
collection
(4) Data gathered in the real world through the 
senses
37. The models/replicas of physical features are most 
suitable for teaching:
(1) Economics (2) Geography
(3) Political science (4) History
38. The collection of weather information from the local 
newspaper is an example of which type of source?
(1) Primary
(2) Secondary
(3) T ertiary
(4) Both primary and tertiary
39. In which type of classroom, the students with 
learning disabilities learn alongside other students?
(1) Special (2) Inclusive
(3) Modern (4) Exclusive
40. Who has given the following theory?
 “All children go through the same sequence of 
development, but at different rates. Therefore, 
teachers must plan activities for individual children 
and small groups, not just for the class as a whole.”
(1) D. Purcell (2) J.H. Bell
(3) J. Piaget (4) C.L. Ogden
41. In order to promote cooperative learning in the 
classroom, a teacher should:
(1) given them individual projects
(2) divide the class in small groups for work
(3) provide them various sources to do the project
(4) engage students in debate and discussions
42. A self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which 
attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a 
fair-minded way is called:
(1) complex thinking (2) intelligent thinking
(3) abstract thinking (4) critical thinking
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43. The colours used in the Ajanta Caves Paintings have 
been derived from which of the following materials?
(1) Graphite
(2) Plants and minerals
(3) Slate
(4) Remains of animal organs
44. The earliest manuscripts were written on:
(1) stones (2) paper
(3) wood (4) palm leaves
45. Which one of the following periods is longest in the 
human history?
(1) Mesolithic (2) Neolithic
(3) Megalithic (4) Palaeolithic
46. Read the given statements A and B and select the 
correct answer:
A. Mehrgarh is located in a fertile plain near Bolan 
Pass of Pakistan.
B. Evidences of farming and herding are found here.
(1) A is false and B is true
(2) Both A and B are false
(3) Both A and B are true
(4) A is true and B is false
47. In which one of the following States of India, the 
largest number of Harappan sites have been found?
(1) Haryana (2) Gujarat
(3) Jammu and Kashmir (4) Punjab
48. ‘Rig Veda’ was originally composed in which one of 
the following languages?
(1) Pali (2) Sanskrit
(3) Prakrit (4) Brahmi
49. The first ruler of Magadha Mahajanapadas in the 
sixth century BC was:
(1) Prasenjit (2) Bimbisara
(3) Ajatashatru (4) Mahavira
50. Which one of the following is not among the three 
jewels of Buddhism?
(1) Dhamma (2) Ahimsa
(3) Sangha (4) Buddha
51. Who among the following elects the Rajya Sabha 
Members?
(1) Voters in Parliamentary Constituencies
(2) Lok Sabha Members
(3) Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs)
(4) Voters in Assembly Constituencies
52. Which of the following systems of government was 
adopted by India?
(1) Presidential and Federal
(2) Presidential and Unitary
(3) Parliamentary and Federal
(4) Parliamentary and Unitary
53. How many Parliamentary Constituencies are reserved 
for the Scheduled Castes?
(1) 84 (2) 47
(3) 74 (4) 48
54. Which one of the following Fundamental Rights 
is violated due to the practice of untouchability in 
India?
(1) Right to Freedom
(2) Right against Exploitation
(3) Right to Constitutional Remedies
(4) Right to Equality
55. As per the Constitution of India, which one of the 
following is not a Fundamental Right?
(1) Right against Exploitation
(2) Right to Freedom of Religion
(3) Right to Property
(4) Right to Education
56. Untouchability refers to the discrimination on the 
basis of:
(1) gender (2) caste
(3) race (4) physical disability
57. Who appoints the Chief Minister?
(1) The Prime Minister
(2) The Governor
(3) The Chief Justice of the High Court
(4) The President
58. Who appoints the Governor?
(1) The Chief Minister
(2) The Chief Justice of India
(3) The President
(4) The Prime Minister
59. Who elects the Prime Minister?
(1) The Chief Minister?
(2) MPs
(3) MPs and MLAs
(4) The Council of Ministers
60. Who among the following is called the first citizen 
of India?
(1) The Home Minister
(2) The President
(3) The Prime Minister
(4) The Chief Justice of India
61. Who among the following is called the first citizen 
of a State in India?
(1) The Home Minister
(2) The Governor
(3) The Chief Minister
(4) The Chief Justice of the High Court
62. The current Lok Sabha (from 2014 onwards) is the:
(1) 14th (2) 15th
(3) 16th (4) 13th
63. Who is the current President of India?
(1) Pratibha Patil (2) M. Venkaiah Naidu
(3) Ram Nath Kovind (4) Narendra Modi
64. Which of the following is not mentioned in the 
Constitution of India?
(1) Structure of the Government
(2) Names of political parties
(3) Rights of the citizen
(4) Names of the States and Union Territories
65. Who nominates Members to the Rajya Sabha?
(1) The Vice President
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(4) The President
66. Who among the following was the President of the 
Constituent Assembly of India?
(1) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) C. Rajagopalachari
67. Who among the following was the only Indian 
Governor-General of India?
(1) B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(2) T .T . Krishnamachari
(3) C. Rajagopalachari
(4) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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68. When was the Constitution of India adopted?
(1) November 26, 1947 (2) November 26, 1949
(3) January 26, 1950 (4) August 15, 1947
69. Who among the following played a decisive role in 
integrating the Princely States of India?
(1) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(2) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(3) C. Rajagopalachari
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru
70. Which of the following deal with the matters in the 
Concurrent List of the Constitution of India?
(1) State Governments and Local Government 
Bodies
(2) Union Territories
(3) Local Government Bodies
(4) Union Government and State Governments
71. Who among the following was the Chairman of the 
Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly of 
India?
(1) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) C. Rajagopalachari
72. In the 18th century, under whom did Bengal 
gradually break away from the Mughal control?
(1) Nadir Shah (2) Alivardi Khan
(3) Burhan-ul-Mulk (4) Murshid Quli Khan
73. Who among the following Governor- Generals 
decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last 
Mughal emperor and after his death none of the 
descendents would be recognized as a ruler?
(1) William Bentinck (2) Lord Canning
(3) Lord Cornwallis (4) Lord Dalhousie
74. Which Governor-General declared that Awadh was 
being misgoverned and British rule was needed to 
ensure proper administration?
(1) Lord Canning (2) Lord Dalhousie
(3) Lord Mountbatten (4) Lord Ripon
75. Which ruler of Kanpur called himself ‘Peshwa’?
(1) Bajirao I (2) Bajirao II
(3) Bahadur Shah Zafar (4) Nana Saheb
76. The best methodology to teach the theme ‘Factory’ 
would be:
(1) to invite a resource person
(2) to organize a visit to an industrial plant
(3) to screen a documentary film
(4) to narrate a story
77. What is EDUSAT?
(1) A newly discovered planet in the solar system
(2) An asteroid found between the orbits of Mars 
and Jupiter
(3) A man-made Indian satellite
(4) The rocket that carries man-made satellites to be 
placed in the orbit around the sun
78. The verses and ideas of which one of the following 
personalities have been preserved in Panchvani’ and 
‘Bijak”?
(1) Kabir (2) Guru Nanak
(3) Ravidas (4) Mirabai
79. The mural painting from Ellora Caves which shows 
Vishnu as Narasimha, the man-lion, is a work of 
which period?
(1) Rashtrakuta period
(2) Chalukya period
(3) Gupta period
(4) Gurjara-Pratihara period
80. Which one of the following organizations believes in 
Upanishads?
(1) Ramakrishna Mission (2) Satyashodhak Samaj
(3) Seva Samaj (4) Brahma Samaj
81. Wind vane is used for measuring:
(1) air pressure (2) wind direction
(3) air temperature (4) wind velocity
82. Which one of the following layers of the atmosphere 
helps in the transmission of radio waves?
(1) Mesosphere (2) Thermosphere
(3) Exosphere (4) Stratosphere
83. Identify the various layers of the earth in order from 
interior to the outermost layer:
(1) Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
(2) Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
(3) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
(4) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
84. Observe carefully the location of the sun, earth and 
moon in the given diagram and tell what it depicts :
 
(1) Lunar eclipse (2) Spring tide
(3) Neap tide (4) Solar eclipse
85. When the river enters the plain, it bends and flows 
forming large bends known as:
(1) floodplain (2) meander
(3) oxbow lake (4) levee
86. Which means of transport is extremely useful in 
most inaccessible areas and in times of calamities for 
rescuing people and distributing food, water, clothes 
and medicines?
(1) Railways (2) Roadways
(3) Waterways (4) Airways
87. The branch of geography which deals with composi-
tion of a particular human population is called:
(1) Biogeography (2) Demography
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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
Directions: Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 1 to 30) 
by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
1. Creativity is thought to be related the concept of:
(1) crystallized intelligence
(2) convergent thinking
(3) divergent thinking
(4) fluid intelligence
2. The acceptable sound combinations of a language 
are specified in its __________ rules.
(1) grammatical (2) syntactic
(3) inflection (4) phonological
3. The position where thought patterns are influenced 
by language is called:
(1) linguistic determination
(2) cognitive bias
(3) sociolinguistic genesis
(4) cultural tendency
4. Ravi repairs appliances by testing hypothesis about 
the cause of the malfunction based on his experiences 
with the symptoms. He uses:
(1) algorithms (2) mental set
(3) heuristics (4) insight
5. Divya often divides the assigned job into small tasks 
which she can handle easily. She is using:
(1) secondary elaboration (2) subgoal analysis
(3) functional fixedness (4) reductionism
6. “Society determines the roles of male and female.“ 
This statement articulates:
(1) gender as a hereditary endowment
(2) gender as an intuitive construct
(3) gender as a social construct
(4) gender as an inherent construct
7. Grading, coding, marking and credit accumulation 
systems are some of the examples of:
(1) symbolizing position of children in the class
(2) depicting the academic progress in report card
(3) scoring procedure of assessment of learners 
achievement
(4) evaluation procedure of answer sheets of the 
examination
8. Assessment of learners achievement helps the 
teachers to:
(1) evaluate the effectiveness of pedagogy
(2) make ability grouping of learners in the classrooms
(3) prepare activity log for teaching
(4) maintain the performance record of learners
9. Inclusive Education is based on the principle of:
(1) equity and equal opportunities
(2) social existence and globalization
(3) world brotherhood
(4) social equilibrium
10. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act has been 
enacted in the year:
(1) 1995 (2) 1999
(3) 2016 (4) 1992
11. Children with individual differences should be 
taught in a school having teachers:
(1) trained to use different pedagogy to meet their 
diverse learning needs
(2) trained to teach children with specific individual 
differences
(3) trained to make them homogeneous learners
(4) to teach in different sections of classrooms based 
on their individual differences
12. The Right of Children to Free and compulsory 
education act, 2009 ensures the rights of children 
with disabilities to free education from:
(1) 3 years to 18 years (2) 6 years to 14 years
(3) 6 years to 22 years (4) 6 years to 18 years
13. Providing teaching-learning materials in accessible 
formats to the diverse learners implies:
(1) Universal Code of Teaching Practices.
(2) Universal Humanistic Approach of Teaching.
(3) Universal Design of Learning
(4) Universal Inclusive Education Ethical Considerate.
14. __________ involves self awareness and control of 
cognitive abilities, e.g., planning, reviewing and 
revising, etc.
(1) Metacognition (2) Cognition
(3) Accommodation (4) Centration
15. When children think to interpret the received 
information according to their experiences, it is called:
(1) creative thinking (2) abstract thinking
(3) concrete thinking (4) reflective thinking
16. T eaching learners at varying levels of difficulty based 
on the ability of individual learner is known as:
(1) selective instruction
(2) precision teaching
(3) errorless instruction
(4) differentiated instruction
17. Maintenance is the specific stage of learning which 
is antecedent to __________ stage of learning.
(1) motivation (2) independent
(3) generalization (4) acquisition
18.  Zajonc believes that cognition and emotion are:
(1) independent (2) interrelated
(3) integrated (4) interdependent
19. A teacher is teaching children by demonstration 
of a task to correct the performances of an already 
learned task. He is using __________ method of 
teaching.
(1) observation (2) correction
(3) modelling (4) imitation
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20. According to Mann and Janis, decision maker 
children analyze the problem, list the alternatives 
and weigh each option for its advantages and 
disadvantages. His behaviour reflects:
(1) vigilant (2) outgoing
(3) autocratic (4) surveillance
21. In __________ thinking, a child as a problem solver 
evaluates the truth or likelihood of statements.
(1) aesthetic (2) abstract
(3) logical (4) creative
22. The task in which the children get experience while 
enjoying themselves is known as:
(1) consumer type task (2) producer type task
(3) problem type task (4) drill and practice task
23. Multi sensory approach in teaching-learning is the 
simultaneous use of visual, auditory, tactile and 
_________ senses to enhance learning. 
(1) vestibular (2) perceptual
(3) observational (4) kinesthetic
24. The development from central part of the body 
towards peripheries or extremities denotes the:
(1) principles of decentralized development
(2) principles of proximodistal development
(3) principles of cascade development
(4) principles of radiated development
25. School is an institution of socialization of children 
where:
(1) school routines occupy the central position
(2) school activities occupy the central position
(3) schoolteachers occupy the central position
(4) schoolchildren occupy the central position
26. If you join a teacher fraternity and choose to dress 
like most of the others in your group, you are 
exhibiting:
(1) obedience (2) compliance
(3) conformity (4) group identity
27. The concept of object permanence is attained during 
Piaget’s __________ stage of development.
(1) preoperational (2) concrete operational
(3) formal operational (4) sensorimotor
28. Individualized Education Programme is planned 
from the perspective of:
(1) Child-centered Education Programme.
(2) Open School Education Programme.
(3) e-Learning Education Programme.
(4) Special Education Programme
29.  Between __________ months of age, most children 
begin to combine words into short sentences while 
speaking.
(1) 18 and 24 (2) 24 and 30
(3) 30 and 36 (4) 12 and 18
30. The concept of intelligence Quotient or IQ was 
developed by:
(1) Binet (2) Stern
(3) T erman (4) Galton
Social Science/Social Studies
31. A narrow strip of land joining two landmasses is 
known as:
(1) isthmus (2) island
(3) bay (4) straight
32. Which one of the following continents is smallest in 
size?
(1) South America (2) Africa
(3) Europe (4) Australia
33. At the upper primary stage, Social Science comprises 
of:
(1) History, Geography, Economics, Sociology
(2) History, Geography, Political Science, Economics
(3) History, Geography, Political Science, Sociology
(4) History, Geography, Political Science, Psychology
34. Inductive learning is contradictory to which one of 
the following approaches?
(1) Structure training (2) Simulation
(3) Mastery learning (4) Expository teaching
35. Read the given statements A and B and select the 
correct answer:
A. Critical thinking promotes the building of 
concepts, application and expansion of ideas.
B. It does not help in understanding and evaluating 
arguments and beliefs of others.
(1) A is false and B is true
(2) Both A and B are false
(3) Both A and B are true
(4) A is true and B is false
36. What is an empirical evidence?
(1) A numeric approach for research
(2) Data measured in metric units
(3) Data gathered using reliable methods of data 
collection
(4) Data gathered in the real world through the 
senses
37. The models/replicas of physical features are most 
suitable for teaching:
(1) Economics (2) Geography
(3) Political science (4) History
38. The collection of weather information from the local 
newspaper is an example of which type of source?
(1) Primary
(2) Secondary
(3) T ertiary
(4) Both primary and tertiary
39. In which type of classroom, the students with 
learning disabilities learn alongside other students?
(1) Special (2) Inclusive
(3) Modern (4) Exclusive
40. Who has given the following theory?
 “All children go through the same sequence of 
development, but at different rates. Therefore, 
teachers must plan activities for individual children 
and small groups, not just for the class as a whole.”
(1) D. Purcell (2) J.H. Bell
(3) J. Piaget (4) C.L. Ogden
41. In order to promote cooperative learning in the 
classroom, a teacher should:
(1) given them individual projects
(2) divide the class in small groups for work
(3) provide them various sources to do the project
(4) engage students in debate and discussions
42. A self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which 
attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a 
fair-minded way is called:
(1) complex thinking (2) intelligent thinking
(3) abstract thinking (4) critical thinking
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43. The colours used in the Ajanta Caves Paintings have 
been derived from which of the following materials?
(1) Graphite
(2) Plants and minerals
(3) Slate
(4) Remains of animal organs
44. The earliest manuscripts were written on:
(1) stones (2) paper
(3) wood (4) palm leaves
45. Which one of the following periods is longest in the 
human history?
(1) Mesolithic (2) Neolithic
(3) Megalithic (4) Palaeolithic
46. Read the given statements A and B and select the 
correct answer:
A. Mehrgarh is located in a fertile plain near Bolan 
Pass of Pakistan.
B. Evidences of farming and herding are found here.
(1) A is false and B is true
(2) Both A and B are false
(3) Both A and B are true
(4) A is true and B is false
47. In which one of the following States of India, the 
largest number of Harappan sites have been found?
(1) Haryana (2) Gujarat
(3) Jammu and Kashmir (4) Punjab
48. ‘Rig Veda’ was originally composed in which one of 
the following languages?
(1) Pali (2) Sanskrit
(3) Prakrit (4) Brahmi
49. The first ruler of Magadha Mahajanapadas in the 
sixth century BC was:
(1) Prasenjit (2) Bimbisara
(3) Ajatashatru (4) Mahavira
50. Which one of the following is not among the three 
jewels of Buddhism?
(1) Dhamma (2) Ahimsa
(3) Sangha (4) Buddha
51. Who among the following elects the Rajya Sabha 
Members?
(1) Voters in Parliamentary Constituencies
(2) Lok Sabha Members
(3) Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs)
(4) Voters in Assembly Constituencies
52. Which of the following systems of government was 
adopted by India?
(1) Presidential and Federal
(2) Presidential and Unitary
(3) Parliamentary and Federal
(4) Parliamentary and Unitary
53. How many Parliamentary Constituencies are reserved 
for the Scheduled Castes?
(1) 84 (2) 47
(3) 74 (4) 48
54. Which one of the following Fundamental Rights 
is violated due to the practice of untouchability in 
India?
(1) Right to Freedom
(2) Right against Exploitation
(3) Right to Constitutional Remedies
(4) Right to Equality
55. As per the Constitution of India, which one of the 
following is not a Fundamental Right?
(1) Right against Exploitation
(2) Right to Freedom of Religion
(3) Right to Property
(4) Right to Education
56. Untouchability refers to the discrimination on the 
basis of:
(1) gender (2) caste
(3) race (4) physical disability
57. Who appoints the Chief Minister?
(1) The Prime Minister
(2) The Governor
(3) The Chief Justice of the High Court
(4) The President
58. Who appoints the Governor?
(1) The Chief Minister
(2) The Chief Justice of India
(3) The President
(4) The Prime Minister
59. Who elects the Prime Minister?
(1) The Chief Minister?
(2) MPs
(3) MPs and MLAs
(4) The Council of Ministers
60. Who among the following is called the first citizen 
of India?
(1) The Home Minister
(2) The President
(3) The Prime Minister
(4) The Chief Justice of India
61. Who among the following is called the first citizen 
of a State in India?
(1) The Home Minister
(2) The Governor
(3) The Chief Minister
(4) The Chief Justice of the High Court
62. The current Lok Sabha (from 2014 onwards) is the:
(1) 14th (2) 15th
(3) 16th (4) 13th
63. Who is the current President of India?
(1) Pratibha Patil (2) M. Venkaiah Naidu
(3) Ram Nath Kovind (4) Narendra Modi
64. Which of the following is not mentioned in the 
Constitution of India?
(1) Structure of the Government
(2) Names of political parties
(3) Rights of the citizen
(4) Names of the States and Union Territories
65. Who nominates Members to the Rajya Sabha?
(1) The Vice President
(2) The Prime Minister
(3) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(4) The President
66. Who among the following was the President of the 
Constituent Assembly of India?
(1) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) C. Rajagopalachari
67. Who among the following was the only Indian 
Governor-General of India?
(1) B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(2) T .T . Krishnamachari
(3) C. Rajagopalachari
(4) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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68. When was the Constitution of India adopted?
(1) November 26, 1947 (2) November 26, 1949
(3) January 26, 1950 (4) August 15, 1947
69. Who among the following played a decisive role in 
integrating the Princely States of India?
(1) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(2) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(3) C. Rajagopalachari
(4) Jawaharlal Nehru
70. Which of the following deal with the matters in the 
Concurrent List of the Constitution of India?
(1) State Governments and Local Government 
Bodies
(2) Union Territories
(3) Local Government Bodies
(4) Union Government and State Governments
71. Who among the following was the Chairman of the 
Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly of 
India?
(1) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) C. Rajagopalachari
72. In the 18th century, under whom did Bengal 
gradually break away from the Mughal control?
(1) Nadir Shah (2) Alivardi Khan
(3) Burhan-ul-Mulk (4) Murshid Quli Khan
73. Who among the following Governor- Generals 
decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last 
Mughal emperor and after his death none of the 
descendents would be recognized as a ruler?
(1) William Bentinck (2) Lord Canning
(3) Lord Cornwallis (4) Lord Dalhousie
74. Which Governor-General declared that Awadh was 
being misgoverned and British rule was needed to 
ensure proper administration?
(1) Lord Canning (2) Lord Dalhousie
(3) Lord Mountbatten (4) Lord Ripon
75. Which ruler of Kanpur called himself ‘Peshwa’?
(1) Bajirao I (2) Bajirao II
(3) Bahadur Shah Zafar (4) Nana Saheb
76. The best methodology to teach the theme ‘Factory’ 
would be:
(1) to invite a resource person
(2) to organize a visit to an industrial plant
(3) to screen a documentary film
(4) to narrate a story
77. What is EDUSAT?
(1) A newly discovered planet in the solar system
(2) An asteroid found between the orbits of Mars 
and Jupiter
(3) A man-made Indian satellite
(4) The rocket that carries man-made satellites to be 
placed in the orbit around the sun
78. The verses and ideas of which one of the following 
personalities have been preserved in Panchvani’ and 
‘Bijak”?
(1) Kabir (2) Guru Nanak
(3) Ravidas (4) Mirabai
79. The mural painting from Ellora Caves which shows 
Vishnu as Narasimha, the man-lion, is a work of 
which period?
(1) Rashtrakuta period
(2) Chalukya period
(3) Gupta period
(4) Gurjara-Pratihara period
80. Which one of the following organizations believes in 
Upanishads?
(1) Ramakrishna Mission (2) Satyashodhak Samaj
(3) Seva Samaj (4) Brahma Samaj
81. Wind vane is used for measuring:
(1) air pressure (2) wind direction
(3) air temperature (4) wind velocity
82. Which one of the following layers of the atmosphere 
helps in the transmission of radio waves?
(1) Mesosphere (2) Thermosphere
(3) Exosphere (4) Stratosphere
83. Identify the various layers of the earth in order from 
interior to the outermost layer:
(1) Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
(2) Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
(3) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
(4) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
84. Observe carefully the location of the sun, earth and 
moon in the given diagram and tell what it depicts :
 
(1) Lunar eclipse (2) Spring tide
(3) Neap tide (4) Solar eclipse
85. When the river enters the plain, it bends and flows 
forming large bends known as:
(1) floodplain (2) meander
(3) oxbow lake (4) levee
86. Which means of transport is extremely useful in 
most inaccessible areas and in times of calamities for 
rescuing people and distributing food, water, clothes 
and medicines?
(1) Railways (2) Roadways
(3) Waterways (4) Airways
87. The branch of geography which deals with composi-
tion of a particular human population is called:
(1) Biogeography (2) Demography
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(3) Human Geography (4) Urban Geography
88. Assertion (A): The sun sets in Gujarat about two 
hours after Arunachal Pradesh.
 Reason (R): Arunachal Pradesh is on a higher 
latitude than Gujarat.
 Select the correct option from the given alternatives.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) does not 
explain (A)
(2) (A) is true and (R) is false
(3) (A) is false and (R) is true
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) explains (A)
89. Which one of the following is a non- conventional 
source of energy?
(1) Natural gas (2) Solar energy
(3) Coal (4) Firewood
90. The breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks 
and ponds is known as:
(1) viticulture (2) horticulture
(3) pisciculture (4) sericulture
Language: English
Directions: Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 91 to 
105) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
91. Grammar-translation method is basically used to 
teach:
(1) foreign language
(2) rules of any language usage
(3) classical language
(4) grammar
92. Which one of the following can be used as a rubric 
for the assessment of fluency and coherence of 
language?
(1) Can initiate and logically develop simple 
conversion on a familiar topic.
(2) Is always comprehensible, uses appropriate 
intonation.
(3) Demonstrates hesitation to find words or use 
correct grammatical structures.
(4) Can express with some flexibility and appropriacy 
on variety of topics
93. Which one of the following is not the objective 
defined by NCF-2005 for teaching English at upper 
primary level?
(1) To use dictionary suitable to their needs.
(2) To be able to articulate individual/personal 
responses effectively.
(3) To promote learners conceptualization of 
printed texts in terms of heading, paragraph and 
horizontal lines.
(4) To negotiate their own learning goals and 
evaluate their own progress; edit, revise, review 
their own work.
94. *If you are listening to the description of how to 
reach a specific location, then you are doing:
(1) focused listening (2) intensive listening
(3) extensive listening (4) casual listening
95. If a language teacher has put the words ‘school, 
teacher, headmaster, peon‘ in a group, then she is 
following:
(1) semantic grouping (2) phonetic grouping
(3) grammatical grouping (4) lexical grouping
96. “ At the initial stages of language learning, __________ 
may be one of the languages for learning activities 
that create the child’s awareness to the world.“ 
(NCF-2005)
(1) Vernacular language (2) Second language
(3) Hindi (4) English
97. Little or no attention is given to pronunciation in 
__________ method.
(1) grammar-translation (2) CLT
(3) SLT (4) audio-lingual
98. Which one of the following does not come under 
the principle of selection and gradation?
(1) Availability (2) Coverage
(3) Frequency (4) Accuracy
99. The phenomenon, where a single word is associated 
with two or several related meanings, is known as:
(1) homograph (2) polysemy
(3) homonymy (4) homonyms
100. “The dog lived in the garden, but the cat, who was 
smarter, lived inside the house“ is an example of:
(1) complex compound sentence
(2) complex sentence
(3) compound sentence
(4) simple sentence
101. If a student of language is cramming his/her answers, 
then he/she would not be able to:
(1) attempt vocabulary-based exercise
(2) attempt structural questions
(3) attempt creative writing
(4) attempt question answers
102. During reading, if a student is piercing information 
together as they read a text keeping track of what is 
happening he/she is:
(1) skimming (2) paraphrasing
(3) synthesizing (4) inferring
103. Which one of the following does not affect the 
intonation?
(1) T one (2) Rhythm
(3) Loudness (4) V oice/Pronunciation
104. __________ are involved in thinking.
(1) Image, imagination, concept, proposition.
(2) Imagination, language, concept, proposition.
(3) Image, language, concept, proposition.
(4) Image, language, imagination, proposition.
105. Language laboratory is the place where the learners 
have to listen on headphone. The language labs are 
set up with a view to provide listening activities in 
order to develop:
(1) speech habit (2) criticizing habit
(3) listening activities (4) analysis habit
Directions: Answer the following questions (Q. Nos. 106 to 
114) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
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