CTET Solved Question Paper - 2 (22 Dec - 2021) | CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) Mock Test Series 2024 - CTET & State TET PDF Download

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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
1. Assertion (A): Humans are able to learn and 
remember new things in motor and cognitive 
domains throughout their life span.
 Reason (R): Outcome of a severely deprived 
childhood can be easily changed in later years.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct 
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.
2. Which principle of development does the following 
example illustrate.
 The development of a child does not take a straight 
path, it turns back and then moves forward again.
(1) Principle of uniformity
(2) Principle of spiral advancement
(3) Development is uni-directional
(4) Development is discontinous.
3. Many parents demanded a ban on the popular 
cartoon show Shinchan as their children were 
imitating the central character’s ‘unruly’ behaviour. 
This illustrates ............... is/are an important agency 
of socialization.
(1) Media (2) Peers
(3) Neighbourhood (4) Religion
4. Which of the following statement about progressive 
education is correct?
(1) It involves lecture method and grouping 
according to the ability/marks of the students.
(2) It involves individualized learning, tests at the 
end of the year and ranking of students based 
on marks.
(3) It involves experimental learning and asessment 
through a variety of methods.
(4) It involves programmed instruction and use of 
rewards to encourage learning.
5. Jean Piaget proposed the following sequence of 
developmental stages:
(1) Pre-operational, sensory-motor, concrete 
operational, formal operational.
(2) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, concrete 
operational, formal-operational.
(3) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, formal-
operational, concrete operational.
(4) Concrete operational, Formal operational, 
sensory-motor, pre-operational.
6. According to Jean Piaget, which of the following 
questions will be answered only by the children in 
formal operational stage?
(1) Ronak ate 11 chocolates. His sister ate twice as 
many. How many chocolates they both ate in 
total?
(2) If A is greater than B and B is greater than C. 
What is the relation between A and C?
(3) How many whole numbers are there between 67 
and 81?
(4) 7+9=?
7. According to Lev Vygotsky, which of the following 
factors influence learning?
(i) social interaction
(ii) cultural tools
(iii) language
(iv) negative reinforcement
(1) (iv) (2) (i)
(3) (i) (ii) (iii) (4) (i) (iii) (iv)
8. According to Lev Vygotsky, when teachers make 
adjustment in the support extended to the child 
according to the child’s current level of performance, 
it is referred to as:
(1) reinforcement (2) conditioning
(3) modelling (4) scaffolding
9. According to Lawrence Kohlberg the child’s moral 
development in stage 3-maintaining mutual relation, 
the ‘Golden Rule’ refers to the stage where:
(1) the child wants to please and help others.
(2) the child understands the social system is 
dependent on the performance of one’s duties 
to maintain social order.
(3) right actions are defined according to the 
norms, needs and rights which are unaminously 
accepted by society.
(4) the child not only keep in mind the norms of the 
society but also the limits to which the universal 
principles are applicable.
10. Howard Gardner proposed that:
(1) intelligence is a practical goal oriented activity
(2) intelligence comprises of seven intelligences in a 
hierarchical order
(3) intelligence is a generic ability that he lablled as 
‘g’.
(4) intelligence comprises of several kinds of human 
abilities.
11. Several television commercials depict men and 
women in stereotypical roles. How should a teacher 
discuss this issue in her classroom?
(1) She should encourage students to accept 
statements made in television commercials at 
face value.
(2) She should encourage students to analyze it 
critically and arrive at a reasoned decision.
(3) She should encourage students to reach 
conclusion on the basis of given facts in the 
commercial.
(4) She should encourage students to imitate the 
behaviour of men and women shown in the 
commercials.
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 2 (Social Science)
22nd	December	2021
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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
1. Assertion (A): Humans are able to learn and 
remember new things in motor and cognitive 
domains throughout their life span.
 Reason (R): Outcome of a severely deprived 
childhood can be easily changed in later years.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct 
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.
2. Which principle of development does the following 
example illustrate.
 The development of a child does not take a straight 
path, it turns back and then moves forward again.
(1) Principle of uniformity
(2) Principle of spiral advancement
(3) Development is uni-directional
(4) Development is discontinous.
3. Many parents demanded a ban on the popular 
cartoon show Shinchan as their children were 
imitating the central character’s ‘unruly’ behaviour. 
This illustrates ............... is/are an important agency 
of socialization.
(1) Media (2) Peers
(3) Neighbourhood (4) Religion
4. Which of the following statement about progressive 
education is correct?
(1) It involves lecture method and grouping 
according to the ability/marks of the students.
(2) It involves individualized learning, tests at the 
end of the year and ranking of students based 
on marks.
(3) It involves experimental learning and asessment 
through a variety of methods.
(4) It involves programmed instruction and use of 
rewards to encourage learning.
5. Jean Piaget proposed the following sequence of 
developmental stages:
(1) Pre-operational, sensory-motor, concrete 
operational, formal operational.
(2) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, concrete 
operational, formal-operational.
(3) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, formal-
operational, concrete operational.
(4) Concrete operational, Formal operational, 
sensory-motor, pre-operational.
6. According to Jean Piaget, which of the following 
questions will be answered only by the children in 
formal operational stage?
(1) Ronak ate 11 chocolates. His sister ate twice as 
many. How many chocolates they both ate in 
total?
(2) If A is greater than B and B is greater than C. 
What is the relation between A and C?
(3) How many whole numbers are there between 67 
and 81?
(4) 7+9=?
7. According to Lev Vygotsky, which of the following 
factors influence learning?
(i) social interaction
(ii) cultural tools
(iii) language
(iv) negative reinforcement
(1) (iv) (2) (i)
(3) (i) (ii) (iii) (4) (i) (iii) (iv)
8. According to Lev Vygotsky, when teachers make 
adjustment in the support extended to the child 
according to the child’s current level of performance, 
it is referred to as:
(1) reinforcement (2) conditioning
(3) modelling (4) scaffolding
9. According to Lawrence Kohlberg the child’s moral 
development in stage 3-maintaining mutual relation, 
the ‘Golden Rule’ refers to the stage where:
(1) the child wants to please and help others.
(2) the child understands the social system is 
dependent on the performance of one’s duties 
to maintain social order.
(3) right actions are defined according to the 
norms, needs and rights which are unaminously 
accepted by society.
(4) the child not only keep in mind the norms of the 
society but also the limits to which the universal 
principles are applicable.
10. Howard Gardner proposed that:
(1) intelligence is a practical goal oriented activity
(2) intelligence comprises of seven intelligences in a 
hierarchical order
(3) intelligence is a generic ability that he lablled as 
‘g’.
(4) intelligence comprises of several kinds of human 
abilities.
11. Several television commercials depict men and 
women in stereotypical roles. How should a teacher 
discuss this issue in her classroom?
(1) She should encourage students to accept 
statements made in television commercials at 
face value.
(2) She should encourage students to analyze it 
critically and arrive at a reasoned decision.
(3) She should encourage students to reach 
conclusion on the basis of given facts in the 
commercial.
(4) She should encourage students to imitate the 
behaviour of men and women shown in the 
commercials.
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 2 (Social Science)
22nd	December	2021
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12. In the context of cognitive and language development, 
who said “Thought comes first than language”?
(1) Jean Piaget (2) Lev Vygostky
(3) B.F . Skinner (4) Jerome Bruner
13. Which of the following statement regarding 
proposals made by National Education Policy 2020 
(NEP) is not correct?
(1) NEP 2020 proposes that a variety of methods 
and strategies such as group work and role plays 
be used for assessment.
(2) NEP 2020 proposes shift from formative to 
summative assessment.
(3) NEP 2020 proposes that apart from assessment 
by the teacher other ways such as self - assesment 
and peer assessment should be encouraged.
(4) NEP 2020 proposes that report card of the 
student should include progress in the cognitive, 
affective and psychomotor domains.
14. Should terms take ‘slow learner’ ‘brilliant’ and 
‘average’ be used to describe students in a classroom?
(1) Yes, it helps students understand the level of 
their performance.
(2) No, these terms label children based on ability 
and are non-inclusive.
(3) Yes, it can help a teacher categorize children in 
his clasroom.
(4) No, these categories are not sufficient, we 
need to add many more to understand student 
profiles.
15. Which kind of diversities should a teacher respect 
and include in her classroom?
(1) Regional (2) Socio-cultural
(3) Economic (4) Linguistic
16. Murti, a grade 4 student, is able to read only at the 
level of a grade 1 student. He also has difficulty 
matching sounds, spelling words and reading 
letters. Murti shows characteristics of:
(1) Dyspraxia (2) Dyscalculia
(3) Dyslexia (4) Dysgraphia
17. A teacher can identify creative children in her class 
by:
(1) their ability to think convergently
(2) their popularity among peers
(3) their innovative style of thinking
(4) their selection of simple and recall based tasks.
18. What are the following behaviours primary 
characteristics of:
 Impulsivity, low attention span, fidgeting, inability 
to sit for long?
(1) Autism
(2) Giftedness
(3) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(4) Creativity
19. Which of the following strategies does not promote 
inclusion?
(1) Flexible grouping
(2) Differentiated Instruction
(3) Ability grouping
(4) Reasonable curricular accomodation
20. Which of the following is not a characteristic of child 
with giftedness?
(1) High level of commitment
(2) Prefers working independently on tasks
(3) Ability to recognize multiple options while 
working on problems.
(4) Eagerness to repeat the same task multiple times.
21. A teacher should employ classroom management 
strategies which focus on:
(1) controlling the class through rigid rules
(2) expecting same behaviour from all children
(3) making students abide to all rules without 
questioning
(4) giving ample oppurtunities for self reflection
22. Which is the most effective strategy to encourage 
conceptual development in children?
(1) Keep punishing students till they make the 
required changes.
(2) Getting children to forget old concepts and learn 
new ones by rote memorization.
(3) Give a variety of examples and non-examples 
and encourage students to use reasoning.
(4) Rewarding students each time they make a 
conceptual change in their schema.
23. Effective teaching includes:
(i) Taking care of emotional needs of students.
(ii) Adapting curriculum and assessments to the 
student’s needs.
(iii) Flexible grouping for peer interaction.
(iv) Employing rigid classroom management 
strategies.
(1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (2) (i) (ii) (iii)
(3) (ii) (iii) (iv) (4) (i) (iii) (iv)
24. Rekha provided a map of India with landforms and 
rivers to her students and encouraged them to make 
initiative guesses about the location of major cities in 
it. Her approach to teaching-learning is:
(1) Rote memorisation (2) Discovery learning
(3) Direct instruction (4) Expository teaching
25. Presentation of a concept and its sub concepts in a 
heirarchial and interconnected manner is called:
(1) Mnemonic (2) Heuristics
(3) Graphic organizer (4) Algorithms
26. Several educational reports are revealing that 
students are underperforming than the expected 
learning levels. The first unit of analysis to 
understand this gap should be:
(1) System (2) Child
(3) Community (4) Parent
27. Children’s intrinsic motivation to learn is increased 
when:
(1) learning is centred around rewards and 
punishment.
(2) learning strategies focus on mere memorization 
and recall
(3) their learning enviroment fosters their sense of 
belonging and agency.
(4) the teachers encourage obedience and adopt 
standardized methods of assessment.
28. Which emotion would facilitate the process of 
meaningful learning?
(1) Shame (2) Fear
(3) Hopelessness (4) Curiosity
29. Assertion: Teachers must encourage children to 
share the ‘naïve’ or intuitive theories that they 
construct.
 Reason: All children start off with pre-conceptions 
of reality and these conceptions influence their 
understanding in schools.
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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
1. Assertion (A): Humans are able to learn and 
remember new things in motor and cognitive 
domains throughout their life span.
 Reason (R): Outcome of a severely deprived 
childhood can be easily changed in later years.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct 
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.
2. Which principle of development does the following 
example illustrate.
 The development of a child does not take a straight 
path, it turns back and then moves forward again.
(1) Principle of uniformity
(2) Principle of spiral advancement
(3) Development is uni-directional
(4) Development is discontinous.
3. Many parents demanded a ban on the popular 
cartoon show Shinchan as their children were 
imitating the central character’s ‘unruly’ behaviour. 
This illustrates ............... is/are an important agency 
of socialization.
(1) Media (2) Peers
(3) Neighbourhood (4) Religion
4. Which of the following statement about progressive 
education is correct?
(1) It involves lecture method and grouping 
according to the ability/marks of the students.
(2) It involves individualized learning, tests at the 
end of the year and ranking of students based 
on marks.
(3) It involves experimental learning and asessment 
through a variety of methods.
(4) It involves programmed instruction and use of 
rewards to encourage learning.
5. Jean Piaget proposed the following sequence of 
developmental stages:
(1) Pre-operational, sensory-motor, concrete 
operational, formal operational.
(2) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, concrete 
operational, formal-operational.
(3) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, formal-
operational, concrete operational.
(4) Concrete operational, Formal operational, 
sensory-motor, pre-operational.
6. According to Jean Piaget, which of the following 
questions will be answered only by the children in 
formal operational stage?
(1) Ronak ate 11 chocolates. His sister ate twice as 
many. How many chocolates they both ate in 
total?
(2) If A is greater than B and B is greater than C. 
What is the relation between A and C?
(3) How many whole numbers are there between 67 
and 81?
(4) 7+9=?
7. According to Lev Vygotsky, which of the following 
factors influence learning?
(i) social interaction
(ii) cultural tools
(iii) language
(iv) negative reinforcement
(1) (iv) (2) (i)
(3) (i) (ii) (iii) (4) (i) (iii) (iv)
8. According to Lev Vygotsky, when teachers make 
adjustment in the support extended to the child 
according to the child’s current level of performance, 
it is referred to as:
(1) reinforcement (2) conditioning
(3) modelling (4) scaffolding
9. According to Lawrence Kohlberg the child’s moral 
development in stage 3-maintaining mutual relation, 
the ‘Golden Rule’ refers to the stage where:
(1) the child wants to please and help others.
(2) the child understands the social system is 
dependent on the performance of one’s duties 
to maintain social order.
(3) right actions are defined according to the 
norms, needs and rights which are unaminously 
accepted by society.
(4) the child not only keep in mind the norms of the 
society but also the limits to which the universal 
principles are applicable.
10. Howard Gardner proposed that:
(1) intelligence is a practical goal oriented activity
(2) intelligence comprises of seven intelligences in a 
hierarchical order
(3) intelligence is a generic ability that he lablled as 
‘g’.
(4) intelligence comprises of several kinds of human 
abilities.
11. Several television commercials depict men and 
women in stereotypical roles. How should a teacher 
discuss this issue in her classroom?
(1) She should encourage students to accept 
statements made in television commercials at 
face value.
(2) She should encourage students to analyze it 
critically and arrive at a reasoned decision.
(3) She should encourage students to reach 
conclusion on the basis of given facts in the 
commercial.
(4) She should encourage students to imitate the 
behaviour of men and women shown in the 
commercials.
CTET SOLVED PAPERS
Paper - 2 (Social Science)
22nd	December	2021
182  
12. In the context of cognitive and language development, 
who said “Thought comes first than language”?
(1) Jean Piaget (2) Lev Vygostky
(3) B.F . Skinner (4) Jerome Bruner
13. Which of the following statement regarding 
proposals made by National Education Policy 2020 
(NEP) is not correct?
(1) NEP 2020 proposes that a variety of methods 
and strategies such as group work and role plays 
be used for assessment.
(2) NEP 2020 proposes shift from formative to 
summative assessment.
(3) NEP 2020 proposes that apart from assessment 
by the teacher other ways such as self - assesment 
and peer assessment should be encouraged.
(4) NEP 2020 proposes that report card of the 
student should include progress in the cognitive, 
affective and psychomotor domains.
14. Should terms take ‘slow learner’ ‘brilliant’ and 
‘average’ be used to describe students in a classroom?
(1) Yes, it helps students understand the level of 
their performance.
(2) No, these terms label children based on ability 
and are non-inclusive.
(3) Yes, it can help a teacher categorize children in 
his clasroom.
(4) No, these categories are not sufficient, we 
need to add many more to understand student 
profiles.
15. Which kind of diversities should a teacher respect 
and include in her classroom?
(1) Regional (2) Socio-cultural
(3) Economic (4) Linguistic
16. Murti, a grade 4 student, is able to read only at the 
level of a grade 1 student. He also has difficulty 
matching sounds, spelling words and reading 
letters. Murti shows characteristics of:
(1) Dyspraxia (2) Dyscalculia
(3) Dyslexia (4) Dysgraphia
17. A teacher can identify creative children in her class 
by:
(1) their ability to think convergently
(2) their popularity among peers
(3) their innovative style of thinking
(4) their selection of simple and recall based tasks.
18. What are the following behaviours primary 
characteristics of:
 Impulsivity, low attention span, fidgeting, inability 
to sit for long?
(1) Autism
(2) Giftedness
(3) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(4) Creativity
19. Which of the following strategies does not promote 
inclusion?
(1) Flexible grouping
(2) Differentiated Instruction
(3) Ability grouping
(4) Reasonable curricular accomodation
20. Which of the following is not a characteristic of child 
with giftedness?
(1) High level of commitment
(2) Prefers working independently on tasks
(3) Ability to recognize multiple options while 
working on problems.
(4) Eagerness to repeat the same task multiple times.
21. A teacher should employ classroom management 
strategies which focus on:
(1) controlling the class through rigid rules
(2) expecting same behaviour from all children
(3) making students abide to all rules without 
questioning
(4) giving ample oppurtunities for self reflection
22. Which is the most effective strategy to encourage 
conceptual development in children?
(1) Keep punishing students till they make the 
required changes.
(2) Getting children to forget old concepts and learn 
new ones by rote memorization.
(3) Give a variety of examples and non-examples 
and encourage students to use reasoning.
(4) Rewarding students each time they make a 
conceptual change in their schema.
23. Effective teaching includes:
(i) Taking care of emotional needs of students.
(ii) Adapting curriculum and assessments to the 
student’s needs.
(iii) Flexible grouping for peer interaction.
(iv) Employing rigid classroom management 
strategies.
(1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (2) (i) (ii) (iii)
(3) (ii) (iii) (iv) (4) (i) (iii) (iv)
24. Rekha provided a map of India with landforms and 
rivers to her students and encouraged them to make 
initiative guesses about the location of major cities in 
it. Her approach to teaching-learning is:
(1) Rote memorisation (2) Discovery learning
(3) Direct instruction (4) Expository teaching
25. Presentation of a concept and its sub concepts in a 
heirarchial and interconnected manner is called:
(1) Mnemonic (2) Heuristics
(3) Graphic organizer (4) Algorithms
26. Several educational reports are revealing that 
students are underperforming than the expected 
learning levels. The first unit of analysis to 
understand this gap should be:
(1) System (2) Child
(3) Community (4) Parent
27. Children’s intrinsic motivation to learn is increased 
when:
(1) learning is centred around rewards and 
punishment.
(2) learning strategies focus on mere memorization 
and recall
(3) their learning enviroment fosters their sense of 
belonging and agency.
(4) the teachers encourage obedience and adopt 
standardized methods of assessment.
28. Which emotion would facilitate the process of 
meaningful learning?
(1) Shame (2) Fear
(3) Hopelessness (4) Curiosity
29. Assertion: Teachers must encourage children to 
share the ‘naïve’ or intuitive theories that they 
construct.
 Reason: All children start off with pre-conceptions 
of reality and these conceptions influence their 
understanding in schools.
Paper-2: 2021   183
 Choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct 
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.
30. What tasks should be focussed upon in a socio-
constructivist classroom?
(1) Task that are challenging and allow critical 
thinking.
(2) tasks that are repetitive and mechanical
(3) tasks based on recalling the text
(4) tasks that do not permit questioning by the 
child.
Social Science/Social Studies
31. Assertion (A): Most of the rain in India is brought 
by monsoon winds.
Reason (R): India is located in tropical region.
(1) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(2) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the 
correct explanation of (A).
32. Which of the following statements about meteoroids 
is correct?
(1) These are small pieces of rocks, moving around 
the sun.
(2) They are only found between the orbits of the 
Mars and Jupiter.
(3) They have their own heat and light.
(4) Their shape is described as a geoid.
33. Which of the following oceans is connected with the 
Pacific Ocean by Berring Strait?
(1) Indian Ocean (2) Atlantic Ocean
(3) Arctic Ocean (4) Southern Ocean
34. Identify the vegetation by the features given below:
(A) This vegetation can survive in saline water.
(B) It is located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
(C) Sundari is a well known species of trees of this 
vegetation.
(1) Tropical Rainforests
(2) Tropical Deciduous forests
(3) Mangrove forests
(4) Coniferous forests
35. Consider the statement A and B about ‘climate’ and 
choose the correct answer.
A. Climate is about the average weather condition 
which may have been measured over many 
years.
B. Climate of a place is affected only by its distance 
from the sea and relief.
(1) A is true, B is false.
(2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true.
(4) Both A and B are false.
36. Phenomenon like rainfall and fog occurs in which 
layer of the atmosphere?
(1) T roposphere (2) Stratosphere
(3) Exosphere (4) Thermosphere
37. Consider the statement A, B, C on igneous rocks and 
choose the correct answer.
 Statement (A): Sedimentary rocks, when subjected 
to heat and pressure turn into igneous rocks. 
 Statement (B): These rocks are found both on the 
earth’s crust and deep inside the earth’s crust.
 Statement (C): Granite and Basalt are examples of 
igneous rocks.
(1) B and C are correct and A is incorrect.
(2) A, B and C all are correct.
(3) A and B are correct and C is incorrect.
(4) A and C are correct and B is incorrect.
38. Which of the following statements about Ladakh is 
incorrect?
(1) It is enclosed by Karakoram range in south and 
Zanskar mountains in north.
(2) The Gangri glacier is found here.
(3) As it lies in rain shadow of the Himalayas, there 
is little rainfall here.
(4) Leh, the capital of Ladakh, is connected to 
Kashmir valley through Zoji la pass.
39. The Golden Quadrilateral Express way connects 
which of the following?
(1) Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(2) Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi
(3) Ahmedabad, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi
(4) Kolkata, Pune, Delhi, Chennai
40. Waves are caused when:
(1) Winds scrape across the ocean surface.
(2) Sun and moon exert gravitational pull on the 
earth’s surface.
(3) Rise of temperature of water on the ocean’s 
surface.
(4) Meeting of warm and cold currents on the 
ocean’s surface
41. Consider the following statements A and B about 
metallic minerals and choose the correct answer. 
 Statement A: All metallic minerals are non-ferrous.
 Statement B: Mica is an example of metallic minerals.
(1) A is true, B is false.
(2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true.
(4) A and B are false.
42. Which of the following is not an agro-based industry?
(1) Vegetable oil industry
(2) Cotton textile industry
(3) Fish oil manufacturing industry
(4) Leather industry
43. Which of the following is a conventional source of 
energy?
(1) Nuclear energy (2) Tidal energy
(3) Hydel power (4) Bio gas
44. Petroleum and natural gas, that occur far below the 
earth’s surface are extracted through:
(1) Open-cast mining (2) Drilling
(3) Quarrying (4) Shaft mining
45. Thousands of years back, people travelled the silk 
route on:
(A) Foot (B) Horseback
(C) Camels (D) Bullock carts
(1) A, B and C (2) A, B and D
(3) A, C and D (4) B, C and D
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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
1. Assertion (A): Humans are able to learn and 
remember new things in motor and cognitive 
domains throughout their life span.
 Reason (R): Outcome of a severely deprived 
childhood can be easily changed in later years.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct 
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.
2. Which principle of development does the following 
example illustrate.
 The development of a child does not take a straight 
path, it turns back and then moves forward again.
(1) Principle of uniformity
(2) Principle of spiral advancement
(3) Development is uni-directional
(4) Development is discontinous.
3. Many parents demanded a ban on the popular 
cartoon show Shinchan as their children were 
imitating the central character’s ‘unruly’ behaviour. 
This illustrates ............... is/are an important agency 
of socialization.
(1) Media (2) Peers
(3) Neighbourhood (4) Religion
4. Which of the following statement about progressive 
education is correct?
(1) It involves lecture method and grouping 
according to the ability/marks of the students.
(2) It involves individualized learning, tests at the 
end of the year and ranking of students based 
on marks.
(3) It involves experimental learning and asessment 
through a variety of methods.
(4) It involves programmed instruction and use of 
rewards to encourage learning.
5. Jean Piaget proposed the following sequence of 
developmental stages:
(1) Pre-operational, sensory-motor, concrete 
operational, formal operational.
(2) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, concrete 
operational, formal-operational.
(3) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, formal-
operational, concrete operational.
(4) Concrete operational, Formal operational, 
sensory-motor, pre-operational.
6. According to Jean Piaget, which of the following 
questions will be answered only by the children in 
formal operational stage?
(1) Ronak ate 11 chocolates. His sister ate twice as 
many. How many chocolates they both ate in 
total?
(2) If A is greater than B and B is greater than C. 
What is the relation between A and C?
(3) How many whole numbers are there between 67 
and 81?
(4) 7+9=?
7. According to Lev Vygotsky, which of the following 
factors influence learning?
(i) social interaction
(ii) cultural tools
(iii) language
(iv) negative reinforcement
(1) (iv) (2) (i)
(3) (i) (ii) (iii) (4) (i) (iii) (iv)
8. According to Lev Vygotsky, when teachers make 
adjustment in the support extended to the child 
according to the child’s current level of performance, 
it is referred to as:
(1) reinforcement (2) conditioning
(3) modelling (4) scaffolding
9. According to Lawrence Kohlberg the child’s moral 
development in stage 3-maintaining mutual relation, 
the ‘Golden Rule’ refers to the stage where:
(1) the child wants to please and help others.
(2) the child understands the social system is 
dependent on the performance of one’s duties 
to maintain social order.
(3) right actions are defined according to the 
norms, needs and rights which are unaminously 
accepted by society.
(4) the child not only keep in mind the norms of the 
society but also the limits to which the universal 
principles are applicable.
10. Howard Gardner proposed that:
(1) intelligence is a practical goal oriented activity
(2) intelligence comprises of seven intelligences in a 
hierarchical order
(3) intelligence is a generic ability that he lablled as 
‘g’.
(4) intelligence comprises of several kinds of human 
abilities.
11. Several television commercials depict men and 
women in stereotypical roles. How should a teacher 
discuss this issue in her classroom?
(1) She should encourage students to accept 
statements made in television commercials at 
face value.
(2) She should encourage students to analyze it 
critically and arrive at a reasoned decision.
(3) She should encourage students to reach 
conclusion on the basis of given facts in the 
commercial.
(4) She should encourage students to imitate the 
behaviour of men and women shown in the 
commercials.
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12. In the context of cognitive and language development, 
who said “Thought comes first than language”?
(1) Jean Piaget (2) Lev Vygostky
(3) B.F . Skinner (4) Jerome Bruner
13. Which of the following statement regarding 
proposals made by National Education Policy 2020 
(NEP) is not correct?
(1) NEP 2020 proposes that a variety of methods 
and strategies such as group work and role plays 
be used for assessment.
(2) NEP 2020 proposes shift from formative to 
summative assessment.
(3) NEP 2020 proposes that apart from assessment 
by the teacher other ways such as self - assesment 
and peer assessment should be encouraged.
(4) NEP 2020 proposes that report card of the 
student should include progress in the cognitive, 
affective and psychomotor domains.
14. Should terms take ‘slow learner’ ‘brilliant’ and 
‘average’ be used to describe students in a classroom?
(1) Yes, it helps students understand the level of 
their performance.
(2) No, these terms label children based on ability 
and are non-inclusive.
(3) Yes, it can help a teacher categorize children in 
his clasroom.
(4) No, these categories are not sufficient, we 
need to add many more to understand student 
profiles.
15. Which kind of diversities should a teacher respect 
and include in her classroom?
(1) Regional (2) Socio-cultural
(3) Economic (4) Linguistic
16. Murti, a grade 4 student, is able to read only at the 
level of a grade 1 student. He also has difficulty 
matching sounds, spelling words and reading 
letters. Murti shows characteristics of:
(1) Dyspraxia (2) Dyscalculia
(3) Dyslexia (4) Dysgraphia
17. A teacher can identify creative children in her class 
by:
(1) their ability to think convergently
(2) their popularity among peers
(3) their innovative style of thinking
(4) their selection of simple and recall based tasks.
18. What are the following behaviours primary 
characteristics of:
 Impulsivity, low attention span, fidgeting, inability 
to sit for long?
(1) Autism
(2) Giftedness
(3) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(4) Creativity
19. Which of the following strategies does not promote 
inclusion?
(1) Flexible grouping
(2) Differentiated Instruction
(3) Ability grouping
(4) Reasonable curricular accomodation
20. Which of the following is not a characteristic of child 
with giftedness?
(1) High level of commitment
(2) Prefers working independently on tasks
(3) Ability to recognize multiple options while 
working on problems.
(4) Eagerness to repeat the same task multiple times.
21. A teacher should employ classroom management 
strategies which focus on:
(1) controlling the class through rigid rules
(2) expecting same behaviour from all children
(3) making students abide to all rules without 
questioning
(4) giving ample oppurtunities for self reflection
22. Which is the most effective strategy to encourage 
conceptual development in children?
(1) Keep punishing students till they make the 
required changes.
(2) Getting children to forget old concepts and learn 
new ones by rote memorization.
(3) Give a variety of examples and non-examples 
and encourage students to use reasoning.
(4) Rewarding students each time they make a 
conceptual change in their schema.
23. Effective teaching includes:
(i) Taking care of emotional needs of students.
(ii) Adapting curriculum and assessments to the 
student’s needs.
(iii) Flexible grouping for peer interaction.
(iv) Employing rigid classroom management 
strategies.
(1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (2) (i) (ii) (iii)
(3) (ii) (iii) (iv) (4) (i) (iii) (iv)
24. Rekha provided a map of India with landforms and 
rivers to her students and encouraged them to make 
initiative guesses about the location of major cities in 
it. Her approach to teaching-learning is:
(1) Rote memorisation (2) Discovery learning
(3) Direct instruction (4) Expository teaching
25. Presentation of a concept and its sub concepts in a 
heirarchial and interconnected manner is called:
(1) Mnemonic (2) Heuristics
(3) Graphic organizer (4) Algorithms
26. Several educational reports are revealing that 
students are underperforming than the expected 
learning levels. The first unit of analysis to 
understand this gap should be:
(1) System (2) Child
(3) Community (4) Parent
27. Children’s intrinsic motivation to learn is increased 
when:
(1) learning is centred around rewards and 
punishment.
(2) learning strategies focus on mere memorization 
and recall
(3) their learning enviroment fosters their sense of 
belonging and agency.
(4) the teachers encourage obedience and adopt 
standardized methods of assessment.
28. Which emotion would facilitate the process of 
meaningful learning?
(1) Shame (2) Fear
(3) Hopelessness (4) Curiosity
29. Assertion: Teachers must encourage children to 
share the ‘naïve’ or intuitive theories that they 
construct.
 Reason: All children start off with pre-conceptions 
of reality and these conceptions influence their 
understanding in schools.
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 Choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct 
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.
30. What tasks should be focussed upon in a socio-
constructivist classroom?
(1) Task that are challenging and allow critical 
thinking.
(2) tasks that are repetitive and mechanical
(3) tasks based on recalling the text
(4) tasks that do not permit questioning by the 
child.
Social Science/Social Studies
31. Assertion (A): Most of the rain in India is brought 
by monsoon winds.
Reason (R): India is located in tropical region.
(1) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(2) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the 
correct explanation of (A).
32. Which of the following statements about meteoroids 
is correct?
(1) These are small pieces of rocks, moving around 
the sun.
(2) They are only found between the orbits of the 
Mars and Jupiter.
(3) They have their own heat and light.
(4) Their shape is described as a geoid.
33. Which of the following oceans is connected with the 
Pacific Ocean by Berring Strait?
(1) Indian Ocean (2) Atlantic Ocean
(3) Arctic Ocean (4) Southern Ocean
34. Identify the vegetation by the features given below:
(A) This vegetation can survive in saline water.
(B) It is located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
(C) Sundari is a well known species of trees of this 
vegetation.
(1) Tropical Rainforests
(2) Tropical Deciduous forests
(3) Mangrove forests
(4) Coniferous forests
35. Consider the statement A and B about ‘climate’ and 
choose the correct answer.
A. Climate is about the average weather condition 
which may have been measured over many 
years.
B. Climate of a place is affected only by its distance 
from the sea and relief.
(1) A is true, B is false.
(2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true.
(4) Both A and B are false.
36. Phenomenon like rainfall and fog occurs in which 
layer of the atmosphere?
(1) T roposphere (2) Stratosphere
(3) Exosphere (4) Thermosphere
37. Consider the statement A, B, C on igneous rocks and 
choose the correct answer.
 Statement (A): Sedimentary rocks, when subjected 
to heat and pressure turn into igneous rocks. 
 Statement (B): These rocks are found both on the 
earth’s crust and deep inside the earth’s crust.
 Statement (C): Granite and Basalt are examples of 
igneous rocks.
(1) B and C are correct and A is incorrect.
(2) A, B and C all are correct.
(3) A and B are correct and C is incorrect.
(4) A and C are correct and B is incorrect.
38. Which of the following statements about Ladakh is 
incorrect?
(1) It is enclosed by Karakoram range in south and 
Zanskar mountains in north.
(2) The Gangri glacier is found here.
(3) As it lies in rain shadow of the Himalayas, there 
is little rainfall here.
(4) Leh, the capital of Ladakh, is connected to 
Kashmir valley through Zoji la pass.
39. The Golden Quadrilateral Express way connects 
which of the following?
(1) Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(2) Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi
(3) Ahmedabad, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi
(4) Kolkata, Pune, Delhi, Chennai
40. Waves are caused when:
(1) Winds scrape across the ocean surface.
(2) Sun and moon exert gravitational pull on the 
earth’s surface.
(3) Rise of temperature of water on the ocean’s 
surface.
(4) Meeting of warm and cold currents on the 
ocean’s surface
41. Consider the following statements A and B about 
metallic minerals and choose the correct answer. 
 Statement A: All metallic minerals are non-ferrous.
 Statement B: Mica is an example of metallic minerals.
(1) A is true, B is false.
(2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true.
(4) A and B are false.
42. Which of the following is not an agro-based industry?
(1) Vegetable oil industry
(2) Cotton textile industry
(3) Fish oil manufacturing industry
(4) Leather industry
43. Which of the following is a conventional source of 
energy?
(1) Nuclear energy (2) Tidal energy
(3) Hydel power (4) Bio gas
44. Petroleum and natural gas, that occur far below the 
earth’s surface are extracted through:
(1) Open-cast mining (2) Drilling
(3) Quarrying (4) Shaft mining
45. Thousands of years back, people travelled the silk 
route on:
(A) Foot (B) Horseback
(C) Camels (D) Bullock carts
(1) A, B and C (2) A, B and D
(3) A, C and D (4) B, C and D
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46. Read the two statements in the context of urbanisation:
A. Due to urbanisation, only the rich began leaving 
their villages to look for jobs that were opening 
up in cities in the colonial period.
B. The poor and many from the low castes, saw 
this opportunity to get away from oppressive 
hold that upper-caste land owners exercised 
over their lives and the daily humiliation they 
suffered.
(1) Only statement ‘ A’ is true.
(2) Only statement ‘B’ is true.
(3) Both statement ‘ A’ and ‘B’ are false.
(4) Both statement ‘ A’ and ‘B’ are true.
47. Match the column:
i. Idgah a. Street with a dead end.
ii. Dargah b. Sufi lodge.
iii. Cul-de-sac c. open prayer place.
iv. Khanqah d. tomb of a saint.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) i- b, ii- d, iii- a, iv-c (2) i- d, ii- c, iii- a, iv-b
(3) i- b, ii- c, iii- a, iv-d (4) i- c, ii- d, iii- a, iv-b
48. Read the statements given below:
A. Indian textiles declined because of tough 
competition from European and American 
textiles.
B. Indian textiles declined due to the very high 
duties imposed when importing material into 
Britain.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A is true, B is false. (2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true. (4) Both A and B are false.
49. Paintings and images in the colonies were 
commissioned by British officials to:
A. understand the colony and its people.
B. remember their life in the colonies.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A is true, B is false. (2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true. (4) Both A and B are false.
50. By giving the right to vote, the constitution of India 
establishes:
A. Social Democracy
B. Political Democracy
 Choose the correct option.
(1) Only A. (2) Only B.
(3) Both A and B. (4) Neither A nor B.
51. Match the Column:
i. Khonds a. Kulu
ii. Nishi b. Odisha
iii. Banjara c. Arunachal Pradesh
iv. Gaddis d. Maharashtra
(1) i- d, ii- a, iii- b, iv-c (2) i- b, ii- c, iii- d, iv-a
(3) i- c, ii-d, iii- a, iv-b (4) i- b, ii- d, iii- a, iv-c
52. In the ‘river-front gardens’ designed during the 
Mughal regime, the mausoleum was placed on a 
terrace and the garden to its:
(1) East (2) West
(3) South (4) North
53. Choose the correct chronological order of successive 
Delhi rulers between 13th-15th centuries:
(1) Sayyid-T ughluq-T urkish-Khalji
(2) Khalji-Sayyid-T ughluq-T urkish
(3) T ughluq-T urkish-Khalji-Sayyid
(4) T urkish-Khalji-T ughluq-Sayyid
54. Read the statements given below:
A. Temples in medieval period were built by rulers 
to demonstrate their devotion to various deities.
B. Temples in the medieval period were the hub 
of cultural activities such as dance, music and 
wrestling bouts.
 Choose the correct option:
(1) Only A. (2) Only B.
(3) Both A and B are true. (4) Both A and B are false.
55. People who study objects made and used in the past 
are called:
(1) Palaeontologists (2) Museologists
(3) Historians (4) Archaeologists
56. Ring wells found in the Mahajanapadas seem to 
have been used as ............... .
A. washing clothes B. irrigation
C. garbage dumbs D. drainage
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A and B (2) B and D
(3) C and D (4) A and C
57. Garbhagriha is ...............
(1) the structure built on top of the temple.
(2) a hall inside the temple where people could 
assemble.
(3) an important small box placed at the centre of 
the temple.
(4) the room where the image of the temple deity is 
placed.
58. Which of the following words were originally used 
to describe India in the Preamble to the Constitution 
in 1949?
A. Democratic B. Socialist
C. Republic D. Sovereign
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A, B and D (2) A, B and C
(3) A and C (4) B, C and D
59. A Janpad Panchayat works at which level of the 
administration in India?
(1) Village (2) Block
(3) District (4) State
60. The Council of States in India is known as ............... .
(1) Parliament (2) Lok Sabha
(3) Rajya Sabha (4) Vidhan Sabha
61. When was the first General Election held in India?
(1) 1947-1948 (2) 1950-1951
(3) 1951-1952 (4) 1952-1953
62. Which of the following statements is false in context 
of Indian justice system?
(1) PILs (Public Interest Litigation) can be filed on 
behalf of those whose right have been violated.
(2) If the accused has not been given a chance to 
defend, it would not be considered a fair trial.
(3) Supreme court does not have the power to 
intervene in case of a dispute between the centre 
and a state.
(4) Right to water has been interpreted as a part of 
the fundamental right to life.
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Time: 2 hours 30 mins. Total Marks: 150
Child Development and Pedagogy
1. Assertion (A): Humans are able to learn and 
remember new things in motor and cognitive 
domains throughout their life span.
 Reason (R): Outcome of a severely deprived 
childhood can be easily changed in later years.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct 
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.
2. Which principle of development does the following 
example illustrate.
 The development of a child does not take a straight 
path, it turns back and then moves forward again.
(1) Principle of uniformity
(2) Principle of spiral advancement
(3) Development is uni-directional
(4) Development is discontinous.
3. Many parents demanded a ban on the popular 
cartoon show Shinchan as their children were 
imitating the central character’s ‘unruly’ behaviour. 
This illustrates ............... is/are an important agency 
of socialization.
(1) Media (2) Peers
(3) Neighbourhood (4) Religion
4. Which of the following statement about progressive 
education is correct?
(1) It involves lecture method and grouping 
according to the ability/marks of the students.
(2) It involves individualized learning, tests at the 
end of the year and ranking of students based 
on marks.
(3) It involves experimental learning and asessment 
through a variety of methods.
(4) It involves programmed instruction and use of 
rewards to encourage learning.
5. Jean Piaget proposed the following sequence of 
developmental stages:
(1) Pre-operational, sensory-motor, concrete 
operational, formal operational.
(2) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, concrete 
operational, formal-operational.
(3) Sensory-motor, Pre-operational, formal-
operational, concrete operational.
(4) Concrete operational, Formal operational, 
sensory-motor, pre-operational.
6. According to Jean Piaget, which of the following 
questions will be answered only by the children in 
formal operational stage?
(1) Ronak ate 11 chocolates. His sister ate twice as 
many. How many chocolates they both ate in 
total?
(2) If A is greater than B and B is greater than C. 
What is the relation between A and C?
(3) How many whole numbers are there between 67 
and 81?
(4) 7+9=?
7. According to Lev Vygotsky, which of the following 
factors influence learning?
(i) social interaction
(ii) cultural tools
(iii) language
(iv) negative reinforcement
(1) (iv) (2) (i)
(3) (i) (ii) (iii) (4) (i) (iii) (iv)
8. According to Lev Vygotsky, when teachers make 
adjustment in the support extended to the child 
according to the child’s current level of performance, 
it is referred to as:
(1) reinforcement (2) conditioning
(3) modelling (4) scaffolding
9. According to Lawrence Kohlberg the child’s moral 
development in stage 3-maintaining mutual relation, 
the ‘Golden Rule’ refers to the stage where:
(1) the child wants to please and help others.
(2) the child understands the social system is 
dependent on the performance of one’s duties 
to maintain social order.
(3) right actions are defined according to the 
norms, needs and rights which are unaminously 
accepted by society.
(4) the child not only keep in mind the norms of the 
society but also the limits to which the universal 
principles are applicable.
10. Howard Gardner proposed that:
(1) intelligence is a practical goal oriented activity
(2) intelligence comprises of seven intelligences in a 
hierarchical order
(3) intelligence is a generic ability that he lablled as 
‘g’.
(4) intelligence comprises of several kinds of human 
abilities.
11. Several television commercials depict men and 
women in stereotypical roles. How should a teacher 
discuss this issue in her classroom?
(1) She should encourage students to accept 
statements made in television commercials at 
face value.
(2) She should encourage students to analyze it 
critically and arrive at a reasoned decision.
(3) She should encourage students to reach 
conclusion on the basis of given facts in the 
commercial.
(4) She should encourage students to imitate the 
behaviour of men and women shown in the 
commercials.
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Paper - 2 (Social Science)
22nd	December	2021
182  
12. In the context of cognitive and language development, 
who said “Thought comes first than language”?
(1) Jean Piaget (2) Lev Vygostky
(3) B.F . Skinner (4) Jerome Bruner
13. Which of the following statement regarding 
proposals made by National Education Policy 2020 
(NEP) is not correct?
(1) NEP 2020 proposes that a variety of methods 
and strategies such as group work and role plays 
be used for assessment.
(2) NEP 2020 proposes shift from formative to 
summative assessment.
(3) NEP 2020 proposes that apart from assessment 
by the teacher other ways such as self - assesment 
and peer assessment should be encouraged.
(4) NEP 2020 proposes that report card of the 
student should include progress in the cognitive, 
affective and psychomotor domains.
14. Should terms take ‘slow learner’ ‘brilliant’ and 
‘average’ be used to describe students in a classroom?
(1) Yes, it helps students understand the level of 
their performance.
(2) No, these terms label children based on ability 
and are non-inclusive.
(3) Yes, it can help a teacher categorize children in 
his clasroom.
(4) No, these categories are not sufficient, we 
need to add many more to understand student 
profiles.
15. Which kind of diversities should a teacher respect 
and include in her classroom?
(1) Regional (2) Socio-cultural
(3) Economic (4) Linguistic
16. Murti, a grade 4 student, is able to read only at the 
level of a grade 1 student. He also has difficulty 
matching sounds, spelling words and reading 
letters. Murti shows characteristics of:
(1) Dyspraxia (2) Dyscalculia
(3) Dyslexia (4) Dysgraphia
17. A teacher can identify creative children in her class 
by:
(1) their ability to think convergently
(2) their popularity among peers
(3) their innovative style of thinking
(4) their selection of simple and recall based tasks.
18. What are the following behaviours primary 
characteristics of:
 Impulsivity, low attention span, fidgeting, inability 
to sit for long?
(1) Autism
(2) Giftedness
(3) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(4) Creativity
19. Which of the following strategies does not promote 
inclusion?
(1) Flexible grouping
(2) Differentiated Instruction
(3) Ability grouping
(4) Reasonable curricular accomodation
20. Which of the following is not a characteristic of child 
with giftedness?
(1) High level of commitment
(2) Prefers working independently on tasks
(3) Ability to recognize multiple options while 
working on problems.
(4) Eagerness to repeat the same task multiple times.
21. A teacher should employ classroom management 
strategies which focus on:
(1) controlling the class through rigid rules
(2) expecting same behaviour from all children
(3) making students abide to all rules without 
questioning
(4) giving ample oppurtunities for self reflection
22. Which is the most effective strategy to encourage 
conceptual development in children?
(1) Keep punishing students till they make the 
required changes.
(2) Getting children to forget old concepts and learn 
new ones by rote memorization.
(3) Give a variety of examples and non-examples 
and encourage students to use reasoning.
(4) Rewarding students each time they make a 
conceptual change in their schema.
23. Effective teaching includes:
(i) Taking care of emotional needs of students.
(ii) Adapting curriculum and assessments to the 
student’s needs.
(iii) Flexible grouping for peer interaction.
(iv) Employing rigid classroom management 
strategies.
(1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (2) (i) (ii) (iii)
(3) (ii) (iii) (iv) (4) (i) (iii) (iv)
24. Rekha provided a map of India with landforms and 
rivers to her students and encouraged them to make 
initiative guesses about the location of major cities in 
it. Her approach to teaching-learning is:
(1) Rote memorisation (2) Discovery learning
(3) Direct instruction (4) Expository teaching
25. Presentation of a concept and its sub concepts in a 
heirarchial and interconnected manner is called:
(1) Mnemonic (2) Heuristics
(3) Graphic organizer (4) Algorithms
26. Several educational reports are revealing that 
students are underperforming than the expected 
learning levels. The first unit of analysis to 
understand this gap should be:
(1) System (2) Child
(3) Community (4) Parent
27. Children’s intrinsic motivation to learn is increased 
when:
(1) learning is centred around rewards and 
punishment.
(2) learning strategies focus on mere memorization 
and recall
(3) their learning enviroment fosters their sense of 
belonging and agency.
(4) the teachers encourage obedience and adopt 
standardized methods of assessment.
28. Which emotion would facilitate the process of 
meaningful learning?
(1) Shame (2) Fear
(3) Hopelessness (4) Curiosity
29. Assertion: Teachers must encourage children to 
share the ‘naïve’ or intuitive theories that they 
construct.
 Reason: All children start off with pre-conceptions 
of reality and these conceptions influence their 
understanding in schools.
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 Choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct 
explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.
30. What tasks should be focussed upon in a socio-
constructivist classroom?
(1) Task that are challenging and allow critical 
thinking.
(2) tasks that are repetitive and mechanical
(3) tasks based on recalling the text
(4) tasks that do not permit questioning by the 
child.
Social Science/Social Studies
31. Assertion (A): Most of the rain in India is brought 
by monsoon winds.
Reason (R): India is located in tropical region.
(1) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(2) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 
explanation of (A).
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the 
correct explanation of (A).
32. Which of the following statements about meteoroids 
is correct?
(1) These are small pieces of rocks, moving around 
the sun.
(2) They are only found between the orbits of the 
Mars and Jupiter.
(3) They have their own heat and light.
(4) Their shape is described as a geoid.
33. Which of the following oceans is connected with the 
Pacific Ocean by Berring Strait?
(1) Indian Ocean (2) Atlantic Ocean
(3) Arctic Ocean (4) Southern Ocean
34. Identify the vegetation by the features given below:
(A) This vegetation can survive in saline water.
(B) It is located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
(C) Sundari is a well known species of trees of this 
vegetation.
(1) Tropical Rainforests
(2) Tropical Deciduous forests
(3) Mangrove forests
(4) Coniferous forests
35. Consider the statement A and B about ‘climate’ and 
choose the correct answer.
A. Climate is about the average weather condition 
which may have been measured over many 
years.
B. Climate of a place is affected only by its distance 
from the sea and relief.
(1) A is true, B is false.
(2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true.
(4) Both A and B are false.
36. Phenomenon like rainfall and fog occurs in which 
layer of the atmosphere?
(1) T roposphere (2) Stratosphere
(3) Exosphere (4) Thermosphere
37. Consider the statement A, B, C on igneous rocks and 
choose the correct answer.
 Statement (A): Sedimentary rocks, when subjected 
to heat and pressure turn into igneous rocks. 
 Statement (B): These rocks are found both on the 
earth’s crust and deep inside the earth’s crust.
 Statement (C): Granite and Basalt are examples of 
igneous rocks.
(1) B and C are correct and A is incorrect.
(2) A, B and C all are correct.
(3) A and B are correct and C is incorrect.
(4) A and C are correct and B is incorrect.
38. Which of the following statements about Ladakh is 
incorrect?
(1) It is enclosed by Karakoram range in south and 
Zanskar mountains in north.
(2) The Gangri glacier is found here.
(3) As it lies in rain shadow of the Himalayas, there 
is little rainfall here.
(4) Leh, the capital of Ladakh, is connected to 
Kashmir valley through Zoji la pass.
39. The Golden Quadrilateral Express way connects 
which of the following?
(1) Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(2) Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi
(3) Ahmedabad, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi
(4) Kolkata, Pune, Delhi, Chennai
40. Waves are caused when:
(1) Winds scrape across the ocean surface.
(2) Sun and moon exert gravitational pull on the 
earth’s surface.
(3) Rise of temperature of water on the ocean’s 
surface.
(4) Meeting of warm and cold currents on the 
ocean’s surface
41. Consider the following statements A and B about 
metallic minerals and choose the correct answer. 
 Statement A: All metallic minerals are non-ferrous.
 Statement B: Mica is an example of metallic minerals.
(1) A is true, B is false.
(2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true.
(4) A and B are false.
42. Which of the following is not an agro-based industry?
(1) Vegetable oil industry
(2) Cotton textile industry
(3) Fish oil manufacturing industry
(4) Leather industry
43. Which of the following is a conventional source of 
energy?
(1) Nuclear energy (2) Tidal energy
(3) Hydel power (4) Bio gas
44. Petroleum and natural gas, that occur far below the 
earth’s surface are extracted through:
(1) Open-cast mining (2) Drilling
(3) Quarrying (4) Shaft mining
45. Thousands of years back, people travelled the silk 
route on:
(A) Foot (B) Horseback
(C) Camels (D) Bullock carts
(1) A, B and C (2) A, B and D
(3) A, C and D (4) B, C and D
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46. Read the two statements in the context of urbanisation:
A. Due to urbanisation, only the rich began leaving 
their villages to look for jobs that were opening 
up in cities in the colonial period.
B. The poor and many from the low castes, saw 
this opportunity to get away from oppressive 
hold that upper-caste land owners exercised 
over their lives and the daily humiliation they 
suffered.
(1) Only statement ‘ A’ is true.
(2) Only statement ‘B’ is true.
(3) Both statement ‘ A’ and ‘B’ are false.
(4) Both statement ‘ A’ and ‘B’ are true.
47. Match the column:
i. Idgah a. Street with a dead end.
ii. Dargah b. Sufi lodge.
iii. Cul-de-sac c. open prayer place.
iv. Khanqah d. tomb of a saint.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) i- b, ii- d, iii- a, iv-c (2) i- d, ii- c, iii- a, iv-b
(3) i- b, ii- c, iii- a, iv-d (4) i- c, ii- d, iii- a, iv-b
48. Read the statements given below:
A. Indian textiles declined because of tough 
competition from European and American 
textiles.
B. Indian textiles declined due to the very high 
duties imposed when importing material into 
Britain.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A is true, B is false. (2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true. (4) Both A and B are false.
49. Paintings and images in the colonies were 
commissioned by British officials to:
A. understand the colony and its people.
B. remember their life in the colonies.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A is true, B is false. (2) A is false, B is true.
(3) Both A and B are true. (4) Both A and B are false.
50. By giving the right to vote, the constitution of India 
establishes:
A. Social Democracy
B. Political Democracy
 Choose the correct option.
(1) Only A. (2) Only B.
(3) Both A and B. (4) Neither A nor B.
51. Match the Column:
i. Khonds a. Kulu
ii. Nishi b. Odisha
iii. Banjara c. Arunachal Pradesh
iv. Gaddis d. Maharashtra
(1) i- d, ii- a, iii- b, iv-c (2) i- b, ii- c, iii- d, iv-a
(3) i- c, ii-d, iii- a, iv-b (4) i- b, ii- d, iii- a, iv-c
52. In the ‘river-front gardens’ designed during the 
Mughal regime, the mausoleum was placed on a 
terrace and the garden to its:
(1) East (2) West
(3) South (4) North
53. Choose the correct chronological order of successive 
Delhi rulers between 13th-15th centuries:
(1) Sayyid-T ughluq-T urkish-Khalji
(2) Khalji-Sayyid-T ughluq-T urkish
(3) T ughluq-T urkish-Khalji-Sayyid
(4) T urkish-Khalji-T ughluq-Sayyid
54. Read the statements given below:
A. Temples in medieval period were built by rulers 
to demonstrate their devotion to various deities.
B. Temples in the medieval period were the hub 
of cultural activities such as dance, music and 
wrestling bouts.
 Choose the correct option:
(1) Only A. (2) Only B.
(3) Both A and B are true. (4) Both A and B are false.
55. People who study objects made and used in the past 
are called:
(1) Palaeontologists (2) Museologists
(3) Historians (4) Archaeologists
56. Ring wells found in the Mahajanapadas seem to 
have been used as ............... .
A. washing clothes B. irrigation
C. garbage dumbs D. drainage
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A and B (2) B and D
(3) C and D (4) A and C
57. Garbhagriha is ...............
(1) the structure built on top of the temple.
(2) a hall inside the temple where people could 
assemble.
(3) an important small box placed at the centre of 
the temple.
(4) the room where the image of the temple deity is 
placed.
58. Which of the following words were originally used 
to describe India in the Preamble to the Constitution 
in 1949?
A. Democratic B. Socialist
C. Republic D. Sovereign
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A, B and D (2) A, B and C
(3) A and C (4) B, C and D
59. A Janpad Panchayat works at which level of the 
administration in India?
(1) Village (2) Block
(3) District (4) State
60. The Council of States in India is known as ............... .
(1) Parliament (2) Lok Sabha
(3) Rajya Sabha (4) Vidhan Sabha
61. When was the first General Election held in India?
(1) 1947-1948 (2) 1950-1951
(3) 1951-1952 (4) 1952-1953
62. Which of the following statements is false in context 
of Indian justice system?
(1) PILs (Public Interest Litigation) can be filed on 
behalf of those whose right have been violated.
(2) If the accused has not been given a chance to 
defend, it would not be considered a fair trial.
(3) Supreme court does not have the power to 
intervene in case of a dispute between the centre 
and a state.
(4) Right to water has been interpreted as a part of 
the fundamental right to life.
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63. Which law came into effect in 2006 in India recognising 
the right to a violence free home for women?
(1) The Hindu Succession Act.
(2) Protection of Women from Domestic Violence.
(3) Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act.
(4) Punishment of Dowry Death Act.
64. The fundamental right against exploitation in India 
prohibits the employment of children below the age 
of ........ in any factory, mine or other hazardous work.
(1) 10 (2) 14
(3) 16 (4) 18
65. What is the name of Omprakash Valmiki’s auto-
biography in which he narrates a story of caste 
discrimination.
(1) Achhut (2) Tiraskar
(3) Pichhra (4) Joothan
66. Which among the following statements is true?
(1) Government is one part of the state.
(2) Government and state are the same and can be 
used interchangeably as words.
(3) State can be changed through elections.
(4) Government is not responsible for enforcing 
laws.
67. Who is the final interpreter of the Constitution in 
India?
(1) President (2) Judiciary
(3) Executive (4) Parliament
68. Federalism refers to ...............
(1) Unitary administration in the country.
(2) all administrative powers to be in the hands of 
the central government.
(3) More than one level of government in the 
country.
(4) One level of government in the country.
69. Which of the following applies to the principle of 
secularism in India?
(1) Strict separation between religion and the state.
(2) State can intervene in religious affairs.
(3) State can’t intervene in ‘personal laws’ of the 
communities.
(4) State can’t prevent religious domination.
70. Government policies adopted to prohibit manual 
scavenging, bans which of the following?
(1) Construction of dry latrines.
(2) Employment of people as safai karamcharies.
(3) Construction of public toilets in rural areas.
(4) Construction of waste management plants.
71. Elementary level history textbooks are called ‘Our 
Pasts’ because the textbooks discuss:
A. how to study history through multiple sources.
B. How history can be learnt through specific 
events and dates.
C. How experience of people from different classes 
and groups have been varied.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A and B (2) B and C
(3) A and C (4) A, B and C
72. Which of the following primary sources would you 
refer to construct claims of the first animals to be 
domesticated?
A. Manuscripts B. Toy figurines
C. Cave paintings D. Burials
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A, B and C (2) A, B and D
(3) A, C and D (4) B, C and D
73. Consider the following Sangam poem:
 “Swift prancing horses by sea in ships,
 Bales of black pepper in carts,
 Gems and Gold born in the Himalayas,
 Sandalwood born in the western hills”
 Which aspect of ancient Indian History can it 
present evidence for?
(1) New questions and ideas
(2) Early coastal trade in India
(3) Silk route control by Kushanas
(4) Village life during Buddhism
74. Which of the following is the most appropriate 
reason for including social sciences at the elementary 
level?
(1) It is a subject meant for weak students and not 
very important.
(2) It is a subject to build patriotism in students.
(3) It is a subject to propagate government policies.
(4) It is a subject that initiates interest in social and 
political issues.
75. A teacher asks students to map the input and 
outputs available for the location of an industry near 
their school. The teacher could assess students skills 
of ............... .
A. Inquiry
B. Comparison
C. Analysis
 Choose the correct option.
(1) Only C (2) B and C
(3) A and C (4) A, B and C
76. Which pedagogical strategy would be most 
appropriate to sensitize students and build empathy 
towards a domestic help?
(1) Share a real case vignette of a domestic help in 
the classroom.
(2) Screen and discuss a documentary on the work 
of domestic helps.
(3) Invite a domestic help to the whole class.
(4) Ask students to get to know someone who works 
as a domestic help and write a story based on 
their experiences.
77. While engaging with the theme ‘Valuing 
Housework’, a teacher should focus on depicting 
housework.
A. as task which is to be done by women only.
B. as an easy task which requires less time to 
complete.
C. as an important work which is to be valued.
D. as a work which can be done by both women 
and men.
 Choose the correct option.
(1) A and B (2) A and C
(3) B and D (4) C and D
78. In a geography class, the textbook is best used for:
(1) Receiving a fixed body of knowledge.
(2) Source for evaluating within fixed time tables.
(3) Contemplation and wondering.
(4) As the only source of information to avoid stress 
in children.