Factors Affecting Teaching - Previous Year Questions | Teaching Aptitude for Teaching Exam - B.Ed Entrance PDF Download

Q1: Given below are two statements: (June 2023)
Statement I: A learner’s cultural background has no impact on his/her learning experience.
Statement II: Gender is not a strong predictor of academic achievement.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
Ans: (d)
Sol: Cultural background of a learner may affect the process of his learning in the classroom. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect that it has no impact.
Being male or female or other gender is not an affecting factor for learning. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

Q2: Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R: (November 2021)
Assertion A: In classroom communication, teachers should acknowledge and take into account students' views.
Reason R: In a classroom, the probability of message reception can be enhanced by establishing a viewpoint.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A is false but R is true
(b) A is true but R is false
(c) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(d) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
Ans: (c)
Sol: A teacher should acknowledge and accept the point of views of students because this helps to enhance the environment of the classroom and it becomes very interactive and helps in permanent learning.

Q3: Which of the following potential factors affecting teaching are related to instructional facilities and learning environment? (November 2020)
(i) Praise and encouragement by teachers
(ii) Non-availability of textbooks/reading materials for use
(iii) Proactive moves in the interactive processes
(iv) Shortage of highly qualified teachers
(v) Availability of smart classes
Choose the correct answer from the following options:
(a) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(b) (ii), (iii) and (v)
(c) (i), (iv) and (v)
(d) (iii), (iv) and (v)
Ans: (b)
Sol: Instructional facilities will involve classrooms, books, computers, etc. Learning environment includes a safe environment, helpful rules and good morals.

Q4: For encouraging 'learning to learn', the emphasis on which of the following would be most appropriate? (December 2019)
(a) Use of educational technology gadgets
(b) Organising teaching to increase opportunity for transfer of learning
(c) Assigning tasks to be mastered by students
(d) Frequent tests to be conducted
Ans: (b)
Sol: Learning to learn is the capability to manage own learning; this includes effective time management and organisation both. Teachers can ensure opportunities of learning are provided to students.

Q5: Which of the following is the key behaviour contributing to effective teaching? (June 2019)
(a) Summarising what was told by a student
(b) Encouraging students to elaborate on an answer
(c) Using direct and indirect questioning
(d) Explaining concepts in a logical step by step presentation
Ans: (d)
Sol: The basic foundation of ensuring effective teaching will be identifying the logical step by step sequence of the theory being discussed and explaining it to learners in the best possible manner.

Q6: For organising an effective teaching-learning system, which of the following combinations of statements would reflect the most appropriate concern? (December 2018)
Select from the code to indicate your answer.
Determining what will be the intended learning outcome.
Deciding as to what strategy and tactics will be used.
Formally approving the academic qualifications of teachers.
Determining the evaluation tool to be used.
Deciding the size of the classroom.
Assessing the prior academic experience of the learner.
(a) 1,2, 3 and 4
(b) 1, 3, 4 and 5
(c) 1,2, 4 and 6
(d) 3, 4, 5 and 6
Ans: (c)
Sol: For an effective teaching-learning process the organiser needs to accurately identify the expected outcome from the process, the process or strategies which will be followed, how the performance will be evaluated and what is the level of the learners.

Q7: Assertion (A): All teaching should aim at ensuring learning. (July 2018)
Reason (R): All learning results from teaching.
Choose the correct answer from the following code:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: (c)
Sol: The basic aim of teaching is to ensure effective learning but learning can occur from various other sources apart from teaching like personal experience, observation, modelling, etc.

Q8: Which one of the following is a key behaviour in effective teaching? (November 2017)
(a) Using student ideas and contribution
(b) Structuring
(c) Instructional variety
(d) Questioning
Ans: (c)
Sol: Instructional variety means the ability of the teacher to use various methods of teaching and being able to shift from one method to another easily.

Q9: Which of the following sets of statements represents acceptable propositions in respect of teaching-learning relationships? (January 2017)
Choose the correct code to indicate your answer.
(i) When students fail the test/fail test, it is the teacher who fails.
(ii) Every teaching must aim at ensuring learning.
(iii) There can be teaching without learning taking place.
(iv) There can be no learning without teaching.
(v) A teacher teaches but learns also.
(vi) Real learning implies rote learning.
Codes:
(a) (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
(b) (i), (ii), (iii) and (v)
(c) (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi)
(d) (i), (ii), (v) and (vi)
Ans: (b)
Sol: We can eliminate options 4&6. Learning can occur without teaching and Rote learning will never result in understanding.

Q10: Effectiveness of teaching has to be judged in terms of (January 2017)
(a) Course coverage
(b) Students' interest
(c) Learning outcomes of students
(d) Use of teaching aids in the classroom
Ans: (c)
Sol: Effectiveness of teaching can only be judged by the understanding of students and the outcome of the process.

Q11: One of the most powerful factors affecting teaching effectiveness is related to the (January 2017)
(a) Social system of the country
(b) Economic status of the society
(c) Prevailing political system
(d) Educational system
Ans: (d)
Sol: The education system and policies being followed affect the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process.

Q12: As a teacher, select the best option to ensure your effective presence in the classroom. (June 2016)
(a) Use of peer command
(b) Making aggressive statements
(c) Adoption of well-established posture
(d) Being authoritarian
Ans: (c)
Sol: The best way for ensuring presence in the classroom will be by adopting the well-established postures.

Q13: Greater the handicap of the students coming to the educational institutions, greater the demand on the: (December 2015)
(a) Family
(b) Society
(c) Teacher
(d) State
Ans: (c)
Sol: It is the responsibility of the teacher to ensure that every student in the class is at the same level of understanding.

Q14: Which of the following attributes denote great strengths of a teacher? (December 2015)
Full-time active involvement in the institutional management
Setting examples
Willingness to put assumptions to the test
Acknowledging mistakes
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1,2,3 and 4
Ans: (b)
Sol: Active involvement in the management of an institution is a discretionary choice of any teacher. It does not affect the teaching skills of any teacher.

Q15: Which of the following factors does not impact teaching? (June 2015)
(a) Teacher's knowledge
(b) Class room activities that encourage learning
(c) Socio-economic background of teachers and students
(d) Learning through experience
Ans: (c)
Sol: Knowledge, classroom activities encouraging learning and experiential learning impact the teaching-learning process but social and economical environment does not affect the teaching. Even a teacher from a backward social group or poor or middle class family can be a good teacher with his/her teaching and encouraging skills.

Q16: A good teacher is one who: (June 2015)
(a) gives useful information
(b) explains concepts and principles
(c) gives printed notes to students
(d) inspires students to learn
Ans: (d)
Sol: Motivation in the teaching-learning process is the most important thing. A teacher should inspire all the students to learn which helps in various ways like making learning easy and smooth, permanent learning and many other things like this.

Q17: Attitude of the teacher that affects teaching pertains to (December 2014)
(a) Affective domain
(b) Cognitive domain
(c) Connotative domain
(d) Psychomotor domain
Ans: (a)
Sol: There are three different domains of learning, namely cognitive, affective and psychomotor. Here attitude of the teacher falls under affective domain as mentioned below;
Cognitive: deals with how we acquire, process and use knowledge.
Affective: deals with our attitudes, values and emotions.
Psychomotor: deals with manual or physical skills.

Q18: Dyslexia is associated with (June 2014)
(a) mental disorder
(b) behavioural disorder
(c) reading disorder
(d) writing disorder
Ans: (c)
Sol: Dyslexia is a reading disorder.
Dysgraphia is the writing disorder.
Dyscalculia is a disorder of calculation.

Q19: Classroom communication is normally considered as (June 2014)
(a) effective
(b) cognitive
(c) affective
(d) selective
Ans: (c)
Sol: Classroom communication is normally considered effective which means it completely affects the emotions of every element of the class. So, the behaviour of the teacher matters the most.

Q20: While delivering lecture if there is some disturbance in the class, a teacher should (December 2013)
(a) keep quiet for a while and then continue.
(b) punish those causing disturbance.
(c) motivate to teach those causing disturbance.
(d) not bothering what is happening in the class.
Ans: (c)
Sol: Scrolling, punishment and other these kinds of actions are considered negative. Hence, motivating the student or giving extra tasks or giving more responsibilities are some good options for the given situation.

Q21: Effective teaching is a function of (December 2013)
(a) Teacher's satisfaction.
(b) Teacher's honesty and commitment.
(c) Teacher's making students learn and understand.
(d) Teacher's liking for professional excellence.
Ans: (c)
Sol: Effective learning and teaching can happen if the teacher is making students understand the subject matter, not to make them rote.

Q22: A good teacher must be (September 2013)
(a) resourceful and autocratic
(b) resourceful and participative
(c) resourceful and authoritative
(d) resourceful and dominant
Ans: (b)
Sol: A teacher who is passionate for his/her teaching profession and is disciplined about the work, is the one who is a successful teacher. Being quiet and being passive is not a quality of a good teacher.
Characteristics of a good teacher are:
1. Good communication
2. Understands learners
3. Discipline
4. Good listener
5. Strong knowledge of the subject
6. Resourceful and participative
7. Polite
8. Democratic
Dominating and tolerant teacher cannot get real feedback or participation from learners.

Q23: At the primary school stage, most of the teachers should be women because they (June 2013)
(a) can teach children better than men.
(b) know basic content better than men.
(c) are available on lower salaries.
(d) can deal with children with love and affection.
Ans: (d)
Sol: Women are considered a better teacher for primary level students as they can handle the children with more love, affection and patience.

Q24: A person can enjoy teaching as a profession when he (June 2013)
(a) has control over students.
(b) commands respect from students.
(c) is more qualified than his colleagues.
(d) is very close to higher authorities.
Ans: (b)
Sol: A teacher is considered effective and successful and gets to have self confidence and respect if she/he commands respect from his/her students.

Q25: A teacher can be successful if he/she (June 2012)
(a) helps students in becoming better citizens
(b) imparts subject knowledge to students
(c) prepares students to pass the examination
(d) presents the subject matter in a well organised manner
Ans: (d)
Sol: A teacher having the quality of presenting the subject matter in a well organised manner is a successful teacher.

Q26: Suppose a student wants to share his problems with his teacher and he visits the teacher's house for the purpose, the teacher should (December 2011)
(a) contact the student's parents and solve his problem.
(b) suggest him that he should never visit his house.
(c) suggest him to meet the principal and solve the problem.
(d) extend reasonable help and boost his morale.
Ans: (d)
Sol: If any student is finding a teacher as his/her mentor, he/she will share problems with the teacher. In this case, a teacher should listen to the problem and guide him/her in the best possible way.

Q27: When some students are deliberately attempting to disturb the discipline of the class by making mischief, what will be your role as a teacher? (December 2011)
(a) Expelling those students.
(b) Isolate those students.
(c) Reform the group with your authority.
(d) Giving them an opportunity for introspection and improving their behaviour.
Ans: (d)
Sol: Giving them an opportunity for introspection and improving their behaviour.
In the given case, the teacher should make them realise by giving them a way to evaluate themselves which is the best way to improve their behaviour.

Q28: A teacher is said to be fluent in asking questions, if he can ask (December 2011)
(a) meaningful questions
(b) as many questions as possible
(c) maximum number of questions in a fixed time
(d) many meaningful questions in a fixed time
Ans: (a)
Sol: Quality of questions defines the quality of the teacher, not the quantity of questions.

Q29: Which of the following qualities is most essential for a teacher? (December 2011)
(a) He should be a learned person.
(b) He should be a well dressed person.
(c) He should have patience.
(d) He should be an expert in his subject.
Ans: (c)
Sol: Patience is a major quality of a teacher as students can ask and say any questions or doubt, an aggressive teacher cannot be an effective one.

Q30: For maintaining an effective discipline in the class, the teacher should (June 2011)
(a) allow students to do what they like.
(b) deal with the students strictly.
(c) give the students some problems to solve.
(d) deal with them politely and firmly.
Ans: (c)
Sol: By giving students some problems, they will find some activity and start being active. This will help them to develop critical thinking and will help the teacher to maintain discipline in the class.

Q31: Those teachers are popular among students who (June 2011)
(a) develop intimacy with them
(b) help them solve their problems
(c) award good grades
(d) take classes on extra tuition fee
Ans: (b)
Sol: Students always respect the teacher who is always ready to help them in solving the problems they face.
Tip for exam-we always have to eliminate all the negative options for positive questions. Scolding the students, ignoring, extra tuition fee, etc. words should be ignored.

Q32: The essence of an effective classroom environment is (June 2011)
(a) a variety of teaching aids
(b) lively student-teacher interaction
(c) pin-drop silence
(d) strict discipline
Ans: (b)
Sol: Interactive classrooms always have effective communication. For effective teaching, an interactive class is a must.

Q33: On the first day of his class, if a teacher is asked by the students to introduce himself, he should (June 2011)
(a) ask them to meet after the class
(b) tell them about himself in brief
(c) ignore the demand and start teaching
(d) scold the student for this unwanted demand
Ans: (b)
Sol: In the given situation, a teacher should tell about himself to the student and class. A classroom should be interactive and a teacher should handle all the situations politely. This helps in effective teaching.

Q34: The most important quality of a good teacher is (December 2010)
(a) sound knowledge of subject matter
(b) good communication skills
(c) concern for students' welfare
(d) effective leadership qualities
Ans: (a)
Sol: A teacher must have a sound knowledge of the subject for being an effective teacher and to make the class attentive.

Q35: Which one of the following is appropriate in respect of teacher-student relationship? (December 2010)
(a) Very informal and intimate
(b) Limited to classroom only
(c) Cordial and respectful
(d) Indifferent
Ans: (c)
Sol: Cordial and respectful teacher-student relationship should be:
1. Formal as well as informal
2. Not limited to classroom only
3. Cordial and respectful

Q36: The academic performance of students can be improved if parents are encouraged to (December 2010)
(a) supervise the work of their wards
(b) arrange for extra tuition
(c) remain unconcerned about it
(d) interact with teachers frequently
Ans: (a)
Sol: Supervise the work of their wards. If parents of students are active and attentive to their child's work, they can be very helpful in the overall development of the student. However, being active does not mean to pressurise the child to study hard in a different field.

Q37: In a lively classroom situation, there is likely to be (December 2010)
(a) occasional roars of laughter
(b) complete silence
(c) frequent teacher-student dialogue
(d) loud discussion among students
Ans: (c)
Sol: Frequent teacher-student dialogue. An interactive classroom is always a successful way to convey teachings.

Q38: If a parent approaches the teacher to do some favour to his/her ward in the examination, the teacher should (December 2010)
(a) try to help him
(b) ask him not to talk in those terms
(c) refuse politely and firmly
(d) ask him rudely to go away
Ans: (c)
Sol: All the given options are delivering negative impact. Refusing politely is the most appropriate.

Q39: Which one of the following is the most important quality of a good teacher? (June 2010)
(a) Punctuality and sincerity
(b) Content mastery
(c) Content mastery and reactive
(d) Content mastery and sociable
Ans: (a)
Sol: Content mastery is a major quality of a good teacher but along with this, a teacher must also be reactive. The teacher must learn how to react to a given situation in order to become more effective.

Q40: The primary responsibility for the teacher's adjustment lies with (June 2010)
(a) The children
(b) The principal
(c) The teacher himself
(d) The community
Ans: (b)
Sol: Responsibility of adjustment of a teacher lies with the principal or the senior authority that makes rules and regulations.

Q41: Research has shown that the most frequent symptom of nervous instability among teachers is (June 2010)
(a) Digestive upsets
(b) Explosive behaviour
(c) Fatigue
(d) Worry
Ans: (b)
Sol: Explosive behaviour is responsible for many health issues. Researchers have found that this is a majorly frequent symptom of nervous system instability among the teachers. This happens due to impatience among teachers while handling their classes.

Q42: A successful teacher is one who is (June 2010)
(a) Compassionate and disciplinarian
(b) Quiet and reactive
(c) Tolerant and dominating
(d) Passive and active
Ans: (a)
Sol: A teacher who is passionate for his/her teaching profession and is disciplined about the work, is the one who is a successful teacher. Being quiet and being passive is not a quality of a good teacher.
Characteristics of a good teacher are:
1. Good communication
2. Understands learners
3. Discipline
4. Good listener
5. Strong knowledge of the subject, dominating and tolerant teachers cannot get real feedback or participation from learners.

Q43: Which of the following skills are needed for a present day teacher to adjust effectively with the classroom teaching? (December 2009)
Knowledge of technology
Use of technology in teaching-learning
Knowledge of students' needs
Content mastery
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 4
Ans: (c)
Sol: Following skills are required in a teacher to make classroom learning efficient:
1. Knowledge of teaching-learning aids.
2. Knowledge of technology with respect to teaching.
3. Subject knowledge/content mastery.
4. Knowledge of the needs of the students.
5. Communication skills.
6. Verbal as well as non-verbal communication skills.

Q44: What do the students like the most in a teacher? (December 2009)
(a) Idealist philosophy
(b) Compassion
(c) Discipline
(d) Entertaining
Ans: (c)
Sol: Discipline refers to the maintenance of rules and regulations. This is the base for every next development. A student who is willing to get knowledge must like the quality of discipline most in a teacher which will be helpful to him/her to learn and understand in a better manner.