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Child Development and Pedagogy Question Paper
Answers Teacher Eligibility Test 2011-2012
1. Most important work of teacher is
(A) to organize teaching work
(B) to deliver lecture in class
(C) to take care of children
(D) to evaluate the students
2. A teacher should be
(A) Honest
(B) Dilligent
(C) Dutiful
(D) Punctual
3. Environmental education should be taught in schools
because
(A) it will affect environmental pollution
(B) it is important part of life
(C) it will provide job to teachers
(D) we cannot escape from environment
4. Navodaya Schools have been established to
(A) increase number of school in rural areas
(B) provide good education in rural areas
(C) complete Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(D) check wastage of education in rural areas
5. At primary level, it is better to teach in mother language
because
(A) it develops self-confidence in children
(B) it makes learning easy
(C) it is helpful in intellectual development
(D) it helps children in learning in natural atmosphere
6. Women are better teacher at primary level because
(A) they behave more patiently with children
(B) they are ready to work with low salary
(C) higher qualification is not needed in this profession
(D) they have less chances in other profession
7. You have been selected in all the four professions given
below. Where would you like to go ?
(A) Teacher
(B) Police
(C) Army
(D) Bank
8. What is most important while writing on blackboard ?
(A) Good writing
(B) Clarity in writing
(C) Writing in big letters
(D) Writing in small letters
9. Some students send a greeting card to you on teachers
day. What will you do ? You will
(A) do nothing
(B) say thanks to them
(C) ask them to not to waste money
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(D) reciprocate the good wishes to them
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10. A student comes late in your class. Then you will
(A) inform to parents
(B) punish him
(C) try to know the reason
(D) not pay attention there
11. When the students become failed, it can be understood
that
(A) The system has failed
(B) The teachers failure
(C) The text-books failure
(D) The individual students failure
12. It is advantage of giving home work that students
(A) remain busy at home
(B) study at home
(C) may be checked for their progress
(D) may develop habit of self study
15. A teacher has serious defect is he/she
(A) is physically handicapped
(B) belongs to low socio-economic status
(C) has weak personality
(D) has immature mental development
16. The success of teacher is
(A) high achievement of students
(B) good traits of his/her personality
(C) his/her good teaching
(D) his/her good character
17. A Deepawali fair is being organized in your school.
What would you like to do ?
(A) only to visit the fair
(B) to take part in function
(C) to take a shop to sell something
(D) to distribute free water to visitors
18. The most important trait of a student is
(A) sense of responsibility
(B) to speak truth
(C) co-operation
(D) obedience
19. The purpose of basic education scheme is
(A) universalization of primary education
(B) to vocationalise the eduction
(C) to fulfil basic need of persons through education
(D) to make education compulsory for all
20. You are teaching a topic in class and a student ask a
question unrelated to the topic. What will you do
?
(A) you will allow him to ask unrelated question
(B) you will not allow him to ask unrealated question
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(C) you will consider it indiscipline and punish him (B) discuss
(D) you will answer the question after the class (C) tell stories
(D) ask question
21. If you are unable to get a job of teacher, then you will
31. The purpose of new education policy is
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(B) remain at home till you get a job
(C) take some another job (B) to improve the whole education system
(D) continue applying for teaching (C) to link the education with employment
(D) to delink the degree with education
22. A teacher can motivate the students by
(A) giving suitable prizes 32. To raise the standard of education, it is necessary
(B) giving proper guidance (A) to evaluate students continuously
(C) giving examples (B) to give high salary to teachers
(D) delivering speech in class (C) to revise curriculum
(D) to make good school building
23. If a student does not pay any respect to you, then you
will 33. What is most important for a teacher ?
(A) ignore him (A) to maintain discipline in class
(B) award less marks in examination (B) to be punctual in class
(C) talk to his/her parents (C) to remove difficulties of students
(D) rebuke him (D) to be good orator

25. The aim of National Council for teacher education is
(A) to open college of education
(B) to promote research in education
(C) to maintain standards in colleges of education
(D) to provide grant to colleges of education
34. Why students should play games in school ?
(A) It makes them physically strong
(B) It makes work easier for teachers
(C) It helps in passing time
(D) It develops co-operation and physical balance

26. Kindergarten system of education was contributed by 35. Family is a means of

(A) T. P. Nunn (A) Informal education
(B) Spencer (B) Formal education
(C) Froebel (C) Non-formal education
(D) Montessori (D) Distance education

27. National Council of Educational Research and Training 36. There is tension among villagers and you are teacher
was established in there. What will you do ?
(A) 1961 (A) You will inform Gram Pradhan
(B) 1962 (B) You will try to pacify them
(C) 1963 (C) You will report to police
(D) 1964 (D) You will keep distance from them

28. Essay type test are not reliable because 37. A teacher can develop social values among students
(A) their answers are different by
(B) their results are different (A) telling them about great people
(C) their checking is affected by examiners mood (B) developing sense of discipline
(D) their responding styles are different (C) behaving ideally
(D) telling them good stories
29. A guardian never comes to see you in school.
You will 38. What will you do in leisure time in school ?
(A) ignore the child You will
(B) write to the guardian (A) take rest in teachers room
(C) go to meet him youself (B) read magazines in library
(D) start punishing the child (C) talk to clerks in office
(D) check home work of students
30. To maintain interest among students in class, a teacher
should 39. A teacher asks the questions in the class to
(A) use blackboard (A) keep students busy

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(B) maintain discipline (D) Encouragement of the students
(C) attract students attention
(D) teach 47. The ideal teacher
(A) Teaches the whole curriculum
40. You like teaching profession because (B) Helps his students in learning
(A) it has less responsibility (C) Is a friend, philosopher and guide
(B) you are interested in it (D) Maintains good discipline

www.JbigDeaL.com 48. The aim of education should be

(A) To develop vocational skills in the students
(C) it is easy (B) To develop social awareness in the students
(D) it provide you more holidays (C) To prepare the students for examination
(D) To prepare the students for practical life
41. How the students should be motivated to get success in
life ? 49. The best method of checking students homework is
(A) Selected study (A) To assign it to intelligent students of the class
(B) Incidental study (B) To check the answers in the class in group manner
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42. In context of the habit of Absenteeism of student (C) To check them with the help of specimen answer
(A) The principal and parents should get worried (D) To check by the teacher himself in a regular way
(B) The officials of the schools should take action against
them as per schools discipline 50. A time bound testing programme for a students should
(C) The teachers should take it as a serious problem be implemented in Shools so that
(D) They should be given less priority in the class room in (A) The progress of the students should be informed to
relation to regular students their parents
(B) A regular practice can be carried out
43. To whom the responsibility of organisation of curricular (C) The students can be trained for final examinations
activities should be stored with ? (D) The remedial programme can be adopted on the basis
(A) The principal of the feedback from the results
(B) The teacher who is appointed for this work
(C) The teachers who take interest in it 51. The essential element of the syllabus for the children
(D) All the teachers remained out of school should be
(A) Literacy competencies
44. When the students try to solve the questions in some (B) Life-skills
different way as taught by the teacher from (C) Numerical competencies
prescribed books, then these students should be (D) Vocational competencies
(A) Discouraged to consult some other books on the
subject 53. The priority to girls education should be given
(B) Encouraged to consult some other books on the subject because
(C) Suggested to talk with their teacher after the period (A) The girls are more intelligent in comparison than the
(D) Suggested to follow the class room notes in order to get boys
good mark in the examination (B) The girls are lesser in number than boys
(C) The girls were badly discriminated in favour of boys in
45. The experienced teachers do not require the detailed the past
lesson plan of a topic because (D) Only girls are capable of leading for social change
(A) They can teach in a good manner without its help
(B) The number of curious students is very poor in the class 54. The success of integrated education depends on
(C) When they commit some mistake, they do not face any (A) The support of community
challange from their students (B) The excellence of text-books
(D) They can equip themselves with brief outline as they (C) The highest quality of teaching-learning material
gain specialisation in it through experience (D) The attitudinal changes in teachers

46. The problem of drop-out in which students leave their 55. The quality of schools education is exclusively
schooling in early years can be tackled in a depending upon
better way through (A) Infrastructural facilities
(A) Reduction of the weight of curriculum (B) Financial provisions
(B) Sympathy of teachers (C) International support
(C) Attractive environment of the school (D) The quality of teacher education

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 (c) Cognitive development.
56. The idea of Basic Education is propounded by (d) Affective processes in development.
(A) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 2. All of the following advanced principles of child
(C) Mahatma Gandhi development that are closely allied to the stimulus
(D) Rabindranath Tagore response learning theory, except
(a) Pavilov
57. The most important indicator of quality of education in (b) J B Waston
a school is (c) Hull
(A) Infrastructural facilities of a school (d) Gesell
(B) Classroom system
(C) Text-books and Teaching-learning material 3. The process whereby the genetic factors limit an
(D) Student Achievement level individual's responsiveness to the
environment is known as
58. The best remedy of the students problems related with
(a) Canalization.
learning is
(b) Discontinuity.
(A) Suggestion for hard work
(c) Differentiation.
(B) Supervised study in Library
(d) Range of reaction.
(C) Suggestion for private tuition
(D) Diagnostic teaching
4. In order to develop the spirit of labour in students
59. The in-service teacher training can be made more (a) The teacher himself should indulge in labour
effective by (b) The teacher should deliver lectures on the
(A) Using training package which in wellprepared in importance of labour
advance (c) Students should be given opportunities to do labour
(B) Making it a residential programme from time to time
(C) Using co-operative approach (d) Students should be given examples of laboring
(D) Practising training followup procedures people

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60. Child Labour Prohibition Act (1986)
(A) Prohibits all types of child labour upto 14 years of age
of child
(B) Prohibits child labour in risk-taking works only
(C) Prohibits child labour during school hours only
(D) Prohibits child labour by imposing the responsibility of cultural background of the child
childrens education on the employers
Answers:
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (C) (d) Advise him to take up vocational education
11. (D) 12. (D) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (C) 20. (D)
21. (D) 22. (A) 23. (A) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (C) 29. (C)
30. (D)
31. (B) 32. (A) 33. (C) 34. (D) 35. (A) 36. (B) 37. (C) 38. (D)
39. (C) 40. (B)
41. (C) 42. (C) 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (D) 46. (D) 47. (C) 48. (D)
49. (D) 50. (D)
51. (D) 53. (D) 54. (B) 55. (D) 56. (C) 57. (D) 58. (D) 59. (D)
60. (A)
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MCQs
1. A major strength of ecological theory is its
framework for explaining
(a) Environmental influences on development.
(b) Biological influences on development.
belongs to a back ward family/background from the
cultural viewpoint. You will
(a) Keep him in a class in which, there are many more
students of backward
background from the cultural viewpoint
(b) Send a teacher to know more about the backward
(c) Keep him in a normal class but will make special
arrangements for teaching him, keeping his special
needs in view
6. All of the following can be signs that a child is
gifted, except
(a) Early development of a sense of time
(b) Interest in encyclopaedias and dictionaries
(c) Uneasy relationships with peers.
(d) Easy retention of facts
7. If heredity is an important determinant of a specific
behaviour, what prediction can we make about
expression of the behaviour in identical twins reared
apart compared to its expression in fraternal twins
reared apart?
(a) Fraternal twins will express the behaviour more
similarly than identical twins.
(b) There will be little similarity in the expression of
the behaviour in either set of twins.
(c) Identical twins will express the behaviour more

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similarly than fraternal twins.
(d) The behaviour will be expressed as similarly by
identical twins as it is by fraternal twins.
8. Frobels most important contribution to education
was his development of the
(a) Vocational school
(b) Public high school
(c) Kindergarten
(d) Latin School
9. Of the following, the main purpose of state
certification of teachers is to
(a) Monitor the quality of teacher training institutions
(b) Provide for a uniform standard of entry-level
teacher competency throughout the state
(c) Exclude from the profession those not trained in
pedagogy
(d) Exclude from the profession those who are
mentally unhealthy
10. The key difference between evolutionary and
cultural change is that evolutionary change alters
__________ whereas cultural change alters
____________.
(a) Reproduction; environment
(b) Heredity; environment
(c) Environment; behavior
(d) Development; learning
11. The current view of childhood assumes that
(a) Children are similar to adults in most ways.
(b) Children are best treated as young adults.
(c) Childhood is basically a "waiting period."
(d) Childhood is a unique period of growth and
change.
12. In preparing a fifth grade class to take a
standardized reading test the teacher is best advised to:
(a) Tell the children the test is very important and
they should do the best they can
(b) Ditto key questions from a previous test and allow
the pupils to answer them
(c) Coach the below grade level readers, as the rest of
the class will do well anyway
(d) Give the pupils practice in answering questions
similar to the type that will appear on the test
13. A normal child of twelve years of age is most
likely to
(a) Have difficulty with gross motor coordination
(b) Have feelings of anxiety about pleasing adults
(c) Confine his/her interests to here and now
(d) Be eager for peer approval
14. Creative writing should be an activity planned for
(a) Only those children reading on grade level
(b) Only those children who can spell and also, can
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write cohesive sentences
(c) Only those children who want to write for the
newspaper of the class
(d) All children
15. Of the following, the most promising step for a
teacher to take in order to improve class discipline is to
(a) Note specific infractions of class rules in the
marking book
(b) Evaluate his/her materials, methods and
approaches to children
(c) Consult the class and agree upon a graduated series
of punishments
(d) Call a parent teacher meeting to discuss the
situation
16. The question "Will the shy child who never
speaks turn into a quiet, shy adult or wilL the child
become a sociable, talkative person?" is concerned
with which developmental issue?
(a) Maturation
(b) Continuity and discontinuity
(c) Cultural universals versus cultural relativism
(d) Nature and nurture
17. A child from a disorganized home will experience
the greatest difficulty with:
(a) Well structured lessons
(b) Independent study
(c) Programmed instruction
(d) Workbooks
18. Most psychologists believe that development is
due
(a) Largely to nature.
(b) Largely to nurture.
(c) To nature and nurture acting separately.
(d) To an interaction of nature and nurture.
19. The normal twelve year old child is most likely
to:
(a) Have difficulty with gross motor coordination
(b) Have anxiety feelings about pleasing adults
(c) Confine his/her interests to the here and now
(d) Be eager for peer approval
20. The reason why students run from school is
(a) Lack of interesting class teaching work
(b) Lack of interest in studies on the part of students
(c) Not giving punishment to students
(d) Callous attitude of teachers towards the problem
21. You find a student to be intelligent. You will
(a) Remain pleased with him
(b) Not give him additional homework
(c) Motivate him so that he can make more progress
(d) Inform his parents about the fact that he is
intelligent
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22. If some students are not in a mood to study in the
class, you will
(a) Force them to study
(b) Tell those students to leave the class and enjoy
(c) Warn them that they must study else you will
report the matter to the Principal
(d) Tell them some interesting things related to their
interests or your own subject
23. Child development is defined as a field of study
that
(a) Examines change in human abilities.
(b) Seeks to explain behaviour across the life span.
(c) Compares children to adults to senior citizens.
(d) Accounts for the gradual evolution of the child's correct responses, is a reflection of:
cognitive, social, and other capacities.
24. The term identical elements is closely associated (c) Thorndikes Law of Effect
with:
(a) Group instruction
(b) Transfer of learning
(c) Jealousy between twins
(d) Similar test questions
(c) Give him tasks of watering trees, cleaning the
blackboard, making toys of clay etc.
(d) None of above
29. Knowledge of child psychology is a must for a
primary teacher. That is because
(a) It helps in making children disciplined
(b) The examination result is improved
(c) It becomes a convenient mode for motivating
children
(d) It helps the teacher in understanding the behavior
of children
30. The current movement of behavior modification,
wherein tokens are awarded for
(a) Herbarts Five Steps
(b) Locks Tabula rasa
(d) Thorndikes Law of Exercise
Child Development and Pedagogy and below are
some questions on the same section.

25. Organismic theories of development hold that

(a) Psychological structures and processes within the 1. Absenteeism can be tackled by :
child help determine his/her development. (1) teaching (2) punishing the students (3) giving the
(b) Physical structures and processes within the child sweets (4) contacting the parents
help determine his/her development.
(c) Passively developed structures and processes 2. Discipline means:
within the child help determine his/her development. (1) strict-behaviour (2) severe punishment (3)
(d) Slowly developed structures and processes within obedience (4) going by the rules
the child help determine his/her development.
3. If any girl child does not corne to school regularly you
26. A Person believes that nurture strongly influences will
the development of his child. He (1) no bother (2) struck off her name (3) complain to the
would not agree with the importance of: Principal (4) meet the parents and en-
(a) Genetic factors. (b) Exposure to peers. courage them .
(c) The types of toys at home.
(d) The warmth displayed by the parents. 4. In co-education you want't to :
(1) make separate rows of boys and girls (2) you give
preference to boys over girls
27. If student is too shy to participate in the class, you
(3) you. give preference to none (4) you deal according to
will
need
(a) Not ask questions from him
(b) Ask only those questions from him whose answers
5. One of the basic priniclples of socializing Individuals is :
can be given by him (1) religion (2) caste (3) educational (4) imitation
(c) Not ask those questions from him whose answers
are beyond his means and due to which, he may Directions (6-10) :
become objects of ridicule in the class Which of the' skills do you consider most essential for a
(d) Ask questions from him only when he is keen to teacher?
answer them
6. (1) Oration skill (2) Listening skills (3) Managerial skills,
28. How will you bring a hyperactive child on the right (4) Teaching skills
path?
(a) Make him sit in front of the class and keep a strict 7. (1) encourage children to search for knowledge
vigil on him (2) have all the information for the children
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(4) enable children to do well in tests Test of Numerical Ability for
8. (1) identify gifted children (2) have an understanding of Forthcomming Exam
all children abilities (3) identify children with learning 1. Let A = (x + 1)/(x 1 ) and B = (x 1)/(x + 1).
disabilities (4) none of the above Determine the value of A B
a. 0
9. (1) _ ability to help children understand texts thoroughly b. x/(x - 1)
(2) ability to help children do all the exercises c. 4x/(x - 1)
(3) ability to raise possible actions from the texts d. None of these
(4) ability to help children from their own opinions on the
text 2. Ashok had to do a multiplication. Instead of taking
35 as one of the multipliers, he took 53. As a result, the
10. (1) to communicate well product went up by 540. What is the new product ?
{2) to use difficult language a. 1050
(3) to impress students b.1590
(4) to read out the textbook c. 1440
d. none of these
11. Success in developing values is mainly dependent upon:
(1) government (2) society (3) family (4) teacher 3. A ladder on a road when inclined on a wall reaches a
point 12 m above ground. Placing at the same position
12. Good reading aims at developing: if it is inclined on to other side of a road, it reaches a
(l) understanding (2) pronunciation (3) sensitivity (4) point 9m above the ground. If the length of ladder is 15
increasing factual knowledge m, what is the width of the road ?
13. The primary duty of a teacher is to be responsible to a. 17 m
his/her: b. 23 m
(1) family (2) students (3) society (4) nation c. 19 m
d. 21 m
14. Which of the following is not related to educational
achievement?
4. The rate of interest on two bonds is in the ratio of 4 :
(1) Heredity (2) Experiences (3) Practice (4) Self learning
5. A person wants to invest his savings in these bonds
in such a way that he received equal half yearly
15. One of,the students of a class hardly talks in the class.
interest from both the bonds. He should invest in these
How would you encourage him to express himself?
(1) By orgariising discussions (2) By encouraging children
bonds in the ratio :
to take part in classroom activities a. 5 : 2
(3) By organizing educational games/ programmes in which b. 2 : 5
- children feel like speaking- c. 4 : 5
(4) By giving good marks to those who express them'selves d. 5 : 4
well
5. A student secured 60, 75 and 85 in Mathematics
ANSWERS monthly test. If monthly scores were given equal
weightage and final scores are given double weightage
1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. , what are his average marks in Mathematics ?
(c) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. a. 65
(b) 11. (d) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (d) b. 75
15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. c. 80
(d) 20. (d) 21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. d. None of these
(b) 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (d) 28. (c)
29. (d) 30. (c) 6. A sells a product having a printed price of Rs.2,400
at a discount of 10% on printed price. He earns a profit
Answers: 1.4, 2. 4, 3. 4, 4. 4, 5. 3, 5. 4, 7. 1, 8. 2, 9. 4, 10. 1, of 25% in this sale. What was the purchase price on
11. 3, 12. 1, 13. 2, 14. 1, 15. 3 which A purchased this product ?
a. Rs.1980
b. Rs.1728
c. Rs.2160
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d. Rs.1800

7. A wheel travels a distance of 22 km in 2500

revolutions. Find the diameter of the wheel.
a. 1.4 m
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b. 2.8 m 14. In an examination A gets 40% of total marks and B
c. 5.6 m gets 80% of that of A. C gets 60% of As and Bs
d. None of these marks taken together. D gets 45% of As and Cs
marks taken together. If the required pass percentage is
8. The difference between the compound interest and 36, how many of these four students passed the
simple interest on a sum of money at the rate of 10% examination ?
p.a. for 2 years is Rs.50. Find the principal amount. a. 1
a. Rs.5,500 b. 2
b. Rs.4,000 c. 3
c. Rs.5,000 d. 4
d. None of these
15. In a school, the number of girls exceeds the
9. If the numerator of a fraction is doubled and the number of boys by 60. If the number of girls is
denominator is increased by 3, the new fraction is 3/5. increased by 15% and the number o boys is increased
What is the original fraction if its denominator is more by 50%, there would be 15 boys more than girls. Find
than twice the numerator by 1 ? the original strength of the class ?
a. 3/7 a. 540
b. 6/13 b. 360
c. 1/3 c. 720
d. 5/11 d. 600

10. Three taps A, B and C can fill the tank in 30
minutes, 45 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. All
the three taps are opened simultaneously and after 10
minutes, tap C is closed and another tap D is opened. It
took another 20 minutes to fill the tank. How much
time does tap D take to empty a full tank ?
a. 18 minutes
b. 24 minutes
c. 30 minutes
d. 36 minutes
11. A rod of length 300 inches is to be cut into three
pieces of integer length such that length of the first
piece is square of the second and that of the second is
square of the third. What is the length of the left out
portion, if the left out portion has to be the least ?
a. 12 inches
b. 24 inches
c. 8 inches
d. 30 inches
12. The amount on a certain sum for 3 and 4 years at a
certain rate of compound interest are Rs.18250.50 and
Rs.20988.10 respectively. What is the rate of interest ?
a. 10%
b. 12%
c. 13%
d. None of these
13. The difference between simple interest and
compound interest on a certain sum of money for 2
years at 10% p.a. is Rs.4200. The sum is :
a. Rs.20,000
b. Rs.16,000
c. Rs.24,000
d. None of these
16. An investor invested a sum of Rs.10 lakhs in shares
of company X and of company Y. Company Xs share
yields 24% in cash each year and the rate of interest on
company Ys debentures is 16%. He received a total of
Rs.2,08,000 in the form of dividend and interest from
these two companies. How much money was invested
in company X ?
a. 400000
b. 600000
c. 650000
d. None of these
17. A dry fruit seller purchased 3 kinds of nuts at the
rate of Rs.100/kg, Rs.80/kg and Rs.60/kg respectively.
He then mixed them in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 by weight
and sold the same to a customer at 50% profit. The
price per kg at which he sold the mix to the customer is
:
a. Rs.110
b. Rs.90
c. Rs.70
d. None of these
18. A, B and C were partners sharing profits in the
ratio of 2 : 3 : 4 : 6. D died and his share was
distributed equally among the surviving partners. What
will be the new profits sharing ratio ?
a. 4 : 5 : 6
b. 2 : 3 : 4
c. 3 : 4 : 5
d. None of these
19. A vehicle changed hands 3 times and at each time
the loss to the earlier owner was 10%. If the overall
loss was Rs.4,065, find the original price of the vehicle
(in rupees).
a. 10,000

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b. 10,500 ANSWER
c. 15,000 1. c 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. D 6. b 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. B 11. b
d. 5,000 12. d 13. d 14. c 15. a16. b 17. d 18. a 19. c 20. C 21. b
22. b 23. b 24. c 25. b
20. What is the three digit number which is a 2 more
than a perfect square and 2 less than a perfect cube ?
a. 627
b. 402 ctet test paper Environmental Science (EVS)
c. 123 for Paper-I
d. None of these
Environmental Science (EVS) for Paper-I (MCQ)
21. If it costs Rs.Y to whitewash the 4 walls of a room, Teacher Eligibility Test
how much would it cost(in rupees), if all the (Practice Paper 01)
dimensions were to be 5 times the original dimensions 1. We have days and nights because of:
? (a) Earths rotation
a. 5 Y (b) Earths revolution
b. 25 Y (c) Suns rotation
c. 25 Y (d) Suns revolution
d. 20 Y 2. The tail of flying birds acts as rudder. By this
statement we can understand that the
22. A sum of Rs.4000 was lent partly at 6% and partly tail acts as:
at 8% simple interest. If the interest received after one (a) A part of the body which is beautiful
year is Rs.272, find the ratio in which the money was (b) A part which wards off flies and mosquitoes
lent. (c) A part which guides the bird while flying
a. 2 : 3 (d) A part which helps the bird take off
b. 3 : 2 3. The combination of which of the following soils is
c. 1 : 2 best for plant growth
d. None of these (a) Clay, sand & gravel
(b) Humus, clay & gravel
23. A man pays off 3/20 of his debt every month . At (c) Sand, humus & gravel
the end of 6 months, his remaining debt is Rs.290. (d) Humus, sand & clay
How much amount (in rupees) has he cleared off every 4. Which of the following does not belong to the group
month ? formed by the other trees?
a. 400 (a) Mango
b. 435 (b) Coconut
c. 450 (c) Tamarind
d. 500 (d) Neem
5. In spring which of the following occurs?
24. Y wanted to borrow Rs.1000 from a moneylender (a) The days are longer & nights are shorter
for a period of one year. However, the moneylender (b) The nights are longer & days are shorter
deducted Rs.200 as interest charges and gave Rs.800 to (c) Days and nights are of almost equal duration
him. What is the rate of interest at which Y has (d) None of the above
borrowed the money ? 6. Which of the following plays an important role in
a. 20% the cause of rainfall
b. 22.5% (a) Evaporation
c. 25% (b) Condensation
d. 27.5% (c) Both evaporation & condensation
(c) Filteration
25. If the interest compounded annually on a certain 7. A human body consists of ________ number of
sum at a certain rate of interest for 2 years is equal to bones
55% of the simple interest on the same amount at the (a) 205
same rate of interest for twice the time period, find the (b) 206
rate of interest. (c) 207
a. 12% (d) 208
b. 20% 8. Sanjay has a sugar cube in her mouth, in which part
c. 24% of his tongue, will the cube be
d. None of these sweetest?
(a) Front

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 (b) Middle (a) Eyes
(c) Rear (b) Kidneys
(d) Sides (c) Lungs
9. The mosquito repellent (coils, mats and liquids) that (d) Skin
we generally use in our homes 7. During breathing which gas is most required by us?
are: (a) Hydrogen
(a) Pesticides (b) Oxygen
(b) Fertilizers (c) Carondioxide
(c) Sedatives (d) Nitrogen
(d) Insecticides 8. Which part of the body controls all the other organs?
10. Cows have strong grinding teeth at the back of the (a) Heart
mouth, but they cannot eat the flesh (b) Eyes
of the of other animals. This is because: (c) Brain
(a) They do not need to eat the flesh (d) Stomach
9. Flamingos have ______ kind of feet
(b) They dont have strong grinding teeth at the front
(a) Perching
(c) They dont have long sharp pointed teeth
(b) Wading
(d) They dislike eating flesh
(c) Webbed
(d) None of these
ANSWERS 10. The tomato plant falls under the category of:
(a) Herbs
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (d) (b) Shrubs
10. (c) (c) Trees
(d) Grass
ctet and bihar tet sample paper ANSWERS
Environmental Science Paper-2
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (a)
Environmental Science (EVS) for Paper-I (MCQ)
Teacher Eligibility Test
(Practice Paper 02) ctet/Bihar tet- test paper (EVS)-3
1. During summer the earth is
(a) Closer to the sun Evironmental Science (EVS) for Paper-I (MCQ)
(b) Away from the sun Teacher Eligibility Test
(c) Closer to the moon (Practice Paper 03)
(d) Away from the moon 21. Which Indian scientist has got a Nobel Prize for his
2. Non-green plants like mushroom cant make their own contribution in physics?
food because:
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(a) They are too small
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) They lack chlorophyll
(c) Albert Einstein
(c) They lack photo-tropism
(d) Hargovind Khurana
(d) They lack roots to suck water
22. When some sugar is dissolved in a glass of water,
3. Most of the reptiles like snakes, crocodiles, etc. eat their
food by:
the water level:
(a) Tearing its flesh (a) Increases
(b) A process called cud chewing (b) Decreases
(c) Swallowing it as a whole (c) Remains the same
(d) Sucking its blood (d) None of the above
4. How much time does the earth take to complete one 23. The nature of relationship between condensation &
rotation? evaporation is:
(a) 24 hrs. (a) They are the same
(b) 1 day (b) They are opposite
(c) 1 year (c) They are similar but not in all respects
(d) Both A & B (d) None of the above
5. How many muscles are there in a human body? 24. We slip very easily on a wet floor because
(a) 600 (a) Water reduces the friction
(b) 700 (b) Water increases the friction
(c) 800 (c) We slip because we lose our balance
(d) 900 (d) None of the above
6. Which of the following is not a part of the excretory 25. The process of solid changing into liquid upon the
system? supply of heat is called:
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(a) Condensation 3. Her reaction to his proposal was . She rejected it
(b) Evaporation .
(A) inevitablevehemently
(c) Melting (B) subtleviolently
(d) Boiling (C) cleverabruptly
26. When we exhale, our lungs have to: (D) sympatheticangrily
(a) Contract Ans : (A)
(b) Expand
(c) Be still 4. His directions misled us we did not know which of
(d) None of the above the two roads to take.
27. Our head is made up of only one movable bone; it (A) complicated
is called: (B) ambiguous
(a) Skull (C) narrow
(D) fantastic
(b) Cranium
Ans : (B)
(c) Jawbone
(d) Collarbone 5. It would be difficult for one so to believe that all
28. The young ones of the frog are called: men are equal irrespective of caste, race and religion.
(a) Young frogs (A) emotional
(b) Frog cubs (B) democratic
(C) intolerant
(c) Puppies (D) liberal
(d) Tadpoles Ans : (C)
29. Paper is mainly made up of:
(a) Cellulose & starch Directions(Q. 610) In each of the following sentences
(b) Polythene & cotton four words or phrases have been bold. Only one bold part
in each sentence is not accepted in standard English.
(c) Bamboo & grass Identify that part and mark its letter (A), (B), (C) or (D) in
(d) Sunflower & Maize your as answer.
30. Our sun is:
(a) Planet 6. Gaze for a thing (A) that are not (B) available easily (C)
(b) Satellite in the country is a universal phenomenon. (D)
Ans : (B)
(c) Comet
(d) Star 7. It is foolish to be expecting (A) one person to be like
another (B) person, for (C) each individual is born (D) with
ANSWERS his characteristics traits.
21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (c) 28. Ans : (A)
(d) 29. (c) 30. (d)
8. The tendency to believe (A) that (B) man is inherently
dishonest is something (C) that will be decried. (D)
Ans : (D)

9. I have not come across very (A) few (B) people who (C)
think of thing beyond (D) their daily work.
Ans : (B)

CTET SAMPLE PAPERS FOR ENGLISH 10. He managed to board (A) the running train (B) but all
his luggages (C) was (D) left on the station.
Directions(Q. 15) Each sentence has one or two blanks. Ans : (C)
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the
sentence meaningfully.
CTET OBJECTIVE MATH SAMPLE
1. He went to the library to find that it was closed.
(A) seldom
PAPER
(B) never
(C) only Test of Numerical Ability for
(D) solely
Ans : (C) Forthcomming Exam
1. Let A = (x + 1)/(x 1 ) and B = (x 1)/(x + 1).
2. The ties that bind us together in common activity are so Determine the value of A B
that they can disappear at any moment. a. 0
(A) tentative
(B) tenuous
b. x/(x - 1)
(C) consistent c. 4x/(x - 1)
(D) restrictive d. None of these
Ans : (B)
2. Ashok had to do a multiplication. Instead of taking
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35 as one of the multipliers, he took 53. As a result, the d. None of these
product went up by 540. What is the new product ?
a. 1050 9. If the numerator of a fraction is doubled and the
b.1590 denominator is increased by 3, the new fraction is 3/5.
c. 1440 What is the original fraction if its denominator is more
d. none of these than twice the numerator by 1 ?
a. 3/7
3. A ladder on a road when inclined on a wall reaches a b. 6/13
point 12 m above ground. Placing at the same position c. 1/3
if it is inclined on to other side of a road, it reaches a d. 5/11
point 9m above the ground. If the length of ladder is 15
m, what is the width of the road ? 10. Three taps A, B and C can fill the tank in 30
a. 17 m minutes, 45 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. All
b. 23 m the three taps are opened simultaneously and after 10
c. 19 m minutes, tap C is closed and another tap D is opened. It
d. 21 m took another 20 minutes to fill the tank. How much
time does tap D take to empty a full tank ?
4. The rate of interest on two bonds is in the ratio of 4 : a. 18 minutes
5. A person wants to invest his savings in these bonds b. 24 minutes
in such a way that he received equal half yearly c. 30 minutes
interest from both the bonds. He should invest in these d. 36 minutes
bonds in the ratio :
a. 5 : 2 11. A rod of length 300 inches is to be cut into three
b. 2 : 5 pieces of integer length such that length of the first
c. 4 : 5 piece is square of the second and that of the second is
d. 5 : 4 square of the third. What is the length of the left out
portion, if the left out portion has to be the least ?
5. A student secured 60, 75 and 85 in Mathematics a. 12 inches
monthly test. If monthly scores were given equal b. 24 inches
weightage and final scores are given double weightage c. 8 inches
, what are his average marks in Mathematics ? d. 30 inches
a. 65
b. 75 12. The amount on a certain sum for 3 and 4 years at a
c. 80 certain rate of compound interest are Rs.18250.50 and
d. None of these Rs.20988.10 respectively. What is the rate of interest ?
a. 10%
6. A sells a product having a printed price of Rs.2,400 b. 12%
at a discount of 10% on printed price. He earns a profit c. 13%
of 25% in this sale. What was the purchase price on d. None of these
which A purchased this product ?
a. Rs.1980 13. The difference between simple interest and
b. Rs.1728 compound interest on a certain sum of money for 2
c. Rs.2160 years at 10% p.a. is Rs.4200. The sum is :
d. Rs.1800 a. Rs.20,000
b. Rs.16,000
7. A wheel travels a distance of 22 km in 2500 c. Rs.24,000
revolutions. Find the diameter of the wheel. d. None of these
a. 1.4 m
b. 2.8 m 14. In an examination A gets 40% of total marks and B
c. 5.6 m gets 80% of that of A. C gets 60% of As and Bs
d. None of these marks taken together. D gets 45% of As and Cs
marks taken together. If the required pass percentage is
8. The difference between the compound interest and 36, how many of these four students passed the
simple interest on a sum of money at the rate of 10% examination ?
p.a. for 2 years is Rs.50. Find the principal amount. a. 1
a. Rs.5,500 b. 2
b. Rs.4,000 c. 3
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15. In a school, the number of girls exceeds the 21. If it costs Rs.Y to whitewash the 4 walls of a room,
number of boys by 60. If the number of girls is how much would it cost(in rupees), if all the
increased by 15% and the number o boys is increased dimensions were to be 5 times the original dimensions
by 50%, there would be 15 boys more than girls. Find ?
the original strength of the class ? a. 5 Y
a. 540 b. 25 Y
b. 360 c. 25 Y
c. 720 d. 20 Y
d. 600
22. A sum of Rs.4000 was lent partly at 6% and partly
16. An investor invested a sum of Rs.10 lakhs in shares at 8% simple interest. If the interest received after one
of company X and of company Y. Company Xs share year is Rs.272, find the ratio in which the money was
yields 24% in cash each year and the rate of interest on lent.
company Ys debentures is 16%. He received a total of a. 2 : 3
Rs.2,08,000 in the form of dividend and interest from b. 3 : 2
these two companies. How much money was invested c. 1 : 2
in company X ? d. None of these
a. 400000
b. 600000 23. A man pays off 3/20 of his debt every month . At
c. 650000 the end of 6 months, his remaining debt is Rs.290.
d. None of these How much amount (in rupees) has he cleared off every
month ?
17. A dry fruit seller purchased 3 kinds of nuts at the a. 400
rate of Rs.100/kg, Rs.80/kg and Rs.60/kg respectively. b. 435
He then mixed them in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 by weight c. 450
and sold the same to a customer at 50% profit. The d. 500
price per kg at which he sold the mix to the customer is
: 24. Y wanted to borrow Rs.1000 from a moneylender
a. Rs.110 for a period of one year. However, the moneylender
b. Rs.90 deducted Rs.200 as interest charges and gave Rs.800 to
c. Rs.70 him. What is the rate of interest at which Y has
d. None of these borrowed the money ?
a. 20%
18. A, B and C were partners sharing profits in the b. 22.5%
ratio of 2 : 3 : 4 : 6. D died and his share was c. 25%
distributed equally among the surviving partners. What d. 27.5%
will be the new profits sharing ratio ?
a. 4 : 5 : 6 25. If the interest compounded annually on a certain
b. 2 : 3 : 4 sum at a certain rate of interest for 2 years is equal to
c. 3 : 4 : 5 55% of the simple interest on the same amount at the
d. None of these same rate of interest for twice the time period, find the
rate of interest.
19. A vehicle changed hands 3 times and at each time a. 12%
the loss to the earlier owner was 10%. If the overall b. 20%
loss was Rs.4,065, find the original price of the vehicle c. 24%
(in rupees). d. None of these
a. 10,000
b. 10,500 ANSWER
c. 15,000 1. c 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. d
d. 5,000 6. b 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. b
11. b 12. d 13. d 14. c 15. a
20. What is the three digit number which is a 2 more 16. b 17. d 18. a 19. c 20. c
than a perfect square and 2 less than a perfect cube ? 21. b 22. b 23. b 24. c 25. b
a. 627
b. 402
c. 123 CTET Social Science for Paper-II
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Sample Questions in Social Sciences of the above
1. Which of the following pairs is correctly 7
matched? 1. A I B. II C. Ill D. IV
1. ILO - London 2. A II B. III C. II D. I
2. ICJ - Hague 3. A II B. I C. IV D. III
3. UNESCO - Washington 4. A IV B. II C. I D. III
4. WHO - Paris
2. Arrange the following Indo-Pak events in correct 7. Stated below are some statements.
chronological order. a. The Modern Age suddenly came into existence
A. Creation of Bangladesh b. The Renaissance emphasized the value of reason
B. Tashkant Declaration and scientific temper in life.
C. Simla Agreement c. The Industrial Revolution in England led to the
D. Lahore Declaration decline of Cottage Industries in India.
Which order is correct? Which statements are true?
1. A C D B 1. a and b
2. B A C D 2. b and c
3. D B A C 3. a and c
4. A B C D 4. a, b and c

3-4 Direction: Read the following statement and 8-9. Read the passage given below and answer the
answer the questions that follow. questions that follow.
"India with over 2 percent of the world's The later part of the eighteenth century saw two
geographical area is inhibited by revolutions, which played an
16 percent of the world population". important role in the making of the modem world.
3. From the above statement, it is inferred that in the The first one involved English Government against its
world population almost every thirteen colonies. Most of
1. 5th person is Indian the people settled in these colonies had come from
2. 6th person is Indian England.
3. 7th person is Indian 8. The passage is referring to two revolutions. Which
4. 8th person is Indian of the following are these?
1. Russian Revolution and French Revolution
4. Which of the following countries fits in a 2. American Revolution and French Revolution
completely reverse position explained in 3. American Revolution and Chinese Revolution
the above statement? 4. French Revolution and Chinese Revolution
1. China
2. Bangladesh
3. United Kingdom 9. Which of the following Revolutions is related to
4. Australia the thirteen English Colonies?
5. Which pairs are correctly matched? Select the 1. Russian Revolution
correct alternative. 2. American Revolution
a. Brahmo Samaj - Dayanand Saraswati 3. Industrial Revolution
b. Arya Samaj- Vivekananda 4. French Revolution
c. Ramakrishna Mission - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d. Aligarh Movement - Syed Ahmed Khan
e. Veda Samaj - Cembeti Sridharlu Naidu 10. A volcano erupts on the ocean floor and a ship is
1. a and d located on the oceanic surface
2. b and e very close to the epicentre. Which one of the following
3. d and e conditions will the ship
4. c and d face?
6. Some persons and events are stated below: 1. get toppled
A. Warren Hastings I Theosophical Society of 2. drift away
India 3. wreck
B. Col. Olcott II Duel Government in 4. not much of a change
Bengal 11. Read the following statements
C. Lord Ripon III The French Revolution A. The towns in Canadian prairies developed after the
D. Tipu Sultan IV The Local Self construction of
Government Canadian Pacific Railway.
Which of the following indicates the correct matching B. Most of the Cities of India were connected by

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railways after these had of Bangladesh in 1971, and Shimla Agreement in
already developed. 1972. Therefore alternative 3
Which one of the following is correct? is the answer.
1. A is true, B is false 3 2 16% of the World Population means 1/6th of the
2. A is false, B is true population, which implies that
3. Both A and B are true every 6th person is an Indian.
4. Both A and B are false 12 4 4 Australia has a large area of land but is sparsely
12. Which one of the following sequences of the populated. All the other three
atmospheric layers will a space shuttle countries are thickly populated. Therefore, the answer
encounter while returning to the earth? is alternative 4.
1. Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, 5 3 The answer key gives the clue.
Troposphere 6 3 Warren Hastings was associated with dual
2. Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Ionosphere, Government in Bengal, Col. Olcott
Troposphere with Theosophical Society of India, Lord Ripon with
3. Stratosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, the Local Self
Troposphere Government and Tipu Sultan with the French
4. Ionosphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Revolution. The answer
Troposphere therefore is at alternative 3, which shows the correct
13. Given below are some characteristics of a region. matching.
a. Rainfall is scanty 7 2 In this question you have to reason out which
b. Difference between day and night temperature is statements are true. Here the first
high statement is not true, as the Modern Age could not
c. Very little vegetation is found come into existence
Which of the following regions has all these features? suddenly. Hence, alternative 2 is correct which shows
1. coasts that statements b and c
2. deserts are true.
3. plateaus 8 2 This question is based on a given passage. You
4. plains have to find out which
revolutions the passage is referring to. For the first
14. Given below is the scale, which shows in sequence revolution the hint is given
the limits of crust, outer mantle, inner in the passage. It involved 13 English Colonies, where
mantle, outer core and inner core represented by the settlers were from
1,2,3,4 and 5 respectively. Which of England. You will realize that their colonies were
the following scales represents the correct pattern of located in America. So one
measurement? Revolution is American Revolution, and the second
one is French Revolution
15. Read the following: as it was important in shaping the modern world. The
a. 80% of forests have been cleared. Russian Revolution and
b. A quarter of world's mammals are at risk of the Chinese Revolution took place in 20 th Century
extinction. only. So the answer is
c. Global warming will trigger a devastating rise in alternative 2.
sea levels. 9 2 This question is related to the first question. You
Which of the following best explains all of the can reason it out because the
above? 13 colonies mentioned here were in America. So the
1. Increasing industrialization answer is 2. 14
2. Large scale urbanization 10 4 The rest of the questions you may reason out
3. Increased human activity yourself.
4. Large scale mechanizatio 11 3
12 1
Solutions to Questions on Social Science 13 2
Q.No. Key Rationale 14 1
15 3
1. 2 International Court of Justice is located at Hague.
WHO is not at Paris, UNESCO at not at Washington,
and ILO not at London.
Therefore alternative 2 is the answer.
2. 3 Lahore Declaration took place in 1929, Tashkent
Declaration in 1966, creation

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ctet social Science for Paper-II (Practice 30. A new language developed in India during the
Paper 03) Medieval age:
(a) Urdu
(b) English
Social Science for Paper-II (c) Dutch
Teacher Eligibility Test Teacher Eligibility Test (c) Spanish
(Practice Paper 03)
21. Workers have nothing to lose but their chains ANSWERS
was said by:
(a) Hitler 21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28.
(b) Napoleon (a) 29. (c) 30. (a)
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Stalin
22. The fall of the Czar, Nicholas II (USSR) is known
as the:
(a) Industrial
(b) February revolution
(c) Red revolution
(d) Social revolution
23. Burma was captured by
(a) America
(b) Britain
(c) Russia
(d) Portugal
24. The Council of Ministers at the centre is
responsible to:
(a) The President
(b) The chief Minister
(c) The Supreme Court
(d) The Lok Sabha
25. The fundamental duties have been included in the
Constitution under the:
(a) Article 351
(b) Article 72
(c) Article 51A
(d) Article 65
26. Right to equality in our Constitution has abolished
the practice of:
(a) Child Labour
(b) Untouchability
(c) Gender discrimination
(d) All of these
27. Bronze was made by mixing:
(a) Copper and Manganese
(b) Copper and zinc
(c) Copper and lead
(d) Iron and Tin

28. The earliest language of the Aryans was:

(a) Sanskrit
(b) Urdu
(c) Tamil
(d) Afghani
29. Feudalism centered round:
(a) Art
(b) Business
(c) Land
(d) Surgery

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