SET/TET– (Teaching Aptitude & Education GK) MODEL QUESTIONS - I

Dr. T. C. Thankachan

1. Which of the following will make communication more effective?

a) cutting jokes in between b) using multi-sensory appeal

b) speaking with high authority d) telling what is useful to the listeners

2. Those students, who frequently ask questions in the class

a) should be advised to meet the teacher outside the classroom

b) should be encouraged to take part in debates & discussions in the class

c) should be encouraged to find out the answers on their own

d) should be encouraged to ask questions on a continuous basis

3. In communication, Perception, Retention and Recall are

a) source variables b) message variables

c) receiver variables d) channel variables

4. How will you react when a student fails to answer a question?

a) Insist on all learners coming prepared for answering

b) Give the correct answer and ask the student to repeat

c) Ask subsidiary question and monitor him to the answer

d) Ask the question to a bright student and appreciate him

5. While asking questions to the learners what mode of action will you adopt?

a) point out a student and ask the question to him

b) distribute the questions among the backward children

c) give the question to the class, provide time to think and then point out one

d) ask the question to pupils in the order of seating

6. What strategy would you adopt while teaching a heterogeneous group of students?

a) lower the level of experiences to the low achievers

b) adopt a multi methodology approach in instruction

c) teach for the average group

d) teach for the average, but give special classes for others

7. Which of the following do you consider as the most effective strategy for imparting value education?

a) use at least two periods a week for value education

b) develop a syllabus for imparting value education

c) give weightage to knowledge of value in the public examination

d) judicially making use of the hidden curriculum for arousing value orientation

8. If a child is a back bencher and is unable to watch the black board clearly. As a result he stands, sees and sits repeatedly. What inference will you draw regarding the case?

a) The child is of short height as compared to his class mates

b) the black board is under shining effect of light

c) the child has defective vision d) both a and c

9. The fruitfulness of a communication process is based on

a) the amount of message delivered

b) the effectiveness of the channel selected

c) time of the feedback received

d) how much the receiver received from the source as desired by the sender

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. 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

12. 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

13. Kindergarten system of education was contributed by—

(A) T. P. Nunn (B) Spencer (C) Froebel (D) Montessori

14. ‘National Council of Educational Research and Training’ was established in—

(A) 1961 (B) 1962 (C) 1963 (D) 1964

15. To maintain interest among primary school students in class, a teacher should—

(A) use blackboard (B) discuss

(C) tell stories (D) ask question

16. Children’s House was started by

a) A French b) An English c) An Italian d) A German

17. What is EFA

a) Education For All b) Earning For All c) Everything For All d) All of these

18. Article 21- A of the Indian Constitution is related to

a) Right to primary education b) Universalisation of Education

c) Free education d) compulsory education

19. SITE experiment was started on

a) August 1, 1975 b) March 1, 1977 c) August 15, 1982 d) none of these

20. What is most important for a teacher ?

(A) to maintain discipline in class (B) to be punctual in class

(C) to remove difficulties of students (D) to be good orator

21. 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

22. What will you do in leisure time in school ? You will—

(A) take rest in teacher’s room (B) read magazines in library

(C) talk to clerks in office (D) check home work of students

23. A teacher asks the questions in the class to—

(A) keep students busy (B) maintain discipline

(C) attract student’s attention (D) teach

24. You like teaching profession because—

(A) it has less responsibility (B) you are interested in it

(C) it is easy (D) it provide you more holidays

25. A teacher’s most important challenge is

a) To make students to do the home work

b) To make teaching-learning process enjoyable

c) To prepare the question paper

d) To enforce discipline in the class

26. The essential role of the teacher in a classroom is to

a) give information

b) motivate students to learn

c) develop learning competencies

d) enforce discipline

27. Which of the following is most important for a teacher?

a) classroom discipline

b) subject he is teaching

c) students of the class

d) time available for teaching

28. In selecting a monitor in your in your class which criteria will you follow

a) on the basis of their social status

b) on the basis of democratic ideals

c) on the basis of their academic qualification

d) on the basis of their potentialities

29. Which among the following is the most important objective of learning?

a) increase the curiosity of the learner

b) ensure co-operation of the group

c) modification of behaviour of the learner

d) indoctrination of social values

30. Which of the following statement is most appropriate

a) Teachers can teach

b) Teachers help can create in a student a desire to learn

c) Lecture method can be used for developing thinking

d) Teachers are born

31. Which of the following statement is correct

a) Syllabus is a part of the curriculum

b) Syllabus is an annexure to curriculum

c) Syllabus is not same in all the institutions affiliated to a particular university

d) Curriculum same in all the institutions affiliated to a particular university

32. The primary duty of the teacher is to

a) Raise the intellectual standard of the students

b) Improve the physical standard of the students

c) Imbibe value system in students

d) Help all round development of the students

33. Teacher uses teaching aids for

(a) Making teaching interesting.

(b) Making teaching within understanding level of students.

(c) Making students attentive.

(d) The sake of its use.

34. Which one of the following is the most appropriate competency for class-room teaching?

(a) Assisting in the conduct of co-curricular activities.

(b) Motivating students for learning.

C) Improving class-room management

d) Taking interest in school administration.

35. If a teacher has to establish her credibility in evaluating answer scripts she must be

(a) Strict b) lenient c) objective d) prompt

36. Some people do not show any signs of understanding. Under such circumstances I would rather NOT

(a) waste my time on them

(b) feel motivated to teach them

(c) feel impatient but try to simplify matters for their understanding

(d) blame myself for their lack of understanding

37. A serious minded teacher as a rule

(a) allows the mistakes to be committed and explains how to minimize those mistakes

(b) never allows any mistakes on the part of his students

(c) takes all precautions so that students never commit mistakes

(d) should mildly punish students who commit mistakes

38. Who has the least chance of becoming an effective teacher?

(a) One who is a strict disciplinarian

(b) One who knows his subject well

(c) One who has no interest in teaching

(d) One who teaches moral values

39. Learning is

(a) active process which is continuous

(b) not an active process which is continuous

(c) active process which stops

(d) only a process which is continuous

40. A colleague who overhears you committing a mistake while teaching in your class points out this to you. How will you react?

(a) Tell him that you have never committed any mistake.

(b) Discuss with him and if convinced thank him and correct it in the next class.

(c) Warn him against interfering in such matters.

(d) Request him not to tell it anybody else.

41. You read books because:

(a) Every educated man is expected to read

(b) It will help you to become a scholar

(c) To help the students to pass examinations

(d) Reading books is a joyful experience

42. The teacher is called the leader of the class. The justification of this is that:

(a) He can exert influence on students.

(b) He has authority over students.

(c) He is an elderly as well as scholarly person.

(d) He is shaping the future of the country in the class.

43. Change in behaviour in the learning process is

a) not permanent b) permanent

c)relatively permanent d) likely to become permanent

44. Learning will proceed best if it is

a) controlled b) motivated

c)organized d) none of the above

45. The best way to react to a wrong answer given by the student is

a) to scold him for not having learnt the lesson

b) to explain why the answer is wrong

c) to ask another student to give the correct answer

d) to ignore the wrong answer and pass on into next question

46. Suppose a high caste teacher is biased with the scheduled caste’s students. What advice do you would like to give to that teacher?

a) scold him for narrow thinking

b) nothing is wrong in his attitude

c) he should not behave against the national spirit and need of the hour

d) All the above

47. When a student fails to remember an important rule of grammar, the teacher should

a) make the student repeat the rule several times in the class

b) make the student write the rule on the blackboard

c) keep the student out of the class till he is able to repeat the rule correctly

d) make the rule meaningful by presenting many illustrative examples

48. No pair of students is similar because of

a) differences in familial background

b) difference in intellectual capacity

c) difference in physical features and conditions

d) all the above

49. Suppose the government appoints you in a remote area, where the rate of literacy is very low. What will you do?

a) try to avoid that place

b) try for a transfer

c) take leave for three months

d) join duty with immense pleasure

50. The factor which affects pupils language development

a) parent’s language

b) intelligence level of the child

c) teachers language

d) all the above


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