Extrinsic motivation comes from __________ while intrinsic motivation is based on __________.
Which of the following are examples of authentic learning tasks for students in primary grades ?
__________ refers to the time of development when an individual is most ready to acquire a new skill or ability and it is difficult to compensate for the loss of this later on in life.
Talking aloud to oneself with no intent to communicate with others is __________ in childhood.
According to Piaget, which of the following is an example of assimilation ?
Assertion (A) : Learning is always situated in a social context.
Reason (R) : What is learned cannot be separated from how it is learned and used.
Choose the correct option :
Which principle of development is illustrated in the following statement ?
During infancy and early childhood, the limbs continue to grow faster than the hands and feet.
Which of the following are important to ensure meaningful learning ?
(i) Provisioning of emotional support.
(ii) An atmosphere of competition and rivalry.
(iii) Opportunities for doing and experimenting.
(iv) Standardised curriculum.
Formative assessment assumes that :
Which of the following skill is not actively practiced in the process of ‘reciprocal teaching’ ?
In response to the question, “Is it alright to steal the chocolate from the freezer in absence of your parents ?” 4-year-old Meera replied, “It will be wrong because doing so can cause punishment from the parent.” Meera’s moral reasoning depicts which stage of Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development ?
Assertion (A) : An effective pedagogical strategy is to ask children to make linkages of new information with what they already know.
Reason (R) : Identifying commonalities and differences can help children organize information which help them to think as well as remember better.
Choose the correct option :
Which of the following is an effective way to reduce the influence of gender stereotypes amongst children prevalent in society ?
Which of the following hinders the process of effective problem solving ?
Which of the following is an effective strategy for teaching children with autism ?
As per Jean Piaget’s theory of development, children develop __________ by the end of sensorimotor stage.
As per Lev Vygotsky, ‘inner speech’ :
Principle of cephalocaudal development talks about __________ of development.
Assertion (A) : Invented spellings, free explorations of writings provide teachers with opportunities of authentic assessment of learner levels.
Reason (R) : Given the vast linguistic diversity in the classroom assessment in language should be dynamic.
Choose the correct option :
Assertion (A) : Creativity needs to be nurtured by presenting practical problems and issues to children for contemplation and reflection.
Reason (R) : Creative children have the ability to discover something that is novel and need intellectual stimulation.
Choose the correct option :
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is characterised by :
In inclusive classrooms the curriculum should be __________ and instruction should be __________.
According to Vygotsky’s theory, the zone of proximal development refers to :
Assertion (A) : Teachers should provide a lot of scaffolding to children in the forms of prompts and cues.
Reason (R) : Jean Piaget emphasized that more knowledgeable others play a significant role in advancing children’s cognitive skills through social interaction.
Choose the correct option :
Students with mastery goal orientation set :
Which of the following is an example of a question that requires students to generate creative solutions ?
Misconceptions among students should be __________ and intuitive guesses should be __________ among students in primary grades.
The ability of hand-eye coordination, balance and manual dexterity is affected in :
Critical thinking in students can be promoted by :
Development of children :
Ms. Rajlakshmi, a primary class mathematics teacher brings in a variety of concrete material in her classroom like bundles of match sticks, ice cream sticks, coloured buttons, base 10 blocks etc. to teach the concept of place value.
Which of the following principles of theory of Zoltan P. Dienes is being used by her ?
Main objective of teaching Pictographs to students is :
Which of the following is least appropriate in context of learning outcomes at foundational stage in mathematics ?
Which among the following is an example of a real life situation which represents ‘division as equal sharing’ ?
Which of the following statements is not correct ?
One of the most important purposes of assessment in mathematics at primary school level is to :
Which of the following is an example of a task based on creative thinking that can be given to students of grade 5 ?
Which of the following fractions are in descending order ?
The numerical values of perimeter and area of a square are equal. The length of the side of the square is :
Which of the following letters has one line of symmetry ?
Computational skills in mathematics can be enhanced by :
A triangular pyramid has :
If a six digits number is divisible by 36, then the value of is :
The difference between the greatest and smallest five digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 8, 2, 7, 0 and 6 only once is :
According to National Curriculum Framework 2005, mathematics curriculum must incorporate mathematical processes which are :
In a class, teacher prepared following table showing colours of eyes of 40 students :
| Blue eye | Brown eye | Black eye | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| Girls | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Teacher told four students to write one statement each about this table on black-board. They wrote :
(a) Number of boys and girls are equal.
(b) Mostly students have black eye.
(c) Total number of students having blue eyes is odd.
(d) Total number of students having brown eyes is odd.
Choose the correct option :
According to NIPUN Bharat Mission, the states will ensure to achieve foundational numeracy till grade III by the end of the year :
Amita starts from the place A and reaches place B in 4 hours 44 minutes. From there, she returns to the starting place A in 3 hours 24 minutes. If she reaches back at 2.30 pm, then her starting time from place A was :
The missing number in the pattern 325, 259, 204, 160, 127, 105 __________ is :
Which of the following activities, most appropriately, represents the four stages involved in handling data i.e., collecting, organising, representing and interpreting data ?
Radha bought 9 bags of rice each weighing 9 kg 995 g. Total weight of rice in the bags is :
While giving a rectangular page to Mohan, Mathematics teacher told him to make a square out of it. Mohan folded that paper from one side and made a square. At what level of Van Heile’s theory of geometrical understanding Mohan is ?
Which of the following statements is least appropriate about mathematics curriculum for primary classes ?
Problem solving method of teaching mathematics involves which of the following steps ?
(a) Posing mathematical problems and instructing steps of solutions.
(b) Design a task based upon the current understanding of the students.
(c) Posing everyday problems and help learners make sense of the mathematics involved.
(d) Allowing the learners to actively take part in the finding solutions of the problems and justify the solutions.
Choose the correct option :
Work of which Indian Mathematician can be associated with “Game Theory” ?
The perimeter of a rectangle is 410 m and its length is 123 m. The breadth of the rectangle (in m) is :
If HCF of two numbers is 18, then which of the following cannot be their LCM ?
How many twin primes are there in the numbers from 1 to 50 ?
What is the difference of the place values of the two 8s in the number 2853847 ?
Which of the following statement is least appropriate about the errors made by students in a mathematics classroom ?
At the elementary level, which one of the following topics would be most suitable for discussion and experience sharing in the EVS class ?
A teacher of Environmental Studies should include the local context of the children in conducting his/her class activities. Which of the following should a teacher pay attention to in order to incorporate the local context ?
An Environmental Studies teacher of class 4 made different groups of children in his class to do the task of making letter boxes on the theme Travel. During the work of making the model of the letter box, the teacher also assessed their work. Which of the following assessment tools would the teacher have used to assess children’s activity ?
Many lessons in the NCERT EVS textbook are based on real people and their real experiences. Why would the textbook development committee have included real people and their real experiences ?
(A) Children easily relate to real people.
(B) During EVS, ideas can be discussed with the children by including their experiences.
(C) It helps in reinforcing the idea that environmental studies can be done only in classrooms and through textbooks.
(D) Real people and their experiences inspire children.
The territorial states of Karnataka are :
There are many poems related to the environment in the textbooks of Environmental Studies. The teacher should also ask the children to create poems. Which one of the following process skills is mainly developed by writing poems ?
Ajay is a teacher of Environmental Studies and he wants to conduct a role play activity in his class. Which of the following topics would be most appropriate for a role play for the children ?
On the map of a big city following scale is mentioned.
Scale : 1 cm = 845 m
If on this map the measured distance between two important locations of the city is 13.7 cm, the actual distance between the two locations is approximately :
Which one of the following tools is used to cut the dried leaves from the top of the onions in Karnataka ?
The locations of Punjab and Kerala respectively with respect to Bihar are :
Which of the following is correct in the context of Environmental Studies ?
(A) The syllabus of Environmental Studies is title based in which the arrangement of titles is in a spiral and sequential manner.
(B) The curriculum of Environmental Studies is theme based in which the arrangement of theme and sub-theme is in a spiral and sequential manner.
(C) The curriculum of Environmental Studies is integrated.
(D) Each lesson of the syllabus does not start with the main concept but starts with the main questions.
Consider the following Statements (A) and (B).
Statement (A) : Sloth spends almost 20 hours a day sleeping.
Statement (B) : Sloth lives for about 20 years and in that time they move around only 5 trees.
Select the correct code from the following.
I am a tree of desert areas. I grow without much water. My wood is not affected by insects and bark is used for making medicine. Guess, who am I ? Choose the correct answer from the following.
I am an Indian bird who lay eggs in between the stones. My nest is made of soft twigs, roots, wools, hair and cotton wool.
Who am I ? Choose the correct answer from the following.
As per the EVS curriculum, which one of the following topics related to “Family and Friends” should be most suitable for class 3 children ?
The distance between the capital of India (New Delhi) and the capital of Bihar (Patna) is 792 km. If an express bus covers this distance in 11 hours, the average speed of the bus in metre per second is :
Which of the following should not be the appropriate pedagogy to learn theme “food” of EVS ?
Choose the correctly matched pair(s).
| Language | Where it is spoken (State) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Malayalam | (i) | Goa |
| (b) | Konkani | (ii) | Kerala |
| (c) | Marathi | (iii) | Jharkhand |
| (d) | Gujarati | (iv) | Karnataka |
| (e) | Kannada | (v) | Maharashtra |
| (f) | Kuduk | (vi) | Gujarat |
Consider the following Statements (A) and (B).
Statement (A) : Animals whose ears you can see have hair on their body. These animals give birth to young ones.
Statement (B) : Animals, whose ears you cannot see and they donot have hair on their body, lay eggs.
Select the correct code from the following.
What is the significance of Environmental Studies at the primary level ? Choose the most appropriate option from the following.
(A) It is child focused.
(B) Its focus is to teach the environment to children.
(C) Environmental Studies makes children experience their environment.
(D) Its objective is to develop positive attitude, problem solving skills and values.
Fill in the blank :
(i) Urea : Inorganic fertilizer : : Cow dung : ________
(ii) Gum : Natural adhesive : : ________ : Artificial adhesive.
Choose the correct option.
It is said that children learn a lot from their surroundings quite easily. Their experiences should be brought into the classroom, their questions answered and their curiosities satisfied. By doing so, the curriculum of EVS can be made more enriching and creative. In the context of the above, the curriculum of Environmental Studies is indicating which of the following principles ?
A teacher demonstrates an experiment to his class how a mirror becomes hazy when we exhale air on it. Which general objective of teaching EVS is being achieved through this experiment ?
Which of the following assessment criteria, at the district/state/national level, informs various stakeholders about a child’s learning and also ensures quality of education ?
In the following question, Assertion and Reason are followed. Read the statements carefully and choose the correct option from the following.
Assertion : The cultural resources of the communities are also very important for the learning of the child. Folk tales, folk songs, jokes, art etc. enrich the language and knowledge of the child.
Reason : The local environment of the child is not only physical or natural, but his socio-cultural environment is also local.
Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct option.
Assertion (A) : A distinct centrally located spherical structure in a cell is called Nucleus.
Reason (R) : Nucleus is surrounded by a jelly like structure called cytoplasm.
Read the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) carefully.
(A) : The history of many places show us how many different cultural influences have helped to shape life and culture there.
(R) : Thus regions became very diverse because of their unique history for example Laddakh and Kerala.
Choose the correct option from the following.
Read the following Assertion and its Reason and choose the correct answer.
Assertion (A) : Without worker-bee, there would be neither beehieve nor any nectar collection.
Reason (R) : The male bees have very special role as workers.
A person boarded Rajdhani train from New Delhi on 30 April 2022 and reached Bhubaneshwar on 01 May 2022. The train departed from New Delhi at 17:00 hours and reached Bhubaneshwar at 20:00 hrs on 01 May 2022. If the distance between New Delhi and Bhubaneshwar by train route is nearly 1701 km. The average speed of the train during this journey was :
In the following question, Assertion and Reason are followed. Read the statements carefully and choose the correct option from the following.
Assertion : The child’s local objects are a natural source of learning which should be given primacy in the classroom.
Reason : When the living world in and around the school is available for contemplation, children will be aware of environmental issues and will be able to nurture their interest in them.