Teaching Aptitude - MCQs with answers - Part 1

1. Who became the first Minister of Education in the Indian government?

a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

b) Dr. K. L. Shrimali
c) Shri Humayun Kabir
d) Shri M. C. Chagla

ANSWER: a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

He was awarded India's highest civilian award in 1992.

2. ____________ tests measure the extent of students learning in a given content area.

a) Achievement Tests
b) Aptitude Tests
c) Diagnostic Tests
d) Readiness Tests

ANSWER: a) Achievement Tests

The most common type of achievement test is a standardized test developed to measure
skills and knowledge learned in a given grade level.

3. "Anything can be taught at any stage of development", was said by ______?

a) Albert Bandura
b) David Ausubel
c) Jean Piaget
d) Jerome Bruner

ANSWER: d) Jerome Bruner

Jerome Seymour Bruner is an American psychologist who has made significant

contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational
psychology.

4. _______ is the degree to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure?

a) Objectivity
b) Reliability
c) Validity
d) Usability

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ANSWER: c) Validity

Validity comprehends the entire experimental concept. It helps to establish if the results
obtained meet all the requirements of the scientific research method used.

5. __________means reinforcing each small step towards a desired goal or behaviour.

a) Cuing
b) Positive practice
c) Prompting
d) Shaping

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ANSWER: d) Shaping

Shaping - a conditioning paradigm which is primarily used in the experimental analysis of

behaviour.

6. If a student is rude to you, which strategy would you adopt as a teacher?

a) Argue with the student

b) Express shock at such behaviour
c) Punish the student
d) Remind the student of classroom rules

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7. What will be the IQ of a 25 years old boy whose mental age is 16?

a) 64
b) 75
c) 80
d) 100

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ANSWER: a) 64

IQ = (Mental age/ Chronological age) X 100

8. Social change would bring a change in which of the following?

a) Attitudes, ideals and values

b) Human relationship
c) Structure of the society
d) All the three above

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ANSWER: d) All the three above

Social change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society.

9. Which of the following are the characteristics of a person with scientific attitude?

a) Adventure
b) Brevity
c) Sharp memory
d) Objectivity
e) All the above

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ANSWER: d) Objectivity

Objectivity means the state or quality of being true even outside of a subject's individual
biases, interpretations, feelings, and imaginings.

10.The concept of 'SUPW' was elucidated by _______?

a) Adiseshiah Committee
b) Ishwar Bhai Patel Review Committee
c) Ramamurthi Committee
d) Sampurnanand Committee

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ANSWER: b) Ishwar Bhai Patel Review Committee

Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW) was first introduced to the school curriculum in
1978.

Teaching Aptitude - MCQs with answers - Part 2

1. On which list is education in Indian Constitution?

a) Central list
b) Concurrent list
c) State list
d) None of the above lists

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ANSWER: b) Concurrent list

Education including technical education, medical education and universities, vocational

and technical training of labour are there on this list.

2. Computer Assisted Instruction is based on ________ principle

a) Classical Conditioning
b) Operant Conditioning
c) Pavlovian Conditioning
d) Respondent Conditioning
e) Sender Conditioning

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ANSWER: b) Operant Conditioning

The use of computers in education started in the 1960s.

3. Which of the following is Doordarshan's Educational Television Channel?

a) Gurukul
b) Gyan Bharati
c) Gyan Darshan
d) Vidya

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ANSWER: c) Gyan Darshan

Gyan Darshan was launched on January 26, 2000.

4. Which of the following affects an individual's development at a given time?

a) Their experiences
b) Interaction of nature and nurture
c) Inherited potentitalities
d) Social pressure on the individual

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ANSWER: b) Interaction of nature and nurture

The process of early brain development is constantly modified by environmental influences.

5. For __________, 'Experimentation' the standard procedure to know the truth?

a) Public Administration
b) Geography
c) Archeology
d) Science

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ANSWER: d) Science
The purpose of an experiment is to determine whether observations agree or conflict with
the predictions derived from a hypothesis.

6. The _____ amendement got "Fundamental Duties" added to the Constitution of India?

a) 42nd Amendment
b) 54th Amendment
c) 83rd Amendment
d) 93rd Amendment

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ANSWER: a) 42nd Amendment

The "Fundamental Duties"were added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976.

7. Cause and effect relationships are studied by _____ studies.

a) Clinical
b) Comparative
c) Developmental
d) Experimental
e) Objective

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ANSWER: d) Experimental

A cause-effect relationship is a relationship in which one event (the cause) makes another
event happen (the effect).

8. The development of a student's personality is affected the most by __________.

a) Discipline at institute
b) Emotional climate at home
c) Inherited assets and liabilities
d) Social orientation of peers and elders
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ANSWER: b) The emotional climate at home

Feelings of physical safety and emotional security are vitally important for the development
of student. Students feel free to express themselves and explore their physical, intellectual,
and social environments when these are present.

9. Which of the following situations would the best for maximum transfer of learning?

a) Different tasks requiring different responses

b) Different tasks requiring the same response
c) Similar tasks requiring different responses
d) Similar tasks requiring the same response

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ANSWER: b) Different tasks that require the same response

The behavioural approach to transfer is based upon the issue of similarities and differences
in learning and the transfer situation.

10. Which one of the following is the most important elements in teaching?

a) Relationship between teachers and students

b) Subject matter
c) Teaching techniques and aids used
d) Student's knowledge

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ANSWER: a) Relationship between teachers and students

Improving students' relationships with teachers has important, positive and long-lasting
implications for students' academic and social development.