PSTET - Paper 1st - Set A Child Development and Pedagogy Solved 2013 (Questions and Answers)

Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test (PSTET) - Paper 1 Final Master Set A - Child Development and Pedagogy 30 MCQ Mock Questions and Answers. PSTET Set A Solved Paper 2011, 2012, 2013. Child Development and Pedagogy Section MCQ.
1) The best method to study growth and development of the child is:

1. Psychoanalytic Method
2. Comparative Method
3. Developmental Method
4. Statistical Method

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Answer = Developmental Method

2) Socialization is a process by which children & adults learn from:

1. Family
2. School
3. Peers
4. All of these

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Answer = All of these

3) Which one of the following is the true statement corresponding to Cephalocaudal Principle of

1. Development is from head to foot
2. Development is from foot to head
3. Development is from middle to periphery
4. None of these

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Answer = Development is from head to foot

4) Determinants of Individual differences in human beings relate to:

1. Differences in Environment
2. Differences in Heredity
3. Interaction between Heredity & Environment
4. Both Heredity & Environment interacting separately

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Answer = Interaction between Heredity & Environment

5) Term PSRN in development implies:

1. Problem solving, reasoning & numeracy
2. Problem solving relationship & numeracy
3. Perceptual skill, reasoning & numeracy
4. Perceptual skill, relationship & numbers

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Answer = Problem solving, reasoning & numeracy

6) Vygotsky proposed that Child Development is:

1. Due to genetic components of a culture
2. A product of social interaction
3. A product of formal education
4. A product of assimilation & accommodation

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Answer = A product of social interaction

7) Gardner formulated a list of seven Intelligencies, Which among the following is not one of them:

1. Spatial Intelligence
2. Emotional Intelligence
3. Interpersonal Intelligence
4. Linguistic Intelligence

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Answer = Emotional Intelligence

8) Which of the following is the true statement in reference to intelligence:

1. Intelligence is the ability to adjust
2. Intelligence is the ability to learn
3. Intelligence is the ability of Abstract Reasoning
4. All of these

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Answer = All of these

9) “A Child can think logically about objects & events” This is the characteristic given by Piaget of stage:

1. Sensory Motor
2. Pre Operational
3. Concrete Operational
4. Formal Operation

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Answer = Concrete Operational

10) Which of the following does not belong to the categories of Coping strategies that women commonly engaged in:

1. Acceptance
2. Resistance
3. Revolution
4. Adaptation

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Answer = Revolution

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Punjab Teacher Eligibility Test 2012 (PSTET) Syllabus (1-5 Class)

PSTET 2012 Syllabus Environment Studies For Teachers (Class I-V)

Syllabus

Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) Paper I ,

Part-4

(For a person who intends to be a Teacher for Classes I to V)

Environment Studies

Total Questions: 30 (Multiple Choice)

Total Marks: 30

Unit - I (Marks-05)

• Family Personal relationships, nuclear and joint families, social abuses (child marriage, dowry system, child labour, theft); addiction (intoxication, smoking) and its personal, social and economical bad effects.
• Clothes and Habitats - Clothes for different seasons; maintenance of clothes at home; handloom and powerloom; habitats of living beings, various types of houses; cleanliness of houses and neighboring areas; Different types of materials for building houses.

Unit—II (Marks-05)

• Profession - Profession of your surroundings (stitching clothes, gardening, farming, animal rearing, vegetable vendor etc.), small and cottage industries; major industries of Rajasthan State, Need for consumer protection, co-operative societies.
• Public places and Institutions - Public places like school, hospital, post office, bus stand, railway station; Public property (street light, road, bus, train, public buildings etc.); wastage of electricity and water; employment policies; general information about Panchayat, legislative assembly and parliament.
• Our Culture and Civilization - Fairs and festivals, National festivals; Dresses, food-habits and art and craft of Rajasthan; Tourist places of Rajasthan; Great personalities of Rajasthan.

Unit — III (Marks-05)

• Transport and Communication - Means of transport and communication; Rules for pedestrians and transport; Effects of means of communication on the life style.
• Personal Hygiene - External parts of our body and their cleanliness; general information about the internal parts of the body; Balance diet and its importance; Common diseases (gastroenteritis, amoebiosis, methaemoglobin, anemia, fluorosis, malaria, dengue.) their causes and methods of prevention; Pulse Polio campaign.
• Living Beings~ Levels of organisation of plants and animals, diversity of living organisms, state flower, state tree, state bird, state animal; knowledge of reserve forest and wild life (national parks, sanctuaries, tiger reserve, world heritage), conservation of species of plants and animals, knowledge of Kharif and Rabi crops.

Unit — IV (Marks-05)

• Matter and Energy - Common properties of substances (colour, state, ductility, solubility) various types of fuels; types of energy and transformation of one form into another; Applications of energy in daily life, sources of light, common properties of light. > Basic knowledge of air, water, forest, wetlands and deserts; different kind of pollution, renewable and non-renewable resources of energy in Rajasthan and concept of their conservation; weather and climate; water cycle.

Unit - V (Marks-05)

• Concept and scope of Environment Studies
• Significance of Environment Studies, Integrated Environment Studies
• Environmental Studies & Environmental Education learning Principles
• Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
• Approaches of presenting concepts Activities

Unit — VI (Marks-05)

• Experimentation/Practical Work
• Discussion
• Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation
• Teaching material/Aids
• Problems of Teaching

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PSTET 2012 Structure & Contents for 1st to 5th Class Teachers

PSTET 2012 - Punjab Teacher Eligibility Test Structure and Contents for 1st to 5th Class Teachers.

Paper I (for classes I to V); No. of MCQs – 150

Duration of examination: One-and-a-half hours

Structure and Content (All Compulsory)

(i)	Child Development and Pedagogy	30 MCQs	30 Marks
(ii)	Language I	30 MCQs	30 Marks
(iii)	Language II	30 MCQs	30 Marks
(iv)	Mathematics	30 MCQs	30 Marks
(v)	Environmental Studies	30 MCQs	30 Marks
	Total	150 MCQ	150 Marks

Nature and standard of questions:

• The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 6-11 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.
• The Test items for Language-I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction, (as chosen from list of prescribed language options in the application form).
• The Language-II will be from among the prescribed options other than Language-I. A candidate may choose any one language from the available language options and will be required to specify the same in the application form. The test items in language II will also focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.
• The test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding of the subjects. In all these subject areas, the test items will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject prescribed for classes: I–V, by the Punjab State Government/SCERT.
• The questions in the tests for Paper I will be based on the topics prescribed for classes: I–V, but their difficulty standard, as well as linkages, could be up to the secondary stage.

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