PRINCIPAL

1. The University Grants Commission was constituted on the

recommendation of:

1. Dr. SarvapalliRadhakrishnan Commission

2. Mudaliar Commission
3. Sargent Commission
4. Kothari Commission

2. The head quarter of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi

Vishwavidyalaya is situated in:

1. Sevagram
2. New Delhi
3. Wardha
4. Ahmedabad

3. Which one of the following rights was considered the “Heart and
Soul” of the Indian Constitution by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?

1. Freedom of Speech
2. Right to Equality
3. Right to Freedom of Religion
4. Right to Constitutional Remedies
4. MOOC stands for

1. Media Online Open Course

2. Massachusetts Open Online Course
3. Massive Open Online Course
4. Myrind Open Online Course

5. Who among the following has developed the First Human

Development Index in 1990?

1. Paul Krugman
2. MahbubUlHaq
3. Daniel Kahneman
4. Joseph Stiglitz

6. What is the effect of Depreciation on the Per Capita Income of a

Nation?

1. No effect
2. Increase in Depreciation, Per Capita Income Decreases
3. Increases in Depreciation, Increases the Per Capita Income
4. Decrease in Depreciation, First Increases and then Decreases
the Per Capita Income

7. Which Article is for "Protection of interests of Minorities”?

1. Article 26
2. Article 27
3. Article 29
4. Article 30
8. Which Article is related with "Abolition of Untouchability”?

1. Article 20
2. Article 19
3. Article 18
4. Article 17

9. Constitution of India was adopted by constituent assembly on

1. 25 October 1948
2. 25 October 1949
3. 26 November 1948
4. 26 November 1949

10. Who wrote the book 'Train to Pakistan'?

1. Mulk Raj Anand

2. Shobha Singh
3. Ruskin Bond
4. Khuswant Singh

11. ‘A Voice for Freedom’ is a book written by

1. Corazon Aquino
2. NayantaraSahgal
3. Aung San Suu Kyi
4. Benazir Bhutto
12. George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was

1. a Welsh
2. an Irishman
3. aSoctsman
4. an Englishman

13. World Health day is observed on?

1. 3rd April
2. 4th April
3. 5th April
4. 7th April

14. Mahatama Gandhi had launched his first Satyagraha in India from
which among the following places?

1. Kheda
2. Bardoli
3. Champaran
4. Sabarmati

15. Who is the author of the autobiography, ‘The Indian Struggle’?

1. Annie Beasant
2. Chittaranjan Das
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. SardarVallabhbhai Patel
16. Which is the Greek classic that Gandhi translated into Gujarati?

1. Plato’s Republic
2. Dialogues of Plato
3. Aristotle’s Politics
4. Aristotle’s Nicomachian Ethics

17. The author of the novel “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” is

1. Arundhati Roy
2. Kamala Das
3. Vikram Seth
4. JumpaLahari

18. Proteins consists of:

1. Sugars
2. Amino acids
3. Fatty acids
4. Nucleic acids

19. Liver, fortified milk, egg yolk, fish liver oil is the source of:

1. Vitamin K
2. Vitamin B2
3. Vitamin D
4. Vitamin C
20. Preventive detention means

1. Detention for interrogation

2. Detention after interrogation
3. Detention without interrogation
4. Detention for cognizable offence

21. The first woman judge to be appointed to Supreme Court was

1. M. FathimaBeevi
2. Leila Seth
3. Rani Jethmalani
4. Anna George Malhotra

22. The writ of ‘Habeas Corpus’ is issued in the event of

1. Loss of property
2. Refund of excess taxes
3. Wrongful police detention
4. Violation of the freedom of speech

23. Polavaram Irrigation Project was declared as National Project under

which section of the AP reorganisation act?

1. Section 50
2. Section 86
3. Section 90
4. Section 92
24. When was the Andhra University established?

1. 1920
2. 1926
3. 1930
4. 1937

25. Which one of following has the highest percentage of Muslims in

India?

1. Assam
2. Jammu & Kashmir
3. Kerala
4. Lakshadweep

26. GNP is greater than GDP if the country’s

1. Imports exceed exports

2. Prices are falling
3. Exports exceed imports
4. Net foreign income is positive

27. AmmenPeer Dargah is a shrine

1. Sunni
2. Shia
3. Sufis
4. Ahmadiyya
28. Which day is observed as Telugu Language Day in India?

1. August 13
2. August 24
3. August 29
4. August 31

29. The term ‘Butterfly Stroke’ is referred to in which sport?

1. Wrestling
2. Volleyball
3. Tennis
4. Swimming

30. One of the following is the world famous Indian Rubik's Cube speed
solver and Unicyclist from Andhra Pradesh

1. Krishnam Raju G.
2. AchantaSharath
3. Mukesh Kumar
4. J.J.Shobha

31. In Bengal, a special enquiry into indigenous education was

conducted in 1835-38,under the orders of Lord William Bentinck, by

1. William Adam
2. Sir Thomas Munro
3. Shri.R.V.Parulekar
4. Syed Nurullah
32. The honour of being the first Protestant Missionaries to work in the
territories of the East India Company goes to the

1. Danish Mission
2. Portuguese Mission
3. English Christian Mission
4. St.Mary’s Charity Mission

33. Which of the following is described as Magna-Carta of Indian

Education?

1. Sargent Commission
2. Wood’s Despatch
3. Macaulay Minutes
4. Hunter Commission

34. One of the recommendations of the Wood’s Despatch was that the
Indian natives should be given training in

1. English along with their mother tongue

2. English language only
3. English Language by discouraging native languages
4. Only vernacular languages

35. The first Indian Education Commission is popularly known as

1. Hunter Commission
2. Sargent Commission
3. Mudaliar Commission
4. Sadler Commission
36. Which of the following Commission first decentralized the primary
education?

1. Hunter Commission
2. Sargent Commission
3. Mudaliar Commission
4. Sadler Commission

37. Which of these is correctly matched?

1. General Records - Art works record

2. Account Books - Remittance Book
3. Correspondence Record - Public Examination Register
4. Equipment Record - Bill Register

38. Which of the following was not included under ten core areas
suggested by the NPE (1986) for curriculum?

1. Inculcation of scientific temper

2. Equality of sexes
3. Promotion of professional ethics
4. Small family norm

39. Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that...

1. people should be forced to obey their rulers.

2. the majority is always right.
3. generals are more trustworthy than politicians.
4. the general will is superior to the selfish interests of
individuals.
40. The cost of one thing in terms of the alternative given up is called:

1. Real cost
2. Production cost
3. Physical cost
4. Opportunity cost

41. Which of the following is an example of development in a country?

1. an increase in population
2. an increase in agricultural production
3. the expansion of an existing industry
4. the extension of the electricity grid into previously
unconnectedruralareas

42. The Gross Domestic Product is:

1. the total value of industrial production in a country in a year

2. the total value of goods and services produced by a
country in a year
3. the value of agricultural production in a country in a year
4. the combined value of imports and exports for a country

43. Of the following, the best argument for the inclusion of students in
special education programs in activities with general education
students is the probability that the special education students will

1. have less need for specialized services in the school they

attend
2. learn more in the cognitive and psychomotor domains
3. become more competitive with their peers
4. be provided with the least restrictive environment
44. Which of the following is not part of the Human Development
Index?

1. infant mortality
2. life expectancy
3. educational attainment
4. GDP per capita

45. Which of the following techniques of performance appraisal is least

susceptible to personal bias?

1. 360degree Appraisal System

2. Force-Choice Method
3. Ranking Method
4. Check List

46. Performance appraisal means

evaluating an employee’s performance relative to

1. Establishing goods
2. Fellow employees
3. Job description requirements
4. Performance Standards
47. The early childhood professional must plan how to create inclusive
teaching environments. All of the following will help teach children
with disabilities and create inclusive settings to enhance the
education of all students except:

1. Accentuate what children can do rather than what they cannot

do.
2. Use only standardized assessment so that the family will
always knowhow the child stands in comparison to
children without special needs.
3. Use multisensory approaches to learning.
4. Encourage parents to volunteer at school.

48. An inclusive classroom is that where

1. Assessments are repeated till the time every learner achieves

minimum grades
2. Teacher teach from only prescribed books to lessen the
burden of the students
3. There is an active involvement of children in solving as many
problems as possible
4. Teacher create diverse and meaningful learning
experiences for every learner

49. The magnitude of population growth refers to:

1. The total population of an area

2. The number of persons added each year
3. The rate at which the population increases
4. The number of females per thousand males
50. Which one of the following introduced the concept of Capability
Approach?

1. Paul Krugman.
2. Dr. Mahbub-Ul-Haq.
3. Prof. Amartya Sen.
4. Ratzel.

51. Which Article in Indian Constitution defines equality and prohibits

any kind of social discrimination?

1. Article 10
2. Article 12
3. Article 15
4. Article 2

52. The main purpose of NavodayaVidyalayas is to give education to

1. Rural talented students

2. Urban students
3. Girls students only
4. Rural girl students only

53. Which of these is true in terms of an adolescent’s physical

development?

1. Girls experience their adolescent growth spurt at an

earlier age than boys.
2. Boys experience their adolescent growth spurt at an earlier
age than girls.
3. With the beginnings of adolescence, most individuals
undergo a decline in their rate of growth.
4. Puberty is the final phase of the reproductive process.
54. Which of the following psychosocial tasks needed for mental health
generally takes place during the adolescent stage of growth and
development?
1. Attempting to integrate the different aspects and roles of
self (e.g., son, daughter, friend, student) into a whole
identity that makes sense
2. Seeking frequent encouragement and praise (e.g., from
parents/guardians, teachers) to gain a sense of
accomplishment and thus a sense of industry
3. Acquiring proficiency at juggling various responsibilities and
aspects of life and relying on resiliency and self-confidence to
cope with setbacks
4. Developing the autonomy, self-control, and independence to
self-initiate new motor activities, learning tasks, and social
interactions

55. If a curriculum maker follows the subjective theory of values in

education, she/ he will

1. Not insist on the inclusive of any subject in the curriculum if

pupils or parents are not interested in it.
2. Disregard the interests of children the parents for the
inclusive of any subject in the curriculum
3. Implement the study of a subject for its inherent values to
fulfill the needs of a student
4. Care more for the content aspects than for the methodological

56. “Curriculum is interpreted to mean all the organized courses,

activities and experiences which students have under the directions
of the school, whether in the classroom or not”, is said by:

1. John Dewey
2. Stephen Romine
3. H. Rugg
4. Hilda Taba
57. The model of behavioral objectives of curriculum evaluation was
presented by:

1. John Dewey
2. Tyler
3. Hilda Taba
4. Stufflebeam

58. Curriculum effectiveness is determined by:

1. Community cooperation
2. Teacher competence
3. Student interest
4. Quality of supervision

59. The technique of measurement of the patterns of social behaviour in

a group is known as

1. Sociogram.
2. Interactional, analysis.
3. Social distance scale.
4. Sociometry.

60. The notion of the “I: me: Generalised other” was developed by

1. Mead GH.
2. Cooley Charles.
3. Thomas William.
4. Morton Robert.
61. After Little Albert was conditioned to fear a white rat, he also
displayed fear responses to a white rabbit and a white coat. This is
an example of

1. stimulus generalization
2. stimulus discrimination
3. variable interval reinforcement
4. superstitious behavior

62. The neural-connection view of learning is supported by which of the

following?

1. place learning
2. latent learning
3. insight learning
4. none of the above

63. Köhler's research with Sultan supports which theoretical view of

learning?

1. insight learning
2. latent learning
3. place learning
4. modeling

64. The number of intelligences in multiple intelligence theory

1. Three
2. Five
3. Seven
4. Nine
65. Behaviors that have been reinforced on a variable schedule are more
difficult to extinguish than those that have been continuously
reinforced. This is known as

1. the partial reinforcement effect

2. an extinction schedule
3 shaping
4. avoidance conditioning

66. The most difficult responses of all to extinguish are those learned
through

1. positive reinforcement
2. variable schedules
3. escape conditioning
4. avoidance conditioning

67. Negative reinforcement leads to _________

1. Extinguish a behavior
2. Increase in desired responses
3. Eliminate desirable responses
4. Learn helplessness

68. One of the following theories is known as growth oriented theory

1. Psycho analytic theory

2. Client centred theory
3. Existential theory
4. Cognitive learning theory
69. Detachment from work, inability to accomplish goals and emotional
discharge is known as ___

1. Blockade
2. Burnout
3. Ambiguity
4. Lockout

70. 'Agoraphobia' is the fear of___

1. Height
2. Blood
3. Crowd
4. Animal

71. Which of the following is true of test-retest reliability?

1. The test is measuring what it claims to be measuring.

2. The test will produce consistent results.
3. The client will improve performance second time.
4. All of the above.

72. Which of the following is not an accepted stage in Kohlberg's

Theory of Moral Development?

1. Interpersonal relations
2. Individualism
3. Social contract and social rights
4. Universal principles
73. In classical conditioning, an unlearned, inborn reaction to an
unconditioned stimulus is a(n)

1. unconditioned stimulus
2. conditioned stimulus
3. unconditioned response
4. conditioned response

74. Irrational fears that are thought to be caused by classical

conditioning are called

1. psychosomatic illnesses
2. avoidance behaviors
3. phobias
4. stimulus discrimination

75. Learning that results from the consequences of behaviors is called

1. extinguished conditioning
2. operant conditioning
3. classical conditioning
4. positive conditioning

76. If positive reinforcement is not given within a short time following

the response, learning will proceed slowly. This phenomenon is
called

1. delay of reinforcement
2. extinction
3. conditioned response
4. consistency
77. Both escape conditioning and avoidance conditioning are forms of

1. superstitious behavior
2. positive reinforcement
3. negative reinforcement
4. secondary reinforcement

78. If the consequence of a behavior is negative and the frequency of

that behavior decreases, the behavior has been

1. positively reinforced
2. negatively reinforced
3. disinhibited
4. punished

79. Which of the following is correct?

1. Classical conditioning usually involves reflexive behavior,

while operantconditioning usually involves more
complicated, spontaneous behavior.
2. Classical conditioning usually involves more complicated,
spontaneous behavior, while operant conditioning involves
reflexive behavior.
3. In classical conditioning, the reinforcement is contingent
on the behavior of the learner.
4. In operant conditioning the UCS and CS occur independently
of the learner's behavior.
80 . In classical conditioning what happens to a neutral stimulus after it is
associated with the unconditional stimulus ?it becomes___

1. Conditioned stimulus
2. Conditioned response
3. Unconditioned response
4. A phobia

81. To enable students to think independently and become effective

learners, it is important for a teacher to.

1. present information in an organized manner to make it easier

to recall
2. offer rewards for each success achieved by the students
3. teach students how to monitor their own learning
4. give information small units or chunks

82. If a teacher wants her students to acquire problem-solving skills, the

students should be engaged in activities that involve

1. inquiring, reasoning and decision making

2. structured worksheets containing multiple-choice questions
3. recall, memorization comprehension
4. drill and practice

83. The philosopher who worked in mathematical and scientific didactic

was?

1. Jean Piaget
2. John Dewey
3. Martin Wagenschein
4. Lev Vygotsky
84. The use of technology to enhance learning process is called
__________ in education.

1. IT
2. ICT
3. Emerging digital
4. Communication technology

85. A scoring guide use to evaluate the quality of students is called

1. rubrics
2. checklists
3. inventories
4. rating scales

86. Which of the following is involved in a Thematic Apperception?

1. Black and white pictures of people in vague or ambiguous

situations
2. Black and white pictures of people in compromising
situations.
3. Colour photographs of a scenic view
4. Colour photographs of a catastrophic event.
87. Of the following difficulties common to some children who have
learning disabilities,which is most likely to interfere with an
individual’s social and emotional development?

1. Failing to retrieve important information from memory

2. Misplacing important papers or objects
3. Misinterpreting the language and behaviours of others
4. Resisting transitions from one activity to another

88. A student has difficulty following directions and understanding new

concepts.These difficulties indicate that the student may have

1. A receptive language disorder

2. A communication disorder related to fluency
3. An expressive language disorder
4. A communication disorder related to articulation

89. In their collaboration with the parents of a student with disabilities,

special education teachers have an ethical responsibility to

1. Emphasize positive aspects of student’s performance

2. Advise parents of the educational rights of their children
under special education law
3. Maintain a written record of every contact with parents
4. Provide parents with representative samples of their
children’s classroom work
90. When applying any disciplinary methods, it is most important that
special educators ensure that they

1. Inform students of their rights before disciplining them

2. Use corporal punishment only after repeated trails of other
methods have failed
3. Always have another teacher present to witness their actions
4. Do nothing to undermine the dignity or fundamental
human rights of students

91. A nonverbal student with autism frequently has screaming episodes

at school. In response to this behavior, it would be most important
for the student’s teachers to

1. Communicate to the student unambiguously that the behavior

is not acceptable and must stop
2. Treat the episodes as communication attempts and take
steps to interpret their meaning.
3. Develop a behavior contract with the student to reduce the
incidence of such episodes.
4. Recognize that the student may not be able to control such
behavior until he or she learns appropriate social skills.

92. A criterion-referenced test would be most useful in providing

information about

1. How a student’s performance compares to that of his or her

peers
2. The types of problem-solving strategies a student employs.
3. A student’s level of mastery of specific learning objectives.
4. Attitudinal factors that affect a student’s learning
93. Non-overlapping categories or intervals are known as ______.

1. Inclusive
2. Exhaustive
3. Mutually exclusive
4. Mutually exclusive and exhaustive

94. If a distribution is skewed to the left, then it is __________.

1. Negatively skewed
2. Positively skewed
3. Symmetrically skewed
4. Symmetrical

95. Which of the following is the best example of differentiating

instruction?

1. Exempting half the class from a homework assignment

2. Assigning different students to read certain chapters of a read-
aloud book
3. Asking all the boys to make a poster and all the girls to write
an essay
4. Allowing students to summarize a chapter with a poem,
essay, or cartoon

96. Which of the following activities is the best example of a summative

assessment?

1. An end of chapter test

2. Writing sentences using spelling words
3. Completing a homework assignment
4. Practicing how to write the directions for baking a cake
97. Using a student’s classwork as a means to evaluate progress and
adapt instruction is known as

1. curriculum-based assessment
2. standardized achievement testing
3. summative assessment
4. guided practice

98. Which of the following rewards would be most appropriate for fifth-
grade students who have demonstrated appropriate classroom
behavior?

1. Giving them ice-cream sandwiches as an afternoon treat

2. Assigning them no homework for an entire week
3. Excusing them from the next chapter test
4. Providing them with extra computer time

99. Learning disabilities are divided into three broad categories. One of
these categories is known as Specific Learning and an example of
this is:

1. Dyslexia
2. Mental Retardation
3. ADHD
4. Autistic spectrum disorders
100. Learningdisabilitiesaredividedintothreebroadcategories.
Oneoftheseisknownas Developmental Disorders and an example of
this is:

1. ADHD
2. Dyslexia
3. Mental Retardation
4. Autistic spectrum disorders

101. The aim of teaching English as per NCF 2005 is the creation of

1. Bilingualism
2. Multilingualism
3. English only
4. None of the above

102. Eliminate the terminology of pass-fail indicate lack of adequate

1. proficiency
2. efficiency
3. knowledge
4. all the above

103. Craft should be taught as

1. subject
2. project
3. class room exercise
4. All the above
104. Who proposed NCF as a means of evolving a national system of
education?

1. NPE 1986
2. NPE 1992
3. POA1992
4. all the above

105. What identity should the teacher education focus on

1. Professional identity
2. individual identity
3. educational identity
4. all the above

106. NCF2005 suggests that the Board Exams for X standard should be
made

1. compulsory
2. optional
3. not necessary
4. None of the above

107. NCF 2005 emphasizes that

1. Maths shall be taught to selective students

2. succeeding in Mathematics should be mandatory for every
child
3. students should be tested first for their logico mathematical
ability
4. Maths curriculum shall be separate for low achiever
108. ‘Tall shape of Mathematics’ mentioned in NCF, 2005 refers to

1. solving challenging problems

2. creating Maths game
3. providing hands-on experience
4. building of one concept on other

109. Who defined human motivation as “the study of ultimate human

goals”

1. Weber
2. Maslow
3. Taylor
4. Fayol

110. The Right to Education Act recently passed by our Parliament is an

extension of the following article of our Constitution

1. 13
2. 15
3. 45
4. 55

111. The title of the Report of Education Commission (1964-66) is

1. Learning without Burden

2. An Enlightened and Humane Society
3. Education and the People of India
4. Education and National Development
112. International Institute of Educational Planning is at

1. London
2. Paris
3. New York
4. New Delhi

113. Which Article of the Constitution envisages free and compulsory

education for children up to the age of 14 years?

1. Article 19
2. Article 31
3. Article 32
4. Article 45

114. In the subject centered curriculum, the important element is:

1. Division of knowledge
2. Mixing of activities
3. Influence of social values
4. Psychomotor development

115. "A person can move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings
for the enforcement of the Fundamental Rights if violated." This is a
provision in

1. Right to Equality
2. Right to Constitutional Remedies
3. Right against Exploitation
4. Right to Religious Freedom
116. The idea of ‘Democratic Decentralisation’ in India was popularised
by:

1. A.D. Gorwala Committee, 1951

2. Paul H. Appleby Committee, 1953
3. B.R. Mehta Committee, 1957
4. Ashok Mehta Committee, 1978

117. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India

safeguards the rights of Minorities to establish and run educational
institutions of their own liking?

1. Article 19
2. Article 29
3. Article 30
4. Article 31

118. Which strategic nation building initiative is NITI Aayog set to

launch to mentor students?

1. Mentor India Campaign

2. Student India Campaign
3. Teacher India Campaign
4. Coach India Campaign

119. On Teacher's Day 2017, which portal providing national digital

infrastructure for teachers was launched?

1. DIKSHA
2. SHIKSHA
3. GYAN
4. SHAKTI
120. What does MUSK stand for in the context of secondary and higher
education cess?

1. Madhyamik and Uttar ShikshaKosh

2. Madhyamik and UchchtarShikshaKosh
3. Madhyamik and UnnatiShikshaKosh
4. Madhyam and UchchtarShikshaKosh

121. What is the web portal address for supply of NCERT textbooks
launched in Aug 9, 2017?

1. www.ncertbooks.ncert.gov.in
2. www.ncertbooks.ncert.gov.com
3. www.ncertbooks.ncert.gov.co
4. www.ncertbooks.ncert.gov

122. What is the nationwide policy for general health launched in 2017
called?

1. National Health Programme 2017

2. National Health Policy 2017
3. National Health Plan 2017
4. National Health Yojana 2017

123. Which was the last five Year plan before the dissolution of planning
commission in 2014 to be replaced by NITI Aayog?

1. 12th Five Year Plan

2. 17th Five Year Plan
3. 10th Five Year Plan
4. 15th Five Year Plan
124. The National Mission for Saffron has been launched as a sub scheme
of which among the following programmes?

1. National Food Security Mission

2. National Horticulture Mission
3. RashtriyaKrishiVikasYojana
4. National Cash Crop Programme

125. A well-framed mission statement

1. defines specific performance objectives for the organization

2. delineates which managers are responsible for what activities
3. gives direction to a sense of purpose
4. defines the core principles on which the organization is
dependent

126. Productivity ultimately depends on both

1. efficiency and effectiveness

2. infrastructure and culture
3. people and money
4. satisfaction and revitalization

127. In Educational Management function of planning is ____?

1. Preparing for future for desired goals

2. Preparing for financial accounting
3. Preparing for welfare of the employees
4. Preparing for the grievances of the staff
128. Performance budget covers:
1. inputs only
2. outputs only
3. neither inputs nor outputs
4. inputs and outputs

129. The leader can be most confident that a group is functioning well
when

1. interpersonal and organizational conflicts do not occur

2. the reward system is more than adequate
3. the participants are interacting with each other on an
open basis
4. the leader and the participants are friendly toward each other

130. The teaching techniques or methods that are generally considered to

have the most direct impact on affective feelings are

1. discussion and dialogue

2. recitation and independent study
3. role playing and simulation
4. questioning and observation

131. A group of teachers cooperatively plan the best learning situation for
a particular student, discuss the plan with the student, and have the
student sign the written plan. Which of the following best describes
this process?

1. Individualizing unit teaching and assessment

2. Unit teaching with group instruction
3. Programmed instruction
4. Team teaching, individualized instruction with the
contract method
132. An elementary school principal is committed to a transformative
model of multicultural education. Which of the following actions
would be the most effective way to achieve this model?
1. Incorporating a range of cultural perspectives into the
curriculum
2. Initiating an annual cultural event that celebrates the diversity
of the student population
3. Arranging for prominent speakers to discuss cultural issues in
school assembly programs
4. Convening a diversity committee made up of parents and
community members

133. Which of the following is the most effective way for a school leader
to keep members of a committee focused and productive during a
meeting?
1. Providing committee members with an agenda in advance of
the meeting
2. Structuring the meeting around direct leading questions
3. Scheduling a specific amount of time to discuss each point on
the agenda
4. Establishing ground rules for handling questions,
comments, and discussions

134. Which of the following is the most effective method for a principal
to use when approving requests by individual teachers to attend
professional development activities?
1. Use teachers’ performance evaluations to determine if there is
a genuine need
2. Use students’ test results to determine if there is a genuine
need
3. Use criteria for prioritizing requests that were developed
in accordance with district policy
4. Use an application process where teachers present evidence
of their need to participate in the activity
135. The teachers at a district Elementary School have reported to the
principal that the Mid Day Meal vessels and glasses are often not
cleaned properly and the lack of proper sanitation methods has
become a safety concern in the kitchen. Which of the following
would be the principal’s best strategy for ensuring the Mid Day Meal
staff maintain the kitchen area safely?
1. Meet with the Mid Day Meal-incharge to develop a schedule
for assigning duties to the kitchen staff
2. Meet with the kitchen staff to review a revised plan for the
maintenance of the kitchen
3. Meet with the Mid DayMeal -incharge to communicate
specific concerns and to review expectations for safety and
cleanliness
4. Spot check the kitchen for cleanliness, taking punitive action
if it is not up to standard

136. Which of the following is the best initial action that a principal can
take to address a low level of parent involvement in school
activities?
1. Conducting a survey of the parents to determine their
perceptions of the school
2. Providing staff training on effective methods for
communicating with parents
3. Requiring staff to document the types and frequency of
contact with parents
4. Asking teachers for suggestions on how to improve parent
involvement

137. A principal who promotes a professional learning community on a

campus demonstrates characteristics of which of the following
leadership styles?

1. Authoritarian
2. Liberal
3. Laissez-faire
4. Transformational
138. Which Section of RTI Act deals with 'exemption from disclosure of
information'.

1. Section 8
2. Section 9
3. Section 11
4. Section 7

139. How many schedules does the `RTI Act, 2005` have?

1. 5
2. 10
3. 2
4. 8

140. Indian citizens have the right to information because of

1. Judgment of Supreme Court

2. Implementation of International Laws by Indian Government
3. All states adopted agree to implement the Act
4. A law passed by the Parliament of India.

141. Which was the first country to allow women to vote?

1. New Zealand
2. United Kingdom
3. USA
4. India
142. Only two countries have not ratified the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child: Somalia is one, what is the other?

1. USA
2. India
3. Sweden
4. Saudi Arabia

143. When is International Human Rights Day?

1. 8 March
2. 3 September
3. 1 October
4. 10 December

144. How many rights are there in the Universal Declarationof Human
Rights?

1. 15
2. 30
3. 35
4. 42

145. Bureaucracy means

1. the development of management functions and administrative

principles
2. a scientific way of dealing systems
3. a shared responsibility of authority and delegation
4. a hierarchy of command based on a rational-legal
authority structure
146. Which of the following Amendment Act makes the Right to
Education as fundamental right to all the children under the age of
6-14 years of age by inserting Article 21A to the Indian Constitution

1. 87th Amendment,2003
2. 88th Amendment,2003
3. 89th Amendment,2003
4. 86th Amendment,2002

147. As per the provisions of Right to Education (RTE) the nodal

academic authority of the state will be

1. NCERT
2. SCERT
3. DIET
4. SMC

148. What do you call a style of leadership that takes account of others'
views, opinions and ideas?

1. Laissez-faire
2. People-oriented
3. Democratic
4. Autocratic

149. How can you describe the thinking and outlook of transformational
leaders?

1. Strategic
2. Operational
3. Functional
4. Developmental
150. What are the key characteristics of transactional leaders?

1. Guiding, mentoring and motivating

2. Guiding, commanding and motivating
3. Guiding, demonstrating and motivating
4. Guiding, mentoring and demonstrating

151. Acquittance roll is used for

1. Salary disbursement
2. Stock
3. Govt. grants
4. Expenditures

152. The degree to which organizational resources contribute to

productivity is

1. Effectiveness
2. Efficiency
3. Out put
4. Production

153. Budgeting is an estimation of

1. Income and investment

2. Investment
3. Income and expenditure
4. All of the above
154. Who developed the interactionanalysis category system ineducation
for increasing theteacher effectiveness

1. Flander
2. Rayon
3. Amidon and Simon
4. Richard Over

155. Teacher behaviour ought tobe-

1. Administrative
2. Instructive
3. Idealistic
4. Directive

156. Which of the following expectation students have from

grouplearning ?

1. To get appreciation fromthe group

2. To distribute the workequally
3. To ignore individual viewpoint
4. To attract isolated studenttowards the group

157. Which of the following definitions best captures the definition of

active learning?

1. Students taking notes on a lecture.

2. All students in class being asked to speak, write, or reflect
on something.
3. All students in class working in groups on an assigned
activity.
4. All students being physically active in class.
158. In which of the following situations is a teacher most clearly using
reflection and self-assessment to improve professional practice?

1. A teacher asks another teacher to review his or her lesson

plans prior to instruction and provide feedback on planned
activities and materials.
2. A teacher engages in co-teaching with a more experienced
teacher when introducing particularly challenging content to
students.
3. A teacher reviews videos of his or her instruction with a
more experienced teacher to identify teaching strengths
and challenges.
4. A teacher creates a comprehensive description of activities
used during each grading period to submit to the school
principal.

159. Students are most likely to be intrinsically motivated to learn and

master subject matter when they:

1. know that they will be tested on their understanding of the

content in the near future.
2. believe that the work they are doing is interesting and
relates to their own lives.
3. perceive that their performance compares favorably with that
of peers engaged in the same tasks.
4. anticipate that they will receive positive reinforcement for
achieving instructional objectives.
160. A tenth class social studies teacher is introducing a long-term
project with several components. Students will be required to
conduct research and interviews on a self-selected topic, write a
report, and make an oral presentation. At this point in instruction, the
teacher can best promote all students' ability to achieve the goals of
the project by using which of the following strategies?

1. assigning students partners to provide support throughout the

project and scheduling regular times for the partners to meet
2. reassuring students that they possess all of the skills and
abilities needed to complete the project tasks
3. organizing project tasks in a step-by-step sequence and
providing students with directions and reminders for
completing each step
4. explaining to students how the objectives of the project fit
into a larger instructional plan

161. Eighth-grade science, social studies, and language arts teachers are
planning an integrated unit on the Industrial Revolution. This
instructional approach can be expected to enhance student learning
primarily by:

1. facilitating students' accelerated achievement of content

standards in multiple subject areas.
2. presenting students with tasks that are responsive to their
individual learning preferences.
3. promoting students' ability to apply a wide range of academic
problem-solving strategies.
4. connecting ideas for students in ways that make content
more authentic and meaningful.
162. Which of the following is the best example of a teacher applying a
constructivist approach to student learning?

1. A math teacher has students use hands-on materials and

real-world problems to acquire new concepts and practice
skills.
2. A language arts teacher provides students with a concrete
reward each time they turn in a written assignment that is free
of errors.
3. A social studies teacher uses visual aids and a logical
progression of ideas when presenting lectures about new or
unfamiliar topics.
4. A science teacher models the correct procedures for
performing complex experiments before having students
perform the experiments.

163. When planning a lesson, a teacher can best help ensure that
instruction will be effective and appropriate for students from a wide
range of socioeconomic backgrounds by asking himself or herself
which of the following questions?

1. Will the lesson include opportunities for interaction among

students from different backgrounds?
2. Will students have opportunities to ask questions and seek
clarification at various points in the lesson?
3. Will the lesson be structured in a way that allows students to
spend time working with self-selected peers to help process
new learning?
4. Will the examples used to illustrate and explore lesson
content be familiar and relevant to students with varied
life experiences?
164. A teacher regularly gives students brief quizzes of three to five
questions covering material taught in the current or preceding lesson.
Which of the following is likely to be the primary benefit of this
practice?

1. helping improve instruction through ongoing feedback on

teaching effectiveness
2. minimizing the amount of reteaching required for students to
master curricular content
3. ensuring that the teacher has adequate performance data to
assign students a fair grade for the class
4. enhancing students' engagement in the learning process and
recognition of key learning goals

165. Zone of Proximal Development was a concept introduced by

1. Bandura
2. Bransford
3. Vygotsky
4. Bruner

166. Who is the proponent of the Theory of Multiple Intelligence?

1. Charles E.Spearman
2. Howard Gardner
3. L.L. Thurstone
4. Robert J. Sternberg

167. Which of the following involves change in body movements,

gestures, speech pattern and interaction style?

1. Reinforcement
2. Stimulus variation
3. Illustration
4. Explanation
168. Brainstorming ideas on a topic will help to improve

1. Process skills
2. Language skills
3. Critical Thinking Skills
4. Creativity

169. Discourses provide exercises for improving

1. Information
2. Connections
3. Clarity
4. Language

170. Curriculum written as part of formal instruction of schooling

experience is known as

1. Hidden curriculum
2. Societal curriculum
3. Student curriculum
4. Explicit curriculum

171. Direct instruction model gives priority to

1. Critical Thinking
2. Mastery learning
3. Analytical thinking
4. Global learning
172. The smaller units in a programmed instruction is called

1. Prompt
2. Frames
3. Cues
4. Primes

173. Self-instructional strategies promote

1. Group learning
2. Peer group learning
3. Individual learning
4. Focus group learning

174. ________is a design approach whereby both face-to-face and online

learning are made better by the presence of the other.

1. Blended learning
2. E-learning
3. E-tutoring
4. Webinar

175. Which of the following theory recognize and address the need of
informal learning?

1. Behaviourist
2. Cognitive
3. Constructivist
4. Connectivist
176. Which is not a component of meta-cognition?

1. Preparing and planning for learning

2. Selecting and using learning strategies
3. Preparation and use of teaching aids
4. Evaluating strategy use and learning.

177. A posteriori knowledge is knowledge that is known by

1. analysis
2. evidence
3. experience
4. information

178 Which theory contributed to the development of cooperative

learning strategies?

1. Behaviorism
2. Constructivism
3. Cognitivism
4. Connectivism

179. Which test is designed to measure a student’s performance according

to a particular standard which has been agreed upon?

1. Criterion-referenced test
2. Norm-referenced test
3. Achievement test
4. Diagnostic test
180. In making judgments about the precision of a score on a test we need
to know

1. the reliability of the test for the purpose for which we are
using it
2. the standard deviation of scores on the test
3. the mean and standard deviation of scores on the test
4. the reliability of the test for the purposes for which we are
using it and thestandard deviation of scores on the test

181. A high coefficient alpha indicates that

1. the test has high generalizability

2. scores on the test are stable
3. the test has high internal consistency
4. the test has only one factor

182. Reliability of a test

1. can change if the range of scores on the test is smaller

relative to the original sample of scores
2. is an unchanging property of a test
3. changes from one administration of a test to another
4. will differ depending on the mean score of the sample or the
test

183. The correlation between scores on two variables varies

1. directly with the product of their reliabilities

2. directly with the square root of the product of their
reliabilities
3. inversely with the sum of their reliabilities
4. inversely with the square root of the lower of the two
reliabilities
184. Reliability is

1. relevant when considering the score a person obtains on a

test or other assessment device
2. relevant only when psychological test results are being
considered but not when expert judgements are employed
3. irrelevant for most practical decision making with
psychological tests
4. relevant for tests of intelligence only

185. Reliability of an assessment device can be improved within limits by

1. increasing its length (e.g. using more items)

2. decreasing the time taken to administer it
3. supplementing it with the judgment of the assessor
4. replacing it with the judgment of the assessor

186. An item that directs participants to different follow-up questions

depending on their response is called a ____________.

1. Response set
2. Probe
3. Semantic differential
4. Contingency question

187. If a test measures a single construct then:

1. The items should correlate with the total score

2. The items should not correlate with the total score
3. The test should not correlate with other measures of the same
construct
4. There must be a reliable alternative form.
188. The idea that social interaction plays an important role in cognitive
development was first put forward by …

1. Piaget
2. Chomsky
3. Vygotsky
4. Krashen

189. Which among the following can be a deterrent for language

learning?

1. language ego
2. risk taking
3. ambiguity tolerance
4. self-correction

190. Evaluating lesson plan effectiveness at the end of a lesson will not
help the teacher determine …

1. whatthe students actually learned

2. effectiveness of tasks
3. changes to be made in teaching
4. students’ levels of intelligence

191. The formula used to find kurtosis of a frequency distribution is

Q
1. Ku =
P90 - P10

Q
2. Ku =
P90 + P10

Q
3. Ku =
P10 - P90

P -P
4. Ku = 90 10
Q3
192. The word liberal in Latin means

1. Relating to Freedom
2. Relating to Justice
3. Relating to Virtues
4. Relating to Open-mind

193. In the minds of the ancient Greeks and Romans, a liberal arts
education includes

1. Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic

2. Arithmetic, Geometry, and Music
3. Philosophy, Rhetoric and Geometry
4. Astronomy, Geometry and Arts

194. The Socratic method, is also known as

1. Maieutics
2. Mnemonic
3. Mnemon
4. Mnasthai

195. In Plato's early dialogues, the technique Socrates uses to investigate

the nature or definition of ethical concepts such as justice or virtue is

1. the elenchus
2. theeuthyphro
3. thelogotherapy
4. the dialectics
196. A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are
methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as _____.

1. an argument
2. the Socratic method
3. the Socratic jest
4. a debate

197. It provides the opportunity to reflect on issues in terms of their

political, social, economical and moral aspects

1. creative pedagogy
2. reflective pedagogy
3. critical pedagogy
4. innovative pedagogy

198. As per Gandhiji, what is the mean of "Swaraj"?

1. Freedom for the country

2. Freedom for the meanest of the countrymen
3. Self Government
4. Complete Independence

199. Deschooling society was advocated by

1. Ivan Illich
2. Margaret Meat
3. Harold Shane
4. Daniel Bell
200. Who advocated the grass-roots approach for curriculum
development

1. Hilda Taba
2. Dewey
3. Alexander
4. Hunkin