CTET 2016 Paper 2 Social Studies Question Paper (Feb-21-2016) (Eng-Hin-Skt)

Question 1

Which one of the following is a good example of scaffolding (learning of a problem-solving task till the student is able to do it by herself)?

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Providing a half-solved example

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Offering a reward for solving the problem quickly

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Telling her that she can do it by trying again and again

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Telling her she cannot go home till she solves the problem

Question 2

Your class has learners with different learning styles. To assess them, you would give them

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a variety of tasks and tests

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a uniform set of instructions and subsequently label the children according to their marks in the test

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the same set of tasks and tests

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the same time to perform on the tests

Question 3

Nowadays there is a tendency to refer to 'wrong concepts' of children as 'alternative conceptions'. This could be attributed to-

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recognition that children are capable of thinking and their thinking is different from that of adults.

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children's understanding being nuanced and their being passive in their own learning.

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using fancy terms to describe children's errors.

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children being thought of as adult-like in their thinking.

Question 4

Which one of the following best describes a teacher's role in a middle school classroom?

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Providing opportunities for discussions

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Discouraging multiple perspectives and focusing on uni-dimensional perspective

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Using power point presentations to give lectures

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Promoting students to compete amongst themselves for the first position

Question 5

Which one of the following statements about motivation and learning is correct?

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Learning is effective only when the students have intrinsic motivation - a desire to learn from inside.

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Motivation does not have any role to play in learning.

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Learning is effective only when the students are motivated using external rewards.

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Learning is effective only when the students are extrinsically motivated - motivated by external factors.