CTET 2021 Paper 2 Social Studies Question Paper (Jan-21-2022) (Eng-Hin-Skt)

Question 1

Assertion (A): It is important to focus on the development of children from infancy to adolescence.Reason (R): Even though the first few years of life are significant for development, from the point of view of brain plasticity, the whole of childhood and adolescence is a sensitive period.Choose the correct option.

Accepted Answer

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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(A) is true but (R) is false.

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Both (A) and (R) are false.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about socialization is correct?

Accepted Answer

Families and schools are major contributors to socialization but there are other agencies such as media and peers who have an important role.

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Schools are the primary agency of socialization of children.

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Media is not a very significant agency of socialization of children.

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Religious institutions do not play any role in socialization of children.

Question 3

In a progressive classroom, stress needs to be placed on creating an atmosphere where

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emotional needs of students are taken care of and they feel valued.

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stress is placed on &lsquo;performance goals&rsquo; and achievement in tests directs teacher's perception of students.

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the teacher leads and children follow passively.

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students are expected to 'learn for exams'.

Question 4

A child is shown a 3D model of three mountains. Another person is looking at the model from a different position. The child is asked to depict the other person's view of the model but is unable to do so correctly. According to Jean Piaget, this is illustrative of

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egocentricism

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animism

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object performance

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Hypothetical thinking

Question 5

Jean Piaget proposed that children's thinking is _______ that of adults.

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qualitatively different from

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not different from

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quantitatively different from

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quite similar to

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