CTET NOVEMBER 2012 QUESTION PAPER SOLUTION PAPER-1 : CHILD DEVELOPMENT Question No in Set Questions (correct answers are in bold letters) E F G H Theory of multiple intelligences implies the following except 14 01 22 26 (1) Intelligence is a distinct set of processing operations used by an individual to solve problems (2) Disciplines should be presented in a number of ways (3) Learning could be assessed through a variety of means (4) Emotional intelligence is not related to IQ Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H A child of 16 years scores 75 in an IQ test; his mental age will be________ years 11 02 25 30 (1) 12 (2) 8 (3) 14 (4) 15 Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Which one of the following optimizes motivation to learn ? 13 03 23 29 (1) Personal satisfaction in meeting targets (2) Extrinsic factor (3) Motivation to avoid failure (4) Tendency to choose very easy or difficult goals Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Smallest unit of meaning in a language is 10 04 21 24 (1) Pragmatics (2) Syntax (3) Morpheme (4) Phoneme Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H IQ scores are generally ________ correlated with academic performance. 12 05 24 25 (1) Least (2) Perfectly (3) Highly (4) Moderately Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Successful inclusion requires the following except 21 06 27 17 (1) Involvement of parents (2) Capacity building (3) sensitization (4) Segregation Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to encourage disadvantage children to attend school regularly ? 20 07 30 10 (1) A child collector employed by the school, must bring children from homes everyday (2) Paying rupees 5 per day to attract children (3) Opening residential schools (4) Not allowing children to attend school may be made a legally punishable offence Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H The best way to avoid gender discrimination in a school may be 19 08 28 11 (1) Formation of a rule to shun gender discrimination in the school and enforce it strictly (2) Selection of more boys than girls for a music competition (3) Metacognition of their gender-biased behavior by teachers (4) Recruitment of equal number of male and female teachers Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Gifted students are 04 09 06 05 (1) Non-assertive of their needs (2) Independent in their judgments (3) Independent of teachers (4) Introvert in nature Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H The up-scaling of performance in the scholastic areas on the basis of performance in co-scholastics areas can be justified as 22 10 29 12 (1) It follows the policy of compensatory discrimination for the marginalized students (2) It ensures universal retention (3) It develop respect for manual labour (4) It cater to individual differences Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H In the information processing Model of thinking, the following steps are said to take place : 1) Response execution 2) Response selection 3) Pre-processing 4) Categorization 03 11 07 07 (1) C,A,D,B (2) D,C,B,A (3) C,D,B,A (4) B,D,C,A Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H A cannot distinguish between saw and was, nuclear and unclear. She/he is suffering from 02 12 04 08 (1) Dyslexemia (2) Dysmorphemia (3) Dyslexia (4) Word jumbling disorder Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Learning disabilities are generally found 01 13 08 09 (1) More often in children belonging to rural areas as compared to urban areas (2) In specially those children whose parental relatives have such problems (3) In children with average to superior IQ (4) More often in boys as compared to girls Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H An empowering school will promote which of the following qualities the most in its teachers 17 14 17 23 (1) Tendency to experiment (2) Memory (3) Disciplined nature (4) Competitive attitude Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Adolescents may experience 07 15 14 02 (1) Feeling of self-actualization (2) Feeling of satiation about life (3) Anxiety and concern about themselves (4) Feeling of fear about sins committed in childhood Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Orthopedically impaired children are likely to have 06 16 15 03 (1) Dyslexia (2) Dysgraphia (3) dysthymia (4) Dyscalculia Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Partial reinforcement 05 17 16 04 (1) Work best in training animals (2) Is more effective than continuous reinforcement (3) Is less effective than continuous reinforcement (4) Cannot be applied in actual classrooms Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Vygotsky theory implies 09 18 13 06 (1) Child will learn best in the company of children having IQ lesser than his/her own (2) Collaborative problem solving (3) Individual assignments to each student (4) After initial explanation, do not support a child in solving difficult questions. Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Monika, a maths teacher, asks Radhika a question. On not getting any answer from Radhika, she quickly moves on and asks mohan another question. She rewords her question after realizing that mohan is struggling to find the answer. This tendency of Monika reflects that she is 18 19 09 22 (1) Supporting gender stereotyping of roles by favouring mohan (2) Trying not to put Radhika in an embarrassing situation (3) Well aware of the fact that Radhika is not capable of answering questions (4) Slightly nervous about her question Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Assessment for learning takes into account the following except 16 20 10 27 (1) Mistake of students (2) Learning styles of students (3) Strengths of students (4) Needs of students Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H One of the identical twin brothers is adopted by a socio-economically rich family and the other by a poor family. After one year, which one of the following may be most likely observed about their IQ scores ? 15 21 11 28 (1) Socio-economic level does not affect the IQ score (2) The boy with rich socio-economic family will score greater than the boy with poor family (3) Both of them will score equally (4) The boy with poor family will score greater than the boy with rich socio-economic family Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Which one of the following is an example of a fine motor skill ? 08 22 12 01 (1) Climbing (2) Hopping (3) Running (4) Writing Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Which of the following characteristics is the hallmark of the problem-solving approach? 30 23 05 18 (1) The problem is based on only one principle/topic (2) There is an implicit hint given in the problem statement (3) The problem is original (4) There is usually one approach for getting the right answer Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Which o the following is true in relation of errors made by children? 29 24 01 21 (1) Correcting every error would take too much time and be tiresome a teacher (2) Errors can be corrected by children themselves, therefore teacher should not immediately correct them (3) If a teacher is not able to correct all errors In the classroom it indicates that the system of teacher education has failed (4) A teacher should not notice every error otherwise syllabus will not be covered Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H In order to instill a positive environment in a primary class, a teacher should 27 25 03 20 (1) Narrate stories with positive endings (2) Wish each child in the morning (3) Not discriminate and set the same goal for every child (4) Allow them to make groups on their own on the basis of sociometry during group activities Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H While selecting material for the portfolio of students _______of ______should be there. 23 26 26 13 (1) Inclusion; parents (2) Exclusion; students (3) Inclusion; other teachers (4) Inclusion; students Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Which would be the best first theme to start with in a nursery class 28 27 02 19 (1) My best friend (2) My neighbourhood (3) My school (4) My family Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Learners who demonstrate an earnest desire for increased knowledge and academic competence are said to have a 26 28 19 14 (1) Work-avoidance orientation (2) Mastery orientation (3) Performance-approach orientation (4) Performance-avoidance orientation Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H A teacher can make problem-solving fun for students by doing all the following except 25 29 20 15 (1) Providing open ended material (2) Giving time for free play (3) Proving endless opportunities for creative thinking (4) Expecting perfection from the students while they are trying to do things by themselves Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com E F G H Of the following the greatest advantage of interdisciplinary instruction is that 24 30 18 16 (1) Teachers are less likely to feel over whelmed by the multiplicity of topics needed to be addressed in a traditional curriculum (2) Students are less likely to develop a dislike for particular topics of different subject areas (3) Teachers are permitted greater flexibility in planning lessons and activities (4) Students are given opportunities to generalize and apply newly learned knowledge in multiple contexts Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com CTET NOVEMBER 2012 QUESTION PAPER SOLUTION PAPER-1 : Mathematics Question Number CORRECT ANSWER E F G H 31 40 58 55 2020 32 39 57 54 1440 33 36 60 60 274 34 38 56 53 217 35 55 43 33 13 hours and 48 minutes Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 36 57 41 35 4 37 54 44 32 4 38 56 42 31 3 litres 30 millititres 330 millilitres CTET NOVEMBER 2012 QUESTION PAPER SOLUTION PAPER-1 : Environmental Science 39 35 55 59 3 40 34 54 58 Rs.105/- Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 41 33 53 57 400 42 37 59 56 4 times 43 53 40 37 13 44 58 45 34 390 45 52 39 36 10 Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 46 32 38 52 Operating phase 47 31 37 51 Child is a careful listener but has not established sense of place value 48 41 48 46 From system concept algorithm operation 49 44 52 50 Is an open ended question as it has more than one answer 50 60 47 45 Operations on fractions are taught without contextualization and language support Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 51 59 46 44 If both the divisor and the dividend are increased or decreased by power of 10, the quotient remains the same 52 51 33 40 Group project and group discussion 53 47 35 42 Is correct as he rightly pointed out the mark 5cm on the ruler 54 46 34 41 Needs personal attention 55 43 51 49 Can differentiate between line, ray and line segment and can define them Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 56 45 50 48 Help the student to understand quadrilateral form different perspectives 57 42 49 47 Analytic level 58 48 36 43 Knowledge and some degree of cognitive efforts 59 50 32 39 Survey based project 60 49 31 38 Helps the student to listen to each others opinion and encourages them to present their argument Question Number CORRECT ANSWER E F G H 61 73 90 87 October to December 62 72 89 86 Coal 63 71 88 85 Meghalaya 64 76 86 83 10; 200 65 63 79 90 Rebuilding old lakes Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com CTET NOVEMBER 2012 QUESTION PAPER SOLUTION PAPER-1 : English as first language 66 62 78 89 B, C, D 67 61 77 88 Barren 68 90 83 67 Coloured paste of powered rice 69 89 82 64 Dengue, Malaria, Chikungunya 70 88 81 66 Smelly, thick, dark coloured oil Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 71 87 80 65 B, A and C 72 68 71 80 979 km, 15 hours 15 minutes 73 70 70 79 Uzbekistan 74 67 76 77 Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin 75 77 85 82 D, A and B Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 76 65 84 81 Inclusive education 77 74 87 84 Learning as a social activity 78 66 74 76 Provide a creative channel for learner 79 65 73 75 Correlation and transfer of knowledge 80 69 72 78 Divergent thinking Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 81 64 75 74 Physique 82 84 65 63 Individual Differences 83 83 69 62 Higher achievement and self-esteem 84 86 68 68 Reading 85 82 67 61 Promote the ability to imagine and explore the nature of the world at the local and global level Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 86 81 64 72 Utilize maximum number of senses to enhance learning 87 80 63 71 Portfolios 88 85 66 73 Explaining through lectures 89 79 62 70 Focus exclusively on experiments 90 78 61 69 Inbuilt in topics Question Number CORRECT ANSWER E F G H 91 112 97 106 The clock doesnt work 92 113 98 107 93 114 99 108 The subject was pre-occupied with some personal work and was impatient with others at the dinner table 94 115 100 109 Narrative 95 116 101 110 That it wasnt working at all CTET NOVEMBER 2012 QUESTION PAPER SOLUTION PAPER-1 : Hindi as first language Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 96 117 102 111 Silver 97 118 103 112 Giving a worksheet where students use the idiom in a number of situation 98 119 104 113 Hum 99 120 105 114 Was convinced her mother was more attuned to the mechanical working of the clock-not the time 100 106 91 115 illicit Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 101 107 92 116 Strong emotions influence one negatively 102 108 93 117 illicit nectar 103 109 94 118 Being attacked by a human enemy 104 110 95 119 illicit 105 111 96 120 Flavouring Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 106 93 108 Appropriate gestures 107 94 109 Rhetorical 108 95 110 Could you possibly pass me the newspaper ? 109 96 111 Relates language function with politeness 110 91 112 However Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 111 92 113 Walking 112 102 114 Roles of the subject and object in both sentences 113 103 115 Individual/team work 114 104 106 Using synonyms or euphemisms 115 105 107 Read superficially for the general meaning Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 116 97 119 The second speaker 117 98 120 Proposition 118 99 116 Report 119 100 117 Concrete 120 101 118 With larger goals and processes of educational programmes Question Number CORRECT ANSWER E F G H 91 106 112 97 7 1, c 92 107 113 98 7 | | | 4| | | 93 108 114 99 94 109 115 100 c 95 110 116 101 1 7g Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 96 111 117 102 q 97 112 118 103 98 113 119 104 99 114 120 105 100 115 106 91 c| | Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 101 116 107 92 1 102 117 108 93 103 118 109 94 104 119 110 95 105 120 111 96 | Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 106 93 93 109 @ 1 107 94 94 108 7 | 108 105 95 111 | @ 109 103 96 106 7 1| 9 9 110 102 91 107 | 9 Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 111 104 92 110 | 112 100 104 120 9| 113 101 102 118 | 114 98 103 119 | | +, 1 115 99 105 117 | || l | | H c Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 116 95 98 113 117 96 99 112 118 97 101 115 9 | 0 9H 4 119 91 97 116 7 F| 9 120 92 100 114 CTET NOVEMBER 2012 QUESTION PAPER SOLUTION PAPER-1 : English as Second language Question Number CORRECT ANSWER E F G H 121 136 127 142 Standing in the river 122 137 128 143 Cleaned 123 138 129 144 Credit Card 124 139 130 145 Loss of the wallet, for its owner who had given up his/her holiday 125 140 131 146 Found out about him through various sources Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 126 141 132 147 A farm urn without any profit 127 142 133 148 Giving up a destructive lifestyle 128 143 134 149 The reality did not live up to his imagination 129 144 135 150 Lift 130 145 121 136 Indebtedness Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 131 146 122 137 Recruiting and training moral personnel to help the special needs children 132 147 123 138 The skills to cope with everyday challenges 133 148 124 139 Special training equipment designed for disabled children 134 149 125 140 Product 135 150 126 141 Assistive Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 136 127 142 134 Hyperbole 137 125 150 133 Beer 138 124 143 135 For the sake of effect with no answer needed 139 126 149 131 So 140 123 136 132 Is a technique intended to simulate the environment in which children learn their native language Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 141 131 146 121 To subsume the languages that a child acquires naturally from her/his home and societal environment 142 129 137 126 When students are listening to a recording of a natural conversation 143 128 147 123 An information transfer activity 144 130 138 122 General impression of a students ability 145 121 148 125 /ae/ Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 146 122 139 124 Summarizing 147 135 144 130 Quietly note down the mistakes and hold a remedial class CTET NOVEMBER 2012 QUESTION PAPER SOLUTION PAPER-1 : Hindi as Second language for the erring students 148 132 140 127 Students possess different abilities, personalities and come from a variety of backgrounds 149 134 145 128 May explore their own interests according to their own experience, background and perspective while spending considerable time navigation for content 150 133 141 129 Form their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences Question Number CORRECT ANSWER E F G H 121 143 128 136 1 q| 1 1 122 144 129 137 q| 123 145 130 138 q| 4 | 124 146 131 139 | 125 147 132 140 Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 126 148 133 141 *, ~ 127 149 134 142 q+| 128 150 135 143 129 136 121 144 1 130 137 122 145 7 9 Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com 131 138 123 146 132 139 124 147 133 140 125 148 c 134 141 126 149 135 142 127 150 7 Downloaded from http://onlineteachers.co.in and http://ctetonline.com Note : These answers are provided by our site users. 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