Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following is predominantly a heredity related factor?

  • Colour of the eyes

  • Participation in social activities

  • Attitude towards peer group

  • Thinking pattern


A.

Colour of the eyes

Heredity is genetic information passing for traits from parents to their offspring. In humans, eye color is an example of an inherited characteristic. Inherited traits are controlled by genes and the complete set of genes within an organism's genome is called its genotype.


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Dyslexia is associated mainly with difficulties in

  • hearing

  • reading

  • speaking

  • speaking and hearing


The major frustration that children with hearing loss, face in the classroom is

  • the inability to communicate or share information with others

  • the inability to take examinations with other students

  • the inability to read the prescribed textbook

  • the inability to participate in sports and games


Environmental factors that shape development include all of the following except

  • quality of nutrition

  • culture

  • quality of education

  • physique


Seema learns every lesson very quickly but Leena takes longer to learn them. It denotes the developmental principle of

  • individual differences

  • inter-relationships

  • continuity

  • general to specific


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Teachers should study the errors of their students as they often indicate the

  • pathways for ability grouping

  • need for a differentiated curriculum

  • extent of their knowledge

  • remedial strategies needed


The stage of cognitive development, according to Piaget, in which a child displays 'object permanence' is

  • concrete operational stage

  • formal operational stage

  • sensorimotor stage

  • pre-operational stage


Inclusive education refers to a school education system that

  • encourages education of children with special needs through exclusive schools

  • emphasizes the need to promote the education of the girl child only

  • includes children with disability

  • includes children regardless of physical, intellectual, social, linguistic or other differently-abled conditions


Gifted students will realise their potential

  • when they are tested frequently

  • they learn with other students

  • they are segregated from other students

  • they attend private coaching classes


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A good textbook avoids

  • gender equality

  • social responsibility

  • gender bias

  • gender sensitivity