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

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

Which of the following is predominantly a heredity related factor?

• Colour of the eyes

• Participation in social activities

• Attitude towards peer group

• Thinking pattern

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

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

Environmental factors that shape development include all of the following except

• quality of nutrition

• culture

• quality of education

• physique

Dyslexia is associated mainly with difficulties in

• hearing

• reading

• speaking

• speaking and hearing

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

A good textbook avoids

• gender equality

• social responsibility

• gender bias

• gender sensitivity

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