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Socialization and Growing Up in Diverse Contexts — Mastery

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  1. Q1. 'Unanimity among agents' is listed as a feature of socialization. In the classroom this matters because

  2. Q2. Two children — one from a Sikh family in Amritsar and one from a Hindu family in Varanasi — learn different greetings (Sat Shri Akal vs Namaste). This example is used to make which BROADER claim?

  3. Q3. Developmental socialization is defined as the type in which the focus is on developing

  4. Q4. A Class 5 boy in Rampur watches cricketers on television, copies their batting stance and starts wearing his cap backwards like them, dreaming of joining the under-12 district team. A primary teacher should diagnose this as

  5. Q5. The unit's example for cultural socialization is that a Muslim child in India typically learns to greet by saying

  6. Q6. A primary teacher in Rampur is preparing a 'My Family' worksheet. Which combination shows ONLY non-traditional family structures (no traditional family)?

  7. Q7. Consider the two statements about affluent and low-income families: Statement A: Parents with greater financial resources show more warmth and less verbal/physical abuse than parents with lesser resources. Statement B: Children of affluent parents are at lesser risk of developing sociopathic tendencies than children from low-income families. Which is correct?

  8. Q8. Match the parenting style with its description: (P) Authoritative (i) Strict, demand unquestioning compliance, low warmth (Q) Authoritarian (ii) High warmth + balanced control + rules explained to the child (R) Permissive (iii) Do not respond to child's needs; no rules, no warmth (S) Neglectful (iv) Over-indulgent, warm, lenient, few demands

  9. Q9. Eight-year-old Manish in a slum in Hisar comes to school in unwashed clothes, has not eaten breakfast, has no notebook, and his parents have not turned up for any parent-teacher meeting in two years. The parenting style at home most likely is

  10. Q10. A primary teacher in Rampur says, 'I am strict like an authoritarian father at home — that is why my own son scored 95%. Therefore I will also be strict and demand unquestioning obedience from my Class 3 students; that will get them top marks too.' As per Sections 2.3.2 and 2.5.2.1, the teacher's reasoning is

  11. Q11. Nahida, a 9-year-old who fled the bombing of her village and lost most of her family, now has insomnia, nightmares and refuses to speak in class. What should the primary teacher recognise about Nahida's silence?

  12. Q12. Savitri, a 12-year-old girl from Bihar, was sent to Hisar (Haryana) as a domestic help and has been there for two years without going to school. A primary teacher in Hisar who suspects Savitri is in a neighbouring home should FIRST

  13. Q13. The idea that a child with disability 'can do anything that a non-disabled child can do — only in a different way' for a primary teacher in an inclusive Class 2 BEST translates into

  14. Q14. Which of the following is an effective strategy to reduce children's gender stereotyping and gender-role conformity?

  15. Q15. Children acquire gender roles through all of the following, except

  16. Q16. Jawaharlal Nehru's quote says that one can judge the status of a nation by

  17. Q17. Teachers in a diverse classroom are cautioned that non-verbal cues such as eye contact

  18. Q18. World literacy figures of 71.4% (female) and 82.7% (male) are cited to make the point that

  19. Q19. Which of the following is NOT a typical effect of growing up in a war zone?

  20. Q20. Eight-year-old Aarti's father in Hisar shouts at her for every small mistake, demands silent obedience and never lets her give her view. Aarti is MOST likely to show

  21. Q21. In Odisha, PREM runs residential hostels for tribal girls to keep them in school. A primary teacher in a tribal block should understand that, for tribal girls, the BIGGEST barrier to schooling is

  22. Q22. In order to address learners from diverse backgrounds, a teacher should

  23. Q23. Children coming from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds need a classroom environment which

  24. Q24. Consider a slum girl whose day is spent sweeping, cleaning and making tea while her brother goes to school. As a primary teacher, the MOST appropriate response to enrol this girl is to

  25. Q25. Consider the two statements about children in institutional care: Statement A: Children in orphanages often cannot trust adults and have difficulty forming permanent relationships. Statement B: Therefore, the best primary-classroom response is a single warm, consistent, predictable adult-child relationship over the whole school year, not frequent change of class teachers. Which is correct?

  26. Q26. The QUALITY of the parent-child relationship depends largely on parents being 'sensitive and responsive' to the child's needs. Reading this together with attachment and parenting styles, a primary teacher should conclude that

  27. Q27. A Class 3 teacher in Rampur says, 'We have a child with low vision in my class. Since the textbooks are not in large print, I make him sit at the back and ask him to just listen — this is the safest, most caring thing to do.' Evaluate this stance using Sections 2.5.3.4 and 2.6.

  28. Q28. A Class 2 boy in Rampur, Karan, lives with parents who are cohabiting and frequently change jobs and city; he has shifted school four times in two years. The PRIMARY teacher should diagnose the most likely classroom risk for Karan as

  29. Q29. Which of the following is an effective strategy to reduce children's gender stereotyping and gender-role conformity?

  30. Q30. A primary head-teacher in Rampur says, 'The Kaka Kalelkar Commission (1953) and the Mandal Commission (1989) noticed caste-based inequality decades ago — these are policy issues, not the primary classroom's concern. My job is only to teach maths and reading.' Using Sections 2.5.4 and 2.6, evaluate this view.

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