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Developing Creativity in Children — Mastery

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  1. Q1. 'Cutting jokes', writing Haiku verses and limericks are examples of which form of creativity?

  2. Q2. In the Archimedes illustration of creative thinking, before working on the king's gold problem he first read books, recalled what he had learned about water displacement and gathered all relevant prior knowledge. This stage is BEST called

  3. Q3. The 'creative product approach' studies creativity by examining the END-RESULT of creative effort. The approach therefore implies which of the following?

  4. Q4. In a Class 5 brainstorming session on 'how to make our school garden grow better', Aman suggests using kitchen waste as compost. Building on Aman's idea, Priya says, 'And we can compost the school mid-day-meal leftovers too.' Priya has best demonstrated which of Osborn's four ideation principles?

  5. Q5. After reading a short passage on Mahatma Gandhi's life, a Class 5 teacher in Rampur asks the children: 'If Gandhiji were living today, what would he say about plastic pollution in our village?' This question BEST fits the category of

  6. Q6. List of six creative abilities, the ability to 'raise many questions in a given situation' is called

  7. Q7. Davis reports: 90% of five-year-olds are highly creative, but only 2% of 25-year-olds are. A school principal concludes: 'Creativity is a fixed inborn trait that simply dies as a child ages.' EVALUATE this conclusion — it is

  8. Q8. A primary school teacher poses four questions to her Class 5 children. Among the divergent-question category, which one invites the children to think CRITICALLY and CREATIVELY?

  9. Q9. The creative person approach lists self-confidence, dominance and independence as traits of creative children. How can the needs of gifted and creative children be addressed? The correct answer is

  10. Q10. Asked to describe a simple sketch of a house, Priya writes one line: 'It is a house.' Ravi writes seven lines describing the wooden door, the tulsi plant on the courtyard, the smoke from the chimney, the mother kneading dough and the cat on the wall. Ravi shows MORE of which creative ability than Priya?

  11. Q11. The five-step model closes with a remark that 'creativity in general is against the rigid social control mechanisms of the environment.' The MOST defensible reading of this remark for a primary teacher is

  12. Q12. A Class 4 teacher in Bihar asks students to compose their own riddles by comparing two unrelated objects — for example, 'I am hot but I never burn; I am bright but I have no fire — who am I?' (Sun). This activity is BEST classified as practising

  13. Q13. ICT (Information and Communication Technology) can play a major role in developing creativity. According to the unit, which of the following lists belongs to the 'ICT tools' that primary teachers in low-resource Indian classrooms can use?

  14. Q14. A teacher tries four strategies to support creative learners in her Class 5. According to the eight-question framework, which strategy BEST encourages creativity?

  15. Q15. Ms. Asha teaches Class 1, Class 3 and Class 5 in the same village school in Rampur. She finds that her Class 1 children freely make up wild stories and jokes, her Class 3 children do so less, and her Class 5 children rarely produce anything not in the textbook. Which DIAGNOSIS-and-REMEDY pair is BEST supported?

  16. Q16. After gathering prior knowledge about gold and water, Archimedes focused his attention on the king's specific problem and tried to move from what was already known to what was still unknown about pure gold. This step of creative thinking is called

  17. Q17. A primary teacher in Rampur asks her Class 5 children: 'Is a month a mile? Justify your answer.' This question BEST fits which category of creativity-fostering questions?

  18. Q18. A Class 5 teacher tells her children: 'By the year 2050 our village road may become so crowded that buses cannot move. Design a tunnel system through the hill that solves this traffic problem.' This is BEST classified as which type of creativity-fostering question?

  19. Q19. Name the first two psychologists abroad who began to assess creativity, one of whom is linked with the 'Structure of Intellect' model. They are

  20. Q20. A teacher gives Class 5 children an old cloth and an empty plastic bottle and asks them to list every possible use they can think of. This is the Passi 'Unusual Uses' sub-test, and it directly measures TWO of the six creative abilities — namely

  21. Q21. For Osborn-style brainstorming with primary children to be effective, the ideal arrangement is

  22. Q22. Asked to develop creativity through writing, a primary teacher follows three steps with her Class 5 children: (i) the children freely jot down all the ideas that come to their minds about 'rainy day'; (ii) they group similar ideas into clusters; (iii) they recombine the clusters into a fresh paragraph that no one else has written. This is BEST described as

  23. Q23. Creativity cannot grow if the school day is filled only with scholastic (textbook) work. According to the CTET PYQ aligned to this unit, mathematics in particular can develop creativity when it is treated as

  24. Q24. In the Passi 'Consequences' sub-test, the teacher asks children: 'What would happen if all people on the earth suddenly became mad?' or 'What would happen if everyone became invisible?' This sub-test PRIMARILY measures

  25. Q25. A teacher in Rampur tells a parent: 'Creativity cannot be taught. Either a child is born creative or she is not. There is no point in teaching five steps or any technique.' EVALUATE this claim — it is

  26. Q26. Research finds that creative men show some traits that society labels 'feminine' (sensitivity, emotional openness) while creative women show some traits that society labels 'masculine' (independence, dominance). The MOST defensible reading for a primary teacher in Rampur is

  27. Q27. Rohan, a Class 4 child in Rampur, notices that the school water-tank tap drips at night and wastes water, and he points out the problem before any teacher sees it. Among the six creative abilities, Rohan has BEST demonstrated

  28. Q28. Four primary teachers in Rampur each ask their Class 5 children one question in an EVS lesson on water. Which question would rate HIGHEST for fostering creativity? A. 'How many states and how many capitals are there in our country?' B. 'Where does the water come from in your city?' C. 'What is the name of your country and its location on the map?' D. 'Which of these can be the best way to save water — and why?'

  29. Q29. Match the theorist/test with the contribution to creativity assessment: I. J. P. Guilford II. E. P. Torrance III. Baqer Mehdi and B. K. Passi P. First Indian researchers to develop a battery of creativity sub-tests including Seeing Problems, Unusual Uses, Consequences and Inquisitiveness Q. Structure of Intellect model in which divergent production is identified as the operation underlying creativity R. Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, scoring fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration

  30. Q30. Many puzzles need a 'catch' to solve — a small unconventional insight that converts the familiar setting into a strange one. A Class 5 teacher decides to use such catch-based puzzles regularly. This practice MOST clearly develops

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