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Q1. Statement A: Growth stops with maturity, while development continues throughout the span of life. Statement B: Growth depends only on heredity and is not affected by maturation or learning., which is correct?
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Q2. Development is BEST described as
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Q3. In a class 4 classroom, the teacher notices that two same-aged children differ markedly in vocabulary, height and emotional control. the material would say this is BEST explained by
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Q4. A class 5 child who is repeatedly overwhelmed by fear, anger and jealousy shows declining performance in language, social and moral spheres too. In terms of internal factors, this teacher should record the root cause as
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Q5. A class 2 student in Rampur loses partial nervous-system function after a serious road accident, and the teacher then notices a decline in his social, emotional and moral behaviour as well. This case BEST illustrates
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Q6. Three teachers debate why a class 3 child shows persistent under-achievement. T1: 'It is purely her heredity — nothing can be done.' T2: 'Her parental and family care is poor — that is an external factor we can compensate for.' T3: 'It must be her gender — girls develop slower.' Whose framing is MOST appropriate?
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Q7. 's account of infancy, the spontaneous 'social smile' first appears in a baby at approximately
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Q8. An anganwadi worker reports that a 9-month-old baby cries loudly whenever her mother leaves the room, but the same baby was calm with strangers at 4 months. This change BEST illustrates
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Q9. Rapid vocabulary expansion is a distinctive feature of which developmental stage?
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Q10. A primary teacher in a Bihar village school notices her class 4 children are restless and cannot sit still for long classroom lessons. In the context of later childhood, the BEST response is
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Q11. An infant of about 10 months has learnt to hold a small piece of biscuit between her first two fingers instead of using the whole hand. In the context of infancy, this fine-motor milestone is called
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Q12. Which set of activities, BEST represents 'symbolic skills' as a category of childhood skill?
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Q13. Which of the following BEST captures the emotional pattern of a 4-year-old?
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Q14. A class 5 teacher complains that her boys spend recess in a fixed peer-group of their own, ignoring teacher-imposed seat arrangements. In terms of educational implications, the most appropriate teacher stance is to
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Q15. A primary teacher in Rampur tells parents: 'Every child is born with his/her own strengths and rate of development. My role is to respect that individuality, not to compare children with one another.' Which combination of ideas does this position MOST directly draw on?
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Q16. Growth is best defined as
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Q17. Which of the following statement is correct in context of development?
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Q18. A primary teacher records weekly height and weight, but cannot 'measure' a child's growing sense of responsibility. This contrast is explained by which row of the growth-vs-development distinction?
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Q19. Physical growth and development follow the ____ and ____ principles of development.
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Q20. A class 4 child quickly picks up the values, gestures and language of the people around her — at home, in school, and on the village playground. This readiness to learn from social contact reflects which internal factor of growth and development?
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Q21. Two policy briefs are placed before a Block Education Officer. Brief A says: 'Iron-folic-acid supplements, regular health check-ups and clean drinking water at school directly affect children's growth and development.' Brief B says: 'Once a child is born, the physical environment and medical care play no role; only heredity matters.' The more defensible position is
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Q22. The primary cause of individual variations is
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Q23. In early childhood, growth ____ and thinking is ____, while in middle (later) childhood, growth ____ and thinking is ____.
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Q24. A class 1 teacher in Rampur gives her children small pegs to insert into a board, beads to thread on a string and buttons to fasten on cloth strips. She is mainly developing which kind of motor skill?
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Q25. Basic eye-hand coordination — being able to see an object and reach for it accurately — typically appears in the infant by about
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Q26. A class 4 student in Rampur tells the truth about a broken window even when scolding is certain. Moral development during later childhood explains this BEST as
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Q27. A class 3 teacher decides to keep separate folders for each child — recording each child's reading pace, drawing style and favourite group role — and uses these to plan tasks. She is acting on which educational implication?
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Q28. A primary teacher first lets class 1 children identify any animal in the picture as 'four-legged animal', then teaches them to discriminate 'cow', 'goat', 'dog'. This sequence reflects which dual principle-and-implication pair?
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Q29. A class 4 teacher in a Bihar village organises a visit to the local panchayat office, a community library afternoon and a clean-up walk along the canal. These represent the teacher acting on which implication of later-childhood development?
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Q30. Three approaches to managing a class 5 group are debated. Approach P: 'Strict authority — children obey, no opinions taken.' Approach Q: 'Democratic — listen to children, allow them to share decisions about class rules and reinforce desirable behaviour.' Approach R: 'Total freedom — no rules at all, children do whatever they wish.' Considering the role of the teacher, the most defensible approach is
