Life Skills Education — Mastery

Q1. Life skills help adolescents face life's problems with which combination of inner resources?

• A. Money, marks and medals.
• B. Strengths, capabilities and a positive attitude.
• C. Speed, stamina and silence.
• D. Memorisation, mimicry and obedience.

Q2. Meena, a class 7 girl, has fragile self-esteem. Which combination of teacher actions is MOST consistent with the named ways to BUILD her self-esteem?

• A. Set realistic and meaningful goals with her, help her see her strengths honestly, and give her constructive feedback.
• B. Tell her she is the best in class regardless of evidence, and shield her from any criticism.
• C. Constantly compare her with top-rankers so she works harder out of shame.
• D. Punish her every time she expresses self-doubt so she stops doing it.

Q3. CBSE's CCE (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation, 2010) listed which categories of skills as part of co-scholastic assessment that overlap with life skills?

• A. Vocational tailoring, carpentry and weaving.
• B. Thinking skills, social skills and emotional skills.
• C. Sports records and physical-fitness ranks.
• D. Only academic subject marks.

Q4. A class 8 history teacher wants to use the INFUSION approachwhile teaching the chapter on colonialism. Her BEST design is to

• A. Skip the content and only debate whether colonialism was good or bad.
• B. First teach the meaning and process of colonisation, then extend the lesson by asking students to weigh the pros and cons and judge whether it was a curse or a blessing.
• C. Ban any discussion of pros and cons and stick strictly to dates.
• D. Add a separate 'life skills' period and never touch the topic in history class.

Q5. When two adolescents listen empathically to each other, the state of comfort that grows between them is called 'rapport'. Once such rapport is established, the two will be able to

• A. Stop talking to each other for ever.
• B. Study together cooperatively because they understand each other's perspectives.
• C. Hide their real feelings and compete more aggressively.
• D. Forget everything they read in their textbooks.

Q6. Two class 8 boys, Rahul and Imran, fight in the corridor — Rahul claims Imran broke his pen, Imran says it was already cracked. Teacher Sunita applies the five-step collaborative conflict-resolution sequence. Which choice CORRECTLY orders her first three actions?

• A. (1) Brainstorm alternatives → (2) Confront the conflict → (3) Take action.
• B. (1) Confront the conflict together → (2) Let each boy state his perspective so each understands the other → (3) Define the problem in mutually acceptable terms.
• C. (1) Take immediate action → (2) Punish both equally → (3) Forget the matter.
• D. (1) Define the problem → (2) Take action → (3) Confront the conflict.

Q7. A class 8 student council must decide how to spend a small school grant. Map their actions to the four-step decision-making model: (P) They list — 'should we buy science kits, sports gear or library books'. (Q) They first notice that the grant exists and a choice has to be made. (R) They write down the decision precisely as 'How should the Rs 5,000 grant be best spent for class 8?' (S) They weigh each option's cost and educational value and pick one. Which sequence matches the model order (Problem-finding → Problem-stating → Option-finding → Decision-making)?

• A. Q → R → P → S
• B. P → Q → R → S
• C. R → Q → P → S
• D. S → P → R → Q

Q8. Life skills enable a young person to do TWO core things in everyday life. They are

• A. Memorise textbooks and write longer answers in exams.
• B. Make informed decisions and cope with / manage the demands and challenges of life.
• C. Earn more money and rise faster in jobs.
• D. Speak fluent English and write in cursive.

Q9. A class 7 boy with a stammer is being mocked daily by three classmates. The teacher sits the class in a circle and asks each classmate, including the three mockers, to imagine and say out loud what the boy must be feeling. This 'empathy-circle' is MOST DIRECTLY designed to build

• A. Vocational skills.
• B. The ability to see reality from the other person's perspective — the essence of empathy.
• C. Mathematical reasoning.
• D. Aggressive refusal to share notebooks.

Q10. A self-aware person as one who

• A. Knows everything about world history.
• B. Has gathered knowledge of his/her own character, strengths and weaknesses.
• C. Has the highest marks in class.
• D. Imitates the behaviour of popular peers.

Q11. The COLLABORATIVE style of managing conflict is considered the best style because it ends in a 'win-win' outcome. Which of the following classroom approaches by an upper-primary teacher best reflects this collaborative style?

• A. She tells one quarrelling student he is right and the other he is wrong, ending the matter quickly.
• B. She helps both parties confront the conflict, voice their views, jointly define the problem, brainstorm options and choose one acceptable to both.
• C. She avoids the conflict entirely and tells the children to 'just forget it'.
• D. She forces the stronger student to apologise without hearing the weaker student.

Q12. A class 7 teacher in Rampur runs a 15-minute classroom 'brainstorming' on the prompt 'How can we reduce paper wastage at school?' She asks students to call out as many ideas as possible without judging any. Which characteristic of creativity is she primarily exercising?

• A. Memorisation, by recalling textbook lines.
• B. Fluency — producing many ideas/responses to the same question (divergent thinking).
• C. Obedience — repeating the teacher's own idea.
• D. Silence — keeping the classroom quiet.

Q13. Which Government of India flagship programme is credited with providing life-skills training to upper-primary GIRLS (classes VI-VIII) in some states?

• A. Mid-Day Meal Scheme.
• B. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
• C. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao only.
• D. Operation Blackboard.

Q14. A class 7 teacher in a Rampur school sees rising peer-pressure incidents around gutka and tobacco. She is choosing between FOUR lesson plans. Which plan is the MOST sound on life-skills criteria?

• A. Plan A: A 40-minute lecture listing the medical harms of tobacco, ending with a written test the next day.
• B. Plan B: A short conceptual input on assertiveness and 'saying no' to negative peer pressure, followed by role-plays where students rehearse refusing tobacco from older peers in different scenarios, then a guided debrief.
• C. Plan C: Showing a movie about tobacco and asking students to write a 500-word essay at home.
• D. Plan D: Holding a surprise inspection of school bags every Monday to catch any student carrying tobacco.

Q15. A class 8 girl says to a friend who repeatedly pressures her to lend her homework for copying: 'I respect your friendship, but I will not let you copy my homework. If you need help, I will explain the questions to you.' Her response is classified as

• A. Aggressive — she is hurting her friend's feelings.
• B. Submissive — she has agreed to help in any form.
• C. Assertive — she is standing up for her own rights while remaining conscious of her friend's right to support.
• D. Empathic only — she is just feeling her friend's pain.

Q16. The WHO core life skills are grouped under three heads. Under which head does 'effective communication' correctly fall?

• A. Life skills that help to live with others.
• B. Life skills for self-understanding and self-management.
• C. Life skills to handle issues and problems.
• D. It is not a WHO core life skill at all.

Q17. A class 7 boy is told by a senior to carry his bag daily. Three replies are offered. Which reply is ASSERTIVE — neither aggression nor submission?

• A. 'Yes bhaiya, I'll carry it every day, please don't be angry.'
• B. 'I won't carry your bag; I respect you but it isn't my job, and I'm happy to help you another way.'
• C. 'Carry it yourself, you lazy fool, or I'll report you!'
• D. He says nothing and silently picks up the bag.

Q18. Introspection and feedback are two ways to build self-awareness. A boy keeps a private diary nightly, noting why he reacted angrily that day. Which way is he primarily using?

• A. Feedback from others.
• B. Neither; diary-writing is unrelated to self-awareness.
• C. Introspection — examining his own self.
• D. Both equally, since a diary is read by classmates.

Q19. A teacher says 'I'm so happy to see you' but in a flat tone while frowning and looking away. This communication is INEFFECTIVE because

• A. Tone, words and body language are not appropriately integrated.
• B. The words alone always decide the message.
• C. Body language never matters in communication.
• D. Effective communication requires only a loud voice.

Q20. Two class-8 monitors clash because only one library key exists and both want to control access to the reading room. This conflict springs mainly from

• A. A question of control over resources / competition for positions.
• B. Identical values and shared perceptions.
• C. Total absence of communication between them.
• D. An unscientific way of thinking about history.

Q21. Fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration are creativity traits. A student takes a basic idea — a kitchen garden — and adds detail: drip lines, a compost corner, a watering rota and labels. She is chiefly showing

• A. Fluency
• B. Flexibility
• C. Originality
• D. Elaboration

Q22. Sub-goals, algorithms and heuristics are problem-solving strategies. A pupil multiplies two numbers by following every step of the standard column method exactly. Which strategy is this, and why?

• A. Heuristic — it is a quick rule of thumb that may fail.
• B. Algorithm — a step-by-step procedure that guarantees the correct solution.
• C. Setting sub-goals — breaking the task into smaller targets.
• D. None — column multiplication is not a problem-solving strategy.

Q23. A teacher wants students to invent as many uses as possible for an empty plastic bottle. Which mode of thinking should she deliberately encourage, and why?

• A. Convergent thinking, because it produces one correct answer.
• B. Divergent thinking, because it can produce many answers to the same question.
• C. Rote memorisation, because it recalls fixed facts.
• D. Algorithmic thinking, because it guarantees a single output.

Q24. What role does UNESCO play in life-skills education in India?

• A. It conducts the CTET examination for teachers.
• B. It partners with State governments to support life-skills education programmes.
• C. It replaced the NCF 2005 with its own curriculum.
• D. It has explicitly banned life-skills teaching in schools.

Q25. A 2012 CBSE manual on life-skills training was framed for which age band of learners?

• A. 3 to 6 years (pre-primary).
• B. 10 to 18 years.
• C. 21 to 30 years (adults only).
• D. 60 years and above.

Q26. A class 8 teacher wants a whole period focused only on 'coping with stress' before exams, using guided discussion, a demonstration and student practice. Which approach has she chosen, and is it appropriate?

• A. Infusion approach — appropriate, because the skill is hidden inside a subject.
• B. Direct approach — inappropriate, because life skills can only be infused.
• C. Direct approach — appropriate, because a dedicated session uses discussion, demonstration and practice with the skill as the focus.
• D. Neither approach exists in the unit.

Q27. A class 8 group receives a forwarded message claiming a local food is 'poisonous'. The teacher wants to build critical thinking. Her best task design is to ask students to

• A. Forward the message quickly to warn everyone.
• B. Gather relevant, objective information from multiple sources, ask 'how' and 'why', and then assess and evaluate the claim before believing it.
• C. Memorise the message word for word for a test.
• D. Vote on whether the food is poisonous without checking any facts.

Q28. A class 7 girl feels intense jealousy when her best friend wins a prize she wanted. Using the steps for coping with emotions, the teacher should FIRST help her

• A. Pretend she is not jealous and congratulate loudly.
• B. Compete by trying to win the next prize at any cost.
• C. Stop being friends so the feeling goes away.
• D. Identify and name the emotion as 'jealousy' and trace its source and reasons.

Q29. A teacher argues: 'I told my class the WHO list of ten life skills and tested them; so my students now HAVE life skills.' Evaluating this claim, it is

• A. Correct, because reciting the list equals possessing the skills.
• B. Flawed, because life skills are bundles of habits that must be practised, not merely known as cognitive content.
• C. Correct, because any tested knowledge automatically becomes a habit.
• D. Flawed, because the WHO list is not part of the unit.

Q30. While mediating a class-7 quarrel, a teacher first makes each child state how the dispute looks from the OTHER child's side before defining the problem together. Which best explains why this works?

• A. Empathy — seeing reality from the other's perspective — supports the 'understand each other' step of collaborative conflict resolution.
• B. It replaces conflict resolution with pure aggression.
• C. It skips understanding and jumps straight to taking action.
• D. It works only because one child is declared the winner.