Concept of CWSN (Children with Special Needs) — Hard

Q1. Consider the following statements about who qualifies as a child with special needs : Statement I: Any child requiring attention due to physical problems or suffering physical or emotional distress could be considered as a child with special needs. Statement II: Special needs range only from severe cognitive disability — mild learning difficulties are not included. Which of the above is/are correct?

• A. Only Statement I is correct
• B. Only Statement II is correct
• C. Both Statement I and II are correct
• D. Neither Statement I nor II is correct

Q2. The term 'Cognitive Disability' is now used to replace 'mental retardation' / 'mentally handicapped'. Which of the following is NOT a correct reason for this change?

• A. To remove the effect of labelling associated with words like 'handicapped' or 'disabled'
• B. To reduce the stigma carried by older terms
• C. Because the new term covers a wider IQ range that goes above 75
• D. Because the change is in terminology, not in the underlying classification

Q3. A doctor tells a Class 7 student's mother that during birth the child suffered an oxygen cut-off (anoxia), and as a result he now functions at a lower cognitive level. Among the causes of cognitive disability, which category does anoxia at birth fall under?

• A. Infections and intoxication (e.g., rubella, syphilis)
• B. Trauma and physical agent (e.g., accidents before, during and after birth, anoxia)
• C. Metabolism and nutrition (e.g., phenylketonuria)
• D. Chromosomal abnormality (e.g., Down's Syndrome)

Q4. A psychologist reports that Aman, a 12-year-old, has an IQ of 28. The support plan a Class 7 teacher must build for Aman is for which severity level of cognitive disability?

• A. Mild Mentally Retarded
• B. Moderate Mentally Retarded
• C. Severe Mentally Retarded
• D. Profound Mentally Retarded

Q5. Which of the following is NOT a cause of speech impairment?

• A. Cleft palate — structural defects in palate, mouth and lip
• B. Maladaptive behaviours such as hyperactivity, motor incoordination, general behavioural disorders
• C. Heredity
• D. Vitamin A deficiency

Q6. Assertion (A): The major causes of visual impairment include Glaucoma. Reason (R): Glaucoma is described as high pressure in the eye resulting in damage to the retina. Choose the correct option

• A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
• B. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
• C. A is true but R is false
• D. A is false but R is true

Q7. How is 'low vision' distinguished from 'legally blind'? Which of the following best captures the distinction?

• A. Low vision and legally blind are two names for the same condition with no real difference
• B. Low vision is only diagnosed in adults; legally blind only in children
• C. Legally blind means visual acuity is 20/200 or worse OR field of vision is below 20 degrees after correction, while low vision is a broader category including dimness, haziness, foggy vision, tunnel vision, night blindness etc., even after correction
• D. Legally blind children can see nothing at all; low-vision children have perfect central vision

Q8. Why does the unit treat deaf-blindness as a separate category called 'Multiple Impairments' rather than handling it as deafness or blindness alone?

• A. Because most deaf-blind individuals are profoundly deaf and legally blind, so the same teaching method works
• B. Because most deaf-blind individuals are neither profoundly deaf nor legally blind, but are both visual and hearing impaired to the extent that strategies for deafness or blindness alone won't work
• C. Because deaf-blindness is caused only by old-age diseases like diabetes
• D. Because the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995 lists deaf-blindness as the seventh disability

Q9. An NGO that visits a Class 6 school in Patna tells the principal that several of the students staying at the on-campus hostel are 'waiting children'. What does this term mean?

• A. Children waiting at the school gate for parents to pick them up
• B. Children waiting to write the next class promotion exam
• C. Children who are waiting to be adopted — that is, children who are legally free for adoption, in the care of the public child welfare system, who cannot return to their birth homes and need permanent families
• D. Children who have failed a class and are repeating it

Q10. Consider the following statements: Statement I: Early Identification, Intervention and Stimulation of children with disabilities, of age under five years, using appropriate technology and skills, will help prevent secondary handicaps and severity of problems. Statement II: Many parents worry that labelling their child with a special need will stigmatise the child and exclude him from normal programmes and activities. Which of these is/are correct?

• A. Only Statement I is correct
• B. Only Statement II is correct
• C. Both Statement I and II are correct
• D. Neither Statement I nor II is correct

Q11. A Class 7 teacher in Aligarh finds that 12-year-old Priya can answer questions orally with ease, but her written work is full of errors and is messy. This 'verbal-better-than-written' pattern means the child

• A. Is being lazy and should be punished for not writing well
• B. Should be formally tested, because one of the main characteristics of children with learning disabilities is that their verbal skills are often much better than their writing skills
• C. Should be moved to a lower class
• D. Probably has visual impairment

Q12. Consider the questions a proper assessment procedure should address. Which of the following is NOT one of those questions?

• A. Who is the child? — interests, likes and dislikes, skills, other strengths
• B. Who is the child's family and 'circle of support'? — hopes and dreams, needs and concerns
• C. Which board exam will the child appear in next year?
• D. What are the student's routines and daily activities?

Q13. Consider the team activities of an intervention process. The plan must be implemented on a daily basis for a minimum of

• A. 1 week
• B. 2 weeks
• C. 4 weeks
• D. 12 weeks

Q14. Per the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995, a person with a disability has to be certified by a medical authority that he or she is suffering from not less than

• A. 20% of the disability
• B. 33% of the disability
• C. 40% of the disability
• D. 50% of the disability

Q15. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on

• A. 30 March 2007
• B. 13 December 2006
• C. 10 December 1995
• D. 2 October 2011