Teaching Aptitude – UGC NET Paper I – Practice Questions

Concepts, Nature and Characteristics

1. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Philosophy helps in determining aims of education.
Reason (R): Education depends mostly on Philosophy.

In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(b) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

2. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: One of the basic principles of progressive view of teaching is that education should be life itself rather than a preparation for living.
Statement II: According to reconstructionist view of education the new social order must be ‘genuinely democratic’.

In the light of the above statements. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

3. The term hermeneutics is drawn from [July 2022]

(a) Sociology
(b) Anthropology
(c) Theology
(d) Economics

4. Things as they are and as they are likely to be encountered in life rather than words’ was the slogan of the

(a) Pragmatists
(b) Realists
(c) Idealists
(d) Existentialists

5. An existentialistic teacher should emphasize on [December 2012]

(A) Freedom
(B) Responsibility
(C) Subjective feelings
(D) Cooperative living

In the above, which combination is correct?

Codes:

(a) A and B are correct.
(b) A and C are correct.
(c) A, B and C are correct.
(d) B, C and D are correct.

6. Behaviour pattern that increases in frequency when followed by a reward is known as

(a) Shaping
(b) Classical Conditioning
(c) Generalization
(d) Operant Conditioning

7. In the sets given below, Set I provides levels of teaching while Set II gives their focus of concern:

Select the correct answer from the options given below.

(a) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-5
(b) A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2
(c) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
(d) A-5, B-4, C-3, D-2

8. Who among the following thinkers propagated the idea of education of the most talented? [June 2019]

(a) Emanuel Kant
(b) John Paul Sartre
(c) Aristotle
(d) Plato

9. A teacher is faced with the problem of choosing the appropriate teaching method for the transaction of a course content. Which branch of philosophy will most appropriately describe his/her predicament? [June 2019]

(a) Metaphysics
(b) Epistemology
(c) Axiology
(d) Logic

10. Which of the following can be taken as the right statements in context of teaching?

1. A teacher should have the ample subject knowledge as per the standard being taught.

2. Teachers are always born in a particular section of society.

3. The duty of a teacher in the class should be to teach his/her subject in the artistic manner.

4. The main objective of a teacher is to make the student understand what has been taught in the class.

5. The prime duty of a teacher is to always seek guidance from the authorities while teaching in the class.

Codes:

(a) 1, 3, and 5
(b) 1, 2, 3, and 5
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

11. Which of the following statements are true?

1. Behaviourism pedagogical approach would say that learning is teacher centred. Teacher is sole authority figure and leads the lesson. The class activities are visible.

2. The theory of Behaviourism in a classroom setting came from pedagogical research by Thorndike, Pavlov and Skinner.

3. In behaviourist pedagogical approach, we can expect a mixture of lecturing, modelling and demonstration, rote learning, and choral repetition.

4. The process of imbibing one’s own culture in one’s personality is called as enculturation.

Codes:

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3

12. An almost simultaneous occurrence of the stimuli and of the responses to them, it is called as

(a) Generalisation and discrimination
(b) Contiguity
(c) Reinforcement
(d) Practice

13. Which of the following chains represents the change processes underlying educational system of Free India?

(a) Psychological change – Social change – Political change – Educational change.
(b) Political change – Social change – Psychological change – Educational change.
(c) Social change – Psychological change – Political change – Educational change.
(d) Educational change – Social change – Psychological change.

14. According to Kolb (1984), match the learning style with their respective characteristics as given in List-I and List-II [December 2021]

Codes:

(a) (A)-(iv), (B)-(ii), (C)-(i), (D)-(iii)
(b) (A)-(iii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iv), (D)-(ii)
(c) (A)-(i), (B)-(iii), (C)-(ii), (D)-(iv)
(d) (A)-(iii), (B)-(iv), (C)-(i), (D)-(ii)

15. Development of language in children, according to B.F. Skinner, is the result of

(a) Training in grammar
(b) Imitation and reinforcement
(c) Innate abilities
(d) Maturation

16. Techno-Pedagogic competency is

(a) A science of using technology in teaching.
(b) A technique of combining principles of technology and principles of teaching.
(c) A set of skills of interweaving technology into teaching and learning both scientifically and aesthetically.
(d) A competence to develop techno pedagogic systems in education.

17. Which of the following can be taken as the main approaches in andragogy?

1. The focus of andragogical approach is on self-directed, cooperative and two-way learning process.

2. In andragogy, motivation for learners is based on intrinsic factors such as self-esteem, self-confidence, desire for the better quality of life, curiosity, self-development etc.

3. Andragogy is motivational approach.

Codes:

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

18. Match the following.

Codes:

(a) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(i)
(b) A-(i), B-(iii), C-(ii)
(c) A-(iii), B-(i), C-(ii)
(d) A-(i), B-(ii), C-(iii)

19. Match List-I with List-II.

Codes:

(a) (A)-(i), (B)-(ii), (C)-(iii)
(b) (A)-(i), (B)-(iii), (C)-(ii)
(c) (A)-(ii), (B)-(iii), (C)-(i)
(d) (A)-(ii), (B)-(i), (C)-(iii)

20. The principle of ‘the child, the school and education itself are shaped largely by social and cultural forces’ was enunciated by [June 2019]

(a) Reconstructionism
(b) Existentialism
(c) Pragmatism
(d) Perennialism

21. Who among the following Indian thinkers has contributed towards the concept of integral education? [June 2019]

(a) Gijubhai Badheka
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Sri Aurobindo

22. Pitch of the teacher’s voice in the classroom is described as [December 2019]

(a) Linguistic
(b) Paralinguistic
(c) Non-linguistic
(d) Macro-linguistic

23. In developing seven ‘multiple intelligences’, Gardner made some important observations. Identify such observations from the list given below: [June 2019]

1. Intelligence is not entirely genetic

2. Intelligence is a part of acquired behaviour

3. Intelligence is not fixed at birth

4. There is little or no hope for developing intelligence

5. Intelligence can be nurtured and grown

Codes:

(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 1, 3 and 5
(c) 3, 4 and 5
(d) 1, 4 and 5

24. From the list of the effective teaching behaviours, find key behaviors.

1. Direct, audible and oral delivery to all students

2. Encouraging students to elaborate on an answer

3. Intelligence is not fixed at birth

4. Varying modes of presentation

5. Preventing misbehaviour with a minimum of class disruption

6. Organising what is to come and summarising what has gone before

Codes:

(a) 1, 4 and 5
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 4, 5 and 6

25. What do we mean by curriculum?

(a) All the experiences which students get in the school.
(b) Subjects that are transferred by the faculty.
(c) Syllabus prescribed for the course.
(d) Class experiences, sports and games.