Practice Test


Q1) Which of the following is the main goal of Mathematics education in School ? Show Answer


Q2) At a nursery stage, which method of teaching and writing is appropriate to use? Show Answer


Q3) A teacher asks the students to draw many 4 by 4 squares and shade half of each, in as many different ways they can think of .
Which type of the given task is assigned to the students? Show Answer


Q4) The best way to assess teacher's classroom behaviour is to Show Answer


Q5) Internal qualities of a good mathematics book are Show Answer


Q6) The introductory questions should Show Answer


Q7) We, as mathematics teacher, evaluate pupil performance for Show Answer


Q8) The devices used to make teaching method more effective are known as Show Answer


Q9) Which is not a method of teaching Mathematics? Show Answer


Q10) According to NCF 2005, the mathematics curriculum must be Show Answer


Q11) Giving assignment to the student is a Show Answer


Q12) Which is the first step in system analysis ? Show Answer


Q13) What should formative assessment ensure? Show Answer


Q14) What are the point of formative and summative assessment ? Show Answer


Q15) Defective questions are Show Answer


Q16) The teacher should ask the questions Show Answer


Q17) Which problem in classroom is due to curriculum? Show Answer


Q18) The curriculum means Show Answer


Q19) Curriculum includes the environment Show Answer


Q20) The main component (s) is (are) of curriculum development is (are) Show Answer


Q21) Type of curriculum used in our education should be Show Answer


Q22) BS Bloom educational process includes Show Answer


Q23) The curriculum is developed in view of Show Answer


Q24) The curriculum is developed in view of Show Answer


Q25) A lesson plan means a detailed description which a teacher completes in a Show Answer


Q26) The development of a lesson planning occurred as a result of Show Answer


Q27) Micro-teaching is based on which the following assumption ? Show Answer


Q28) Micro-teaching components are Show Answer


Q29) The first step of micro-teaching cycle is Show Answer


Q30) An ideal lesson plan is Show Answer


Q31) NCF-2005 emphasizes that Show Answer


Q32) The administration of a teaching unit involves Show Answer


Q33) The unit approach gives importance to Show Answer


Q34) Teaching and learning geometry at the primary level aims to develop in a child Show Answer


Q35) Class room teaching skills are developed by using as feed back device Show Answer


Q36) Micro-teaching is a system of Show Answer


Q37) Which work is not related with a teacher? Show Answer


Q38) Which point is not included in the professional skills of teacher? Show Answer


Q39) In the scope of education, diagnosis is made of Show Answer


Q40) Meaning of the word 'Heurisco" is Show Answer


Q41) The method based on scientific method is Show Answer


Q42) The nature of mathematics is Show Answer


Q43) Which of the following is a dimension of learning measurement? Show Answer


Q44) Mathematics is the science of Show Answer


Q45) According to Hogben, "Mathematics is the mirror of civilization" this statement corresponds to which value of mathematics? Show Answer


Q46) Achievement test for Show Answer


Q47) When the aim of testing is to compare the classes, then use is made of Show Answer


Q48) Achievement tests are Show Answer


Q49) The five stepped system of lesson planning was started by Show Answer


Q50) Preparation of daily lesson planning includes Show Answer


Q51) According to RCEM, approach the correct order is Show Answer


Q52) Essential features of a unit plan are Show Answer


Q53) A unit plan should Show Answer


Q54) The more comprehensive plan is Show Answer


Q55) Which of the following has/have been emphasised by NCP 2005 that Show Answer


Q56) RCEM approach is used to write the objectives of Show Answer


Q57) A good objective should be Show Answer


Q58) Evaluation is done by Show Answer


Q59) The most use of teaching aids is in Show Answer


Q60) The most useful teaching aid in mathematics is Show Answer


Q61) The most effective teaching aid is Show Answer


Q62) The element(s) of a teaching model is/are Show Answer


Q63) The basic teaching model is developed by Show Answer


Q64) Operant Conditioning Model of teaching is developed by Show Answer


Q65) NCF 2005 emphasizes that Show Answer


Q66) Interaction model of teaching is developed by Show Answer


Q67) What is the basis of teaching method ? Show Answer


Q68) Who developed question-answer method? Show Answer


Q69) "If you know that 325 + 367 = 602, how much is 234+ 369 ? How did you find the answer ?"
As per NCF 2005, a teacher gives the above mentioned sum to the children. Through this sum what kind of ability he wants to develop in the children ? Show Answer


Q70) Micro-teaching helps in Show Answer


Q71) The main component of introduction skill is Show Answer


Q72) Which method makes remediation ? Show Answer


Q73) Which is the teacher-centered method ? Show Answer


Q74) A lesson plan develops the possibilities of Show Answer


Q75) The lesson plan helps in Show Answer


Q76) The aim (s) of questioning is / are Show Answer


Q77) Memory questions are used to test Show Answer


Q78) Introductory questions are asked Show Answer


Q79) Thought provoking questions can be asked to develop Show Answer


Q80) Comparison questions can be asked Show Answer


Q81) When the lesson is divided into small units, then the comprehensive questions should be asked Show Answer


Q82) Characteristic (s) of good questions is /are Show Answer


Q83) Recapitulatory questions should be based on Show Answer


Q84) Team teaching can be defined as a Show Answer


Q85) The team teaching is a method of Show Answer


Q86) The step of team teaching is Show Answer


Q87) What is characteristic of the unit approach of curriculum ? Show Answer


Q88) Which is an activity of group centered approach? Show Answer


Q89) NCF 2005 emphasizes that Show Answer


Q90) Where do branching programme provide remediation ? Show Answer


Q91) Evaluation is a process of Show Answer


Q92) Error of evaluation is Show Answer


Q93) The concept of team teaching was first developed in the university Show Answer


Q94) In team teaching, the participant teachers decide their Show Answer


Q95) The function of measurement is Show Answer


Q96) The exponents of behavior modification model of teaching is Show Answer


Q97) What is the basis of remedial teaching? Show Answer


Q98) What is the main remedial instruction ? Show Answer


Q99) Which of the following is not an advantage of a teaching machine? Show Answer


Q100) Which is main remedial teaching strategy? Show Answer


Q101) Which of the following is the key areas of data handling which form the basis of children's experiences to be assessed ? Show Answer


Q102) What are the tests of performance ? Show Answer


Q103) What is the last step in construction of objective test ? Show Answer


Q104) Multiple choice tests require ticking the ..... alternative. Show Answer


Q105) What is the characteristic of essay type examination ? Show Answer


Q106) What is not trait of essay type examination ? Show Answer


Q107) Herbert suggested five steps for preparing a daily lesson plan. The first step being introduction. Morrison also suggested five steps for daily lesson plan. What is the first step suggested by Morrison ? Show Answer


Q108) Seminars, symposium and panel discussion must be used as teaching technique at what stage of teaching ? Show Answer


Q109) In context of NCF 2005 which of the following is true? Show Answer


Q110) For evaluation, teacher should use Show Answer


Q111) At the end of the period, home work is given to the students to Show Answer


Q112) Which teaching technique is not suitable for primary stage? Show Answer


Q113) At primary stage, which method for teaching of writing is useful ? Show Answer


Q114) Which one of the following is not a teaching technique ? Show Answer


Q115) While starting teaching the teacher asks some introductory questions. Such questions are asked for Show Answer


Q116) Reading habit can be best developed by Show Answer


Q117) At primary level, we should use ..... method for teaching reading. Show Answer


Q118) Main defects of essay type questions are that Show Answer


Q119) Solving mistakes takes place due to Show Answer


Q120) Which one of the following is not the principle of teaching ? Show Answer


Q121) NCF 2005 emphasises that Show Answer


Q122) Proceed from analysis to synthesis is a Show Answer


Q123) Structural approach is also known as Show Answer


Q124) The process of assessment in Mathematics includes the following except Show Answer


Q125) Which of the following is the teaching technique ? Show Answer


Q126) According to Edgar Dale, maximum and real knowledge can be gained by Show Answer


Q127) Valuation and examination are the same. Do you agree ? Show Answer


Q128) Which is not related to effective domain ? Show Answer


Q129) Objective type questions have Show Answer


Q130) Substitutional method was initially adopted by Show Answer


Q131) The given question " Fill in the missing numerals : 23, .... , 28, does not judge the children on the parameters of Show Answer


Q132) Blue print is prepared for Show Answer


Q133) Who gave the classification of objectives of cognitive domain ? Show Answer


Q134) To introduce the concept of fractions a teacher can begin with Show Answer


Q135) "Start a discussion in the class on things in the child's environment which roll and slide. Help children to look at their shapes and see how some things roll and others slide."
Source : Math Magic II , NCERT
Suggestions like this have been given in NCERT text book of Class-II to help a teacher understand that Show Answer


Q136) The chapters in the NCERT textbook of Mathematics of Class-IV have titles like "The Junk Seller", "Trip to Bhopal", "The Way the World Looks". This shift has been done to Show Answer


Q137) "Problem Solving" as a strategy of doing Mathematics involves Show Answer


Q138) Use of Abacus in Class II does not help the students to Show Answer


Q139) 'Recognition of patterns and their completion' is an essential part of Mathematics curriculum at primary stage as it Show Answer


Q140) Most appropriate strategy that can be used to internalize the skill of addition of money is Show Answer


Q141) A teacher uses the following riddle in a class while developing the concept of base 10 and place value
'I am less than 8 tens and 4 ones.'
The objective of this activity is Show Answer


Q142) The objective teaching number system to Class III students is to enable the students Show Answer


Q143) The most appropriate tool to expose the students of class II to plane figures, its vertices and edges is Show Answer


Q144) Following is the problem from text book of class V "There are 4 poles of measure 105 cm, 215 cm, 150 cm and 235 cm respectively. If they have to be cut into pieces of equal length, what is the maximum length of each piece?"
This question is asked to Show Answer


Q145) Following is the problem from text book Class III " Which mathematical operation will be used to solve the following problem?" A milkman sold 1410 L milk in 10 days. How many litres of milk did he sell in a day ?"
Which competence of Bloom's cognitive domain is referred in the above question? Show Answer


Q146) Rashid is studying in Class V. He can classify various types of triangles in different categories but has difficulty in understanding the abstract proof for the sum of three angles in a triangle to be always 180. According to Piaget Cognitive Theory, Rashid is at Show Answer


Q147) According to NCF 2005 "Developing children's abilities for mathematisation is the main goal of mathematics education. The narrow aim of school mathematics is to develop 'useful' capabilities." Here mathematisation refers to develop child's abilities Show Answer


Q148) The highlights of a good textbook are that
A. They contain numerous exercises to give rigorous practice.
B. All concepts can be introduced through situations.
C. Only solved examples are included
D. They must be thick and heavy Show Answer


Q149) NCF 2005 emphasises that Show Answer


Q150) Students often make a mistake in comparing the decimal numbers. For example 0.50 is larger than 0.5. The most probable reason for this error is Show Answer


Q151) A child displays difficulty in differentiating between numbers, operations and symbols, two clock hands, different coins etc. This implies that the specific barrier affecting his learning is Show Answer


Q152) Which material can you use for teaching reading at primary stage ? Show Answer


Q153) Teaching aids or material aids are used to make teaching Show Answer


Q154) A successful assessment should address Show Answer


Q155) NCF 2005 emphasises on constructivist approach of learning as it focuses on Show Answer


Q156) Following are array diagram using bindies to represent 15 . fig. The way of representing 15 or any other number in the above manner can be used to teach concept of Show Answer


Q157) A teacher prompts the students to prepare mathematical journal with theme " application of Mathematics in daily life." this activity is Show Answer


Q158) Shailaja can express a number in different way, e.g., 4 = 2 + 2 or 4 = 1 + 3etc. In which developmental phase of number is she ? Show Answer


Q159) A child of class III reads 482 as four hundred eighty two but writes it as 40082. What does this indicate for a teacher ? Show Answer


Q160) To introduce subtraction of two digit numbers in Class III , a teacher proceeded in the following steps
Step I : Revision of two digit numbers with understanding of place value system
Step II : Use of tally marks to show that smaller number can be subtracted from larger number
Step III : Application of subtraction on numbers under each column of place value.
In this case, teacher is developing the lesson Show Answer


Q161) "Which two numbers when multiplied give the product 24 ?" this question Show Answer


Q162) The most appropriate tool to expose the students of class II to plane figures,its vertices and edges is Show Answer


Q163) As per NCF 2005, teaching of numbers and operations on them, measurement of quantities, etc., at primary level caters to the Show Answer


Q164) Which of the following problems from text book of Class IV refers to 'multidisciplinary problem'? Show Answer


Q165) Children at primary stage are able to classify the given shapes based on their appearance. According to Van Hiele levels to geometry, they are at Show Answer


Q166) NCF 2005 emphasizes on constructivist approach of learning as it focuses on Show Answer


Q167) Manipulative models, static pictures, written symbols, spoken and written language, real world situations or context are five ways to represent Show Answer


Q168) Possible indicator pertaining to visual memory barrier hampering with learner's mathematical performance is Show Answer


Q169) Geo-Board is an effective tool to teach Show Answer


Q170) Proficiency in Mathematical language in classroom can be enhanced by presenting the problems in the following sequence Show Answer


Q171) Procedural fluency in Mathematics implies knowledge of rules, formulae or algorithms and implementing them with accuracy and flexibility and efficiency
Flexibility in Mathematics refers to Show Answer


Q172) A child mentally calculated (27 + 38 ) as 65. When he was asked to explain his method of addition, he responded that 38 is near to 40, so (27 + 40) is 67, then removed 2 to get 65, this strategy of addition is Show Answer


Q173) Mental Math activities are important because they provide a chance to Show Answer


Q174) A child of primary class is not able to differentiate between number, operation symbols, coins and clock hands. This indicates that the child has problem regarding Show Answer


Q175) NCF 2005 states that Mathematics teaching should be ambitious, coherent and important. Here, 'ambitious' refers to achievement of Show Answer


Q176) In Class II concept of even number and odd number was introduced by activity of pairing the given number with concrete objects. Then teacher asked the students to check
(i) whether the total number of crayons in their color boxes is even in number or odd in number
(ii) whether the number of pages in their Maths notebook is odd or even.
This task of finding even or odd number of crayons/pages is Show Answer


Q177) Which of the following activities to meant to enhance problem- solving abilities of students of Class III ? Show Answer


Q178) The recommended key concept in the unit of 'multiplication' in Class III is Show Answer


Q179) From the unit of 'fraction', teacher asked the students to list any five fractions.
The question refers to Show Answer


Q180) A teacher distributed news paper in Class V and asked the students to read the cricket scores of Indian team in latest match. Then, she asked them to draw bar graph of the scores. The teacher is trying to Show Answer


Q181) A student was asked to read the following numbers 306, 408,4008, 4010
He read as follows
Thirty six, forty eight, four hundred eight, forty ten
the reason for error in reading is that Show Answer


Q182) The parameter(s) of assessment for 'time' for Class IV shall be Show Answer


Q183) 'Tall shape of Mathematics' mentioned in NCP, 2005 refers to Show Answer


Q184) Consider the following
5 + 3 = ?
The open-ended question corresponding to the above close-ended question is Show Answer


Q185) Farhan went to school library and found that 100 books kept in story section are spoiled, 20 books are missing. 219 are kept in shelf and 132 were issued to students. How many storybooks were there in the library ?
teacher can teach the following value through this question. Show Answer


Q186) A teacher asks Shailaja of Class V about the perimeter of a figure.
She also asked Shailaja to explain the solution in her words. Shailaja was able to solve the problem correctly but was not able to explain it. This reflects that Shailaja is having Show Answer


Q187) The section, 'Practice Time' included in different topics in Mathematics textbook aims at Show Answer


Q188) Formative assessment in Mathematics at primary stage includes Show Answer


Q189) It is important to conduct mathematical re-recreational activities and challenging geometrical puzzles in the class as Show Answer


Q190) At primary level use of tangram, dot games, patterns etc. helps the students to Show Answer


Q191) Which one of the following does not match curricular expectations of teaching Mathematics at the primary level? Show Answer


Q192) The main goal of Mathematics education is Show Answer


Q193) A teacher uses the exploratory approach, use of manipulative and involvement of students in discussion while giving the concepts of Mathematics. She uses this strategy to Show Answer


Q194) 'Vedic Mathematics' is becoming popular now-a-days especially among primary school children and is used to enhance Show Answer


Q195) Akansha wants to become a good Mathematics teacher. To be a good Mathematics teacher she must have Show Answer


Q196) A teacher introduced multiplication in her class as repeated addition and then by grouping of same number of objects taken multiple times she introduced the 'X' symbol and further conducted a small activity of finding product using crises-cross lines or matchsticks. Here, the teacher is Show Answer


Q197) As per NCF 2005, the narrow aim of teaching Mathematics at school is Show Answer


Q198) A child who is able to perform all number operations and is able to explain the concept of fraction is at Show Answer


Q199) From the unit of 'Shapes' the teacher asked the students to "make / draw any picture by using shapes".
The objective that can be achieved through this activity is Show Answer


Q200) Arjun, a student of class IV, is able to answer all questions related to Number System orally but commits mistakes while writing the solutions of problems based on Number System. The best remedial strategy to remove errors in his writing is Show Answer