UPTET Child Development & Pedagogy Questions with Answers


Child Development & Pedagogy is the main topic for clearing teaching exams. UPTET is prominent teaching exams that will be held once in a year. CDP comes in both papers i.e. Paper 1 & 2 of UPTET exam. This section carries a weightage of 30 marks in each paper. CDP helps teachers to understand the educational psychology of child which is required for teaching and learning in the classroom.


Q 1. Which is NOT the theory of intelligence ?
Ans. Theory of regression
Q 2. Which is NOT the characteristics of a good test ?
Ans. Aptitude
Q 3. Who has given the concept of educational quotient for backward children ?
Ans. Cyrill Burt
Q 4. The science which deals with the methods of collecting, classifying, presenting, comparing and presenting comparing and interpreting numerical data is called ?
Ans. Statistics
Q 5. Which is NOT the cause of forgetting ?
Ans. Desire to remember
Q 6. Rorschach inkblot test is used to measure which ?
Ans. Personality
Q 7. Which IQ range is called trinable IQ level of mentally retarded children ?
Ans. 50- 69
Q 8. Five- year old Mohan has mental age of eight. What is his IQ ?
Ans. 160
Q 9. Giving the meaning to sensation on the basis of past experience is called ?
Ans. Perception
Q 10. According to McDougall every instinct is associated with ?
Ans. Emotion
Q 11. Who has propounded the theory of insight ?
Ans. Gestalt Psychologist
Q 12. The median of 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 is ?
Ans. 9.5
Q 13. Cloud picture test is used to measure which test ?
Ans. Personality
Q 14. Mirror drawing test is used to measure ?
Ans. Rate of learning
Q 15. Plateau in learning curve is caused to ?
Ans. Fatigue
Q 16. The primacy of assessment is ?
Ans. Diagnosis and feedback
Q 17. When should one start teaching mathematics ?
Ans. From pre-primary level
Q 18. Which statement is TRUE considering the distance mode of education in India ?
Ans. It includes geographically separated students who find it difficult to take education through regular classes
Q 19. Which is NOT relevant in communication through technology ?
Ans. Remarks
Q 20. The National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005) is one of the four frameworks published by _______ in 1975, 1988, 2000 and 2005 ?
Ans. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Q 21. A child shows fear and anxiety from an unknown person and moves close to the mother. This is called ?
Ans. Stranger anxiety
Q 22. CWSN means ?
Ans. Children with special needs
Q 23. The _______represents one of the most economically impoverished and marginalized group in India ?
Ans. Scheduled tribe population
Q 24. In 2018 ______ has decided to set up and inclusion panel for children with special needs ?
Ans. Central Board of secondary education (CBSE)
Q 25. J P Naik has described________ as the elusive triangle in Indian education ?
Ans. Equality, Quality, Quantity
Q 26. How can you observe a student for gardening activities ?
Ans. Right from the beginning till the end of the activity
Q 27. Which method is based on learning by doing theory ?
Ans. Problem solving method
Q 28. What causes early adolescence to appear out of proportion ?
Ans. Reversed cephalo- caudal development
Q 29. In the peer acceptance aspect, children who receive equal number of positive and negative votes are called ?
Ans. Controversial children
Q 30. Which is the best example for creativity ?
Ans. Trying to create your own musical instrument by using seven ceramic bowls with water such as jal Tarang
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