UGC NET Question paper | Teaching Aptitude | Paper 1 | 2013 - 2014

 
UGC NET Question Papers
Paper I (2013 – 2014)
Teaching aptitude 

1.     While delivering lecture if there is some disturbance in the class, a  teacher should
a)    Keep quiet for a while and then continue
b)    Punish those causing disturbance
c)     Motivate to teach those causing disturbance
d)    Not bother of what is happening in the class
 
2.     Effective teaching is a function of
a)    Teacher’s satisfaction
b)    Teacher’s honesty and commitment
c)     Teacher’s making students learn and understand
d)    Teacher’s liking for professional excellence
 
3.     The most appropriate meaning of learning is
a)    Acquisition of skills
b)    Modification of behaviour
c)     Personal adjustment
d)    Inculcation of knowledge
 
4.     Arrange the following teaching progress in order:
i)                   Evaluation
ii)                Reteaching
iii)              Formulating instructional objectives
iv)              Presentation of instructional materials
 
a)    i), ii), iii), iv), v)
b)    ii), i), iii), iv), v)
c)     v), iv), iii), i), ii)
d)    iv), i), v), ii), iii)
 
5.     Teacher’s role at higher education level is to
a)    Provide information to students
b)    Promote self learning in students
c)     Encourage healthy competition among students
d)    Help students to solve their problems
 
6.     A good teacher must be
a)    Resourceful and autocratic
b)    Resourceful and participative
c)     Resourceful and authoritative
d)    Resourceful and dominant
 
7.     Which one of the following is the best method of teaching? (Repeated question)
a)    Lecture method
b)    Discussion method
c)     Demonstration method
d)    Question-Answer method
 
8.     Successful communication in classroom teaching is
a)    Circular
b)    Reciprocal
c)     Directional
d)    Influential
 
9.     Which one of the following types of evaluation assesses the learning progress to provide continuous feedback to both teachers and students during instruction?
a)    Placement evaluation
b)    Formative evaluation
c)     Diagnostic evaluation
d)    Summative
 
10. Which one of the following is a scaled down teaching situation?
a)    Macro teaching
b)    Team teaching
c)     Cooperative teaching
d)    Micro teaching
 
11. The black-board can be utilized best by a teacher for
a)    Putting the matter of teaching in black and white
b)    Making the students attentive
c)     Writing the important and notable points
d)    Highlighting the teacher himself
 
12.  Nowadays the most effective mode of learning is
a)    Self study
b)    Face-to-face learning
c)     E-Learning
d)    Blended learning
 
13. At the primary school stage, most of the teachers should be women because they
a)    Can teach children better than men
b)    Know basic content better than men
c)     Are available on lower salaries
d)    Can deal with children with love and affection
 
14. Which one is the highest order of learning?
a)    Chain learning
b)    Problem-solving learning
c)     Stimulus-response learning
d)    Conditioned-reflex learning
 
15.  A person can enjoy teaching as a profession when he
a)    Has control over students
b)    Commands respect from students
c)     Is more qualified than his colleagues
d)    Is very close to higher authorities
 
16. “A diagram speaks more than 1000 words”, the statement means that the teacher should
a)    Use diagrams in teaching
b)    Speak more and more in the class
c)     Use teaching aids in the class
d)    Not speak too, much in the class
 
17.  In which of the following categories the enrolment of students in higher in 2010-11 was beyond the percentage of seats reserved?
a)    OBC Students
b)    Sc Students
c)     ST Students
d)    Woman Students
 
18. Maximum participation of students during teaching is possible through
a)    Lecture method
b)    Demonstration method
c)     Inductive method
d)    Textbook method
 
19. Diagnostic evaluation ascertains
a)    Students performance at the beginning of instructions
b)    Learning progress and failures during instructions
c)     Degree of achievements of instructions at the end
d)    Causes and remedies of persistent learning problems during instructions
 
20.  Instructional aides are used by the teacher to
a)    Glorify the class
b)    Attract the students
c)     Clarify the concepts
d)    Ensure discipline
 
21.  Attitude of the teacher that affects teaching pertains to
a)    Affective domain
b)    Cognitive domain
c)     Connative domain
d)    Psychomotor domain
 
22. “Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man” was stated by
a)    M.K. Gandhi
b)    R.N. Tagore
c)     Swami Vivekanand
d)    Sri Aurobindo
 
23.Which of the following is not a prescribed level of teaching?
a)    Memory
b)    Understanding
c)     Reflective
d)    Differentiation
 
24. In the classroom, the teacher sends the message either as words or images. The students are really
a)    Encoders
b)    Decoders
c)     Agitators
d)    Propagators
 
25.  Dyslexia is associated with
a)    Mental disorder
b)    Behavioural disorder
c)     Reading disorder
d)    Writing disorder
 
26. Which one of the following is considered a sign of motivated teaching?
a)    Students asking questions
b)    Maximum attendance of the students
c)     Pin drop silence in the classroom
d)    Students taking notes