Introduction to Teaching Aptitude
Teaching Aptitude can be defined as a condition or set of characteristics possessed by an individual, indicative of the ability to grasp not only the subject matter but also the aims and processes of education.
Aptitude can be defined as someone’s natural ability to do something. Teaching aptitude, hence, refers to an individual’s innate ability in teaching.
About Teaching Aptitude MCQs
In this post you will get Teaching Aptitude MCQs which are especially for UGC NET and SET exams of various states such as SLET NE, GSET, WBSET. JKSET, Rajasthan SET, MP SET, MH SET, KSET and Kerala SET.
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Teaching Aptitude MCQs for UGC NET and SET Exams
1. The main objective of teaching is ________.
(A) To facilitate learning.
(B) To give information about unknown facts.
(C) To use teaching aids to simplify the content.
(D) To form good learning habits in students.
Ans: (A) To facilitate learning.
2. Academic learning time does not depend upon ________.
(A) Content.
(B) Difficulty level of content.
(C) Time spent for learning.
(D) Students’ attitude towards learning.
Ans: (D) Students’ attitude towards learning.
3. ________ is an essential quality of the best teacher.
(A) Strong subject knowledge.
(B) Genuine interest in teaching.
(C) Language fluency.
(D) Good presentation.
Ans: (B) Genuine interest in teaching.
4. The following are some necessary qualities for a teacher.
I. Clarity of concepts.
II. Good black board work.
III. Ability to communicate.
IV. Ability to relate concepts to real life situations.
Which of the following do you think is most important for a teacher of science and mathematics?
A) I and II.
B) I and III.
C) III and IV.
D) II and IV.
Ans: B) I and III.
5. A serious minded teacher as a rule
(A) takes all precautions so that students never commit mistakes.
(B) never allows any mistake on the part of the students.
(C) allows the mistakes to be committed and explains how to minimise those mistakes.
(D) mildly punishes that students who commit mistakes.
Ans: (C) allows the mistakes to be committed and explains how to minimise those mistakes.
6. A newly appointed teacher meeting his students for the first time should
(A) develop a good rapport with the class.
(B) start teaching without caring for students’ likes and dislikes.
(C) give a broad outline of the subject with scope.
(D) both (A) and (C).
Ans: (D) both (A) and (C).
7. In learning of language which of the following represents the correct sequence of activity?
(A) Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening.
(B) Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking.
(C) Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
(D) Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading.
Ans: (C) Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
8. The best way for a teacher of English in school is:
(A) To dictate notes and encourage students to cram.
(B) To prepare answers to all probable questions.
(C) To confine strictly to the text materials and requirements of examination.
(D) To create appropriate situations for students to speak and write.
Ans: (D) To create appropriate situations for students to speak and write.
9. Which of the following skills are needed for present day teachers to adjust effectively with the class room teaching?
1. Knowledge of technology.
2. Use of technology in teaching learning.
3. Knowledge of student’s needs.
4. Content mastery.
(A) 1 & 3.
(B) 2 & 3.
(C) 2, 3 & 4.
(D) 2 & 4.
Ans: C) 2, 3 & 4.
10. Which one of the following is not a method of evaluation?
(A) Oral examination.
(B) Case Study.
(C) Observation.
(D) Interview.
Ans: (C) Observation.
[Hint: Methods of evaluations includes Oral examination, Case study, Interview and questionnaire.]
11. As a method of evaluation, which of the following is least appropriate for small children?
(A) Written examination.
(B) Interview.
(C) Oral examination.
(D) Observation.
Ans: (A) Written examination.
12. Meaningful learning takes place when:
(A) the new content being taught is related to the previous knowledge of students.
(B) students raise questions and get them clarified from the teacher.
(C) students are interested in the topics taught.
(D) explanations are given within the reach of the students.
Ans: (C) students are interested in the topics taught.
13. Of the following, the main purpose of state certification teachers is to:
A) Monitor the quality of teacher training institutions.
B) Provide for a uniform standard of entry-level teacher competency throughout the state.
C) Exclude from the profession those who are not trained in pedagogy.
D) Exclude from the profession those who are mentally unhealthy.
Ans: B) Provide for a uniform standard of entry-level teacher competency throughout the state.
14. A successful teacher would do well to avoid the following Express your responses as ‘True’ or ‘False’ using Codes given below:
(a) Stating opinions as facts.
(b) Under promise his performance goals and over perform.
(c) While interacting with outsiders does not reveal too much about his Head of Institution.
(d) Avoids admitting ignorance.
Codes:
A) (a)-False, (b)-True, (c)-True, (d)-False.
B) (a)-True, (b)-False, (c)-True, (d)-True.
C) (a)-True, (b)-False, (c)-False, (d)-True.
D) (a)-False, (b)-False, (c)-True, (d)-False.
Ans: B) (a)-True, (b)-False, (c)-True, (d)-True.
15. The main purpose of classroom communications is:
(A) To help pupils to pass examination.
(B) To complete the course on time.
(C) To enable pupils to select probable questions for examination.
(D) To help pupils to understand the topic in hand.
Ans: (D) To help pupils to understand the topic in hand.
16. Which of the following is an essential characteristic of a teacher trying to acquire an ‘achievement’ mind-set?
(A) Positive orientation towards student achievement.
(B) Sincere concern for raising the reputation of his institution.
(C) Commitment towards duties of a teacher.
(D) Persistence in achieving his objective or goal.
Ans: (A) Positive orientation towards student achievement.
17. While teaching English, various teachers keep in their mind the following objectives:
I. To increase vocabulary (stock of words).
II. To develop the skill of sentence construction.
III. To understand thoroughly the content of the lessons.
IV. To memories answers to all probable questions.
Which of the following would you recommended as the correct objectives for a teacher of English to follow?
A) I and II.
B) III and IV.
C) II and III.
D) II and IV.
Ans: C) II and III. [Read Google Book for Paper 1]
18. Arrange the following teaching processes in order:
(i) relating the present knowledge with the previous knowledge.
(ii) evaluation.
(iii) re-teaching.
(iv) formulating objectives.
(v) presentation of materials.
Select the correct code below:
A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v).
B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (v).
C) (v) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii).
D) (iv) (i) (v) (ii) (iii).
Ans: D) (iv) (i) (v) (ii) (iii).
19. Choose one from the following that will help a teacher to improve his teaching skills most:
A) Workshop on teaching methodology.
B) Class-room interaction analysis.
C) Microteaching.
D) Practice teaching.
Ans: D) Practice teaching.
20. Which of the following ideas should a teacher strive to develop in his students?
A) ‘Express clearly’, come what may.
B) ‘Stop worrying and start living’.
C) ‘What you think, you become’.
D) All of the above.
Ans: A) ‘Express clearly’, come what may.
21. Experts have identified, in general, the following four as methods of teaching:
I. Explanation of facts.
II. Dictation of notes.
III. Student’s activity.
IV. Discussion.
Which combination do you think is suitable for teaching of science?
A) I and II.
B) I and III.
C) II and III.
D) II and IV.
Ans: B) I and III.
22. For a teacher some research experience is useful because
A) It raises the teaching standard of teachers.
B) It makes the teachers intelligent.
C) It makes the teachers better teachers.
D) It enables the teachers to make good professional decisions.
Ans: D) It enables the teachers to make good professional decisions.
23. Ancient Indian teachers applied some psychological principles in educating the young child from pre-school age to adolescence. They recognized the role of:
A) Convent system schooling.
B) Sense and perceptions in learning and teaching.
C) Gurukul type of schooling.
D) None of the above.
Ans: B) Sense and perceptions in learning and teaching.
24. Which of the following is more appropriate for a successful teacher?
A) Talk in the class all the time.
B) Mostly listen to what the students have to say.
C) Talk and convince students to accept teacher’s point of view.
D) Develop a theme with active student involvement.
Ans: D) Develop a theme with active student involvement.
25. Below are given some essentials of teaching competencies
(i) assisting in the conduct of co-curricular activities.
(ii) motivating students for learning.
(iii) improving classroom management.
(iv) knowing subject matter thoroughly.
(v) taking interest in college administration.
Which one of the following combinations is most appropriate for class-room teaching?
A) (i) (ii) (iii) and (iv).
B) (i) (ii) (iii) and (v).
C) (i) (iii) (iv) and (v).
D) (ii) (iii) (iv) and (v).
Ans: A) (i) (ii) (iii) and (iv).
26. Application of course-content in day-to-day life is mainly achieved through:
a) Demonstration method.
b) Project method.
c) Field visit.
d) Inquiry method.
Ans: b) Project method.
27. In order to monitor students’ progress and to modify teaching accordingly, the best method of evaluation is:
a) Formative evaluation.
b) Summative evaluation.
c) Qualitative evaluation.
d) Objective-based evaluation.
Ans: a) Formative evaluation.
28. The question, “How would you prove that the earth is round or not round?” is based on the ________ objective.
a) Comprehension.
b) Evaluation.
c) Application.
d) Synthesis.
Ans: b) Evaluation.
29. Which of the following is not essential for good teaching?
a) Human-relations skills.
b) Communication skills.
c) Attractive personality.
d) Knowledge of appropriate teaching methods.
Ans: c) Attractive personality.
30. The most important purpose of ‘guidance’ of students is to:
a) Help them to understand their own shortcomings.
b) Help them to change their faulty behaviour.
c) Make them capable of helping themselves.
d) Direct them about the right path.
Ans: c) Make them capable of helping themselves.
31. In ________ method of teaching, teacher uses the maxim known as ‘specific to general’.
(A) Analytical.
(B) Synthesis.
(C) Inductive.
(D) Deductive.
Ans: (C) Inductive.
32. The selection of teaching aid depends
largely on the ________.
(A) Age of
students.
(B)
Interest of students.
(C) Age of
motivation of students.
(D)
Educational level and age of students.
Ans: (D) Educational level and age of students.
33. Out of the following, which is the correct statement?
(A) Teaching is a dependent process.
(B) Teaching is an independent process.
(C) Product of teaching must be learning.
(D) Learning is dependent upon teaching.
Ans: (A) Teaching is a dependent process.
34. ________ is very important in the process of learning.
(A) School atmosphere.
(B) Infrastructure.
(C) Previous knowledge.
(D) Teacher’s personality.
Ans: (C) Previous knowledge.
35. ________ results in effective teaching.
(A) Classroom discipline.
(B) Punctuality of students.
(C) References used by teacher.
(D) Clear communication.
Ans: (D) Clear communication.
36. Effective teacher ________.
(A) allows students to ask questions.
(B) completes syllabus within time.
(C) provides a variety of learning experiences.
(D) explains everything to absent students.
Ans: (C) provides a variety of learning experiences.
37. ‘________’ is not a characteristic of good teaching aid.
(A) It should be very small.
(B) It should be accurate in every respect.
(C) It should be easily portable.
(D) It should be upto date.
Ans: (A) It should be very small.
38. If your students have problems related to learning your subject, then the best solution is ________.
(A) increasing homework.
(B) supervised study.
(C) diagnostic teaching.
(D) frequent assessment.
Ans: (C) diagnostic teaching.
39. The phrase “________ giving personal attention to each student individually ________” is an example of:
(A) succinctness.
(B) circumlocution.
(C) wordiness.
(D) tautology.
Ans: (D) tautology.
40. The reflective level teaching is:
(A) teacher-centered and subject-centered but not learner-centered.
(B) not teacher-centered but is subject-centered and learner-centered.
(C) teacher-centered and not subject-centered and learner-centered.
(D) neither teacher-centered nor subject-centered but is learner-centered.
Ans: (D) neither teacher-centered nor subject-centered but is learner-centered.
41. The adult learner is:
(A) peer-motivated.
(B) self-motivated.
(C) family-motivated.
(D) society-motivated.
Ans: (B) self-motivated.
42. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are:
(A) flexible and open form of self-directed, online learning designed for mass participation.
(B) flexible and open form of teacher-directed, online learning designed for mass participation.
(C) flexible and open form of self-directed, off-line learning designed for mass participation.
(D) flexible and open form of teacher-directed, off-line learning designed for mass participation.
Ans: (A) flexible and open form of self-directed, online learning designed for mass participation.
43. Modern teaching support system includes:
(A) Smart Boards.
(B) Green Boards.
(C) Charts.
(D) Maps.
Ans: (A) Smart Boards.
44. Which of the following is not applicable to the internal assessment?
(A) Integration of teaching and evaluation.
(B) Testing of skills and abilities.
(C) Periodic and continuous.
(D) Use of only achievement tests.
Ans: (D) Use of only achievement tests.
45. Dialogue method of discovering the truth was given by:
(A) Plato.
(B) Socrates.
(C) Froebel.
(D) Herbart.
Ans: (B) Socrates.
46. Reflective teaching is a ________ .
a) Cyclic process of thinking about learning.
b) Linear process of thinking about teaching.
c) Cyclic process of thinking about teaching.
d) Linear process of thinking about learning.
Ans: c) Cyclic process of thinking about teaching.
47. A teacher should identify ________ and teach accordingly.
a) economic condition of students.
b) individual differences among students.
c) economic condition of parents.
d) individual differences among parents.
Ans: b) individual differences among students.
48. SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of ________ channels devoted to telecasting of high quality educational programmes.
a) 32 DTH.
b) 24 DHT.
c) 7 THD.
d) 12 TDH.
Ans: No option is correct or question is wrong.
49. A traditional teaching support system includes ________ .
a) White Board.
b) Smart Board.
c) Digital Board.
d) Three-Dimensional Models.
Ans: d) Three-Dimensional Models.
50. A teacher goes through the student’s notebooks and gives remarks. This is called as ________ .
a) Notebook checking.
b) Daily Remarks.
c) Evaluation.
d) Assessment.
Ans: c) Evaluation.
51. If the persons living in flats are not contributing for its maintenance charges, what will you decide and take action to solve the discord
A) You will convene an urgent meeting of the members and
request them collectively to extend their support.
B) You will threat them of the building’s collapse.
C) You will take revenge and debar them from co-operation.
D) You will withdraw your own active support to the committee.
Ans: A) You will convene an urgent meeting of the members and request them collectively to extend their support.
52. If your colleague deliberately neglect you in spite of your courteous invitation, the reasonable cause of it may be
A) Withdrawal due to inferiority complexes.
B) A voidance due to feelings of superiority.
C) Rivalries in relation to professional dignity.
D) Personal conflicts in family.
Ans: D) Personal conflicts in family.
53. If you have taken a house on rent you would like to build good relations with your land lord through
A) Adaptation and accommodations.
B) Maintaining submissive attitude.
C) Maintaining dominating attitude.
D) Social adaptation.
Ans: D) Social adaptation.
54. In general, it seems that the schools have become the place of politics instead of teaching in modern age. Suppose you get appointment in such a school, what would you do in this situation?
A) You will accept the membership of the active political group.
B) You will be continuing to make favourable efforts so that teaching environment can be retained in school.
C) You will free yourself from political activities and pressures.
D) You will try to crush the teachers’ politics with the help of students.
Ans: C) You will free yourself from political activities and pressures.
55. Suppose a few teachers are busy in cracking filthy jokes during their leisure time in school, you are also member of that group but unable to stop them. What would you like to do to avoid it?
A) You persuade them not to waste their leisure time in filthy jokes.
B) You change the group or live in isolation because you don’t relish it.
C) You instruct them to mind their language while cracking jokes in school.
D) You criticise and remind them of their noble profession.
Ans: A) You persuade them not to waste their leisure time in filthy jokes.
56. If students alleged you for making favouritism in evaluation, how can you deal with this problem?
A) Giving threat to fail them.
B) Making efforts to reveal the position fairly.
C) Adopting punitive measures.
D) Showing the student’s answer-books in order to satisfy them.
Ans: D) Showing the student’s answer-books in order to satisfy them.
57. If you join your class on the very first day of opening the session, and take introduction of the students, the primary objective of this introduction (for you) will be
A) Exploration of potential students who serve you throughout the session.
B) Development of friendly relations with the students of administrative class.
C) Selection of those students who can do the school job for you.
D) To know about student’s potentialities along with their family status.
Ans: D) To know about student’s potentialities along with their family status.
58. Suppose you are checking student’s answer books, all of a sudden you have finished red refill. You call an student and order him to bring a refill. What would you like to do in such a situation?
A) You will give him required money for the purpose.
B) You will return the money when student show courteous gesture.
C) You think that students money is teachers own money.
D) You will feel ashamed when you will be paying for such a small amount.
Ans: A) You will give him required money for the purpose.
59. It is the daily routine that some students bring undesirable food items from the school-gate. You are full of sorrow to see this condition of your students. What is its remedy?
A) You will force to leave the peddlers of eatables from the school gate.
B) You will force the students to remain within the gate.
C) Inform the principal.
D) Announcing on the prayer ground in the morning and ask them to avoid such practices.
Ans: D) Announcing on the prayer ground in the morning and ask them to avoid such practices.
60. Spare the rod and spoil the child. It is a famous saying. Its contribution in modern class-room serves our purpose in a
A) Better way.
B) Worst way.
C) Effective manner.
D) Exclusive manner.
Ans: B) Worst way.
61. In teaching, if nothing has been learned, northing has been
A) Taught.
B) Studied.
C) Examined.
D) Assigned.
Ans: A) Taught.
62. Which of the following is least acceptable Learning may
A) Be acquired without intent.
B) Occur independently of past-experience.
C) Be detrimental to the individual.
D) Take place without operation of movies and goals.
Ans: D) Take place without operation of movies and goals.
63. As teachers, we should think of our work in terms of
A) Systematic drill.
B) The mastery of subject-matter.
C) Hearing lessons recited.
D) Child growth and development.
Ans: D) Child growth and development.
64. Which of the following best reflects democracy in the class-room?
A) Allowing children to sit where they want and work with whom they please.
B) Allowing children freedom to the observance of class-room rules and regulations.
C) Allowing the class to decide the curricular experiences of the class-room.
D) Allowing the maximum participation of all the students in class-room activities.
Ans: C) Allowing the class to decide the curricular experiences of the class-room.
65. Learning implies something in the individual
A) Acquired by.
B) Occurring to.
C) Occurring within.
D) Absorbed by.
Ans: C) Occurring within.
66. Rousseau’s major contribution to modern education was the
A) Agricultural school.
B) Kindergarten.
C) Philanthropy.
D) Philosophy of Naturalism.
Ans: D) Philosophy of Naturalism.
67. When Locke spokes of ‘Tabula rasa’ he referred to his belief that
A) The doctrine of innate ideas is essentially correct.
B) The organism reacts as a whole to stimulus.
C) The mind starts from scratch in gathering sense data.
D) The mind itself is a result of the process of evolution.
Ans: D) The mind itself is a result of the process of evolution.
68. Which of the following is the most important single factor underlying the success of beginning teacher?
A) His personality and ability to relate to the class.
B) His attitudes and outlook on life.
C) His verbal facility and organizational ability.
D) His scholarship and intellectual ability.
Ans: A) His personality and ability to relate to the class.
69. Plato’s theory called for an educational programme in which
A) The unfit were to be eliminated and the fit located.
B) Education was life itself, not a preparation for it.
C) The validity of mental discipline, his dialectic for rulers.
D) His ‘Science’ was for workers, his dialectic for rulers.
Ans: A) The unfit were to be eliminated and the fit located.
70. The best way to prepare students for the transition to the next step in the educational ladder is to
A) Make a visit to the school building.
B) Receive visitors from the new school.
C) Prepare a booklet about the new school.
D) There is no best way for such orientation.
Ans: D) There is no best way for such orientation.
71. Which of the following comprise teaching skill?
A) Blank Board Writing.
B) Questioning.
C) Explaining.
D) All the above.
Ans: D) All the above.
72. Which of the following statement is not correct?
A) Lecture Method can develop reasoning.
B) Lecture Method can develop knowledge.
C) Lecture Method is one way process.
D) During Lecture Method students are passive.
Ans: A) Lecture Method can develop reasoning.
73. The main objective of teaching at Higher Education Level is:
A) To prepare students to pass examination.
B) To develop the capacity to take decisions.
C) To give new information.
D) To motivate students to ask questions during lecture.
Ans: B) To develop the capacity to take decisions.
74. Which of the following indicates evaluation?
A) Ram got 45 marks out of 200.
B) Mohan got 38 percent marks in English.
C) Shyam got First Division in final examination.
D) All the above.
Ans: D) All the above.
75. Education is a powerful instrument of:
A) Social transformation.
B) Personal transformation.
C) Cultural transformation.
D) All the above.
Ans: D) All the above.