INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES:
1. The Test Paper contains a Booklet of Questions and an OMR Answer Sheet. When you are directed to open the Test Booklet, take out the Answer Sheet and fill in the particulars carefully with blue/black ball point pen only.
2. The test is of one and half hours duration and consists of 150 questions. There is no negative marking.
3. Use Blue / Black Ball Point Pen only for writing particulars on this page / marking responses in the Answer Sheet.
4. The CODE for this Booklet is B. Make sure that the CODE printed on Side-2 of the Answer Sheet is the same as that on this booklet. Also ensure that your Test Booklet No. and Answer Sheet No. are the same. In case of discrepancy, the candidate should immediately report the matter to the Invigilator for replacement of both the Test Booklet and the Answer Sheet.
5. This Test Booklet has five Parts, I, II, III, IV and V, consisting of 150
Objective Type Questions, each carrying 1 mark:
Part I: Child Development and Pedagogy (Q. 1 to Q. 30)
Part II: Language I - (Tamil/Telugu/Malayalam/Kannada/Urdu) (Q. 31 to Q. 60)
Part III: Language II-(English) (Q.61toQ.90)
Part IV: Mathematics (Q. 91 to Q. 120)
Part V: Environmental Studies (Q. 121 to Q. 150)
6. Candidates have to choose any ONE language under Part II Language I in accordance with their Language I studied in their Degree. In such case the candidates have to ask for the Question Booklet containing the languages other than Tamil. The languages being answered must tally with the languages opted for in your Application Form.
7. Rough work should be done only in the space provided in the Test Booklet for the same.
8. The answers are to be recorded on the OMR Answer Sheet only. Mark your responses carefully. No whitener is allowed for changing answers.
Child Development and Pedagogy
1. In which stage is the Physical growth is rapid
A Early childhood B Infancy C Adolescence D School age
2. Excessive secretion of Growth Hormone by the Pituitary Gland leads to ________
A Dwarfism B Cretinism C Gigantism D Goitre
3. The Stage in which the “Self Initiative Skill” of a child develops when it is let free
A 2-3 years B First year C 6th year onwards D 4-6 years
4. The term used by Piaget to refer “one’s cognitive structure”
A Iconic B Schema C Action Schema D Egocentric
5. How many stages are there in psycho-social growth of man according to Erickson?
A 6 Stages B 4 Stages C 10 Stages D 8 Stages
6.An apparatus to find the span of visual attention is
A Tachitoscope B Telescope C Learning Cards D Ink Blot Test
7.One’s personality disorder is based on
A Emotional shocks B Simple feelings C Emotional enjoyment D Mental health
8. The psychologist who defined moral development
A McDougall B Thorndike C Pavlov D Piaget
9. The two factor theory of intelligence was proposed by
A Spearman B Wechsler C Piaget D Binet
iii. Language II - English
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank in the sentence
61. He met _______ European in Mahabalipuram last week
A a B the C an D any
61. What is the time _________ your watch?
A in B by C at D on
63. When I reached the station, the train __________ already.
A went B had left C has been left D has left
64. In the formal letter the ‘subscription’ is _____________
A Yours sincerely, B yours sincerely, C Your’s Sincerely, D Yours Sincerely,
65. We use _________ between the clauses
A full stop B colon C comma D semi colon
66. A quick gathering of information from the text is known as _________
A skimming B scanning C reading D browsing
67. The letter ‘r’ is pronounced when followed by a _________
A diphthong B vowel C consonant D semi-vowel
68. Choose the right tag She never tells lies, __________?
A do she? B don’t she? C does she? D doesn’t she?
69. Find the correct spelling: - identify the word
A occurrence B ocurence C occurrance D occuranse
70. The Headmaster organized a tour to Ooty. Identify the pattern of this sentence.
A SVO B SVC C SVOA D SVIODO
71. The play ‘Merchant of Venice’ is written by
A William Wordsworth B Rabindranath Tagore C T.S. Elliot D William Shakespeare