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1-25 QUESTIONS 

1. The organ development of a baby in the womb forms only
after the formation of the head. This development is called as
1. Proximo distal development
2. Cephalo caudal development
3. Hereditary development
4. Environmental development

2. Thorndike proposed this theory
1. Learning
2. Learning by insight
3. Trail and Error
4. Operant Conditioning

3. Intelligence Quotient =

1.   Mental age/ Chronical age ×100
2. Chronical age/Mental age ×100
3. Mental age /Annual age×100
4. Chronical /Medical age × 100

4. In this stage, ‘learning competency’ is more in children
1. Infant stage
2. Childhood stage
3. Adult stage
4. Pre-Infant stage

5. Creating motion and movement in an individual and provokes
him for action is called
1. Motivation
2. Education
3. Study
4. Learning

6. Expand AAMD
1. Association for Advanced Medical Diagnostics
2. American Association of Medical Diagnostics
3. American Association of Moral Dialogue
4. American Association on Mental Deficiency

7. This is NOT related to specific learning Disabilities

1. Dysgraphia
2. Dyscalculia
3. Dewarming
4. Dyslexia

8. Frequent draining from the ear in a child may be caused by
1. Visual Impairment
2. Hearing Impairment
3. Specific learning disabilities
4. Intellectual Disability

9. Disability caused by Polio
1. Locomotor disability
2. Learning disability
3. Intellectual disability
4. Cerebral Palsy

10. Expand LSRW
1. Learning, Serving, Remembering, Watching
2. Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
3. Laughing, Selecting, Reaching, Working
4. Lecturing, Signing, Relaxing, Worshipping

11. The components in the lesson plan for a student with hearing
Impairment at the secondary level shall have
1. Language, speech, auditory training, and vocational
Education
2. Signs, number work
3. Auditory training only
4. Speech training only

12. Matching alphabets, word framing etc., learning activities are
used frequently for the children with
1. Hearing Impairment
2. Intellectual Disability
3. Haemophilia
4. Dwarfism

13. Assistive technology for children with dyslexia.
a) Text-to-speech software
b) Braille books
c) Audio books
1. a only
2. a, b, c
3. b, c
4. a, c

14. Children With Special Needs attending regular schools and
Acquiring education is called
1. Special Education
2. Inclusive Education
3. Integrated Education
4. Vocational Education

15. Providing additional educational activities for the gifted
children in regular classrooms only
1. Acceleration
2. Segregation
3. Summary
4. Enrichment

16. Among the following, this disability occurs through infectious
disease
1. Athetosis
2. Arthritis
3. Bone fracture
4. Spasticity

17. Expand I.E.P.
1. Individualized Education Project
2. Individualized Education Plan
3. Independent Education Programme
4. Individualized Education Period

18. This type of CWSN is to be placed in the first row in
classroom and use more teaching and learning materials in teaching
1. Multiple sclerosis
2. Hearing Impairment
3. Locomotor Disability
4. Haemophilia

19. One student teaches to the other student in a class is called
1. Literature education training
2. Special education training
3. Integrated education training
4. Peer tutoring

20. Vocational education training is needed for persons with
1. Hearing Impairment
2. Haemophilia
3. Thalassemia
4. Sickle cell disease

21. Identify the chronological order of these Acts
a. NT Act
b. RCI Act
c. PWD Act
d. RPWD Act
1. a,b,c,d
2. b,c,d,a
3. b,c,a,d
4. c,b,a,d

22. ‘IEDSS’ scheme started in the year
1. 1999
2. 2009
3. 2019
4. 2000

23. Sign language is used for children with
1. Visual Impairment
2. Specific Learning Disabilities
3. Hearing Impairment
4. Speech Impairment

24. The strengths and needs of Children With Special Needs are
mentioned in
1. LEP
2. HEP
3. IEP
4. KEP

25. The section representing education for Children With Special
Needs in the Right to Education Act-2009 are
1. 3(1)
2. 3(2)
3. 3(3)
4. 3(4)

26 – 50 QUESTIONS 

26. According to the RTE Act 2009, providing ramps with railing in
School for Children With Special Needs is the responsibility of
1. Teachers
2. Parents
3. Concerned Government
4. Students

27. UNCRPD held at
1. London
2. Paris
3. New York
4. New Delhi

28. This may not be required for children with Hearing
Impairment
1. Body language
2. Sign language
3. Facial Expressions
4. Taylor frame.

29. Persons having Visual acuity 3/60 or less are called
1. Dwarfism
2. Blind
3. Deaf
4. Intellectual Disability

30. Quadriplegia is related to
1. Intellectual Disability
2. Autism
3. Cerebral Palsy
4. Thalassemia

31. These persons depend on others to perform their daily
activities
1. Specific learning disabilities
2. Severe intellectual disability
3. Mild intellectual disability
4. Hearing Impairment

32. The intelligence quotient of persons with mild intellectual
disability is in between
1. 50 – 70
2. 20 – 35
3. Below 20
4. 35 – 50

33. The persons with Down’s Syndrome have this number of
chromosomes
1. 45
2. 46
3. 47
4. 48

34. Having a small Head is called
1. Phenylketonuria
2. Cretinism
3. Macrocephalus
4. Microcephalus

35. This day is celebrated every year in the month of December at the
International level for disabled persons
1. World Aids Day
2. International Day of Persons with Disabilities
3. World Health Day
4. International Teachers Day

36. This type of teaching method is used for teaching children
with specific learning disabilities
1. VAST method
2. VAKT method
3. VAKS method
4. VKSA method

37. Praise, smile, and appreciation are this type of reinforcement
1. Primary
2. Social
3. Secondary
4. Emotional

38. These children are not required “Home Based Education”.
1. Severe, Profound Intellectual Disability
2. Severe multiple Disability
3. Profound Cerebral Palsy
4. Autism

39. ‘Dyspraxia’ is related to
1. Hearing Impairment
2. Visual Impairment
3. Dwarfism
4. Specific Learning Disabilities

40. The headquarters of National Institute for the Empowerment
of Persons with Visual Disabilities is located at
1. Mumbai
2. Dehradun
3. Delhi
4. Hyderabad

41. This method is useful to train/teach children with
Intellectual Disability
1. Experimental Method
2. Lecture Method
3. Task analysis Method
4. Heuristic Method

42. This is not necessary for persons with deaf
1. Braille Script
2. Sign language
3. Hindi language
4. Telugu language

43. The training to identify the difference between different
vowels in hearing-impaired children
1. Development of fine discrimination of speech
2. Development of discriminations among simple speech
3. Development of gross sound discrimination
4. Development of awareness of sound

44. The term “Learning Disability” was first used by this
educationist.
1. Turner
2. Johnson
3. Samuel Kirk
4. Thorndike

45. As per the classification of hearing loss, which is moderate
hearing loss
1. 0 – 15 dB
2. 16 – 25 dB
3. 26 – 40 dB
4. 41 – 55 dB

46. Having two or more disabilities is called
1. Visual Impairment
2. Hearing Impairment
3. Multiple Disability
4. Intellectual Disability

47. Damage to the back side of the brain leads to this type of
cerebral palsy
1. Athetosis
2. Ataxia
3. Spasticity
4. Rigidity

48. This is relevant for Cerebral Palsy among the following
1. It is a communicable disease
2. Intensity will decrease by performing rituals
3. It will vanish over a period of time
4. It is a condition

49. Lack of coordination between nerves and muscles is one of the
characteristics of this disability.
1. Hearing Impairment
2. Visual Impairment
3. Specific learning disabilities
4. Cerebral Palsy

50. These children use an abacus, an embossed teaching learning tool
material in classroom
1. Hearing Impairment
2. Visual Impairment
3. Haemophilia
4. Thalassemia

51 – 75 QUESTIONS 

51. The smallest bone in the human body is in
1. Eye
2. Ear
3. Nose
4. Throat

52. According to this act, Personal liberty shall not be deprived on
the ground of disability
1. PWD Act – 1995
2. RPWD Act – 2016
3. Mental Health Act – 1987
4. National Trust Act – 1999

53. Inclusive Education for the Disabled at the Secondary Stage.
The programme was launched this academic year
1. 2007 – 08
2. 2008 – 09
3. 2009 – 10
4. 2010 – 11

54. Students with blind may not perform this activity
1. Singing songs
2. Listening to music
3. Telling shape & state by their touch
4. Drawing

55. A famous scientist, Einstein, who faced learning disabilities,
belongs to this country
1. England
2. Japan
3. Germany
4. America

56. Children with Severe, profound intellectual disability needs
this education
1. Home-based education
2. Distance education
3. School education
4. Vocational education

57. This is useful to identify children with Visual Impairment
1. National Maps
2. Modern Chart
3. Snellen Chart
4. Food Chart

58. In general, the intelligence of these disabled children is equal to
normal children
1. Cerebral Palsy
2. Intellectual disability
3. Down’s Syndrome
4. Visual Impairment

59. The period from the conception to till birth is called
1. Peri – natal period
2. Post – natal period
3. Pre – natal period
4. Neo – natal period

60. This disability is not covered in the National Trust Act – 1999
1. Autism
2. Cerebral Palsy
3. Multiple disabilities
4. Hearing Impairment

61. Persons who have degree in Special Education must register
their certificate in this organisation
1. Rehabilitation Council of India
2. Medical Council of India
3. Agriculture Council of India
4. Bar Council of India

62. Food, water, sleep etc. are this type of reinforcement.
1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Social
4. Emotional

63. The psychologist ‘Terman’ identified that the person
whose intelligence quotient is more than ____are called
persons with giftedness
1. 100
2. 140
3. 90
4. 80

64. Expand SCERT
1. State Council of Educational Research and Training
2. State Council of Employment Research and Training
3. State Council of Employment Resources and Training
4. State Council of Educational Rehabilitation and
Training

65. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is related to this
disability
1. Autism
2. Cerebral Palsy
3. Cretinism
4. Specific learning disabilities

66. The children who are always expressing unusual or stereotypical
behaviours are identified as
1. Intellectual Disability
2. Specific Learning disability
3. Autism Spectrum disorder
4. Multiple Sclerosis

67. “There is no much difference between children with Low
Vision and Normal Children” is said by
1. Louie Braille
2. Helen Keller
3. Lowen Feld
4. Einstein

68. With reference to Children With Special Needs, organizing
Teaching learning activities to all students is called
1. Physical education
2. Simple education
3. General education
4. Inclusive education

69. This teaching learning activity is not useful for children with
blind
1. Discussion – demonstration
2. Lecture
3. Language experiments
4. Drawing

70. This disability may occur, if child developmental milestones
are not reached properly
1. Haemophilia
2. Parkinson’s disease
3. Intellectual disability
4. Acid attack victims

71. On observation in classroom, students rubbing their eyes,
watering from eyes frequently, teacher shall need to do this
1. Send out from the school
2. Ask them to lay down in classroom
3. Inform to the head master
4. Inform to their parents with a suggestion to undergo
certain medical tests

72. This is not related to cerebral palsy
1. Paraplegia
2. Hemiplegia
3. Monoplegia
4. Echolalia

73. The word ‘Thala’ is read as ‘Latha’ frequently by the student
with
1. Intellectual Disability
2. Specific Learning Disabilities
3. Visual Impairment
4. Autism

74. Flat nose, slanting eye lids etc. are the features of the persons
with
1. Visual Impairment
2. Autism
3. Specific learning Disabilities
4. Down’s Syndrome

75. According to RPWD Act – 2016, 70 dB hearing loss or more
in the better ear is defined as
1. Deaf
2. Hard of hearing
3. Mild hearing loss
4. Marginal hearing loss

76 – 100 QUESTIONS 

76. A student wearing spectacles and a hearing aid while attending
to school. He has this type of disability
1. Visual impairment
2. Hearing impairment
3. No disability
4. Multiple disability

77. A hearing problem due to a problem in the external ear, middle ear
and inner ear is called
1. Moderate hearing loss
2. Sensory neural hearing loss
3. Conductive hearing loss
4. Mixed hearing loss

78. One of the characteristic features of Autism is
1. Singing
2. Loss of eye contact
3. Dancing
4. Story telling

79. The correct order of the learning phases of learning disabled individuals
1. The Foundation Phase, The Integration Phase,
The Transition Phase
2. The Foundation Phase, The Transition Phase,
The Integration Phase
3. The Integration Phase, The Transition Phase,
The Foundation Phase
4. The Transition Phase, The Foundation Phase,
The Integration Phase

80. The term “Learning Disabilities” first coined by
1. Rajesh Sahu
2. Samuel Kirk
3. Sirivennela Sreeman
4. Griffith

81. Which one is ‘not’ related to physical disability
1. Acid attack victims
2. Dwarfism
3. Visual Impairment
4. Haemophilia

82. ‘Universal Design for Learning’ method is used for
1. Only for educational backward children
2. Only for children with special needs
3. Only for gifted children
4. All types of children

83. World Braille day is observed every year on
1. 3rd January
2. 4th January
3. 5th January
4. 6th January

84. The sound intensity of a normal conversation of any two persons are
in between these decibels
1. 35 – 45 dB
2. 45 – 55 dB
3. 55 – 65 dB
4. 65 – 75 dB

85. According to this article, Children With Special Needs get
education freely
1. 23 – A
2. 22 – A
3. 24 – B
4. 21 – A

86. This disability occurs due to a chromosomal disorder
1. Hearing Impairment
2. Visual Impairment
3. Specific Learning Disability
4. Down’s Syndrome

87. According to Samuel Kirk these methods are not used for
identifying children with learning disabilities
1. Medical Test
2. Study of family, school and environment
3. Behaviour Assessment
4. Adaptations

88. Double vision, Tremors, Speech Defects, Emotional
Disturbances, coordination defects are characteristics
of these disabilities
1. Multiple Sclerosis
2. Hearing Impairment
3. Autism
4. Intellectual Disability

89. In this year, the Programme of Action (PoA) was proposed
1. 1991
2. 1992
3. 1993
4. 1994

90. Expand NHFDC

1. National Handicapped Finance and Development
Corporation
2. National Handicapped Finance and Dedicated
Corporation
3. National Handicapped Female and Development
Corporation
4. National Handicapped Finance and Developed Country

91. According to the definition of Norman L. Man about
Psychology, which of the statements is correct
1. Psychology is a science that studies not only the external
experiences of living being, but also internal processes
2. Psychology studies external experiences of living beings
only.
3. Psychology studies the internal processes of living beings only
4. Psychology studies the characteristics of nonliving
beings only

92. In this level of Kohlberg’s Moral Development, obeying moral
standards are to seek identity as a good girl or a good boy.
1. Pre – conventional level
2. Conventional level
3. Post-conventional level
4. East Conventional level

93. As per Piaget’s theory, the stage of developing problem-solving
capacity’ is
1. Sensory–motor stage
2. Concrete operational stage
3. Pre – operational stage
4. Formal operational stage

94. One of the following is the incorrect statement with regard to
Development.
1. Development is Qualitative
2. Development is internal. Can be Physical, Social, Moral
and intellectual.
3. Development is Quantitative only
4. Not possible to measure development accurately.

95. The Author of the book “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can
Matter More Than IQ” is
“Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”
1. Vain Liyon pain
2. John Mayor
3. Peter Salove
4. Daniel Goleman

96. Propagator of ‘Group factor theory of Intelligence’
1. Howard Gardner
2. Spearman
3. Thurstone
4. Guilford

97. Displacement
1. Transferring anger towards mother–in–law to vessels
2. The Grapes that are out of reach are sour
3. Fulfilling the unsatisfied desires in dreams
4. Forced forgetting

98. According to Stone and Brown, Susman the characteristic of one
of the group ‘Burnout’ is
1. More participation in Games
2. Preference for social activities over scholastic
assignments
3. Problematic individuals habituated to drugs
4. Education is more important than Games and sports

99. The stage of sudden occurrence of a solution to a problem, the The
creative process is
1. Preparation
2. Incubation
3. Illumination/insight
4. Verification

100. According to Gates, Jershield, the continuous modification of  The
behaviour of the individual for maintaining harmonious The
relationship with the environment is
1. Attitude
2. Interest
3. Aptitude
4. Adjustment

101 – 125 QUESTIONS 

101. Unfinished or interrupted tasks are more memorable than
completed tasks. It is known as
1. Repression
2. Deja Vu
3. Zeigarnik effect
4. Gestalt effect

102. ‘The Theory of Ideals’ was proposed by
1. W.C. Bagley
2. Woodworth
3. Thorndike
4. R.M. Gagne

103. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory, what is the
need that a person seeks to fulfill once physiological needs are
satisfied is
1. Recognition need
2. Self-actualization need
3. Love and belonging need
4. Safety needs

104. The Gestalt principle, which states that elements that are close to
each other tends to be perceived as a group
1. Law of proximity
2. Law of similarity
3. Law of closure
4. Law of continuity

105. One of the following is a correct statement
1. Temporary changes are part of learning
2. There is no relation between learning and maturity
3. Learning is a continuous process
4. Individual differences have no importance in learning

106. The book written by Bruner, which is a source for the curriculum
development and teaching learning activities
1. The Process of Education
2. Principles of Psychology
3. Remembering
4. The Mentality of Apes

107. ‘The conditions of learning’ is written by
1. B.F. Skinner
2. R.M. Gagne
3. E.L. Thorndike
4. Ivan Pavlov

108. Which one of the following belongs to the cognitive domain
1. Imitation
2. Application
3. Organization
4. Responding

109. One of the following is a theory of behaviourism
1. Insightful learning – Kohler
2. Instructional theory – Bruner
3. Classical Conditioning – Pavlov
4. Cognitive development theory – Piaget

110. The type of concept that focuses on just one characteristic is
1. Simple concept
2. Relational concept
3. Conjunctive concept
4. Disjunctive concept

111. In India, OERS are conducted by
1. MIT
2. NIIT
3. NIT
4. IGNOU & NPTEL

112. The value of ‘1 TB’
1. 1024 GB
2. 1024 KB
3. 1024 MB
4. 1024 Bytes

113. ‘NTA’ stands for
1. National Textbook Agency
2. National Testing Agency
3. National Teaching Academy
4. National Teaching Agency

114. According to RTE, 2009 minimum Teaching hours for
6th to 8th class are
1. 1000
2. 200
3. 500
4. 2000

115. One of the following is an ‘Application Software’
1. M.S. Office
2. Windows
3. MAC
4. Linux 

116. According to ‘UNCRC’, children are
1. Below 14 years
2. Below 18 years
3. Below 21 years
4. Below 16 years

117. One of the following is an output device of a computer
1. LED
2. OCR
3. OMR
4. MICR

118. As per NEP-2020, the Foundational stage includes
1. 3 years Anganwadi, class 1, class 2
2. 2 years Anganwadi, classes 1 to 3
3. Classes 3 to 5
4. Classes 1 to 5

119. ‘LASS’ stands for
1. Learning Activities in School Support
2. Learning Aids in Stretcher ‘Scaffolding’
3. Language Acquisition Support System
4. Language Activities in Secondary Schools

120. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
The child (UNCRC), this article states that ‘Sport is the
fundamental right of every Child’
1. Article 30
2. Article 29
3. Article 31
4. Article 42

121. Ego operates based on this principle
1. Morality
2. Reality
3. Pleasure
4. Pain

122. The ability of an individual to act purposefully, to think
rationally and to deal effectively with the environment is
1. Interest
2. Attitude
3. Intelligence
4. Aptitude

123. The early childhood stage is regarded as the age of
1. Exploratory
2. Gang age
3. Imitation
4. Fantasy

124. Which of the following individuals is a proponent of heredity as
The exclusive factor influencing growth and development
1. Watson
2. Freeman
3. Bagley
4. Galton

125. Bharathi wants to do Engineering, but she is afraid of failure.
This type of conflict is
1. Approach – Approach
2. Approach – Avoidance
3. Avoidance – Avoidance
4. Double Approach – Avoidance

126 – 150 QUESTIONS   

126. ‘Object permanence’ formed in this stage
1. Sensory motor stage
2. Pre-operational stage
3. Concrete operational stage
4. Formal operational stage

127. According to Ericikson, the following stage of psycho-social
developmental crisis found at the age of 12 to 20 years
1. Autonomy Vs Doubt
2. Initiative Vs Guilt
3. Identity Vs Role Confusion
4. Industry Vs Inferiority

128. Correct statement with regard to development
1. Quantitative
2. Changes are based on heredity
3. Related to physical changes
4. Comprehensive & wider

129. One of the following is not a Projective Test
1. Ink blot Test
2. Thematic Apperception Test
3. Children’s Apperception Test
4. Bhatia Battery

130. ‘Chatter Box’ stage of child’s development
1. Infancy
2. Early childhood
3. Late childhood
4. Adolescence

131. Base for the proverb “We can lead a horse to the water, but we
cannot make it drink is”
1. Law of Readiness
2. Law of Effect
3. Law of Exercise
4. Law of Continuity

132. Learning is
1. Simple and goal-oriented
2. Simple and Universal
3. Complex and Inactive
4. Complex and Active

133. The person who feels lying is bad won’t lie. This kind of
motivation is
1. Intrinsic Motivation
2. Achievement Motivation
3. Extrinsic Motivation
4. Artificial Motivation

134. The concepts of Latitudes and Longitudes are examples of
these concepts
a) Simple b) concrete c) abstract d) complex
1. a & b
2. a & c
3. b & d
4. c & d

135. This theory states that the similarity of contents or the similarity of
Methods promote transfer of learning
1. Theory of formal discipline
2. Theory of Identical Elements
3. Theory of Transposition
4. Theory of Ideals

136. Termination of the unconditional stimulus after conditioning
leads to
1. Reinforcement
2. Spontaneous recovery
3. Extinction
4. Generalization

137. The psychologist who first described the figure–ground
relationship
1. Edgar Rubin
2. C.L. Morgan
3. Richard
4. Jerome Bruner

138. Symbols formed in the brain during the memory process
1. Neurograms
2. Neuro muscular grams
3. Polysomnograms
4. Neuroimaging grams

139. Type of learning involved in learning ‘States and Capitals’
1. Rules learning
2. Generalization learning
3. Procedural learning
4. Factual learning

140. One of the following does not belong to the affective domain
1. Responding
2. Valuing
3. Understanding
4. Characterization

141. The author of the book ‘Home–Schooling’ubai
2. John Holt
1. Gij
3. Makerenko
4. Paulo Freire

142. “An infant boy’s recognition of his mother among other family
members.” This learning belongs to
1. Verbal Learning
2. Perceptual Learning
3. Conceptual Learning
4. Discrimination Learning

143. The Prime Minister of India, who launched the ‘Digital India’
programme
1. Manmohan Singh
2. Vajpayee
3. Narendra Modi
4. Indira Gandhi

144. One of the following is not an abstract concept
1. Justice
2. Honesty
3. Second
4. Green colour

145. One of the following belongs to the first generation of computers
1. EDVAL
2. CDC 1604
3. IBM 1401
4. IBM 1620

146. 1 PB =
1. 1024 GB
2. 1024 TB
3. 1024 ZB
4. 1024 EB

147. Year of launch of ‘VSNL’ services in India
1. 1990
2. 2000
3. 1995
4. 1984

148. The term ‘MOOC’ stands for
1. Massive Open Online Courses
2. Mass Online Open Courses
3. Mass Online Oriented Courses
4. Massive Online Opening Courses

149. As per RTE – 2009, the number of teachers in a school of
40 strength is
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

150. As per NEP – 2020, the first 5 years of schooling is known as
1. Foundational
2. Preparatory
3. Middle
4. Primary