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Teaching Aptitude - 2

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Teaching profession is ______ more than just a job.

  1. management

  2. government assignment

  3. a mission

  4. pass time


Correct Option: C

It is said that a teacher is a “friend, philosopher and guide” because

  1. a teacher is a reformer

  2. a teacher imparts high values to his pupils

  3. a teacher plays all these vital roles in respect of his pupils

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: C

How should a teacher react or respond towards students mistakes?

  1. Try to be a perfectionist, never allow any mistake to be committed

  2. Allow mistakes and explain how to minimize them

  3. Should mildly punish students if they make mistakes

  4. Take all precautions, so that the students never commit any mistake.


Correct Option: B

In order to develop rapport with pupils, a teacher should

  1. behave with them in a democratic way

  2. guide them

  3. have communicative ability

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

A teacher is expected to do all except

  1. helping the pupils to solve their problems

  2. participating in community activities

  3. taking interest in politics

  4. sponsoring clubs and other school affairs


Correct Option: C

A teacher's primary responsibility lies in

  1. planning educational experiences

  2. keeping student's records

  3. implementing policies

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

How should a teacher introduce a new topic in the class?

  1. Start teaching formally without any delay

  2. Give broad outline of what is going to be taught

  3. Divide the class in groups and leave them to discuss the topic

  4. Give a preface and start the lesson


Correct Option: B

Communication helps in

  1. persuasion

  2. entertainment

  3. integration

  4. cultural promotion


Correct Option: A

Which of the following would be the characteristic of an ineffective teacher?

  1. Refusing to help children unless they have tried themselves

  2. Trying to control the students at all time

  3. Insisting the students to follow standards

  4. Insisting on discussion about the subject matter


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Refusing to help children unless they have tried themselves is the characteristic of an ineffective teacher

Which of the following communications has an emotional appeal?

  1. Intrapersonal communication

  2. Interpersonal communication

  3. Group communication

  4. Mass communication


Correct Option: B

All of the following are the characteristics of an effective teacher except

  1. emphasising group discussion for the purpose of clarifying the objectives

  2. emphasis upon standard

  3. emphasis upon the quick control of the problematic situation

  4. differential treatment meted out to students of his class


Correct Option: D

An effective teacher will ensure

  1. competition or cooperation as the situation demands

  2. laissez faire role on his part

  3. competition among his students

  4. cooperation among his students


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 An effective teacher will ensure cooperation among his students.

Intrapersonal communication is

  1. person to person contact

  2. talking to oneself

  3. when more than two persons are involved

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

The basic cause of a teacher's failure in maintaining discipline is the lack of

  1. competence in teaching methods

  2. knowledge of his subject

  3. a constructive programme of meaningful things to be learnt and done

  4. knowledge of educational psychology


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is the most important factor underlying the success of a new teacher?

  1. Communicative ability

  2. Scholarship

  3. Personality and its ability to relate to the class and to the pupils

  4. Organisational ability


Correct Option: C

After subsiding a disturbance in the classroom, the teacher's main concern should be

  1. to punish all offenders and thereby forestall the recurrence of unacceptable behaviour

  2. to know the cause of the misbehaviour

  3. to provide closer supervision as a means of preventing the recurrence of the incident

  4. to reduce the demands made upon the individuals involved as a means of reducing tension


Correct Option: B

If some of your pupils misbehave with you in the school campus you must

  1. report to their parents

  2. report to the principal

  3. improve their behaviour by your own character and scholarship

  4. mobilise other teachers against these students


Correct Option: C

In the class, a teacher should keep the pitch of his/her voice

  1. high enough

  2. moderate

  3. low

  4. sometimes low and sometimes high


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 a teacher should keep the pitch of his/her voice high enough.

Effective teaching means all of the following except

  1. teaching with enthusiasm

  2. finding fault in his students

  3. making the subject matter understood rather than completing the course

  4. putting more emphasis on teaching than on class control


Correct Option: B

The important cause for the failure of a teacher lies in the area of

  1. inter-personal relationship

  2. knowledge of the subject

  3. verbal ability

  4. excessive strictness


Correct Option: B

Select the statement which shows your predominant reason for deciding to be a teacher.

  1. I always loved teaching.

  2. My parents were teachers.

  3. It seemed an easy way of living.

  4. I could not be selected in civil services.


Correct Option: A

Which of the following would constitute the most proper action to take, if a child continues to talk after the class has been asked to be quiet?

  1. Speak loudly enough to be heard by the student who is talking.

  2. Have the whole class sit with hands folded for five minutes to impress on them the need for silence.

  3. Make the whole class stay after school.

  4. Arrange to speak to him privately.


Correct Option: D

You want to become a teacher because of

  1. love for profession

  2. love for money

  3. tuition work

  4. name and fame


Correct Option: A

Suppose you have taught for about three or four years and you get an opportunity to change your profession. You would

  1. take long leave and join the new profession as an experiment

  2. temporarily change the profession

  3. avail of the opportunity and quit teaching

  4. stick to teaching


Correct Option: D

The teacher should not show anger or annoyance on any of the acts of the students, because

  1. it affects adversely the blood pressure of the teacher

  2. students do not obey the teacher

  3. the atmosphere of education is in oppostition

  4. a student's heart can be won by remaining calm and pleasant


Correct Option: D

A teacher’s primary responsibility lies in

  1. implementing school policies

  2. maintaining student's records

  3. planning educational experience

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 A teacher’s primary responsibility lies in implementing school policies,maintaining student's records and planning educational experience.

I shall be proud to join the teaching profession, because it is

  1. the easiest profession

  2. the most popular profession

  3. the noblest profession

  4. the neatest profession


Correct Option: C

Students will respect the teacher most, if he/she

  1. shows his/her supremacy strictly

  2. is friendly with the students

  3. is successful in maintaining discipline

  4. is sincere


Correct Option: D

The greatest cause for failure of a new teacher can be found in the area of

  1. verbal ability

  2. unnecessary strictness with students

  3. interpersonal relations

  4. knowledge of the subject


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The greatest cause of failure of a new teacher is in the area of interpersonal relations.

A good teacher is always ready to

  1. help the gifted students

  2. teach his class

  3. help the students

  4. help the students of backward classes


Correct Option: C

In order to join the teaching profession, what is more important?

  1. Teaching aptitude

  2. Percentage of marks

  3. Belonging to reserved category

  4. Belonging to general category


Correct Option: A

In order to join the teaching profession, what is essential?

  1. Your belonging to reserved category

  2. Teaching aptitude

  3. Flattery

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

As a teacher you will like your students to be

  1. poor and humble

  2. rich and prosperous

  3. simple, honest and truthful

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Anybody will not join teaching as a profession because

  1. he is very much interested in this profession

  2. he is not interested in this profession

  3. teaching is not a good profession

  4. there are many teachers in his family


Correct Option: B

To be a successful teacher which of the following qualities is most essential?

  1. Sincerity

  2. Punctuality

  3. Sufficient knowledge of the subject

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

A student laughs at your question and gives a wrong reply. How will you handle this situation?

  1. By making him realise his mistake.

  2. By never asking him any question again.

  3. By beating him.

  4. By making fun of him.


Correct Option: A

How will you demonstrate your impartial behaviour?

  1. By maintaining high self-esteem and egoistic behaviour.

  2. By making own behaviour more balanced and fair.

  3. By assaulting some other teacher.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

As a teacher you will

  1. have less load of work

  2. earn money through tuitions

  3. enjoy by shirking work

  4. none of these


Correct Option: D

The modern consensus regarding the sending of disciplinary cases to the principal's office is that

  1. it should be used only when other means have failed

  2. it is generally the best use for the first offense to show that nonsense will not be tolerated

  3. it is a sign of poor discipline

  4. it is generally advisable, since the principal is ultimately responsible for the discipline in his school


Correct Option: A
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