Module 1 Previous Year Questions:
Q1. Which Ministry is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Act centrally with respect to trade apprentices?
A) Ministry of Labour and Employment
B) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
C) Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
D) Ministry of Human Resource and Development
Answer Key:
C) Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
Q2. Diploma Level Technical Institutes such as Polytechnics, are generally recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and administered by __________
A) National Council of Vocational Education
B) National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research
C) National Council of Educational Research and Training
D) State Directorate of Technical Education
Answer Key:
D) State Directorate of Technical Education
Q3. Name the scheme initiated by the Directorate General of Employment & Training (DGE&T) in the Ministry of Labour, Government of India for imparting skills in various vocational trades to meet the skilled manpower requirements for technology and industrial growth of the country
A) Apprenticeship Training Scheme
B) Craftsman Training Scheme
C) Graduate Training Scheme
D) Technician Training Scheme
Answer Key:
B) Craftsman Training Scheme
Q4. Name the statutory body at the national level for Technical Education under the Department of Higher Education.
A) Ministry of Education
B) All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
C) Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE)
D) University Grants Commission (UGC)
Answer Key:
B) All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
Q5. Name the status that may be conferred on a premier public higher education institution in India by an act of Parliament of India, an institution which “serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state.”
A) Centre of Excellence
B) Institute of Higher Education
C) Institute of National Importance
D) Indian Institute of Technology
Answer Key:
C) Institute of National Importance
Q6. Which one of the following programmes come under Technical Education
A) Tourism
B) Catering Technology
C) Medicine
D) Paramedical
Answer Key:
B) Catering Technology
Q7. Name the statutory organization set up by the Union Government in 1956, charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of University Education.
A) AICTE
B) UGC
C) DoTE
D) MHRD
Answer Key:
B) UGC
Q8. Which is NOT the Institutional Development schemes run by AICTE?
A) Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence (MODROBS)
B) MARGDARSHAN
C) UNNAT BHARAT ABHIYAN
D) SKILL INDIA
Answer Key:
D) SKILL INDIA
Q9. Which is NOT the objective of National Accreditation Board
A) To assess and accredit the technical education programs
B) To promote excellence through a bench marking process
C) To conduct evaluation of self–assessment of technical institutions and/or programs
D) To rank the institutes of higher education
Answer Key:
D) To rank the institutes of higher education
Q10. The purpose of the accreditation by National Accreditation Board is
A) To promote and recognize excellence in technical education in colleges and universities
B) To rank the institutes of higher education
C) To give approval for Professional Degree Programs
D) To enforce the teacher/ student development schemes
Answer Key:
A) To promote and recognize excellence in technical education in colleges and universities
Q11. Outcome based education (OBE) is student-centered instruction model that focuses on measuring student performance through outcomes. The outcomes include
A) Intelligence, output, and project
B) Knowledge, skill, and attitudes
C) Ranking, teacher strength, student performance
D) Student employability, teacher strength, skill sets
Answer Key:
B) Knowledge, skill, and attitudes
Q12. National Accreditation Board (NBA) accredits
A) Programs in Engineering and Technology
B) Technical Institutions
C) Science Courses
D) Teaching Professionals
Answer Key:
A) Programs in Engineering and Technology
Q13. NBA aligned its methodology with international benchmarks and started accreditation on the basis of
A) Outcomes
B) Input-process-output
C) Availability of resources / facilities
D) None of the above
Answer Key:
A) Outcomes
Q14. The membership of __________ is an international recognition of the quality of undergraduate engineering education offered by the member country
A) Dublin Accord
B) Washington Accord
C) US/UK Accord
D) ABET
Answer Key:
B) Washington Accord
Q15. Name the test conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC) for setting high standards of teaching
A) National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)
B) National Eligibility Test (NET)
C) Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)
D) Common Admission Test (CAT)
Answer Key:
B) National Eligibility Test (NET)
Q16. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) provides accreditation of institutions and individual departments with a validity for
A) 3 years
B) 4 years
C) 5 years
D) 10 years
Answer Key:
C) 5 years
Q17. A mode of learning in higher education which system facilitates student to have some freedom in selecting his/her own choices, across various disciplines for completing a UG / PG programme. It is popularly known as the cafeteria model. It is:
A) Flexible Learning Environment
B) Choice based Credit
C) Blended Learning
D) Flipped Classroom
Answer Key:
B) Choice based Credit
Q18. Three Domains of Learning are
A) Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor
B) Competency, Attitudes, Psychomotor
C) Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic
D) Intelligence, Social, Emotional
Answer Key:
A) Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor
Q19. Which of the following learning domain deals with acquisition of knowledge?
A) Cognitive
B) Affective
C) Psychomotor
D) Social
Answer Key:
A) Cognitive
Q20. Which of the following learning domains related to development of a person’s value system?
A) Cognitive
B) Affective
C) Psychomotor
D) Social
Answer Key:
B) Affective
Q21. Name the theorists who identified the three domains of learning
A) B.F. Skinner
B) Jean Piaget
C) Benjamin Bloom
D) Lev Vygotsky
Answer Key:
C) Benjamin Bloom
Q22. What is the lowest level of thinking of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.
A) Listening
B) Remembering
C) Understanding
D) Creating
Answer Key:
B) Remembering
Q23. What level of Bloom’s Taxonomy is demonstrated by a student explaining the working principle of a DC Motor
A) Remember
B) Understand
C) Apply
D) Create
Answer Key:
B) Understand
Q24. Students need to develop a website for computer technology class. What level of Bloom’s taxonomy is demonstrated by this assignment?
A) Remember
B) Understand
C) Apply
D) Create
Answer Key:
D) Create
Q25. Name the apex Institution dedicated to Technical Teacher Education.
A) IIT
B) NIT
C) NITTTR
D) AICTE
Answer Key:
C) NITTTR
Q26. Students are able to develop opinions, judgements and decisions. What level of Bloom’s taxonomy is demonstrated?
A) Understand
B) Evaluate
C) Apply
D) Create
Answer Key:
B) Evaluate
Q27. Knowledge of subject-specific techniques and methods is :
A) Procedural knowledge
B) Conceptual knowledge
C) Factual knowledge
D) Metacognitive Knowledge
Answer Key:
A) Procedural knowledge
Q28. Which is NOT true?
A) Affective = emotion
B) Cognitive = thinking
C) Psychomotor = physical
D) Cognitive = beliefs
Answer Key:
D) Cognitive = beliefs
Q29. This refers to the learner’s highest of internalization and relates to behavior that reflect
(i) A generalized set of values; and
(ii) A characterization or a philosophy about life
A) Receiving
B) Responding
C) Valuing
D) Characterizing
Answer Key:
D) Characterizing
Q30. This refers to the learner’s sensitivity to the existence of stimuli – awareness, willingness to obtain, or selected attention
A) Receiving
B) Responding
C) Valuing
D) Organization
Answer Key:
A) Receiving
Q31. The __________ domain of learning occurs when a person learns new information and gains new skills through physical movement
A) Cognitive
B) Psychomotor
C) Affective
D) Physical
Answer Key:
B) Psychomotor
Q32. Listening to a Workshop Instructor explaining how to perform a skill and then performing the skill back falls into which level of learning?
A) Imitation
B) Articulation
C) Manipulation
D) Precision
Answer Key:
C) Manipulation
Q33. You are asked to compare Bubble sort with Selection Sort in Data structures course. What is the level of learning according to Bloom’s Taxonomy
A) Apply
B) Evaluate
C) Analyze
D) Understand
Answer Key:
C) Analyze
Q34. What are the two dimensions in Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy?
A) Knowledge and Cognitive Process
B) Cognitive and Psychomotor
C) Knowledge and Understanding
D) Evaluate and Create
Answer Key:
A) Knowledge and Cognitive Process
Q35. There are four types of Knowledge. They are
A) Factual, Conceptual, Procedural and Metacognitive
B) Fact, Data, Knowledge and Wisdom
C) Cognitive, Psychomotor, Affective and Social
D) Factual, Cognitive, Metacognitive and Procedural
Answer Key:
A) Factual, Conceptual, Procedural and Metacognitive
Q36. Anderson and Krathwohl identified __________ specific cognitive processes that further clarified the bounds of the six categories
A) Nine
B) Twelve
C) Nineteen
D) Fourteen
Answer Key:
C) Nineteen
Q37. Instructional objectives guide students by helping them to
A) Identify important high level skills
B) Discuss the lesson with each other
C) Monitor their own learning
D) Create teachable moments
Answer Key:
C) Monitor their own learning
Q38. What is another name for Instructional objective which are specific, observable and measurable
A) Learning Outcomes
B) Lesson plan
C) Assessment
D) Aims /Goa
Answer Key:
A) Learning Outcomes
Q39. The purpose of a learning objective is to
A) Measure outcomes
B) Confuse students
C) Define Learning
D) Communicate expectations
Answer Key:
D) Communicate expectations
Q40. Select the well-formed Instructional Objective
A) Students will understand the working principle of DC Motor
B) Study about working Principle of DC Motor
C) Explain how electromagnetic forces produce motor action
D) How does a DC motor work
Answer Key:
C) Explain how electromagnetic forces produce motor action
Q41. Select the well-formed Instructional objective
A) Memorize the different cloud services and deployment models
B) Introduce basic Unix commands, system call interface for process management, interprocess communication and I/O in Unix
C) Develop an appreciation for the services of Cloud computing
D) Describe Data mining and steps involved in the Knowledge discovery of databases
Answer Key:
B) Introduce basic Unix commands, system call interface for process management, interprocess communication and I/O in Unix
Q42. Select the well-formed Instructional objective
A) Introduce basics and models for fluids.
B) To learn about the Advanced Nano Finishing.
C) To blow the Latest trends in unconventional machining processes.
D) Calculate the acid value of a lubricant.
Answer Key:
D) Calculate the acid value of a lubricant.
Q43. Writing precise learning outcomes requires that ambiguous verbs be avoided. Identify the Precise verbs
A) Understand, comprehension
B) Understand, Appreciate
C) To know, to study
D) Construct, Identify
Answer Key:
D) Construct, Identify
Q44. Each learning outcome should begin with
A) A learning verb
B) An Action Verb
C) An outcome verb
D) Any verb
Answer Key:
B) An Action Verb
Q45. Change in attitude reflect learning, mostly in which domain
A) Affective
B) Psychomotor
C) Cognitive
D) None of the above
Answer Key:
A) Affective
Q46. The well-known resource was developed in 1956 as a way for classifying the three domain of learning – Cognitive, Psychomotor and Affective is
A) Dave’s Taxonomy
B) Bloom’s Taxonomy
C) Richard Mayer Multimedia Principles
D) Meager Method Instructional Objectives
Answer Key:
B) Bloom’s Taxonomy
Q47. To start teaching: teacher must be guided by __________ followed by __________ to accomplish the task and then __________.
A) Instructional objectives, analyze the work, evaluate the work
B) Strategies and tools, evaluate the outcome, analyze the lesson
C) Strategies and tools, strategies and material, evaluate the outcome
D) Instructional objective, strategies and tools, evaluate the outcome
Answer Key:
D) Instructional objective, strategies and tools, evaluate the outcome
Q48. Higher Order thinking objectives address
A) Analyze and Evaluate
B) Remember and Understand
C) Understand and Evaluate
D) Remember and Apply
Answer Key:
A) Analyze and Evaluate
Q49. A constructively designed course is one where
A) The students know what they have to learn
B) The teacher knows what he or she wants to do and lesson plans are given.
C) The outcomes, assessment and learning activities are all clearly aligned with course outcomes
D) The classes follow a logical sequence; examinations are conducted according to the schedule.
Answer Key:
C) The outcomes, assessment and learning activities are all clearly aligned with course outcomes
Q50. What is the difference between a goal and an objective?
A) Goals are broad, objectives are narrow
B) Goals are specific, objectives are general
C) Goals are short-term, objectives are long-term
D) Goals are measurable, objectives are not
Answer Key:
A) Goals are broad, objectives are narrow
Q51. Knowledge of cognition in general as well as awareness and knowledge of one’s own cognition is known as:
A) Factual Knowledge
B) Conceptual Knowledge
C) Procedural Knowledge
D) Metacognitive knowledge
Answer Key:
D) Metacognitive knowledge
Q52. Teaching is defined as
A) An informative process
B) An intellectual process
C) An initiative process
D) An interactive process
Answer Key:
D) An interactive process
Q53. Basic teaching model was developed by
A) Robert Glaser
B) Robert Gagne
C) E. Thorndike
D) B.F. Skinner
Answer Key:
A) Robert Glaser
Q54. The basic teaching model consists of __________ basic components or parts.
A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Six
Answer Key:
B) Four
Q55. The ‘3M’ concept in instructional procedure refers to:
A) Materials, Money, Machinery
B) Men, Materials, Money
C) Men, Media, Machines
D) Materials, Media, Methods
Answer Key:
D) Materials, Media, Methods
Q56. Pedagogy is
A) A child-focused teaching approach
B) An adult-focused teaching approach
C) A trainer-focused teaching approach
D) An instructor-focused teaching approach
Answer Key:
A) A child-focused teaching approach
Q57. The four pillars of learning does NOT include
A) To know
B) To do
C) To live together
D) To like
Answer Key:
D) To like
Q58. “Learning” indicates
A) Relatively permanent change in behavior
B) Acquiring general competencies
C) Listening to classroom instruction
D) Reading the textbooks and notes
Answer Key:
A) Relatively permanent change in behavior
Q59. Relatively permanent change in behavior due to reinforced practice is known as:
A) Teaching
B) Guiding
C) Training
D) Learning
Answer Key:
D) Learning
Q60. Which one of the following does not include personal factor?
A) Relationship
B) Motivation
C) Interest
D) Needs
Answer Key:
A) Relationship
Q61. Personality is
A) a combination of attitude, behavior and competencies of students
B) a combination of attitude, skill and knowledge of students
C) the sum of the physical, cognitive, emotional and social characteristics of students
D) behavior and knowledge
Answer Key:
C) the sum of the physical, cognitive, emotional and social characteristics of students
Q62. The correct order of human life is
A) Babyhood, adolescent and adulthood
B) Infancy, babyhood, and adolescent
C) Babyhood, infancy and adolescent
D) Infancy, babyhood and adult
Answer Key:
A) Babyhood, adolescent and adulthood
Q63. The characteristic which is not part of Physical characteristic is
A) Rapid intense growth
B) Height and weight variation
C) Nutrition deficiency
D) Intelligence
Answer Key:
D) Intelligence
Q64. The characteristic which is not an Emotional characteristic is
A) Complexity
B) Labile emotions
C) Development of abstract subject concept
D) Loneliness
Answer Key:
C) Development of abstract subject concept
Q65. The characteristic which is NOT a Cognitive characteristic is
A) Increase ability of understanding
B) Increase ability of generalize the facts
C) Increase ability of deal with abstraction
D) Increase ability to deal with adults
Answer Key:
D) Increase ability to deal with adults
Q66. The characteristic which is not a social characteristic is
A) Interested in recreation and games
B) Increased socialization with peers
C) Self centered attitudes
D) Problem solving abilities
Answer Key:
D) Problem solving abilities
Q67. The characteristic of a Silent student is
A) Not participate in class activity on their own
B) Teacher-dependent
C) Optimistic
D) Excessive concern about grades
Answer Key:
A) Not participate in class activity on their own
Q68. The category of student type which is responsible for problems in the classroom is
A) Compliant
B) Heroes
C) Snipers
D) Dependents
Answer Key:
C) Snipers
Q69. The characteristic of attention seeking student is that he/she
A) Will Not participate class activity on their own
B) Is Teacher-dependent
C) Is Fond of discussion
D) Has Excessive concern about grades
Answer Key:
C) Is Fond of discussion
Q70. The characteristic of a discouraged worker is
A) Positive image of self
B) Not interested in academics
C) Friendly with teachers and peers
D) Optimistic underachievers
Answer Key:
B) Not interested in academics
Q71. Emotional Fluctuations in adolescence are caused by
A) Hormonal changes and brain development
B) Body image
C) Lack of confidence
D) Environmental factors
Answer Key:
A) Hormonal changes and brain development
Q72 Adolescence is the
A) Process or state of growing to maturity
B) Process of growing from adulthood to old age
C) Process of getting very old
D) Process or state of growing from infant to child
Answer Key:
A) Process or state of growing to maturity
Q73. The concept of ‘motivation’ in the educational scenario indicates
A) creation of interest in learning
B) sustenance of interest in learning
C) creation and sustenance of interest in learning
D) creation and sustenance of interest in examination
Answer Key:
C) creation and sustenance of interest in learning
Q74. The most important problem of a student for the teacher is
A) Inferiority complex
B) Excessive sleepiness
C) Superiority complex
D) No interest in academics
Answer Key:
D) No interest in academics
Q75. Bullying is
A) Absenteeism
B) Poor academic performance
C) Skipping classes
D) Hurting/disturbing behaviour
Answer Key:
D) Hurting/disturbing behaviour
Q76. According to Piaget / Montessori / Dewey Learning is __________
A) Boring and Serious
B) Fun and Enjoyable
C) Experiential and Exploratory
D) Informative and Knowledgeable
Answer Key:
C) Experiential and Exploratory
Q77. Name the ability to articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and non-verbal skills and to listen effectively to decipher meaning including knowledge, values, attitudes and intention
A) Communication
B) Collaboration
C) Critical thinking
D) Creativity
Answer Key:
A) Communication
Q78. The ability to reason effectively, use systems thinking, make judgments, and decisions to solve problems is
A) Communication
B) Collaboration
C) Critical thinking
D) Creativity
Answer Key:
C) Critical thinking
Q79. Which component is the most important in 21st Century Learning?
A) Learning and Innovation Skills
B) Information, Media and Technology Skills
C) Life and Career Skills
D) All are important as they are interconnected
Answer Key:
D) All are important as they are interconnected
Q80. What does accountability mean?
A) Being able to count with accuracy
B) Being able to guide others toward a common goal
C) Being able to set clear goals and achieve them
D) Being responsible for results
Answer Key:
D) Being responsible for results
Q81. How do rote and critical thinking differ?
A) Rote thinking is the usual kind of thinking humans do daily and critical thinking means to judge others idea
B) Rote thinking requires memorizing while critical thinking requires difficult processing like evaluating, synthesizing and working towards solutions
C) They are the same
D) Rote thinking is thinking alone and critical thinking is collective thinking by the group members
Answer Key:
B) Rote thinking requires memorizing while critical thinking requires difficult processing like evaluating, synthesizing and working towards solutions
Q82. The impetus for learner- centeredness derives from a theory of learning known as
A) Constructivism
B) Behaviourism
C) Cognitivism
D) Connectivism
Answer Key:
A) Constructivism
Q83. ‘A combination of both face-to-face traditional classroom methods with online learning to create a hybrid approach to teaching’. What type of learning is this quote describing?
A) Blended Learning
B) Distance Learning
C) Synchronous Learning
D) Virtual Learning
Answer Key:
A) Blended Learning
Q84. Which is an example for Synchronous communication tool
A) Email communications
B) Videoconferences
C) Online forums
D) Discussion lists
Answer Key:
B) Videoconferences
Q85. According to Dual Coding Theory, there are two channels for receiving multimedia information. They are
A) Nonverbal and Verbal channels
B) Visual and Auditory channels
C) Verbal and Nonverbal channels
D) Aural and Kinesthetic channels
Answer Key:
B) Visual and Auditory channels
Q86. Mayer’s Cognitive theory of Multimedia Learning is based on three assumptions. They are
A) Sweller’s theory of cognitive load, Gagne’s Nine events of Instruction, Baddeleys’s model of working memory
B) Gagne’s Nine events of Instruction, Bloom’s taxonomy, Baddeleys’s model of working memory
C) Baddeleys’s model of working memory, Paivio’s dual coding theory, Gagne’s Nine events of Instruction
D) Paivio’s dual coding theory, Sweller’s theory of cognitive load, Baddeleys’s model of working memory
Answer Key:
D) Paivio’s dual coding theory, Sweller’s theory of cognitive load, Baddeleys’s model of working memory
Q87. What are the 4C’s essential skills of 21st Century Learning?
A) Communication, Collaboration, Commitment and Coordination
B) Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity
C) Collaboration, Commitment, Coordination and Creativity
D) Collaboration, Commitment and Coordination and Content Mastery
Answer Key:
B) Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking and Creativity
Q88. How many events/conditions does Gagne’s event of instructions have?
A) Five
B) Six
C) Nine
D) Ten
Answer Key:
C) Nine
Q89. What is active learning?
A) Students learn by listening to the teacher
B) The teachers are actively teaching in classroom
C) The students are actively participating in learning process
D) Students pay attention to the teacher and follow instructions
Answer Key:
C) The students are actively participating in learning process
Q90. Multimodal learning is __________
A) when students learn by using internet and www
B) when a number of senses – visual, auditory, kinesthetic – are being engaged during learning
C) when students learn by listening to the teacher
D) when students learn through experiments and experiences
Answer Key:
B) when a number of senses – visual, auditory, kinesthetic – are being engaged during learning
Q91. __________ is the heart of any Educational System
A) Student
B) Teacher
C) Curriculum
D) Contents
Answer Key:
C) Curriculum
Q92. Which one is NOT the component of the Curriculum
A) Objectives
B) Syllabus
C) Evaluation
D) Design
Answer Key:
D) Design
Q93. Curriculum is defined as
A) Programme
B) Document
C) Related Courses
D) Planned Learning Experience
Answer Key:
D) Planned Learning Experience
Q94. The method used to evaluate the curriculum during the process of development/Implementation is:
A) Formative Evaluation
B) Summative Evaluation
C) Diagnostic Evaluation
D) Process Evaluation
Answer Key:
A) Formative Evaluation
Q95. Identify the Components of Curriculum
A) Evaluation and assessment
B) Objectives and outcomes
C) Instructional strategies and methods
D) All of the above
Answer Key:
D) All of the above
Q96. Curriculum improvement should be a/an __________ process
A) Last
B) Initial
C) Internal
D) Continuous
Answer Key:
D) Continuous
Q97. Operational curriculum is
A) an inert document
B) a curriculum enacted in the classroom
C) record of data
D) related contents
Answer Key:
B) a curriculum enacted in the classroom
Q98. Making value judgment about curriculum is:
A) Curriculum evaluation
B) Curriculum design
C) Curriculum development
D) Curriculum elements
Answer Key:
A) Curriculum evaluation
Q99. The major purpose of co-curricular activities is to:
A) Help students achieve a well-adjusted personality
B) Provide relief from the usual classroom routine
C) Allow students an opportunity to develop in to good citizens
D) Permit students to have a choice of educational program
Answer Key:
A) Help students achieve a well-adjusted personality
Q100. Curriculum based on thinking of John Dewey is
A) Subject centered
B) Learner Centered
C) Activity Centered
D) Integrated
Answer Key:
C) Activity Centered
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