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Growth & Development MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Match List I (Stage of development) with List II (standard approximate age range used in child-development pedagogy) and choose the correct option. List I: P. Infancy, Q. Early childhood, R. Later childhood, S. Adolescence List II: 1. 12 to 18 years, 2. Birth to 2 years, 3. 6 to 12 years, 4. 2 to 6 years
The standard child-development sequence used in pedagogy texts places infancy from birth to about 2 years, early childhood from about 2 to 6 years, later or middle childhood from about 6 to 12 years, and adolescence from about 12 to 18 years. Therefore P matches 2, Q matches 4, R matches 3 and S matches 1. A primary teacher mainly works with children around the early-childhood and later-childhood ranges.
Q2Consider the following statements about the principle of development. 1. Development proceeds from general to specific responses. 2. Development moves from head to feet, called the cephalocaudal direction. 3. Two children of the same chronological age always reach the same developmental milestones in the same week. Which of the statements given above are correct?
An infant first waves the whole arm before learning to grip a single object with finger and thumb. This is the general-to-specific principle (statement 1). Head control appears before sitting, sitting before walking — the cephalocaudal direction (statement 2). Statement 3 is incorrect because development follows individual differences; two children of the same age may differ by weeks or months in reaching the same milestone, even though the sequence of milestones stays similar.
Q3According to commonly cited norms in REET L1 CDP texts, by approximately what age is the human brain considered to have reached close to ninety percent of its adult weight?
Standard Indian CDP textbooks state that brain weight grows fastest during early childhood and reaches close to ninety percent of adult weight by about the sixth year of life. This figure underlines why the early primary years are treated as a critical window for stimulation, language exposure and active play, and why a Classes I to V teacher pays close attention to what learners experience between ages five and eight.
Q4Assertion (A): A teacher of Classes I to V should plan separate movement, language, and arithmetic activities even though her learners are of the same chronological age. Reason (R): The principle of individual differences holds that two children of the same age may differ in pace and pattern of development across various domains. Choose the correct option.
Individual differences mean two children of the same chronological age can be at very different points on the same domain — one already reading short paragraphs while another still blends three-letter words. Because the rate of development is not uniform across language, motor and mathematical domains, the teacher must plan differentiated activities. The reason directly supplies the rationale for the assertion, so both are true and the reason explains the assertion.
Q5How many of the following are commonly listed dimensions of child development in REET L1 CDP texts? 1. Physical and motor 2. Cognitive 3. Social and emotional 4. Language 5. Stock-market literacy
Standard Indian CDP texts list four dimensions of child development that a primary teacher must plan for: physical and motor, cognitive, social and emotional, and language. Stock-market literacy is an adult financial-education topic and is not a dimension of child development at the L1 stage. So four of the five items in the list are valid dimensions.
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6Which of the following statements about growth and development is incorrect?
7Two statements about the rate of growth during the primary school years are given below. Read both and choose the correct option. Statement I: During the primary school years, the rate of physical growth is steadier and slower compared with infancy and adolescence. Statement II: During the primary school years, growth in vocabulary, reasoning and peer skills continues actively and is highly visible in classroom work.
8A Class IV teacher arranges these classroom milestones in the order they typically appear during primary years: H. controls a pencil for joined writing, J. uses scissors to cut along a curved line, K. throws a small ball with both hands together, L. catches a small ball with one hand only. Which sequence reflects the proximodistal principle from infancy onwards?
9A Class III teacher measures the height and weight of every learner each term and notes only the change in numbers. Which aspect of the child does this record primarily capture?
10Identify the correct meaning of the principle of continuity of development as applied to a Classes I to V teacher.