DSSSB PRT MCQ 58 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Question 1 : In a class, Karthik’s rank is 17th from the top and 28th from the bottom. How many students are there in the class?
(A) 45
(B) 41
(C) 40
(D) 44

Question 2 : Direction: N is more intelligent than M. M is not as intelligent as Y. X is more intelligent than Y but not as good as N. Who is the most intelligent of all?
(A) N
(B) M
(C) X
(D) Y

Question 3 : Direction: If the day before yesterday was Sunday, when will Thursday be?
(A) Today
(B) Tomorrow
(C) Day after tomorrow
(D) Two days after tomorrow

Question 4 : The LCM of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. The sum of the numbers is
(A) 28
(B) 32
(C) 40
(D) 64

Question 5 : The average of the largest and smallest 3 digit numbers formed by 0, 2 and 4 would be
(A) 312
(B) 213
(C) 222
(D) 303

Question 6 : Which is the highest judicial authority in India whose decisions are binding on all courts?
(A) Supreme Court
(B) Parliament
(C) Law Minister
(D) Lok Sabha

Question 7 : Which of the following official documents is related with India?
(A) White Paper
(B) Green Paper
(C) Yellow Book
(D) Blue Book

Question 8 : What do you mean by ‘Density of Population’?
(A) Ratio of people living below poverty line to total population
(B) Number of persons live per square kilometre
(C) Number of persons in a city
(D) Number of persons living per square metre

Question 9 : The largest planet in our solar system is ______.
(A) Mars
(B) Jupiter
(C) Butterfly
(D) Saturn

Question 10 : To maintain interest among students in class, a teacher should
(A) use the blackboard
(B) discuss
(C) tell stories
(D) ask questions

Question 11 : Saying ‘good, very good, excellent’ to students is
(A) Verbal reinforcement
(B) Non-verbal reinforcement
(C) Positive verbal reinforcement
(D) Negative verbal reinforcement

Question 12 : What is the effect of education culture?
(A) To maintain continuity culture?
(B) To help in forwarding the culture
(C) Refinement of culture
(D) All of the above

Question 13 : Which of the following is a correct sequence of human development?
(A) Infancy, adolescence, childhood, adulthood
(B) Infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood
(C) Childhood’ adolescence, adulthood, infancy
(D) Childhood, infancy, adolescence, adulthood

Question 14 : A teacher can develop social values among students by
(A) telling them about great people
(B) developing a sense of discipline
(C) behaving ideally
(D) telling them good stories

Question 15 : Select the related word/letters/ number from the given alternatives. (BDGH : OQTU : : FHKL : ?)
(A) JKLM
(B) BCDE
(C) SUXY
(D) WXYZ

Question 16 : Directions: In each of the following questions, select the related word/letters/ number from the given alternatives. (25 : 125 : : ? : 3125)
(A) 525
(B) 625
(C) 725
(D) 825

Question 17 : Direction: Select the related word/letters/ number from the given alternatives. (Flower : Petal : : Book : ?)
(A) Page
(B) Contents
(C) Author
(D) Library

Question 18 : Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives
(A) Reward
(B) Praise
(C) Encourage
(D) Punishment

Question 19 : Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives
(A) FHJL
(B) DGIK
(C) KMOQ
(D) SUWY

Question 20 : Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives
(A) 66- 56
(B) 101-90
(C) 41- 30
(D) 33 – 22

Question 21 : Who is the first speaker of lok sabha?
(A) G.V. Mavlankar
(B) M A Ayyangar
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) None of the above

Question 22 : The first woman Governor of a State in free India was
(A) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
(B) Mrs. SuchetaKriplani
(C) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
(D) Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Question 23 : Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) President
(C) Parliament
(D) Prime Minister

Question 24 : Jnanpith Award is conferred to those in the Field of
(A) Literature
(B) History
(C) Drama
(D) Dance

Question 25 : The radical educational reformist, who advocated the concept of de-schooling of the society, was
(A) Adler
(B) Illich
(C) Butler
(D) Bestor

Question 26 : In comparing lectures and developmental lessons, all of the following are true accept that
(A) there are more activities of the pupil in a development lesson
(B) it is more difficult to ascertain pupil learning in a lecture session
(C) the lecture method is more conducive and useful for larger classes
(D) slow children derive benefit from a lecture than brighter children do

Question 27 : Of the following, the situation that will cause the greatest difficulty for a child in the initial stages of reading instruction is
(A) confusion of left and right directionality
(B) possessing a value of IQ of 90
(C) never having attended kindergarten
(D) being an avid television viewer

Question 28 : Of the following, the most unreliable predictor of educational achievement is
(A) inherited biological potential for learning
(B) ethnic origin of parents
(C) classroom experiences
(D) family background and training

Question 29 : Teachers are likely to play an intelligent role in curriculum improvement when they
(A) implement new courses of study prepared by well-qualified supervisors
(B) devise their own curriculum for their class
(C) utilize the latest text books as the basis for what they teach
(D) participate with other staff members in devising the curriculum for the school.

Question 30 : Direction: If 56783 is coded as 65874, then how 24694 will be coded.
(A) 37385
(B) 33785
(C) 33758
(D) 37358

Question 31 : If DEAN is written as NOKX, how NEED be written in that code?
(A) NOOX
(B) XONO
(C) ONQX
(D) XOON

Question 32 : A man travels 3 km in the East and turns to South and moves 4 km. How far is be from the starting point?
(A) 5 km
(B) 6 km
(C) 2 km
(D) 10 km

Question 33 : The average age of 8 persons is increased by 2 yr, when one of them, whose age is 24 yr is replaced by a new person. The age of the new person is
(A) 42 yr
(B) 40 yr
(C) 38 yr
(D) 45 yr

Question 34 : Product of two no. is 6348. If HCF of these no. is 23, find sum of two nos.
(A) 161
(B) 200
(C) 276
(D) 148

Question 35 : In an ornament the ratio of gold and copper is 3:2. The percentage of gold in the ornament is:
(A) 60
(B) 40
(C) 30
(D) 20

Question 36 : How many continents are in the earth?
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 2
(D) 9

Question 37 : The brightest planet is ________.
(A) Jupiter
(B) Mars
(C) Venus
(D) Mercury

Question 38 : International boundary between India and Pakistan is demarcated by
(A) McMahon Line
(B) Durand Line
(C) Radcliffe Line
(D) Maginot Line

Question 39 : The forest in Sunderban is called
(A) Scrub Jungle
(B) Mangrove
(C) Deciduous Forests
(D) Tundra

Question 40 : In order to avoid gender stereotyping in class, a teacher should
(A) Try to put both boys and girls in non-traditional roles.
(B) Appreciate students’ good work by saying ‘good girl’ or ‘good boy’.
(C) Discourage girl from taking part in wrestling.
(D) Encourage boys to take risk and be bold.

Question 41 : Operant conditioning theory of learning was given by
(A) Pavlov
(B) Thorndike
(C) Tolman
(D) Skinner

Question 42 : Which of the following is related with teaching skill?
(A) Blackboard writing
(B) Solving questions
(C) Asking questions
(D) All of these

Question 43 : Self-centered person is
(A) Introvert
(B) Extrovert
(C) Ambivert
(D) Socially dependant

Question 44 : The concept of ‘Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)‘ was given by
(A) Bandura
(B) Piaget
(C) Skinner
(D) Vygotsky

Question 45 : From the given alternative words, select the words which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word. (DISTRIBUTION)
(A) SITUATION
(B) TUTION
(C) TRUST
(D) DISTURB

Question 46 : Directions: In each of the following questions, from the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word. (INTERNATIONAL)
(A) ORIENTAL
(B) RATIONALE
(C) LATTER
(D) TERMINAL

Question 47 : Kathir is senior of Ganesh. Ganesh is senior than Apparu. Apparu is junior of Raju. Raju is junior of Ganesh. Who is the most senior?
(A) Ganesh
(B) Raju
(C) Kathir
(D) Apparu

Question 48 : By selling 30 meters of cloth a trader gains the selling price of 5 meters of cloth. The gain percent of the trader in % is
(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 28
(D) 29

Question 49 : The time for a train of length 110 metres running at the speed of 72 km/hr to cross a bridge of length 132 metres is
(A) 9.8 sec
(B) 12.1 sec
(C) 12.42 sec
(D) 14.3 sec

Question 50 : Raniganj coal field is in_______?
(A) Bihar
(B) Orissa
(C) W. Bengal
(D) M.P

Question 51 : Where Mount Fuji volcano is situated?
(A) India
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) Germany

Question 52 : Japan is called the ‘Land of the rising sun’ because
(A) Sun rises there as soon as it sets
(B) Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky throughout the day in Japan
(C) Japan being the Eastern most country in the world, it has the earliest sunrise
(D) The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sunrise beautiful in Japan

Question 53 : On which river is the Nagarjun Sagar Project located?
(A) Krishna
(B) Godavari
(C) Cauvery
(D) Tapti

Question 54 : When acquired knowledge in one situation is used in another situation, is called
(A) Methods of learning
(B) Transfer in learning
(C) Plateau in learning
(D) Interest in learning

Question 55 : Modification of behaviour through experience is called
(A) Memory
(B) Learning
(C) Motivation
(D) Thinking

Question 56 : In class teaching the step of introducing a lesson is based on which law of learning?
(A) Law of effect
(B) Law of analogy
(C) Law of readiness
(D) Law of association

Question 56 : Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 was applied in country
(A) 1st April, 2009
(B) 1st April, 2010
(C) 1st November, 2009
(D) 1st November, 2010

Question 58 : The teacher in a classroom should act as a
(A) progressive role
(B) authoritarian role
(C) democratic role
(D) influential role

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