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Instructional approaches determine how teachers present content, involve learners and achieve lesson objectives. Coverage includes lecture, discussion, demonstration, questioning, problem-solving, cooperative learning, project and activity methods, along with teacher-centred and learner-centred approaches. Method selection depends on the subject, learners, available resources and intended learning outcome.

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Fairly easy
  • A. Individual tutoring
  • B. Peer Coaching
  • C. Peer Tutoring
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Peer tutoring occurs when a learner receives instruction from another person of similar age, status or achievement level.

Correct answer: Peer Tutoring
Moderate
  • A. Originally
  • B. Informally
  • C. Formally
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A round-table discussion is generally informal: participants exchange views directly with one another and may also address the audience.

Correct answer: Informally
Moderate
  • A. IT
  • B. ICT
  • C. Information technology
  • D. Communication technology

Explanation: ICT means Information and Communication Technology and includes digital tools used both to process information and to communicate during…

Correct answer: ICT
Moderate
  • A. resource
  • B. partner
  • C. evaluator
  • D. foster

Explanation: As a delegator in cooperative learning, the teacher transfers responsibility for organizing and completing learning tasks to students…

Correct answer: resource
Moderate
  • A. Meritorious persons
  • B. Devoted and laborious persons
  • C. General persons
  • D. Economically weak persons

Explanation: Teaching requires sustained effort, commitment, and concern for learners, so devoted and hardworking people are best suited to the…

Correct answer: Devoted and laborious persons
Very hard
  • A. It will increase the oral communication powers of pupils
  • B. More content can be presented to pupils in less amount of time
  • C. Objectives of cognitive as well as effective domains of behavior can be achieved
  • D. Habit of concentrating to teaching for a longer period can be developed

Explanation: Lectures can cover much content quickly and may develop listening and concentration, but they generally provide limited practice in…

Correct answer: It will increase the oral communication powers of pupils
Hard
  • A. Problems of learning disabled and backward pupils can be removed
  • B. All of the above
  • C. Self learning habits and self confidence can be developed in pupil
  • D. Formative evaluation of teaching is possible

Explanation: Supervised study combines learner independence with teacher guidance, helping pupils develop self-learning habits and confidence.

Correct answer: Self learning habits and self confidence can be developed in pupil
Moderate
  • A. Students
  • B. Nation
  • C. Society
  • D. Family

Explanation: A teacher’s immediate professional responsibility is to the students, because teaching is directed toward their learning, development, and…

Correct answer: Students
Moderate
  • A. Self-learning
  • B. The traditional black-board and chalk technique
  • C. Game technique
  • D. Practical training

Explanation: Young children learn effectively through activity, movement, enjoyment, and concrete experience, all of which are provided by game-based…

Correct answer: Game technique
Very hard
  • A. Thinking Model
  • B. Pedagogical Model
  • C. Directive Model
  • D. Indirect Model

Explanation: The directive model is teacher-centred: the teacher structures the learning process and guides students’ activities toward specified…

Correct answer: Directive Model
Moderate
  • A. Class task
  • B. Group Work
  • C. Class work
  • D. Group task

Explanation: Group work is a learning arrangement in which two or more students cooperate on a task or learning activity.

Correct answer: Group Work
Moderate
  • A. Drama
  • B. Simulation
  • C. Play
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Drama, play, and simulation can all involve learners taking roles and acting out situations, stories, or historical events.

Correct answer: All of the above
Very hard
  • A. Quick talk
  • B. Quick intro
  • C. Quick response
  • D. Quick discussion

Explanation: Quick talk is a brief paired speaking activity in which each learner shares ideas within a strict time limit.

Correct answer: Quick talk
Hard
  • A. What information is required by children?
  • B. What was last known to the children?
  • C. In which field difficulty is faced by the children?
  • D. What is the known to the children before hand?

Explanation: Effective teaching requires diagnosing the specific field or area in which learners are facing difficulty.

Correct answer: In which field difficulty is faced by the children?
Moderate
  • A. Teaching strategies and material aids are mentioned in a separate column
  • B. Objectives to be realized are written against each teaching point
  • C. Activities of the teacher and pupils are mentioned separately
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: The evaluation approach to lesson planning links objectives, teaching points, learner and teacher activities, strategies, and…

Correct answer: All of the above
Fairly easy
  • A. Engages the students in their work
  • B. Inculcates the interest in the subject among students
  • C. Helps all the students in passing the examination
  • D. Maintains peace in the class

Explanation: An able teacher actively engages students in meaningful work, turning them from passive listeners into participants in learning.

Correct answer: Engages the students in their work
Fairly easy
  • A. Take the help of notes
  • B. Must give illustrations to clarify the difficult points
  • C. Deliver long lectures
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Illustrations make difficult points concrete and easier to understand, so they are an essential part of effective lecturing.

Correct answer: Must give illustrations to clarify the difficult points
Moderate
  • A. To match it with ability level of pupils
  • B. To reduce the burden level of pupils
  • C. To match content and objective with strategy
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Teaching strategies should vary to suit learners’ abilities, reduce unnecessary learning burden, and align content and objectives with…

Correct answer: All of the above
Fairly easy
  • A. Tell the student not to ask such irrelevant
  • B. Tell the student that he would give the correct answer later
  • C. Give some vague answer and satisfy the student Questions
  • D. Ask the student-to find out the answer himself from books in the library

Explanation: A teacher should acknowledge the gap honestly and promise to provide the correct answer later rather than inventing a vague response.

Correct answer: Tell the student that he would give the correct answer later
Very hard
  • A. Jean Piaget
  • B. John Dewey
  • C. Martin Wagenschein
  • D. Lev Vygotsky

Explanation: Martin Wagenschein was associated with mathematical and scientific didactics, emphasizing understanding through guided discovery and…

Correct answer: Martin Wagenschein