Child Development MCQs – Sindh Teaching License Test

Question 1

According to Piaget, object permanence develops during the:

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Sensorimotor stage

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Pre-operational stage

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Concrete operational stage

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Formal operational stage

Question 2

A 5-year-old says the moon is following her because it wants to play. This shows:

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Animism

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Conservation

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Seriation

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Hypothetical reasoning

Question 3

A child understands that the amount of water stays the same when poured from a short wide glass into a tall thin one. The child has mastered:

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Conservation

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Egocentrism

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Object permanence

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Centration

Question 4

Changing an existing schema to fit new information is called:

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Accommodation

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Assimilation

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Equilibration

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Adaptation

Question 5

The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) was proposed by:

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Lev Vygotsky

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Jean Piaget

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Erik Erikson

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Jerome Bruner

Question 6

A Grade 3 child cannot solve two-step word problems alone but can solve them when the teacher asks guiding questions. According to Vygotsky, these problems lie within the child's:

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Zone of proximal development

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Frustration level

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Independent level

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Formal operational stage

Question 7

According to Erikson, the main crisis of the primary school years (about 5–12) is:

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Industry vs Inferiority

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Trust vs Mistrust

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Identity vs Role Confusion

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Initiative vs Guilt

Question 8

A Grade 10 student keeps changing career goals and asks "Who am I really?" Erikson would say the student is in the stage of:

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Identity vs Role Confusion

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Intimacy vs Isolation

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Industry vs Inferiority

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Autonomy vs Shame

Question 9

The "Heinz dilemma" was used to study moral reasoning by:

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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Carol Gilligan

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Jean Piaget

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Albert Bandura

Question 10

A student says, "I won't cheat because I might get caught and punished." This reasoning is at Kohlberg's:

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Obedience and punishment stage

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Law and order stage

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Social contract stage

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Universal ethical principles stage

🧒 Child Development MCQs

Q1. According to Piaget, object permanence develops during the: