Child Growth and Development MCQs With Answers

1. Growth is a term used to describe:

1. a. mental changes in the body
2. b. physical changes in the body
3. c. emotional changes in the body
4. d. All of the above

Answer: b

2. Physical changes take place

1. only in childhood
2. only during adolescence
3. after adolescence
4. from birth till adolescence

Answer: d

3. Which of the following statements are true?

1. Growth can be considered as the quantitative change that happens in the human body.
2. Growth cannot be considered as the quantitative change that happens in a human body.

Answer: a.

Reason: Growth is perceivable and it can be measured as it can be perceived through the senses.

4. Which of the following statements are true?

1. Physical changes can take place any time
2. Physical changes take place for a limited period of time

Answer: b

Reason: The pace of physical growth stops after maturation.

5. Development is a term that is used to describe:

1. the mental development  of the child
2. the physical development of the child
3. the emotional development of the child
4. All of the above

Answer: d

6. Which of the following statements is true?

1. Development is a much wider term than growth because it is not limited to the physical and structural changes
2. Development is synonymous to growth and means the same thing

Answer: a

Reason: Development is concerned with the physical, mental, social, intellectual, moral, lingual, psychological, sexual, and emotional changes in a child.

7. Which of the following statements is true?

1. Development stops after a certain age
2. Development takes place continuously over a passage of time

Answer: b

Reason: Development is a continuous progress as it does not stop after a certain age.

8. Which of the following statements is true?

1. Development is quantitative
2. Development is qualitative
3. Both

Answer: b

Reason: Development is qualitative and cannot be perceived through senses which makes it unlikely to be measured.

9. Which of the following statements is true?

1. Development is a more comprehensive term than growth
2. Growth is a part of the development
3. Both

Answer: c

Reason: Growth can be regarded as a part of the development which makes development a more comprehensive term than growth.

10. “Development is the series of changes which an organism undergoes in passing from an embryonic state to maturity.” Who gave this definition of development?

1. Webster’s Dictionary
2. E.B. Hurlock
3. H.V. Meredith
4. L.K. Frank

Answer: a