Multiple Choice Questions on Heredity and Environment for CTET Childhood and Growing Up 20

  1. The principle of Concrete thinking to abstract thinking
  • a. the interrelation of various factors
  • b. the relation of thinking with the financial factor
  • c. the development occurs in the way that a child starts thinking about concrete objects and then it develops to the abstract topics
  • d. the development occurs in the way that a child starts thinking about abstract objects and then it develops to the concrete topics

Answer: c

  1. The pace at which the child grows
  • a. is not uniform and fixed
  • b. is uniform and fixed
  • c. less in the initial stages
  • d. is not rapid in childhood

Answer: a

  1. The traits that came from heredity
  • a. can be changed
  • b. cannot be changed
  • c. is no fixed
  • d. is temporary

Answer: b

  1. The principle of integration means
  • a. the child learns the general things at the initial levels
  • b. the interrelation of various factors
  • c. a child starts to integrate or combine different parts along with the passage of growth
  • d. a child does not integrate or combine different parts along with the passage of growth

Answer: c

  1. The emotions of harmony, compassion, kindness, and benevolence are parts of
  • a. Intellectual environment
  • b. Cultural environment
  • c. Natural Environment
  • d. Emotional Environment

Answer: d

  1. Law of Variation refers to
  • a. the concept that there can be variations and fluctuations of the genetic traits when it comes to the transmission of traits from the parents
  • b. to the concept that a child of a highly intelligent parent or athletic parent can be mentally retarded or physically unfit respectively
  • c. the concept that the offspring would be similar to the parents in their physical and mental traits
  • d. None of the above

Answer: a

  1. The natural environment consists of
  • a. the living things that come in direct contact with human beings
  • b. the factors which contribute to the emotions of an individual
  • c. the weather conditions that come in direct contact with human beings
  • d. the thoughts, ideas, discourses, interests, library, radio, and television

Answer: a

  1. “Environment covers all the outside factors that have acted on the individual since he began life.” Who gave this definition of the environment?
  • a. Webster’s Dictionary
  • b. E.B. Hurlock
  • c. Woodworth
  • d. L.K. Frank

Answer: c

  1. If children do not feel emotionally secure,
  • a. they may develop trust issues
  • b. they may steer away from bonding with others
  • c. both a & b
  • d. none of the above

Answer: c

  1. The neighborhoods and the home a child grows up in can
  • a. influence their behavior
  • b. affect their learning
  • c. both a & b
  • d. none of the above

Answer: c

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