Entry Behaviour Test for B.Ed. Students
General Instructions:
• This
test is designed to assess your basic understanding and skills in the areas
relevant to the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) program.
• Read
each question carefully and choose the best answer.
• Time
allotted: 1 hour.
Section 1: General Knowledge and
Current Affairs
1.
Who is the current President of India?
a) Ram Nath Kovind
b) Pranab Mukherjee
c) Draupadi Murmu
d) Narendra Modi
2.
Which organization is responsible for the regulation of the school education
system in India?
a) UGC
b) NCERT
c) AICTE
d) CBSE
3.
What is the capital of Australia?
a) Sydney
b) Melbourne
c) Canberra
d) Brisbane
4.
The Nobel Prize for Peace in 2022 was awarded to:
a) Abiy Ahmed
b) Nadia Murad
c) International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
Weapons (ICAN)
d) Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov
5.
Which country is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun"?
a) China
b) Japan
c) South Korea
d) Thailand
Section 2: Educational Psychology
1.
Who is considered the father of modern educational psychology?
a) Jean Piaget
b) B.F. Skinner
c) John Dewey
d) Edward Thorndike
2.
According to Piaget, at what stage do children begin to think logically about
abstract concepts?
a) Sensorimotor stage
b) Preoperational stage
c) Concrete operational stage
d) Formal operational stage
3.
What is the primary focus of constructivist teaching?
a) Memorization of facts
b) Teacher-centered instruction
c) Active learning through experience
d) Standardized testing
4.
Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is best described
as:
a) The distance between what a learner can
do without help and what they can do with guidance
b) The difference between a child's actual
development level and their potential development level
c) The capacity for understanding complex
ideas
d) The range of cognitive skills a learner
can achieve independently
5.
Which of the following is an example of intrinsic motivation?
a) Receiving a reward for completing a
task
b) Studying to get good grades
c) Learning a new language because you enjoy
it
d) Working hard to avoid punishment
Section 3: Teaching Methodology
1.
What is the primary goal of formative assessment?
a) To assign final grades
b) To evaluate teacher performance
c) To monitor student learning and provide
ongoing feedback
d) To rank students in order of performance
2.
Which of the following is a characteristic of a student-centred classroom?
a) The teacher is the primary source of
knowledge
b) Students passively receive
information
c) Learning is collaborative and
interactive
d) The curriculum is strictly followed
without deviation
3.
Bloom's Taxonomy is a framework for categorizing educational goals. Which
domain does it primarily address?
a) Cognitive
b) Affective
c) Psychomotor
d) Social
4.
Differentiated instruction is designed to:
a) Teach the same content to all students in
the same way
b) Adjust teaching methods to accommodate
individual learning needs
c) Follow a one-size-fits-all approach
d) Focus only on students with learning
disabilities
5.
The flipped classroom model involves:
a) Students watching lectures at home and
doing homework in class
b) Traditional teacher-led instruction
during class time
c) Using technology solely for homework
assignments
d) Students teaching each other without any
guidance
Section 4: Basic English Proficiency
1.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentence: "She __________ to the
market every Saturday."
a) go
b) goes
c) going
d) gone
2.
Identify the error in the sentence: "The teacher asked him where was he
going."
a) The teacher
b) asked
c) where
d) was he
3.
Choose the correct synonym for the word "abridge":
a) Extend
b) Shorten
c) Complicate
d) Elaborate
4.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: "He is good _______
playing chess."
a) in
b) on
c) at
d) for
5. Select the correct form of the verb: "If I ________ you, I would take the job."
a) was
b) am
c) were
d) be
Section
5: Logical Reasoning
1.
If all cats are animals, and some animals are wild, then:
a) All cats are wild
b) Some cats are wild
c) No cats are wild
d) Some cats are not wild
2.
What is the next number in the sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ___?
a) 36
b) 38
c)
42
d) 48
3.
Which of the following does not belong in the group?
a) Apple
b) Banana
c) Orange
d) Carrot
4.
If A is the brother of B and B is the sister of C, what is A's relationship to
C?
a) Father
b) Brother
c) Uncle
d) Cousin
5.
Complete the analogy: Book is to Reading as Fork is to:
a) Drawing
b) Writing
c) Eating
d) Painting
