Bihar STET Teaching Aptitude Previous Year Questions with Answers (2023–2025)

Teaching aptitude is worth marks in every Bihar STET paper, whatever subject you teach. This page collects all 150 teaching aptitude questions from the 2023 and 2025 Bihar STET papers, each with the correct answer and a short explanation, so you can revise them in one place.

Bihar STET 2026 is being held right now (25 October to 20 November 2026). If your exam is in the next few days, these questions are one of the quickest ways to pick up easy marks: the same ideas come back again and again.

Table of Contents

• Bihar STET 2026 exam pattern
• What gets asked in teaching aptitude
• 3 November 2025, Shift 1 (Q1–30)
• 3 November 2025, Shift 2 (Q31–60)
• 4 November 2025, Shift 2 (Q61–90)
• 7 November 2025, Shift 1 (Q91–120)
• 12 September 2023, Shift 1 (Q121–150)
• How to revise teaching aptitude
• FAQs

Bihar STET 2026 Exam Pattern

Exam	Bihar STET 2026 (Secondary Teacher Eligibility Test)
Conducting body	Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB)
Exam dates	25 October to 20 November 2026 (computer-based test)
Papers	Paper 1 (Class 9–10) and Paper 2 (Class 11–12)
Questions	150 MCQs, 1 mark each, 2 hours 30 minutes
Split	100 marks for your subject + 50 marks for teaching aptitude and general skills
Negative marking	None

In the 2023 and 2025 papers, that 50-mark part was asked as 30 teaching aptitude questions and 20 general awareness and reasoning questions. You’ll find the general awareness questions on our Bihar STET General Awareness & Reasoning PYQs page.

To pass, you need these marks out of 150:

Category	Qualifying marks
General	50% (75 of 150)
BC	45.5% (68.25)
EBC	42.5% (63.75)
SC / ST / PwD / Women	40% (60)

What Gets Asked in Teaching Aptitude

We sorted every question below into the area it mainly tests, so the counts are approximate. Use them to decide what to read first.

Area	Questions (of 150)
Lesson planning & teaching skills	29
Teaching methods & approaches	27
Learning, motivation & psychology	26
Teacher, school & society	23
Evaluation & test construction	19
Curriculum & education policy	6
Teaching aids, ICT & library	5
Other	15

Three ideas came up in every one of these five papers: micro teaching, evaluation (formative and continuous assessment) and how to write good test questions. Bloom’s taxonomy appeared in four of the five papers, and lesson plans in three.

3 November 2025, Shift 1 (Q1–30)

These 30 questions are Part II of the Bihar STET Computer Science paper of 3 November 2025, Shift 1.

Q1. The category of Audio -Visual Aids is:

(A) Tape-recorder
(B) Television
(C) Radio
(D) All of these

Answer: (D) All of these
Explanation: A tape recorder and radio are audio aids, a television is audio-visual; together they make up the category of audio-visual aids.

Q2. The process of selecting units from a population to estimate characteristics of the population is called

(A) analyzing
(B) inference
(C) research
(D) sampling

Answer: (D) sampling
Explanation: Sampling is selecting units from a population to estimate the population’s characteristics.

Q3. The importance of curriculum in the system of education is just like a:

(A) Preparation of students for service
(B) Constitution in a country
(C) Provision of latest knowledge
(D) None of these

Answer: (B) Constitution in a country
Explanation: The curriculum guides the whole education system the way a constitution guides a country.

Q4. Project-based activities is an example of

(A) Explore
(B) Engage
(C) Explain
(D) Elaborate

Answer: (D) Elaborate
Explanation: In the 5E model, project-based activities belong to the Elaborate stage, where students apply what they have learned.

Q5. Rousseau has given the concept of Follow Nature. The meaning of this maxim is

(A) to give full freedom to the teacher
(B) to regulate the education of a pupil according to his nature
(C) the teacher should follow his discretion
(D) knowledge should be given according to the teacher’s nature

Answer: (B) to regulate the education of a pupil according to his nature
Explanation: ‘Follow Nature’ means education should follow the child’s natural interests and development.

Q6. Who said “The assignment method is an important step in teaching and learning process”?

(A) Douglas
(B) Dewey
(C) Piaget
(D) S Morris

Answer: (A) Douglas
Explanation: This statement on the assignment method is usually attributed to Douglas.

Q7. Freedom in education means

(A) the spirit of opposing the rules of the school regularly
(B) the students will do anything they want
(C) one’s own growth freely and the recognition of others freedom to grow similarly
(D) teachers are free to teach as they think

Answer: (C) one’s own growth freely and the recognition of others freedom to grow similarly
Explanation: Freedom in education means growing freely while respecting others’ freedom to grow.

Q8. Full form of EATS model is

(A) Essential questions, activity prior knowledge, teaching, summarizing & assessment
(B) Elements questions, activity prior knowledge, teaching and summarizing
(C) Experiential questions, activity prior knowledge, teaching, summarizing & assessment
(D) Essential questions, activity prior knowledge, teaching and summarizing

Answer: (A) Essential questions, activity prior knowledge, teaching, summarizing & assessment
Explanation: EATS = Essential questions, Activating prior knowledge, Teaching, Summarizing & assessment.

Q9. Drama or role play is most useful for teaching……….

(A) History
(B) Science
(C) Maths
(D) Language

Answer: (D) Language
Explanation: Drama and role play are especially useful for language teaching (speaking, expression, vocabulary).

Q10. A teaching procedure involved in the clarification or explanation to the student of some major idea is called

(A) demonstration method
(B) lecture method
(C) story telling method
(D) problem solving method

Answer: (B) lecture method
Explanation: Explaining or clarifying a major idea to students is the core of the lecture (explanation) method.

Q11. Which one of the following statements about progressive education explains-Education is life itself?

(A) School education should continue as long as possible.
(B) Schools are not required, children can learn from their life experiences.
(C) Education in schools should reflect the social and natural world.
(D) Life is the true educator.

Answer: (C) Education in schools should reflect the social and natural world.
Explanation: Dewey’s ‘Education is life itself’ means school should reflect real social and natural life.

Q12. The practice of finding commonalities or fundamental connections across a range of particular circumstances is known as ______

(A) Abstraction
(B) Generalization
(C) Problem Solving
(D) Reasoning

Answer: (B) Generalization
Explanation: Finding common connections across many specific situations is generalization.

Q13. Primary teacher should try to or concentrate in:

(A) Raising intellectual standard of the students
(B) Improving physical standard of students
(C) Help all round development of students
(D) Inculcating value in students.

Answer: (C) Help all round development of students
Explanation: At the primary stage the teacher should aim at the all-round development of the child.

Q14. Students in primary classes have a lot of alternate conceptions in many topics like living, non-living, water cycle, plants etc. The sources of these alternate conceptions can be I. family and community. II. textbooks and other books. III. Leathers IV. stories and poems. Select the correct option given below

(A) I, II and IV
(B) I, II, III and IV
(C) Only I
(D) I and II

Answer: (B) I, II, III and IV
Explanation: Family/community, books, teachers and stories/poems can all be sources of alternative conceptions.

Q15. Effective teaching includes-

(A) Teacher is active but students may or may not be active.
(B) Teacher may be active or inactive but students are active.
(C) Teacher is active and students are active.
(D) All the above

Answer: (C) Teacher is active and students are active.
Explanation: Effective teaching needs both the teacher and the students to be active.

Q16. Creativity is thought to be related to the concept of-

(A) fluid intelligence
(B) crystallized intelligence
(C) convergent thinking
(D) divergent thinking

Answer: (D) divergent thinking
Explanation: Creativity is linked with divergent thinking, i.e. producing many different solutions.

Q17. Which one of the following is not a limitation of the preoperational thought?

(A) Tendency to concentrate
(B) Development of the symbolic thought
(C) Egocentrism
(D) Irreversibility

Answer: (B) Development of the symbolic thought
Explanation: Symbolic thought is an achievement of the preoperational stage; centration, egocentrism and irreversibility are its limitations.

Q18. Which of the following best describes a symposium?

(A) A meeting of delegates from a fraternal organization
(B) A public meeting where a short course of study is addressed by a single expert
(C) A meeting where a small group of experts presents different aspects of a problem or topic to an audience
(D) A debate between two opposing teams

Answer: (C) A meeting where a small group of experts presents different aspects of a problem or topic to an audience
Explanation: In a symposium, a small group of experts each present a different aspect of a topic to an audience.

Q19. A child performing well in the class, must be

(A) praised
(B) given reward
(C) recognised
(D) all of these

Answer: (D) all of these
Explanation: A good performer should be praised, rewarded and recognised to keep them motivated.

Q20. First, the students will make a prediction of what will happen in the story. Then the students must make a list of the main events in the story. Lastly, I will write a review of the story. What skills are being used?

(A) Application, Synthesis, and Evaluation
(B) Comprehension, Knowledge, and Analysis
(C) Comprehension, Knowledge, and Evaluation
(D) Evaluation, Knowledge, and Synthesis

Answer: (C) Comprehension, Knowledge, and Evaluation
Explanation: Predicting = comprehension, listing main events = knowledge, writing a review = evaluation (Bloom’s taxonomy).

Q21. You want to adopt the teaching profession because

(A) there are many others in your family who are teachers
(B) there is no other option to earn a livelihood
(C) children give more respect and reverence
(D) you get an oppurtinity to handle/ train the future citizens of the nation

Answer: (D) you get an oppurtinity to handle/ train the future citizens of the nation
Explanation: The right motive for teaching is the chance to shape the future citizens of the nation.

Q22. Areas/sources of information for psychological foundation are:

(A) Learning process
(B) Teaching method
(C) Student characteristics
(D) All of these

Answer: (D) All of these
Explanation: The psychological foundation draws on the learning process, teaching methods and student characteristics.

Q23. Which of the following is the objective of a teacher?

(A) To gain possible maximum fame
(B) To extend the welfare of students to the possible maximum limit
(C) To teach the possible maximum number of students
(D) None of these

Answer: (B) To extend the welfare of students to the possible maximum limit
Explanation: A teacher’s objective is the welfare of students to the maximum possible extent.

Q24. Which statement is not true about planning of teaching?

(A) Teacher should know about content
(B) Teacher become aggressive in class
(C) Plans ways of providing regular meaningful feedback to students.
(D) Decide upon/order textbooks(s), copies of articles, etc. which will be required.

Answer: (B) Teacher become aggressive in class
Explanation: Being aggressive in class is not part of planning teaching; the other options are.

Q25. The purpose of integrated curriculum is:

(A) Increase in no. of books
(B) Decrease in no. of books
(C) Increases in students enrolment
(D) Decrease in dropout

Answer: (B) Decrease in no. of books
Explanation: An integrated curriculum combines subjects, which reduces the number of separate books and the load.

Q26. You have a mixed class of boys and girls. Which method would you adopt to improve co-operation between them?

(A) Asking parents to discuss equality
(B) Making boys and girls share a bench
(C) Setting tasks which have to be done together
(D) Talking about equality in lessons

Answer: (C) Setting tasks which have to be done together
Explanation: Giving tasks that boys and girls must do together builds cooperation through shared work.

Q27. The method for the acquisition of teaching skill is

(A) Inquiry learning
(B) Team teaching
(C) Discovery learning
(D) Micro teaching

Answer: (D) Micro teaching
Explanation: Micro-teaching is a training technique for learning specific teaching skills.

Q28. Is micro teaching real teaching?

(A) Yes
(B) no
(C) Both yes and no from different perspectives
(D) Can’t say anything.

Answer: (A) Yes
Explanation: Micro-teaching is real teaching on a smaller scale (fewer students, shorter time, one skill at a time).

Q29. Basic education should be

(A) student oriented
(B) activity oriented
(C) project oriented
(D) all of these

Answer: (D) all of these
Explanation: Basic education (Nai Talim) is student-centred, activity-based and project-based.

Q30. Story telling enables the teacher to make lessons

(A) boring
(B) complicated
(C) a burden for students
(D) lively and interesting to the pupils

Answer: (D) lively and interesting to the pupils
Explanation: Stories make lessons lively and interesting for pupils.

3 November 2025, Shift 2 (Q31–60)

These 30 questions are Part II of the Bihar STET Computer Science paper of 3 November 2025, Shift 2.

Q31. Micro teaching is more effective

(A) always
(B) after the teaching-practice
(C) during the teaching-practice
(D) during the preparation for teaching-practice

Answer: (D) during the preparation for teaching-practice
Explanation: Micro-teaching is most useful while preparing for teaching practice, to master skills before facing a real class.

Q32. Pedagogy is a

(A) science of behavior
(B) science of learning
(C) science of teaching
(D) science of testing

Answer: (C) science of teaching
Explanation: Pedagogy is the science (and art) of teaching.

Q33. A blackboard cannot be used for __________.

(A) Improvement of a paragraph
(B) Making reports based on information
(C) Show schematic diagrams
(D) Summary of relationships between facts

Answer: (B) Making reports based on information
Explanation: A blackboard suits paragraphs, diagrams and summaries, but not preparing reports from collected information.

Q34. An ongoing dialogue between the teacher and the student during the learning process is a characteristic of:

(A) Formative assessment
(B) Summative assessment
(C) Diagnostic assessment
(D) Norm-referenced assessment

Answer: (A) Formative assessment
Explanation: Continuous teacher-student dialogue during learning is a feature of formative assessment.

Q35. How can a teacher enhance effective learning in her elementary classroom?

(A) By connecting the context to the lives of the students
(B) By drill and practice
(C) By encouraging competition
(D) None of the above

Answer: (A) By connecting the context to the lives of the students
Explanation: Linking the content to children’s own lives makes learning meaningful and effective.

Q36. In order to keep himself alive and up to date, a teacher is required to dedicate himself to acquire knowledge at the frontiers of new knowledge. This is required

(A) to develop his I.Q.
(B) to develop his emotion
(C) to enhance his competence in teaching
(D) to enhance his knowledge

Answer: (C) to enhance his competence in teaching
Explanation: Keeping up with new knowledge improves a teacher’s teaching competence.

Q37. Learning is a natural activity of-

(A) Learners
(B) Teachers
(C) Individuals
(D) Living organism

Answer: (D) Living organism
Explanation: Learning is a natural activity of all living organisms.

Q38. Investigate and classify different objects is an example of

(A) Explore
(B) Elaborate
(C) Engage
(D) Explain

Answer: (A) Explore
Explanation: Investigating and classifying objects is a hands-on ‘Explore’ activity in the 5E model.

Q39. Teacher’s interest in teaching and the children can

(A) never help children in any way
(B) motivate the learners to learn
(C) help the learners to learn everything
(D) never encourage the learners

Answer: (B) motivate the learners to learn
Explanation: A teacher’s interest in teaching and in children motivates learners.

Q40. Which of the following uses the principle of specific to general?

(A) Analysis method
(B) Research/Discovery method
(C) Synthesis method
(D) Inductive method

Answer: (D) Inductive method
Explanation: The inductive method moves from specific examples to general rules.

Q41. Which of the following verbs is at greatest risk for misinterpretation:

(A) List
(B) Construct
(C) Understand
(D) Demonstrate

Answer: (C) Understand
Explanation: ‘Understand’ is not observable or measurable, so it is easily misinterpreted in objectives.

Q42. Which component of Lesson Plan is based on Flink’s Taxonomy ?

(A) Creating
(B) Understanding
(C) Analysing
(D) Caring

Answer: (D) Caring
Explanation: Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning includes ‘Caring’, which Bloom’s taxonomy does not have.

Q43. Which of the following is the sequence of different levels of teaching?

(A) Memory level-Understanding level-Reflective level
(B) Understanding level-Memory level-Reflective level
(C) Reflective level-Understanding level-Memory Level
(D) Memory level-Reflective level-Understanding level

Answer: (A) Memory level-Understanding level-Reflective level
Explanation: The levels of teaching are memory, then understanding, then reflective (Herbart, Morrison, Hunt).

Q44. A _________ is a guideline that can help you organize what learning and how learning will take place in your lesson.

(A) Content
(B) Lesson plan.
(C) Map
(D) All of the above

Answer: (B) Lesson plan.
Explanation: A lesson plan organises what will be learned and how.

Q45. In problem solving method, a systematic and orderly process is adopted for carrying out

(A) the teaching-learning process
(B) data collection
(C) evaluation
(D) analysis

Answer: (A) the teaching-learning process
Explanation: The problem-solving method follows a systematic process for teaching and learning.

Q46. As a teacher when you see that children are fighting on the road, what will you do?

(A) Ignore the sitution and move away
(B) Tell the people to resolve the issue
(C) Pacify them by giving advice
(D) Tell them to run away

Answer: (C) Pacify them by giving advice
Explanation: A teacher should step in calmly and pacify the children with advice.

Q47. An assessment technique that allows students to demonstrate their knowledge through oral presentations or performances is called:

(A) Formative assessment
(B) Summative assessment
(C) Authentic assessment
(D) Individual assessment

Answer: (C) Authentic assessment
Explanation: Authentic assessment asks students to show knowledge through real tasks such as presentations and performances.

Q48. The essential factor to make the learning attractive is

(A) Reward
(B) Punishment
(C) Neither reward not pinishment
(D) Both reward and punishment

Answer: (A) Reward
Explanation: Reward (positive reinforcement) makes learning attractive.

Q49. Which is not true about lesson plan

(A) It develops confidence
(B) It helps in oderly delivery of contents
(C) It is developed by students
(D) It saves from haphazard teaching

Answer: (C) It is developed by students
Explanation: The teacher prepares the lesson plan, not the students.

Q50. Which of them is NOT a formal assessment?

(A) Interview
(B) Observation
(C) Project
(D) Quizzes

Answer: (B) Observation
Explanation: Observation is an informal assessment; interviews, projects and quizzes are formal.

Q51. Development of curriculum at higher level and its application at different levels is:

(A) Horizontal organization
(B) Vertical organization
(C) Centralized
(D) Decentralized

Answer: (C) Centralized
Explanation: Developing curriculum at the top and applying it at all levels is centralized curriculum development.

Q52. Professional ethics help teachers to understand their profession as a

(A) guide
(B) helper
(C) teacher
(D) director

Answer: (A) guide
Explanation: Professional ethics act as a guide for teachers’ conduct.

Q53. Sociological foundations are concerned with:

(A) History
(B) Economy
(C) Society
(D) Idea

Answer: (C) Society
Explanation: The sociological foundations of education deal with society.

Q54. Which is not the characteristic of authoritative administration

(A) Rudeness
(B) Suppression the subordinates
(C) Strict discipline
(D) Sharing

Answer: (D) Sharing
Explanation: Sharing is a democratic trait; authoritarian administration involves rudeness, suppression and strict discipline.

Q55. Learner-centered learning leads to____________

(A) holistic development
(B) Enhanced Activity
(C) loss of interest
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) holistic development
Explanation: Learner-centred learning leads to holistic development.

Q56. Two components of an educational objective are

(A) Cognitive and affective
(B) Expected behavior and learner’s outcome
(C) Performance and skills
(D) General and specific

Answer: (B) Expected behavior and learner’s outcome
Explanation: An educational objective states the expected behaviour (what the learner will do) and the learning outcome.

Q57. Teacher can utilize both assessment for learning and assessment of learning to______

(A) Know learning needs of child and select teaching strategy accordingly
(B) Assess child’s performance at periodic intervals and certify his/her performance
(C) Monitor children’s progress and set appropriate goals to fill their learning gaps
(D) Know children’s progress and achievement level

Answer: (C) Monitor children’s progress and set appropriate goals to fill their learning gaps
Explanation: Using assessment for and of learning together helps monitor progress and set goals to fill learning gaps.

Q58. _______ is the apex institution involved in the planned and coordinated development of the teacher education system in the country.

(A) UGC
(B) NCERT
(C) NCTE
(D) XSEED

Answer: (C) NCTE
Explanation: NCTE (National Council for Teacher Education) is the apex body for teacher education in India.

Q59. When classroom climate is positive, then learners know that they are valued __________.

(A) as individuals regardless of their appearance, personality or achievement
(B) only if they confirm to classroom norms
(C) only if they perform well in examinations
(D) only if they stay in their seats and speak only when asked.

Answer: (A) as individuals regardless of their appearance, personality or achievement
Explanation: In a positive classroom climate, learners feel valued as individuals, whatever their appearance, personality or achievement.

Q60. The use of poems and storytelling to explain concepts in an EVS class helps to…………..

(A) take care of the language and cultural diversity among learners
(B) channelise the energies of the students in the right direction
(C) make the lesson enjoyable and interesting
(D) promote the ability to imagine and explore the nature of the world at the local and global level

Answer: (C) make the lesson enjoyable and interesting
Explanation: Poems and stories make EVS lessons enjoyable and interesting.

4 November 2025, Shift 2 (Q61–90)

These 30 questions are Part II of the Bihar STET Computer Science paper of 4 November 2025, Shift 2.

Q61. Affective domain focuses on adoption of a value system as a part of life style in

(A) Responding
(B) Valuing
(C) Organization
(D) Characterization

Answer: (D) Characterization
Explanation: At the highest level of the affective domain, Characterization, values become part of a person’s lifestyle.

Q62. “Society determines the roles of male and female.” This statement articulates-

(A) Gender as an inherent construct
(B) Gender as a hereditary endowment
(C) Gender as an intuitive construct
(D) Gender as a social construct

Answer: (D) Gender as a social construct
Explanation: Roles assigned to males and females by society show that gender is a social construct.

Q63. The affective domain was classified by

(A) Benjamin S. Bloom
(B) Simpson
(C) Krathwhol
(D) Both A and C

Answer: (D) Both A and C
Explanation: The affective domain taxonomy (1964) was developed by Krathwohl, Bloom and Masia.

Q64. A teacher should employ classroom management strategies which focus on:

(A) controlling the class through rigid rules
(B) expecting same behaviour from all children
(C) making students abide to all rules without questioning
(D) giving ample opportunities for self reflection

Answer: (D) giving ample opportunities for self reflection
Explanation: Good classroom management gives children chances to reflect on their own behaviour.

Q65. Which domain of learning objectives is not being evaluated through our present system of examination:

(A) Affective
(B) Cognitive
(C) Psychomotor
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) Affective
Explanation: Our exams mainly test the cognitive domain; attitudes and values (affective domain) are hardly assessed.

Q66. Individualized Education Programme is planned from the perspective of-

(A) Special Education Programme
(B) Child-centered Education Programme
(C) Open School Education Programme
(D) e-Learning Education Programme

Answer: (A) Special Education Programme
Explanation: An IEP is planned for children with special needs as part of special education.

Q67. For the change in the behaviour of the children, the most effective method is

(A) affectionate advice
(B) reward
(C) punishment
(D) expulsion from house

Answer: (A) affectionate advice
Explanation: Affectionate advice brings lasting change in children’s behaviour; punishment does not.

Q68. Which educational psychologist believed in the fact that ‘All children have the potential to learn’?

(A) Friedrich Frobel
(B) John Dewey
(C) Johann Friedrich Herbart
(D) Maria Montessori

Answer: (D) Maria Montessori
Explanation: Maria Montessori believed every child has the potential to learn when given the right environment.

Q69. The drawback of micro teaching is –

(A) Not successful in real classroom conditions
(B) Lack of supervision is found
(C) No room for feedback
(D) Longer duration of study

Answer: (A) Not successful in real classroom conditions
Explanation: Micro-teaching is practised in an artificial setting, so the skills may not carry over to a real classroom.

Q70. Which of the following is more important for keeping the good mental health of students?

(A) Provision for curricula activities
(B) Freedom of expression
(C) Variety of interests
(D) Teacher’s role and school environment

Answer: (D) Teacher’s role and school environment
Explanation: The teacher’s role and the school environment matter most for students’ mental health.

Q71. When a teacher should present a video clip in the class?

(A) During explaining the content
(B) After explaining the content
(C) Before explaining the content
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) During explaining the content
Explanation: A video clip works best during the explanation, to support and illustrate the content.

Q72. Component of curriculum is:

(A) Teaching strategies
(B) Objectives
(C) Evaluation
(D) All of these

Answer: (D) All of these
Explanation: Objectives, content, teaching strategies and evaluation are all components of the curriculum.

Q73. The basic requirement of teaching efficiency is-

(A) Mastery on teaching skills
(B) Mastery over use of different techniques of teaching.
(C) Mastery over appropriate use of media and technology in teaching.
(D) All the above

Answer: (D) All the above
Explanation: Teaching efficiency needs mastery of teaching skills, techniques and the use of media.

Q74. Which of the following activity is considered in the post-active phase of teaching?

(A) distribution of teaching strategies
(B) changing the strategies in terms of evidences gathered
(C) diagnosis of the learners
(D) sequencing the elements of content for presentation

Answer: (B) changing the strategies in terms of evidences gathered
Explanation: In the post-active phase, the teacher reviews evidence from evaluation and changes strategies.

Q75. An appropriate verb for an objective written to reflect assessment in the psychomotor domain of learning would be:

(A) Acknowledge
(B) Explain
(C) Relates
(D) Assembles

Answer: (D) Assembles
Explanation: ‘Assembles’ describes a physical skill, so it is a psychomotor verb.

Q76. One of the critiques of standardized tests has been that-

(A) they represent largely the mainstream culture and are therefore biased
(B) their language is difficult to understand
(C) the tests cannot be administered on large populations
(D) they do not give a clear picture of a child’s ability

Answer: (A) they represent largely the mainstream culture and are therefore biased
Explanation: Standardised tests are criticised for reflecting mainstream culture, which can bias them against other groups.

Q77. All except ______ are major components of classroom process.

(A) Evaluating teacher’s performance
(B) Assessment of student’s learning
(C) Expected learning outcomes
(D) Classroom transaction

Answer: (A) Evaluating teacher’s performance
Explanation: The classroom process includes learning outcomes, classroom transaction and assessment of learning; evaluating the teacher is not a core component.

Q78. The evaluation used to improve the contents during curriculum development is:

(A) Summative evaluation
(B) Formative evaluation
(C) Diagnostic evaluation
(D) None of these

Answer: (B) Formative evaluation
Explanation: Formative evaluation is done during development, to improve the curriculum.

Q79. Who developed inductive approach in science teaching?

(A) Aristotle
(B) Bruner
(C) Gagne
(D) Francis Bacon

Answer: (D) Francis Bacon
Explanation: Francis Bacon promoted the inductive method (from observations to generalisations).

Q80. As a planner, the teacher must

(A) encourage classroom and panel discussion
(B) be guidance minded
(C) first decide what changes should take place in the learner
(D) observe students’ reactions skillfully

Answer: (C) first decide what changes should take place in the learner
Explanation: As a planner, the teacher first decides what changes (objectives) should take place in the learner.

Q81. The Socratic method is known as

(A) Lecture demonstration method
(B) Discussion method
(C) Inquiry method
(D) Question- Answer method

Answer: (D) Question- Answer method
Explanation: The Socratic method teaches through questions and answers.

Q82. An outline-of the topics of a subject which covered in specific time is called:

(A) Programme
(B) Syllabus
(C) Curriculum
(D) Course

Answer: (B) Syllabus
Explanation: A syllabus is an outline of the topics to be covered in a fixed period.

Q83. As a facilitator, the teacher must be

(A) dominating
(B) short-tempered
(C) autocratic
(D) warm, understanding and self-controlling

Answer: (D) warm, understanding and self-controlling
Explanation: A facilitator should be warm, understanding and self-controlled.

Q84. Delivering lectures about key concepts that lead to student discussions is an example of

(A) Engage
(B) Elaborate
(C) Explore
(D) Explain

Answer: (D) Explain
Explanation: In the 5E model, a teacher explaining key concepts belongs to the Explain stage.

Q85. The hypothesis underlying team teaching is

(A) Teachers feel bore while working alone
(B) Teachers are not competent
(C) The best teachers in schools are shared by more students
(D) The single teacher cannot control the class

Answer: (C) The best teachers in schools are shared by more students
Explanation: Team teaching assumes that the best teachers can be shared by more students.

Q86. At the highest level of hierarchy is

(A) Understanding
(B) Application
(C) Evaluation
(D) Analysis

Answer: (C) Evaluation
Explanation: In Bloom’s original taxonomy, evaluation is the highest level, above analysis, application and understanding.

Q87. In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the form of reasoning at one stage becomes the ______ at the next stage:

(A) content.
(B) structure.
(C) process.
(D) dialectical opposite

Answer: (A) content.
Explanation: For Piaget, the reasoning of one stage becomes the content that the next stage’s reasoning works on.

Q88. The best method to inspire students for hard labour is

(A) one should himself do hard labour seeing which students will be inspired spontaneously
(B) laborious students should be rewarded
(C) a lecture about the importance of hard labour be delivered
(D) the example of success through hard labour be presented

Answer: (A) one should himself do hard labour seeing which students will be inspired spontaneously
Explanation: Students are best inspired when the teacher works hard and sets an example.

Q89. What is the best way for a teacher to resolve the problems in a class?

(A) Ask for other teacher’s opinion
(B) Depends on one’s own opinion
(C) Think on suggestions offered by the children and implement the good ones
(D) Use the view that Principal gives

Answer: (C) Think on suggestions offered by the children and implement the good ones
Explanation: Listening to students’ suggestions and using the good ones builds participation and solves problems.

Q90. Which of the following would you use to shape the habits?

(A) Indoctrination
(B) Teaching
(C) Training
(D) None of these

Answer: (C) Training
Explanation: Habits are formed through training (repeated practice).

7 November 2025, Shift 1 (Q91–120)

These 30 questions are Part II of the Bihar STET Computer Science paper of 7 November 2025, Shift 1.

Q91. The mirror of the Society is:

(A) playground
(B) community
(C) Hospital
(D) School

Answer: (D) School
Explanation: A school is called the mirror of society because it reflects society’s values and culture.

Q92. The number of domains in taxonomies of educational objective is

(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Five
(D) Six

Answer: (B) Three
Explanation: Bloom’s taxonomy has three domains: cognitive, affective and psychomotor.

Q93. Who has developed the ‘Guidelines on information literacy for lifelong learning?

(A) RUSA
(B) ACRL
(C) SCONUL
(D) IFLA

Answer: (D) IFLA
Explanation: IFLA published the ‘Guidelines on Information Literacy for Lifelong Learning’ (2006).

Q94. Which type of lesson plan is simple and straightforward?

(A) Daily lesson plan
(B) Weekly lesson plan
(C) Sequential lesson plans
(D) Monthly lesson plan

Answer: (A) Daily lesson plan
Explanation: A daily lesson plan is the simplest and most direct type of plan.

Q95. The most natural and simple way of teaching a lesson is to proceed from Statement I. something that the students already know Statement II. those facts which are unknown to the learners Statement III. Examples Statement IV. Illustrations Choose the correct option:-

(A) I, III and IV
(B) Only I
(C) Only II
(D) III and IV

Answer: (B) Only I
Explanation: Teaching should proceed from the known to the unknown, starting with what students already know.

Q96. Which one of the following options best describes progressive education?

(A) Learning by doing, project method, cooperative learning
(B) Thematic units, regular unit tests, ranking
(C) Personalized learning, ability grouping, labelling students
(D) Project method, ability grouping, ranking

Answer: (A) Learning by doing, project method, cooperative learning
Explanation: Progressive education focuses on learning by doing, projects and cooperative learning, not ranking or labelling.

Q97. In M.C.Q the correct option is:

(A) Response
(B) Answer
(C) Distractors
(D) None of these

Answer: (B) Answer
Explanation: In an MCQ the correct option is the answer (key); the wrong options are distractors.

Q98. Which of the following is a sign of motivated teaching?

(A) Maximum presence of students in the class
(B) Asking questions by students
(C) Pin drop silence in the class
(D) Complition of home assignment

Answer: (B) Asking questions by students
Explanation: Students asking questions shows they are curious and engaged, a sign of motivated teaching.

Q99. In M.C.Qs the statement of the problem is:

(A) Option
(B) Distractor
(C) Premise
(D) Stem

Answer: (D) Stem
Explanation: The question part of an MCQ is called the stem.

Q100. The stage in problem solving that includes the preparation of suitable hypothesis for investigation.

(A) Survey
(B) Planning for action
(C) Problem description
(D) Discussion

Answer: (B) Planning for action
Explanation: Forming a suitable hypothesis to investigate is part of planning for action in problem solving.

Q101. While discussing about friction, a teacher gave a number of examples to explain the concept. Some of the examples where friction is useful in our day-to-day life as-quoted by the teacher are given below. I. We are able to write because of friction between the tip of the pen and the paper. II. We are able to walk because of friction between our feet and the ground. III. A ball thrown vertically upwards comes back to us due to friction. IV. We are able to stop a moving vehicle by applying brakes because of friction. The correct examples were

(A) III, IV and I
(B) IV, I and II
(C) I, III and IV
(D) II, III and IV

Answer: (B) IV, I and II
Explanation: Writing, walking and braking depend on friction; a ball returns down because of gravity, not friction.

Q102. Having variety of question sets in a question paper increases it __________

(A) Objectivity
(B) Reliability
(C) Validity
(D) Difficulty

Answer: (C) Validity
Explanation: Varied questions cover more of the content, which increases the content validity of the paper.

Q103. If you join a teacher fraternity and choose to dress like most of the others in your group, you are exhibiting-

(A) group identity
(B) group obedience
(C) group compliance
(D) group conformity

Answer: (D) group conformity
Explanation: Changing your behaviour (such as dress) to match a group is called conformity.

Q104. What is the steps for constructing a test ?

(A) Planning and preparing the test
(B) Try Out the test
(C) Evaluating the test
(D) All of these

Answer: (D) All of these
Explanation: Building a test involves planning and preparing it, trying it out and evaluating it.

Q105. Continuous and Comprehensive evaluation was initiated by:

(A) NCTE
(B) CBSE
(C) NCERT
(D) SCERT

Answer: (B) CBSE
Explanation: CBSE introduced Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) in its schools in 2009.

Q106. Learning is generally considered as a permanent change in behavior’ based on

(A) Practice and experience.
(B) Practice and challenge.
(C) Challenge and experience.
(D) Challenge and reinforcement.

Answer: (A) Practice and experience.
Explanation: Learning is a relatively permanent change in behaviour that comes from practice and experience.

Q107. The characteristics of discussion method is

(A) Ensure maximum participation
(B) Students have the opportunity to criticize and evaluate.
(C) Logical and meaningful criticism should be accepted
(D) All of them

Answer: (D) All of them
Explanation: The discussion method encourages maximum participation, critical evaluation and acceptance of logical criticism.

Q108. Which of the following teaching method is focused on the development of creative minds?

(A) Project
(B) Brain storming
(C) Observation
(D) Demonstration

Answer: (B) Brain storming
Explanation: Brainstorming encourages free generation of ideas and develops creativity.

Q109. Which type of lesson plan is concise and focused on specific concepts or skills?

(A) Sequential lesson plans
(B) Weekly lesson plan
(C) Daily lesson plan
(D) Monthly lesson plan

Answer: (C) Daily lesson plan
Explanation: A daily lesson plan is short and focused on the specific concepts or skills of one lesson.

Q110. The 5E learning cycle boosts student engagement and motivation through

(A) Constructivist approach
(B) Humanistic approach
(C) Naturalistic approach
(D) Pragmatist approach

Answer: (A) Constructivist approach
Explanation: The 5E cycle (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) is based on constructivism.

Q111. The part of the curriculum designed to meet the needs of all students is:

(A) General education
(B) Specialized education
(C) The extra-curriculum
(D) The program of studies

Answer: (A) General education
Explanation: General education is the common part of the curriculum meant for all students.

Q112. To demonstrate success by focusing on the learner’s desired outcome, a reasonable list of_____________objectives should be provided.

(A) Informational
(B) Mastery
(C) Challenging
(D) General

Answer: (B) Mastery
Explanation: Mastery objectives state the specific outcomes learners must achieve to show success.

Q113. In comparing lecture and demonstration lessons, which one of the following is not true?

(A) Slow children derive benefit from a lecture than brighter one
(B) There are more activities for the students in a demonstration lesson
(C) The lecture method is more conductive and useful for larger group
(D) It is difficult to ascertain students’ learning in a lecture session

Answer: (A) Slow children derive benefit from a lecture than brighter one
Explanation: Slow learners do not gain more from lectures than bright students, so statement A is not true.

Q114. Which one of the following is the duty of a class teacher?

(A) Check the books, exercise books and bages of the students suddenly
(B) Check the lunch boxes of the students and advise them to take healthy food
(C) Check cleanliness of the class
(D) All of these

Answer: (C) Check cleanliness of the class
Explanation: Keeping the classroom clean is a normal duty of a class teacher; sudden checks of bags and lunch boxes are not.

Q115. The most expected immediate outcome of teaching is-

(A) Changes in the behavior of students in a desirable direction.
(B) Development of the total personality of students.
(C) Building characters of the students.
(D) Getting selected for a suitable job.

Answer: (A) Changes in the behavior of students in a desirable direction.
Explanation: The immediate expected outcome of teaching is a desirable change in students’ behaviour.

Q116. To select subject matter, one should consider student’s:

(A) I.Q
(B) Class
(C) Health
(D) Physical age

Answer: (D) Physical age
Explanation: Subject matter should suit the learner’s age and stage of development.

Q117. Micro teaching was first adopted at Stanford University by

(A) Stephen M Corey
(B) Dwight W Allen
(C) John Dewey
(D) Arthur Cunningham

Answer: (B) Dwight W Allen
Explanation: Micro-teaching was developed at Stanford University in 1963 by Dwight W. Allen and colleagues.

Q118. Introduce a problem that students might not be able to solve yet is an example of

(A) Explore
(B) Engage
(C) Explain
(D) Elaborate

Answer: (B) Engage
Explanation: Posing a problem students cannot solve yet sparks curiosity, which is the Engage stage of the 5E model.

Q119. Full form of SIOP Model is

(A) Sheltered Intervention Observation Protocol
(B) Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
(C) Sheltered Instruction Objection Protocol
(D) Sheltered Intervention Objection Protocol

Answer: (B) Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
Explanation: SIOP = Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol.

Q120. Which one of the following is the most suitable to improve children’s learning?

(A) Regular assessment test should be conducted.
(B) Teacher should explain the content using different examples and illustrations.
(C) All types of learning material should be there in the class.
(D) Teacher should facilitate children to interact with each other on real-life situations.

Answer: (D) Teacher should facilitate children to interact with each other on real-life situations.
Explanation: Children learn best by interacting with each other about real-life situations (constructivist approach).

12 September 2023, Shift 1 (Q121–150)

These 30 questions are Part II of the Bihar STET Computer Science paper of 12 September 2023, Shift 1.

Q121. The main aim of classroom teaching is

(A) to give information
(B) help to pass examination
(C) syllabus coverage
(D) to develop personality

Answer: (D) to develop personality
Explanation: The main aim of classroom teaching is the all-round development of the learner’s personality.

Q122. To ensure participation of students we use

(A) demonstration
(B) little man’s lecture
(C) discussion
(D) illustration

Answer: (C) discussion
Explanation: Discussion involves students actively.

Q123. learning through independent effort is

(A) autonomous learning
(B) autocratic learning
(C) democratic learning
(D) all the above

Answer: (A) autonomous learning
Explanation: Learning through one’s own independent effort is autonomous learning.

Q124. Aims

(A) may include abstract concepts
(B) difficult to measure
(C) may include appreciation
(D) All the above

Answer: (D) All the above
Explanation: Aims are broad and abstract, hard to measure directly, and may include appreciation.

Q125. psychomotor domain relates to

(A) map making
(B) project making
(C) playing
(D) all the above

Answer: (D) all the above
Explanation: The psychomotor domain covers physical and skill-based activities such as map-making, project-making and play.

Q126. Heuristic means

(A) to investigate
(B) to show
(C) to do
(D) to act

Answer: (A) to investigate
Explanation: ‘Heuristic’ (from Greek heuriskein) means to find out or investigate.

Q127. Armstrong gifted teaching with

(A) Project method
(B) heuristic method
(C) team teaching
(D) blended method

Answer: (B) heuristic method
Explanation: H.E. Armstrong introduced the heuristic method of teaching science.

Q128. Set induction relates to

(A) previous knowledge
(B) new knowledge
(C) specific objectives
(D) statement of aim

Answer: (A) previous knowledge
Explanation: Set induction prepares students for the lesson by linking it to what they already know.

Q129. Didactic teaching materials were introduced by

(A) Pestalozzi
(B) Froebel
(C) Montessori
(D) Dewey

Answer: (C) Montessori
Explanation: Maria Montessori introduced didactic apparatus (self-correcting teaching materials).

Q130. The centre point of a lesson plan is

(A) principal
(B) teacher
(C) student
(D) none of the above

Answer: (C) student
Explanation: A lesson plan is centred on the student and their learning.

Q131. According to Howard Gardner, a philosopher has …………. Type of intelligence and a sculptor has more ………… type of intelligence.

(A) interpersonal; linguistic
(B) linguistic; interpersonal
(C) spatial; intrapersonal
(D) intrapersonal; spatial

Answer: (D) intrapersonal; spatial
Explanation: A philosopher relies on intrapersonal (self-reflective) intelligence; a sculptor on spatial intelligence.

Q132. Which of the following is an example of an internal attribution for failure?

(A) I failed the test because my friends were distracting me.
(B) I received a low grade because the teacher is a tough grader.
(C) I failed the test because I didn’t study enough.
(D) I didn’t get good marks because the teacher was biased.

Answer: (C) I failed the test because I didn’t study enough.
Explanation: Blaming one’s own lack of study is an internal attribution; the other options blame external factors.

Q133. Which of the following is an example of a question that requires students to reflect on their own thinking?

(A) how has your thinking about the use of verbs changed since the beginning of the class ?
(B) what is the relationship between nouns and verbs in a sentence?
(C) what is the definition of a verb?
(D) how do you change a verb to the present tense?

Answer: (A) how has your thinking about the use of verbs changed since the beginning of the class ?
Explanation: Asking how one’s thinking has changed is metacognitive reflection.

Q134. Micro teaching is more effective

(A) always
(B) after the teaching-practice
(C) during the teaching-practice
(D) during the preparation for teaching-practice

Answer: (D) during the preparation for teaching-practice
Explanation: Micro-teaching is used in the preparation phase before teaching practice to build specific skills.

Q135. Which of the following are the characteristics of a person with scientific attitude?

(A) Brevity
(B) Objectivity
(C) Adventure
(D) Sharp memory

Answer: (B) Objectivity
Explanation: Objectivity is a key feature of a scientific attitude.

Q136. A librarian provides

(A) Physical material
(B) Digital material
(C) Both A & B
(D) None of these

Answer: (C) Both A & B
Explanation: A librarian provides both physical and digital materials.

Q137. Which of the following components are essential for library?

(A) Learning
(B) Walking
(C) Playing
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) Learning
Explanation: A library exists to support learning.

Q138. A teacher should ask-

(A) meaningful question
(B) maximum number of question in a fixed time
(C) as many question as possible
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) meaningful question
Explanation: A teacher should ask meaningful, purposeful questions rather than simply many questions.

Q139. Which of the following important cause of failure for teacher?

(A) interpersonal relationship
(B) verbal ability
(C) lack of command over the knowledge of subject
(D) None of the above

Answer: (C) lack of command over the knowledge of subject
Explanation: A teacher’s lack of command over the subject is a major cause of failure.

Q140. Teacher should master during his teaching period

(A) one of the teaching methods
(B) equally across all teaching methods
(C) Both A & B
(D) None of these

Answer: (B) equally across all teaching methods
Explanation: The official key’s option is that a teacher should master all teaching methods equally, so the method can suit the situation.

Q141. Knowledge is-

(A) Information
(B) Application
(C) Analysis
(D) Understanding

Answer: (A) Information
Explanation: At the lowest level of Bloom’s taxonomy, knowledge means recalling information.

Q142. Formative evaluation is conducted

(A) After the teaching learning process
(B) Before the teaching learning process
(C) During the teaching learning process
(D) All of the above

Answer: (C) During the teaching learning process
Explanation: Formative evaluation takes place during teaching-learning to give feedback.

Q143. Which technique is used for evaluation of interest?

(A) Observation technique
(B) Check list
(C) Rating scale
(D) Projective Technique

Answer: (C) Rating scale
Explanation: Interests are commonly measured with rating scales and interest inventories.

Q144. Which of the following is not a type of curriculum design?

(A) Subject-centered
(B) Problem Centered
(C) Learner-Centered
(D) Teacher-Centered

Answer: (D) Teacher-Centered
Explanation: The main curriculum designs are subject-centred, learner-centred and problem-centred; ‘teacher-centred’ is not a standard design.

Q145. Which of the following is not the nature of curriculum?

(A) Critical
(B) Creative
(C) Conservative
(D) Active

Answer: (D) Active
Explanation: The official key gives ‘Active’ as the option that does not describe the nature of curriculum.

Q146. The biggest challenge before democracy is –

(A) Fundamentalism
(B) Castism
(C) Regionalism
(D) All the above

Answer: (A) Fundamentalism
Explanation: The official key gives fundamentalism as democracy’s biggest challenge (casteism and regionalism are also challenges).

Q147. A teacher should behave with all the students as –

(A) as a friend
(B) as a master
(C) equally
(D) personally

Answer: (A) as a friend
Explanation: A teacher should behave as a friend and guide to students.

Q148. Failure can be our best teacher if-

(A) we work harder than before
(B) we know the reasons of failure
(C) we know the reasons of failure and then being encouraged we work harder than before
(D) none of the above

Answer: (C) we know the reasons of failure and then being encouraged we work harder than before
Explanation: Failure teaches us when we understand its causes and then work harder with encouragement.

Q149. Chalkboard is a kind of teaching aid –

(A) Visual
(B) Audio
(C) Audio-Visual
(D) All of the above

Answer: (A) Visual
Explanation: A chalkboard is a visual aid.

Q150. Television is

(A) Visual aid
(B) Audio-visual aid
(C) Audio aid
(D) None of the above

Answer: (B) Audio-visual aid
Explanation: Television gives both sound and pictures, so it is an audio-visual aid.

How to Revise Teaching Aptitude

• Read the explanation even when you get a question right. The explanation is what helps with a reworded question.
• Make a one-page note of the names that keep coming up: Bloom, Gardner, micro teaching at Stanford, CCE, the 5E model.
• Many questions are about what a good teacher would do in class. Pick the option that is student-centred and encouraging.
• There is no negative marking, so answer every question.
• Practise full mock tests on the ExamYaari app to build speed for the real exam.

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