MCQ based on English pedagogy :- 

Q1)pedagogical knowledge includes
(a) knowledge of content
(b) knowledge of method
(c) All of the above
(d) None of the above

Ans - option c

Q2)what is the skill among the ones given below that cannot be tested in a formal written examination?
(a) Meaning of words and phrases
(b) Extensive reading for pleasure
(c) Analysing text
(d) Reading for information

Ans - option b

Q3)drills are considered importadnt in which method?
(a) Translation Method
(b) Grammar Method
(c) Bilingual Method
(d) Pattern Practice
Ans - option d

Q4)Students are asked to read a short text and make points for discussion. What skills of the learners are assessed?
(a) Speaking skills
(b) Writing skills
(c) Study skills
(d) Listening skills
Ans - option b

Q5)A teacher reads out the text and explains it word-for-word in English.
What method/approach does she adopt in her class?

(a) Communicative language teaching
(b) Task based language teaching
(c) Direct method
(d) Structural approach
Ans - option c

Q6)When we sing a rhyme in an English language classroom, we
(a) familiarise the learner with the English sounds
(b) teach them to read
(c) teach learners to understand the words
(d) teach them to learn to sing
Ans - option a

Q7)Select the appropriate alternative which best expresses the meaning of the following phrase.
"To beat the air "

(a) To make frantic effort
(b) To make effort that are useless or vain
(c) To act foolishly
(d) To make every possible effort
Ans - option d

Q8)The officials wanted ____ the attention of people by giving importance to the robbery last week.
(a) divert
(b) to be diverted
(c) to divert
(d) being diverted
Ans - option d

Q9)The method of teaching English adopted at present in school curriculum is
A) Formative Correlation Approach
B) Foncatunal Communicative Approach
C) Function Corrective Approach
D) Figurative Comprehensive Approach
Ans - option c

Q10)Communicative Language Teaching replaces basically…
A) Natural Language Processing
B) Structural Teaching
C) Situational Language Teaching
D) Motivational Teaching
Ans - option b

Q11)Grammer‐Transilation Method Stresses on
A) Accuracy
B) Fluency
C)Appropriateness
D) Listening skill
Ans - option b

Q12)When a child is asked to recite a poem, it can help the teacher to test
A) Knowledge of literature
B) Proficiency of speaking
C) Acting talent
D) Comprehension

Ans - option a


Q13)The structure “he goes to school” is often produced by learners due to
A) Failure of literature
B) Mother tongue interference
C)Overgeneralization of rules
D) Wrong teaching
Ans - option b

Q14)For teaching grammar, the best grammar that a teacher can use is
A) Traditional grammar
B) Modern grammar
C) Pedagogic grammar
D) No grammar is needed
Ans - option b

Q15)Brain storming” means
A) collect all kinds of ideas on a tropic
B) To do some mental exercise
C) To make efforts to understand something
D) To give some kinds of stimulus to the brain
Ans - option c

Q16)Interactive” listening is
A) Listening and responding
B) Listening for mode of tone
C) Listening for word stress and emphasis
D) Listening for finding out speaker’s attitude
Ans - option a

Q17)Which of the following is an incorrect assumption in language teaching
A) Learners acquire language by trying to use it in real situations
B) Learner’s first language plays a important role in learning
C) Language teaching should have a focus in communicative activities
D) Language teaching should give importance to writing rather than speech
Ans - option a

Q18)Reading skill can be developed best by
A) Writing answers to questions on text
B) Focusing on the use of words from context in the text
C) Doing vocabulary exercises
D) Doing quizzes and playing word games
Ans - option d

Q18)Practice of grammatical structures in a controlled manner can be done by
A) Correcting wrong sentence produced by Learners
B) Gap‐filling grammar exercises
C) Writing paragraphs and essays
D) Explaining the use of particular structures
ANS - OPTION B

Q19)A test which is administered at the end of a language course is

A) Diagnostic test
B) Placement test
C) Achievement test
D) Memory test
Ans - option b

Q19)Study of meaning in a language is known as
A) Syntax
B) Semantics
C) Morphology
D) Linguistics
Ans - option a

Q20)While writing a notice, the writer should prefer

A) Active voice
B) Passive voice
C) Any voice
D) None of these

Ans - option a

Q21)Remedial teaching…
A) Fills the gap that creeps into a pupil’s learning
B) Rectifies the concepts which have been misunderstood
C) Helps in retaining homogeneity in the class
D) All of above

Ans - option b

Q22)Identify the correct passive voice of the sentence: obey me.

A) I should be obeyed
B) Let be obeyed
C) Both a and b
D) None of these

Ans - option d

Q23)Which of the following organs of speech is also known as ‘VELUM’
A) Hard palate
B) Voice box
C) Alveolar ridge
D) Soft palate

Ans - option b

Q24)The major deference between ‘ARTICLE’ and ‘SPEECH’ is…

A) Speech is more formal
B) Speech is more informal
C) Speech is more descriptive
D) All of these

Ans - option d

Q25)When a teacher uses lessons in Science and Social Science to teach language,
such an approach can be termed as‐

A) Objective language teaching
B) Pluralistic language teaching
C) Discipline‐wise language teaching
D) Language across the curriculum
Ans - option b

Q26)A teacher gives many sentences and asks her students to arrange them into a
letter using appropriate connectors. The skill then is chiefly involved in this
task is

A) Collecting information
B) Expanding notice
C) Organizing
D) Rewriting

Ans - option d

27)After reading a story on fish, if a teacher asks children to answer “Imagine
you are a fish in a pond. What do you see around you”? This is an Example of
A) Comprehension question
B) Close type question
C) Open‐end question
D) Multiple choice question

Ans - option c

Q28)The language skill that cannot be assessed through a traditional pen‐paper
test are
a) Listening and speaking
b) Reading and speaking
c) Writing and listening
d) Reading and listening

Ans - option c

Q29)A teacher uses a report from a news paper to teach writing. The material
used thus for teaching is referred to

A) External material
B) Realistic material
C) Natural material
D) Authentic material

Ans - option a

Q30)When student learn a language for bright employment opportunities, their
motivation is
A) Extrinsic
B) Intrinsic
C) Exotic
D) Eccentric

Ans - option a

Q31)A children‐ entered class room is characterized by
A) A variety of learning activities for the learners
B) Children sitting in the centre of the classroom
C) Children teaching other children under the super vision of the teacher
D) Very passive teachers and active learners

Ans - option a

Q32)Constructive approach to language teaching experts the teacher to
A) Give pre constructed knowledge to learner
B) Contract his own curriculum
C) Make learner prepare their own text book
D) Help construct knowledge using their experience

Ans - option a

Q33)Comprehensive Evaluation refers to assessment of
A) Co‐curricular activities
B) Academic subjects
C) Both scholastic and co‐scholastic areas
D) Summative assessment tests

Ans - option d

Q34)A mixed ability group is heterogeneous in
A) Economic status
B) Gender and age
C) Social strata
D) Knowledge and skill

Ans - option c
Q35)Teacher should not give corporal punishment to learners because
A) It makes parents very angry
B) It is risky
C) It create stress and fear in learner
D) It is only an emotional realization for the teacher

Ans - option c

Q36)Pre‐reading tasks are meant for
A) Evaluating the reading skill of the learners
B) Giving the meaning of difficult words and phrases
C) Introducing the mean idea and motivating the learners
D) Explaining the grammatical items used in the reading text

Ans - option c

Q37)When a teacher asks her students to write a letter after having a group
discussion, she is
A) Adopting the Direct Method of language teaching
B) Integrating different language skill
C) Following a traditional method
D) Likely to confuse the student

Ans - option b

Q38)Speaking skill can be best developed by enabling the learners to
A) Read challenging and difficult texts
B) Communicate in real‐life situation
C) Listen to the model provided by the teacher
D) Avoid all errors while speaking

Ans - option b

Q39)Curriculum is an educational programme which does not state

A) The lesson –planning details of the topics
B) The educational purpose of the programme
C) The content(meterial etc) teaching Strategies and learning experiences
which will be necessary to achieve this purpose
D) The means of evaluating where these educational ends have been
achieve or not

Ans - option a

Q41)A good test on reading comprehension will have questions
A) That focus primarily on the structure and words used in the text
B) That test the textual knowledge thoroughly
C) That encourage learners to write answers without errors
D) That test inference, interpretation and evaluation besides
comprehension

ANS - OPTION D

Q41)Teaching grammar is useful to improve
A) Accuracy
B) Fluency
C) Literacy
D) Numeracy

Ans - option a