REET CDP Questions and Answers with Solutions, Download PDF

Candidates aspiring to become teachers through REET 2025 should focus on mastering Child Development and Pedagogy (CDP) as it is a core section of the exam. CDP holds significant weightage in both Level 1 and Level 2 papers, 30 marks in each, making it essential for candidates to understand key concepts such as learning theories, cognitive development, and pedagogical approaches.

To facilitate effective learning, we have compiled a set of REET CDP questions covering fundamental topics. By solving these, candidates can analyze their understanding, strengthen weak areas, and boost their accuracy in the exam.

REET 2025 CDP: Overview

CDP is a vital subject in the REET 2025 examination, designed to assess candidates’ understanding of child psychology and teaching strategies. A thorough awareness of concepts like Piaget’s Theory, Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory, Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory, and Inclusive Education is essential for scoring well in this section. Below is the detailed structure:

REET 2025 CDP: Overview
Aspect	Level 1	Level 2
Total Marks	30 Marks	30 Marks
Total Questions	30 Questions	30 Questions
Marking Scheme	+1 for each correct answer, No negative marking	+1 for each correct answer, No negative marking
Difficulty Level	As per the 5th standard syllabus	As per the 8th standard syllabus
Key Topics	Learning Theories, Child Psychology, Pedagogy & Inclusive Education	Advanced Pedagogical Theories, Child Psychology, and Teaching-Learning Strategies

REET CDP Questions

To clear the REET 2025 exam, candidates should practice various Child Development and Pedagogy questions that cover core topics such as cognitive and moral development, intelligence theories, and teaching methodologies. The following sample questions will help candidates evaluate their preparedness for the exam:

Q1. Assertion (A) : In a progressive classroom the teacher should be diadactic and keep the children in control by maintaining ‘pin-drop’ silence.
Reason (R) : Children learn only when teachers exercise total control over them.
Choose the correct option.

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) Both (A) and (R) are false

Q2. Individuals with ____________ are able to make connections based on their prior knowledge and are drawn to categorization, patterning, and relationships between ideas.
(a) Logico-mathematical intelligence
(b) Bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence
(c) Interpersonal intelligence
(d) Linguistic intelligence

Q3. A teacher’s remark in a co-education class to boys, “Be brave and don’t behave weakly like girls” would encourage :
(a) gender equity
(b) gender stereotyping
(c) gender role flexibility
(d) gender equality

Q4. Which of the following are key characteristics of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation ?

(i) It’s primary objective is to segregate and label childrens.
(ii) It provides opportunities for teachers to reflect on their pedagogy.
(iii) It incorporates assessment as a part of learning.
(iv) It helps to promote learning by inducing fear and anxiety.
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(c) (ii) and (iii)
(d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Q5. Which of the following questions promotes critical thinking rather than mere recall of
information?
(a) In which year was the last census held?
(b) Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?
(c) Who was the first President of India?
(d) How can democratic ideals be promoted in a society?

Q6. For the successful inclusion of students belonging to disadvantaged groups the teachers
should :
(a) include aspects of their culture through various activities
(b) discourage them from taking part in cultural activities and ask them to focus on studies
(c) encourage them to take part in cultural activities but not on studies
(d) gently ask the parents to enroll children in home tuitions

Q7. A key pedagogical strategy to ensure inclusive education is :
(a) Collaboration
(b) Segregation
(c) Negative discrimination
(d) Labelling

Q8. A teacher should support inclusion of students belonging to disadvantaged groups by:

(a) creating a classroom ethos where differences are accepted and every child is valued
(b) identifying children’s academic abilities and always group children of same ability together
(c) segregation of children groups based on their caste
(d) promoting them to reproduce textbook knowledge even if it is meaningless to them

Q9. A child’s intelligence test score shows that she is above average, she is regular and active in class. Her mathematics grades and writing skill is good but when given the task of reading loudly her performance is poor, the child is likely to have :
(a) Dysgraphia
(b) Dyscalculia
(c) Dyslexia
(d) Autism

Q10. What is creativity ?
(a) Ability to repetitively perform an action without being bored.
(b) Ability to rote memorize long passages.
(c) Ability to think divergently.
(d) Ability to copy and imitate others as it is.

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)

S2. Ans.(a)

S3. Ans.(b)

S4. Ans.(c)

S5. Ans.(d)

S6. Ans.(a)

S7. Ans.(a)

S8. Ans.(a)

S9. Ans.(c)

S10. Ans.(c)