Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

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EDUCATION
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Sample Paper EDUCATION NTD

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

ENGLISH
Complete the sentences by choosing the most
appropriate word, from the given lettered choices (A
to D) below each.
1. Almost everyone has trouble ______ at one time or another.
A.
B.
C.
D.

sleeping
for sleeping
sleep
slept

Each question below consists of a related pair of

words, followed by five lettered pairs of words. Select
the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship
similar to that expressed in the original pair.
2. PAGE: BOOK::
A.
B.
C.
D.

sailors: crew
petal: flower
leaf: stalk
singers: chorus

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most

nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital
letters.
3. PARTICULAR:
A.
B.
C.
D.

general
widespread
diffused
common

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the

capitalized ones.
4. CHANGE:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

alter
church
complete
decide
agree

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Read the passage to answer question 5-6

In the late seventeenth century, a transformation began that would make
coffee one of the most popular drinks in Europe. The coffeehouse-meeting
place of bankers, dissidents, artists, merchants, poets, wits, and rogues was
in some ways the cradle of modern Europe. Coffee would change, in less
than a century, from the drink of a few princes and a few paupers to the
chief social beverage of the rising middle class.
5. The word transformation is closest in meaning to:
A.
B.
C.
D.

trend
event
change
custom

6. The word rogues refers to a type of:

A.
B.
C.
D.

beverage
person
book
coffee

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QUANTITATIVE
7. 18 0.04 =?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

4.5
45
450
4,500
45,000

8. What is 0.1 percent expressed as a decimal?

A.
A.
B.
C.
D.

0.001
0.01
0.1
1
10.0

9. Evaluate 3a2 2b , if a = -3, and b = -1.

A.
A.
B.
C.
D.

-29
29
-25
25
83

10.A coat is on sale for Rs.120 after a discount of 20 percent. Find the
original price.
A.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Rs. 96
Rs.144
Rs.150
Rs.180
Rs.140

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PEDAGOGY
11.Teaching strategy in which learner actually engages in resolving
problems is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Small group discussion

Interactive teaching
Expository teaching
Inquiry teaching

12.The easiest way to foster personal relationship with students is:

A.
B.
C.
D.

Coming to class 5 to 10 minutes early

Starting a dialogue
Learning their names
Giving them prizes

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COMPUTERS
13.Loading of operating system in a personal computer is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Booting
Prompting
Interrupting
Paging

14.How will you define Internet in the simplest way?

A.
B.
C.
D.

very large network

global network of networks
network of computers in a city
all of the above

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SUBJECT
15.Pre-school children are provided learning environment. The curriculum
of pre-school education is
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Embedded curriculum
Hidden curriculum
Core curriculum
Subject-base curriculum
All of the above

16.The transmission of information in a single direction from a source to

learner is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.

expository teaching
interactive teaching
small group teaching
inquiry teaching

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Answer Keys
Q #.
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3
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5
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Right Choice
A
B
A
A
C
B
C
A
B
C
D
C
A
B
B
A