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Child Development Quiz

Practice quiz on Child Development (Pedagogy & Reasoning). 10 exam-style questions with explanations.

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Practice quiz on Child Development (Pedagogy & Reasoning). 10 exam-style questions with explanations. Child Development Quiz is a free, 10-minute, 10-mark practice quiz on AajExam rated at mixed difficulty, designed to help candidates preparing for SSC, UPSC, Banking, Railway and State PSC government competitive exams sharpen their command of Child Development (Pedagogy & Reasoning). Every question on this quiz ships with a detailed step-by-step solution so you don't just learn the right answer — you learn the reasoning and shortcuts top scorers use to crack similar questions faster on the actual exam day. Why Child Development Quiz matters in your preparation: government exam-conducting bodies repeatedly draw questions from the same chapters and the same skill-clusters across recruitment cycles. By attempting focused topic-wise quizzes like this one, you build pattern recognition — the ability to spot which formula, rule or trick applies the moment you see a question. Toppers consistently report that 5-10 quizzes on a single topic delivers more exam-day score gain than 20+ unfocused full-length mocks, because targeted drilling exposes your specific sub-topic weaknesses with surgical precision. How to use this quiz effectively: attempt it in one sitting under the 10-minute timer, without referring to notes or external resources — simulate exam-day conditions exactly. After submission, review the auto-generated analytics to see your accuracy, time per question and section-wise performance. Then go through every wrong and skipped question with the explanation, mentally tagging the underlying concept rather than just memorising the answer. Revisit this quiz after 7-10 days; your second attempt should be 15-20% faster with noticeably better accuracy. Bookmark this page and revisit weekly as we add new quizzes on related topics. AajExam quiz design principles: every quiz on the platform is curated by subject experts using the actual question formats, difficulty distributions and time pressures of the target government exams. We deliberately avoid generic "textbook" questions in favour of exam-replicating ones. Solutions are written in plain English (and Hindi where source material was bilingual), with step-by-step working for quantitative problems, grammar rules for English questions, and direct reference statements for general awareness items. Performance analytics after each attempt include accuracy, attempt rate, time spent per question, and an estimated all-India percentile so you know exactly where you stand against other candidates. This quiz is completely free to attempt. You only need a free AajExam account to track your performance across attempts, view detailed solutions and unlock the platform-wide analytics dashboard. The platform is mobile-friendly and works seamlessly on smartphones, tablets and desktops — so you can sharpen your Child Development (Pedagogy & Reasoning) skills in any spare 15-minute window.
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Child Development Quiz — Questions with Solutions

All 10 questions from this quiz with the correct answer and explanation. Attempt them yourself first, then open each solution to check your reasoning.

  1. Q1.Who is known as the father of psychoanalysis?

    • A.Lev Vygotsky
    • B.B.F. Skinner
    • C.Sigmund Freud
    • D.Jean Piaget
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    Answer: C. Sigmund Freud

    Freud.

  2. Q2.Piaget's first stage of cognitive development is

    • A.Sensorimotor
    • B.Formal operational
    • C.Preoperational
    • D.Concrete operational
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    Answer: A. Sensorimotor

    Birth to 2 years.

  3. Q3.Which stage covers ages 7 to 11 in Piaget's theory?

    • A.Sensorimotor
    • B.Concrete operational
    • C.Preoperational
    • D.Formal operational
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    Answer: B. Concrete operational

    7 to 11 years.

  4. Q4.Zone of Proximal Development was given by

    • A.Bruner
    • B.Piaget
    • C.Freud
    • D.Vygotsky
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    Answer: D. Vygotsky

    Vygotsky.

  5. Q5.Heredity refers to

    • A.Learning from environment
    • B.Diet
    • C.Transmission of traits from parents to offspring
    • D.Social habits
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    Answer: C. Transmission of traits from parents to offspring

    Genetic transmission.

  6. Q6.Erikson's theory deals with

    • A.Psychosocial development
    • B.Moral development
    • C.Cognitive development
    • D.Physical growth only
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    Answer: A. Psychosocial development

    Psychosocial stages.

  7. Q7.Who propounded the theory of moral development in stages?

    • A.Piaget
    • B.Kohlberg
    • C.Skinner
    • D.Pavlov
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    Answer: B. Kohlberg

    Kohlberg.

  8. Q8.Growth refers to

    • A.Social change
    • B.Only mental changes
    • C.Only emotional changes
    • D.Quantitative physical changes
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    Answer: D. Quantitative physical changes

    Growth is measurable.

  9. Q9.Adolescence is the period roughly between

    • A.2 and 6 years
    • B.20 and 30 years
    • C.6 and 12 years
    • D.12 and 19 years
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    Answer: D. 12 and 19 years

    Teenage years.

  10. Q10.Development is

    • A.Only physical
    • B.Limited to growth
    • C.Continuous and lifelong
    • D.Only in childhood
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    Answer: C. Continuous and lifelong

    It is lifelong.

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Yes. You can attempt this quiz as many times as you like. Each attempt is recorded separately so you can track improvement in score, accuracy and time-management.

Which government exams does this quiz prepare me for?

Child Development questions appear regularly in SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, GD; IBPS PO, Clerk; SBI PO, Clerk; RRB NTPC, Group D; UPSC prelims and most State PSC exams. The specific weightage varies by exam — check the exam pattern on the corresponding AajExam exam page for details.