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This set of Special Education Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Education for the Gifted Set 2
Q1 | Like other growing children, the gifted children have social and emotional needs like
- Love
- Security
- Belongingness
- All of the above
Q2 | In addition to the basic needs, the gifted children have some special needs like the need for
- Development of exceptional ability
- The need for self-actualization
- The need for self- expression
- All of the above
Q3 | Studies on gifted children came to the forefront after the publication of ‘Hereditary Genuis’in 1869 by
- Lombroso
- Galton
- Guilford
- Terman
Q4 | Gifted children constitute only ____ of the population.
- 2 to 3 percent
- 2 to 4 percent
- 2 to 5 percent
- 3 to 5 percent
Q5 | A common misconception among laymen regarding the characteritics of gifted children is
- they are physically small and poorly developed
- they have strange behaviour
- they are emotionally unstable
- all the above
Q6 | The main tool used for identifying gifted children is
- intelligence tests
- creativity tests
- personality tests
- intelligence and creativity tests
Q7 | Criteria for identifying giftedness include
- Intellectual ability
- Mechanical skills
- Physical skills
- all the above
Q8 | Procedures for identifying giftedness given by many psychologists include
- accuracy and use of vocabulary
- language proficiency
- keen observation and quality of concentration
- all the above
Q9 | The most important factor for giftedness is
- creativity
- intelligence
- balanced personality
- none of the above
Q10 | The main problem associated with the development of gifted children is
- unattractive school environment
- monotonous classroom teaching
- unchallenging curriculum
- all the above
Q11 | A creative child is one who has got ability to
- Create
- Read
- Write
- Listen
Q12 | Which of the following is not the characteristics of Creative Children?
- Flexibility in thinking
- Non-engagement
- Elaboration
- Imagination
Q13 | Identification of creative children is done with
- Mental health test
- Self concept test
- Personality test
- Creativity test
Q14 | Creative children are those children and youth with
- Average ability
- Normal achiever
- Outstanding talent
- General population
Q15 | 10. Which of the following is not creativity?
- Originality
- Inventiveness
- Resourcefulness
- Specialization
Q16 | It is important to identify Creative children and we should provide them
- Adequate educational facilities
- Adequate physical education
- Abundant leisure
- Insufficient study material
Q17 | According to Guilford, creativity involves
- Convergent thinking
- Critical thinking
- Divergent thinking
- Inductive thinking
Q18 | Divergent thinking involves creative generation of
- Single, correct solution to a problem
- Multiple answers to a set problem.
- No specific answer to the problems
- The question itself becomes a problem
Q19 | Creativity is the process of developing
- Original ideas
- Novel encounter
- Appropriate responses to a problem
- All of the above
Q20 | One of the major characteristics of a creative mind is
- Curiosity
- Futility
- Reluctance
- Apathy
Q21 | Which of the following statement is applicable to creative children?
- Develop intuition in his problem.
- Unwilling to accept routine solution
- High achievement motivation
- All of the above
Q22 | Every intelligent child is not creative, but creative children are always
- Intelligent
- Creative
- Mathematicians
- None of the above
Q23 | The word creativity comes from the Latin term
- Create
- Creare
- Crerer
- Cretaes
Q24 | Creativity was a result of having
- Stiffness in thinking
- Rigidity in outlook
- Sensitivity to problems
- Indifference view
Q25 | A number of researchers include creativity, either explicitly or implicitly, as a keycomponent of
- Self concept
- Intelligence.
- Interest
- Concentration