PSTET Paper 1 Answer Key 2024: The Punjab State Education Board (PSEB) conducted the PSTTET exam on December 1, 2024. Students can check the unofficial PSTET Paper 1 Answer Key 2024 and solutions for their reference. Students can go through the PSTET 2024 Exam Pattern to go through the marks associated for each section. Note that the exam for PSTET will consist of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Moreover, the PSTET Paper 1 is conducted for a total of 150 marks. The PSTET 2024 exam was conducted in offline mode and the exam was divided into two papers: one for the primary level and one for the upper primary level. The PSTET Paper 1 Answer Key 2024 is available below.
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PS TET English Answer Key 2024
| S.No | Question | Answer |
| English | ||
| 1 | Choose Between Present Simple and Present Continous from the option....... | 1. Live/is getting |
| 2 | Richard didn't help me. He sat in an arm chair.... | 3. did |
| 3 | ____ is a method of word formation whereby one or more syllables.... | 3. Clipping |
| 4 | Since her accident, Mary has tried to lead.... | 1. As.... As |
| 5 | Choose the right meaning for the word: Beforehand | 2. Earlier |
| 6 | Choose the right meaning for the word Miracle | 1. Wonderful event |
| 7 | Dr. Allen took it to the lecture room.. | 1. The Cassette Recorder |
| 8 | Who was Jenny Anderson? | 4. Professor Smith's Secretary |
| 9 | Jenny Anderson suggested that Dr Allen should..... | 1. Cancel |
| 10. | Dr Allen thought that.. but instead it was | 3. The meeting was at eleven |
| 11. | However Dr Aelle went to the classroom and tried to explain .. | 1. I've recorder my lecture.. |
| 12 | Can I borrow your.. | 2. Cassette Recorder |
| 13 | Karen and I are very good friends we have known | 1. Each other |
| 14 | Most progressive method to monitor the progress of children.. | 4. structured behavioural observation |
| 15 | Suitable title for the passage.. | 3. Responsibilities of Firefighters |
| 16 | Main focus of this passage.. | 2. The proper installation of the smoke detectors |
| 17. | The passage implies that dead air space is most likely to be found... | 2. Close to where the wall meets the ceiling |
| 18 | Persons who live in home with a smoke detector have a... | 1. 50% better chance of surviving a fire |
| 19 | A smoke detector should not be installed near a window.. | 3. A draf may create dead air space |
| 20 | The passage indicates that one responsibility of the firefighter is... | 4. Speak to school children and... |
| 21 | A smoke detector must always be placed.. | 2. Outside all bedrooms at home |
| 22 | Correct Antonym: Prevention | 4. Aggravation |
| 23 | Theory of Transformational Generative Grammar... | 4. both 1 and 2 |
| 24 | The boss___ meet the visitors for coffee... | 1. Will |
| 25 | Well I got on better with David really last time... | 3. Stayed/shared/ had gone |
| 26 | ____ sandwich is not enough I usually have eat... | 2. One |
| 27 | ____ is the term that denotes the historical perspective... | 2. Diachrony |
| 28 | Children acquire gender roles through all of the following except... | 3. Tutoring |
| 29 | Phonological awareness refers to the ability to... | 1. Reflect and manipulate the sound structure |
| 30 | Pedro was so short, he couldn't see ___ the steering wheel | 1. Over |
| Child Development and Pedagogy | ||
| 1 | A teacher should design his or her pedagogy according to.. | 4. Socio-cultural context of the learners |
| 2. | Which of the following is the most apt. for for Human Development? | 4. Both 1 and 2 |
| 3 |
A: Socialization is essential for a child R: Socialization is a lifelong.... |
3. Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation |
| 4 | A child learns most apt. in an environment... | 3. The due weightage is given to the child's emotions.. |
| 5 | Out of box thinking is laregly related to... | 1. Divergent Thinking |
| 6 | In an advertisemnet, a woman is cooking in the kitchen and the man is watching tv... | 2. Media: Secondary |
| 7 | Piaget proposes that cognitive development universally follows four stages.... | 2. Sensorimotor stage |
| 8 | A child cannot distinguish between the words bat and tab... | 4. Dyslexia |
| 9 | Which of the following is a primary agency of Socialization for a chilf? | 4. Family |
| 10 | Hamir is in class 6. He shows exceptional ability in generating new ideas.... | 2. Creative learner |
| 11 | A baby girl is commonly seen playing with a doll/ or a kitchen... | 3. Gender Socialization |
| 12 | School based internal assesment is primarily based on the principal of... | 4. Teachers know their students capabilities better than the external examiner |
| 13 | At the lower primary level, the play way teaching method is... | 4. Psychological principles of growth and development |
| 14 | Development generally proceeds from head to foot; this principle of development is called... | 3. Cephalocaudal |
| 15 | Development of the individual is influenced by.. | 2. Hereditary and environment |
| 16 | First step in the scientific method of the problem solving | 3. Awareness and understanding of the problem |
| 17 |
Correct match A. Organic Motive 1. Aim of life.. |
2. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II |
| 18 |
Acc. to B.F Skinner language development of a child takes place.. |
3. As an outcome of imitation and reinforcement |
| 19 |
The functionalist theory of social structure is given by.. |
1. Emile Durkhiem |
| 20 |
What is the word 'nature' in the nature-nurture contoversy? |
3. The hereditary traits |
| 21 |
Inclusion of all children in education as envisaged by RTE ACT 2009... |
2. A right based humanistiv perspective |
| 22 |
Development is a never ending process this idea is associated... |
4. The principle of continuity |
| 23 |
In the classroom teaching children feel more motivated when... |
2. They feel connected to their real world |
| 24 |
Vygotsky's theory of constructivism implies that.. |
3. Child learns fast in group collaboration |
| 25 |
Mistake teaches individual. This statement is based on... |
2. Thorndike's trail and error theory |
| 26 |
Gifted students are |
2. Independent in their judgement |
| 27 |
Critical pedagoy helps students to.. |
4. All of the above |
| 28 |
A progressive classroom views teachers and learners as... |
3. Facilitators in learning; participants in knowledge construction |
| 29 |
A teacher can be an effective teacher teacher in addressing diverse... |
3. Understanding the diverse needs andexperiences of the children |
| 30 |
The concept of Zone of Proximal Development is given by |
2. Vygotsky |
| Mathematics | ||
| 1 |
Language of mathematics.. |
1. Symbolic |
| 2 |
Percentage decline in the production from 1997 to 1998.. |
4. 25% |
| 3 |
LCM of two numbers is 48 and the numbers are in the ratio... |
3. 40 |
| 4 |
The missing number in the sequence 8, 24,... |
1. 27 |
| 5 |
36 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days... |
4. 24 days |
| 6 |
A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of potatoes for Rs 420... |
3. 8 1/3% |
| 7 |
Which activity would best develop a students reasoning skills in geometry... |
4. Justifying why two triangles are congruent using geometric postulates |
| 8 |
The number of lines of symmetries of a squaure is: |
2. 4 |
| 9 |
A man took a loan from a bank at the rate of 12% per annum... |
3. 15000 |
| 10 |
A person's present age is two fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years... |
3. 40 years |
| 11 |
A child studying in class 4 exhibits difficulty in reading.. |
2. suffering from dyslexia |
| 12 |
Mathematics is lthe language in which god has written the universe.. |
1. Galelio |
| 13 |
The least value assigned to * so that the number 86325 * 6.... |
3. 3 |
| 14 |
Identify the pattern and fill in the blanks.. |
1. 12 |
| 15 |
A cylindrical pencil sharpened at one edge is the combination of.. |
1. A cone and a cylinder |
| 16 |
Which of the following is true? |
1. Every integer is a rational number |
| 17 |
If the areas of three adjacent faces of a cuboidal box are... |
1. 720 cm |
| 18 |
Suppose that x + 1 and x+ 2 are factors of the polynomial.. |
3. 0 |
| 19 |
Let AB II CD and EF is transversal Which of the following is not true |
3. 1 + 4 + 180 |
| 20 |
Given the answer of three sides of a trianle, find out which triangle can be formed? |
1. 6 cm, 4 cm, 5 cm |
| 21 |
The digit at units place in (2467)153 X (341)72 is |
3. 7 |
| 22 |
If one angle of a triangle is the sum of other two angles... |
4. A right triangle |
| 23 |
The given pie graph shows the games liked by various students of the class.. |
3. Crucket: 180, Tennis: 60, Badminton: 60, Football: 60 |
| 24 |
Acc. to NCF 2005, teaching and learning methods in Math... |
3. A, B and C |
| 25 |
The angle made bb/w the hour and the minute.. |
4. Straight angle |
| 26 |
The product od two numbers is 9375, The quotient obtained by dividing... |
3. 400 |
| 27 |
The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. The difference between the highest.. |
2. 8 |
| 28 |
The least number which when doubled will be exactly... |
- |
| 29 |
On subtracting 23 hg 76 dgfrom 79 hg 85 dg... |
4. 56.009 |
| 30 |
If a ray stands on aline, then the sum of.. |
4. 180 degree |
| Environmental Studies | ||
| 1 | The bhabha atomic research centre (BARC) is... | 1. Mumbai |
| 2 |
____ of an ecosystem is defined as the rate at which.. |
2. Primary productivity |
| 3 |
A teacher was explaining about different layers of atmosphere... |
2. Tropsphere |
| 4 |
Plants which grow on land are called terrestrial plants. There are diff types of... |
1. Mango |
| 5 |
The biotic succession on bare rock called Lithosere or Xerosere... |
1. Lichen stage- moss stage- annual grass stage- perennial grass stage-shrub stage- climax stage |
| 6. |
The objective of a scheme, launched by Central govt. 1975 was improvement... |
3. Integrated Child development services |
| 7. |
Nuclear energy can be generated by.. |
4. Both 1 and 2 |
| 8. |
PAN and ozone are termed as |
2. Secondary Pollutants |
| 9. |
Which one of the following problems is not related to Dams? |
4. Rain water harvesting |
| 10 |
The roots of the two types like tap roots and fibrous roots... |
2. Banana |
| 11 |
Most of the natural resources are unlimited provided if we use... |
3. Sense of conservation of natural resources |
| 12 |
Which of the following does not fall in the category of fresh water? |
4. Blackish water like estuaries |
| 13 |
One of the following os not an example of Ex situ conservation... |
4. Biosphere reserve |
| 14 |
One day, whem Anisha's mother was cooking food, Anisha asked her if dhr could help... |
2. Rice water is rich source of nutrients... |
| 15 |
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster occured on 26th April 1986 in: |
1. Ukraine |
| 16 |
Choose the Correct statment |
1. R and S are correct |
| 17 |
Choose the Incorrect statment |
3. Chemical fertilixers are less harmful.. |
| 18 |
The sequence of population or organisms of an ecosystem through which the food... |
1. Food Chain |
| 19 |
The following food sources contain iron that is essential for formation.. |
1. Pulses, nuts, beans and apples |
| 20 |
The solid waste disposal became a global issue over past decades.. |
1. Highly combustible trash like plastics.. |
| 21 |
The major limitation of Biomass Enery is the production of diff types... |
4. X, Y and Z |
| 22 |
Which one of the following is not the physical components of environment... |
4. Plant |
| 23 |
The 3 r's for solid management are.. |
3. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle |
| 24 |
Diseases can be spread on account of improper hygiene.. |
4. Plague |
| 25 |
The air prevention and control of polllution act eas framed... |
3. 1981 |
| 26 |
The farmers first prepare the fields to sow the seeds. For this, they dig... |
2. Ploughing |
| 27 |
Birds do not have teeth. They use their beaks to tear, bite, chisel or crush.. |
1. Pigeon |
| 28 |
A sea breexe blows when the air above land is ___ |
2. Warmer, Lighter |
| 29 |
Deforestaion leads to erosion and erosion leads to loss... |
3. Desertofication |
| 30 |
Choose the Correct statment |
3. The earth is called blue planet... |
| Unofficial PSTET Paper 1 Answer Key 2024 (To be Added Here) |
PSTET 2024 Exam Pattern
The PSTET 2024 Exam Pattern has been tabulated below.
| Subject | No. of Questions | Marks |
| Child Development & Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language I | 30 | 30 |
| Language II | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
Note: The PSTET exam 2024 will consist of total 150 questions.
Students must remember that the PSTET Exam Pattern 2024 for Paper 1 is made for those who wish to teach classes 1 to 5. The PSTET 2024 paper consists of 150 multiple-choice questions from five main subjects. Further, each of the question is worth 1 mark. There will be no negative marking for incorrect responses. It is advisable for the candidates to visit the official website regularly for updates on the PSTET examination.
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