CTET exam notes for class maths 3 subject

 

Child Development & Pedagogy (5)

1.    According to Piaget, activity-based tasks that involve manipulating matchstick bundles to build numbers (e.g., tens and hundreds) primarily support which cognitive process at the concrete operational stage?
B) Symbolic representation without materials
C) Reversibility through hands-on grouping
D) Metacognitive self-regulation only
Answer: C) Reversibility through hands-on grouping

2.    Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development is best leveraged when the teacher facilitates number-line jumps (e.g., jump by 5s/10s) and gradually reduces prompts. This is an example of:
B) Scaffolding
C) Discovery without guidance
D) Programmed instruction
Answer: B) Scaffolding

3.    Kohlberg’s moral development can be nurtured in mathematics class by emphasizing which practice during collaborative problem-solving with shapes and counting tasks?
B) Silent individual work only
C) Reason-giving and perspective-taking in group solutions
D) Memorizing moral rules unrelated to tasks
Answer: C) Reason-giving and perspective-taking in group solutions

4.    Inclusive education in early mathematics is best reflected by which adaptation when learners estimate and then count seeds or matchsticks toward 100?
B) Fixed seating and identical materials
C) Multiple representations: real objects, pictures, and verbal strategies
D) Only written computations
Answer: C) Multiple representations: real objects, pictures, and verbal strategies

5.    For error analysis when comparing numbers like 209 and 290, which teacher prompt is most effective to correct place-value misconceptions?
B) “Both have two hundreds; compare tens next, then ones.”
C) “Swap digits to get the right answer.”
D) “Ignore place value; just look at total digits.”
Answer: B) “Both have two hundreds; compare tens next, then ones.”

Mathematics Pedagogy (10)

6.    When learners create numbers using clap (hundreds), snap (tens), and pat (ones), the main pedagogical advantage is:
B) Connecting abstract place value with embodied actions
C) Eliminating need for numerals
D) Teaching geometry instead of number
Answer: B) Connecting abstract place value with embodied actions

7.    Using nets of boxes and tracing faces of cuboids builds understanding of:
B) 2D–3D relationships and face properties
C) Random drawing skills
D) Only symmetry of circles
Answer: B) 2D–3D relationships and face properties

8.    Number-grid games where learners choose to move forward or backward to reach a target best cultivate:
B) Strategic planning and mental addition/subtraction
C) Memorization of tables only
D) Speed over accuracy
Answer: B) Strategic planning and mental addition/subtraction

9.    Encouraging learners to estimate before counting (e.g., seeds, matchsticks) primarily nurtures:
B) Quantitative sense and adaptive strategy selection
C) Dependence on teacher
D) Rejection of exact answers
Answer: B) Quantitative sense and adaptive strategy selection

10.                       When children compare 321 and 231 using hundreds–tens–ones, the teacher should stress:
B) Tens first
C) Hierarchical place-value comparison from left to right
D) Digit sum only
Answer: C) Hierarchical place-value comparison from left to right

11.                       Asking learners to construct figures with three cubes in multiple ways targets which learning outcome?
B) Spatial reasoning and combinatorial thinking
C) Only perimeter calculation
D) Copying diagrams
Answer: B) Spatial reasoning and combinatorial thinking

12.                       Skip-jumping tracks (e.g., by 3s, 4s, 6s) support multiplication as:
B) Random counting
C) Repeated addition and equal steps on number lines
D) Division only
Answer: C) Repeated addition and equal steps on number lines

13.                       Having learners distribute jalebis equally among plates before writing number sentences develops:
B) Concrete understanding of equal sharing/quotition
C) Only estimation
D) Only multiplication
Answer: B) Concrete understanding of equal sharing/quotition

14.                       The “flag game” for guessing numbers (between 200 and 210) cultivates which mathematical practice?
B) Binary search reasoning with comparative feedback
C) Memorizing all numbers
D) Only skip counting by 1
Answer: B) Binary search reasoning with comparative feedback

15.                       Using classroom object hunts to classify by “needs electricity/does not need electricity” alongside other criteria exemplifies:
B) Multi-criteria classification and set thinking
C) Only alphabet games
D) Avoiding realia
Answer: B) Multi-criteria classification and set thinking

NEP 2020 Related (5)

16.                       In the Preparatory Stage (Grades 3–5), NEP 2020 emphasizes continuity from play, discovery, and activity-based learning toward formal learning; the Maths Mela Grade 3 aligns by integrating:
B) Games, puzzles, manipulatives, and reasoning tasks
C) Exams every day
D) Textbook-only lectures
Answer: B) Games, puzzles, manipulatives, and reasoning tasks

17.                       NEP 2020 advocates multilingualism, inclusion, and assessment for/as learning; which classroom practice in the book most closely mirrors assessment for/as learning?
B) Ongoing observation of strategies during number-line jumps and discussions
C) Banning talk during activities
D) Only marking right/wrong
Answer: B) Ongoing observation of strategies during number-line jumps and discussions

18.                       Foundational Literacy and Numeracy under NEP 2020 is supported through tasks like arranging bundles of tens toward 100 because they:
B) Build number sense, grouping, and place-value fluency
C) Teach only addition facts
D) Replace conceptual learning with speed
Answer: B) Build number sense, grouping, and place-value fluency

19.                       NEP’s assessment reforms encourage open number lines, multiple strategies, and student talk; an example is:
B) Allowing varied jumps and box diagrams to solve addition problems
C) Prohibiting estimates
D) Ignoring explanations
Answer: B) Allowing varied jumps and box diagrams to solve addition problems

20.                       Cross-cutting themes like inclusion and gender sensitivity are seen when tasks invite all learners to share strategies and build with inexpensive materials, demonstrating:
B) Resource-light, equitable participation
C) Selection by test rank
D) Competition over collaboration
Answer: B) Resource-light, equitable participation

From Lessons Provided: 10 questions per lesson (total 80)

Lesson: What’s in a Name? (10)

21.                       Deba and Deep used wall marks to track cows leaving and entering; this is an early form of:
B) Tallying and one-to-one correspondence
C) Fraction comparison
D) Geometric proof
Answer: B) Tallying and one-to-one correspondence

22.                       When two marks remained at day’s end but no cows were outside, their concern indicates understanding of:
B) Conservation of count with error detection
C) Prime factorization
D) Symmetry
Answer: B) Conservation of count with error detection

23.                       The classroom activity of grouping names by starting letters develops which skill?
B) Data classification and frequency noticing
C) Area measurement
D) Ratio
Answer: B) Data classification and frequency noticing

24.                       Identifying the longest/shortest animal names trains learners in:
B) Counting letters as discrete units
C) Multiplication
D) Angles
Answer: B) Counting letters as discrete units

25.                       Constructing numbers with word cards (e.g., “Forty Three”) encourages attention to:
B) Only Roman numerals
C) Graphs
D) Congruence
Answer: A) Orthographic patterns in number names

26.                       “Let us Do” puzzles about numbers near 100 foster:
B) Logical constraint satisfaction
C) Only chanting
D) Copying
Answer: B) Logical constraint satisfaction

27.                       Grouping objects as “need electricity/don’t need” illustrates:
B) Functional categorization
C) Linguistics
D) Only aesthetics
Answer: B) Functional categorization

28.                       The classroom hair-style count table is a first step toward:
B) Data collection and tabulation
C) Trigonometry
D) Calculus
Answer: B) Data collection and tabulation

29.                       Teacher’s note suggesting strategies for counting large groups without numbers promotes:
B) Invented strategies and sense-making
C) Avoiding materials
D) Timed testing
Answer: B) Invented strategies and sense-making

30.                       The story approach to counting cows exemplifies which pedagogical principle?
B) Contextualized, narrative-rich learning
C) Silence in class
D) Copying from board
Answer: B) Contextualized, narrative-rich learning

Lesson: Toy Joy (10)

31.                       Identifying faces, edges, and corners on 3D shapes primarily builds:
B) Geometric vocabulary and properties
C) Fractions
D) Probability
Answer: B) Geometric vocabulary and properties

32.                       “Construct and describe” game with shapes supports which skill?
B) Only arithmetic
C) Spelling
D) Times tables
Answer: A) Visualizing and communicating spatial sequences

33.                       Counting parts in Devika’s toy engine reinforces:
B) Division
C) Algebra
D) Puzzles only
Answer: A) Addition and category counting

34.                       Differentiating shapes with no edges vs. only curved faces builds understanding of:
B) Surface types and edge properties
C) Graphs
D) Place value
Answer: B) Surface types and edge properties

35.                       Making shapes with clay and sticks leads to:
B) Kinesthetic modeling of 3D forms
C) Only writing names
D) Avoiding manipulation
Answer: B) Kinesthetic modeling of 3D forms

36.                       Opposite faces on a die question supports noticing:
B) Fixed opposite-sum patterns
C) Prime numbers
D) Fractions
Answer: B) Fixed opposite-sum patterns

37.                       Joining 3 cubes in different ways nurtures:
B) Enumeration of 3D configurations
C) Only measurement
D) Fact fluency
Answer: B) Enumeration of 3D configurations

38.                       Recognizing that a cube is a special cuboid emphasizes:
B) Class–subclass relationships in geometry
C) Probability
D) Ratio
Answer: B) Class–subclass relationships in geometry

39.                       Identifying classroom objects by shape is an example of:
B) Real-world shape recognition
C) Only pictures
D) Abstract algebra
Answer: B) Real-world shape recognition

40.                       The instruction to observe shapes in different orientations addresses:
B) Only measurement
C) Data charts
D) Timed recall
Answer: A) Orientation invariance and mental rotation

Lesson: Double Century (10)

41.                       The “story of our numbers” highlighting zero’s role teaches that 0:
B) Enables place-value system efficiency
C) Only counts objects
D) Is always first
Answer: B) Enables place-value system efficiency

42.                       Making 100 with different decompositions (e.g., 70 + 30) develops:
B) Flexibility and number bonds
C) Only subtraction
D) Geometry
Answer: B) Flexibility and number bonds

43.                       Representing 100 as 10 packets of 10 promotes understanding of:
B) Base-ten structure and grouping
C) Only counting by ones
D) Random addition
Answer: B) Base-ten structure and grouping

44.                       “Talking Pot” that says one more than the given number targets:
B) Successor and counting sequence
C) Multiples
D) Division
Answer: B) Successor and counting sequence

45.                       Filling number lines beyond 100 strengthens:
B) Only shape recognition
C) Grammar
D) Spelling
Answer: A) Spatial–numerical mapping

46.                       “Clap, snap, pat” code for 100s, 10s, 1s is a scaffold for:
B) Place-value encoding and decoding
C) Only skip counting by 2
D) Geometry
Answer: B) Place-value encoding and decoding

47.                       Jumping by 5s and 20s across 100–200 supports:
B) Skip counting and multiplicative thinking
C) Only subtraction
D) Grammar
Answer: B) Skip counting and multiplicative thinking

48.                       Matching bundles to numbers (e.g., 100s, 10s, 1s) helps detect errors in:
B) Misaligned place values
C) Color choice
D) Drawing
Answer: B) Misaligned place values

49.                       Using different ways to make 170 (line jumps, bundles, bead strings) embodies:
B) Multiple representations for the same quantity
C) Avoiding manipulatives
D) Timed drills
Answer: B) Multiple representations for the same quantity

50.                       Ordering stones 140–200 with gaps builds:
B) Only geometry
C) Chance
D) Area
Answer: A) Sequence reconstruction

Lesson: Vacation with My Nani Maa (10)

51.                       The handkerchief “hidden seeds” trick reinforces complements to:
B) 9 or 10
C) 3
D) 2
Answer: B) 9 or 10

52.                       Tens-frame problems like 6 + 8 teach learners to:
B) Make-to-ten strategies
C) Memorize only
D) Skip visuals
Answer: B) Make-to-ten strategies

53.                       Three solution methods to 15 + 7 with ginladi show:
B) Strategy diversity in mental addition
C) Avoid number lines
D) Only counting by ones
Answer: B) Strategy diversity in mental addition

54.                       Finding 52 − 37 by different jumps promotes:
B) Flexible compensation and open number lines
C) Guessing
D) Non-mathematical drawing
Answer: B) Flexible compensation and open number lines

55.                       Word problems with box diagrams support:
B) Schema-based visual modeling
C) Only memorization
D) Geometry
Answer: B) Schema-based visual modeling

56.                       The grid race choosing forward/backward moves to reach 91–100 develops:
B) Strategic decomposition of two-digit numbers
C) Only multiplication
D) Copying
Answer: B) Strategic decomposition of two-digit numbers

57.                       Magic sums with row/column totals help learners practice:
B) Only subtraction
C) Factoring
D) Graphs
Answer: A) Mental addition with constraints

58.                       Magic square completion (1–9) illustrates:
B) Probability
C) Place value
D) Measurement
Answer: A) Logical reasoning in structured patterns

59.                       Estimating carrots when tomatoes + carrots = 100 focuses on:
B) Missing addend reasoning to 100
C) Geometry
D) Chance
Answer: B) Missing addend reasoning to 100

60.                       “Reach 100” two-player addition game encourages:
B) Planning with complements to multiples of 10
C) Only subtraction
D) Memorizing poems
Answer: B) Planning with complements to multiples of 10

Lesson: Fun with Shapes (10)

61.                       Making Diwali envelopes from a square sheet introduces:
B) Only coloring
C) Tables
D) Fractions
Answer: A) Nets and folding sequences

62.                       “Flattened boxes” activity reveals that cuboid faces are:
B) Rectangles and sometimes squares
C) Triangles
D) Hexagons
Answer: B) Rectangles and sometimes squares

63.                       Building rectangles on dot grids strengthens:
B) Spatial structuring and properties (sides, corners)
C) Chance
D) Area units
Answer: B) Spatial structuring and properties (sides, corners)

64.                       Distinguishing squares vs rectangles by side lengths teaches:
B) Squares have all equal sides; rectangles need opposite sides equal
C) Both must be identical
D) Neither have corners
Answer: B) Squares have all equal sides; rectangles need opposite sides equal

65.                       Marking square corners vs more/less than square corner develops a sense of:
B) Right angles and angle comparison
C) Parallel lines only
D) Fractions
Answer: B) Right angles and angle comparison

66.                       Counting rectangles in a figure requires:
B) Systematic enumeration strategies
C) Algebra
D) Trigonometry
Answer: B) Systematic enumeration strategies

67.                       “How many squares from matchsticks” tasks build:
B) Combinatorial construction and constraint thinking
C) Only subtraction
D) Measurement
Answer: B) Combinatorial construction and constraint thinking

68.                       Paper folding circles to find center and diameters links:
B) Empirical discovery of circle properties
C) Only multiplication
D) Data tables
Answer: B) Empirical discovery of circle properties

69.                       “Odd one out” with shapes supports:
B) Multiple justifiable criteria and reasoning
C) Memorization only
D) Copying
Answer: B) Multiple justifiable criteria and reasoning

70.                       Tangram tasks emphasize:
B) Decomposition and recomposition of shapes
C) Chance
D) Timed recall
Answer: B) Decomposition and recomposition of shapes

Lesson: House of Hundreds – I (10)

71.                       Counting triangular torans in groups to reach 250 promotes:
B) Grouping by tens and additive composition
C) Probability
D) Area
Answer: B) Grouping by tens and additive composition

72.                       “How many more to make 300?” after 299 illustrates:
B) Multiplication
C) Division
D) Geometry
Answer: A) Subtraction as missing addend

73.                       Filling sequences like 211, 212, 216 strengthens:
B) Pattern completion and place-value consistency
C) Only shapes
D) Timed tests
Answer: B) Pattern completion and place-value consistency

74.                       Representing numbers with Dienes blocks (H-T-O) for delivery boxes targets:
B) Base-ten decomposition
C) Probability
D) Time
Answer: B) Base-ten decomposition

75.                       Apartment “hundreds home” grids support finding house numbers using:
B) Row–column reasoning and +10/-10 moves
C) Only +1
D) Shapes
Answer: B) Row–column reasoning and +10/-10 moves

76.                       Comparing 487 and 423 with “open mouth” sign helps:
B) Map symbol to magnitude comparison
C) Avoid comparison
D) Only addition
Answer: B) Map symbol to magnitude comparison

77.                       “Number hunt” for 200–300 containing digit 5 is practice in:
B) Digit scanning and set construction
C) Fractions
D) Area
Answer: B) Digit scanning and set construction

78.                       “Magical count” of letters in number names cycles to four, encouraging:
B) Only arithmetic
C) Geometry
D) Probability
Answer: A) Proof-style invariance exploration

79.                       Packing tens boxes into hundreds builds understanding of:
B) Subtraction only
C) Probability
D) Time
Answer: A) Multiplicative unitizing (10 tens = 100)

80.                       Placing numbers at “five hundred” on a number line reinforces:
B) Benchmarks and relative magnitude
C) Geometry
D) Chance
Answer: B) Benchmarks and relative magnitude

Lesson: Raksha Bandhan (10)

81.                       “5 Rakhis need 1 flower each” generalizes to:
B) 1 × 5 = 1
C) 5 + 0 = 5
D) 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
Answer: A) 5 × 1 = 5

82.                       Two boxes of 9 laddoos each corresponds to:
B) 2 × 9 = 18
C) 9 ÷ 2 = 4.5
D) 9 − 2 = 7
Answer: B) 2 × 9 = 18

83.                       Distributing 18 laddoos equally among 9 people results in:
B) 3 each
C) 2 each
D) 1 each
Answer: C) 2 each

84.                       “20 kaju katlis among 5 people” illustrates:
B) 5 ÷ 20 = 4
C) 5 × 4 = 10
D) 4 − 5 = −1
Answer: A) 20 ÷ 5 = 4

85.                       Counting jalebis as six groups of four corresponds to:
B) 6 × 4 = 24
C) 4 ÷ 6
D) 6 − 4
Answer: B) 6 × 4 = 24

86.                       Skip jumping by threes reaching numbers 3, 6, 9, … is the:
B) Times-3 table
C) Times-4 table
D) Times-5 table
Answer: B) Times-3 table

87.                       Gopal’s skip jumps after 27 for step-size 8 land on:
B) 35
C) 36
D) 40
Answer: A) 34

88.                       “Sticks method” for times-5 shows repeated addition pattern ending digits alternate between:
B) 0 and 5
C) 2 and 4
D) 6 and 8
Answer: B) 0 and 5

89.                       “Two tables adding to a third” (e.g., 2-table + 3-table = 5-table) highlights:
B) Additivity of linear sequences
C) Division
D) Geometry
Answer: B) Additivity of linear sequences

90.                       Bhim’s spokes: 20 wheels, 5 spokes each equals:
B) 15 spokes
C) 10 spokes
D) 50 spokes
Answer: A) 100 spokes

Lesson: Maths Mela – About the Book and Foreword (10)

91.                       The Foreword states Preparatory Stage bridges play-way methods with textbooks to promote holistic learning through multiple modalities; this underscores:
B) Integration of reading, speaking, drawing, singing, playing
C) Exams only
D) Silent classrooms
Answer: B) Integration of reading, speaking, drawing, singing, playing

92.                       The book claims alignment with NEP 2020 and NCFSE 2023, emphasizing:
B) Conceptual understanding, critical thinking, creativity
C) Speed tests
D) Single-correct methods
Answer: B) Conceptual understanding, critical thinking, creativity

93.                       Cross-cutting themes explicitly include:
B) Inclusion, multilingualism, gender equality, cultural rootedness
C) Memorization
D) Competition
Answer: B) Inclusion, multilingualism, gender equality, cultural rootedness

94.                       Assessment guidance in the book encourages:
B) Multiple forms: materials, pictures, problems, creating objects, explanations
C) No observation
D) Only grading
Answer: B) Multiple forms: materials, pictures, problems, creating objects, explanations

95.                       The book urges time for learners to share and scrutinize each other’s solutions, which aligns with:
B) Mathematical communication and peer learning
C) Copying from teacher
D) Timed silence
Answer: B) Mathematical communication and peer learning

96.                       Chapters progressively move from materials to pictures to schematic diagrams, modeling:
B) Concrete–pictorial–abstract progression
C) Only concrete
D) Only abstract
Answer: B) Concrete–pictorial–abstract progression

97.                       The text emphasizes “joyful learning” via games and puzzles, suggesting many tasks:
B) Need not be assessed formally
C) Are avoided
D) Are homework only
Answer: B) Need not be assessed formally

98.                       Teachers are advised not to rush to rules; instead, build understanding so that rules are:
B) Better appreciated and applied flexibly
C) Rejected
D) Never used
Answer: B) Better appreciated and applied flexibly

99.                       The book provides perforated sheets and suggests inexpensive TLMs to:
B) Enable accessible manipulation and modeling
C) Force lecture
D) Replace activities
Answer: B) Enable accessible manipulation and modeling

100.                  “Assessment for learning” in this context most closely matches:
B) Ongoing observation while learners discuss and explain
C) Surprise quizzes
D) Grades without feedback
Answer: B) Ongoing observation while learners discuss and explain

 

 

 

Child Development & Pedagogy (5)

1.    According to Piaget’s concrete operational stage, using bundles of tens and hundreds to compose and compare numbers best develops which process?
B) Abstract formal operations only
C) Reversibility and conservation in grouping
D) Egocentric speech
Answer: C) Reversibility and conservation in grouping

2.    A teacher models number-line jumps by 5s and 10s, then gradually withdraws prompts while pairs explain their steps. Which principle is most evident?
B) Scaffolding in the ZPD
C) Nativist maturation
D) Trait theory
Answer: B) Scaffolding in the ZPD

3.    In a group task on shape patterns, learners justify choices, listen, and modify solutions. Which Kohlberg-aligned practice is emphasized?
B) Punishment avoidance
C) Perspective-taking and reason-giving
D) Blind rule following
Answer: C) Perspective-taking and reason-giving

4.    For inclusive education in early mathematics, which adaptation best supports diverse learners during estimation and counting activities?
B) One fixed method for all
C) Multiple representations and flexible tools
D) Silent seatwork only
Answer: C) Multiple representations and flexible tools

5.    A child claims 209 > 290 because 9 ones is big. Which teacher prompt best addresses the error?
B) “Count digit sum only.”
C) “Compare hundreds, then tens, then ones.”
D) “Swap digits to fix it.”
Answer: C) “Compare hundreds, then tens, then ones.”

Mathematics Pedagogy (10)

6.    Embodied routines like clap (hundreds), snap (tens), pat (ones) primarily help with:
B) Place-value grounding via action
C) Replacing numerals entirely
D) Only geometry skills
Answer: B) Place-value grounding via action

7.    Having learners unfold boxes and trace faces supports understanding of:
B) 2D–3D relationships and nets
C) Only memorizing names
D) Metric conversions
Answer: B) 2D–3D relationships and nets

8.    Open number-line strategies for 84 − 47 emphasize:
B) Flexible jumps and compensation
C) Rote subtraction facts
D) Ignoring place value
Answer: B) Flexible jumps and compensation

9.    Asking for an estimate before counting seeds promotes:
B) Number sense and adaptive strategy choice
C) Teacher dependence
D) Avoidance of exactness
Answer: B) Number sense and adaptive strategy choice

10.                       Distributing items equally into plates before writing number sentences builds:
B) Concrete models of sharing/quotition
C) Only memorized facts
D) Unrelated art skills
Answer: B) Concrete models of sharing/quotition

11.                       Building different figures with three cubes targets:
B) Spatial and combinatorial reasoning
C) Fact families only
D) Angle chasing
Answer: B) Spatial and combinatorial reasoning

12.                       Skip jumps in equal steps illustrate multiplication as:
B) Repeated addition on a line
C) Only division facts
D) Mere chanting
Answer: B) Repeated addition on a line

13.                       “Magic sums” in constrained grids strengthens:
B) Mental addition under constraints
C) Trigonometry
D) Non-math drawing
Answer: B) Mental addition under constraints

14.                       Number-grid games choosing forward/back moves to reach a target nurture:
B) Strategic planning with mental addition/subtraction
C) Copying from peers
D) Isolated fact drilling
Answer: B) Strategic planning with mental addition/subtraction

15.                       Classifying classroom objects by more than one attribute develops:
B) Multi-criteria classification and set thinking
C) Only letter recognition
D) Non-math skills only
Answer: B) Multi-criteria classification and set thinking

NEP 2020 Related (5)

16.                       NEP 2020’s Preparatory Stage vision aligns most with math classrooms that emphasize:
B) Games, manipulatives, puzzles, discussions
C) Daily high-stakes tests
D) Silent copying
Answer: B) Games, manipulatives, puzzles, discussions

17.                       Which practice best reflects assessment for/as learning in early maths?
B) Ongoing observation of strategies and talk
C) Only marks for right/wrong
D) Banning discussion
Answer: B) Ongoing observation of strategies and talk

18.                       Foundational Literacy and Numeracy are supported when learners bundle tens toward hundreds because this:
B) Builds grouping, place value, and magnitude sense
C) Replaces conceptual learning with speed
D) Teaches grammar
Answer: B) Builds grouping, place value, and magnitude sense

19.                       NEP’s flexibility in methods is exemplified by allowing learners to:
B) Show varied strategies like open lines and diagrams
C) Avoid explanation
D) Copy model answers
Answer: B) Show varied strategies like open lines and diagrams

20.                       Inclusion and equity in assessment are supported by:
B) Resource-light tasks and broad participation
C) Selection via timed ranks
D) Competition over collaboration
Answer: B) Resource-light tasks and broad participation

From the provided lessons (10 questions per lesson)

Lesson: Fair Share (10)

21.                       Folding a paratha over itself to check equal pieces models:
B) Visual symmetry to verify halves
C) Perimeter comparison
D) Area units counting
Answer: B) Visual symmetry to verify halves

22.                       When one whole is shared equally between two, each share is called:
B) Quarter
C) Half
D) Double
Answer: C) Half

23.                       “Half and double” tasks primarily develop:
B) Multiplicative comparison of quantities
C) Angle properties
D) Nonstandard length
Answer: B) Multiplicative comparison of quantities

24.                       Completing the other half of a picture emphasizes:
B) Reflective symmetry
C) Translation only
D) Scale factor only
Answer: B) Reflective symmetry

25.                       When a whole is shared equally among four, each share is a:
B) Eighth
C) Third
D) Tenth
Answer: A) Quarter

26.                       Identifying “less than half,” “half,” “more than half” primarily develops:
B) Benchmarks for fractions
C) Ratio algorithms
D) Polygon counting
Answer: B) Benchmarks for fractions

27.                       Paper-folding to show multiple ways to make half highlights that:
B) Any equal partition into two parts is valid
C) Only diagonal cuts work
D) Shapes must be rectangles
Answer: B) Any equal partition into two parts is valid

28.                       Using grids to show halves and quarters helps connect fractions to:
B) Area models and partitioning
C) Perimeter
D) Speed
Answer: B) Area models and partitioning

29.                       A set of 16 flowers where one ties a quarter ties how many?
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6
Answer: C) 4

30.                       Choosing the fraction card pieces to make one whole reinforces:
B) Prime factorization
C) Angle sum
D) Divisibility rules
Answer: A) Additive composition of unit fractions

Lesson: Double Century (10)

31.                       Zero’s key role in our numeral system is to enable:
B) Place-value placeholders and efficiency
C) Roman numerals
D) Tally marks
Answer: B) Place-value placeholders and efficiency

32.                       Making 100 as 70 + 30 or 45 + 55 grows:
B) Number-bond flexibility
C) Factorization only
D) Unit conversion
Answer: B) Number-bond flexibility

33.                       Representing 100 with 10 packets of 10 develops:
B) Base-ten grouping
C) Circle geometry
D) Coordinate plotting
Answer: B) Base-ten grouping

34.                       A “talking pot” that says the next number targets:
B) Successor and counting sequence
C) Multiples
D) Halves
Answer: B) Successor and counting sequence

35.                       Filling number lines beyond 100 supports:
B) Spatial–numerical mapping
C) Tenses
D) Probability
Answer: B) Spatial–numerical mapping

36.                       Clap-snap-pat as 100–10–1 encodes:
B) Place-value encoding/decoding
C) Chance
D) Angle bisection
Answer: B) Place-value encoding/decoding

37.                       Jumps by 5s and 20s link to:
B) Skip counting and multiplicative thinking
C) Only subtraction
D) Unit rates
Answer: B) Skip counting and multiplicative thinking

38.                       Matching bundles to numbers helps detect:
B) Place-value misalignment
C) Spelling errors
D) Metric errors
Answer: B) Place-value misalignment

39.                       Showing 170 via line jumps, bundles, or beads exemplifies:
B) Multiple representations for one quantity
C) Avoiding models
D) Memorizing sums
Answer: B) Multiple representations for one quantity

40.                       Ordering stones 140–200 with gaps builds:
B) Sequence reconstruction
C) Random order
D) Tessellation
Answer: B) Sequence reconstruction

Lesson: House of Hundreds – I (10)

41.                       Grouping triangular torans to conclude “about 250” demonstrates:
B) Counting by tens and composition
C) Time measurement
D) Tally avoidance
Answer: B) Counting by tens and composition

42.                       After 299, “how many to 300?” stresses:
B) Missing-addend subtraction
C) Factorization
D) Area
Answer: B) Missing-addend subtraction

43.                       Filling 211, 212, 216… supports:
B) Pattern completion and place-value consistency
C) Angle chase
D) Decimals
Answer: B) Pattern completion and place-value consistency

44.                       Drawing H–T–O blocks for delivery quantities builds:
B) Base-ten decomposition
C) Graphing
D) Perimeter
Answer: B) Base-ten decomposition

45.                       Hundreds-home grids cultivate:
B) +10/−10 and row–column reasoning
C) Only +1 steps
D) Angle sums
Answer: B) +10/−10 and row–column reasoning

46.                       “Open mouth” comparison symbolism is meaningful when tied to:
B) Magnitude comparison
C) Lexical order
D) Parity
Answer: B) Magnitude comparison

47.                       Finding numbers 200–300 containing digit 5 trains:
B) Digit scanning and set construction
C) Measurement
D) Chance
Answer: B) Digit scanning and set construction

48.                       “Magical count” of number-name letters converging invites:
B) Trig identities
C) Unit rates
D) Data averages
Answer: A) Proof-style invariance exploration

49.                       Packing tens into hundreds highlights:
B) 10 ones equal 100
C) 5 tens equal 100
D) 100 tens equal 10
Answer: A) 10 tens equal 100 (unitizing)

50.                       Placing and comparing near “five hundred” uses:
B) Benchmarks and relative magnitude
C) Only subtraction facts
D) Tessellation rules
Answer: B) Benchmarks and relative magnitude

Lesson: Filling and Lifting (10)

51.                       A child declines a “drink six glasses” challenge when glasses are larger because:
B) Smaller capacity is heavier
C) Time changes capacity
D) Temperature changes capacity
Answer: A) Larger capacity means fewer needed

52.                       Pouring different glasses into same-sized glasses to compare amounts applies:
B) Fair-capacity comparison
C) Random sampling
D) Unit rates
Answer: B) Fair-capacity comparison

53.                       Using a 1-litre bottle to test a jug, glass, and bowl helps learners judge:
B) More than/less than/exactly 1 litre
C) Speed of pouring
D) Temperature of water
Answer: B) More than/less than/exactly 1 litre

54.                       Establishing that two half-litre mugs equal one litre develops:
B) Additive composition of measures
C) Tessellation
D) Density
Answer: B) Additive composition of measures

55.                       Pan-balance with coins or erasers demonstrates that:
B) Equal arm balance models mass comparison
C) Numbers on objects determine weight
D) Color determines weight
Answer: B) Equal arm balance models mass comparison

56.                       Identifying heavier/lighter via holding versus balancing should conclude that:
B) Balance gives objective comparison
C) Color codes mass
D) Volume equals mass
Answer: B) Balance gives objective comparison

57.                       Recognizing about 1 kilogram using labeled packets builds:
B) Benchmarks for mass estimation
C) Fraction equivalence
D) Speed drills
Answer: B) Benchmarks for mass estimation

58.                       Choosing a ladle, bowl, jug, or glass to pour lemonade depends on:
B) Capacity and efficiency of transfer
C) Color preference
D) Taste of lemonade
Answer: B) Capacity and efficiency of transfer

59.                       In a set of three similar balls with one heavier, the heavy ball can be found with:
B) One weighing by comparing two and inferring
C) Three weighings always
D) Need for standard weights
Answer: B) One weighing by comparing two and inferring

60.                       Matching “half kilogram” and “quarter kilogram” with real objects fosters:
B) Practical unit sense and equivalences
C) Place-value
D) Tessellation
Answer: B) Practical unit sense and equivalences

Lesson: Give and Take (10)

61.                       A box diagram for 364 + 52 followed by H–T–O regrouping mainly supports:
B) Structured modeling and place-value addition
C) Ignoring tens
D) Only mental math
Answer: B) Structured modeling and place-value addition

62.                       For 230 − 75 using H–T–O, opening one hundred to tens is done to:
B) Enable regrouping for subtracting tens and ones
C) Avoid subtraction
D) Double the number
Answer: B) Enable regrouping for subtracting tens and ones

63.                       Using an open number line for 364 + 52 by tens and ones highlights:
B) Decomposition-based jumps
C) Multiplication only
D) Angle chase
Answer: B) Decomposition-based jumps

64.                       A 10×10 grid for add/subtract hundreds, tens, ones helps students notice:
B) Digit changes with +100, +10, +1
C) Prime placements
D) Only diagonal moves
Answer: B) Digit changes with +100, +10, +1

65.                       Comparing 373 + 23 vs 373 + 40 without calculating builds:
B) Magnitude sense and comparative reasoning
C) Geometry
D) Graphing
Answer: B) Magnitude sense and comparative reasoning

66.                       Matching notes/coins to equal values supports:
B) Equivalence and exchange in base-10 money
C) Memorizing serial numbers
D) Bartering only
Answer: B) Equivalence and exchange in base-10 money

67.                       Returning change for 500 − 209 with notes and coins develops:
B) Subtraction as difference and decomposition
C) Factor trees
D) Ratio tables
Answer: B) Subtraction as difference and decomposition

68.                       Estimating answers to nearest hundred before solving cultivates:
B) Reasonable bounds and sense-checking
C) Elimination of working
D) Guessing
Answer: B) Reasonable bounds and sense-checking

69.                       Creating two 3-digit numbers from 0–5 digit cards to maximize the sum encourages:
B) Strategic digit placement by place value
C) Alphabetizing
D) Unit conversions
Answer: B) Strategic digit placement by place value

70.                       Finding the smallest possible difference from the same cards highlights:
B) Aligning large parts to cancel
C) Only addition
D) Only division
Answer: B) Aligning large parts to cancel

Lesson: Time Goes On (10)

71.                       Completing a July 2024 calendar and answering date/day questions develops:
B) Calendar literacy and temporal reasoning
C) Angle sums
D) Chance
Answer: B) Calendar literacy and temporal reasoning

72.                       Determining “three days after July 22” emphasizes:
B) Interval counting on calendars
C) Multiplication
D) Area
Answer: B) Interval counting on calendars

73.                       Using a birth certificate to compute current age practices:
B) Elapsed time from dates
C) Tessellation
D) Probability
Answer: B) Elapsed time from dates

74.                       Drawing hour and minute hands for “quarter past 8” and “half past 8” reinforces:
B) Analog time representation conventions
C) Currency
D) Temperature
Answer: B) Analog time representation conventions

75.                       Matching daily activities to clock times supports:
B) Time-of-day sense and scheduling
C) Place-value
D) Fractions
Answer: B) Time-of-day sense and scheduling

76.                       Listing durations that take minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months builds:
B) Realistic duration benchmarks
C) Factorization
D) Area
Answer: B) Realistic duration benchmarks

77.                       Counting minutes between start and end clock faces develops:
B) Elapsed-time calculation
C) Angle bisection
D) Nets
Answer: B) Elapsed-time calculation

78.                       Comparing analog and digital clock displays focuses on:
B) Different time representations
C) Mass units
D) Area units
Answer: B) Different time representations

79.                       Making a simple sand timer and timing activities connects to:
B) Measuring duration with non-electronic tools
C) Angle sums
D) Area formulas
Answer: B) Measuring duration with non-electronic tools

80.                       Classifying months by days and counting weeks in a year supports:
B) Calendar structure and periodicity
C) Pictographs
D) Coordinate graphs
Answer: B) Calendar structure and periodicity

Lesson: The Surajkund Fair (10)

81.                       Coloring two-color bead malas to make symmetrical designs illustrates:
B) Line symmetry in patterns
C) Rotational symmetry only
D) Similarity
Answer: B) Line symmetry in patterns

82.                       Completing half-drawn rangolis requires reasoning about:
B) Reflective symmetry and superposition
C) Probability
D) Volume
Answer: B) Reflective symmetry and superposition

83.                       Mask-making by folding and cutting then opening teaches that:
B) Bilateral folds produce mirror symmetry
C) Only rotation matters
D) Color decides symmetry
Answer: B) Bilateral folds produce mirror symmetry

84.                       A painter who draws only half a picture and asks full payment is countered by:
B) Mirror-based argument about halves
C) Changing currency
D) Ignoring symmetry
Answer: B) Mirror-based argument about halves

85.                       A mirror game placing counters to match across a line focuses on:
B) Mirror-image placement
C) Scaling
D) Tiling
Answer: B) Mirror-image placement

86.                       Picking the odd one out in a set of shapes can be justified by:
B) A clear attribute like symmetry, edges, or tiling fit
C) Color only
D) Size only
Answer: B) A clear attribute like symmetry, edges, or tiling fit

87.                       Creating tiles from basic shapes to pave paths with no gaps builds:
B) Tessellation and tiling rules
C) Place-value
D) Mass
Answer: B) Tessellation and tiling rules

88.                       Giving directional clues on a fairground map (turn right/left, lanes, landmarks) practices:
B) Spatial language and wayfinding
C) Factorization
D) Currency
Answer: B) Spatial language and wayfinding

89.                       Counting exits and identifying locations by symbols on a map emphasizes:
B) Map keys and symbol interpretation
C) Pan-balance
D) Time zones
Answer: B) Map keys and symbol interpretation

90.                       Solving a maze to leave the fair and listing items seen builds:
B) Sequential reasoning and observation
C) Fraction equivalence
D) Random guessing
Answer: B) Sequential reasoning and observation

Lesson: Toy Joy (10)

91.                       Identifying faces, edges, and corners of 3D objects builds:
B) Geometric vocabulary and properties
C) Ratio tables
D) Graph reading
Answer: B) Geometric vocabulary and properties

92.                       “Construct and describe” where a learner describes a build and peers replicate it supports:
B) Spatial sequencing and math communication
C) Only drawing
D) Speed tests
Answer: B) Spatial sequencing and math communication

93.                       Counting cylinders, cones, cuboids, cubes in a toy model supports:
B) Category counting and addition
C) Factoring
D) Sampling
Answer: B) Category counting and addition

94.                       Naming shapes with only curved faces vs only flat faces develops:
B) Surface-type classification
C) Rate
D) Probability
Answer: B) Surface-type classification

95.                       Finding “no edges” shapes correctly identifies:
B) Sphere
C) Cube
D) Cylinder
Answer: B) Sphere

96.                       Observing opposite faces on a die encourages noticing:
B) Fixed opposite-sum patterns
C) Prime positions
D) Parity
Answer: B) Fixed opposite-sum patterns

97.                       Making shapes using unit cubes highlights:
B) Graph slopes
C) Angle sums
D) Probability
Answer: A) Volume units and structure

98.                       Joining three cubes in all possible ways engages:
B) Only 2D symmetry
C) Unit conversions
D) Pictographs
Answer: A) Combinatorial enumeration of 3D forms

99.                       Recognizing a cube as a special cuboid emphasizes:
B) Class–subclass relationships
C) Irrelevance of properties
D) Only names
Answer: B) Class–subclass relationships

100.                  Identifying classroom objects by 3D shape applies:
B) Real-world recognition and transfer
C) Only memorization
D) Non-math art
Answer: B) Real-world recognition and transfer

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