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Past Questions — 2025

CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Which condition can occur in newborns if the mother has severe anemia during pregnancy?

A) Hypertension
B) Overweight
C) Premature birth and low birth weight
D) Obesity
Option C is correct: Premature birth and low birth weight.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was launched in:

A) 1991
B) 2001
C) 2011
D) 2021
Option B is correct: 2001.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

George Herbert Mead discussed the connection between:

A) Self, mind and society
B) Self, identity and society
C) Self, mind and continuity
D) Individual, mind and society
Option A is correct: Self, mind and society.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Freud’s stage from 1 to 3 years, where toilet training is crucial, is called?

A) Oral Stage
B) Anal Stage
C) Phallic Stage
D) Latency Stage
Option B is correct: Anal Stage.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

According to The National Policy for Children, 2013 a child is:

A) Below 14 years
B) Below 18 years
C) Below 12 years
D) Below 21 Years
Option B is correct: Below 18 years.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Which of the following statement highlights the impact of maternal mental health during pregnancy?

A) Has no influence on fetal outcomes.
B) Stress and depression may affect fetal brain development.
C) Nutrition can solve the issue
D) Affects only the mothers physical health
Option B is correct: Stress and depression may affect fetal brain development..
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act deals with:

A) Nutrition
B) Education
C) Rehabilitation
D) Immunization
Option C is correct: Rehabilitation.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Conditioned stimulus in Pavlov Classical Conditioning is:

A) Natural
B) Learned
C) Neither Natural nor Learned
D) Both Natural and Learned
Option B is correct: Learned.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

The ability of a child to use symbols and language develops during which of Piaget’s stages?

A) Sensorimotor stage
B) Pre-operational stage
C) Concrete operational stage
D) Formal operational stage
Option B is correct: Pre-operational stage.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Which Five-Year Plan emphasized universal primary education for children?

A) Seventh
B) Eight
C) Nineth
D) Tenth
Option D is correct: Tenth.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

The correct sequence of Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is:

A) Preoperational stage, Sensorimotor stage, Concrete operational stage, Formal operational stage
B) Sensorimotor stage, Preoperational stage, Concrete operational stage, Formal operational stage
C) Sensorimotor stage, Preoperational stage, Formal operational stage, Concrete operational stage.
D) Sensorimotor stage, Concrete operational stage, Preoperational stage, Formal operational stage
Option B is correct: Sensorimotor stage, Preoperational stage, Concrete operational stage, Formal operational stage.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing child development?

A) Heredity
B) Environment
C) Practice
D) Astrology
Option D is correct: Astrology.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Most important care during pregnancy to monitor mother and child health is:

A) Health care at schools
B) Antenatal care
C) Postnatal care
D) Emergency care
Option B is correct: Antenatal care.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Period of Child development from conception to birth is:

A) Prenatal
B) Infancy
C) Toddlerhood
D) Early Childhood
Option B is correct: Infancy.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Learning by imitation and modeling is explained by:

A) Classical Conditioning
B) Operant Conditioning
C) Social Learning Theory
D) Cognitive Theory
Option C is correct: Social Learning Theory.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

POCSO Act protects children from:

A) Physical abuse
B) Sexual offenses
C) Neglect
D) Emotional Abuse
Option B is correct: Sexual offenses.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

One among the following is not listed as undeniable rights of every child:

A) Survival
B) Health
C) Entertainment
D) Nutrition
Option C is correct: Entertainment.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) deal with:

A) Children in conflict with law
B) Children in need of care and protection
C) Children who are victim of Sexual Abuse
D) Disabled Children
Option A is correct: Children in conflict with law.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

The largest child population in the world is:

A) India
B) China
C) Japan
D) USA
Option A is correct: India.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

The primary focus of the National Policy for Children (2003) is:

A) Protection, survival, development, and participation of children
B) Economic growth
C) Urban development
D) Industrialization
Option A is correct: Protection, survival, development, and participation of children.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

The Mid-Day Meal Scheme was officially launched in India in:

A) 1975
B) 1985
C) 1995
D) 2005
Option C is correct: 1995.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

Choose the correct option from the statements relating to POCSO Act: (i) POCSO Act was enacted in 2011. (ii) Any child committing offence under this Act will be dealt with under the provision of the Juvenille Justice Act 2015. (iii) Under POCSO Act, a child is defined as any person under 14 years. (iv) Under this Act, victim and perpetrator can be of any gender.

A) (i) and (iii) only
B) (ii) and (iv) only
C) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
D) (iv) only
Option D is correct: (iv) only.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

The Indian Constitution empower the state to make special provision for children in:

A) Article 26(4)
B) Article 15(3)
C) Article 21(a)
D) Article 12(b)
Option B is correct: Article 15(3).
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

The National Policy for Children was lastly revised in:

A) 1993
B) 2003
C) 2013
D) 2023
Option C is correct: 2013.
CDPO • 2025 • Technical Paper-II

India ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child in the year:

A) 1962
B) 1972
C) 1982
D) 1992
Option B is correct: 1972.