Headmaster & Headmistress Model Past Paper 2025 PDF
Part I: Job-Related
Pedagogy (Teaching Methodology)
The current view assumes that childhood is the unique period of ______? Answer: Growth
Psychomotor domain was divided by Simpson into _____? Answer: Seven subgroups
To assess the effectiveness of teaching, a teacher keeps an eye on ______? Answer: The understanding level of students
In a school environment, the child’s ______ development is defined best. Answer: Cognitive
The theory of intelligence that focuses on the job content and job context is _____? Answer: Herzberg
_____ covers principles of specification, management, and evaluation of software systems. Answer: Software Engineering
Frobel’s most important contribution to education was his development of _____? Answer: Kindergarten
Workshop with equal space between values and having no true zero is _____? Answer: Interval
Teacher performs practically and explain in _____? Answer: Demonstration Method
Who identified the four distinct stages of children’s intellectual development? Answer: Piaget
In which teaching aid, a blackboard can be included? Answer: Visual aid
Which domain of objectives is not being evaluated through our present system? Answer: Affective
Ability to stimulate collaborative learning and actions is studied in _____? Answer: Development of Leadership Skills
Authoritarian Model is more suitable for _______? Answer: Discipline
The important components of curriculum are ______? Answer: Objectives, content, methodology, and evaluation
In which of the following, the teacher emphasizes on democratic values? Answer: Child centered method
“Development is a never-ending process.” This idea is the principle of ______? Answer: Continuity
What is ‘Dyslexia’? Answer: Reading disorder
Purposeful activities to legitimize movement are provided to an _______? Answer: Overactive child
The aim of National Council for teacher education is? Answer: To maintain standards in colleges of education
The Gestalt augmented the insight theory of ______? Answer: Learning
The Socratic method is known as _____? Answer: Question-Answer method
The process of obtaining information needed for performance review is ______? Answer: Assessment
A repeated performance of learning act until attainment of skill is ______? Answer: Drill Method
Curriculum is ______? Answer: A continuous process
Group guidance provides students and employees with _____? Answer: Beneficial information
According to Aristotle the movement that results in actual sensation is _____? Answer: Imagination
The first step in developing critical thinking skill is for the purpose of _____? Answer: Promoting questioning by the students
It has been pointed out many times that coordination is more desired than conformity in providing proper _____ conditions. Answer: Supervision
. The study that deals with nature of knowledge is called _____? Answer: Epistemology
The great method of teaching by Naturalists is ____? Answer: Play way
Curriculum relevance means _____? Answer: Relevance to their lives, present and future
Something which you want to achieve in future career is called _____? Answer: Goal
The teacher, inclined towards a constructivist approach, creates a classroom environment that is _____? Answer: Learner Centered
Educational psychology helps in _____? Answer: All of these (Improving the learning process and Improving the performance of the low paced children)
Expected children _____? Answer: Can be schooled with the normal children
If the scores are repeatedly inconsistent, then the degree of variability is _____? Answer: High
The process of gathering information to monitor progress is known as _____? Answer: Evaluation
The authoritative knowledge _____? Answer: All of these (
Helping people develop clear communication comes as a result of working? Answer: Together
The process of curriculum development is continuous and _______? Answer: Regular
Who are usually concerned to be the chief beneficiaries of the elementary schools? Answer: Students
Instructional experiences focused upon individuals acquiring very specific skills to apply immediately? Answer: Training
SOLO taxonomy was presented by? Answer: Biggs & Collis
What is Bloom’s taxonomy? Answer: Classification of educational objectives
Emphasis today is on planning with people rather than planning ______? Answer: Without people
In micro teaching, the important component in referring one’s skills is _____? Answer: Self-review of one’s own video
Which of the following is used to determine if someone has attained specific standard? Answer: Criterion Referenced test
The classroom environment needs to be promoting _____? Answer: Interest and inquiry
In the process of analyzing data, measures of variability are used for exploring _____? Answer: Spread out scores of a group
Q. Procedural skills to address and resolve discipline problems in the classroom? Answer: Classroom management
Q. The level of school achievement can best be judged through ______? Answer: Students Learning Achievement
Q. Software intended to monitor progress of the learner is named as ______? Answer: Assessment software
Q. The real goal of education should be _____? Answer: Acquiring skills, habits and knowledge
Q. What will you do in leisure time in school? Answer: Check home work of students
Q. According to _____ teacher should adopt the role of facilitator and guide. Answer: Dewey
Q. What is most important while writing on blackboard? Answer: Good hand-writing
Q. Who is usually recognized as the most influential person in behaviorism? Answer: John B. Watson
Q. Classroom discipline begins with the _____? Answer: Teacher
Q. According to Article 25A, free education is for which age group? Answer: 5 to 16 years
Q. A teacher can develop social values among students by _____? Answer: Behaving ideally
Q. The assumption of teaching technology is _____? Answer: Establishing relationship between teaching and learning
Q. The assessment based on collection of academic work is ____? Answer: Portfolio
Q. A teacher asks the questions in the class to ______? Answer: Attract student’s attention
Q. Which field is concerned with the study of behavior and mental processes? Answer: Psychology
Q. Ongoing, self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for personal/professional reasons? Answer: Lifelong learning
Q. SOLO Taxonomy consists of levels? Answer: 5
Q. The word ‘curriculum’ is derived from _____ word? Answer: Latin
Q. A sum of questions is ______? Answer: Test
Q. Ensuring classroom lessons run smoothly despite disruptive behavior is ______? Answer: Classroom management
Q. Primary benefit of using “Management Information System” in educational management? Answer: Improved decision making
Q. According to whom is the fundamental motive of human behavior to seek pleasure and avoid pain? Answer: Sigmund Freud
Q. Which phase is characterized by logical thinking, improved classification, and decrease in egocentrism? Answer: Intuitive Stage
Q. Samples of a teacher’s plans, materials, and reflections that provide direct evidence of what a teacher knows are known as ______? Answer: Teaching portfolio
Q. For the innovation of maximum intelligence of the child, the vital component is _____? Answer: Environment
Q. The quality possessed by the individual to generate products that are simultaneously original and adaptive is known as ______? Answer: Creativity
Q. What is a critical trait of effective education leaders? Answer: Flexibility in decision making
Q. The factor that makes instruction student centered is learner’s _____? Answer: Involvement
Q. Which type of development refers to physical skills that use large body movements? Answer: Gross motor development
Q. Students explore maximum information through _____? Answer: Discovery method
Q. Active learning is a process whereby students _____? Answer: Are active in problem solving
Q. The curriculum based on the philosophy that objects exist independently of what is known about them? Answer: Realist Curriculum
Q. Which one is an instrument that typically uses sets of items designed to measure a domain? Answer: Test
Q. Teacher is interested to ask selection type question. He will use _____? Answer: True or False question
Q. Theory of moral development NOT related to ______? Answer: Benjamin Bloom
Q. In educational management, “contingency planning” refers to? Answer: Planning for unexpected events and changes
Q. Which one refers to the quality and degree or intensity of emotional reactions of a child? Answer: Intensity of temperament
Q. In a conference for Educational Development in 1951, the main hurdle identified was lack of? Answer: Trained teachers
Q. Who classified intellectual development into sensorymotor, preoperational and operational stages? Answer: Jean Piaget
Q. Which one is a written statement of what the learner is expected to do at the end of the module? Answer: Learning outcome
Q. The literal meaning of Philosophy is ______? Answer: Love of wisdom
Q. Which type of test may assess reading, math, science and social studies? Answer: Achievement Test
Q. When an individual appreciates for any idea of objective achieved, he/she is at the level of ______? Answer: Valuing
Q. If a student score on intelligence test ranges between 130 to 144, he/she will be labeled as _____? Answer: Gifted
Q. Identify the characteristics of effective school administration? Answer: Ability to build relationships with stakeholders
Q. Pakistan education statistics (2021-22) reflects number out of school children are? Answer: 26.2 million
Q. How do senior school teachers contribute to curriculum development in Pakistan? Answer: By providing input & feedback
Q. Which of the following three are the basic components in lesson planning? Answer: Goals, students and teacher
Q. Which one are the basic needs (physiological) that if deprived, cause others to fail? Answer: Physiological Needs
Q. The intelligence that pertains to awareness regarding the behavior of others and oneself? Answer: Social intelligence
Q. Appreciate method at elementary level is ____? Answer: Activity method
Q. If a person recalls high anxiety events such as crash or accidents, he/she will be at this stage of ego _____? Answer: Regression
Q. The highest level of learning in affective domain is _____? Answer: Characterising
Q. Axiology in philosophy deals with ______? Answer: Values
Q. Underlying causes of poor performance are explored by using _____? Answer: Diagnostic Evaluation
Q. Identification of gaps between existing and desired curriculum should be based on _____? Answer: Need analysis
Q. Who developed/introduced and used the Montessori Method? Answer: Dr. Maria Montessori
Q. Which one is NOT one of the five levels of the affective domain? Answer: Memorizing
Q. Which psychologist is credited with identifying various defense mechanisms? Answer: Sigmund Freud
Q. An attitude of fair-minded appreciation can be obtained through a consideration of mental ______? Answer: Measurement
Part II: General Knowledge
Islamic Studies / Ethics & Urdu
Q . What punishment did Allah send upon the nation of Aad? Answer: Famine
Q. Which city was established after the Great Flood? Answer: Khosran (Qaryat-us-Samanin)
Q Give the total number of Prophets/Messengers sent by Allah? Answer: 124,000
Q. Where is the grave of Hazrat Ismail (AS)? Answer: Makkah (Saudi Arabia)
Q Name the youngest son of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)? Answer: Hazrat Ibrahim (AS)
Q To which nation did Qaroon belong? Answer: Bani Israel
نظم “ماورا” کس نے لکھی؟ جواب: نون میم رشید
محاورہ “من دیکھتے رہ جانا” کا مطلب کیا ہے؟ جواب: حیرت یا صدمے کی حالت میں رہ جانا / چونک کر خاموش رہ جانا
Pakistan Studies , Current Affairs & Geography
Q. Under the 1973 Constitution, who is the ‘Head of Government’? Answer: The Prime Minister (President is Head of State)
Q. Which agreement ended the 1965 War between Pakistan and India? Answer: Tashkent Declaration (1966)
Q. Who presented the ‘Poor Man’s Budget’ in 1946? Answer: Liaquat Ali Khan
Q. The ‘Durand Line’ was drawn in which year? Answer: 1893 (Agreement between Sir Mortimer Durand and Amir Abdur Rahman)
Q. Which pass connects Pakistan (Gilgit) with China? Answer: Khunjerab Pass
Q. Who is the current President of the ‘Financial Action Task Force’ (FATF)? Answer: Elisa de Anda Madrazo (Mexico) — Current for 2026 term
English
Q. Antonym of “Incessant” Answer: Occasional
Q. Meaning of “On the fence” Answer: Undecided or hesitant
Q. Change Voice: “The manager will review the report” → ? Answer: The report will be reviewed by the manager
Q. Meaning of “Cut to the chase” Answer: Get to the point quickly
Computer Science & Everyday Science
In MS Office, ‘Portrait’ and ‘Landscape’ are types of? Answer: Page Orientation
What does ISP stand for? Answer: Internet Service Provider
Q. Which component of blood is responsible for clotting? Answer: Platelets (Thrombocytes)
Q. In Computer Networking, what does ‘OSI Model’ stand for? Answer: Open Systems Interconnection
Q. ‘Light Year’ is a unit of what? Answer: Distance (not time)