Odisha B.Ed Entrance flashcards

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Odisha Formation Day

Odisha became a separate province on 1 April 1936 under the Government of India Act 1935, with Cuttack as its initial capital.

Chilika Lake

Asia's largest brackish-water coastal lagoon, located on the Odisha coast and known for Irrawaddy dolphins and migratory birds.

Hirakud Dam

A major dam on the Mahanadi near Sambalpur, completed in 1957, and among the longest earthen dams in the world.

Konark Sun Temple

A 13th-century temple built by Narasimhadeva I, famous for its stone chariot form and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Odissi

The classical dance form of Odisha, characterised by tribhangi posture, mudras and sculptural poses drawn from temple carvings.

Pipili applique

A traditional craft of Pipili in Puri district, involving colourful cloth applique used for canopies and umbrellas.

Number series rule

Check successive differences, then ratios, then alternating or two interleaved series before assuming a polynomial pattern.

Alphabet reverse position

The reverse alphabet position of a letter equals 27 minus its forward position, so A is 26 and Z is 1.

Syllogism rule

If all A are B and all B are C, then all A are C; a valid conclusion must hold in every possible Venn diagram.

Direction sense

Use a coordinate grid; facing north, a left turn means facing west, and net displacement is found by Pythagoras.

Blood relation tree

Draw a family tree with gender markers and generation levels to trace relationships accurately before answering.

Subject-verb agreement

Singular subjects take singular verbs; each, every, either, neither and everyone are singular, while both, few and many are plural.

Articles a and an

Use 'a' before consonant sounds and 'an' before vowel sounds, so 'an hour' and 'a university' are correct.

Present perfect tense

Formed with has or have plus the past participle, used for a past action with present relevance, not with finished time words.

Affect versus effect

Affect is usually a verb meaning to influence, while effect is usually a noun meaning a result.

Passive voice formation

The object becomes the subject, the verb becomes be plus past participle, and the agent is introduced by 'by'.

Odia script letters

The Odia script has 11 vowel letters, about 33 consonant letters and 10 vowel signs attached to consonants.

Odia classical status

Odia was declared a classical language of India in 2014 and is the official language of Odisha.

Hasanta in Odia

The halanta or hasanta mark removes the inherent vowel from a consonant, producing a bare consonant sound.

Odia samasa types

Odia compounds include tatpurusha, dvandva, bahubrihi and karmadharaya, classified by which member dominates the meaning.

Fakir Mohan Senapati

A pioneering Odia novelist whose Chha Mana Atha Guntha is an early Indian novel about rural exploitation.

Piaget's stages

Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational; conservation typically emerges in the concrete operational stage.

Zone of Proximal Development

Vygotsky's concept describing the gap between what a learner can do alone and what they can do with guidance.

Bloom's revised taxonomy

Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyse, Evaluate and Create, ordered from lower to higher cognitive demand.

Formative assessment

Ongoing, diagnostic assessment used during learning to give feedback and adjust teaching, rather than to grade.

Validity versus reliability

Validity means a test measures what it claims; reliability means consistent results; reliability is necessary but not sufficient for validity.

RTE Act 2009

Indian law mandating free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14 and setting pupil-teacher ratio norms.

Attitude components

Attitudes have cognitive beliefs, affective feelings and behavioural tendencies, all of which can influence teaching practice.

Differentiated instruction

Adapting content, process and product to learner differences in readiness, interest and pace within the same classroom.

Positive reinforcement

Adding a desirable consequence after a behaviour to increase its frequency, as described in Skinner's operant conditioning.

Constructive alignment

Designing objectives, teaching activities and assessment tasks so that the assessment directly measures the stated learning outcomes.

Wait time

Pausing three to five seconds after asking a question to allow more students to think and respond.