Life Skills, Management & Attitude PDF — 300 Questions Free (UP PRT 2026)

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📌 PDF name	Life Skills, Management & Attitude — 300 Questions (Yaad Rakho Series, English)
🎯 Useful for	UP Assistant Teacher (PRT) 2026, UPTET, Super TET, CTET, D.El.Ed / B.Ed, KVS / NVS PRT
📚 Chapters	6 chapters — life skills (WHO's 10 skills); professional conduct and ethics; motivation, reward and punishment; teacher's roles (facilitator, listener, leader, guide, counsellor); constitutional and human values; management (classroom, time, stress, conflict, communication) — plus role cards, leadership & counselling tables, constitution table, reward-punishment chart, 70 scenarios, glossary
🔢 Questions & pages	300 one-liner questions & answers · 57 pages
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6 chapters in the PDF

01Life Skills: Concept, WHO's 10 Core Skills & Life Skills EducationQ 1–30

02Professional Conduct & EthicsQ 31–60

03Motivation & Effective Use of Reward and PunishmentQ 61–90

04Teacher's Roles: Facilitator, Listener, Leader, Guide & CounsellorQ 91–125

05Constitutional & Human ValuesQ 126–155

06Management: Classroom, Time, Stress, Conflict & CommunicationQ 156–180

Life skills & management — superfast quick revision table

📌 Topic	✅ Fact
WHO's 10 life skills	5 pairs: decision making–problem solving · creative–critical thinking · effective communication–interpersonal relationships · self-awareness–empathy · coping with emotions–coping with stress
Emotional intelligence (EI)	Model by Salovey and Mayer (1990); popularised by Daniel Goleman's 1995 book
Leadership styles	Kurt Lewin (Lewin, Lippitt and White, 1939): autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire — democratic is best for a classroom
Types of counselling	Directive — Williamson · non-directive / client-centred — Carl Rogers · eclectic — Thorne
Vocational guidance	Frank Parsons — father of the vocational guidance movement
Motivation theories	Maslow — hierarchy of needs (1943) · Herzberg — two-factor (1959) · McClelland — achievement, affiliation, power
RTE Section 17	Bans physical punishment and mental harassment; breach leads to disciplinary action under service rules
RTE Sections 24 and 28	Section 24 — teacher's duties (regularity, punctuality, meetings with parents) · Section 28 — ban on private tuition
RTE Section 21 (SMC)	At least three-fourths parents; proportionate representation of disadvantaged groups; 50% women
Articles 21A, 45, 51A(k)	86th Amendment 2002: 21A — free and compulsory education for ages 6–14; 45 — ECCE till age 6; 51A(k) — parents' duty
Fundamental Duties	42nd Amendment 1976 (Swaran Singh Committee) added Part IV-A, Article 51A; now 11 duties
Preamble	The 42nd Amendment (1976) added socialist, secular and integrity
Articles 28 and 350A	28(1) — no religious instruction in a wholly State-funded school · 350A — mother-tongue instruction at the primary stage
NEP 2020	At least 50 hours of continuous professional development (CPD) every year for every teacher
Communication models	Lasswell (1948) — who says what, in which channel, to whom, with what effect · Berlo (1960) — SMCR

Top 36 one-liners (from the PDF)

Life Skills: Concept, WHO's 10 Core Skills & Life Skills Education
In how many pairs are WHO's 10 core life skills presented?
→ 5 pairs
Life Skills: Concept, WHO's 10 Core Skills & Life Skills Education
Which life skill is the pair of 'Coping with emotions'?
→ Coping with stress
Life Skills: Concept, WHO's 10 Core Skills & Life Skills Education
What is the skill of recognising one's own strengths, weaknesses, interests and emotions called?
→ Self-awareness
Life Skills: Concept, WHO's 10 Core Skills & Life Skills Education
Identifying the cause of life's difficulties and finding a constructive solution is which skill?
→ Problem solving
Life Skills: Concept, WHO's 10 Core Skills & Life Skills Education
Decision making, problem solving, creative and critical thinking are considered skills of which category?
→ Thinking (cognitive) skills
Life Skills: Concept, WHO's 10 Core Skills & Life Skills Education
Which examples of life skills are given in the fundamental principles of NEP 2020?
→ Communication, cooperation, teamwork, resilience
Professional Conduct & Ethics
According to the NCTE code of ethics, what are the prerequisites of the teaching profession?
→ Expert knowledge, specialised skill and dedication
Professional Conduct & Ethics
Treating all children fairly without discrimination of caste, religion, gender or economic status is which quality?
→ Impartiality
Professional Conduct & Ethics
According to RTE Section 24, about what will the teacher inform parents in regular meetings?
→ Attendance, ability to learn and progress
Professional Conduct & Ethics
According to RTE Section 27, for which three non-educational purposes may teachers be deployed?
→ Decennial census, disaster relief, elections
Professional Conduct & Ethics
What is continuously reflecting on one's own teaching and improving it called?
→ Reflective practice
Professional Conduct & Ethics
What is the responsibility of answering for one's work and its outcomes called?
→ Accountability
Motivation & Effective Use of Reward and Punishment
Which motivation is considered more lasting and superior in education?
→ Intrinsic motivation
Motivation & Effective Use of Reward and Punishment
According to Herzberg, what kind of factors are achievement, recognition and responsibility?
→ Motivators
Motivation & Effective Use of Reward and Punishment
What is increasing the likelihood of a desired behaviour by removing an unpleasant condition called?
→ Negative reinforcement
Motivation & Effective Use of Reward and Punishment
What should effective praise for children be like?
→ Specific, immediate and effort-focused
Motivation & Effective Use of Reward and Punishment
Distorting a child's name, taunting, or embarrassing them in front of everyone falls in which category?
→ Mental harassment
Motivation & Effective Use of Reward and Punishment
Rewarding every correct answer every time is which schedule of reinforcement?
→ Continuous reinforcement
Teacher's Roles: Facilitator, Listener, Leader, Guide & Counsellor
Giving a child temporary support and gradually withdrawing it as his/her ability grows is called what?
→ Scaffolding
Teacher's Roles: Facilitator, Listener, Leader, Guide & Counsellor
Repeating the speaker's words in one's own words to confirm understanding is called what?
→ Paraphrasing
Teacher's Roles: Facilitator, Listener, Leader, Guide & Counsellor
Which three styles of leadership did Kurt Lewin describe?
→ Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez-faire
Teacher's Roles: Facilitator, Listener, Leader, Guide & Counsellor
Which leadership style is considered best for the primary classroom?
→ Democratic
Teacher's Roles: Facilitator, Listener, Leader, Guide & Counsellor
Help in choosing subjects, improving study habits and adjusting in school is which type of guidance?
→ Educational guidance
Teacher's Roles: Facilitator, Listener, Leader, Guide & Counsellor
Accepting a child unconditionally, including his/her shortcomings — what does Carl Rogers call this?
→ Unconditional positive regard
Constitutional & Human Values
Which three forms of Justice are mentioned in the Preamble?
→ Social, economic and political
Constitutional & Human Values
In which case did the Supreme Court hold the Preamble to be a part of the Constitution?
→ Kesavananda Bharati case (1973)
Constitutional & Human Values
Which Article provides the Fundamental Right to free and compulsory education for all children of 6 to 14 years?
→ Article 21A
Constitutional & Human Values
Which clause gives the right to conserve one's distinct language, script or culture?
→ Article 29(1)
Constitutional & Human Values
What is the total number of Fundamental Duties at present?
→ 11
Constitutional & Human Values
The approach of developing moral reasoning through discussion of Moral Dilemmas is associated with whom?
→ Lawrence Kohlberg
Management: Classroom, Time, Stress, Conflict & Communication
What did Kounin call the ability to handle more than one classroom activity at the same time?
→ Overlapping
Management: Classroom, Time, Stress, Conflict & Communication
According to RTE Section 21, how many members of the SMC shall be women?
→ 50 per cent
Management: Classroom, Time, Stress, Conflict & Communication
According to the RTE Schedule, what are the minimum working hours per week for a teacher (including preparation)?
→ 45 hours
Management: Classroom, Time, Stress, Conflict & Communication
A state of emotional exhaustion and indifference towards work arising from prolonged work stress is called what?
→ Burnout
Management: Classroom, Time, Stress, Conflict & Communication
The response of the receiver that makes communication two-way is called what?
→ Feedback
Management: Classroom, Time, Stress, Conflict & Communication
Whose concept is the I-message, which expresses one's feelings without blaming?
→ Thomas Gordon

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How many questions on life skills come in UP PRT 2026?

8 of the 120 questions (24 marks) are on Life Skills / Management & Attitude. The syllabus covers professional conduct, ethics, motivation, the teacher's roles, constitutional and human values, and reward and punishment — this PDF covers all of them.

How many questions does it have and what is inside?

300 questions in all: 180 one-liners in 6 chapters, 25 who-gave-it, 25 trap pairs and 70 scenario-based questions. Plus WHO's 10 skills chart, cards for the teacher's 5 roles, leadership and counselling styles, a Constitution article table, reward-punishment do's and don'ts and a glossary.

How do I solve scenario questions?

Use the PDF's '10 golden rules' — the child-centred, non-punitive, inclusive and constitution-respecting option is usually right. Each question gives the answer, why it is right and why the others are not.

Is there a Hindi edition?

Yes — the full Hindi edition is free too; open it from the 'हिंदी में पढ़ें' link above.

Where can I practise after reading?

Every chapter ends with a QR code to the free UP PRT Full Mock 1 or the free Child Psychology sectional. The companion PDF 'Child Psychology & Pedagogy — 500 Questions' is free too.