449 English questions asked in CTET previous year papers, each with the correct answer and explanation. Read them free on UTpaper, or attempt the full papers as timed online tests.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
In the middle of her solo trip to Mizoram last month, Geeta Garud, 69, was walking on a narrow ledge, “making my way behind a waterfall, trying out something I wouldn’t have in my younger years. And I realised how travelling solo was such a liberating experience.”
Before going on her week-long holiday, she was hesitant about travelling by herself. Garud had asked friends and family but found no takers. Yet there she was, alone, relishing a challenging trek. “Why was I being dependent on others? Being alone gives you a sense of freedom.”
She ended up having many firsts. She danced impromptu at a festival in Reiek, waded into a river, and went horse-riding. “I had opportunities to try horse-riding when I was younger, but could not work up the courage. This time, I thought, if not now, I may not get another chance,” says Garud, who was an athlete in her youth and had played cricket.
She was at her farm in Koregaon during the lockdown and had felt the lack of social connections. It motivated her to travel as soon as things eased.
“Travel is also about meeting people; I felt that sense of joy and freedom when I finally did it.” She is planning to travel to Europe next and has decided not to take a friend or relative along. She intends to revisit the joy of travelling alone and relishing a sense of freedom all over again.
“And I realised how travelling solo was ..... .”
The underlined expression (“And I realised”) is a/an _______ clause.
AAdverb
BPrincipal
CNoun
DAdjective
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Correct answer: (B) Principal
Explanation
'And I realised' is the main (principal) clause; 'how travelling solo was such a liberating experience' is the noun clause that is the object of 'realised'.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
In the middle of her solo trip to Mizoram last month, Geeta Garud, 69, was walking on a narrow ledge, “making my way behind a waterfall, trying out something I wouldn’t have in my younger years. And I realised how travelling solo was such a liberating experience.”
Before going on her week-long holiday, she was hesitant about travelling by herself. Garud had asked friends and family but found no takers. Yet there she was, alone, relishing a challenging trek. “Why was I being dependent on others? Being alone gives you a sense of freedom.”
She ended up having many firsts. She danced impromptu at a festival in Reiek, waded into a river, and went horse-riding. “I had opportunities to try horse-riding when I was younger, but could not work up the courage. This time, I thought, if not now, I may not get another chance,” says Garud, who was an athlete in her youth and had played cricket.
She was at her farm in Koregaon during the lockdown and had felt the lack of social connections. It motivated her to travel as soon as things eased.
“Travel is also about meeting people; I felt that sense of joy and freedom when I finally did it.” She is planning to travel to Europe next and has decided not to take a friend or relative along. She intends to revisit the joy of travelling alone and relishing a sense of freedom all over again.
‘Garud had asked friends and family but found no takers.’
The underlined word (“but”) is a/an ___________ .
AInterjection
BNoun
CPronoun
DConjunction
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Correct answer: (D) Conjunction
Explanation
'But' joins two clauses ('had asked friends and family' and 'found no takers'), so it is a conjunction.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
In the middle of her solo trip to Mizoram last month, Geeta Garud, 69, was walking on a narrow ledge, “making my way behind a waterfall, trying out something I wouldn’t have in my younger years. And I realised how travelling solo was such a liberating experience.”
Before going on her week-long holiday, she was hesitant about travelling by herself. Garud had asked friends and family but found no takers. Yet there she was, alone, relishing a challenging trek. “Why was I being dependent on others? Being alone gives you a sense of freedom.”
She ended up having many firsts. She danced impromptu at a festival in Reiek, waded into a river, and went horse-riding. “I had opportunities to try horse-riding when I was younger, but could not work up the courage. This time, I thought, if not now, I may not get another chance,” says Garud, who was an athlete in her youth and had played cricket.
She was at her farm in Koregaon during the lockdown and had felt the lack of social connections. It motivated her to travel as soon as things eased.
“Travel is also about meeting people; I felt that sense of joy and freedom when I finally did it.” She is planning to travel to Europe next and has decided not to take a friend or relative along. She intends to revisit the joy of travelling alone and relishing a sense of freedom all over again.
‘She was hesitant ..... .’
Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined one (“hesitant”).
Awilling
Bkeen
Cdisinclined
Dharmless
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Correct answer: (C) disinclined
Explanation
'Hesitant' means unsure or unwilling to act, so the nearest meaning is 'disinclined'.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
In the middle of her solo trip to Mizoram last month, Geeta Garud, 69, was walking on a narrow ledge, “making my way behind a waterfall, trying out something I wouldn’t have in my younger years. And I realised how travelling solo was such a liberating experience.”
Before going on her week-long holiday, she was hesitant about travelling by herself. Garud had asked friends and family but found no takers. Yet there she was, alone, relishing a challenging trek. “Why was I being dependent on others? Being alone gives you a sense of freedom.”
She ended up having many firsts. She danced impromptu at a festival in Reiek, waded into a river, and went horse-riding. “I had opportunities to try horse-riding when I was younger, but could not work up the courage. This time, I thought, if not now, I may not get another chance,” says Garud, who was an athlete in her youth and had played cricket.
She was at her farm in Koregaon during the lockdown and had felt the lack of social connections. It motivated her to travel as soon as things eased.
“Travel is also about meeting people; I felt that sense of joy and freedom when I finally did it.” She is planning to travel to Europe next and has decided not to take a friend or relative along. She intends to revisit the joy of travelling alone and relishing a sense of freedom all over again.
‘..... relishing a challenging trek.’
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined one (“relishing”).
Arealising
Bdisliking
Crevealing
Ddenying
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Correct answer: (B) disliking
Explanation
'Relishing' means greatly enjoying; its opposite is 'disliking'.
Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.
The poem is addressed to a/an __________.
Aold unmarried woman
Bgardener
Cyoung woman
Dold friend
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Correct answer: (C) young woman
Explanation
The poem (Robert Herrick's 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time') urges a young woman to enjoy her youth and marry ('be not coy… go marry').
Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.
The example of the sun is given to :
Adescribe the glory of his light.
Bdescribe the fast passage of time.
Cshow his warmth.
Dwarn of his setting.
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Correct answer: (B) describe the fast passage of time.
Explanation
The sun rising higher only to set sooner shows how quickly time passes; the image describes the fast passage of time.
Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.
What does the poet tell us about young age ?
ATime will soon pass and it is a time to find one’s love.
BIt is a time to work hard.
CTime will soon pass.
DIt is a time to find one’s love.
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Correct answer: (A) Time will soon pass and it is a time to find one’s love.
Explanation
The poet says youth passes quickly ('Old Time is still a-flying') and that it is the time to love and marry ('while ye may, go marry'), so (1) combines both ideas.
Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.
Which of the following statements is true/false ?
A. Gathering rosebuds is the same as enjoying one’s life.
B. The sun can’t keep on shining forever.
Choose the correct option :
ABoth A and B are false.
BA is true and B is false.
CB is true and A is false.
DBoth A and B are true.
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Correct answer: (D) Both A and B are true.
Explanation
Gathering rosebuds stands for enjoying life while young (A true), and the sun's race must end in setting (B true).
Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.
‘And this same flower that smiles today.’
Identify the figure of speech used in this line.
AHyperbole
BSimile
CMetaphor
DPersonification
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Correct answer: (D) Personification
Explanation
A flower that 'smiles' is given a human action, so the line uses personification.
Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.
That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.
Identify the figure of speech used in : ‘The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun’.
AHyperbole
BSimile
CMetaphor
DPersonification
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Correct answer: (C) Metaphor
Explanation
The sun is directly called 'the glorious lamp of heaven' without 'like' or 'as', which is a metaphor.
Q61CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stalk.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.
Identify the parts of speech of the underlined words.
I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
(Underlined words: ‘time’ and ‘around’)
Anoun, verb
Badjective, preposition
Cnoun, preposition
Dnoun, adverb
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Correct answer: (C) noun, preposition
Explanation
‘Time’ names a thing (noun), and ‘around’ comes before the noun phrase ‘her age’ to show its relation to the rest of the sentence, so it is a preposition (meaning ‘about’).
Q62CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stalk.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.
From the given anecdote, one can assume that the 2 characters shared the relationship of :
Abest friends
Bmother and daughter
Cschool-mates
Dgrandmother and grand-child
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Correct answer: (B) mother and daughter
Explanation
The narrator calls the girl ‘my daughter’ throughout, so the two characters are mother and daughter.
Q63CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stalk.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.
‘to be transported in time’ means __________.
Atravel backwards
Bto indulge in time travel
Crecollect memories of the past
Dto take future decisions
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Correct answer: (C) recollect memories of the past
Explanation
When the narrator says she was ‘transported to the time when I was around her age’, she means she suddenly remembered her own childhood — she recollected past memories.
Q64CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stalk.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.
‘I was about to admonish him ....’.
The underlined word (admonish) can be replaced by the word -
Aappreciate
Breprimand
Crefuse
Dcajole
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Correct answer: (B) reprimand
Explanation
To ‘admonish’ is to scold or warn someone firmly, which is what ‘reprimand’ means.
Q65CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stalk.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.
Complete the word analogy :
cluster : bunch : : puny : ____ .
Adelicate
Bcolourful
Cprickly
Dlong-stalked
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Correct answer: (A) delicate
Explanation
‘Cluster’ and ‘bunch’ are synonyms; the closest word to ‘puny’ (small and weak) among the options is ‘delicate’.
Q66CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stalk.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.
In para 1, according to the mother it was not a good idea to :
Ataste sweet nectar from flowers
Braid the ixora plants
Cwalk in the garden the whole day long
Dwalk along the pathway alone
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Correct answer: (A) taste sweet nectar from flowers
Explanation
The daughter whispered her secret about the red ixora flowers — sucking their nectar — and the mother’s first reaction was that tasting nectar from the flowers was probably not a good idea, until she remembered doing it herself.
Q67CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stalk.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.
‘To be dead tired’ does not mean -
Ato feel too tired to walk
Bto be exhausted
Cto be completely exhausted
Dto feel refreshed
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Correct answer: (D) to feel refreshed
Explanation
‘Dead tired’ means extremely tired or exhausted; ‘to feel refreshed’ is the opposite.
Q68CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stalk.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.
Read the following sentences :
Assertion (A) : The child was excited to share a secret with her mother.
Reason (R) : The mother was in disbelief and went down memory lane.
A(A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect
BBoth (A) and (R) are correct
CBoth (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
DBoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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Correct answer: (D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Explanation
Note: the official key gives (4); the mother’s disbelief comes after, and because of, the child’s secret, so R does not really explain A and (2) or (3) would seem more accurate. Both statements are true to the passage: the girl excitedly whispers a secret, and the mother, shocked (‘mouth ajar’), is taken back to her own childhood.
Q69CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stalk.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.
Read the following sentences :
(a) The writer is traumatised by the memories of her childhood.
(b) The daughter’s secret brings back nostalgic memories of the school days.
(c) The writer wants her child to be connected to the sweet pleasures of nature.
A(a) and (c) are correct, (b) is incorrect
B(b) and (c) are incorrect, (a) is correct
C(a) and (b) are correct, (c) is incorrect
D(b) and (c) are correct, (a) is incorrect
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Correct answer: (D) (b) and (c) are correct, (a) is incorrect
Explanation
The memories are happy ones (‘We really had a lot of fun’), so (a) is wrong. The secret brings back fond school-day memories (b), and she decides her daughter should also know the joy of tasting nectar (c).
Q70CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
Its time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
For every night at tea time and before you take your seat,
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria may go to the sea;
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
But I, when I’m stronger and choose what I’m to do,
O Leerie, I’ll go around at night and light the lamps with you
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door;
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;
And O ! Before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight !
Why does the poet consider himself to be fortunate ?
AHe has a rich banker father.
BHe doesn’t have to light other peoples’ doors.
CHe has light at night by his door.
DHe is strong and doesn’t have to make a choice in life.
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Correct answer: (C) He has light at night by his door.
Explanation
The poem says ‘For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door’ — the child feels lucky because there is a street lamp right at his door.
Q71CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
Its time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
For every night at tea time and before you take your seat,
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria may go to the sea;
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
But I, when I’m stronger and choose what I’m to do,
O Leerie, I’ll go around at night and light the lamps with you
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door;
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;
And O ! Before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight !
The phrase, ‘the sun has left the sky’ indicates that -
Ait is morning
Bit is forenoon
Cit is afternoon
Dit is evening time
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Correct answer: (D) it is evening time
Explanation
The sun has set and the lamplighter is coming to light the lamps at tea time, so it is evening.
Q72CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
Its time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
For every night at tea time and before you take your seat,
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria may go to the sea;
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
But I, when I’m stronger and choose what I’m to do,
O Leerie, I’ll go around at night and light the lamps with you
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door;
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;
And O ! Before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight !
Read the following sentences :
(a) The poet occasionally has a light outside his door.
(b) The poet wants to be a banker like his father when he grows up.
(c) The poet is fascinated by the lamp lighter’s profession.
A(a) and (c) are correct, (b) is incorrect
B(b) and (c) are correct, (a) is incorrect
C(a) and (b) are incorrect, (c) is correct
D(a) and (b) are correct, (c) is incorrect
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Correct answer: (C) (a) and (b) are incorrect, (c) is correct
Explanation
The lamp is lit every night, not occasionally (a is wrong), and the child wants to light lamps with Leerie rather than be a banker (b is wrong). His wish shows he is fascinated by the lamplighter’s work (c).
Q73CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
Its time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
For every night at tea time and before you take your seat,
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria may go to the sea;
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
But I, when I’m stronger and choose what I’m to do,
O Leerie, I’ll go around at night and light the lamps with you
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door;
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;
And O ! Before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight !
With reference to the poem, complete the word analogy :
Leerie : lamplighter : : father : ____ .
Arich businessman
Bdriver
Csailor
Dbanker
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Correct answer: (D) banker
Explanation
Leerie’s job is lamplighter; the poem says ‘my papa’s a banker’, so the father’s job is banker.
Q74CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
Its time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
For every night at tea time and before you take your seat,
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria may go to the sea;
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
But I, when I’m stronger and choose what I’m to do,
O Leerie, I’ll go around at night and light the lamps with you
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door;
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;
And O ! Before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight !
Identify the rhyme scheme in lines 5 - 8.
Aabba
Baabb
Cabab
Daaba
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Correct answer: (B) aabb
Explanation
Lines 5–8 end in sea / be / do / you: the first two rhyme with each other and the last two rhyme with each other, giving aabb.
Q75CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
Its time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
For every night at tea time and before you take your seat,
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria may go to the sea;
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
But I, when I’m stronger and choose what I’m to do,
O Leerie, I’ll go around at night and light the lamps with you
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door;
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;
And O ! Before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight !
The poet looks at the lamp-lighter’s profession with -
Awonder
Bjealousy
Ccuriosity
Dconfusion
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Correct answer: (A) wonder
Explanation
The child waits at the window every evening and dreams of going round with Leerie lighting lamps, which shows admiration and wonder for the job.
Q76CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Malayalam spoken by a particular community in Kozhikodi is slightly different from the Malayalam spoken by others in the same place. What is the Malayalam spoken by the particular community known as ?
ATwo varieties of Malayalam
BRegional dialect of Malayalam
CSocial dialect of Malayalam
DThey are two different languages
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Correct answer: (C) Social dialect of Malayalam
Explanation
When the variation is linked to a social group (community, caste, class) in the same place rather than to a geographical region, it is a social dialect (sociolect).
Q77CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Following learning task was given to learners in different groups. Find out what is this vocabulary learning activity known as.
Find words and phrases which relate to the following words.
Family, Relationship, Feeling
AThematic Vocabulary
BWord clusters
CCluster Vocabulary
DWord Web
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Correct answer: (A) Thematic Vocabulary
Explanation
Collecting words and phrases around given themes such as family, relationship and feeling is thematic vocabulary learning, where words are learnt in meaningful topic-based sets.
Q78CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
The language we use for day-to-day, face-to-face interaction is known as :
ACognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)
BBasic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS)
CCommunicative language skills
DInterpersonal language proficiency
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Correct answer: (B) Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS)
Explanation
Jim Cummins distinguished BICS — the everyday conversational language of face-to-face interaction — from CALP, the academic language needed for learning school subjects.
Q79CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
A teacher at the secondary stage gives a text/short story and asks them to read and discuss the meaning and ideas of the text from the point of view of power and justice. What does the teacher attempt to develop in the learners ?
ACritical literacy skills
BCritical pedagogy
CCritical language development
DHigher order language skills
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Correct answer: (A) Critical literacy skills
Explanation
Reading a text to question whose interests it serves and how it reflects power, justice and inequality is critical literacy. Critical pedagogy is the teacher’s approach, not the skill developed in learners.
Q80CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Procedural knowledge in the teaching-learning grammar is __________.
Aknowing how to do the grammatical item.
Bknowledge about the grammatical item.
Cknowing the rules of the grammatical item.
Dknowing the language and its culture.
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Correct answer: (A) knowing how to do the grammatical item.
Explanation
Procedural knowledge is ‘knowing how’ — being able to use a grammatical item in actual communication — as opposed to declarative knowledge, which is knowing about the item or its rules.
Q81CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
A teacher of Class VII conducts a pair work activity in which the pairs are given a story of ten sentences. One in the pair reads out the first sentences and the other in the pair writes that sentence. Then other in the pair read out second sentence and the first in the pair writes the second sentence. Likewise the pairs complete the whole story. Later they compare their writing with the original text given to them. What is this activity known as ?
AMutual Writing
BMutual Listening
CSentence Dictation
DMutual Dictation
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Correct answer: (D) Mutual Dictation
Explanation
Partners take turns to dictate to each other and then check against the original text, which is called mutual (or peer) dictation.
Q82CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Which of the following is NOT true of Sign Language ?
ASign language has many varieties.
BSign language is a natural language.
CSign language does not have a grammar.
DSign language has a grammar.
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Correct answer: (C) Sign language does not have a grammar.
Explanation
Sign languages are full natural languages with their own grammar (syntax and morphology) and many varieties, such as Indian Sign Language and ASL. Saying they have no grammar is false.
Q83CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Which one of the following is true of the three language formula ?
AMother tongue/home language/regional language as the first language.
BEnglish/Hindi/home language/local language as the first language.
CMother tongue/home language/Hindi as the first language.
DMother tongue/home language/English as the first language.
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Correct answer: (A) Mother tongue/home language/regional language as the first language.
Explanation
Under the three-language formula (NCF 2005, NEP 2020), the first language to be studied is the mother tongue, home language or regional language.
Q84CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Remedial teaching is for :
Alearners who need attention on certain aspects of language learning.
Bteachers who need to modify their teaching for certain student to learn the language.
Clearners and teachers to understand and modify/improve their teaching/learning strategies.
Dlearners and teachers to enhance the scores in the examination in language paper.
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Correct answer: (C) learners and teachers to understand and modify/improve their teaching/learning strategies.
Explanation
Remedial teaching follows diagnosis: it helps learners overcome their specific difficulties and helps teachers rethink and improve their teaching strategies, so it serves both learners and teachers.
Q85CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
A method of teaching in which a teacher and four students form a collaborative learning group with different roles. Dialogues occur on the content of the text passage, which creates a zone of proximal development in which reading comprehension improves. This method is referred to as :
AGrammar Translation Method
BReciprocal Teaching
CStructural Approach
DModel Reading
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Correct answer: (B) Reciprocal Teaching
Explanation
Reciprocal teaching (Palincsar and Brown) has the teacher and a small group take turns leading dialogue about a text using predicting, questioning, clarifying and summarising, which scaffolds reading comprehension.
Q86CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
A language teacher tells a story in English and asks learners to work in group to tell the story in the languages known to them and then in the common language of the classroom. What is this pedagogical strategy known as ?
ATranslanguaging
BMultilingual policy
CMultilanguage teaching
DLanguage acquisition
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Correct answer: (A) Translanguaging
Explanation
Letting learners draw on all the languages they know to make and share meaning before using the common classroom language is translanguaging.
Q87CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
A learner reads through the news item in the newspaper to know specific information. This reading is known as ____________.
ACritical reading
BSkimming
CScanning
DStudy skill
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Correct answer: (C) Scanning
Explanation
Reading quickly to locate a particular piece of information is scanning; skimming is reading quickly to get the general idea.
Q88CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
What is ‘interlingual identification’ ?
ALearner’s judgment that something in the native language and something in the target language are similar.
BLearner’s judgment that something in the native language and something in the target language are dissimilar.
CLearner’s judgment that the knowledge of the native language interferes in the learning of second language.
DLearner’s understanding that learning of different languages warrants different abilities.
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Correct answer: (A) Learner’s judgment that something in the native language and something in the target language are similar.
Explanation
Interlingual identification (Weinreich, Selinker) is the learner’s perception that an item in the first language and an item in the target language are the same or similar, which can lead to transfer.
Q89CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Shreya is a Class VI learner who moves from the Jalander in Punjab to Madurai in Tamil Nadu as her father has been transferred. She knows Punjabi as her mother tongue and English language she studies as her second language in school. She is able to speak and read Tamil learning from her neighbourhood. Which one of the following statements is true based on the languages she now knows ?
AHer Punjabi and Tamil come under language acquisition and English comes under language learning.
BHer Tamil comes under language acquisition and English and Punjabi come under language learning.
CAll the three languages, Punjabi, Tamil and English under language learning.
DHer English comes under language acquisition and Punjabi and Tamil come under language learning.
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Correct answer: (A) Her Punjabi and Tamil come under language acquisition and English comes under language learning.
Explanation
Following Krashen, languages picked up naturally through exposure and interaction (her mother tongue Punjabi and Tamil from the neighbourhood) are acquired, while English studied formally in school is learnt.
Q90CTET January 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 21 Jan 2024
Which of the following is NOT the purpose of extensive reading ?
AReading for appreciation
BReading for extrapolation
CReading for learning grammar
DReading for pleasure
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Correct answer: (C) Reading for learning grammar
Explanation
Extensive reading means reading large amounts of material for pleasure, general understanding and appreciation. Studying grammar closely belongs to intensive reading.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Yet as soon as she saw him, she did not look as Alfred thought she would look : she smiled, her blue eyes never wavered, and with a calmness and dignity that made them forget that her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her, she put out her hand to Mr. Carr and said politely, “I’m Mrs. Higgins. I’m Alfred’s mother.”
Mr. Carr was a bit embarrassed by her lack of terror and her simplicity and he hardly knew what to say to her, so she asked, “Is Alfred in trouble ?”
“He is. He’s been taking things from the store. I caught him red-handed. Little things like compacts and toothpaste and lipsticks. Stuff he can sell easily,” the proprietor said.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Sam Carr’s arm with an understanding gentleness, and speaking as though afraid of disturbing him, she said, “If you would only listen to me before doing anything”. Her simple earnestness made her shy; her humility made her falter and look away, but in a moment she was smiling gravely again and she said with a kind of patient dignity, “What do you intend to do, Mr. Carr ?”
“I am going to get a cop. That’s what I ought to do.”
“Yes, I suppose so. It’s not for me to say, because he’s my son. Yet I sometimes think a little good advice is the best thing for a boy when he is at a certain period in his life,” she said.
Alfred couldn’t understand his mother’s quiet composure, for if they had been at home and someone had suggested that he was going to be arrested, he knew she would be in a rage and would cry out against him.
Study the following statements :
(a) When she entered the drug store, Mrs. Higgins was not properly dressed.
(b) She looked like the mother of a guilty person.
(c) Mr. Carr did not expect her to be calm and dignified.
A(a) and (b) are right but (c) is wrong.
B(b) and (c) are right but (a) is wrong.
C(a) and (c) are right but (b) is wrong.
D(a) and (b) are wrong but (c) is right.
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Correct answer: (C) (a) and (c) are right but (b) is wrong.
Explanation
Her clothes 'seemed to have been thrown on her' (a is right). She showed 'lack of terror' and smiled calmly, so she did not look like the mother of a guilty person (b is wrong). Mr. Carr was embarrassed by her calm dignity, which he had not expected (c is right).
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Yet as soon as she saw him, she did not look as Alfred thought she would look : she smiled, her blue eyes never wavered, and with a calmness and dignity that made them forget that her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her, she put out her hand to Mr. Carr and said politely, “I’m Mrs. Higgins. I’m Alfred’s mother.”
Mr. Carr was a bit embarrassed by her lack of terror and her simplicity and he hardly knew what to say to her, so she asked, “Is Alfred in trouble ?”
“He is. He’s been taking things from the store. I caught him red-handed. Little things like compacts and toothpaste and lipsticks. Stuff he can sell easily,” the proprietor said.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Sam Carr’s arm with an understanding gentleness, and speaking as though afraid of disturbing him, she said, “If you would only listen to me before doing anything”. Her simple earnestness made her shy; her humility made her falter and look away, but in a moment she was smiling gravely again and she said with a kind of patient dignity, “What do you intend to do, Mr. Carr ?”
“I am going to get a cop. That’s what I ought to do.”
“Yes, I suppose so. It’s not for me to say, because he’s my son. Yet I sometimes think a little good advice is the best thing for a boy when he is at a certain period in his life,” she said.
Alfred couldn’t understand his mother’s quiet composure, for if they had been at home and someone had suggested that he was going to be arrested, he knew she would be in a rage and would cry out against him.
Having looked at his mother, Alfred was :
Ashocked
Bscared
Cpleased
Dsurprised
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Correct answer: (D) surprised
Explanation
The passage says 'she did not look as Alfred thought she would look' and that he 'couldn't understand his mother's quiet composure', so he was surprised.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Yet as soon as she saw him, she did not look as Alfred thought she would look : she smiled, her blue eyes never wavered, and with a calmness and dignity that made them forget that her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her, she put out her hand to Mr. Carr and said politely, “I’m Mrs. Higgins. I’m Alfred’s mother.”
Mr. Carr was a bit embarrassed by her lack of terror and her simplicity and he hardly knew what to say to her, so she asked, “Is Alfred in trouble ?”
“He is. He’s been taking things from the store. I caught him red-handed. Little things like compacts and toothpaste and lipsticks. Stuff he can sell easily,” the proprietor said.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Sam Carr’s arm with an understanding gentleness, and speaking as though afraid of disturbing him, she said, “If you would only listen to me before doing anything”. Her simple earnestness made her shy; her humility made her falter and look away, but in a moment she was smiling gravely again and she said with a kind of patient dignity, “What do you intend to do, Mr. Carr ?”
“I am going to get a cop. That’s what I ought to do.”
“Yes, I suppose so. It’s not for me to say, because he’s my son. Yet I sometimes think a little good advice is the best thing for a boy when he is at a certain period in his life,” she said.
Alfred couldn’t understand his mother’s quiet composure, for if they had been at home and someone had suggested that he was going to be arrested, he knew she would be in a rage and would cry out against him.
Study the following statements :
(a) Mr. Carr intended to get Alfred arrested.
(b) Mrs. Higgins wanted him to be given a chance to reform himself.
A(a) is right and (b) is wrong.
B(b) is right and (a) is wrong.
CBoth (a) and (b) are right.
DBoth (a) and (b) are wrong.
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Correct answer: (C) Both (a) and (b) are right.
Explanation
Mr. Carr said he was going to get a cop (a). Mrs. Higgins suggested that a little good advice is best for a boy at that age, i.e. a chance to reform (b). Both are right.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Yet as soon as she saw him, she did not look as Alfred thought she would look : she smiled, her blue eyes never wavered, and with a calmness and dignity that made them forget that her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her, she put out her hand to Mr. Carr and said politely, “I’m Mrs. Higgins. I’m Alfred’s mother.”
Mr. Carr was a bit embarrassed by her lack of terror and her simplicity and he hardly knew what to say to her, so she asked, “Is Alfred in trouble ?”
“He is. He’s been taking things from the store. I caught him red-handed. Little things like compacts and toothpaste and lipsticks. Stuff he can sell easily,” the proprietor said.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Sam Carr’s arm with an understanding gentleness, and speaking as though afraid of disturbing him, she said, “If you would only listen to me before doing anything”. Her simple earnestness made her shy; her humility made her falter and look away, but in a moment she was smiling gravely again and she said with a kind of patient dignity, “What do you intend to do, Mr. Carr ?”
“I am going to get a cop. That’s what I ought to do.”
“Yes, I suppose so. It’s not for me to say, because he’s my son. Yet I sometimes think a little good advice is the best thing for a boy when he is at a certain period in his life,” she said.
Alfred couldn’t understand his mother’s quiet composure, for if they had been at home and someone had suggested that he was going to be arrested, he knew she would be in a rage and would cry out against him.
‘... her humility made her falter....’
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined one (humility).
Apride
Bfrankness
Cintrigue
Dhitch
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Correct answer: (A) pride
Explanation
Humility means modesty, a low view of one's own importance. Its opposite is pride.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Yet as soon as she saw him, she did not look as Alfred thought she would look : she smiled, her blue eyes never wavered, and with a calmness and dignity that made them forget that her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her, she put out her hand to Mr. Carr and said politely, “I’m Mrs. Higgins. I’m Alfred’s mother.”
Mr. Carr was a bit embarrassed by her lack of terror and her simplicity and he hardly knew what to say to her, so she asked, “Is Alfred in trouble ?”
“He is. He’s been taking things from the store. I caught him red-handed. Little things like compacts and toothpaste and lipsticks. Stuff he can sell easily,” the proprietor said.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Sam Carr’s arm with an understanding gentleness, and speaking as though afraid of disturbing him, she said, “If you would only listen to me before doing anything”. Her simple earnestness made her shy; her humility made her falter and look away, but in a moment she was smiling gravely again and she said with a kind of patient dignity, “What do you intend to do, Mr. Carr ?”
“I am going to get a cop. That’s what I ought to do.”
“Yes, I suppose so. It’s not for me to say, because he’s my son. Yet I sometimes think a little good advice is the best thing for a boy when he is at a certain period in his life,” she said.
Alfred couldn’t understand his mother’s quiet composure, for if they had been at home and someone had suggested that he was going to be arrested, he knew she would be in a rage and would cry out against him.
‘.... her blue eyes never wavered’.
Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined one (wavered).
Aadvanced
Bhesitated
Cwaved
Dsnickered
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Correct answer: (B) hesitated
Explanation
To waver is to be unsteady or to hesitate. 'Her eyes never wavered' means they did not falter or hesitate.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Yet as soon as she saw him, she did not look as Alfred thought she would look : she smiled, her blue eyes never wavered, and with a calmness and dignity that made them forget that her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her, she put out her hand to Mr. Carr and said politely, “I’m Mrs. Higgins. I’m Alfred’s mother.”
Mr. Carr was a bit embarrassed by her lack of terror and her simplicity and he hardly knew what to say to her, so she asked, “Is Alfred in trouble ?”
“He is. He’s been taking things from the store. I caught him red-handed. Little things like compacts and toothpaste and lipsticks. Stuff he can sell easily,” the proprietor said.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Sam Carr’s arm with an understanding gentleness, and speaking as though afraid of disturbing him, she said, “If you would only listen to me before doing anything”. Her simple earnestness made her shy; her humility made her falter and look away, but in a moment she was smiling gravely again and she said with a kind of patient dignity, “What do you intend to do, Mr. Carr ?”
“I am going to get a cop. That’s what I ought to do.”
“Yes, I suppose so. It’s not for me to say, because he’s my son. Yet I sometimes think a little good advice is the best thing for a boy when he is at a certain period in his life,” she said.
Alfred couldn’t understand his mother’s quiet composure, for if they had been at home and someone had suggested that he was going to be arrested, he knew she would be in a rage and would cry out against him.
‘..... he hardly knew what to say to her.’
The underlined part (what to say to her) is a/an __________ clause.
APrincipal
BNoun
CAdjective
DAdverb
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Correct answer: (B) Noun
Explanation
'What to say to her' is the object of the verb 'knew' and does the work of a noun, so it is a noun clause (introduced by 'what').
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Yet as soon as she saw him, she did not look as Alfred thought she would look : she smiled, her blue eyes never wavered, and with a calmness and dignity that made them forget that her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her, she put out her hand to Mr. Carr and said politely, “I’m Mrs. Higgins. I’m Alfred’s mother.”
Mr. Carr was a bit embarrassed by her lack of terror and her simplicity and he hardly knew what to say to her, so she asked, “Is Alfred in trouble ?”
“He is. He’s been taking things from the store. I caught him red-handed. Little things like compacts and toothpaste and lipsticks. Stuff he can sell easily,” the proprietor said.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Sam Carr’s arm with an understanding gentleness, and speaking as though afraid of disturbing him, she said, “If you would only listen to me before doing anything”. Her simple earnestness made her shy; her humility made her falter and look away, but in a moment she was smiling gravely again and she said with a kind of patient dignity, “What do you intend to do, Mr. Carr ?”
“I am going to get a cop. That’s what I ought to do.”
“Yes, I suppose so. It’s not for me to say, because he’s my son. Yet I sometimes think a little good advice is the best thing for a boy when he is at a certain period in his life,” she said.
Alfred couldn’t understand his mother’s quiet composure, for if they had been at home and someone had suggested that he was going to be arrested, he knew she would be in a rage and would cry out against him.
Which of the following statements is not correct ?
AAlfred was a petty thief.
BHe stole cream, compact and lipstick from the store.
CAt Mr. Carr’s accusation, Alfred’s mother felt intimidated.
DYet, she was very gentle in responding to him.
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Correct answer: (B) He stole cream, compact and lipstick from the store.
Explanation
The proprietor says Alfred took compacts, toothpaste and lipsticks, not cream. So statement (2) is not correct.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Yet as soon as she saw him, she did not look as Alfred thought she would look : she smiled, her blue eyes never wavered, and with a calmness and dignity that made them forget that her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her, she put out her hand to Mr. Carr and said politely, “I’m Mrs. Higgins. I’m Alfred’s mother.”
Mr. Carr was a bit embarrassed by her lack of terror and her simplicity and he hardly knew what to say to her, so she asked, “Is Alfred in trouble ?”
“He is. He’s been taking things from the store. I caught him red-handed. Little things like compacts and toothpaste and lipsticks. Stuff he can sell easily,” the proprietor said.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Sam Carr’s arm with an understanding gentleness, and speaking as though afraid of disturbing him, she said, “If you would only listen to me before doing anything”. Her simple earnestness made her shy; her humility made her falter and look away, but in a moment she was smiling gravely again and she said with a kind of patient dignity, “What do you intend to do, Mr. Carr ?”
“I am going to get a cop. That’s what I ought to do.”
“Yes, I suppose so. It’s not for me to say, because he’s my son. Yet I sometimes think a little good advice is the best thing for a boy when he is at a certain period in his life,” she said.
Alfred couldn’t understand his mother’s quiet composure, for if they had been at home and someone had suggested that he was going to be arrested, he knew she would be in a rage and would cry out against him.
‘.... made them forget that her clothes seemed...’
The underlined word (that) is a/an __________.
ANoun
BPronoun
CPreposition
DConjunction
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Correct answer: (D) Conjunction
Explanation
Here 'that' joins the clause 'her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her' to the main clause, so it is a conjunction.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Yet as soon as she saw him, she did not look as Alfred thought she would look : she smiled, her blue eyes never wavered, and with a calmness and dignity that made them forget that her clothes seemed to have been thrown on her, she put out her hand to Mr. Carr and said politely, “I’m Mrs. Higgins. I’m Alfred’s mother.”
Mr. Carr was a bit embarrassed by her lack of terror and her simplicity and he hardly knew what to say to her, so she asked, “Is Alfred in trouble ?”
“He is. He’s been taking things from the store. I caught him red-handed. Little things like compacts and toothpaste and lipsticks. Stuff he can sell easily,” the proprietor said.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Sam Carr’s arm with an understanding gentleness, and speaking as though afraid of disturbing him, she said, “If you would only listen to me before doing anything”. Her simple earnestness made her shy; her humility made her falter and look away, but in a moment she was smiling gravely again and she said with a kind of patient dignity, “What do you intend to do, Mr. Carr ?”
“I am going to get a cop. That’s what I ought to do.”
“Yes, I suppose so. It’s not for me to say, because he’s my son. Yet I sometimes think a little good advice is the best thing for a boy when he is at a certain period in his life,” she said.
Alfred couldn’t understand his mother’s quiet composure, for if they had been at home and someone had suggested that he was going to be arrested, he knew she would be in a rage and would cry out against him.
Which of the following statements is not correct ?
AAt home, Mrs. Higgins would have been enraged.
BOutside, her conduct was like that of a caring mother.
CWhen she introduced herself, Mr. Carr felt stupefied
DHe felt that he would have to forgive Alfred.
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Correct answer: (D) He felt that he would have to forgive Alfred.
Explanation
The passage only says Mr. Carr intended to get a cop. Nothing shows he felt he would have to forgive Alfred, so (4) is not correct.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
All the world is a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwilling to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like a furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like a pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble-reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth.
A soldier is jealous about his honour as :
Ahe is jealous of his enemy.
Bhe is very sensitive about his honour.
Che is ferocious like a leopard.
Dhe wants to win at any cost.
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Correct answer: (B) he is very sensitive about his honour.
Explanation
'Jealous in honour' means the soldier is very touchy and sensitive about his honour and reputation.
How to use these CTET English questions
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