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 extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Put away the road maps now.
To go there,
you do not need
helicopters any more;
wherever there is hunger,
there Kalahandi is.
The god of rain
turned away his face.
There was not one green leaf
left on the trees for supper.
The whole village a graveyard.
Cracked ground,
drab river sand.
All the plans failed;
the poverty line
receded further.
The village becoming a graveyard is a metaphor that:
Apeople are migrating to other cities.
Bmore graveyards are being planned.
Cpeople are living in graveyards.
Dpeople are dying in large numbers.
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Correct answer: (D) people are dying in large numbers.
Explanation
Calling the whole village a graveyard suggests that people are dying in large numbers from hunger.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Put away the road maps now.
To go there,
you do not need
helicopters any more;
wherever there is hunger,
there Kalahandi is.
The god of rain
turned away his face.
There was not one green leaf
left on the trees for supper.
The whole village a graveyard.
Cracked ground,
drab river sand.
All the plans failed;
the poverty line
receded further.
Kalahandi as described in the poem stands for:
Aprosperity
Bhunger
Cnatural disasters
Ddevelopment
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Correct answer: (B) hunger
Explanation
The poem says 'wherever there is hunger, there Kalahandi is', so Kalahandi stands for hunger.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Put away the road maps now.
To go there,
you do not need
helicopters any more;
wherever there is hunger,
there Kalahandi is.
The god of rain
turned away his face.
There was not one green leaf
left on the trees for supper.
The whole village a graveyard.
Cracked ground,
drab river sand.
All the plans failed;
the poverty line
receded further.
What natural calamity is the poet talking about?
Adrought
Bearthquake
Clandslide
Dfloods
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Correct answer: (A) drought
Explanation
The rain god turning away, no green leaves and cracked ground all describe a drought.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Put away the road maps now.
To go there,
you do not need
helicopters any more;
wherever there is hunger,
there Kalahandi is.
The god of rain
turned away his face.
There was not one green leaf
left on the trees for supper.
The whole village a graveyard.
Cracked ground,
drab river sand.
All the plans failed;
the poverty line
receded further.
What is the dominant ‘mood’ of the poem?
Asorrow
Bsurprise
Canger
Drelief
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Correct answer: (A) sorrow
Explanation
The images of hunger, death and failed plans create a mood of sorrow.
Assertion (A): Learning experiences in the classroom are deeply connected to children’s lives and their contexts.
Reason (R): Learning experiences are designed to build on children’s previous understanding.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
ABoth (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
B(A) is true, but (R) is false.
C(A) is false, but (R) is true.
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
Learning experiences connect to children's lives because they build on what children already know; both are true and R explains A.
Which of the following is NOT true of learning a language?
ALanguage learning takes time.
BLanguage learning is meaning making.
CGrammar learning is essential for learning a language.
DAll learners can learn a language easily if sufficient engagement with language is given.
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Correct answer: (C) Grammar learning is essential for learning a language.
Explanation
Language is acquired mainly through meaningful use and exposure; explicit grammar learning is not essential for learning a language, so (3) is not true.
A teacher found some of the aspects of language learning e.g. reading with understanding a text on scientific concepts. She decided to pick students who find it difficult on the particular aspects. She took separate session for them to support them read and understand such text. What is this practice known as?
AHigher Order Skills.
BThinking Skills.
CFeedback Teaching.
DRemedial Teaching.
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Correct answer: (D) Remedial Teaching.
Explanation
Identifying students who struggle with a specific aspect and giving them separate, targeted support is remedial teaching.
Assertion (A): A student portfolio is a purposeful collection of pieces of student work.
Reason (R): The Portfolio can encourage students to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
ABoth (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
B(A) is true, but (R) is false.
C(A) is false, but (R) is true.
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
A portfolio is a purposeful collection of a student's work, and it helps students evaluate their strengths and weaknesses; both are true, and the key treats R as explaining A.
To help students to develop their vocabulary, a teacher is using the material that contains language that has been made easier for students and is based on authentic material. This material is:
ARole-cards.
BBilingual dictionaries.
CGraded readers.
DNewspaper.
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Correct answer: (C) Graded readers.
Explanation
Graded readers are books written in simplified language at set levels, often adapted from authentic texts, to build vocabulary and reading fluency.
A language teacher gives students a questionnaire in order to find out more about their learning styles and preferences. Here the teacher is in the role of a:
APlanner.
BProvider of expert information.
CDiagnostician.
DManager.
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Correct answer: (C) Diagnostician.
Explanation
Using a questionnaire to find out learners' styles and preferences is diagnosing their needs, so the teacher acts as a diagnostician.
Which one of the following is incorrect about the pictures?
Pictures and illustration in books:
Aretain the interest of children.
Bto give them opportunity to draw such pictures.
Chelp to present language in unfamiliar and memorable contexts.
Dsupport content.
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Correct answer: (B) to give them opportunity to draw such pictures.
Explanation
Pictures in books keep interest, support content and present language in memorable contexts; giving children a chance to draw such pictures is not their purpose.
What steps would you take as a teacher to facilitate students’ interaction in your class?
(a) Encourage the students to ask more questions.
(b) Conduct pair and group work and invite opinion from the students.
(c) Make them read the text loudly and respond individually so that individual learning takes place.
(d) Read the dialogues to each other to interact and ask questions to each other.
A(b), (c), (d) are correct
B(a), (b), (d) are correct
C(a), (c), (d) are correct
D(a), (b), (c) are correct
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Correct answer: (B) (a), (b), (d) are correct
Explanation
Encouraging questions, pair and group work, and reading dialogues to each other all promote interaction; reading aloud and responding individually does not.
Assertion (A): Language forms a critical aspect of cultural awareness and expression, which is considered among the major competencies to develop in children.
Reason (R): The competencies of cultural awareness and expression provide children with a sense of identity, belongingness, as well as an appreciation of other cultures and identities.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
ABoth (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
B(A) is true, but (R) is false.
C(A) is false, but (R) is true.
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
Language is central to cultural awareness and expression, and this competency gives children identity, belonging and appreciation of other cultures; R explains A.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
We sallied out at three o'clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger's pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house. He asked, "I am here for a few days. Can't we have a session some time?"
"Of course, of course," said my uncle without much fervour, "I will let you know", and moved on.
"Won't aunt get angry?" I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared. But it did not prevent them from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, "We play only Twenty-eight, and not Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...".
Who is the narrator in the story?
AAunt
BA young boy
CUncle
DUncle's friend
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Correct answer: (B) A young boy
Explanation
The neighbour asks the uncle, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" and the narrator speaks of 'my uncle' and 'aunt', so the narrator is a young boy (the nephew).
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
We sallied out at three o'clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger's pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house. He asked, "I am here for a few days. Can't we have a session some time?"
"Of course, of course," said my uncle without much fervour, "I will let you know", and moved on.
"Won't aunt get angry?" I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared. But it did not prevent them from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, "We play only Twenty-eight, and not Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...".
What task was the uncle supposed to perform that day?
ATo play cards
BTo go round the city
CTo frame a photograph
DTo meet his engineer friend
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Correct answer: (C) To frame a photograph
Explanation
The passage says, "The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph."
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
We sallied out at three o'clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger's pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house. He asked, "I am here for a few days. Can't we have a session some time?"
"Of course, of course," said my uncle without much fervour, "I will let you know", and moved on.
"Won't aunt get angry?" I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared. But it did not prevent them from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, "We play only Twenty-eight, and not Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...".
Why was the aunt angry at the uncle's entertaining friends at home?
ABecause he lost money in card games
BBecause they created a lot of noise
CBecause she had to serve them coffee and snacks repeatedly
DBoth (1) and (3)
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Correct answer: (D) Both (1) and (3)
Explanation
The aunt complained that the card sessions locked her in the kitchen making coffee and edibles, and she was also upset that the uncle had lost a lot of money in card games. So both (1) and (3) are reasons.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
We sallied out at three o'clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger's pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house. He asked, "I am here for a few days. Can't we have a session some time?"
"Of course, of course," said my uncle without much fervour, "I will let you know", and moved on.
"Won't aunt get angry?" I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared. But it did not prevent them from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, "We play only Twenty-eight, and not Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...".
State which of the following statements is True/False.
A: The friends' sessions gradually came to an end.
B: The uncle stubbornly refused to listen to his wife.
Choose the correct option.
ABoth A and B are true.
BBoth A and B are false.
CA is true but B is false.
DB is true but A is false.
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Correct answer: (C) A is true but B is false.
Explanation
The company 'gradually dwindled and disappeared', so A is true. Worn out by his wife's attacks, the uncle began to avoid his friends, so he did listen to her and B is false.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
We sallied out at three o'clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger's pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house. He asked, "I am here for a few days. Can't we have a session some time?"
"Of course, of course," said my uncle without much fervour, "I will let you know", and moved on.
"Won't aunt get angry?" I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared. But it did not prevent them from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, "We play only Twenty-eight, and not Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...".
Which of the following statements is not true?
AThe engineer-friend worked at a far-off place.
BThe aunt was happy at the friends' meetings taking place at their place.
CMy uncle was a gentle person.
DThe photograph was kept safely in an envelope.
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Correct answer: (B) The aunt was happy at the friends' meetings taking place at their place.
Explanation
The aunt complained bitterly after every card session, so she was not happy about the meetings at home. The other statements agree with the passage.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
We sallied out at three o'clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger's pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house. He asked, "I am here for a few days. Can't we have a session some time?"
"Of course, of course," said my uncle without much fervour, "I will let you know", and moved on.
"Won't aunt get angry?" I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared. But it did not prevent them from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, "We play only Twenty-eight, and not Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...".
Identify the clause of the underlined part :
"... an engineer who worked in some distant projects ..."
(Underlined part: who worked in some distant projects)
ANoun clause
BAdjective clause
CAdverb clause
DPrincipal clause
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Correct answer: (B) Adjective clause
Explanation
The clause 'who worked in some distant projects' begins with the relative pronoun 'who' and describes the noun 'engineer', so it is an adjective (relative) clause.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
We sallied out at three o'clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger's pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house. He asked, "I am here for a few days. Can't we have a session some time?"
"Of course, of course," said my uncle without much fervour, "I will let you know", and moved on.
"Won't aunt get angry?" I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared. But it did not prevent them from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, "We play only Twenty-eight, and not Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...".
Identify the type of the following sentence.
"What madness seizes you ...!"
ADeclarative
BInterrogative
CExclamatory
DOptative
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Correct answer: (C) Exclamatory
Explanation
The sentence begins with 'What' and ends with an exclamation mark, expressing strong feeling, so it is exclamatory.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
We sallied out at three o'clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger's pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house. He asked, "I am here for a few days. Can't we have a session some time?"
"Of course, of course," said my uncle without much fervour, "I will let you know", and moved on.
"Won't aunt get angry?" I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared. But it did not prevent them from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, "We play only Twenty-eight, and not Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...".
Choose the word opposite in meaning to 'fragile'.
Aaggressive
Bdurable
Creckless
Dtall
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Correct answer: (B) durable
Explanation
'Fragile' means easily broken; its opposite is 'durable', meaning strong and long-lasting.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
We sallied out at three o'clock in the afternoon, having finished our tiffin and coffee. The main job for the day was to mount and frame the photograph. Uncle carried it in his hand delicately, enclosed in an old envelope, as if it were fragile and likely to perish at a finger's pressure. As we went down the street, a neighbour standing at his door hailed us and demanded, "Where are you taking the young fellow?" He was an engineer who worked in some distant projects on the hills, coming home once in a while and then again disappearing from our society. He was a particular friend of my uncle as they occasionally gathered for a game of cards in my house. He asked, "I am here for a few days. Can't we have a session some time?"
"Of course, of course," said my uncle without much fervour, "I will let you know", and moved on.
"Won't aunt get angry?" I asked, remembering the arguments they had had after every card session. The card players would have been sitting around in the middle of the hall, demanding coffee and edibles, and playing far into the night. My aunt would complain after the company had dispersed, "Sitting there with your friends, you lock me up in the kitchen all day! What madness seizes you people when you touch a pack of cards, I wonder!" Worn out by her attacks, my uncle began to avoid his friends, the company gradually dwindled and disappeared. But it did not prevent them from dreaming about cards or luxuriating in visions of a grand session. Somewhere my uncle was supposed to have lost a lot of money through the card games, and my aunt was very definite that he should never go near cards again, although he kept saying, "We play only Twenty-eight, and not Rummy, after all, Twenty-eight...".
What does the expression, 'We sallied out ...' mean in the context?
ATo go out for a jaunt
BTo rush out in a hurry
CTo walk in a lethargic manner
DTo leave in a determined manner
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Correct answer: (D) To leave in a determined manner
Explanation
To 'sally out' is to set out energetically and with purpose; here the narrator and uncle set out with the definite task of framing the photograph.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that is wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
'The huts of history's shame' refers to
Aa shameful event in history
Babject poverty
Cmodest living standards
Dcomfortable existence
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Correct answer: (A) a shameful event in history
Explanation
The line points to the shameful history of slavery and oppression from which the speaker rises, so it refers to a shameful past in history.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that is wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Which of the following describes the theme of the poem correctly?
AFeminism
BRelationship
COppression
DEnvironment
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Correct answer: (C) Oppression
Explanation
The poem speaks of hatred, history's shame, terror and slavery, and the speaker rising above them, so its theme is oppression and rising against it.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that is wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
"I am the dream and the hope of the slave" shows that the poet is a/an
Apessimist
Boptimist
Ccynic
Dnihilist
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Correct answer: (B) optimist
Explanation
Seeing herself as the fulfilment of the slaves' dream and hope shows a hopeful, positive outlook, i.e. an optimist.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that is wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
"A past that's rooted in pain" refers to a past
Athat has always been pleasurable
Bthat has been pleasurable once but is now in pain
Cthat has always been painful
Dthat has had alternate periods of pain and pleasure
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Correct answer: (C) that has always been painful
Explanation
'Rooted in pain' means pain was at its very base, so the past has always been painful.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that is wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
The use of 'I rise' in the poem is an example of :
Ahyperbole
Bparallelism
Calliteration
Drepetition
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Correct answer: (D) repetition
Explanation
The phrase 'I rise' is repeated many times for emphasis, which is the device of repetition (refrain).
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that is wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Which literary device has been used in the following line?
"But still, like air, I'll rise."
AMetaphor
BSimile
COxymoron
DMetonymy
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Correct answer: (B) Simile
Explanation
The speaker compares her rising to air using the word 'like', which makes it a simile.
Chomsky propounded that an innate capacity to acquire language is the result of our uniquely human biological inheritance. This inheritance is known as
Alanguage adaptation degree
Blanguage acquire domain
Clanguage acceptance desire
Dlanguage acquisition device
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Correct answer: (D) language acquisition device
Explanation
Noam Chomsky called this inborn mental capacity for language the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
The term for the smallest meaningful unit of sound in a language is
Asemantics
Bphoneme
Cmorpheme
Dsyntax
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Correct answer: (B) phoneme
Explanation
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can change meaning (for example /p/ and /b/ in 'pat' and 'bat'). A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning, not of sound.
Infants around 2 to 3 months of age are capable of producing open vowel sounds. These sounds are examples of
Acooing
Bbabbling
Cshouting
Done-word utterances
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Correct answer: (A) cooing
Explanation
Cooing, the production of vowel-like sounds such as 'ooo' and 'aah', begins around 2-3 months. Babbling (consonant-vowel strings) comes later, around 6 months.
You are interested in studying topics such as code-mixing, code-switching, children's language and secret languages. Which of the following disciplines you need to study for these?
ACultural psychology
BAnthropology
CSociology
DSociolinguistics
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Correct answer: (D) Sociolinguistics
Explanation
Sociolinguistics studies how language is used in society, including code-mixing, code-switching and the language varieties of particular groups.
Contrastive analysis compares the structures of two languages mainly at the phonological, lexical and syntactic (grammatical) levels to predict learner errors; meaning (semantics) is not its focus.
You find that an English language teacher is using freely mother tongue in the class. She is using _____ method.
Aaudio-lingual
Bgrammar-translation
Cstructural oral situation
Ddirect
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Correct answer: (B) grammar-translation
Explanation
The grammar-translation method relies on the learners' mother tongue for explanation and translation. The direct and audio-lingual methods avoid the mother tongue.
Seating arrangement in a classroom should be flexible. This is because
Ait would prevent children from forming permanent friendship groups
Bit would help conduct many group, pair and whole-class activities very easily
Cit would give the children freedom to move their seats wherever and whenever they want
Dit would help the teacher ensure equality in her classroom
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Correct answer: (B) it would help conduct many group, pair and whole-class activities very easily
Explanation
Flexible seating lets the teacher quickly rearrange the class for pair work, group work and whole-class activities, which communicative language teaching needs.
A major objective of teaching English grammar is to
Aincrease the originality of our ideas
Bdevelop the ability to express ideas logically and correctly in speech and writing
Cincrease our ability to memorize rules
Ddevelop interest in studies
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Correct answer: (B) develop the ability to express ideas logically and correctly in speech and writing
Explanation
Grammar is taught so that learners can use the language accurately, expressing their ideas correctly and logically in speech and writing, not to memorise rules.
You want to identify individual differences of learners to scaffold them in your class. Which of the following assessments would you use for this purpose?
APeer assessment
BDiagnostic assessment
CSummative assessment
DFormative assessment
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Correct answer: (B) Diagnostic assessment
Explanation
Note: the official key accepts both (2) and (4). Diagnostic assessment identifies each learner's specific strengths and difficulties, and ongoing formative assessment also reveals individual needs so the teacher can scaffold them.
How to use these CTET English questions
Every question here was asked in a real CTET paper; the paper and shift are shown on the card, and the number opens the question on its own page. Try each one before tapping Show answer, then attempt the full CTET papers as timed tests to check your speed under exam conditions.