147 Reading Comprehension (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.
Q1CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
To assess whether students have understood how to use the narrative skill, a teacher should ask students to:
Ashare an incident when they were surprised.
Bcircle the verbs and adjectives in the text.
Ccorrect the mistakes in the use of describing words.
Dread a story and answer comprehension-based questions.
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Correct answer: (A) share an incident when they were surprised.
Explanation
Narrative skill is shown by actually narrating; asking students to recount an incident from their own life tests whether they can sequence and tell events.
Q2CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
(1) A majority of people think that their dream job is too hard to achieve, too competitive and believe that it is all a matter of luck. All this is true actually, but why should that stop anyone from trying to get the job they really want? A really determined person will always succeed and, in many ways, will need other people to give up trying so that he can succeed.
(2) Many job seekers feel limited by the choices they made at college. They may think that because they studied marketing, all they can ever do is work in marketing. All the evidence shows that, in fact, employers are less interested in acquired knowledge than the ability to think and learn. It is also very difficult to predict the needs of society. For example, if a person chose to study dentistry because there was a lack of dentists when he was in high school, that may not be the case when he graduates. The needs of employers and the economy can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly.
(3) Of course, if it is a very tough time economically, it is hard to find employment straight after university, but it is by no means impossible. It might take several months longer to find a job after graduating, but there is work out there. A really key piece of advice is never to get downhearted by rejection because there will probably be a lot you can do to achieve your dream job, whatever it is. You must never give up. Be prepared to work hard and for long hours without necessarily climbing up the career ladder. There is a lot to be said for learning your trade from the bottom up. At the start, there will probably be little money, but it will be worth it in the end. The best jobs are not supposed to be easy — that is what makes them challenging. And if you like a challenge, just keep your head down and go for it.
Read the following sentences:
A. Determined people succeed occasionally.
B. Few people believe that getting their dream job is a matter of luck.
C. A majority of the people think that dream jobs are highly competitive.
AB and C are incorrect, A is correct.
BA and B are incorrect, C is correct.
CA and B are correct, C is incorrect.
DA and C are incorrect, B is correct.
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Correct answer: (B) A and B are incorrect, C is correct.
Explanation
The passage says a determined person will 'always' succeed (A is wrong) and that a majority, not a few, think it is a matter of luck (B is wrong); the majority also think dream jobs are too competitive, so C is correct.
Q3CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
(1) A majority of people think that their dream job is too hard to achieve, too competitive and believe that it is all a matter of luck. All this is true actually, but why should that stop anyone from trying to get the job they really want? A really determined person will always succeed and, in many ways, will need other people to give up trying so that he can succeed.
(2) Many job seekers feel limited by the choices they made at college. They may think that because they studied marketing, all they can ever do is work in marketing. All the evidence shows that, in fact, employers are less interested in acquired knowledge than the ability to think and learn. It is also very difficult to predict the needs of society. For example, if a person chose to study dentistry because there was a lack of dentists when he was in high school, that may not be the case when he graduates. The needs of employers and the economy can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly.
(3) Of course, if it is a very tough time economically, it is hard to find employment straight after university, but it is by no means impossible. It might take several months longer to find a job after graduating, but there is work out there. A really key piece of advice is never to get downhearted by rejection because there will probably be a lot you can do to achieve your dream job, whatever it is. You must never give up. Be prepared to work hard and for long hours without necessarily climbing up the career ladder. There is a lot to be said for learning your trade from the bottom up. At the start, there will probably be little money, but it will be worth it in the end. The best jobs are not supposed to be easy — that is what makes them challenging. And if you like a challenge, just keep your head down and go for it.
Why is it not easy to predict the needs of society?
AJob seekers don't take appropriate career decisions.
BEmployers only seek graduates who are knowledgeable.
CThe needs of the employers and economy are changing at a fast pace.
DBecause there is a lack of dentists in the society.
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Correct answer: (C) The needs of the employers and economy are changing at a fast pace.
Explanation
Paragraph 2 says the needs of employers and the economy 'can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly', which makes society's needs hard to predict.
Q4CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
(1) A majority of people think that their dream job is too hard to achieve, too competitive and believe that it is all a matter of luck. All this is true actually, but why should that stop anyone from trying to get the job they really want? A really determined person will always succeed and, in many ways, will need other people to give up trying so that he can succeed.
(2) Many job seekers feel limited by the choices they made at college. They may think that because they studied marketing, all they can ever do is work in marketing. All the evidence shows that, in fact, employers are less interested in acquired knowledge than the ability to think and learn. It is also very difficult to predict the needs of society. For example, if a person chose to study dentistry because there was a lack of dentists when he was in high school, that may not be the case when he graduates. The needs of employers and the economy can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly.
(3) Of course, if it is a very tough time economically, it is hard to find employment straight after university, but it is by no means impossible. It might take several months longer to find a job after graduating, but there is work out there. A really key piece of advice is never to get downhearted by rejection because there will probably be a lot you can do to achieve your dream job, whatever it is. You must never give up. Be prepared to work hard and for long hours without necessarily climbing up the career ladder. There is a lot to be said for learning your trade from the bottom up. At the start, there will probably be little money, but it will be worth it in the end. The best jobs are not supposed to be easy — that is what makes them challenging. And if you like a challenge, just keep your head down and go for it.
A job seeker who likes challenges should keep his head down. This means he should ______.
In the passage, 'keep your head down and go for it' means stay focused and face the challenge with determination, i.e. confront challenging situations.
Q5CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
(1) A majority of people think that their dream job is too hard to achieve, too competitive and believe that it is all a matter of luck. All this is true actually, but why should that stop anyone from trying to get the job they really want? A really determined person will always succeed and, in many ways, will need other people to give up trying so that he can succeed.
(2) Many job seekers feel limited by the choices they made at college. They may think that because they studied marketing, all they can ever do is work in marketing. All the evidence shows that, in fact, employers are less interested in acquired knowledge than the ability to think and learn. It is also very difficult to predict the needs of society. For example, if a person chose to study dentistry because there was a lack of dentists when he was in high school, that may not be the case when he graduates. The needs of employers and the economy can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly.
(3) Of course, if it is a very tough time economically, it is hard to find employment straight after university, but it is by no means impossible. It might take several months longer to find a job after graduating, but there is work out there. A really key piece of advice is never to get downhearted by rejection because there will probably be a lot you can do to achieve your dream job, whatever it is. You must never give up. Be prepared to work hard and for long hours without necessarily climbing up the career ladder. There is a lot to be said for learning your trade from the bottom up. At the start, there will probably be little money, but it will be worth it in the end. The best jobs are not supposed to be easy — that is what makes them challenging. And if you like a challenge, just keep your head down and go for it.
What advice does the writer not give employment seekers in para 3?
ATo be dejected by rejection
BTo be prepared for long hours of work
CTo never give up the search for a dream job
DTo be patient in the search for a job
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Correct answer: (A) To be dejected by rejection
Explanation
The writer says 'never to get downhearted by rejection', so being dejected by rejection is the opposite of his advice; the other points are all given.
Q6CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
(1) A majority of people think that their dream job is too hard to achieve, too competitive and believe that it is all a matter of luck. All this is true actually, but why should that stop anyone from trying to get the job they really want? A really determined person will always succeed and, in many ways, will need other people to give up trying so that he can succeed.
(2) Many job seekers feel limited by the choices they made at college. They may think that because they studied marketing, all they can ever do is work in marketing. All the evidence shows that, in fact, employers are less interested in acquired knowledge than the ability to think and learn. It is also very difficult to predict the needs of society. For example, if a person chose to study dentistry because there was a lack of dentists when he was in high school, that may not be the case when he graduates. The needs of employers and the economy can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly.
(3) Of course, if it is a very tough time economically, it is hard to find employment straight after university, but it is by no means impossible. It might take several months longer to find a job after graduating, but there is work out there. A really key piece of advice is never to get downhearted by rejection because there will probably be a lot you can do to achieve your dream job, whatever it is. You must never give up. Be prepared to work hard and for long hours without necessarily climbing up the career ladder. There is a lot to be said for learning your trade from the bottom up. At the start, there will probably be little money, but it will be worth it in the end. The best jobs are not supposed to be easy — that is what makes them challenging. And if you like a challenge, just keep your head down and go for it.
Identify the underlined words (parts of speech) in the following sentence:
A majority (underlined) of people think that their dream job is too hard (underlined) to achieve.
Anoun, adjective
Badjective, noun
Cadverb, noun
Dnoun, adverb
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Correct answer: (D) noun, adverb
Explanation
Note: the official key gives (4); 'majority' is a noun, but 'hard' here follows 'is' and describes 'job', so grammatically it is an adjective, which would make (1) correct. The key's option (4) labels 'hard' as an adverb.
Q7CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
(1) A majority of people think that their dream job is too hard to achieve, too competitive and believe that it is all a matter of luck. All this is true actually, but why should that stop anyone from trying to get the job they really want? A really determined person will always succeed and, in many ways, will need other people to give up trying so that he can succeed.
(2) Many job seekers feel limited by the choices they made at college. They may think that because they studied marketing, all they can ever do is work in marketing. All the evidence shows that, in fact, employers are less interested in acquired knowledge than the ability to think and learn. It is also very difficult to predict the needs of society. For example, if a person chose to study dentistry because there was a lack of dentists when he was in high school, that may not be the case when he graduates. The needs of employers and the economy can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly.
(3) Of course, if it is a very tough time economically, it is hard to find employment straight after university, but it is by no means impossible. It might take several months longer to find a job after graduating, but there is work out there. A really key piece of advice is never to get downhearted by rejection because there will probably be a lot you can do to achieve your dream job, whatever it is. You must never give up. Be prepared to work hard and for long hours without necessarily climbing up the career ladder. There is a lot to be said for learning your trade from the bottom up. At the start, there will probably be little money, but it will be worth it in the end. The best jobs are not supposed to be easy — that is what makes them challenging. And if you like a challenge, just keep your head down and go for it.
Job seekers feel limited (underlined) by the choices they made at college.
The underlined phrase means:
Ato feel dejected
Bto feel constrained
Cto feel limitless
Dto feel confused
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Correct answer: (B) to feel constrained
Explanation
To 'feel limited' means to feel restricted in one's options, i.e. constrained.
Q8CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
(1) A majority of people think that their dream job is too hard to achieve, too competitive and believe that it is all a matter of luck. All this is true actually, but why should that stop anyone from trying to get the job they really want? A really determined person will always succeed and, in many ways, will need other people to give up trying so that he can succeed.
(2) Many job seekers feel limited by the choices they made at college. They may think that because they studied marketing, all they can ever do is work in marketing. All the evidence shows that, in fact, employers are less interested in acquired knowledge than the ability to think and learn. It is also very difficult to predict the needs of society. For example, if a person chose to study dentistry because there was a lack of dentists when he was in high school, that may not be the case when he graduates. The needs of employers and the economy can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly.
(3) Of course, if it is a very tough time economically, it is hard to find employment straight after university, but it is by no means impossible. It might take several months longer to find a job after graduating, but there is work out there. A really key piece of advice is never to get downhearted by rejection because there will probably be a lot you can do to achieve your dream job, whatever it is. You must never give up. Be prepared to work hard and for long hours without necessarily climbing up the career ladder. There is a lot to be said for learning your trade from the bottom up. At the start, there will probably be little money, but it will be worth it in the end. The best jobs are not supposed to be easy — that is what makes them challenging. And if you like a challenge, just keep your head down and go for it.
Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
Assertion (A): It is quite easy to get a job immediately after graduating from a university.
Reason (R): The economic scenario regarding job generation is difficult.
A(A) does not justify (R).
BBoth (A) and (R) are incorrect.
C(A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
DBoth (A) and (R) are correct.
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Correct answer: (C) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Explanation
The passage says that in tough economic times it is hard to find employment straight after university, so A is incorrect while R (a difficult job scenario) is correct.
Q9CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
(1) A majority of people think that their dream job is too hard to achieve, too competitive and believe that it is all a matter of luck. All this is true actually, but why should that stop anyone from trying to get the job they really want? A really determined person will always succeed and, in many ways, will need other people to give up trying so that he can succeed.
(2) Many job seekers feel limited by the choices they made at college. They may think that because they studied marketing, all they can ever do is work in marketing. All the evidence shows that, in fact, employers are less interested in acquired knowledge than the ability to think and learn. It is also very difficult to predict the needs of society. For example, if a person chose to study dentistry because there was a lack of dentists when he was in high school, that may not be the case when he graduates. The needs of employers and the economy can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly.
(3) Of course, if it is a very tough time economically, it is hard to find employment straight after university, but it is by no means impossible. It might take several months longer to find a job after graduating, but there is work out there. A really key piece of advice is never to get downhearted by rejection because there will probably be a lot you can do to achieve your dream job, whatever it is. You must never give up. Be prepared to work hard and for long hours without necessarily climbing up the career ladder. There is a lot to be said for learning your trade from the bottom up. At the start, there will probably be little money, but it will be worth it in the end. The best jobs are not supposed to be easy — that is what makes them challenging. And if you like a challenge, just keep your head down and go for it.
'Learning the trade from the bottom up' means:
Afrom the lowest to the highest in hierarchy.
Btrading places with others.
Cfrom your colleagues.
Dinter-departmental learning.
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Correct answer: (A) from the lowest to the highest in hierarchy.
Explanation
'From the bottom up' means starting at the lowest level and working one's way up to the highest, learning every stage of the job.
Q10CTET August 2023 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 20 Aug 2023
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
(1) A majority of people think that their dream job is too hard to achieve, too competitive and believe that it is all a matter of luck. All this is true actually, but why should that stop anyone from trying to get the job they really want? A really determined person will always succeed and, in many ways, will need other people to give up trying so that he can succeed.
(2) Many job seekers feel limited by the choices they made at college. They may think that because they studied marketing, all they can ever do is work in marketing. All the evidence shows that, in fact, employers are less interested in acquired knowledge than the ability to think and learn. It is also very difficult to predict the needs of society. For example, if a person chose to study dentistry because there was a lack of dentists when he was in high school, that may not be the case when he graduates. The needs of employers and the economy can change very quickly, and often unexpectedly.
(3) Of course, if it is a very tough time economically, it is hard to find employment straight after university, but it is by no means impossible. It might take several months longer to find a job after graduating, but there is work out there. A really key piece of advice is never to get downhearted by rejection because there will probably be a lot you can do to achieve your dream job, whatever it is. You must never give up. Be prepared to work hard and for long hours without necessarily climbing up the career ladder. There is a lot to be said for learning your trade from the bottom up. At the start, there will probably be little money, but it will be worth it in the end. The best jobs are not supposed to be easy — that is what makes them challenging. And if you like a challenge, just keep your head down and go for it.
Complete the word analogy:
expectedly : unexpectedly :: rejection : ?
Aeviction
Bprobation
Cdejection
Dselection
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Correct answer: (D) selection
Explanation
'Expectedly' and 'unexpectedly' are antonyms, so the antonym of 'rejection' is 'selection'.
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.
Which of the following statements is incorrect ?
Travelling alone in distant Mizoram at the age of 69 :
Awas very enjoyable but very tiring.
Bwas a novel experience for Garud.
Cshe was taking a big risk.
Dshe was breathing an air of freedom.
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Correct answer: (D) she was breathing an air of freedom.
Explanation
Note: the official key gives (4); the passage does say she felt a sense of freedom, while 'very tiring' (1) and 'taking a big risk' (3) are not stated. Option (4) is also ungrammatical as an ending to the sentence; the key is applied as given.
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 travelled alone as :
Aa companion would have offered her unasked for advice.
Bit was less expensive.
Cno one agreed to accompany her.
Dshe did not like company.
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Correct answer: (C) no one agreed to accompany her.
Explanation
The passage says 'Garud had asked friends and family but found no takers', so she went alone because no one agreed to accompany her.
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.
Which of the following statements is true/false ?
A. Initially, she did not like to go alone.
B. She wanted only a friend to go with her.
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: (B) A is true and B is false.
Explanation
A is true: she was hesitant about travelling by herself at first. B is false: she had asked both friends and family, not only a friend.
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.
Study the following statements :
A. She practised only for a day before dancing in a festival.
B. Horse-riding is a courageous skill.
C. Her experience as an athlete helped her in trying horse-riding.
Choose the correct option :
AA and B are false, but C is true.
BA and B are true, but C is false.
CB and C are true, but A is false.
DA and C are true, but B is false.
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Correct answer: (C) B and C are true, but A is false.
Explanation
She danced impromptu, without practice, so A is false; she says she lacked courage for horse-riding earlier (B true), and her athletic background is mentioned in that context (C taken as true).
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.
Which one of the following statements is not true ?
AGarud’s family owned a farm at Koregaon.
BDuring lockdown, Garud felt isolated and lonely.
CA friend might not have let her wade into a river.
DWalking on a narrow ledge is an easy task.
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Correct answer: (D) Walking on a narrow ledge is an easy task.
Explanation
The passage describes walking on a narrow ledge behind a waterfall as something she would not have tried earlier, a challenging act, so calling it an easy task is not true.
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 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.
Q21CTET 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’).
Q22CTET 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.
Q23CTET 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.
Q24CTET 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.
Q25CTET 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’.
Q26CTET 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.
Q27CTET 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.
Q28CTET 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.
Q29CTET 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).
Q30CTET 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.
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.
Which one of the following should be mastered to be literate ?
APhonological awareness and fluency.
BSight vocabulary and pattern recognition.
CDecoding and language comprehension.
DAccuracy and phonological comprehension.
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Correct answer: (C) Decoding and language comprehension.
Explanation
To be literate a child must master decoding (turning print into sounds and words) and language comprehension (understanding meaning). This is the 'simple view of reading'.
Q41CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Jul 2024
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. On 15 January 2009, several interesting things happened. A plane crash landed into the Hudson River, right in the middle of New York City. The pilot, crew and 155 passengers escaped safely. But then, something else happened... Jim was nearby and watched the event happen. He immediately tweeted that he had just seen a plane crash in the Hudson. From there the news spread quickly. People contacted him immediately and asked him what was happening, and other people on the street took photos and videos with their phones and posted them online. Ordinary people suddenly became journalists. It was 15 minutes before the news broke on official news channels.
2. Photos, videos and tweets from ordinary people at the scene of dramatic events now provide the words and images that describe events in the news. When a meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013, millions of people around the world watched videos and photos of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Social media can also save lives. In January 2010, an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. The government said that there had been an earthquake, but they didn't give many details at first. Meanwhile, people living in the disaster area were posting photos and eye witness accounts on Twitter and Facebook and telling the world that it was an emergency and houses were collapsing. A local radio presenter used this information to help people find family members, and people even phoned his program to ask if their relatives were safe.
3. News travels fast on social media, but false stories spread just as quickly as the truth. Some of these "facts" are erroneous, others are deliberate hoaxes. Hoaxes remind us that not everything people post and publish is reliable. But social media can change our lives for the better.
The meteor explosion in 2013 in Russia was watched by people on :
ATwitter
BYouTube
CAll social media handles
DFacebook and YouTube
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Correct answer: (D) Facebook and YouTube
Explanation
Paragraph 2 says millions watched videos and photos of the Russian meteor explosion 'on Facebook and YouTube'.
Q42CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Jul 2024
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. On 15 January 2009, several interesting things happened. A plane crash landed into the Hudson River, right in the middle of New York City. The pilot, crew and 155 passengers escaped safely. But then, something else happened... Jim was nearby and watched the event happen. He immediately tweeted that he had just seen a plane crash in the Hudson. From there the news spread quickly. People contacted him immediately and asked him what was happening, and other people on the street took photos and videos with their phones and posted them online. Ordinary people suddenly became journalists. It was 15 minutes before the news broke on official news channels.
2. Photos, videos and tweets from ordinary people at the scene of dramatic events now provide the words and images that describe events in the news. When a meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013, millions of people around the world watched videos and photos of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Social media can also save lives. In January 2010, an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. The government said that there had been an earthquake, but they didn't give many details at first. Meanwhile, people living in the disaster area were posting photos and eye witness accounts on Twitter and Facebook and telling the world that it was an emergency and houses were collapsing. A local radio presenter used this information to help people find family members, and people even phoned his program to ask if their relatives were safe.
3. News travels fast on social media, but false stories spread just as quickly as the truth. Some of these "facts" are erroneous, others are deliberate hoaxes. Hoaxes remind us that not everything people post and publish is reliable. But social media can change our lives for the better.
'Some of these facts are erroneous'. The antonym for the underlined word (erroneous) in the given sentence is :
Afaultless
Binaccurate
Cinvalid
Dsurprising
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Correct answer: (A) faultless
Explanation
'Erroneous' means containing errors, wrong; its opposite is 'faultless' (free of errors). 'Inaccurate' and 'invalid' are near-synonyms.
Q43CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Jul 2024
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. On 15 January 2009, several interesting things happened. A plane crash landed into the Hudson River, right in the middle of New York City. The pilot, crew and 155 passengers escaped safely. But then, something else happened... Jim was nearby and watched the event happen. He immediately tweeted that he had just seen a plane crash in the Hudson. From there the news spread quickly. People contacted him immediately and asked him what was happening, and other people on the street took photos and videos with their phones and posted them online. Ordinary people suddenly became journalists. It was 15 minutes before the news broke on official news channels.
2. Photos, videos and tweets from ordinary people at the scene of dramatic events now provide the words and images that describe events in the news. When a meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013, millions of people around the world watched videos and photos of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Social media can also save lives. In January 2010, an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. The government said that there had been an earthquake, but they didn't give many details at first. Meanwhile, people living in the disaster area were posting photos and eye witness accounts on Twitter and Facebook and telling the world that it was an emergency and houses were collapsing. A local radio presenter used this information to help people find family members, and people even phoned his program to ask if their relatives were safe.
3. News travels fast on social media, but false stories spread just as quickly as the truth. Some of these "facts" are erroneous, others are deliberate hoaxes. Hoaxes remind us that not everything people post and publish is reliable. But social media can change our lives for the better.
Why should we not take news on social media lightly ?
AThe facts are erroneous.
BStrangers can call you to seek information.
CThey can change our lives for the better.
DNews posted are hoax and confusing.
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Correct answer: (C) They can change our lives for the better.
Explanation
The passage ends that social media can change our lives for the better - it spreads news fast and even saves lives (as in Haiti) - so it should be taken seriously; only some posts are false.
Q44CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Jul 2024
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. On 15 January 2009, several interesting things happened. A plane crash landed into the Hudson River, right in the middle of New York City. The pilot, crew and 155 passengers escaped safely. But then, something else happened... Jim was nearby and watched the event happen. He immediately tweeted that he had just seen a plane crash in the Hudson. From there the news spread quickly. People contacted him immediately and asked him what was happening, and other people on the street took photos and videos with their phones and posted them online. Ordinary people suddenly became journalists. It was 15 minutes before the news broke on official news channels.
2. Photos, videos and tweets from ordinary people at the scene of dramatic events now provide the words and images that describe events in the news. When a meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013, millions of people around the world watched videos and photos of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Social media can also save lives. In January 2010, an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. The government said that there had been an earthquake, but they didn't give many details at first. Meanwhile, people living in the disaster area were posting photos and eye witness accounts on Twitter and Facebook and telling the world that it was an emergency and houses were collapsing. A local radio presenter used this information to help people find family members, and people even phoned his program to ask if their relatives were safe.
3. News travels fast on social media, but false stories spread just as quickly as the truth. Some of these "facts" are erroneous, others are deliberate hoaxes. Hoaxes remind us that not everything people post and publish is reliable. But social media can change our lives for the better.
Arrange the following events as mentioned in para 1 in the correct sequential order.
(a) Jim watched the crash and tweeted.
(b) People started contacting Jim for updated news.
(c) A plane crashed into the Hudson River.
(d) The news of the crash was broadcast 15 minutes later.
A(c) → (b) → (d) → (a)
B(b) → (c) → (a) → (d)
C(d) → (c) → (a) → (b)
D(c) → (a) → (b) → (d)
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Correct answer: (D) (c) → (a) → (b) → (d)
Explanation
The plane crashed first, then Jim saw it and tweeted, then people contacted him, and the official news broke 15 minutes later: (c) → (a) → (b) → (d).
Q45CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Jul 2024
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. On 15 January 2009, several interesting things happened. A plane crash landed into the Hudson River, right in the middle of New York City. The pilot, crew and 155 passengers escaped safely. But then, something else happened... Jim was nearby and watched the event happen. He immediately tweeted that he had just seen a plane crash in the Hudson. From there the news spread quickly. People contacted him immediately and asked him what was happening, and other people on the street took photos and videos with their phones and posted them online. Ordinary people suddenly became journalists. It was 15 minutes before the news broke on official news channels.
2. Photos, videos and tweets from ordinary people at the scene of dramatic events now provide the words and images that describe events in the news. When a meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013, millions of people around the world watched videos and photos of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Social media can also save lives. In January 2010, an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. The government said that there had been an earthquake, but they didn't give many details at first. Meanwhile, people living in the disaster area were posting photos and eye witness accounts on Twitter and Facebook and telling the world that it was an emergency and houses were collapsing. A local radio presenter used this information to help people find family members, and people even phoned his program to ask if their relatives were safe.
3. News travels fast on social media, but false stories spread just as quickly as the truth. Some of these "facts" are erroneous, others are deliberate hoaxes. Hoaxes remind us that not everything people post and publish is reliable. But social media can change our lives for the better.
Read the following statements :
(a) A plane crashed on 15 January, 2009
(b) 155 passengers escaped, but the pilot lost his life.
(c) Jim, an onlooker, posted pictures on Facebook
A(a) and (b) are correct, but (c) is incorrect
B(c) is correct, but (a) and (b) are incorrect
C(a) is correct, but (b) and (c) are incorrect
D(a), (b) and (c) are all incorrect
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Correct answer: (C) (a) is correct, but (b) and (c) are incorrect
Explanation
The crash was on 15 January 2009, so (a) is correct. The pilot also escaped safely, and Jim tweeted (he did not post pictures on Facebook), so (b) and (c) are wrong.
Q46CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Jul 2024
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. On 15 January 2009, several interesting things happened. A plane crash landed into the Hudson River, right in the middle of New York City. The pilot, crew and 155 passengers escaped safely. But then, something else happened... Jim was nearby and watched the event happen. He immediately tweeted that he had just seen a plane crash in the Hudson. From there the news spread quickly. People contacted him immediately and asked him what was happening, and other people on the street took photos and videos with their phones and posted them online. Ordinary people suddenly became journalists. It was 15 minutes before the news broke on official news channels.
2. Photos, videos and tweets from ordinary people at the scene of dramatic events now provide the words and images that describe events in the news. When a meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013, millions of people around the world watched videos and photos of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Social media can also save lives. In January 2010, an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. The government said that there had been an earthquake, but they didn't give many details at first. Meanwhile, people living in the disaster area were posting photos and eye witness accounts on Twitter and Facebook and telling the world that it was an emergency and houses were collapsing. A local radio presenter used this information to help people find family members, and people even phoned his program to ask if their relatives were safe.
3. News travels fast on social media, but false stories spread just as quickly as the truth. Some of these "facts" are erroneous, others are deliberate hoaxes. Hoaxes remind us that not everything people post and publish is reliable. But social media can change our lives for the better.
Complete the given word analogy :
dramatic : exciting : : hoax : ?
Amedia posts
Bdeception
Cexample
Dexcuse
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Correct answer: (B) deception
Explanation
'Exciting' is a synonym of 'dramatic'; likewise a synonym of 'hoax' (a trick meant to deceive) is 'deception'.
Q47CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Jul 2024
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. On 15 January 2009, several interesting things happened. A plane crash landed into the Hudson River, right in the middle of New York City. The pilot, crew and 155 passengers escaped safely. But then, something else happened... Jim was nearby and watched the event happen. He immediately tweeted that he had just seen a plane crash in the Hudson. From there the news spread quickly. People contacted him immediately and asked him what was happening, and other people on the street took photos and videos with their phones and posted them online. Ordinary people suddenly became journalists. It was 15 minutes before the news broke on official news channels.
2. Photos, videos and tweets from ordinary people at the scene of dramatic events now provide the words and images that describe events in the news. When a meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013, millions of people around the world watched videos and photos of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Social media can also save lives. In January 2010, an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. The government said that there had been an earthquake, but they didn't give many details at first. Meanwhile, people living in the disaster area were posting photos and eye witness accounts on Twitter and Facebook and telling the world that it was an emergency and houses were collapsing. A local radio presenter used this information to help people find family members, and people even phoned his program to ask if their relatives were safe.
3. News travels fast on social media, but false stories spread just as quickly as the truth. Some of these "facts" are erroneous, others are deliberate hoaxes. Hoaxes remind us that not everything people post and publish is reliable. But social media can change our lives for the better.
News on social media :
Aare reliable
Btravel fast
Care deliberate hoaxes
Dare insignificant
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Correct answer: (B) travel fast
Explanation
Paragraph 3 says 'News travels fast on social media'; it is not always reliable, and only some stories are hoaxes.
Q48CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Jul 2024
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. On 15 January 2009, several interesting things happened. A plane crash landed into the Hudson River, right in the middle of New York City. The pilot, crew and 155 passengers escaped safely. But then, something else happened... Jim was nearby and watched the event happen. He immediately tweeted that he had just seen a plane crash in the Hudson. From there the news spread quickly. People contacted him immediately and asked him what was happening, and other people on the street took photos and videos with their phones and posted them online. Ordinary people suddenly became journalists. It was 15 minutes before the news broke on official news channels.
2. Photos, videos and tweets from ordinary people at the scene of dramatic events now provide the words and images that describe events in the news. When a meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013, millions of people around the world watched videos and photos of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Social media can also save lives. In January 2010, an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. The government said that there had been an earthquake, but they didn't give many details at first. Meanwhile, people living in the disaster area were posting photos and eye witness accounts on Twitter and Facebook and telling the world that it was an emergency and houses were collapsing. A local radio presenter used this information to help people find family members, and people even phoned his program to ask if their relatives were safe.
3. News travels fast on social media, but false stories spread just as quickly as the truth. Some of these "facts" are erroneous, others are deliberate hoaxes. Hoaxes remind us that not everything people post and publish is reliable. But social media can change our lives for the better.
Identify Parts of Speech of the underlined words in the sentence given below :
'But social media can change our lives for the better.' (underlined: lives, better)
Anoun, adverb
Bverb, adjective
Cverb, adverb
Dnoun, adjective
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Correct answer: (D) noun, adjective
Explanation
'Lives' (plural of life) is a noun, the object of 'change'. 'Better' is the comparative of the adjective 'good'; in 'for the better' it is used as an adjective-turned-noun, and the key treats it as an adjective.
Q49CTET July 2024 Paper 2 Maths & Science, 7 Jul 2024
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. On 15 January 2009, several interesting things happened. A plane crash landed into the Hudson River, right in the middle of New York City. The pilot, crew and 155 passengers escaped safely. But then, something else happened... Jim was nearby and watched the event happen. He immediately tweeted that he had just seen a plane crash in the Hudson. From there the news spread quickly. People contacted him immediately and asked him what was happening, and other people on the street took photos and videos with their phones and posted them online. Ordinary people suddenly became journalists. It was 15 minutes before the news broke on official news channels.
2. Photos, videos and tweets from ordinary people at the scene of dramatic events now provide the words and images that describe events in the news. When a meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013, millions of people around the world watched videos and photos of the event on Facebook and YouTube. Social media can also save lives. In January 2010, an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. The government said that there had been an earthquake, but they didn't give many details at first. Meanwhile, people living in the disaster area were posting photos and eye witness accounts on Twitter and Facebook and telling the world that it was an emergency and houses were collapsing. A local radio presenter used this information to help people find family members, and people even phoned his program to ask if their relatives were safe.
3. News travels fast on social media, but false stories spread just as quickly as the truth. Some of these "facts" are erroneous, others are deliberate hoaxes. Hoaxes remind us that not everything people post and publish is reliable. But social media can change our lives for the better.
Ordinary people suddenly became journalists means :
Athey started posting news-bits pictures and videos on social media
Bthey headed towards media houses to seek employment
Cthey started contacting Jim to know the details
Dthey left the jobs where they were employed
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Correct answer: (A) they started posting news-bits pictures and videos on social media
Explanation
People on the street took photos and videos of the crash and posted them online, i.e. they did a reporter's job by sharing news on social media.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
He must have seen us coming from some distance. By the time he loomed up in front of my headlights, the arms in the snow-caked overcoat were flailing desperately like windmills.
Pat gave a little gasp and I braked at once, though gently, or I might have followed his car into the ditch. But immediately I had second thoughts; there had been one or two nasty cases of hold-up in the papers recently. I wasn’t going to take any chance with Pat, my sister, there. I changed down the gear and made to drive round him.
Pat was horrified. ‘Aren’t you stopping, Bill?’ I shook my head. ‘Too risky’.
It was then that I saw the car. It had skidded right across the road and was hanging nose down in the deep ditch. I braked again and brought the Mini-Moris gradually to a stop.
I slid back my window as he looked in and then I saw that he was bleeding from a cut in his cheek.
‘Anybody else in the car?’
‘No, on my own. If you could give me a lift’.
I nodded and he got into the back and slammed the door.
‘Sorry about this, folks. I was beginning to think I was stuck there for the night. Not that you would call it a busy road, is it?’
‘Not at twelve o’clock at night’, Pat said, turning round to smile at him. ‘We have been to a dance in Boling ford. Bill didn’t want to go, but I was keen. He isn’t a bad brother, really’.
Which of the following statements is/are right?
(a) The stranger did not seem to be badly hurt.
(b) Mini-Moris went past the stranger and then stopped.
A(a) is right and (b) is wrong.
B(b) is right and (a) is wrong.
CNeither (a) nor (b) is right.
DBoth (a) and (b) are right.
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Correct answer: (D) Both (a) and (b) are right.
Explanation
The stranger had only a cut on his cheek and could walk and talk, so he was not badly hurt. Bill drove round him and only then, seeing the car in the ditch, braked to a stop, so both statements are right.
How to use these CTET English questions
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