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Question 103Asked in CTET February 2026 Paper 1, 7 Feb 2026

"A past that's rooted in pain" refers to a past

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that is wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. "A past that's rooted in pain" refers to a past
  1. Athat has always been pleasurable
  2. Bthat has been pleasurable once but is now in pain
  3. Cthat has always been painful
  4. Dthat has had alternate periods of pain and pleasure
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Correct answer: (C) that has always been painful

Explanation

'Rooted in pain' means pain was at its very base, so the past has always been painful.

From CTET February 2026 Paper 1, 7 Feb 2026 — Previous Year Paper

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