CTET ( VI-VIII ) JUNE 2011 LANGUAGE-II

Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 121 to 129) by selecting the most appropriate option.

1  If you are living in a house with a child on the cusp of becoming a teenager, congratulations. I’m not being sarcastic; you are about to embark on an amazing voyage. It may be a bumpy ride, but on the journey your child will grow, change and blossom into the adult she will one day become. If you are living with an older teenager, I won’t try to sugar coat it : you will meet challenges. The raging hormones; the pressures of exams; the angst of relationships with friends and eventually lovers — modern teenagers are under so much pressure, it’s no wonder they get moody !

 2 Living with teens can be difficult because your child is in the process of great change. Gone is the baby who adored you without question; only shadows remain of the child who hung on your every word of wisdom. Your teenager is becoming a young adult, trying to find his way in the world. He is now programmed to reject your values and kick against your authority. Some days, when arguments are raging, music is blaring, dishes pile up in the sink and your daughter misses her curfew again, you may feel that you just can’t bear it any longer.

 3 But if you take a step backwards, breathing deeply for a moment, you will be able to see that most of the problems and irritations we have parenting teens are small ones. It’s only because we are so close to them that they look so big. It’s all about perspective. Your baby is metamorphosing into the adult he or she will be, and it’s hard to watch. You want to save them from making your mistakes, and make their lives easier. News

flash : you can’t. What you can—and must—do is always be there to listen. There will be times when you are the last person she wants to talk to, but you must make sure the opportunity is always there. Be available.
Source : Raising Teenagers Lynn Huggins-Cooper (adapted)
121. According to the author, living with a teenager is like an ‘amazing voyage’ because
(1) during this voyage the parent will see the teenager blossoming into an adult
(2) the voyage will be very bumpy and dangerous
(3) both the teenager and the parent will get to see many amazing sights
(4) the vogage will take them to different wonderful places on the earth
122. ‘I won’t try to sugar coat it’ — By this what the author wants to convey is that
(1) she does not want to hide the fact that parenting a teenager is full of challenges
(2) parenting is very challenging and parents must be prepared for it in a gentle manner
(3) parenting teenagers is like taking an unpleasant cure for an ailment
(4) she does not want to flatter the parents into believing that they are capable of managing teenagers
123. Modern teenagers easily become annoyed or unhappy for no reason because of
(1) the hormonal imbalance that is characteristic of this period of development
(2) the failed relationships with friends and lovers
(3) failing in examinations
(4) the enormous stress they experience at this age
124. ‘Only shadows remain of the child ...’. The word ‘shadows’ here refers to
(1) faint traces of the adoring child
(2) old memories of the teenager
(3) old memories of the parents
(4) the darker aspect of the growing teenager
125. ‘Kick against your authority’ is a manifestation of a teenager’s
(1) innate tendency to become physically violent
(2) natural rebellious tendency
(3) excessive sentimentality
(4) need for identification with family values
126. ‘He is now programmed to reject your values’implies that the teenager
(1) behaves in such a way because of biological factors
(2) derives much pleasure in going against the family
(3) is capable of programming his behaviour carefully
(4) rejects parents’ values out of sheer spite
127. The author says that parents cannot prevent their teenage children from making mistakes.What is his advice to the parents ?
(1) Be available for consultations and listen to the teenagers
(2) Don’t try to save the teenagers or make their lives easier
(3) Be the last person to approach the teenagers with advice
(4) Do not watch the children growing up at this stage because it can be painful
128. Pick out a word from the first paragraph of the above passage that means ‘strong feelings of anxiety and unhappiness.’
(1) angst
(2) raging
(3) sarcastic
(4) cusp
129. Living with teens can be difficult because your child is in the process of great change. The underlined part of this sentence is a/an
(1) adverb clause
(2) adjective clause
(3) prepositional phrase
(4) noun clause
Directions : Read the poem given below and answer the questions (Q. No. 130–135) that follow by choosing the most appropriate option.
The Hand Holders:
A Tribute To Caregivers
There is no job more important than yours,
no job anywhere else in the land.
You are the keepers of the future;
you hold the smallest of hands.
Into your care you are trusted
to nurture and care for the young,
and for all of your everyday heroics,
your talents and skills go unsung.
You wipe tears from the eyes of the injured.
You rock babies brand new in your arms.
You encourage the shy and unsure child.
You make sure they are safe from all harm.
You foster the bonds of friendships,
letting no child go away mad.
You respect and you honour their emotions.
You give hugs to each child when they’re sad.
You have more impact than does a professor,
a child’s mind is moulded by four;
so whatever you lay on the table
is whatever the child will explore.
Give each child the tools for adventure,
let them be artists and writers and more;
let them fly on the wind and dance on the stars
and build castles of sand on the shore.
It is true that you don’t make much money
and you don’t get a whole lot of praise,
but when one small child says ‘‘I love you’’,
you’re reminded of how this job pays.

Author unknown

130. The expression ‘the smallest of hands’ refers to
(1) babies
(2) caregivers with small hands
(3) parents with small hands
(4) people with small hands
131. Though caregivers look after the young they are
(1) never tired of their work
(2) not properly recognised
(3) not loved by the children under their care
(4) paid very well in return
132. A caregiver has more influence on a child than a professor because
(1) the child generally prefers a caregiver to a professor
(2) the professor is not capable of providing love to a child
(3) the child spends the formative years with the caregiver
(4) the caregiver can teach better than a professor
133. What is the most valuable gift that a caregiver gets ?
(1) Acknowledgement of the society
(2) Praise from the parents
(3) Money for her services
(4) Love from children
134. ‘You give hugs to each child when they’re sad.’ This act can be described as one of
(1) empathy
(2) encouragement
(3) recrimination
(4) reassurance
135. ‘Letting no child go away mad’ — the meaning of this line is
(1) no child is allowed to be angry for long
(2) no child is permitted to go away from school without permission
(3) no child is allowed to become mad
(4) no caregiver is permitted to be mad with a child
Directions : Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option.
136. Which among the following is a feature of a child-centred language classroom ?
(1) Teacher gives instructions and expects children to obey and be disciplined
(2) Children interact in the target language through tasks that require multiple intelligences
(3) Children work individually to prepare projects
(4) Teacher plans assessment every day
137. Fluency in English can be developed through
(1) creating opportunities to use the target language for communication
(2) the teacher talking for most of the time
(3) the teacher being alert to spot the errors and correct them
(4) allowing students who are not confident to have the freedom to be quiet
138. An effective lesson for teaching a language begins with
(1) listing the learning objectives of the lesson
(2) presenting the content of the lesson
(3) recapitulation and motivation through fun activity
(4) writing on the blackboard
139. Some noise in the language class indicates
(1) indiscipline of learners
(2) teacher’s lack of control over the class
(3) incompetence of the teacher
(4) constructive activities with learners engaged in language learning
140. Enquiry-based learning
(1) does not place students in thought provoking situations
(2) encourages quiet learners
(3) does not nurture creative thinking in students
(4) allows learners to raise questions
141. Effective learning takes place when students are
(1) passive
(2) interactive
(3) quiet
(4) good at preparing for examinations
142. In large language classes, group work can be accomplished by
(1) asking 4–5 students to sit together on a narrow bench despite lack of space
(2) asking students to turn around for group work
(3) asking all students to stand in a circle
(4) asking half the class to go out to the playground
143. A test to assess the potential of students for specific abilities and skills such as music, spatial ability or logical ability is called a/an
(1) Proficiency Test
(2) Aptitude Test
(3) Attitude Test
(4) Achievement Test
144. A teacher can develop listening skills in English by
(1) speaking to them continuously both within the classroom and outside
(2) focusing only on listening skills without associating it with other language skills
(3) making the learners listen to everything they hear passively
(4) creating opportunities for them to listen to a variety of sources and people and engage in listening activities
145. Which of the following is best suited for improving the speaking skills of learners ?
(1) Recitation of poetry
(2) Reading a prose and drama aloud
(3) Oral language drill
(4) Debates and group discussions followed by role play
146. Which of the following will be most effective to remove conventional beliefs about gender roles ?
(1) Showing a picture in which the mother is seen cooking and the father is seen reading a newspaper
(2) Teaching all the learners to sweep, wash and sew in the craft class without any gender discrimination
(3) Encouraging girls to develop interest in household chores from a young age
(4) Telling the girls that talking freely is not a trait of good girls
147. The Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009 has ‘overall development’ as an aim. It means
(1) training the children for the development of the country
(2) nurturing both the scholastic and coscholastic areas
(3) coaching all the children for academic excellence
(4) training the children for different careers
148. A play can be best taught by
(1) making the students read it silently a number of times to understand the story
(2) encouraging the students to stage the play after working in groups to understand the plot, characters etc.
(3) asking a number of questions to test the comprehension of the students
(4) conducting a test with specific questions on the story and grammar items
149. A class is reading a story based in a village. The teacher asks some students to mark the villages in an outline map of their locality. Some other students are asked to collect information about the different crops grown in these villages. Yet another group works on the nutritional value of the grains, fruits and vegetables grown in the locality. Later the students exchange their work and have a class discussion, relating the information with the story. What is the underlying principle of this approach ?
(1) Treating knowledge in specific segments based on geography, science, language, etc.
(2) Making connections across disciplines and bringing out the inter-relatedness of knowledge
(3) Teaching language through written assignments and projects
(4) Giving importance to the practical and scholastic aspects of literary pieces
150. ‘‘Schools need to become centres that prepare children for life and ensure that all children, especially the differently abled, children from marginalised sections, and children in difficult circumstances get the maximum
benefit of this critical area of education.’’ — This observation found in the National Curriculum Framework-2005 is related to
(1) Inclusive education
(2) Constructivist learning
(3) Gender equality
(4) Critical pedagogy

CTET ( VI-VIII ) JUNE 2011 LANGUAGE-I

Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 91 to 99) by selecting the most appropriate option.
Surviving a Snakebite

1 Annually, there are a million cases of snakebite in India and of these, close to 50,000 succumb to the bites. 2 When you look around the countryside, where most bites occur, and notice people’s habits and lifestyles, these figures aren't surprising. People walk barefoot without a torch at night when they are most likely to step on a foraging venomous snake.

3 We encourage rodents by disposing waste food out in the open, or by storing food-grains in the house. Attracted by the smell of rats, snakes enter houses and when one crawls over someone asleep on the floor and the person twitches or rolls over, it may bite in defence.

4 Once bitten, we don’t rush to the hospital. Instead, we seek out the nearest conman, tie tourniquets, eat vile tasting herbal chutneys, apply poultices or spurious stones, cut/slice/suck the bitten spot, and other ghastly time-consuming deadly ‘‘remedies’’.

5 As Rom cattily remarks : ‘‘If the snake hasn’t injected enough venom, even popping an aspirin can save your life.’’ That’s the key — snakes inject venom voluntarily and we have no way of knowing if it has injected venom, and if it is a lethal dose. The only first aid is to immobilise the bitten limb like you would a fracture, and get to a hospital for anti-venom serum without wasting time.

91. Of the people who are bitten by snakes in India, the fatality rate is

(1) 5%
(2) 25%
(3) 50%
(4) 100%
92. According to the author, people living in which parts are more prone to snake bites ?
(1) Crowded cities
(2) The open
(3) Villages
(4) Forests
93. Storing foodgrains in the house is one of the causes for snake bites because
(1) foodgrains attract rats which in turn attract snakes
(2) snakes enter houses in search of stored foodgrains
(3) the smell of foodgrains brings both snakes and other animals into the house
(4) stored foodgrains create convenient hiding places for snakes within houses
94. ‘... it may bite in defence’ (para-3). This observation implies that
(1) a snake is very good at defending itself
(2) a snake may bite a human being in order to defend its prey
(3) human beings are defenceless against snakes
(4) a snake bites a human only when it is threatened
95. What, according to the author, is the reason for the high fatality rate due to snakebites in India ?
(1) Shortage of medical facilities
(2) Lack of scientific knowledge about snakebites
(3) Shortage of anti-venom serum
(4) Shortage of doctors
96. In the instance of a snakebite, what should we do immediately ?
(1) Tie torniquets
(2) Eat herbal chutneys
(3) Immobilise the bitten part and get anti-venom serum
(4) Cut-slice-suck the bitten spot
97. Pick out a word from the passage which means ‘to go around in search of food’. (Para 2)
(1) foraging
(2) countryside
(3) venomous
(4) barefoot
98. ‘‘If the snake hasn’t injected enough venom, even popping an aspirin can save your life.’’ This sentence can be rewritten without changing the meaning as
(1) When a snake has not injected enough venom, life can be saved even by swallowing an aspirin.
(2) Life can be saved even by swallowing an aspirin, even though the snake hasn’t injected enough venom.
(3) Even popping an aspirin can save your life, in spite of a snake not having injected enough venom.
(4) As long as you are popping an aspirin to save your life, the snake will not inject enough venom.
99. Pick out a word from the passage, that means ‘having the power to cause death’. (Para 5)
(1) immobilise
(2) voluntarily
(3) lethal
(4) serum
Directions : Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 100–105) by selecting the most appropriate option. 
Common Cold
 1 Go hang yourself, you old M.D.!
 You shall not sneer at me.
 Pick up your hat and stethoscope,
 Go wash your mouth with laundry soap;
 I contemplate a joy exquisite
 I’m not paying you for your visit.
 I did not call you to be told
 My malady is a common cold.
 2 By pounding brow and swollen lip;
 By fever’s hot and scaly grip;
 By those two red redundant eyes
 That weep like woeful April skies;
 By racking snuffle, snort, and sniff;
 By handkerchief after handkerchief;
 This cold you wave away as naught
 Is the damnedest cold man ever caught !
 3 Bacilli swarm within my portals
 Such as were ne’er conceived by mortals,
 But bred by scientists wise and hoary
 In some Olympic laboratory;
 Bacteria as large as mice,
 With feet of fire and heads of ice
 Who never interrupt for slumber
 Their stamping elephantine rumba.
100. What is the emotion that the poet displays in the first stanza ?
(1) Anger
(2) Joy
(3) Jealousy
(4) Sympathy
101. Why and at whom does the poet show his emotion ?
(1) At an old man because he has sneered at the poet
(2) At a doctor for an incorrect diagnosis of his medical condition
(3) At a friend who is happy at the poet’s plight
(4) At a doctor who has said the poet merely has a cold
102. The poet describes his eyes as ‘two red redundant eyes’ because
(1) he cannot see properly due to the cold
(2) they show how furious the poet is
(3) they have been affected by an eye-disease
(4) in his medical condition the poet isimagining things
103. ‘Bacteria as large as mice’ is an instance of a/an
(1) simile and a hyperbole
(2) metaphor
(3) personification
(4) alliteration
104. ‘Who never interrupt for slumber Their stamping elephantine rumba.’The meaning of these lines is that
(1) the bacteria are continuously stamping their elephant-like feet
(2) the cold-causing germs are causing much discomfort and pain to the poet without any break
(3) the bacilli are so active that they refuse to go to sleep
(4) the poet is not able to concentrate on his work due to the raging cold
105. The general tone of the poem can be described as
(1) satirical and harsh
(2) ironical and mocking
(3) whimsical and humorous
(4) sad and tragic
Directions : Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option.
106. The Constructivist Approach to learning means
(1) involving the students in a variety of activities to encourage them to learn new words and structures by
accommodating them with those that they have already learnt through a process of discovery
(2) teaching rules of grammar and consolidating through rigorous practice
(3) helping learners acquire new vocabulary by studying literature intensively
(4) teaching new words and structures using a variety of audio-visual aids followed by practice through drill
107. What is the skill among the ones given below that cannot be tested in a formal written examination ?
(1) Reading for information
(2) Meaning of words and phrases
(3) Extensive reading for pleasure
(4) Analysing texts
108. Which of the following is suitable for making students responsible for their own learning ?
(1) Discouraging students from making decisions about how they learn best
(2) Using technology to chat and network
(3) Encouraging students to ask more and more questions
(4) Giving a lot of homework, project work and assignments to improve language skills of students
109. Ania, while teaching paragraph construction, should draw attention to
(1) a large variety of ideas
(2) originality of ideas
(3) topic sentence, supporting details and connectors
(4) a range of vocabulary
110. Communicative Language Teaching is concerned with
(1) teaching of vocabulary and grammar through rules of spelling and language
(2) teaching language to learners for written tests
(3) interpreting grammar rules to suit the audience
(4) enhancing receptive and productive skills such as speaking, listening, reading and writing
111. Formative Assessment is assessment
(1) of learning
(2) at learning
(3) in learning
(4) for learning
112. The term ‘Comprehensive’ in Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation means
(1) scholastic development
(2) co-scholastic development
(3) academic skills
(4) scholastic and co-scholastic development
113. A teacher designs a test to find out the cause of the poor grades of her learners through a/an
(1) Diagnostic Test
(2) Proficiency Test
(3) Achievement Test
(4) Aptitude Test
114. An inclusive class is that in which
(1) differently abled learners study with normal students
(2) students from different nationalities study together
(3) students from different religions study together
(4) both boys and girls study together
115. ‘Concrete Operational Stage’ refers to those learners who are
(1) adolescents
(2) at middle level
(3) toddlers
(4) adults
116. When learners are engaged in a pair activity, taking on roles of a doctor and a patient, the activity is called
(1) Real Activity
(2) Declamation
(3) Simulation
(4) Exchanging notes
117. Essays or long writing tasks especially on a discursive issue should
(1) help students develop their literary skills
(2) help students with grammar
(3) help them to improve their handwriting
(4) help them discuss the different points of view and justify them with illustrative points
118. A teacher, Amrita, uses various tasks such as creating charts, graphs, drawing, gathering information and presenting them through pair or group work. This differentiated instruction
(1) helps learners with multiple intelligences to perform well and learn better
(2) is a way of demonstrating her own knowledge
(3) only helps the bright learners
(4) is the best way to prepare students for an assessment
119. Using a word bank and brainstorming helps to build
(1) Vocabulary
(2) Ideas
(3) Writing skills
(4) Reading comprehension
120. Gender stereotypes and bias among learners can be discouraged by
(1) enabling all learners to cook and sew irrespective of gender
(2) using textbooks which do not perpetuate such beliefs
(3) creating an open and encouraging atmosphere in a mixed class
(4) pressuring girls to learn cooking

CTET ( I-V ) JUNE 2011 LANGUAGE-II

Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 121 to 129 ) by selecting the most appropriate option. 

1 Karuna Verma is bewildered. ‘‘I don’t know how she did it,’’ she says about her mother, Renu Chopra. Karuna’s childhood memories are of her father leaving late for office so that, by then, her mother would be back from work. Of her parents working in sync to make sure the kids were well taken care of. Of her mother handling kitchen and

classroom with ease. 

2 When her own daughter was born, Karuna too wanted to do the balancing act. But it did not turn out to be as easy as it seemed. For starters, her parents’ era was different from hers. As she was living with her husband in Andheri, Mumbai, away from their families, resuming work would have meant leaving her daughter with a maid while she was away. Her daughter’s formative years would be spent with an outsider, a thought that did not appeal to Karuna. She quit her teaching job in a school. 

3 For a woman who was encouraged to be independent throughout her life, the decision to quit and stay at home was a difficult one. Ironically it was her mother who urged her to quit the job and become a full-time mother. For Karuna, being a housewife is one of the tougher jobs she has had. ‘‘I have no time for myself,’’ says Karuna. ‘‘I make sure all my personal work is done when Avni is asleep. Earlier I had a set routine. My husband and I used to wake up at 6 a.m. I would re-heat the food the maid had cooked the day before and pack it for lunch. Then we used to head off to work, and at night, we would go out. I had a lot of time to myself and for my husband then,’’ says Karuna. 

4 The routine is quite different now. Karuna has taken to cooking. She wakes up quite early and makes sure all her work is done before the baby is up. The rest of the day flies by, pandering to two-year-old Avni’s needs.  

Source : The Week, March 13, 2011 (Adapted) 

121. Karuna Verma is bewildered at
(1) the amount of work that she has to do after becoming a mother
(2) the late hours of work that her father followed
(3) the responsibility of bringing up a daughter in a big city
(4) her mother’s ability to combine her career with household work 
122. ‘... parents working in sync’ means
(1) parents pooling their resources together to take care of expenses
(2) husband and wife sinking their differences to preserve domestic harmony 
(3) father earning and mother taking care of children 
(4) parents having staggered office hours and sharing household work  
123. ‘... Karuna too wanted to do the balancing act.’
In this sentence, the term ‘balancing act’implies  
(1) sharing of responsibilities by both husband and wife 
(2) a mother’s ability to look after her child without quitting her job 
(3) managing the time efficiently so that parents can spend quality time with their children 
(4) making adjustments in order to balance work and leisure properly 
124. ‘As she was living with her husband in Andheri, Mumbai, away from their families
............ . In this sentence ‘their families’ refers to 
(1) Karuna’s mother and father’s families
(2) Karuna’s husband’s family
(3) Families of friends in Andheri, Mumbai
(4) Karuna’s parents and in-laws 
125. Karuna’s parents and her husband’s parents
probably lived  
(1) in Andheri, Mumbai
(2) in some other city
(3) in Mumbai but not in Andheri
(4) with Karuna and her husband
 126. Karuna decided to quit her job because
(1) she was not interested in her teaching job
(2) she did not want her daughter to spend her early years with a maid
(3) she wanted to have more time to herself and for her husband
(4) she wanted to pay more attention to her cooking
127. It was ironical that Karuna’s mother should 
advise her to quit her job and stay at home because 
(1) Karuna herself was keen on quitting her job 
(2) Karuna’s parents had insisted that household chores should be shared between husband and wife 
(3) Karuna’s parents had always advised her that home was much more important than career 
(4) Karuna’s mother herself had not quit her job to take care of children as she encouraged independence of women 
128. After Karuna quit her job
(1) she had a lot of time to herself and for her husband
(2) she occupied herself with cooking to spend her time usefully
(3) she sent her maid away as she felt that the maid was a bad influence on Avni
(4) she had no time for herself as Avni needed all her attention and care
129. ‘‘I have no time for myself,’’ says Karuna. This 
sentence can be written in reported speech as
(1) Karuna says that she have no time for herself
(2) Karuna said that she had no time for myself
(3) Karuna said that she had no time for herself
(4) Karuna says that she had no time for herself 
Directions : Read the passage given below and
answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 130 to 135 ) by selecting the most appropriate option. 

1 This was one of the Old Man’s pet schemes; and one about which he would brook no interference. Each child would review the events of his school week in his own words, in his own way; he was free to comment, to criticize, to agree or disagree, with any person, subject or method, as long as it was in some way associated with the school. No one and

nothing was sacred, from the Headmaster down, and the child, moreover, was safe from any form of

reprisal. 

2 ‘‘Look at it this way,’’ Mr. Florian had said. ‘‘It is of advantage to both pupil and teacher. If a child wants to write about something which matters to him, he will take some pains to set it down as carefully and with as much detail as possible; that must in some way improve his written English in terms of spelling, construction and style. Week by week we are able, through his reviews, to follow and observe his progress in such things. As for the

teachers, we soon get a pretty good idea what the children think of us and whether or not we are getting close to them. It may sometimes be rather deflating to discover that a well-prepared lesson did not really excite Johnny Smith’s interest, but, after all, the lesson was intended to benefit Johnny Smith, not his teacher.

130. The scheme, according to the Old Man, was

useful because 
(1) it was meant to humiliate the teacher
(2) it was meant to give power to the teacher
(3) it was excellent feedback for the teacher, principal and school
(4) he was slightly eccentric 
131. ‘Pet schemes’ in line 1 refers to
(1) a pet animal 
(2) a method he has advocated
(3) a student he is fond of
(4) a formula he had discovered 
132. The ‘Old Man’ refers to
(1) a teacher of the school
(2) the headmaster called Mr. Florian
(3) a parent of the school
(4) a student of the school 
133. The advantages of the scheme were many.
Pick out the disadvantage from the list given below. 
(1) Effective feedback
(2) Enhanced writing skills
(3) Sometimes deflating to the teacher’s ego
(4) Diagnostic and remedial for the student and the teacher
134. ‘Sacred’ in the context of the Headmaster 
means
(1) that he was a holy man
(2) that he was the powerful head of the school
(3) that even ‘he’ was not above the ‘scheme’ he advocated for students
(4) he believed in the sacred nature of all life
135. ‘Brook’  as  a  verb means  ‘to tolerate’ in para 
1. As a noun, it means
(1) Suffer
(2) Stream
(3) Tolerance
(4) Allow 
Directions : Answer the following questions by
selecting the most appropriate option.  
136. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 has included ‘all round development of the child’ as one of the aims of education because 
(1) every child grows rapidly between six to fourteen years 
(2) proper health care is essential
(3) it nurtures the physical, mental and emotional aspects of the child
(4) it ensures that every child is a part of a workforce
137. A textbook describes a domestic scene which 
shows the father cooking in the kitchen, the mother coming home from work and their son sewing. What is the concept conveyed ? 
(1) Removing gender bias
(2) Dignity of labour
(3) Division of labour among sexes
(4) Work is worship 
138. Teachers do not give the meaning of new words to learners directly because 
(1) learners already know the meaning of the words  
(2) vocabulary will not be enriched
(3) learners do not like to be given the meaning of words 
(4) it prevents learners from discovering the meaning through puzzling out using clues 
139. Reading for comprehension can be best 
achieved through
(1) Helping learners speak words softly while reading
(2) Learners reading silently and asking comprehension questions
(3) Teaching learners to run a finger or pencil under the line being read
(4) Asking the children to read the text aloud
140. Remedial teaching as part of Formative 
Assessment means
(1) extra coaching by parents
(2) teaching for gifted students
(3) diagnosing and addressing gaps in learning
(4) teaching beyond the textbooks 
141. What type of questions promote thinking skills in children ?
(1) Personal response questions
(2) Closed-ended questions
(3) Factual questions
(4) Questions based purely on the reading text
142. Which of the following is a value associated 
with an inclusive classroom ?
(1) Sympathy
(2) Collaboration
(3) Competition
(4) Envy 
143. ‘Students need to brainstorm ideas, organise
them, draft, edit and revise their work,’ is a ‘process’ which reflects 
(1) Reading skills
(2) Writing skills
(3) Listening skills
(4) Speaking skills 
144. The aim of mechanical drills is to 
(1) improve the fluency of the learners
(2) improve the accuracy of the learners
(3) strengthen the role learning capacity of the learners 
(4) encourage creative use of language among the learners
145. Teachers help learners ‘construct’ their 
knowledge in English by
(1) giving extensive language drills in which learners practice language items mechanically 
(2) enabling them to see the relationship between their prior knowledge and the new knowledge 
(3) giving the learners a lot of assignments and projects that will lead to much practice 
(4) correcting every mistake a learner makes and giving the relevant rule of grammar as immediate feedback 
146. Learners are involved in individual activities, 
pair work, group work and whole-class work
because these 
(1) enable the already over-worked teacher to preserve her energy thereby becoming more effective 
(2) afford the learners opportunities to use the language in a focused manner for real-life interaction 
(3) provide the learners enough opportunities to relax in a language classroom 
(4) have the sole aim of introducing variety in a language classroom 
147. Which of the following is an instance of nonformal learning ? 
(1) Children learning through correspondence lessons 
(2) Children learning to draw from their art teacher 
(3) Children learning to cook from their parents 
(4) Children learning a new game from friends 
148. Which of the following statements is true ? 
(1) While all formative tasks are meant for improving teaching-learning, some are used for assessment too. 
(2) Formative assessment helps us to grade students into good, average and poor. 
(3) All formative tasks are meant for assessment. 
(4) Formative assessment, to be effective, must be conducted only after teaching a lesson 
149. Group project work helps in developing 
(1) competition among learners to excel in
academics  
(2) good memory in the young learners
(3) a high level of ambition to achieve
(4) collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving
150. When young learners seem to lose interest in 
a lesson, the teacher should
(1) allow them to go out and play
(2) ask them to sleep for a while
(3) tell a story or conduct an interesting activity
(4) ask them to sit quietly for some time 

CTET ( I-V ) JUNE 2011 LANGUAGE-I

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LANGUAGE I

Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 91 to 99) by selecting the most appropriate option. 

1. Max Weber laid the foundation for my belief that decent and hard-working people with high aspirations make great nations, no matter what the odds are. This was the first piece of the development puzzle for me. Mahatma Gandhi opened my eyes to the importance of good leadership in raising the aspirations of people, making them accept sacrifices to achieve a grand vision, and most importantly, in converting that vision into reality. He unleashed the most powerful instrument for gaining trust –leadership by example. He ate, dressed,travelled and lived like the poor.Walking the talk was extremely important to the Mahatma who understood the pulse of our people like no other Indian leader. The biggest lesson for me from Gandhi’s book and life is the importance of leading by example. I realized fairly early that this was the second piece of the development

puzzle. 

2 Frantz Fanon’s book on the colonizer mindset of elites in a post-colonial society opened my eyes to the role of the bureaucracy and the elite in decelerating the progress of the poor and the disenfranchised. The colonial mindset of the ‘dark elite in white masks’ in a post-colonial society – the mindset that the ruled and the rulers have different sets of rights and responsibilities with a huge asymmetry in favour of the rulers — was indeed the third piece of the development puzzle. I see this attitude of the Indian elite every day in how they send their children to English medium schools while forcing the children of the poor into vernacular schools, extol the virtues of poverty while living in luxury, and glorify the rural life while they sit comfortably in cities. 

Source : ‘A Better India, A Better World’ –

N.R. Narayana Murthy (Adapted) 

91. The main purpose of the author in the above passage is to 

(1) discuss the different writers he has read

(2) argue why India should not be considered a developed country

(3) delineate the lessons he has learnt for the development of a nation

(4) prioritise goals for only economic development of India

 92. The first piece of the development puzzle, according to the author, is

(1) creating a team of industrious people for a national cause

(2) the importance of decent, inspired and industrious people for a nation’s development 

(3) imbuing the citizens of the country with decency and aspirations 

(4) the need for making people understand the importance of leading an idealistic and simple life 

93. Mahatma Gandhi proved that only leadership by example can

(1) mobilise the people of a country against colonial rule

(2) fully and properly understand the pulse of the people of a country

(3) gain the trust of the people so that they are willing to make sacrifices for a larger cause 

(4) inspire people to eat, dress, travel and live like the poor

94. The expression ‘walking the talk’ means

(1) addressing public gatherings in an election campaign

(2) talking to the common people by mingling with them

(3) being diplomatic in one’s behaviour and words

(4) practising what one preaches 

95. The colonial mindset of ‘dark elite in white masks’ with reference to the passage is 

(1) discriminating people on the basis of the colour of their skin 

(2) an assumption that the administrators and politicians have more rights and privileges than the common people 

(3) looking down upon the poor and the disenfranchised 

(4) the bureaucratic practice of according topmost priority to confidentiality in official dealings 

96. Extolling ‘the virtues of poverty while living in luxury’ is an instance of 

(1) the hypocrisy of the people of our country

(2) practising what you preach

(3) the ideal of a good government

(4) the need to make people adopt a simple life

 97. ‘I realized fairly early that this was the second

piece of the development puzzle.’ 

The underlined part of this sentence is a/an 

(1) Adjective clause

(2) Adverbial phrase

(3) Noun clause

(4) Verb clause 

98. Pick out a word or phrase from the second paragraph of the passage that means the same as ‘to make (something) go slower’. 
(1) disenfranchised
(2) dark elite
(3) decelerating
(4) vernacular
99. ‘Development’ is a noun with ‘-ment’ as a suffix. Which of the following will become a noun if we add the suffix ‘-ment’ to it ? 
(1) Extort
(2) Enter
(3) Enchant
(4) Endure 
Directions : Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. No. 100 to 105) by selecting the most appropriate option. 

 On A Tired Housewife 

Here lies a poor woman who was always tired,
She lived in a house where help wasn’t hired: 
Her last words on earth were: ‘Dear friends, I am going
To where there’s no cooking, or washing, or sewing,
For everything there is exact to my wishes,
For where they don’t eat there’s no washing  of dishes.
I’ll be where loud anthems will always be ringing,
But having no voice I’ll be quit of the singing.
Don’t mourn for me now, don’t mourn for me never,
I am going to do nothing for ever and ever.’ 

Anonymous

100. The woman described in the poem 
(1) was very busy doing chores
(2) was no more
(3) lived in her own house
(4) worked in the house of a rich man

101. The woman was always tired because
(1) she was physically very weak
(2) she was suffering from a serious ailment
(3) she did all the household work without any help
(4) she had hardly anything to eat
102. The woman wanted to go to a place where 
(1) people didn’t sing or dance
(2) people didn’t cook, wash or sew
(3) people would take good care of her
(4) people would sincerely mourn for her
103. The woman’s account in the poem shows 
(1) how overworked a housewife is
(2) that there is no work in heaven
(3) how a woman can escape from work
(4) how we should help each other
104. ‘For everything there is exact to my wishes,’ In this line, the word ‘exact’ can be interpreted to mean 
(1) contrary
(2) contributing
(3) according
(4) leading
105. The rhyme pattern in the poem is 
(1) ab, ab, ab, ab, ab
(2) aa, ab, cd, cd, ee
(3) aa, bb, cc, dd, ee
(4) aa, ab, bc, cd, de 
Directions : Answer the following questions by
selecting the most appropriate option. 
106. Ria is unable to pronounce the words ‘smile’ 
and ‘school’ clearly. As her teacher, what will you do ? 
(1) Make Ria repeat the ‘words’ many times
(2) Make Ria understand the meaning and sound pattern and get the class as a whole to listen to these words through an audio-visual medium 
(3) Humiliate Ria by isolating her and asking her to repeat the words 
(4) Asking the entire class to repeat the words and appreciating Ria when she repeats them correctly 
107. Lalita, a teacher of young learners, provides 
them with opportunities to play with clay,water and sand so as to 
(1) build fine motor skills, especially of the fingers and thumb 
(2) encourage play with no other objective
(3) please them and make them happy
(4) dirty their hands so that they may learn to wash them
108. The spoken skills in a language teaching 
classroom can be developed through
(1) engaging in small talk as confident agressive learners
(2) emotionally connecting with learners
(3) enabling activities with a focus on conversation skills leading to communicative competence 
(4) group activities where learners can talk in whichever language they would like to 
109. Ritu often makes errors in Subject-Verb
concord. The teacher can help her by 
(1) taking up many examples for the entire class and paying special attention to Ritu 
(2) explaining to her the rules of grammar
(3) asking Ritu to learn the rules and scolding her
(4) asking Ritu to write the rules ten times in her notebook
110. How will a teacher best teach ‘writing’ skills 
to a class ?
(1) By brainstorming ideas and asking students to write in their own words
(2) By asking students to write neatly
(3) Through dictation
(4) By asking students to learn articles and rewrite them
111. In a diverse classroom, learners find it difficult to speak and write good English and often lapse into their mother-tongue because 
(1) they are not motivated to learn
(2) they lack enough competence and the structures of the two languages are different 
(3) they do not have the ability to learn English 
(4) they are slow learners 
112. Read the two sentences given below :
 The lizard ate the fly.
 The fly ate the lizard.
A teacher can use this example  to explain that
(1) there is no difference in the two sentences because both have the same words 
(2) when subject and object change positions, the meaning of the sentence changes 
(3) they are examples of reported speech
(4) they are a collection of words 
113. Mary, a young teacher, believes in personalised learning because she thinks that
(1) every person must be exposed to learning
(2) every learner is unique and needs to be given a chance to develop to the best of their ability 
(3) all learners must learn on their own
(4) children must enjoy their learning
 114. Grammar should be taught by  
(1) asking students to learn rules
(2) making learners do written assignments
(3) giving clear explanations
(4) enabling practice in context 
115. A child studying in Class-III says : ‘‘I dranked
the water.’’ It indicates that the child 
(1) has not learnt grammar rules properly
(2) should memorise the correct sentence 
(3) has overgeneralized the rule for making past tense verbs, showing that learning is taking place  
(4) is careless and needs to be told that she should be conscious of such errors 
116. Children who are differently abled join a new 
school. Teachers give different reactions. Which one reflects the concept of inclusive education ? 
(1) ‘‘Oh ! How can I teach children who cannot even read ?’’ 
(2) ‘‘I’m worried that my class may not accept these children and some of the mischievous children may even harm the poor kids.’’ 
(3) ‘‘Good, it will provide a good opportunity for the children to learn to help each other and be supportive.’’ 
(4) ‘‘Such children should go to special schools where they will learn better.’’ 
117. Leena uses Big Reading Books in her language classes to
(1) allow students to read at home
(2) ensure books carry a lot of information
(3)  use these illustrated colourful books for 
reading together
(4) use them for big students of different ages 
118. A teacher can cater to the learning styles of all the children by 
(1) teaching every lesson thoroughly and revising the lessons 
(2) testing the children frequently 
(3) advising the children to join drawing/ dance/ music classes 
(4) employing a variety of teaching methods and modes of assessment which cater to diversity among learners 
119. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 stipulates that learning should be 
(1) restricted to co-scholastic subjects 
(2) carefully monitored by frequent testing
(3) through activities in a child-friendly manner
(4) supported by extra coaching  
120. As part of a class project, a teacher planned a 
salad fruit celebration day in which all learners needed to participate. The boys protested as they felt that boys do not cook. The teacher should 
(1) ignore such protests and tell the boys what she thinks of their bias 
(2) complain to the head of the school seeking action against the boys 
(3) make an attempt to counsel the boys, impressing upon them that gender stereotyping is not healthy 
(4) respect the sentiments of the boys and allow them not to participate in the class project 

TEACHING OF ENGLISH

Some Important terms
1. Simulation: is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of selected physical or abstract system.
2. Bilingual : a person who knows and uses two languages.
Mother tongue ( MT or L1 ) : The language which is first learned by the child at home. ( Informal Language )
Second Language (SL) : Any language learned after the mother tongue. ( Formal Language
Target Language (TL) : The Language which is being learned in a formal way. ( Formal Language )