CTET 2016 Solved Paper
PART-IV : ENGLISH
Examination: CTET Paper I
Part: ENGLISH
Exam Organizer: CBSE
Total number of questions: 30
Paper Set –I
Candidates should attempt questions from Part-IV (Q.1-30), if they have opted ENGLISH as language only.
Directions: Answer the following questions (Q. No. 1 to 30) by selecting the correct/ most appropriate option.
1. Which one of the following the most important prerequisite for language learning?
a. List of aims and objectives of the language to be learnt
b. Providing a good textbook to children to learn the language
c. Using Structural situational approach while teaching
d. Children’s motivation to learn the language
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
2. A teacher ask student of Class III to describe their best friend. She writes the students responses on the blackboard. At last, she states that all these describing words on the blackboard are adjectives. This is
a. Incidental method
b. Inductive method
c. Deductive method
d. Immersion method
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
3. The rise and fall of tone is
a. Pronunciation
b. Stress
c. Strain
d. Intonation
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
4. Which one of the following is the most important about Storytelling?
a. It enhances graded pattern and structure.
b. It promotes whole language approach.
c. It is an effective way of learning vocabulary.
d. It broadens their knowledge about various authors.
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
5. Dictation does not help learners,
a. improve their reading skills
b. improve their spelling
c. enhance their listening comprehension
d. increase their concentration
[toggle]ANSWER – (a)[/toggle]
6. An English teacher after completing a chapter from the textbook asks questions based on the text to
a. keep students busy as the chapter is complete
b. attract students’ attention
c. know their comprehension
d. maintain class discipline
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
7. Shreya, a teacher of Class IV, asked the learners to complete the dialogue in the given boxes and
Then, to role play the same using their dialogues. She is developing
a. all, listening, writing, reading and speaking skill
b. listening and Speaking skills
c. reading and writing skills
d. Speaking and writing skill
[toggle]ANSWER – (a)[/toggle]
8. which one of the following cannot be used in formative assessment?
a. Olympiad
b. Retelling stories
c. Role play
d. Debate
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
9. Teaching-Learning Material (TLM) should be used by teachers as It
a. motivates learners to further prepare such material at home
b. Supplements teaching-learning process
c. prepares students mentally to sit in the class
d. is not very expensive
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
10. While learning English as a second language
a. there is no role of mother tongue in learning L2
b. the use of mother tongue will facilitate learning
c. the use of mother tongue will create interference
d. the mother tongue should not be used by the learners
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
11. The process of assessment in a language class should be conducted
a. for assessing the textual exercises at the end of the chapter
b. to know the level of students in the class
c. to know the efficiency of teachers in teaching
d. during the teaching-learning process
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
12. As per the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005, multilingualism in learning a language should be seen as a
a. challenge for teachers to manage such classes
b. hindrance in teaching-Learning English
c. resource In teaching-Learning English
d. challenge for students to learn many languages
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
13. The most important factor which is responsible for the differentiation between language learning and language acquisition is
a. grammar of language
b. assessment in language
c. textbook of language
d. language environment
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
14. Which one of the following is an essential characteristic of a good textbook in English?
a. Every lesson should have a proper introduction at the beginning and a conclusion at the end.
b. It should be based on the guiding principles of curriculum and syllabus.
c. No difficult words should be given in the textbook at primary level.
d. The maximum number of textual exercises should be given to practice at the end of the lesson.
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
15. The maximum participation of students is possible while teaching English by the teacher using authentic tasks through
a. communicative approach
b. grammar-translation method
c. direct method
d. structural approach
[toggle]ANSWER – (a)[/toggle]
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. Nos. 16 to 24) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
As I kept strict watch over my way of living, I could see that it was necessary to economize. Therefore, decided to reduce my expenses by half, my accounts showed numerous items spent on fares. Again, my living with a family meant the payment of a regular weekly bill. It also included the courtesy of occasionally taking members of the family out to dinner, and likewise attending parties with them. All this involved heavy items for conveyances, especially as, if the friend was a lady, custom required that the man should pay all the expenses. Also, dining out meant extra cost, as no deduction could be made
from the regular weekly bill for meals not taken. It seemed to me that all these items could be saved, as likewise the drain on my purse. So I decided to take rooms on my own account, instead of living any longer in a family, and also to remove from place to place according to the work I had to do,
thus gaining experience at the same time. ‘The rooms were so selected as to enable me to reach the place of business on foot in half an hour, and so save fares. Before this, I had always taken some kind
of conveyance whenever I went anywhere and had to find extra time for walks. The new arrangement combined walks and economy, as it meant a saving of fares and gave me walks of eight or ten miles a day. It was mainly this habit of long walks that kept me practically free from illness throughout my stay in England and gave me a fairly strong body.
Thus I rented a suite of rooms; one for a sitting room and another for a bedroom. This was the second stage. The third was yet to come.
16. The author could reduce expenses by half by
a. renting rooms close to his office
b. traveling in a bus
c. cooking his own meals
d. having only one meal a day
[toggle]ANSWER – (a)[/toggle]
17. __________constituted a major part of the authors expenses.
a. Fares
b. Dining out
c. Entertainment
d. Meals
[toggle]ANSWER – (a)[/toggle]
18. The author’s choice of his new residence enabled him to
a. work longer and harder
b. save money on fares
c. keep things under control
d. be close to his friends
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
19. What gave the author a fairly strong body?
a. Self-discipline
b. Nourishing food
c. Long walks
d. Yogic exercises
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
20. The steps taken by the author to reduce his expenses show that he was
a. always short of money
b. saving money for emergencies
c. miserly
d. frugal
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
21. The word ‘numerous’ most nearly means
a. many
b. goodness
c. politeness
d. enormous
[toggle]ANSWER – (a)[/toggle]
22. The word which is opposite in meaning to ‘courtesy’ is
a. vulgarity
b. immodesty
c. rudeness
d. aggression
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
23. Which part of speech is the underlined word in the sentence given below?
“I decided to reduce my expenses by half.”
a. Adjective
b. Adverb
c. Noun
d. Preposition
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
24. “The new arrangement combined walks and economy.” The ‘voice’ in the above sentence has been correctly changed in
a. Walks and economy are combined in the new arrangement.
b. Walks and economy were combined in the new arrangement.
c. Walks and economy have been combined by the new arrangement.
d. The new arrangement had combined walks and economy.
[toggle]ANSWER – (a)[/toggle]
Directions: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. Nos. 25 to 30) by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
How soon hath time, the subtle thief of youth, a.
Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year! b.
My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew’th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth
That I to manhood am arriv’d so near;
And inward ripeness doth much less appear,
That some more timely-happy spirits endu ‘th.
Yet be if less or more, or soon or slow, it shall be still in Strictest measure ev’n
To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heav’n.
25. The poet presents ‘Time’ as a/ an
a. Spirit
b. friend
c. thief
d. enemy
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
26. The poet regrets that
a. his teachers are not happy with his progress
b. his academic progress has been very slow
c. he ¡s not popular with his peers
d. he has not attained inner maturity
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
27. The poet envies his friends. Because they
a. are popular with their friends
b. are blessed with robust health
c. have attained inward ripeness
d. have achieved name and fame
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
28. The inner maturity the poet longs for will come
a. with the help of teachers
b. by the will of God
c. through hard work
d. with the help of peers
[toggle]ANSWER – (b)[/toggle]
29. The poet is __________about his future.
a. unconcerned
b. cynical
c. optimistic
d. pessimistic
[toggle]ANSWER – (c)[/toggle]
30. The ‘Figure of speech’ used in lines 1 and 2 is
a. a hyperbole
b. an irony
c. a Simile
d. Personification
[toggle]ANSWER – (d)[/toggle]
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