CTET Level -1 (09 June 2024)

Question 1:

Directions: Read the given passage carfully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option?

The first thing which a scholar should bear in mind is that a book ought not to be read for mere amusement, and are not to be blamed for it; they are incapable of appreciating the deeper qualities that belong to a really great literature. But a young man who has passed through a course of University training should discipline himself at an early day never to read for mere amusement. And once the habit of discipline has been formed, he will find it impossible to read for mere amusement. He will then impatiently throw down any book from which he cannot obtain intellectual food, any book which does not make an appeal to the higher emotions and to his intellect. But on the other, the habit of reading for amusement becomes with thousands of people exactly the same kind of habit as wine-drinking to opium-smoking; it is like a narcotic, something that helps to pass the time, something that keeps up a perpetual condition of dreaming, something that eventually results in destroying all capacity for thought, giving exercise only to the surface parts of the mind and leaving the deeper springs of feelings and the higher faculties of perception unemployed.

The writer believes that half-educated persons are not able to:

  • appreciate hidden qualities of admirable literature

  • enjoy dreaming

  • think properly

  • enjoy wine-drinking

Question 2:

Directions: Read the given passage carfully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option?

The first thing which a scholar should bear in mind is that a book ought not to be read for mere amusement, and are not to be blamed for it; they are incapable of appreciating the deeper qualities that belong to a really great literature. But a young man who has passed through a course of University training should discipline himself at an early day never to read for mere amusement. And once the habit of discipline has been formed, he will find it impossible to read for mere amusement. He will then impatiently throw down any book from which he cannot obtain intellectual food, any book which does not make an appeal to the higher emotions and to his intellect. But on the other, the habit of reading for amusement becomes with thousands of people exactly the same kind of habit as wine-drinking to opium-smoking; it is like a narcotic, something that helps to pass the time, something that keeps up a perpetual condition of dreaming, something that eventually results in destroying all capacity for thought, giving exercise only to the surface parts of the mind and leaving the deeper springs of feelings and the higher faculties of perception unemployed.

The word 'narcotic' in the passage means:

  • intoxicant

  • cheap books

  • intellectual exercise

  • great literature

Question 3:

Directions: Read the given passage carfully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option?

The first thing which a scholar should bear in mind is that a book ought not to be read for mere amusement, and are not to be blamed for it; they are incapable of appreciating the deeper qualities that belong to a really great literature. But a young man who has passed through a course of University training should discipline himself at an early day never to read for mere amusement. And once the habit of discipline has been formed, he will find it impossible to read for mere amusement. He will then impatiently throw down any book from which he cannot obtain intellectual food, any book which does not make an appeal to the higher emotions and to his intellect. But on the other, the habit of reading for amusement becomes with thousands of people exactly the same kind of habit as wine-drinking to opium-smoking; it is like a narcotic, something that helps to pass the time, something that keeps up a perpetual condition of dreaming, something that eventually results in destroying all capacity for thought, giving exercise only to the surface parts of the mind and leaving the deeper springs of feelings and the higher faculties of perception unemployed.

The phrase 'the higher faculties' in the passage

means:

  • superficial part of the mind 

  • different ways of enjoying things

  • different departments in the University

  • mental powers of a high order for understanding great literature

Question 4:

Directions: Read the given passage carfully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option?

The first thing which a scholar should bear in mind is that a book ought not to be read for mere amusement, and are not to be blamed for it; they are incapable of appreciating the deeper qualities that belong to a really great literature. But a young man who has passed through a course of University training should discipline himself at an early day never to read for mere amusement. And once the habit of discipline has been formed, he will find it impossible to read for mere amusement. He will then impatiently throw down any book from which he cannot obtain intellectual food, any book which does not make an appeal to the higher emotions and to his intellect. But on the other, the habit of reading for amusement becomes with thousands of people exactly the same kind of habit as wine-drinking to opium-smoking; it is like a narcotic, something that helps to pass the time, something that keeps up a perpetual condition of dreaming, something that eventually results in destroying all capacity for thought, giving exercise only to the surface parts of the mind and leaving the deeper springs of feelings and the higher faculties of perception unemployed.

The word 'eventually' in the passage means:

  • after some time

  • never

  • initially

  • at last

Question 5:

Directions: Read the given passage carfully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option?

The first thing which a scholar should bear in mind is that a book ought not to be read for mere amusement, and are not to be blamed for it; they are incapable of appreciating the deeper qualities that belong to a really great literature. But a young man who has passed through a course of University training should discipline himself at an early day never to read for mere amusement. And once the habit of discipline has been formed, he will find it impossible to read for mere amusement. He will then impatiently throw down any book from which he cannot obtain intellectual food, any book which does not make an appeal to the higher emotions and to his intellect. But on the other, the habit of reading for amusement becomes with thousands of people exactly the same kind of habit as wine-drinking to opium-smoking; it is like a narcotic, something that helps to pass the time, something that keeps up a perpetual condition of dreaming, something that eventually results in destroying all capacity for thought, giving exercise only to the surface parts of the mind and leaving the deeper springs of feelings and the higher faculties of perception unemployed.

The word 'unemployed' in the passage means :

  • jobless

  • not working

  • in search of employment

  • unused

Question 6:

Which one of the following would be the best evidence to demonstrate to parents and administrators what students can do with language?

  • Marks in a test.

  • Lists of course goals and objectives

  • National curriculum and syllabi

  • Poems or paragraphs written by students

Question 7:

Here is a list of tasks commonly included in a language classroom. Which of these sees children as active learners?

  • Children carefully note down answer from the blackboard.

  • Children write answer to questions given at the

    end of a poem.

  • Children work in groups to generate interpretations of a poem.

  • Children carefully memorise correct answers to questions on a poem.

Question 8:

The assessment of students writing should most importantly focus on

  • keeping to the word limit

  • using idioms and metaphors.

  • correct spelling and grammar

  • expressions and ideas.

Question 9:

If a student is making pronunciation errors, the best way to help him/her is to

  • call his/her parents and complain

  • mock at him/her in class for incorrect pronunciation

  • Provide him/her with correct pronunciation without any humiliation.

  • scold him/her in class for incorrect pronunciation.

Question 10:

Scribbling is a stage of

  • Writing

  • Reading

  • Listening

  • Speaking

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