CTET Level -2 (09 June 2024)

Question 1:

Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow by choosing the most appropriate option from the given one.

1. If you want to leave footprints on the sands of time, you must know how to live, suffer, and die for your convictions. In one word, you should be fearless till death for vindication of truth. All great and good men, whom the mass of humanity worship now, were fearless. They did not hand down fear to succeeding generations.

2. Jesus Christ was fearless, having a strong 1 will power. The executors have been forgotten; the executed is still hailed and praised in songs after a thousand years. Gandhiji was fearless. He instilled the need of fearlessness in the minds of young and old.

3. Menially dwarfed spiritually and intellectually empty men have lived and died like ants. Nobody notices them. But people who stand for a cause and are fearless in the midst of bullets and tortures are the salt of the earth. They always conquer. It is only when a man is willing to suffer and dies for a cause that he will live eternally in the minds of men. Those who do not know how to live will die unwept, unsung and unhonoured. They come and go away without being noticed by others. Fearless, however is not stoning the houses, burning the trains, looting the banks or killing the common man.

4. Instill in everybody the seeds of courage, ambition, and determination and then, with Tagore they will sing "where the mind is 14 without fear and the head is held high....."

5. Fear is the root of all evils. Change the mental attitude and life becomes pleasant.

Who live eternally?

• Who are disciplined

• Who suffer and die for a cause.

• Who are unsung

• Who are conquerers

Question 2:

Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow by choosing the most appropriate option from the given one.

1. If you want to leave footprints on the sands of time, you must know how to live, suffer, and die for your convictions. In one word, you should be fearless till death for vindication of truth. All great and good men, whom the mass of humanity worship now, were fearless. They did not hand down fear to succeeding generations.

2. Jesus Christ was fearless, having a strong 1 will power. The executors have been forgotten; the executed is still hailed and praised in songs after a thousand years. Gandhiji was fearless. He instilled the need of fearlessness in the minds of young and old.

3. Menially dwarfed spiritually and intellectually empty men have lived and died like ants. Nobody notices them. But people who stand for a cause and are fearless in the midst of bullets and tortures are the salt of the earth. They always conquer. It is only when a man is willing to suffer and dies for a cause that he will live eternally in the minds of men. Those who do not know how to live will die unwept, unsung and unhonoured. They come and go away without being noticed by others. Fearless, however is not stoning the houses, burning the trains, looting the banks or killing the common man.

4. Instill in everybody the seeds of courage, ambition, and determination and then, with Tagore they will sing "where the mind is 14 without fear and the head is held high....."

5. Fear is the root of all evils. Change the mental attitude and life becomes pleasant.

Find the most appropriate combination that expresses all negative traits of a person, in light of the passage.

(i) unwept, unsung, and unhonoured people

(ii) fearlessness, courage, determination

(iii) stoning the houses, burning trains, killing people

(iv) ambition, conviction, humanity

• (A) and (B)

• (A) and (C)

• (B) and (C)

• (A) and (D)

Question 3:

Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow by choosing the most appropriate option from the given one.

1. If you want to leave footprints on the sands of time, you must know how to live, suffer, and die for your convictions. In one word, you should be fearless till death for vindication of truth. All great and good men, whom the mass of humanity worship now, were fearless. They did not hand down fear to succeeding generations.

2. Jesus Christ was fearless, having a strong 1 will power. The executors have been forgotten; the executed is still hailed and praised in songs after a thousand years. Gandhiji was fearless. He instilled the need of fearlessness in the minds of young and old.

3. Menially dwarfed spiritually and intellectually empty men have lived and died like ants. Nobody notices them. But people who stand for a cause and are fearless in the midst of bullets and tortures are the salt of the earth. They always conquer. It is only when a man is willing to suffer and dies for a cause that he will live eternally in the minds of men. Those who do not know how to live will die unwept, unsung and unhonoured. They come and go away without being noticed by others. Fearless, however is not stoning the houses, burning the trains, looting the banks or killing the common man.

4. Instill in everybody the seeds of courage, ambition, and determination and then, with Tagore they will sing "where the mind is 14 without fear and the head is held high....."

5. Fear is the root of all evils. Change the mental attitude and life becomes pleasant.

Who are the 'salt of the earth'?

• Who lack spirituality

• Invaders

• Intellectually empty men.

• Fearless in the midst of tortures

Question 4:

Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow by choosing the most appropriate option from the given one.

1. If you want to leave footprints on the sands of time, you must know how to live, suffer, and die for your convictions. In one word, you should be fearless till death for vindication of truth. All great and good men, whom the mass of humanity worship now, were fearless. They did not hand down fear to succeeding generations.

2. Jesus Christ was fearless, having a strong 1 will power. The executors have been forgotten; the executed is still hailed and praised in songs after a thousand years. Gandhiji was fearless. He instilled the need of fearlessness in the minds of young and old.

3. Menially dwarfed spiritually and intellectually empty men have lived and died like ants. Nobody notices them. But people who stand for a cause and are fearless in the midst of bullets and tortures are the salt of the earth. They always conquer. It is only when a man is willing to suffer and dies for a cause that he will live eternally in the minds of men. Those who do not know how to live will die unwept, unsung and unhonoured. They come and go away without being noticed by others. Fearless, however is not stoning the houses, burning the trains, looting the banks or killing the common man.

4. Instill in everybody the seeds of courage, ambition, and determination and then, with Tagore they will sing "where the mind is 14 without fear and the head is held high....."

5. Fear is the root of all evils. Change the mental attitude and life becomes pleasant.

Which part of the following sentence contains an error?

(i) It is only when a man has

(ii) the readiness to suffer and dies

(iii) to a cause that he will

(iv) live eternally in the minds of men,

• (B)

• (D)

• (C)

• (A)

Question 5:

Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow by choosing the most appropriate option from the given one.

1. If you want to leave footprints on the sands of time, you must know how to live, suffer, and die for your convictions. In one word, you should be fearless till death for vindication of truth. All great and good men, whom the mass of humanity worship now, were fearless. They did not hand down fear to succeeding generations.

2. Jesus Christ was fearless, having a strong 1 will power. The executors have been forgotten; the executed is still hailed and praised in songs after a thousand years. Gandhiji was fearless. He instilled the need of fearlessness in the minds of young and old.

3. Menially dwarfed spiritually and intellectually empty men have lived and died like ants. Nobody notices them. But people who stand for a cause and are fearless in the midst of bullets and tortures are the salt of the earth. They always conquer. It is only when a man is willing to suffer and dies for a cause that he will live eternally in the minds of men. Those who do not know how to live will die unwept, unsung and unhonoured. They come and go away without being noticed by others. Fearless, however is not stoning the houses, burning the trains, looting the banks or killing the common man.

4. Instill in everybody the seeds of courage, ambition, and determination and then, with Tagore they will sing "where the mind is 14 without fear and the head is held high....."

5. Fear is the root of all evils. Change the mental attitude and life becomes pleasant.

Which of the following words means the same as the word, 'justification' in the passage?

• ambition

• conviction

• vindication

• determination

Question 6:

How is learning looked at in a socio- constructivist perspective?

सामाजिक- रचनात्मक परिप्रेक्ष्य में सीखने को किस प्रकार देखा जाता है?

• Relatively permanent change in behavior. / व्यवहार में अपेक्षाकृत स्थायी परिवर्तन

• Conditioning between the stimulus and response. / उत्तेजना और प्रतिक्रिया के बीच अनुबंध

• As active and social in character. / सक्रिय और सामाजिक प्रक्रिया के रूप में

• The process of passive acquistion of knowledge. / ज्ञान के निष्क्रिय अर्जन की प्रक्रिया

Question 7:

Assertion (A): While teaching group of learners a teacher should not have any discussion regarding the social and cultural context of students.

कथन (A) : शिक्षार्थियों के विविध प्रकार के समूह को पढ़ाते समय शिक्षक को उनके सामाजिक और सांस्कृतिक संदर्भ के बारे में किसी भी तरह की चर्चा नहीं करना चाहिए।

Reason (R): Social and cultural contexts do not play any role in learning.

तर्क (R) : सामाजिक और सांस्कृतिक संदर्भ अधिगम में किसी भी प्रकार की भूमिका नहीं निभाते है।

Choose the correct option. / सही विकल्प चुनें।

•  Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the corréct explanation of (A) / (A) और (R) दोनों सही है और (R) सही व्याख्या करता है (A) की ।

• (A) is true but (R) is false / (A) सही है लेकिन (R) गलत है।

• Both (A) and (R) are false / (A) और (R) दोनों गलत है।

•  Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) / (A) और (R) दोनों सही है और (R) सही व्याख्या नहीं करता है (A) की ।

Question 8:

Students learn effectively when the teacher:

विद्यार्थी प्रभावी तरीके से तब सीखते हैं जब शिक्षकः

• focuses on the processes of inquiry through discovery learning. / खोज - अधिगम द्वारा अन्वेषण की प्रक्रियाओं पर ध्यान देते हैं।

• has very low expectations from them. / उनसे बहुत कम स्तर की अपेक्षाएँ रखते हैं।

• Students learn effectively when the teacher:

  विद्यार्थी प्रभावी तरीके से तब सीखते हैं जब शिक्षकः

• does not give any autonomy students. / उन्हें किसी तरह की स्वायत्तता प्रदान नहीं करते हैं।

Question 9:

Which of the following strategies are helpful in facilitating meaningful learning?

(i) Explaining to a peer

(ii) Making concept maps

(iii) Using imageries and creating flowcharts

(iv) Thinking of examples and non-examples

(v) Self - questioning

निम्न में से कौन-सी रणनीति अर्थपूर्ण अधिगम को सुसाधित करेगा ?

(i) समकक्षी को समझाना

(ii) संकल्पनात्मक मानचित्र बनाना

(iii) मानसिक चित्र व प्रवाह संचित्र बनाना

(iv) उदाहरण व गैर- उदाहरण सोचना

(v) खुद से सवाल करना

• (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

• (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

•  (ii) (iii) (iv)

•  (ii) (iii) (iv)

Question 10:

In middle school classroom teachers should focus on encouraging students to set:

मध्य विद्यालय कक्षा में छात्रों को सेट करने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करने पर ध्यान देना चाहिए :-

• failure-avoiding goals / असफलता से बचने वाले लक्ष्य

• performance-oriented goals / प्रदर्शन उन्मुख लक्ष्य

• mastery-oriented goals / निपुणता उन्मुख लक्ष्य

• failure-accepting goals / असफलता स्वीकार से करने वाले लक्ष्य