CTET Level -2 (16 June 2024)
Question 1:
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
"Let's go! We are going to be late" shouted Glen gleefully as he tightened his schoolbag on his back. Three other faces broke into a smile upon hearing his words. They could not wait to soak their feet in the water and perhaps catch a small fish or two, just for kicks. They were clearly not heading towards where they should be school. The cold imposing white building became smaller and smaller. Their little hearts grew braver by the minute. They knew exactly where to go.
The canal was huge but that morning, there was only a small lazy stream of dirty water in it. With great gusto, Glen, the leader of the pack, hoisted himself over the railings and climbed down the huge monsoon drain. In the process, he got himself very dirty, but the excitement of truancy was too great to be bothered by some loose buttons and tears in his shirt.
In a fraction of seconds, the other boys joined him, Soon, screams and laughter of delight reverberated into the air but no one else could hear them for they had chosen a canal that was far from anyone. Glen spied many tiny fish darting to and fro in the murky water. They had no economical value and were practically worthless but nevertheless, the thrill of catching them bare-handed was priceless. Glen raced after an extra fat one. He plunged his hands to grab it only to have it slip between the cracks of his fingers.
Arrange these sentences as per the sequence in which they occur in the passage:
A. Glen climbed down the huge monsoon drain,
B. Soon, his friends joined Glen at the canal,
C. Glen climbed over the railings with excitement.
D. The boys caught fish in the dirty water.
Question 2:
A teacher of Class VII conducts a pair work activity in which the pairs are given a story of ten sentences. One in the pair reads out the first sentences and the other in the pair writes that sentence. Then other in the pair read out second sentence and the first in the pair writes the second sentence. Likewise the pairs complete the whole story. Later they compare their writing with the original text given to them. What is this activity known as?
Question 3:
Prejudice would mean:
(A) Judging people negatively.
(B) Seeing some people as inferior.
(C) Fixing people into one image.
पूर्वाग्रह का अर्थ होगा:
(A) लोगों के बारे में नकारात्मक राय बनाना।
(B) लोगों को हीनता की दृष्टि से देखना ।
(C) लोगों को एक ही छवि में बाँधना
Choose the appropriate answer. उपयुक्त विकल्प का चुनाव कीजिए ।
Question 4:
दिए गए गद्यांश के आधार पर पूछे गए प्रश्न के उत्तर के लिए सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्प का चयन कीजिए।
तिरूवल्लुवर का जन्म ईसा पूर्व प्रथम शताब्दी माना जाता है। इनका जन्म स्थान तमिलनाडु राज्य का मद्रास ( आज का चेन्नई) शहर और भाषा द्रविड़ कही जाती है। तिरुवल्लुवर के माता-पिता इधर-उधर घूमते रहते थे। उन्होंने जन्म होते ही तिरूवल्लुवर को एक वृक्ष के नीचे छोड़ दिया था । वल्लुव ( जुलाहा ) जाति की एक निःसंतान दयालु स्त्री ने इन्हें वृक्ष के नीचे पत्तों पर पड़ा पाया तो उठाकर घर ले आई। दोनों पति-पत्नी ने बड़े स्नेह और यत्न से इस बालक का पालन-पोषण किया। उनके 'वल्लव' होने के कारण बालक का नाम बल्लुवर पड़ गया। 'तिरू' तमिल भाषा में आदरसूचक शब्द है। इसका अर्थ है- श्री। इस तरह ये तिरूवरलुखर के नाम से प्रसिद्ध हुए। कहते हैं कि अपने जन्म की कहानी जानने के पश्चात वे अपने माता-पिता से आज्ञा ले तपस्या करने जंगल में चले गए। वहाँ ध्यान, योग तथा तंत्र-मंत्र का कठिन अभ्यास किया। फिर सोचा कि लोक सेवा करनी हो तो समाज में ही रहना चाहिए। उन्होंने वासुकी नाम की विदुषी से विवाह कर लिया और अपने पिता की भाँति कपड़ा बुनने का काम करने लगे । पति-पत्नी दोनों बड़े संतोषी जीव थे और सदा परोपकार के कार्यों में लगे रहते ।
तिरूवल्लुवर की पत्नी का क्या नाम था ?
Question 5:
गीता पञ्चभिन्नाभिः भाषाभिः सम्भाषते । अत एव सा __________ भवेत्।
Question 6:
निर्देश: - अधोलिखितं गद्यांशं पठित्वा तदाधारित प्रश्नानां विकल्पात्मकोत्तरेषुः उचिततमम् उत्तरं चिनुत ।
नर्मदातीरे एकः वृक्षः आसीत् । तत्र स्वपरिश्रमेण निर्मितेषु नीडेषु खगाः सुखेन वसन्ति स्म। एकदा महती वृष्टिः अभवत्। सः वानरः वृष्टिजलेन अतीव आर्द्रः कम्पितः च अभवत् । खगाः शीतेन कम्पमानं वानरम् अवदन् भो वानर ! त्वं कष्टम् अनुभवसि । तत् कथं गृहस्य निर्माणं न करोषि ! यदा सः वानरः एतत् अशृणोत् तदा सः अचिन्तयत् अहो ! एते क्षुद्राः खगाः मां निन्दन्ति । सः वानरः खगानां नीडानि वृक्षात् अधः अपातयत् । खगानां नीडैः सह तेषाम् अण्डानि अपि नष्टानि । सत्यम् एव उक्तम् उपदेशो हि मूर्खाणां प्रकोपाय न शान्तये ।
एकदा किम् अभवत्?
Question 7:
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.
"Let's go! We are going to be late" shouted Glen gleefully as he tightened his schoolbag on his back. Three other faces broke into a smile upon hearing his words. They could not wait to soak their feet in the water and perhaps catch a small fish or two, just for kicks. They were clearly not heading towards where they should be school. The cold imposing white building became smaller and smaller. Their little hearts grew braver by the minute. They knew exactly where to go.
The canal was huge but that morning, there was only a small lazy stream of dirty water in it. With great gusto, Glen, the leader of the pack, hoisted himself over the railings and climbed down the huge monsoon drain. In the process, he got himself very dirty, but the excitement of truancy was too great to be bothered by some loose buttons and tears in his shirt.
In a fraction of seconds, the other boys joined him, Soon, screams and laughter of delight reverberated into the air but no one else could hear them for they had chosen a canal that was far from anyone. Glen spied many tiny fish darting to and fro in the murky water. They had no economical value and were practically worthless but nevertheless, the thrill of catching them bare-handed was priceless. Glen raced after an extra fat one. He plunged his hands to grab it only to have it slip between the cracks of his fingers.
How many boys had missed school to go fishing to the canal that day?
Question 8:
दिए गए काव्यांश को ध्यानपूर्वक पढ़िए तथा पूछे गए प्रश्न के लिए सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्प का चयन कीजिए।
फैली खेतों में दूर तलक,
मखमल - सी कोमल हरियाली ।
लिपटी जिसमें रवि की किरणें,
चाँदी की-सी उजली जाली ।
तिनकों के हरे-हरे तन पर
हिल हरित रुधिर है रहा झलक ।
श्यामल भूतल पर झुका हुआ
नभ का चिर निर्मल नीलफलक ।
'नभ' का पर्यायवाची शब्द नहीं है -
Question 9:
Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow by choosing the most appropriate option from the given one/
She took me into the station dining-room, ordered tea and samosas and jalebies, and at once I began to thaw and take a new interest in this kind woman. The strange encounter had little effect on my appetite. I was a hungry school boy and I ate as much as I could in as polite a manner as possible. She took obvious pleasure in watching me eat and I think it was the food that strengthened the bond between us and cemented our friendship, for under the influence of the tea and sweets I began to talk quite freely and told her about my school, my friends, my likes and dislikes/
2. She questioned me quietly from time to time, but preferred listening; she drew me out very well and I had soon forgotten that we were strangers. But she did not ask me about my family or where I lived and I did not ask her where she lived. I accepted her for what she had been to me a quiet, kind and gentlewoman who gave sweets to a lonely boy on a railway platform/
3. After about half-an-hour we left the dining- room and began walking back along the platform. An engine was shunting up and down beside platform No. 8 and as it approached, a boy leapt off the platform and ran across the rails, taking a short cut to the next platform. He was at a safe distance from the engine and there was no danger unless he had fallen; but as he leapt across the rails, the woman clutched my arm/
4. Her fingers dug into my flesh and I winced with pain. I caught her fingers and looked up at her and I saw a spasm of pain and fear and sadness pass across her face. She watched the boy as he climbed other platform and it was not until he had disappeared in the crowd that she relaxed her hold on my arm. She smiled at me reassuringly and took my hand again: but her fingers trembled against mine/
Which of the following words in para 4 means the same as 'flinched'
Question 10:
The advantages of conducting field trips over using educational software is that शैक्षिक सॉफ्टवेयर के उपयोग की तुलना में क्षेत्र भ्रमण कराने का लाभ यह है कि-
(a) it involves all the senses. इनमें सभी इन्द्रियां शामिल है।
(b) it can cater to large groups. यह बड़े समूहों को शामिल करता है ।
(c) it can be arranged easily and quickly यह जल्दी और आसानी से आयोजित किया जा सकता है।
(d) it gives individual attention. यह व्यक्तिगत ध्यान देता है।