CTET 2024 के English-I (Paper-I) खंड में अभ्यर्थियों की भाषा समझ, शब्दावली, और पठन कौशल का विस्तृत मूल्यांकन किया गया है। इस प्रश्नपत्र में ऐसे प्रश्न शामिल थे जो शिक्षक बनने वाले उम्मीदवारों की शिक्षण-उन्मुख अंग्रेज़ी क्षमता की परीक्षा लेते हैं। यह क्विज़ उन्हीं महत्वपूर्ण प्रश्नों पर आधारित है जो मूल परीक्षा में पूछे गए थे, जिससे छात्रों को वास्तविक परीक्षा पैटर्न का अनुभव मिलता है।
यह PYP क्विज़ न केवल उम्मीदवारों को परीक्षा में पूछे गए प्रश्नों की कठिनाई स्तर समझने में मदद करता है, बल्कि उनके कॉम्प्रिहेंशन, ग्रामर तथा पेडागॉजिकल इंग्लिश ज्ञान में भी सुधार लाता है। इस सेट में शामिल प्रश्न शिक्षक पात्रता परीक्षा की नवीनतम प्रवृत्तियों पर आधारित हैं, जिससे अभ्यर्थी अपनी तैयारी को और अधिक सटीक दिशा दे सकते हैं।
CTET Official Paper-I (Held On: 14 Dec, 2024) – English - I PYP Quiz
Comprehension: (Que No. 1 - 9)
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Shreeram Lagoo was acting in a play staged at Ambernath's Gandhi School. We had managed get the tickets for the play after much running around. We left the hostel quietly after eating dinner the mess. The play started at 9.30 p.m. and it was already 9.15 p.m. Patil and I were rushing along road to the station. Suddenly we saw Upadhyayji coming from the opposite direction. He had seen 'Maharshi, where are you off to at this time?' he said reprovingly.
We looked at each other's face. Suddenly Patil spoke up, 'Sir, I have a headache. We are goin the station to have some tea or coffee. We will be back right after drinking a cup.'
'Why, don't you get tea and coffee in the mess?"
We do, Sir. But today there wasn't any milk in the mess. That's why we are going to the stat Patil improvised.
Upadhyay said, 'Come with me. I'll get you some coffee.' He brought us to his home. The tick for the play were squirming in our pockets. We couldn't work out how to get him off our backs.
After seating us in the drawing room, he asked his wife to make the coffee and sat on the across from us.
As soon as Mrs. Upadhyay entered the kitchen, I got up and said, 'Ammaji, Warden Saheb bothering you unnecessarily. I will make the coffee'.
She was pleased to see me. 'Maharshi, you go sit ... I will make it.'
I went up to her and whispered, 'Ammaji, both of us were going to the Gandhi School to s play. Warden Saheb waylaid us and brought us here. See, here are the tickets, but he doesn't k anything.'
Ammaji examined me from head to toe. 'I see. Is it a good play?'
I said, 'Ammaji, it is very good.'
'Then why don't you go?' she said with a laugh.
'How can we go? Warden Saheb won't give us permission', I whispered.
She came into the drawing room. Listen, what kind of a warden are you? Why don't you children go and have some fun? Go, Maharshi, but don't be too late.
Question 1: Mr. Upadhyay's professional role in the institution was that of... — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) the principal
2) a teacher
3) the hostel warden
4) an administrator
Question 2: Choose the expression similar in meaning to 'improvised' as used in the passage. — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) to shout
2) to make it up
3) to declare
4) to tell the truth
Question 3: Why were the boys sneaking away from the hostel ? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) To see a play
2) To have a stroll
3) To play football
4) To watch a movie
Question 4: 'The tickets for the play were squirming in our pockets'.
What literary device has been used in the underlined expression. — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Oxymoron
2) Personification
3) Simile
4) Alliteration
Question 5: Which of the following statements is True/False?
(A) Mr. Upadhyay met the boys inside the hostel.
(B) The boys were already getting late for the play. — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Both (A) and (B) are True.
2) (A) is True but (B) is False.
3) (B) is True but (A) is False.
4) Both (A) and (B) are False.
Question 6: How did Mrs. Upadhyay receive the boys at home? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) She was unhappy to see them.
2) She received them coldly.
3) She was displeased with her husband for bringing them home.
4) She welcomed them.
Question 7: What did Mr. Upadhyay do after hearing the boys? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) He allowed them to go.
2) He talked to them and walked away.
3) He took them home for coffee.
4) He did not react at all.
Question 8: Which of the following statements is True/False?
(A) The boys had purchased the tickets in advance.
(B) Mrs. Upadhyay supported the boys in their endeavour. — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Both (A) and (B) are False.
2) (A) is True but (B) is False.
3) (B) is True but (A) is False.
4) Both (A) and (B) are True.
Question 9: 'We had managed ...' Identify the tense of the underlined expression. — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Past Perfect
2) Past Indefinite
3) Present Continuous
4) Present Perfect
Comprehension: (Que No. 10 - 15)
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
what is that sound which so thrills the ear
Down in the valley drumming, drumming?
Only the scarlet soldiers, dear,
The soldiers coming.
O what is that light I see flashing so clear
Over the distance brightly, brightly?
Only the sun on their weapons, dear,
As they step lightly.
O what are they doing with all that gear,
What are they doing this morning, this morning?
Only the usual manoeuvres, dear,
Or perhaps a warning.
O why have they left the road down there,
Why are they suddenly wheeling, wheeling?
Perhaps a change in the orders, dear,
Why are you kneeling?
Question 10: Identify the rhyme scheme of these lines. — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) abab
2) abcb
3) abdc
4) baba
Question 11: What emotional state does 'kneeling' reflect? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) jubilation
2) indifference
3) anger
4) anxiety
Question 12: The poem presents itself as a conversation... — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) between two persons
2) among three persons
3) in a crowd
4) among a group of people
Question 13: Where is the 'sound' coming from? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) From a market place
2) From a crowded street
3) From a group of commoners
4) From a contingent of soldiers
Question 14: The poem has been written in the form of .... — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) a lyric
2) an elegy
3) an epic
4) a ballad
Question 15: Which literary device has been used in the expression 'scarlet soldiers'? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) transferred epithet
2) simile
3) metonymy
4) alliteration
Question 16: What is productive vocabulary? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Words noticed when we read beyond the lines.
2) Words that we use in writing and speaking.
3) Words which are new to the reader.
4) Words which are recognized as we hear.
Question 17: Which of the following skills is NOT considered as a mark of reading with comprehension? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Anticipating the content ahead.
2) Organizing and assessing the sequence of events or ideas.
3) Mentally summarising the text read till now.
4) Focusing on individual letters/ alphabets.
Question 18: A teacher asks her students to reflect on how they have answered an experience-based question she gave them and what and how they were thinking when they wrote that answer. This is an example of : — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Metaphor
2) Metalingualism
3) Metasemiotics
4) Metacognition
Question 19: Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Grammar translation method of second language teaching? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Learning and practicing the rules of grammar of the second language.
2) Communicating directly in second language and then comparing the rules of the two languages.
3) Focusing more on the form than the function of language.
4) Comparing the grammatical rules of first and second language.
Question 20: Which of the following features of human language enables humans to talk about things which are not present in immediate time and space? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Arbitrariness
2) Structure Dependence.
3) Discreteness
4) Displacement
Question 21: Which of the following is NOT explained by the concept of Language Acquisition Device (LAD)? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) How children are able to learn language within a short span of 4-5 years.
2) How children learn figurative language.
3) Why the linguistic output of children is more than the input they get.
4) How children learn their first language.
Question 22: Which of the following is linguistically CORRECT about languages and dialects? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Languages and dialects are linguistically different but geographically same.
2) Languages have their own script but dialects do not have their own script.
3) There is no well-defined linguistic difference between a language and dialect.
4) Languages have written literature but dialects are only based on oral traditions.
Question 23: Which of the following DOES NOT justify starting reading skills with words and short story texts instead of letters and alphabets? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Words and texts create meaningful associations which letters fail to do.
2) Words and texts are more interesting but letters are not.
3) Separate letters are more difficult to memorise than words.
4) Beginner readers can focus better on bigger units than smaller units.
Question 24: Mother tongue based multilingualism advocates that ________. — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) all children begin their schooling in the language of the State
2) all children begin their schooling in English medium and in home language
3) all children study Hindi as their first language
4) all children begin their schooling in their mother tongue or home language
Question 25: Which of the following among Krashen's hypotheses is similar to Vygotsky's ZPD? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Monitor hypothesis
2) Natural order hypothesis
3) Affective filter hypothesis
4) Input hypothesis
Question 26: According to Cummins' interdependence hypothesis, which of these are interdependent on each other : — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Cognitive academic proficiency in first and second language.
2) Reading and writing in second language.
3) Basic interpersonal skills in first and second language.
4) Comprehension and production in second language.
Question 27: Mark the INCORRECT statement among the following, regarding text-comprehension strategies : — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Skimming is more about in-depth reading while scanning is more of cursory reading.
2) Skimming is more apt for reviewing while scanning helps more with answering particular questions.
3) Both skimming and scanning involve rapid eye movement through the text.
4) Skimming involves going through the text rapidly while scanning involves looking for specific facts.
Question 28: When children start using language to ask about things, events and phenomenon around them, which of the following functions of language is used more than the others? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Regulatory
2) Informative
3) Heuristic
4) Imaginative
Question 29: In a speech community, it is observed that 's' is pronounced differently by two different socio- economic groups of speakers. This difference is an example of: — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) A pragmatic variable
2) A socio-cultural variable
3) A socio-psychological variable
4) A socio-linguistic variable
Question 30: Veera is a seven month old infant. She is now making vocalizations that combine consonants and vowels. She is communicating using which of the following? — CTET Paper 1 (14 Dec, 2024)
1) Babbling
2) Cooing
3) Linguistic speech.
4) Phonemes
