CTET Official Paper-I (Held On: 11 Jan, 2023)

CTET पेपर-I के English – I खंड में उम्मीदवारों की भाषा समझ, व्याकरणिक क्षमता और पठन कौशल का मूल्यांकन किया जाता है। यह खंड शिक्षकों के लिए आवश्यक भाषा दक्षताओं की जांच करता है, जिसमें वाक्यों की संरचना, शब्दों का प्रयोग और पाठ्यांश की समझ जैसी क्षमताएँ शामिल होती हैं। इस सेक्शन में पूछे गए प्रश्न शिक्षक की भाषा-आधारित शिक्षण क्षमता को मजबूत करने में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाते हैं।

11 जनवरी 2023 को आयोजित CTET की आधिकारिक परीक्षा में English – I के प्रश्न विविध पैटर्न पर आधारित थे – जैसे कि अनुवाद, व्याकरण, वाक्य सुधार और पैसेज आधारित प्रश्न। इन टॉपिक्स के माध्यम से परीक्षा इस बात का मूल्यांकन करती है कि उम्मीदवार बच्चों को अंग्रेज़ी भाषा कितनी प्रभावी तरीके से सिखा सकेंगे। यह खंड उन सभी अभ्यर्थियों के लिए बेहद उपयोगी है जो भविष्य में प्राथमिक स्तर के शिक्षक बनने का लक्ष्य रखते हैं।

CTET Official Paper-I (Held On: 11 Jan, 2023) – English - I PYP Quiz

Comprehension: (Que No. 1 - 9)
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.

1. From the age of four, Nidhi Goyal loved to paint, and wanted to be a portrait artist. When Nidhi was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disorder, at age 15, the loss of this dream was the biggest blow. Articulate, chatty, and quick to laugh, this through-and-through Mumbai girl eventually found a different creative outlet to suit her personality. A few years ago, she turned to stand-up comedy, both as a form of self-expression and as a way to extend the advocacy work.

2. With two visually impaired children and one sighted one, Nidhi's family developed its own brand of humour, which treated prejudice - not disability - as something to be pitied or mocked. "To do comedy," Nidhi tells us, "you need to be strong enough to point to that elephant in the room, which everyone is pretending is not there. And that's something I've done since childhood."

3. Nidhi dabbled in the performing arts in college, exploring every creative endeavour as her eyesight worsened. But she eventually chose a career in mass media and then transitioned to rights-based work for people with disabilities. She had never considered comedy, beyond the usual mainstream artists.

4. In May 2015, while chatting with activist Pramada Menon, the two of them were in splits over some of Nidhi's insights about the way disabled people are treated. Menon insisted that Nidhi perform too. So, Nidhi recorded instances of ignorance or prejudice that she encountered, ranging from misconceptions about disability and sexuality, to observations about navigating public spaces.

5. Nidhi has done stand-up in mainstream clubs, at conferences and for corporates, while continuing with her advocacy work. On top of all this, it's almost easy to overlook her achievement in navigating India's notoriously disability-unfriendly spaces - all the while taking notes for future jokes of course. "It's a shame that I get so much material," Nidhi says, laughing. "I mean, it's good for me..."

6. She may not have become a portrait painter, but Nidhi has succeeded in holding a mirror up to society, challenging it's stereotypes one quip at a time.

Question 1: "Nidhi's family developed its own brand of humour." What was this humour based on? — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Disability need not be pitied.

2) Ignorance and prejudice are to be pitied.

3) Disability is laughable for others.

4) India is notoriously disability-unfriendly.

Question 2: On the basis of the passage, pick the option that correctly classifies the facts (F) and opinions (O) of the following statements.
Statement 1: Nidhi has a good sense of humour.
Statement 2: Nidhi's family developed her sense of humour.
Statement 3: Nidhi is an activist.
Statement 4: India is notorious for disability unfriendly spaces. — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

(1)	F : 1, 2, 3;	0 ∶ 4
(2)	F : 1, 4;	0 ∶ 2, 3
(3)	F : 1, 2;	0 ∶ 3, 4
(4)	F : 1, 3;	0 ∶ 2, 4

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

Question 3: Pick the correct sequence of events that happened in Nidhi's life.
A. Stand-up comedy
B. Losing eyesight
C. Wanted to be a portrait artist
D. Dabbled in the performing arts in college — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) A, B, D, C

2) C, B, D, A

3) B, C, D, A

4) D, C, A, B

Question 4: Why does Nidhi say "It's a shame that I get so much material"?
A. India is a notorious country.
B. Prejudice against women and differently-abled still exists.
C. Lack of disability-friendly spaces.
D. Society is still not sensitive to disability. — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Only A

2) A, B, C

3) B, C

4) B, C, D

Question 5: According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true? — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) In Nidhi's family, there was only one child who was not differently-abled.

2) Nidhi has left activism for stand-up comedy.

3) Pramada Menon helped in shaping Nidhi's career as a stand-up comedian.

4) Nidhi also had a career in mass media.

Question 6: Which of the following is the correct usage of the idiom "elephant in the room" as used in the passage? — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) There is an elephant in the room, run for your lives.

2) The elephant is in the room, now nobody can enter the room.

3) His constant need for self-validation was the elephant in the room.

4) Children enjoy elephant rides.

Question 7: Find a word from para 1 which means the same as 'eloquent'. — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) articulate

2) chatty

3) creative

4) degenerative

Question 8: The word in para 4 which is the antonym of 'unbias' is — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) ignorance

2) misconception

3) prejudice

4) encounter

Question 9: Which part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence?
Nidhi dabbled in the performing arts in college, exploring every creative endeavour as her eyesight worsened. — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Adverb

2) Preposition

3) Noun

4) Verb

Comprehension: (Que No. 10 - 15)
Directions: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.

I wonder where the green grass went, ......1
All buried under the new cement.
I wonder where the birds have flown,
They have gone to find another home.
I wonder where the footpath's gone,
Right underneath your car, my son ........6
I wonder where the old folks go,
The nursing homes GB surely know.
What grows so fast before my eyes?
A garbage dump, a million flies ..........10
Is this the place you celebrate?
In prose you made it sound so great!
It was ________ before I knew it was fate.

Question 10: Identify the tone of the poem. — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Lamenting

2) Euphoria

3) Authoritative

4) Nagging

Question 11: Which one of the following statements is not correct? — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Development comes at a cost.

2) Nature is disturbed by men.

3) The poet knew beforehand that the destruction was destined.

4) Man celebrates Nature's destruction.

Question 12: The rhyme scheme in lines 1 - 4 is — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) aabb

2) abab

3) abba

4) abbb

Question 13: Find the poetic device in the following line.
"I wonder where the green grass went" — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Personification

2) Oxymoron

3) Repetition

4) Alliteration

Question 14: Find the word which has a similar meaning to 'waste'. — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) garbage

2) flies

3) fate

4) cement

Question 15: What would have been the probable reason for narrowing down of footpaths? — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Deforestation

2) Cities turning into garbage heaps

3) Roadside parking

4) Beautification of cities

Question 16: To help students build their foundational reading skills, teachers need to help students — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) with personalised and differentiated instructions.

2) by giving them a standardised test to meet grade-specific outcomes.

3) to use a variety of technology.

4) with new and challenging vocabulary prior to reading.

Question 17: A teacher of Class 2 is focusing on enhancing the ability to accurately and efficiently recognize known words in printed text. These words are — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) sight words

2) content words

3) difficult words

4) passive words

Question 18: Knowledge of more than one language — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) becomes a burden to the teacher in the language classroom.

2) configures the learners while learning in a new classroom.

3) is very helpful in teaching and learning a new language.

4) becomes an interference in learning a new language.

Question 19: A teacher asks learners of Class 4 to read through a short passage with concentration and deeply examine it. She also scaffolds them as and when required by the learners. She is practising — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Extensive reading

2) Intensive reading

3) Jigsaw reading

4) Partner reading

Question 20: The method that helps the learners to be acquainted with language easily by using a realistic and practical situation for language teaching is called _______. — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Structural Approach

2) Situational Language Teaching

3) Audiolingual method

4) Bilingual method

Question 21: Pre-reading tasks are meant for — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) evaluating the reading skill of the learners.

2) giving the meanings of difficult words and phrases.

3) enabling learners to 'enter' into the text and motivating them.

4) explaining the grammatical items used in the reading text.

Question 22: The first language acquisition consists of following stages — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Cooing - Babbling - Holophrastic stage - Telegraphic speech - Two word stage

2) Cooing - Babbling - Two word stage - Telegraphic speech - Holophrastic stage

3) Cooing - Holophrastic stage - Babbling - Two word stage - Telegraphic speech

4) Cooing - Babbling - Holophrastic stage - Two word stage - Telegraphic speech

Question 23: This approach involves looking at language as a whole and concentrating on the meaning rather than the grammatical structures and individual words. — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Top-down approach

2) Bottom-up approach

3) Eclectic approach

4) Deductive approach

Question 24: A teacher designs a test to find out the cause of the poor grades of his learners through a/an — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) diagnostic test

2) proficiency test

3) achievement test

4) aptitude test

Question 25: A child participates actively in pairs and group work but does not get good scores in written exams. As a teacher you can support the student by — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) praising his social interaction.

2) explaining to the child's parents that he has no interest in writing.

3) requesting parents to help him in his studies.

4) giving him regular tests so that he can improve.

Question 26: The main character of The Jungle Book, Mogli, who was raised in isolation from human contact had language deficits. This evidence supports which aspect of language development? — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) The child lacked a language environment at the right age.

2) The child was having some biological problems.

3) He was not born with the innate ability to speak.

4) He loved the language of animals rather than humans.

Question 27: Pragmatics refers to the — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) social rules of language.

2) policy of school language.

3) instruction language of school.

4) academic language.

Question 28: Which one of the following is not advocated as an element for assessment in a poem? — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Grammar

2) Vocabulary

3) Poetic devices

4) Theme of the poem

Question 29: Which method advocates the use of already acquired language skills in the mother tongue to develop and achieve fluency and accuracy in the learning of target language? — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) Direct method

2) Grammar Translation method

3) Bilingual method

4) Audiolingual method

Question 30: Which one of the following is not true about dysgraphia, a learning disability? — CTET Paper 1 (11 Jan, 2023)

1) It affects the learners' ability to write coherently.

2) It hinders in organising letters, numbers, or words on papers.

3) It affects gross motor skills and logical thinking.

4) It leads to problems with poor spelling, impaired handwriting, etc.