CTET Paper Level 2 Language II Model paper in English
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CTET Paper Level 2 Set XI Model Paper Question Answer in English
Language II—English)
Directions for Questions 1 – 5 : Read the following passage and answer these questions.
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Passage 1
Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. His discovery that the firebrand, from which the torch may very well have developed, could be used for illumination was probably incidental to the primary purpose of preserving a flame.
Lamps, too probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twig or fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from a roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps, which were made of hollowed stones or seashells, have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times.
1 Primitive man’s most important use for fire was:
(a) to provide warmth
(b) to cook food
(c) to provide light
(d) both (a) and (b)
2. The firebrand was used to:
(a) prevent accidents
(b) provide light
(c) scare animals
(d) save labour
3. By ‘primary’- the author means:
(a) primitive
(b) fundamental
(c)elemental
(d) essential
4. Lamps probably developed through mere:
(a) hazard
(b) fate
(c) chance
(d) planning
5. Early lamps were made by:
(a) using a reed as a wick in the fat
(b) letting a reed soak the fat
(c) putting the fat in a shell and lighting it
(d) floating a reed in the sea-shell
Directions for Questions 1 – 4 :Read the following passage and answer these questions,
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Passage 2
If I had been asked in my early youth whether! preferred to have dealings only with men or only with books, my answer would certainly have been in favour of books. In later years this has become less and less. Not that I have had so much better experiences with men than with books, on the contrary delightful books even now come my way more often than purely delightful men. But the many bad experiences with men have nourished the meadow of my life as the noblest book could not do.
1 In his early youth, the author:
(a) liked to have more dealings with books than with men.
(b) preferred to have dealings only with books.
(c) liked to have more dealings with men than with books.
(d) liked to have dealings more with men than with books.
2. The author says that in later years his love of books diminished because:
(A) he did not get many delightful books to read.
(b) he had better experience with men than with books.
(c) he had given up the habit of reading books.
(d) even the bad experience he had with men were more valuable than what the noblest books could give.
3 .Which one of the pairs of phrases best helps to bring out the metaphorical meaning of the meadow of my life?
(a) Pure and healthy life.
(b) Vast and rich life.
(c) Well-nourished but dull life.
(d) Poor but simple life.
4. Which one of the following statements best reflects the main arguments of the passage?
(a) Books are always better than men.
(b) There are more purely delightful men than purely delightful books.
(c) It is the experience with other human beings that nourishes one’s life and not necessarily books.
(d) Neither men nor books give any worth while experience.
Directions for Questions 1 – 5 :Read the following passage and answer these questions.
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Passage 3
The reformer must know that what moves people is the authentic life, not mere writing. The newspaper and journals that Lokmanya Tilak and other reformers ran, the books they wrote, sold little, but had enormous effect. Their writing was known to reflect and be just an. extension of, their exemplary lives. It was the authenticity of their lives which lent weight to their message, to their example. All knew that their lives were an integral whole-they were not moral in public life and lax in private, nor vice versa. They were not full of pious thoughts and sacred resolutions within the walls of a temple.
A Writer who is merely entertaining his readers, even one who is merely informing them, can do what he wants with the rest of his life. But the writer, who sets out to use his pen to reform public life, cannot afford such dualities.
Here is the testimony of one great manabout the influence of another, Lokmanya Tilak.
“I believe that an editor who has anything worth saying and who commands a clientele cannot be casily hushed. He delivered his finished message as soon as he is put under duress. The Lokmanya spoke more eloquently from the Mandalay fortress than through columns of the printed Kesari. His influence was multiplied thousand fold by his imprisonment and his speech and his pen had acquired much greater power after he was discharged than before his imprisonment. By his death we have been editing his paper without pen and speech through the sacred resolution of the people to realize his life’s dream. He coujd possibly have
Language English 2 done more if he were today in the flesh preaching his view. Critics like me would perhaps be still finding fault in the expression of his or that. Today his message rules millions of hearts which are determined to raise a permanent living memorial by the fulfilment of his ambition in their lives.”
1 Which of the following is the result of Lokmanya Tilak’s exemplary life?
(a) The newspapers edited by him did not incur monetary loss.
(b) The books written by him were useful.
(c) Critics still find, fault with his views.
(d) He was put in jail at Mandalay.
2. Lokmanya Tilak’s messages were most effective:
(a) when he delivered them through his editorials
(b) after his death.
(c) before his imprisonment.
(d) when he delivered speeches.
3. In the context of the passage, a reformer becomes effective if:
(a) he is a journalist with an objective viewpoint.
(b) he is an author with an excellent style of writing.
(c) he is an effective political leader of the masses.
(d) he is a person with consistency in his writing and life style.
4. Which of the following is the general tendency of critics according to the passage?
(a) To find fault with one or the other expression of a writer.
(b) To praise only those writers whom they like.
(c). To condemn one and alt the reformer writers,
(d) To suggest new ideas to the public.
5. Which of the following types of writers can be moral in their personal life and law in public life?
(a) Those who want to reform people.
(b) Those who want to entertain people.
(c) Those who have a large number of
followers who wish to emulate mem.
(d) Those who lead an authentic life.
Directions for Questions 1 – 12 : Read the following passage and answer these questions.
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Passage 4
The public distribution system, which provides food at low prices, is a subject of vital concern. There is a growing realisation that though India has enough food to feed its masses two square meals a day, the monster of starvation and food insecurity continues to haunt the poor in our country.
Increasing the purchasing power of the poor through providing productive employment leading to rising income, and thus good standard of living is the ultimate objective of public policy. However, till then, there is a need to provide assured supply of food through a restructured, more efficient and decentralised public distribution system (PDS).
Although the PDS is extensive-it is one of the largest such systems in the world-it has yet to reach the rural poor and the far off places. It remains an urban phenomenon, with the majority of the rural poor still out of its reach due to lack of economic and physical access. The poorest in the cities and the migrants are left out for they generally do not possess ration cards. The allocation of PDS supplies in big cities is larger than in rural areas. In view of such deficiencies in the system. the PDS urgently needs to be streamlined. Also, considering the large food grains production combined with food subsidy on one hand and the continuing ‘slow starvation and dismal poverty of the rural population on the other, there is a strong case for making PDS target group oriented.
The growing salaried class is provided job security, regular income, and social security. It. enjoys almost hundred percent insulation against inflation. These gains of development have not percolated down to the vast majority of our working population. If one compares only dearness
allowance to the employees in public and private sector and looks at its growth in the past few years, the rising food subsidy is insignificant to the point of inequity. The food
subsidy is a kind of D. A. to the poor, the selfemployed and those in the unorganised sector of the economy. However, what is most unfortunate is that out of the large budget of the so called food subsidy. the major part of it is administrative cost and wastage. A small portion of the above budget goes to the real consumer and an even lesser portion to the poor who are in real need. It is true that subsidies should not become a permanent feature, except for the destitute, disabled widows and the old. It is also true that subsidies often create a psychology of dependence and hence is habit-forming, killing the general initiative of the people. By making PDS target group oriented, not only the poorest and neediest would be reached without additional cost, but it will actually cut overall costs incurred on large cities and for better off localities. When the food and food subsidy are Limited, the rural and urban poor should have the priority in the PDS supplies, the PDS should be closely linked with programmes of employment generation and nutrition improvement
1 Which of the following is the main reason for insufficient supply of enough food to the poorest?
(a) Mismanagemen of food stocks
(b) Absence of proper public distribution system.
(c) Production of food is less than the demand
(d) Government’s apathy towards the poor
2. What, according to the passage, is the main purpose of public in the long run ?.
(a). Reducing the cost of living index by increasing supplies
(b) Providing enough food to all the citizens
(c) Good standard of living through productive employment
(d) Equalising per capital income across different strata of society
3. Which of the following is true of public distribution system?
(a) It has improved its effectiveness over the years.
(b) It has remained effective only in the cities.
(c) It is the unique in the world because of its . effectiveness.
(d) It has reached the remotest corner of the country
4. The word square as used in the passage means:
(a) rich
(b) sumptuous
(c) sufficient
(d) quality
5. Which of the following words is the same in meaning as ‘power’ as used in the passage ?
(a) vigour
(b) energy
(c) influence
(d) capacity
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6. What, according to the passage, is the main concern about the PDS?
(a) It has not been able to develop confidence in the people at large.
(b) It has not been able to utilise the entire food grains stock available.
(c) It has effectively channelized the food grains to all sectors.
(d) It has not been able to provide sufficient food to the poorer section of the society.
7. What should be an appropriate step to make the PDS effective ?
(a) To make it target group oriented
(b) To increase the amount of food grains per ration card
(c) To decrease the amount of food grains to urban sector
(d) To reduce administrative cost
8. Which of the following according to the passage, is compared with dearness allowance?
(a) Food for work programme
(b) Unemployment allowance
(c) Food subsidy
(d) Procurement price of food grains
9. Food subsidy leads to which of the following?
(a) Sense of insecurity
(b) Increased dependence
(c) Shortage of food grains
(d) Decrease in food grains production
10. What, according to the passage, would be the outcome of making the PDS target group oriented ?
(a) It will abolish the imbalance of urban and rural sector.
(b) It will remove poverty
(c) It will give food to the poorest without additional cost
(d) It will motivate the target group population to work more.
11. Which is the same in meaning as ‘system used in the passage?
(a) routine
(b) mechanism
(c) machine
(d) procedure
12. How much environmental pollution has taken place in the developing and the developed world?
(a) There has been a inarginal pollution of environment in the developed world and extensive damage in the developing world
(b). There has been a considerable pollution of environment all over the globe
(c) There has been an extensive environmental degradation both in the developed and the developing world
(d) The environmental pollution that has taken place all over the globe continues to be a matter of speculation and enquiry
Directions for Questions 1 – 5 : Read the following passage and answer these questions.
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Passage 5
The stock-taking done at the first national convention on Consumer Protection served to highlight the areas that called for special attention to sustain the momentum of the movement as genuine forum for safeguarding the people’s interests. Spreading awareness about the rights of the consumers and the relief open to them in case they did not get their money’s worth of goods and services has rightly been indentified as the first priority. While this may not be a difficult task in urban areas, where the movement is concentrated at present, taking it to the vast rural hinterland calls for a multimedia approach in which radio and television have a crucial role to play. The involvement of the 500-odd consumer organizations in the country in publicising the concept of fair trade practices and the remedies available against their violation will prove rewarding, if the message is conveyed through Village Bodies
Government efforts remain confined at best to setting up the infrastructure after the formal launch of the movement with the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act. The mounting backlog of cases in consumer courts, points to the need for toning up the district level redressal machinery.
The main objective of the movement is the creation of a culture that denies place in the market for products that are not consumer friendly. This is possible only if consumer bodies take over the watch-dog role performed by the Government till now and exercise social control over the market to see that the benefits of liberalizaion are not reaped by traders alone. But the plea to industry to exercise self-regulation and maintain minimum standards of quality and devise appropriate pricing is bound to go unheeded unless strict measures are taken to ensure compliance.
1 The first national convention on Consumer Protection has:
(a) highlighted the areas for special attention.
(b) spread awareness about consumer rights.
(c) specified in reliefopen to the consumer.
(d) given it a momentum.
2. Government contributed to the Consumer Protection Movement by:
(a) toning up a district level redressal machinery
(b) clearing the backlog cases in the consumer court.
(c) setting up infrastructure.
(d) enactment of the Consumer Protection Act.
3. Consumer Protection Act proposes to give the Consumer Protection against:
(a) highly priced substandard goods.
(b) cheating by selling substandard goods.
(c) not getting his money’s worth.
(d) denial of relief if the product is not upto the mark.
4. Role of consumer bodies is:
(a) to maintain minimum standards of quality.
(b) to function as a watch-dog.
(c) to make a plea to industry to exercise self-control
(d) to exercise social control over the market.
5. Spreading Consumer Protection Movement to the areas needs.
(a) official patronage.
(b) a multi-media approach.
(c) consumer organization to Convass this
(d) message to be conveyed by village bodies.
Directions for Questions 1 – 10 : Read the following passage and answer these questions.
