CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) Paper-I English: Questions 34 - 41 of 502
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Passage
If you have been missing the tweeting of sparrows around your house, here՚s your chance to find out why this common bird seems to have disappeared from cities across India. A two months long online survey called citizen sparrow was launched inviting responses from people on questions such as when they last sighted the bird and details regarding the area where they used to live in.
“It is an elementary step to assimilate information. We are encouraging and motivating people to share their experience, be it a drastic drop in sparrow count or a sudden spurt. These data will give us valuable leads to compile pan-India data,” said Suhel Quader, evolutionary ecologist at the National Centre for Biological Sciences. The disappearances of the house sparrow, so widespread till recently that the Chinese communist Party declared it a pest in 1958 and asked people to exterminate it, remains a great modern mystery world wide. In the UK, sparrows are estimated to have declined from over 12 million to 6 million, since the mid 80s.
“The survey would give us the first baseline data about distribution of sparrows in the country. This would form the basis for further research,” said Karthik K, project coordinator. The sole aim of involving ordinary citizens inspite of experts comes with a purpose. “Almost everyone knows about sparrow. It is an attempt to reach out to people, asking them to share their stories and their understanding of these birds,” said Quader.
Participants in the survey would be asked to mark locations on a map and give information about their sparrow sightings, including sightings from last year and even earlier. Such information will enable a comparison of population of sparrows in different places and this is expected to point to particular threats or problems. The findings are intended to provide detailed studies, investigating reasons of decline in population and potential measures for recovery of population.
The sparrow is an indicator of a trend. A number of other birds have also declined sharply in the past few decades. The survey would provide more clues about why these birds are disappearing.
Question 34 (9 of 9 Based on Passage)
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‘Pan-India’ data would imply data-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | not from India | |
b. | from selected parts of India | |
c. | from all over of India | |
d. | from South India |
Passage
Oh, I wish I՚d looked after me teeth,
And spotted the dangers beneath
All the toffees I chewed,
And the sweet sticky food.
Oh, I wish I՚d looked after me teeth.
I wish I ′ d been that much more willin ′
When I had more tooth there than fillin ′
To give up gobstoppers.
From respect to me choppers,
And to buy something else with me shillin ′ .
When I think of the lollies I licked
And the liquorice all sorts I picked,
Sherbet dabs, big and little,
All that hard peanut brittle,
My conscience gets horribly pricked.
My mother, she told me no end,
‘If you got a tooth, you got a friend.’
I was young then, and careless,
My toothbrush was hairless,
I never had much time to spend.
Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right,
I flashed it about late at night,
But up and down brishin ′
And pokin ‘and fussin’
didn՚t seem worth the time I would bite!
If I՚d known I was paving the way
To cavities, caps and decay,
The murder of fillin՚s,
Injections and drillin՚s,
I՚d have thrown all me shebet away.
So I lie in the old dentist՚s chair,
And I gaze up his nose in despair,
And his drill it do whine
In these molars of mine.
‘Two amalgam,’ he՚ll say, ‘for in there.’
How I laughed at my mother՚s false teeth,
As they foamed in the waters beneath.
But now comes the reckonin ′
it ′ s methey are beckonin ′
Oh, I wish I՚d looked after me teeth.
- Pam Ayres
Question 35 (2 of 6 Based on Passage)
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The title, ‘Oh, I wish I՚d Looked After Me Teeth’ , explains-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | longing | |
b. | regret | |
c. | humour | |
d. | pleasure |
Question 36 (3 of 6 Based on Passage)
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The conscience of the speaker pricks her as she has-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | been careless | |
b. | been ignorant | |
c. | been fun loving | |
d. | been rude |
Question 37 (4 of 6 Based on Passage)
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The speaker says that she has paved the way for cavities and decay by-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | laughing at his mother՚s false teeth | |
b. | not listening to the dentist | |
c. | not listening to his mother | |
d. | eating the wrong food and not brushing |
Question 38 (5 of 6 Based on Passage)
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The tone of the narrator is one of -
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Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | sorrow | |
b. | regret | |
c. | nostalgia | |
d. | joy |
Question 39 (6 of 6 Based on Passage)
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The poet went to a … for the treatment-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | dental college | |
b. | doctor | |
c. | dentist | |
d. | surgeon |
Passage
As I Watch You Grow
Do you know how much you mean to me?
As you grow into what you will be.
You came from within, from just beneath my heart
it՚s there you՚ll always be though your own life will now start.
you՚re growing so fast it sends me a whirl,
With misty eyes I ask, where՚s my little girl?
I know sometimes to you I seem harsh and so unfair,
But one day you will see, I taught you well because I care.
The next few years will so quickly fly,
With laughter and joy, mixed with a few tears to cry.
As you begin your growth to womanhood, this fact you must know,
you՚ll always be my source of pride, no matter where you go,
You must stand up tall and proud, within you feel no fear,
For all you dreams and goals, sit before you very near.
With God՚s love in your heart and the world by its tail,
you՚ll always be my winner and victory will prevail.
For you this poem was written, with help from above,
To tell you in a rhythm of your mother՚s heart felt love!
Question 40 (1 of 6 Based on Passage)
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‘Do you know how much you mean to me?’ is a … . question.
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Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | restrictive | |
b. | convergent | |
c. | rhetorical | |
d. | divergent |
Question 41 (2 of 6 Based on Passage)
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An antonym for the word ‘harsh’ is-
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Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | grim | |
b. | clashing | |
c. | mild | |
d. | severe |