Reading Comprehension [CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) Paper-II English]: Questions 1 - 8 of 200
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Passage
My Shadow
I have a little shadow
that goes in and out with me.
And what can be that use of him
is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me
from the heels upto the head;
And I see him jump before me
When I jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him
is the way he likes to grow-
Not at all like proper children,
Which is always very slow;
For he sometimes gets so little
and there՚s none of him at all
He hasn՚t got a notion
of how children, ought to play.
And can only make a foal of me,
in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me.
he՚s a coward you can see;
I՚d think shame to stick to nursie
as that shadow sticks to me!
One morning, very early
before the Sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew
on every buttercup
But my lazy little shadow,
like an arrant sleepyhead,
Had stayed at home behind me
and was fast asleep in bed.
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Question 1 (1 of 6 Based on Passage)
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‘And I see him jump before me’ . Here, ‘him’ refers to-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | the poet՚s brother | |
b. | not clear from the poem | |
c. | the poet՚s shadow | |
d. | the poet՚s pet |
Question 2 (2 of 6 Based on Passage)
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‘The funniest thing about him’ . The funniest thing is-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | the poet՚s going into bed | |
b. | the way in which he talks | |
c. | the children՚s behaviour | |
d. | the way in which the shadow grows |
Question 3 (3 of 6 Based on Passage)
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‘Shoots up taller’ in the poem means-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | shoots towards sky | |
b. | kicks the ball high | |
c. | suddenly becomes taller | |
d. | fires from a gun |
Question 4 (4 of 6 Based on Passage)
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‘He hasn՚t got a notion’ . Here, ‘notion’ means -
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | a passion | |
b. | a story book | |
c. | a special toy | |
d. | an idea |
Question 5 (5 of 6 Based on Passage)
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In the second last stanza, the time mentioned is-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | before 6 am | |
b. | early morning | |
c. | around the sunrise | |
d. | just before noon |
Question 6 (6 of 6 Based on Passage)
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‘Arrant’ is-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
---|---|---|
a. | a noun | |
b. | a reflexive pronoun | |
c. | an approving adjective | |
d. | a disapproving adjective |
Passage
The storm came on before its time
She wandered up and down;
And many a hill did Lucy climb;
But never reached the town.
The wretched parents all that night
Went shouting far and wide;
But there was neither sound nor sight
To serve them for a guide.
That day-break on a hill, they stood
That overlooked the moor;
And thence they saw the bridge of wood,
A furiong from their door.
They wept and turning homeward, cried,
′ In heaven we all shall meet,
When in the snow the mother spied
The print of Lucy՚s feet.
– William Wordsworth
Question 7 (1 of 4 Based on Passage)
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Who did not reach the town?
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | Lucy | |
b. | The poet | |
c. | The parents | |
d. | The strom |
Question 8 (2 of 4 Based on Passage)
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The parents were looking for-
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | a bridge | |
b. | a guide | |
c. | their daughter | |
d. | None of the above |