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These 30 CTET English multiple choice questions cover English language teaching, pedagogy of language, grammar and language development. Each question has the correct answer with a step-by-step explanation and a short teacher's note, so you can practise for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test and check your understanding.
Multiple Choice Questions
(a) participle
(b) particle
(c) gerund
(d) infinitive
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Answer: (a) participle
Explanation:
1. 'Plastered' is the past participle of 'plaster'.
2. Here it works as an adjective describing 'walls'.
Teacher's Note:
1. A participle used before a noun acts like an adjective (e.g., broken glass).
2. A gerund ends in -ing and works as a noun.
(a) spirit
(b) growth
(c) birth
(d) original
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Answer: (c) birth
Explanation:
1. 'Genesis' means the coming into being or origin of something.
2. Of the options, 'birth' is the closest in meaning.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Genesis' comes from Greek 'origin, creation'.
2. 'Original' is an adjective and does not fit as a noun synonym.
(a) will outlive human beings in the years to come
(b) can be put to work in many ways
(c) make us appreciate the diversity of life
(d) can replace people by being more resourceful
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Answer: (c) make us appreciate the diversity of life
Explanation:
1. The passage asks us to celebrate animal life in all its forms and the wonder animals bring.
2. This matches 'make us appreciate the diversity of life'.
Teacher's Note:
1. Prefer the option that echoes the passage's own ideas.
2. Reject options that make claims the passage never states.
(a) provide guidelines to celebrate Animal Day
(b) give information about endangered animal species
(c) serve as a source of reference about animals
(d) promote social networking by animal lovers
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Answer: (a) provide guidelines to celebrate Animal Day
Explanation:
1. The website was launched so that events could take place throughout the world.
2. It helps people plan and celebrate the day, so it provides guidelines.
Teacher's Note:
1. Link the purpose of the website to the stated aim of the initiative.
2. The doubt here is the truncated passage; answer follows the official key.
(a) usually given due protection
(b) ignored altogether
(c) often subject to mistreatment
(d) treated cruelly by human beings
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Answer: (c) often subject to mistreatment
Explanation:
1. The day highlights the plight of animals and calls for improved welfare standards.
2. This implies animals are often mistreated, without saying all humans are cruel.
Teacher's Note:
1. Implied meaning is weaker than a direct statement, so avoid extreme options.
2. 'Often' is safer than 'altogether' or a blanket claim.
(a) a sympathetic attitude
(b) an emotional response
(c) a deep understanding
(d) a critical reaction
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Answer: (b) an emotional response
Explanation:
1. Wonder is a feeling of amazement and delight.
2. So 'a sense of wonder' is an emotional response.
Teacher's Note:
1. Judge the phrase in the sentence where it appears.
2. Wonder is a feeling, not an analysis or judgement.
(a) idleness
(b) indifference
(c) advance
(d) enterprise
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Answer: (b) indifference
Explanation:
1. Initiative is the readiness to start action on one's own.
2. The opposite attitude is indifference, a lack of interest or drive.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Advance' and 'enterprise' are close to initiative, so they are synonyms.
2. Doubtful: idleness also fits; the official key is (b).
(a) learners to encounter real life situations.
(b) their written expression in the classroom.
(c) learners to minimize spelling and grammatical errors.
(d) the use of mother tongue freely in the classroom.
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Answer: (a) learners to encounter real life situations.
Explanation:
1. CLT aims at communicative competence through meaningful interaction.
2. Purposeful talk brings real-life situations into the class.
Teacher's Note:
1. CLT values fluency and meaning over error-free forms.
2. Mother-tongue use and accuracy drills are not its main focus.
(a) scribbling
(b) invented writing
(c) zig-zag writing
(d) drawing
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Answer: (a) scribbling
Explanation:
1. Random marks made with a pen or pencil by young children are called scribbling.
2. It is the first stage of emergent writing.
Teacher's Note:
1. Invented writing comes later, when children use letter-like forms to represent sounds.
2. Scribbling builds the motor control needed for writing.
(a) providing qualitative feedback to learners to improve.
(b) creating an environment where learners can compete with each other.
(c) engaging learners in meaningful tasks and preparing them for competitive exams.
(d) assessing a teacher's efficiency in teaching.
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Answer: (a) providing qualitative feedback to learners to improve.
Explanation:
1. Formative assessment is carried out during learning.
2. Its purpose is to give feedback so learners can improve.
Teacher's Note:
1. Formative means assessment for learning, not of learning.
2. It is not meant for ranking or competition.
(a) explaining the use of particular structures
(b) correcting wrong sentences produced by learners.
(c) gap-filling grammar exercises
(d) writing paragraphs and essays
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Answer: (c) gap-filling grammar exercises
Explanation:
1. Controlled practice limits the learner's choices.
2. Gap-filling exercises make the learner use a given structure only.
Teacher's Note:
1. Paragraphs and essays are free practice.
2. Explaining is presentation, not practice.
(a) Are you going by the train?
(b) The teacher is setting the examination.
(c) The students are giving their examination.
(d) My joy knew no bounds
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Answer: (c) The students are giving their examination.
Explanation:
1. 'Giving an examination' is a literal translation of the Hindi 'pariksha dena'; English says 'taking' or 'sitting' an exam.
2. The other options are correct English.
Teacher's Note:
1. Such errors come from first-language transfer.
2. Look for literal word-for-word renderings.
(a) establish a language lab in her class.
(b) motivate parents to buy language games and activities.
(c) provide an opportunity where the language is seen, noticed and used by children.
(d) ask students to use only English while communicating in the class with peers.
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Answer: (c) provide an opportunity where the language is seen, noticed and used by children.
Explanation:
1. A language-rich environment surrounds children with print and talk.
2. Children must see, notice and use the language.
Teacher's Note:
1. Rich environment means rich exposure and use, not equipment.
2. Forcing English only can discourage children.
(a) She wanted to assess their colouring and drawing skills.
(b) She had completed her lesson as per her lesson plan so, she engaged them in drawing.
(c) She wanted to assess their comprehension of the story.
(d) She wanted to see the participation of children while drawing.
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Answer: (c) She wanted to assess their comprehension of the story.
Explanation:
1. Drawing what they heard shows what children understood.
2. This is a non-verbal way to check comprehension.
Teacher's Note:
1. Young learners can show understanding through drawing before they can write.
2. Match the task to the skill being assessed.
(a) Bilingual Integrated Content and Syllabus
(b) Bilingual Interdependent Course and Syllabus
(c) Basic Interrelated Communication Strategies
(d) Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills
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Answer: (d) Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills
Explanation:
1. BICS is a term by Jim Cummins.
2. It means Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills, the everyday conversational language.
Teacher's Note:
1. Pair it with CALP, Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency.
2. BICS takes about 1-2 years; CALP takes 5-7 years.
(a) grammatical
(b) syntactical
(c) content
(d) spelling
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Answer: (c) content
Explanation:
1. Reading comprehension tests understanding of the text.
2. Marks are therefore deducted for errors in content, not in form.
Teacher's Note:
1. Language errors should not be penalised in a skill that tests understanding.
2. Keep the assessed skill in view.
(a) give them leadership roles in class activities
(b) increase complexity of curriculum for them to experience a wider variety of language and opportunities for creativity
(c) promote them to a higher class so that they are exposed to a more difficult syllabus
(d) introduce a foreign language
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Answer: (b) increase complexity of curriculum for them to experience a wider variety of language and opportunities for creativity
Explanation:
1. Enrichment adds depth and variety within the same class.
2. Acceleration (promotion) is a different approach.
Teacher's Note:
1. Enrichment means richer, not faster.
2. Keep gifted children with their age group.
(a) Opportunities to practice as it helps with habit formation
(b) Encourage the use of their mother tongue to promote better understanding of the meaning of a prescribed text
(c) Go from concrete to abstract texts
(d) The teacher models the writing and speaking styles which learners copy
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Answer: (a) Opportunities to practice as it helps with habit formation
Explanation:
1. Learning by doing means learning through practice.
2. Opportunities to practise match this idea.
Teacher's Note:
1. Option (d) is imitation, not doing.
2. Link 'doing' with practice and activity.
(a) progressive
(b) deliberate
(c) constructive
(d) imaginative
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Answer: (c) constructive
Explanation:
1. Skilled readers build meaning by combining the text with what they already know.
2. Reading is therefore a constructive process.
Teacher's Note:
1. Reading is not passive decoding.
2. Related idea: reading as an interactive process.
(a) Activate the previous knowledge of students
(b) Activate the intellectual stance of students
(c) Activate enthusiasm in students
(d) Activate the different stance in students
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Answer: (a) Activate the previous knowledge of students
Explanation:
1. A pre-reading discussion brings out what students already know about the theme.
2. This is activating prior knowledge.
Teacher's Note:
1. Pre-reading activities prepare readers for the text.
2. Prior knowledge helps comprehension.
(a) Doesnt’
(b) Doesnt
(c) Doesn't
(d) Does’nt
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Answer: (c) Doesn't
Explanation:
1. 'Does not' contracts to 'doesn't'.
2. The apostrophe replaces the omitted 'o'.
Teacher's Note:
1. Put the apostrophe where the letter is dropped.
2. Does'nt is a common mistake.
(a) they use the target language for various purposes
(b) teachers feel relaxed while students are talking
(c) they enjoy spending time talking with their friends
(d) they can learn the correct pronunciation from each other
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Answer: (a) they use the target language for various purposes
Explanation:
1. Language is learnt by using it.
2. More talking time means more use of the language for real purposes.
Teacher's Note:
1. Teacher talk should be reduced.
2. Output practice builds fluency.
(a) intelligent learners in her class
(b) slow learners in her class
(c) learning difficulties the learner faces in English
(d) the topic which the learner has not learnt by heart
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Answer: (c) learning difficulties the learner faces in English
Explanation:
1. Diagnosis means finding the cause of a problem.
2. A diagnostic test locates the learning difficulties in English.
Teacher's Note:
1. It is not used for ranking or labelling.
2. Remedial teaching follows diagnosis.
(a) guess the contextual meaning of new words to understand the text
(b) translate the written symbols into corresponding sounds to grasp their meaning
(c) perceive and decode letters in order to read words
(d) understand every word to grasp the meaning of the text
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Answer: (a) guess the contextual meaning of new words to understand the text
Explanation:
1. Good readers use context to infer new word meanings.
2. They do not need to understand every word.
Teacher's Note:
1. Reading for meaning is more than decoding.
2. Do not stop at every unknown word.
(a) is a technique intended to simulate the environment in which children learn their native language
(b) is the memorisation and use of necessary vocabulary
(c) involves a systematic approach to the analysis and comprehension of grammar as well as to the memorisation of vocabulary
(d) refers to the process of learning a native or a second language because of the innate capacity of the human brain
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Answer: (d) refers to the process of learning a native or a second language because of the innate capacity of the human brain
Explanation:
1. Acquisition is the natural process of picking up a language, supported by the innate capacity of the brain.
2. Options (b) and (c) describe conscious learning; (a) describes a method, not acquisition.
Teacher's Note:
1. Acquisition is subconscious; learning is conscious.
2. Chomsky's LAD explains the innate capacity.
(a) teachers' lack of self confidence
(b) students' readiness to use the smart board
(c) students' lack of self study skills
(d) teachers' preference to conduct group rather than individual work
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Answer: (d) teachers' preference to conduct group rather than individual work
Explanation:
1. Group work in a senior class can make it harder to manage individual behaviour.
2. So preferring group over individual work is a challenge in this key.
Teacher's Note:
1. Source key is followed; the question is weak.
2. Answer is doubtful.
(a) get problems which are solved by a process for trial and error
(b) experience real life systems and phenomena
(c) receive bits of information followed by questions with immediate feedback
(d) do a series of exercises with repetition practice
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Answer: (b) experience real life systems and phenomena
Explanation:
1. A simulation imitates a real system or phenomenon.
2. Learners therefore experience real-life situations safely.
Teacher's Note:
1. Option (c) is tutorial mode; option (d) is drill-and-practice.
2. Know the CAI modes: tutorial, drill, simulation, games.
(a) linguist
(b) monolingual
(c) bilingual
(d) multilingual
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Answer: (d) multilingual
Explanation:
1. Speaking four languages means more than two.
2. Such a person is multilingual.
Teacher's Note:
1. Bilingual means two languages.
2. A linguist studies language scientifically.
(a) Colloquial
(b) Semantics
(c) Syntax
(d) Collocation
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Answer: (c) Syntax
Explanation:
1. Syntax studies sentence structure.
2. Semantics is meaning; collocation is words that go together.
Teacher's Note:
1. Syntax = how words are arranged.
2. Colloquial describes informal speech.
(a) diagnosing and addressing gaps in learning
(b) teaching beyond the textbooks
(c) extra coaching by parents
(d) teaching for gifted students
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Answer: (a) diagnosing and addressing gaps in learning
Explanation:
1. Formative assessment finds gaps in learning.
2. Remedial teaching then fills those gaps.
Teacher's Note:
1. Remedial follows diagnosis.
2. It is not enrichment for the gifted.
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