CTET English Question Papers 2017

CTET English Question Papers 2017 - You can find here Question Papers of English for Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) Examination to be held in July 2017 online.

Directions—(Q. 1–10) In questions 1 to 10 you have a brief passage with 10 questions. Read the passage carefully, and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

You may think the sign of a good manager is to have a department where everybody is busy at work on their assigned tasks. But if your people are merely doing their jobs, they’re only working at about half their potential. A truly productive department is one in which every employee is actively thinking of better, more efficient methods of working ways in which to produce a higher quality product, in less time, at lower cost.

To get this kind of innovation from your people, you have to be receptive to new ideas; what's more, you have to encourage your people to produce new ideas. Incentives are one way to motivate employees to be more productive. You can offer a cash bonus, time off, or a gift. But a more potent form of motivation is simply the employee's knowledge that management does listen to him or her, and does put employee suggestions and ideas to work.

When you listen to new ideas, be open-minded. Don't shoot down a suggestion before you've heard it in full. Many of us are too quick, too eager, to show off our own experience and knowledge and say that something won't work because ‘we've tried it before’ or ‘we don't do it that way’. Well, may be you did try it before but that doesn't mean it won't work now. And having done things a certain way in the past doesn't mean you've been doing them the best way. A good manager is open-minded and receptive to new ideas.

1. The given passage speaks about—

(A) the sign of a good manager
(B) the workers doing their job
(C) ways in which to produce a higher quality product
(D) the need to be open to new ideas
Ans : (A)

2. We understand from the passage that a good manager is one—
(A) who has a department where everybody is busy at work
(B) who offers a cash bonus, time off or a gift to his workers
(C) who is open minded and receptive to new ideas
(D) who is too quick, too eager to show off his experience and knowledge
Ans : (C)

3. People merely ‘doing their jobs’ in the passage means—
(A) that people busy at work do not perform their assigned tasks
(B) that such people produce a higher quality product
(C) that such people are working at about half their potential
(D) that such people are innovative
Ans : (C)

4. In a truly productive department—
(A) people are busy at work on their assigned tasks
(B) people are busy at work to produce a large quantity of product
(C) people always think of evolving better and more efficient methods of working
(D) people always make a show of their experience and knowledge
Ans : (C)

5. The word ‘motivation’ in the passage means—
(A) to impute a motive to an action
(B) the act of inspiring others
(C) to put a thing into action
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

6. ‘To be receptive to new ideas’ in the passage suggests—
(A) Readiness to receive new ideas
(B) to be cautious and careful about the new ideas
(C) to share with your people the new ideas
(D) to think of better and more efficient methods of working
Ans : (A)

7. The word ‘incentives’ in the context of the passage suggests—
(A) to produce higher quality product, in less time
(B) to produce higher quality product, at lower cost
(C) an additional payment or additional facilities to employees to increase production
(D) employee's faith that management does listen to his suggestions and ideas
Ans : (C)

8. A truly productive employee, according to the writer, is always—
(A) busy at work on his assigned tasks
(B) actively thinking of better and more efficient methods of working
(C) has an eye on a cash bonus, time off, or a gift
(D) suggesting but never busy at work
Ans : (B)

9. The innovative suggestions or new ideas from your employee can be obtained when—
(A) you offer a cash bonus to him
(B) you make him feel that management does listen to him or her and puts his ideas to work
(C) you distrust his experience and knowledge
(D) you pressurise him to tender new ideas or face the consequences
Ans : (B)

10. A good manager should—
(A) be open-minded and receptive to new ideas
(B) quickly shoot down innovative suggestions from an employee to assert supremacy of his experience and knowledge
(C) discard innovative ideas dubbing them unworkable
(D) be content with the normal functioning of the department
Ans : (A)

Directions—(Q. 1–5) Each sentence has one or two blanks. Choose the word or set of words that best completes the sentence meaningfully.

1. He went to the library ……… to find that it was closed.
(A) seldom
(B) never
(C) only
(D) solely
Ans : (C)

2. The ties that bind us together in common activity are so ………that they can disappear at any moment.
(A) tentative
(B) tenuous
(C) consistent
(D) restrictive
Ans : (B)

3. Her reaction to his proposal was ………. She rejected it ……….
(A) inevitable–vehemently
(B) subtle–violently
(C) clever–abruptly
(D) sympathetic–angrily
Ans : (A)

4. His ……… directions misled us we did not know which of the two roads to take.
(A) complicated
(B) ambiguous
(C) narrow
(D) fantastic
Ans : (B)
5. It would be difficult for one so ……… to believe that all men are equal irrespective of caste, race and religion.
(A) emotional
(B) democratic
(C) intolerant
(D) liberal
Ans : (C)
Directions—(Q. 6–10) In each of the following sentences four words or phrases have been bold. Only one bold part in each sentence is not accepted in standard English. Identify that part and mark its letter (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your as answer.
6. Gaze for a thing (A) that are not (B) available easily (C) in the country is a universal phenomenon. (D)
Ans : (B)
7. It is foolish to be expecting (A) one person to be like another (B) person, for (C) each individualis born (D) with his characteristics traits.
Ans : (A)
8. The tendency to believe (A) that (B) man is inherently dishonest is something (C) that will be decried. (D)
Ans : (D)
9. I have not come across very (A) few (B) people who (C) think of thing beyond (D) their daily work.
Ans : (B)
10. He managed to board (A) the running train (B) but all his luggages (C) was (D) left on the station.
Ans : (C)
(A) to watch
(B) watching
(C) in seeing
(D) seeing
Ans : (B)
(A) stressing
(B) avoiding
(C) devoting
(D) decrying
Ans : (A)
(A) troop
(B) troupe
(C) band
(D) gang
Ans : (B)
(A) with
(B) to
(C) for
(D) at
Ans : (A)
(A) elects
(B) elected
(C) is elected
(D) is electing
Ans : (C)
Ans : (A)
Ans : (C)
Ans : (A)
Ans : (B)
Ans : (C)
61. (A) Submitted
(B) Admitted
(C) Comitted
(D) Omitted
Ans : (C)
62. (A) Brillient
(B) Valiant
(C) Salient
(D) Radiant
Ans : (A)
63. (A) Recuperate
(B) Regulate
(C) Reinstate
(D) Seperate
Ans : (D)
64. (A) Cease
(B) Seize
(C) Beseige
(D) Beseech
Ans : (C)
65. (A) Carrier
(B) Carreer
(C) Courier
(D) Barrier
Ans : (B)
66. Censure
(A) Criticise
(B) Appreciate
(C) Blame
(D) Abuse
Ans : (A)
67. Diligent
(A) Industrious
(B) Indifferent
(C) Intelligent
(D) Energetic
Ans : (A)
68. Contemplation
(A) Consideration
(B) Meditation
(C) Deliberation
(D) Speculation
Ans : (B)
69. Adulation
(A) Duration
(B) Argument
(C) Flattery
(D) Institution
Ans : (C)
70. Quiver
(A) Quarrel
(B) Quicken
(C) Waver
(D) Tremble
Ans : (D)
(A) Love
(B) Lust
(C) Luck
(D) Loss
Ans : (A)
(A) Explanation
(B) Challenge
(C) Compromise
(D) Opposition
Ans : (C)
73. COAX
(A) Dull
(B) Dissuade
(C) Active
(D) Speed
Ans : (B)
(A) Educated
(B) Unscholarly
(C) Scholarly
(D) Possessive
Ans : (B)
(A) High
(B) Poor
(C) Rare
(D) Fluent
Ans : (B)
(A) Confessed
(B) Took off his shirt
(C) Suffered
(D) Spoke ill
Ans : (A)
77. I am done for.
(A) Ruined
(B) Rewarded
(C) Answered
(D) Questioned
Ans : (A)
(A) Equally rich
(B) Mentally compatible
(C) Honest and sincere
(D) Ready for sacrifices
Ans : (A)
(A) Squandered
(B) Distributed
(C) Spent
(D) Gave in charity
Ans : (A)
80. All his ventures went to the winds.
(A) Dissipated
(B) Spread all over
(C) Got speed of the winds
(D) Became well-known
Ans : (A)
81. (A) owns
(B) buys
(C) acquires
(D) takes
Ans : (C)
82. (A) pleasure
(B) satisfaction
(C) sadness
(D) dejection
Ans : (A)
83. (A) always
(B) ever
(C) sometimes
(D) never
Ans : (D)
84. (A) source
(B) occupation
(C) possession
(D) relief
Ans : (A)
85. (A) possessor
(B) loser
(C) master
(D) heir
Ans : (A)
86. (A) rich
(B) lucky
(C) poor
(D) bad
Ans : (C)
87. (A) full
(B) vacuum
(C) empty
(D) deep
Ans : (C)
88. (A) writing
(B) speaking
(C) listening
(D) reading
Ans : (D)
89. (A) weak
(B) fresh
(C) sick
(D) tired
Ans : (C)
90. (A) himself
(B) ourselves
(C) yourselves
(D) themselves
Ans : (B)
Directions—(Q. 91–95) In these questions, you have one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer-each question out of the fouralternatives and indicate the correct answer.
(A) A period of profit
(B) A period of change
(C) A period of certainty
(D) A loss-making period
Ans : (B)
(A) Customer-friendly
(B) Able to attract foreign investors
(C) Financially healthy
(D) Senseless risk-takers
Ans : (C)
(A) By being innovative
(B) By soliciting the help of the government
(C) By being financially healthy
(D) By being conservative
Ans : (A)
94. What does the absence of any bad advance indicate ?
(A) A penchant for risks
(B) Immense conservatism
(C) Financial independence
(D) A deep-seated social commitment
Ans : (D)
(A) Will put the banks in danger
(B) Will undermine the banks’ social commitment
(C) Will reveal the untapped talent
(D) Will result in inefficient portfolio management
Ans : (A)
(A) Bacteria
(B) Amoeba
(C) Virus
(D) Fungus
Ans : (A)
97. One who is greedy—
(A) Voracious
(B) Avaricious
(C) Carnivorous
(D) Omnivorous
Ans : (B)
(A) Colony
(B) Dominion
(C) County
(D) Municipality
Ans : (B)
99. A place where Jews worship according to their religion—
(A) Cathedral
(B) Synagogue
(C) Chapel
(D) Demagogue
Ans : (B)
100. One who is indifferent to pleasure and pain—
(A) Ascetic
(B) Esoteric
(C) Stoic
(D) Sceptical
Ans : (C)

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