These MCQs are helpful for the English Language Subject for both papers, i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2 of CTET.
1 to 5 : Read the following passage carefully & answer the questions given below it.
When the motorcar was first introduced, it was a clumsy, noisy machine that labored along the street at a pace no faster than that of a trotting horse. People look at it with suspicion & fear. Since then, the motorcar has come a long way & is today a combination of beauty, luxury & efficiency. The modern automobile, sleek & streamlined with its brilliant hues, is an aesthetically appealing object, almost a work of art. You can travel in it in absolute comfort at an incredible speed, & yet feel no fatigue at the end of day’s journey. The engine is a masterpiece of mechanical ingenuity & seldom lets you down if you maintain it well.
1. What was the motorcar like when it was first introduced? It was…………..
(a) an attractive, silent machine
(b) an awkward, noisy machine
(c) a big & unpleasant machine
(d) a small useless machine
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2. The speed of the first motor car was compared to a……….
(a) limping horse
(b) horse moving quickly
(c) horse refusing to move
(d) sleeping horse
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3. The modern automobile is a ……….
(a) beautiful object & a work of art
(b) noisy & ugly vehicle
(c) clumsy machine
(d) vehicle that breaks down very ofter
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4. The modern automobile is…………..
(a) cheap & irrepairable
(b) shiny but rough
(c) uncomfortable & moves at a low speed
(d) comfortable & goes at a high speed
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5. The engine is the best example of man’s…………
(a) inventiveness
(b) backwardness
(c) helplessness
(d) laziness
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6. Information transfer takes place in ……directions.
(a) three
(b) four
(c) one
(d) two
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7. If a student’s answer script is evaluated by tow examiners, they must award nearly the same number of marks. Then we can that the test is…….
(a) practical
(b) reliable
(c) scorable
(d) valid
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8. Substitution drill is a technique used in………
(a) the grammar-translation method
(b) the communication-language teaching method
(c) the audio- lingual method
(d) the direct method
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9. Articulatory phonetics deals with………
(a) production of sounds
(b) distortion of sounds
(c) reception of sounds
(d) transmission of sounds
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10. A ‘Diphthong’ could be described as a combination of…….
(a) a consonant & a vowel
(b) two consonant clusters
(c) two pure vowel sounds
(d) two consonant sounds
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