PYPs 2024 – TET Paper-1 Language I (Hindi/English)

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : (1 to 09)

He must have seen us coming from some distance. By the time he loomed up in front of my headlights, the arms in the snow-caked overcoat were flailing desperately like windmills.

Pat gave a little gasp and I braked at once, though gently, or I might have followed his car into the ditch. But immediately I had second thoughts; there had been one or two nasty cases of hold-up in the papers recently. I wasn’t going to take any chances with Pat, my sister, there. I changed down the gear and made to drive round him.

Pat was horrified. ‘Aren’t you stopping, Bill ?’ I shook my head. ‘Too risky’.

It was then that I saw the car. It had skidded right across the road and was hanging nose down in the deep ditch. I braked again and brought the Mini-Moris gradually to a stop.

I slid back my window as he looked in and then I saw that he was bleeding from a cut in his cheek.

‘Anybody else in the car ?’

‘No, on my own. If you could give me a lift’.

I nodded and he got into the back and slammed the door.

‘Sorry about this, folks. I was beginning to think I was stuck there for the night.

Not that you would call it a busy road, is it ?’

‘Not at twelve o’clock at night’, Pat said, turning round to smile at him. ‘We have been to a dance in Boling ford. Bill didn’t want to go, but I was keen. He isn’t a bad brother, really’.

Which of the following statements is/are right?
(a) The stranger did not seem to be badly hurt.
(b) Mini-Moris went past the stranger and then stopped.

2. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

3. The meaning of “he loomed up” in the passage is:

4. The word “gradually” is opposite in meaning to:

5. In “Pat gave a little gasp”, the underlined word ‘gasp’ is a:

6. Which of the following is a reading skill?

7. What is the synonym of “desperately” as used in the passage?

8. The expression “cut in his cheek” refers to:

9. The overall tone of the passage is:

10. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : (10 to 15)
‘What dost thou do here ?’ the Bishop he said,
‘I prithee now tell to me’,
‘I am a bold harper’, quoth Robin Hood,
‘And the best in the north countree’.
‘O welcome, O welcome!’ the Bishop he said,
‘That music best pleaseth me.’
‘You shall have no music’, quoth Robin Hood,
‘Till the bride and the bridegroom I see’.
With that came in a wealthy knight,
Which was both grave and old,
And after him a finikin lass,
Did shine like glistening gold.
‘This is no fit match’, quoth bold Robin Hood,
‘That you do seem to make here;
‘For since we are come into the church,
The bride she shall choose her own dear’.

Study the following statements:
(a) The Bishop asked Robin Hood the purpose of his visit.
(b) Robin Hood pretended to be a musician.

11. What was going to take place in the church?

12. “I prithee now” means:

13. Robin Hood met the Bishop:

14. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

15. The literary device used in “Did shine like glistening gold” is:

16. A child does not write a paragraph on her own but can write with guidance. This guidance is called:

17. Concept learning involves:

18. A teacher who appreciates overall language use despite some errors is using:

19. A Hindi-speaking teacher posted in Punjab should:

20. Local comprehension focuses on:

21. The purpose of a diagnostic test is:

22. A correct statement about a textbook is:

23. To develop oral language, a teacher should:

24. “Language is arbitrary” means:

25. Deductive approach of grammar teaching suggests:

26. Guessing beyond facts is called:

27. Free writing promotes:

28. Reading a text thoroughly and answering questions based on context refers to:

29. Language acquisition occurs when:

30. Excluding mother tongue in the classroom is a feature of: