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

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : (1 to 8)

Perhaps the worst of the ordeals was to be shut in a darkened room for long, uncertain periods, in solitary confinement and complete silence. Gagarin himself described the experience.

“There was no sound, not even the slightest rustle. No movement of the air—nothing. It was uncanny, unnerving.”

He would shut his eyes and imagine himself in a space-cabin in orbit, looking at the world passing beneath him; or sometimes he would recite half-remembered poetry to himself.

Then came parachute training. Gagarin made forty parachute jumps of gradually increasing difficulty.

One of the most interesting of the training experiments was the method of providing the experience of weightlessness. In the early stages, the express lift of the great Moscow University building was used. From the twenty-eighth floor to the bottom allowed a drop of 500 feet. At a certain high speed the passenger would find himself suspended between the floor and ceiling of the lift without support. This was a convenient and inexpensive way of reproducing ‘zero gravity.

Special air brakes prevented the lift from crashing as it reached the bottom.

On the morning of April 12, Gagarin rose at 5.30. He was zipped into his complicated space-suit, on top of which went a pale blue fibre suit, and finally an orange one. Then an Air Force bus drove him to the launching site in company with various helpers. The gantry lift took him up 100 feet, to the nose of the rocket, and he entered the cabin (named Vostok) with a wave to those below.

Study the following statements:
(a) On April 12, Gagarin woke up at 5.00
(b) He wore a blue space suit.
(c) He travelled in space in Vostok.

2. Gagarin was a/an:

3. Choose the word nearest in meaning to “convenient”:

4. One benefit of travelling in the express lift to Gagarin was:

5. ‘Looking at the world passing beneath him.’ The underlined word “beneath” is a:

6. Study the following statements:
(a) In his private life, Gagarin was a poet.
(b) In the experimental darkroo,m there was no air.

7. Gagarin was shut up in a dark room:

8. “- – – – – – -And he entered the cabin” – The underlined part is a/an __________ clause:

9. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : (9 to 15)
My hometown in the mid-1970s was a laid-back place, resembling a remote rural area, except for having some amenities. Our house was almost at one end of the town. About 15 km away, there was a small village where a fair was held for a week every year during the harvest season. The village deity was worshipped by many from the places in the vicinity.

Devotees thronged the fair not only for divine blessings but also for watching street-shows and other entertainment events. Only a mud track led to the village and everyone reached there by walking or on bullock carts.

My father, an advocate by profession, was popular among the villagers. His clients from the place used to arrange bullock carts for us and a few family friends and relatives to attend the fair.

The journey would start early in the morning. We children will be in a separate cart. I used to eagerly look forward to this occasion every year as though it was a journey of a lifetime and worth enjoying every minute of it. Money saved for this fair would be tucked firmly in my pockets during the journey. Whenever the cart jerked or sped away, I would hold my pockets tightly so that coins would not spill out.

The crowd at the temple in the foothill used to be highly unorganised, especially the food counter where prasadam was served. Hot and spicy puffed rice and tea made of jaggery were the delectable combination of food and beverage every devotee craved.

Going to the temple used to be the last priority of us children. Fearing the elders’ wrath, we would hurriedly finish the formality of darshan.

‘I used to eagerly look forward . . . .’
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined one.

10. The author’s attitude towards Gagarin can be best described as:

11. Study the following statements:
(a) The writer would be very careful while travelling in the cart.
(b) Inspite of the jerks and jolts, the journey was enjoyable

12. Study the following statements:

(a) Children were given enough pocket money on the fair day.
(b) Small children would travel with their parents in a separate cart.
(c) Well-to-do villagers liked to oblige the writer’s father.

13. The word “thronged” in the sentence “The devotees thronged the fair” means:

14. Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

15. ‘Only a mud track led to the village’. The underlined word “track” is a:

16. Linguistic competence enables learners to:

17. At primary level, a teacher generally motivates learners for colouring and drawing because:

18. Children learn a language most effectively when they have:

19. A teacher promotes group discussion and peer interaction without focusing on errors. She is using:

20. Modifying content and language of a lesson to suit learners is called:

21. A first-generation learner refers to a child:

22. When a textbook begins with rhymes and picture stories and ends with the alphabet, it suggests:

23. When language is learnt naturally without systematic practice, it is called:

24. One important feature of Communicative Language Teaching is:

25. The first step while preparing a lesson plan on “Pollution” is:

26. A teacher asks her learners to write a paragraph on ‘water’. Then the learners start discussing
what they have been taught in science and social science classes. Then they begin to write a
paragraph on water. This is an example of :

27. A child’s first language is:

28. Real-life objects like umbrella, raincoat used in class are called:

29. Using two pictures of the same person to explain tense is using:

30. The statements describing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that students should acquire are called: