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1. Chipko Movement was strengthened under the leadership of
A.K. Banerjee
Sunder Lal Bahuguna
Amrita Devi Bishnoi
Medha Patkar
2. Vitamins are substances
required in small quantities to prevent deficiency diseases
that increase our metabolic rate leading to loss of weight
required as medicines to make us healthy
that build muscles to keep us strong
3. In rural areas cow dung is used to coat the floor and walls of huts to
give a natural colour to the floor
keep the insects away
make them smooth and clean
make them rough to increase friction
4. Which one of the following is not an objective of including riddles and puzzles in the EVS textbook?
To confuse the mind of the students and let them enjoy the confusion
To develop curiosity and ability to think creatively
To develop critical thinking ability in students
To develop reasoning ability in students
5. A man with blood group 0 marries a woman with blood group A. The chance of their first child having blood group 0 is
25%
75%
50%
100%
6. A Shooting Star is a
meteoroid which catches fire as it enters the Earths atmosphere
star which moves with a constant speed
shining object which moves with a constant speed in the atmosphere
star with a tail at the end
7. The difference between boiling and evaporation is that
boiling causes reduction in volume of liquid while evaporation does not
changing of boiling liquid into vapour can be seen but evaporation cannot be seen
boiling causes a change of state of water while evaporation does not
evaporation can take place at any temperature while boiling cannot
8. At the primary stage assessments should consist of
half-yearly and annual examinations at the end of the year
home assignments and class assignments every week to rate young learners under the categories of pass or fail
continuous and unstructured teacher observations to be shared with learners and parents
formal tests and games done every week and recorded in the Report Card
9. A lemon sinks in normal water but floats in salty water because the density of
lemon increases in salt water
lemon decreases in salt water
salt water is more than normal water
normal water is more than salt water
10. Cooked rice can be preserved for a longer time in a refrigerator because
moisture content in the food is reduced at low temperature
refrigerators contain certain chemicals which kill the microbes
microbes become inactive at low temperature
microbes are destroyed and killed at low temperature
11. Malaria can be detected by testing the blood for the presence of
eggs of mosquito in red blood cells
Plasmodium in red blood cells
ruptured liver cells in blood
larvae of mosquito in blood
12. The use of poems and story telling to explain concepts in an EVS class helps to
take care of the language and cultural diversity among learners
channelize the energies of the students in the right direction
make the lesson enjoyable and interesting
promote the ability to imagine and explore the nature of the world at the local and global level
13. The spoken skills in a language teaching classroom can be developed through
enabling activities with a focus on conversation skills leading to communicative competence
group activities where learners can talk in whichever language they would like to
engaging in small talk as confident agressive learners
emotionally connecting with learners
14. Lalita a teacher of young learners provides them with opportunities to play with clay water and sand so as to
please them and make them happy
dirty their hands so that they may learn to wash them
build fine motor skills especially of the fingers and thumb
encourage play with no other objective
15. How will a teacher best teach writing skills to a class?
Through dictation
By asking students to learn articles and rewrite them
By brainstorming ides and asking students to write in their own words
By asking students to write neatly
16. Mary a young teacher believes in personalised learning because she thinks that
all learners must learn on their own
children must enjoy their learning
every person must be exposed to learning
every learner is unique and needs to be given a chance to develop to the best of their ability
17. In a diverse classroom learners find it difficult to speak and write good English and often lapse into their mother-tongue because
they do not have the ability to learn English
they are slow learners
they are not motivated to learn
they lack enough competence and the structures of the two languages are different
18. A child studying in Class-III says: I dranked the water. It indicates that the child
has overgeneralized the rule for marking past tense verbs showing that learning is taking place
is careless and needs to be told that she should be conscious of such errors
has not learnt grammar rules properly
should memories the correct sentence
19. Leena uses Big Reading Books in her language classes to
use these illustrated colourful books for reading together
use them for big students of different ages
allow students to read at home
ensure books carry a lot of information
20. Grammar should be taught by
giving clear explanations
enabling practice in context
asking students to learn rules
making learners do written assignments
21. Children who are differently abled join a new school. Teachers give different reactions. Which one reflects the concept of inclusive education?
Good it will provide a good opportunity for the children to learn to help each other and be supportive.
Such children should go to special schools where they will learn better.
Oh! How can I teach children who cannot even read?
Im worried that my class may not accept these children and some of the mischievous children may even harm the poor kids.
22. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 stipulates that learning should be
through activities in a child-friendly manner
supported by extra coaching
restricted to co-scholastic subjects
carefully monitored by frequent testing
23. A teacher can cater to the learning styles of all the children by
advising the children to join drawing/dance/music classes
employing a variety of teaching methods and modes of assessment which cater to diversity among learners
teaching every lesson thoroughly and revising the lessons
testing the children frequently
24. Read the two sentences given below:The lizard ate the fly.The fly ate the lizard.A teacher can use this example to explain that
they are examples of reported speech
they are a collection of words
there is no difference in the two sentences because both have the same words
when subject and object change positions the meaning of the sentence changes
25. Ritu often makes errors in Subject-Verb concord. The teacher can help her by
asking Ritu to learn the rules and scolding her
asking Ritu to write the rules ten times in her notebook
taking up many examples for the entire class and paying special attention to Ritu
explaining to her the rules of grammar
26. Ria is unable to pronounce the words smile and school clearly. As her teacher what will you do?
Humiliate Ria by isolating her and asking her to repeat the words
Asking the entire class to repeat the words and appreciating Ria when she repeats them correctly
Make Ria repeat the words many times
Make Ria understand the meaning and sound pattern and get the class as a whole to listen to these words through an audio-visual medium
27. The main purpose of the author in the above passage is to
delineate the lesson he has learnt for the development of a nation
prioritise goals for only economic development of India
discuss the different writers he has read
argue why India should not be considered a developed country
28. The first piece of the development puzzle according to the author is
imbuing the citizens of the country with decency and aspirations
the need for making people understand the importance of leading an idealistic and simple life
creating a team of industrious people for a national cause
the importance of decent inspired and industrious people for a nations development
29. Mahatma Gandhi proved that only leadership by example can
gain the trust of the people so that they are willing to make sacrifices for a larger cause
inspire people to eat dress travel and live like the poor
mobilise the people of a country against colonial rule
fully and properly understand the pulse of the people of a country
30. he expression walking the talk means
being diplomatic in ones behaviour an words
practising what one preaches
addressing public gatherings in an election campaign
talking to the common people by mingling with them
31. he colonial mindset of dark elite in white masks with reference to the passage is
looking down upon the poor and the disenfranchised
the bureaucratic practice of according topmost priority to confidentiality in official dealings
discriminating people on the basis of the colour of their skin
an assumption that the administrators and politicians have more rights and privileges than the common people
32. Extolling the virtues of poverty while living in luxury is an instance of
the ideal of a good government
the need to make people adopt a simple life
the hypocrisy of the people of our country
practising what you preach
33. I realized fairly early that this was the second piece of the development puzzle. The underlined part of this sentence is a/an
Noun clause
Verb clause
Adjective clause
Adverbial phrase
34. Pick out a word or phrase from the second paragraph of the passage that means the same as to make (something) go slower.
decelerating
vernacular
disenfranchised
dark elite
35. Development is a noun with -ment as a suffix. Which of the following will become a noun if we add the suffix -ment to it?
Enchant
Endure
Extort
Enter
36. The woman described in the poem
lived in her own house
worked in the house of a rich man
was very busy doing chores
was no more
37. The woman was always tired because
she did all the household work without any help
she had hardly anything to eat
she was physically very weak
she was suffering from a serious ailment
38. The woman wanted to go to a place where
people would take good care of her
people would sincerely mourn for her
people didnt sing or dance
people didnt cook wash or sew
39. The womans account in the poem shows
how a woman can escape from work
how we should help each other
how overworked a housewife is
that there is no work in heaven
40. For everything there is exact to my wishes In this line the word exact can be interpreted to mean
according
leading
contrary
contributing
41. The scheme according to the Old Man was useful because
it was excellent feedback for the teacher principal and school
he was slightly eccentric
it was meant to humiliate the teacher
it was meant to give power to the teacher
42. Pet schemes in line 1 refers to
a student he is fond of
a formula he had discovered
a pet animal
a method he has advocated
43. The Old Man refers to
a parent of the school
a student of the school
a teacher of the school
the headmaster called Mr. Florian
44. The advantages of the scheme were many. Pick out the disadvantage from the list given below.
Sometimes deflating to the teachers ego
Diagnostic and remedial for the student and the teacher
Effective feedback
Enhanced writing skills
45. Sacred in the context of the Headmaster means
that even he was not above the scheme he advocated for students
he believed in the sacred nature of all life
that he was a holy man
that he was the powerful head of the school
46. Brook as a verb means to tolerate in para l. As a noun it means
Tolerance
Allow
Suffer
Stream
47. Karuna Verma is bewildered at
the responsibility of bringing up a daughter in a big city
her mothers ability to combine her career with household work
the amount of work that she has to do after becoming a mother
the late hours of work that her father followed
48. ... parents working in sync means
father earning and mother taking care of children
parents having staggered office hours and sharing household work
parents pooling their resources together to take care of expenses
husband and wife sinking their differences to preserve domestic harmony
49. Karuna too wanted to do the balancing act. In this sentence the term balancing act implies
managing the time efficiently so that parents can spend quality time with their children
making adjustments in order to balance work and leisure properly
sharing of responsibilities by both husband and wife
a mothers ability to look after her child without quitting her job
50. As she was living with her husband in Andheri Mumbai away from their families ............ . In this sentence their families refers to
Families of friends in Andheri Mumbai
Karunas parents and in-laws
Karunas mother and fathers families
Karunas husbands family
51. Karunas parents and her husbands parents probably lived
in Mumbai but not in Andheri
with Karuna and her husband
in Andheri Mumbai
in some other city
52. Karuna decided to quit her job because
she wanted to have more time to herself and for her husband
she wanted to pay more attention to her cooking
she Was not interested in her teaching job
she did not want her daughter to spend her early years with a maid
53. It was ironical that Karunas mother should advise her to quit her job and stay at home because
Karunas parents had always advised her that home was much more important than career
Karunas mother herself had not quit her job to take care of children as she encouraged independence of women
Karuna herself was keen on quitting her job
Karunas parents had insisted that household chores should be shared between husband and wife
54. After Karuna quit her job
she sent her maid away as she felt that the maid was a bad influence on Avni
she had no time for herself as Avni needed all her attention and care
she had a lot of time to herself and for her husband
he occupied herself with cooking to spend her time usefully
55. I have no time for myself says Karuna. This sentence can be written in reported speech as
Karuna said that she had no time for herself
Karuna says that she had no time for herself
Karuna says that she have no time for herself
Karuna said that she had no time for myself
56. Which of the following is a value associated with an inclusive classroom?
Competition
Envy
Sympathy
Collaboration
57. Remedial teaching as part of Formative Assessment means
diagnosing and addressing gaps in learning
teaching beyond the textbooks
extra coaching by parents
teaching for gifted students
58. The aim of mechanical drills is to
strengthen the role learning capacity of the learners
encourage creative use of language among the learners
improve the fluency of the learners
improve the accuracy of the learners
59. Learners are involved in individual activities pair work group work and whole-class work because these
have the sole aim of introducing variety in a language classroom
enable the already over-worked teacher to preserve her energy thereby becoming more effective
afford the learners opportunities to use the language in a focused manner for real-life interaction
provide the learners enough opportunities to relax in a language classroom
60. Which of the following statements is true?
All formative tasks are meant for assessment.
Formative assessment to be effective must be conducted only after teaching a lesson
While all formative tasks are meant for improving teaching-learning some are used for assessment too.
Formative assessment helps us to grade students into good average and poor.
61. When young learners seem to lose interest in a lesson the teacher should
tell a story or conduct an interesting activity
ask them to sit quietly for some time
allow them to go out and play
ask them to sleep for a while
62. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 has included all round development of the child as one of the aims of education because
it ensures that every child is a part of a workforce
every child grows rapidly between six to fourteen years
proper health care is essential
it nurtures the physical mental and emotional aspects of the child
63. Teachers do not give the meaning of new words to learners directly because
learners do not like to be given the meaning of words
it prevents learners from discovering the meaning through puzzling out using clues
learners already know the meaning of the words
vocabulary will not be enriched
64. Which of the following is an instance of non-formal learning?
Children learning to cook from their parents
Children learning a new game from friends
Children learning correspondence lessons through
Children learning to draw from their art teacher
65. Group project work helps in developing
a high level of ambition to achieve
collaboration critical thinking and problem solving
competition among learners to excel in academics
good memory in the young learners
66. which embraced tradition The word embraced here means
pleased
followed
disused
performed
67. an example by overcoming all difficulties The word overcoming means
conquering
overbearing
reaching
not coming
68. living a life which embraced tradition Which part of speech is the underlined word?
Pronoun
Determiner
Adjective
Adverb
69. Who two contradictory kinds of science did Kamaladevi have in her childhood?
Childlike and Adult
Social and Individual
Questioning and Questing
Tradition and Change
70. Her father did not believe in
allowing children to join the adults in their activities
female education
removing brahminical restrictions
vocabulary will not be enriched
71. Which of the following statements is NOT correct of her grandmother?
She was not afraid of social criticism.
She traveled unescorted.
She believed that women should lead a secure life.
She loved to read books.
72. Which of the following statements is correct about her mother?
She preferred studies to sports.
She did not believe in adult literacy.
She struggled through life smilingly.
She observed faithfully all the social customs
73. Study the following statements :
Kamaladevis mother read to her from newspapers and magazines.
Music was a source of great comfort to her.
A is right and B is wrong.
A is wrong and B is right.
74. while economic strength determined the scopeThe word determined means
preferred
rejected
established
decried
75. four social and economic goalPart of speech of the underlined word
Interjection
(2) Both A and B are wrong.
Pronoun
Determiner
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