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Post NameHigh School Teacher English - Education
Question Paper Code069/2022
Category Code418/2020, 254/2021
Date of Test15 June 2022
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOMR Examination
Total Questions100
1
What is the correct chronological order of the following events ? (1) Paliyam Sathyagraha (2) Guruvayur Sathyagraha (3) Kuttamkulam Sathyagraha (4) Malayalee memorial Codes :
Answer
B. (4), (2), (3), (1)
2
Which of the following historic novels are not written by Sardar K.M. Panicker ?
Answer
D. Ramaraja Bahadur, Marthandavarma
3
‘The Path of the father’ belief is associated with
Answer
C. Vaikunta Swamikal
4
Which of the following statement regarding Swadesabhimani Ramakrishnapillai is/are correct ? (1) Ramakrishnapillai become the editor of Kerala panjhika newspaper in 1901. (2) Ramakrishnapillai was arrested and exiled from Travancore in 1910. (3) Ramakrishnapillai was the founder and publisher of the newspaper Swadesabhimani in 1906. (4) Ramakrishnapillai was elected to Sreemoolam Assembly from Neyyattinkara in 1908.
Answer
C. (1) and (2)
5
Consider the following pairs of authors and their works : (1) Parvathy Nenmenimangalam – Punarjanmam (2) Annachandi – Kalapakarchakal (3) Akkamma Cherian – 1114 nte Katha (4) Lalithambika Antharjanam – Agnisakshi Which of the following pairs are incorrect ?
Answer
A. (1) and (2)
6
Which one of the following is NOT a part of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution ?
Answer
D. Federalism
7
Employment Guarantee Scheme was first introduced in which of the following states ?
Answer
B. Maharashtra
8
Parliament cannot amend the provisions which form the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution. This was ruled by the Supreme Court in ?
Answer
D. Kesavananda Bharati Case
9
The first protocol to ban the emissions of Chloro Fluoro Carbons in the atmosphere was made in ?
Answer
C. Montreal
10
PARAKH, which was seen in the news recently, is a portal associated with which field ?
Answer
B. Student Learning Assessment
11
The concept of Fundamental Duties in the Constitution of India was taken from which country ?
Answer
A. USSR
12
Who can remove the President and members of Public Service Commission from the Post ?
Answer
A. President
13
In which year the Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act came into force ?
Answer
A. 2006
14
The first country which legally allows its consumers to use Cry
Answer
C. El Salvador
15
Which of the following Constitutional Amendments provided for the Right to Education ?
Answer
A. 86th Amendment
16
Which of the skills can be called as productive skills ?
Answer
B. Speaking and Writing
17
Which of the following cannot be considered as an aim of CCE ?
Answer
D. Recording the scores obtained by learners in their annual examination.
18
Some of the famous learning theories and its propounders are given below. Match them appropriately.
Answer
C. Kohler (iii) Cognitive development theory
19
Combination of both face to face and traditional classroom methods with e-learning is used to create a hybrid approach to learning. Which type of learning is referred here ?
Answer
A. Blended learning
20
Which of the statement is not correct about pedagogic analysis ?
Answer
B. Evaluation is not a part of pedagogic analysis.
21
Name the Shakespearean critic who argues that Macbeth begins “by unleashing the terrible threat of destructive maternal power and demonstrates the helplessness of its central male figure before that power”.
Answer
D. Janet Adelman
22
The School for Scandal was first performed in London at ____ on 8th May, 1777.
Answer
C. Drury Lane
23
Upon his return to Hertfordshire, whose death does Jack announce to Miss Prism and Dr. Chasuble ?
Answer
D. Ernest’s
24
Higgins claims that English is the language of:
Answer
C. Shakespeare, Milton and the Bible
25
What does Nora bring into the cottage at the beginning ?
Answer
C. The bundle of clothes
26
Which is not one of Estragon’s characteristics ?
Answer
C. Egotistical
27
What is the name of the restaurant where Happy and Biff take Willy ?
Answer
C. Frank’s Chop House
28
For what does Tom pay membership dues with the money earmarked for the electricity bill ?
Answer
B. The Union of Merchant Seamen
29
Nagamandala is based on two folk stories which Karnad heard from his guru _____.
Answer
B. A. K. Ramanujan
30
Elaine Showalter’s prime area of research was _____.
Answer
C. Hysteria and madness in women
31
According to Bharata, rasa is the result of Vibhava, Anubhava and Vyabicharibhava combining to form ______.
Answer
C. Sthayibhava
32
Where does most of the action in the novel The Bluest Eye take place ?
Answer
D. Lorain, Ohio
33
What do Baby Kochamma and Kochu Maria have in common ?
Answer
B. They both live sedentary lives and watch television
34
By profession, the protagonist of Roots and Shadows, Indu, is a/an ________
Answer
C. Journalist
35
Who is Santiago’s hero ?
Answer
D. Joe DiMaggio
36
With whom does Napoleon play cards at the end of the novel Animal Farm ?
Answer
B. Mr. Pilkington
37
What is the name of the village near Wuthering Heights ?
Answer
B. Gimmerton
38
Forester says that when the love ends, ___ starts.
Answer
Question Cancelled
39
The essay “On the Rule of the Road” by A. G. Gardiner is taken from the anthology _________.
Answer
B. Leaves in the Wind
40
“The Trumpet Club” was published in ___.
Answer
C. February 11(1710)
41
Bacon says that to spend too much of time for studies is _______.
Answer
C. Sloth
42
What is ‘Yirrakalas’ ?
Answer
B. Australian tribe
43
The poem “Africa” is _______.
Answer
B. A dramatic monologue
44
The most important literary device employed in the poem “This is a Photograph of Me” is _______.
Answer
C. Enjambment
45
The sills in the “House of a Thousand Doors” are cut in _______.
Answer
C. Bronze
46
Some of the idioms of the poem “Telephone Conversation” point out the general geography of ____.
Answer
C. London
47
How many stanzas does the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” have ?
Answer
B. 6
48
How many speakers are there in the poem “Home Burial” ?
Answer
C. 3
49
When was the poem “Obituary” published ?
Answer
B. 1971
50
In which collection was “Night of the Scorpion” published ?
Answer
B. The Exact Name
51
In the poem “Where the Mind is Without Fear” reason is compared to a ____.
Answer
A. Clear stream
52
The poem “Daddy” was written on October 12, ________ .
Answer
B. 1962
53
The poem, ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’ by Yeats is addressed to ___, his daughter.
Answer
A. Anne
54
According to Bertrand Russel, ____ is essential to the proper fulfilment of the teacher’s functions.
Answer
C. Intellectual independence
55
According to Dr. Radhakrishnan, the humanity is important because, it teaches us about our own ____.
Answer
B. Nature
56
_____ is the turning point of incidents.
Answer
A. Peripeteia
57
According to Wordsworth, ____ is not essential to poetry.
Answer
B. Metre
58
The Touchstone method is a modified method of ____.
Answer
B. Addison
59
Which cantos of Dante’s Inferno are referred to in the essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent” ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
60
Ode to a Skylark consists of _______ stanzas.
Answer
C. 21
61
Read the sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only in one part of the sentence. The alphabet of that part is your answer. It’s raining / so we’re not going out. / We’d get wet / if we went out.
Answer
Question Cancelled
62
Which of the following words means ‘about to happen, threatening’ ?
Answer
B. Imminent
63
Choose the most effective word that is nearly same in meaning to the word ‘benevolent’.
Answer
C. Benign
64
Choose the most effective word that is nearly opposite in meaning to the word ‘sodden’.
Answer
B. Arid
65
Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which means – “a qualified medical doctor who specialises in the treatment of diseases of the eye”.
Answer
D. Oculist
66
Pick out the right word from the given words to fill in the blanks : Ritu made the _______ error of asking for more.
Answer
C. Fatal
67
Which of the following sentences follows the right word order ?
Answer
A. I like the little pedlar who has a crooked nose.
68
Produce the correct sentence : P. from hate to a realm of love and peace Q. for aesthetic appreciation of nature R. a good teacher will take the child away S. through creative work and experimental learning
Answer
C. RPSQ
69
Choose the exact meaning of the idiom ‘to make stock of’______.
Answer
Question Cancelled
70
Complete the following sentence by filling in ‘a’ or ‘an’ or ‘the’ as may be suitable : Sarang stays in _________bed till nine every morning.
Answer
D. No article
71
Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition : Salini boasted ________ her accomplishments.
Answer
C. of
72
Point out the noun clause in the sentence ‘That Kathryn will succeed is certain’ :
Answer
B. That Kathryn will succeed
73
Insert the correct tense of verbs in the following sentence : Joanne is/ has been in France at the moment. She is/ has been there for the last three days.
Answer
C. is, has been
74
Choose the most appropriate phrasal verb : Rose is always busy, she is always ______.
Answer
B. on the run
75
Fill in the blank with appropriate conjunction : Give me to drink, __________ I shall die of thirst.
Answer
Question Cancelled
76
Turn the following into indirect speech : The young sparrow said, “Mother, what is that queer object ?”
Answer
B. The young sparrow asked its mother what that queer object was.
77
Rewrite the following sentence so that the verbs will be in the Active Voice : Rose was struck by his singular appearance.
Answer
A. His singular appearance struck Rose.
78
Choose appropriate question tag for the sentence – ‘Please open the window’ :
Answer
B. Will you ?
79
Change the following sentence into positive degree, “It is easier to preach than to practice.”
Answer
A. It is not so easy to practice as to preach.
80
Which expression ensures the customer that he is satisfied with the solution the company/ brand has offered ?
Answer
D. I want to check if you have received the help you needed.
81
The phonetic transcription of the word, ‘question’ is ______.
Answer
B. kwestən
82
Two letter graphemes are called _________.
Answer
B. Digraphs
83
What are the functional morphemes in the following sentence ? “The old man sat on a chair and told them tales of woe”.
Answer
A. the, on, a, and, them, of
84
What is the basic lexical relation between the following pair of words ? table furniture
Answer
B. Hyponymy
85
Which of the following sentences describes polysemy in the best way ?
Answer
C. Computer chips are an important new technology.
86
A word of one type (usually a noun) is reduced to form another word of a different type (usually a verb) is called _______ .
Answer
B. Backformation
87
How do you group the following languages into pairs which are closely related from a historical point of view: Romanian, Czech, Dutch, French, Gaelic, German, Russian, Welsh ?
Answer
A. Romanian and French; Czech and Russian; Dutch and German; Gaelic and Welsh
88
The final sounds of ‘laugh’ and ‘cough’ and the initial sound of ‘photo’ are examples of __________ .
Answer
D. Labiodentals
89
The terms related to titular rankings of the nobility like Duke, Marquis, Viscount, Baron are direct borrowings from _____.
Answer
A. French
90
Many of the common English words have two or more forms of pronunciation, one strong form and one or more weak forms. This phenomenon is termed as ______.
Answer
A. Gradation
91
Which of the following aspects points to the direct method of teaching ?
Answer
C. It makes direct bond between thought and expression
92
Which method emphasises linguistic competence and performance ?
Answer
B. Communicative Approach
93
A console refers to _________
Answer
A. Instructor’s room in a language lab
94
Which of the following belongs to the category of Function words ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
95
Which of the following words is a reciprocal pronoun ?
Answer
D. Each other
96
Which among the following is a Trisyllabic word ?
Answer
C. impatient
97
Fill in the blank with appropriate form of verb. I ______ (read) a novel when I heard a knock at the door.
Answer
B. had been reading
98
Which is the term introduced by Noam Chomsky to describe ‘the actual use of language in concrete situations’ ?
Answer
C. Performance
99
________ refers to a set of sounds in which the articulation of each is strongly influenced by the following vowel sound.
Answer
A. Approximants
100
Who is the major exponent of the ‘The Silent Way’, one of the constituents of Humanistic Approaches to learning ?
Answer
B. Caleb Gattegno

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