Language -2 | English | Sectional Mock Test -1

Question: (1-9)Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow
1. We were walking across the garden when my daughter spotted a cluster of familiar red flowers. She pulled me to one side and then, looking excitedly at me as though she had a secret to share, she pulled me down to her height and whispered in my ears. I shot up straight almost as soon as she had finished her sentence. With my mouth ajar, I was about to tell her that it was probably not a good idea to do so when I was transported to the time when I was around her age.
2. It had been a rather long day from school and I was dead tired. I was walking along the pathway that was lined with many ixora plants when my friend grabbed me by the arm. Before I could do anything, he gleefully plucked a single flower from the cluster and showed it to me. Unimpressed, I was not about to be swayed by a puny flower and was about to admonish him when he turned the flower upside down to show me a tiny almost invisible thread-like thing that protruded out from its stall.
3. He pulled the faint yellowish thread and right at the end of it, a tiny drop of nectar appeared. At least, that was what I think it was, as it was really quite sweet. That day we raided the ixora plants. We really had a lot of fun. I could still taste the sweetness till today. My daughter’s urgent tug brought me back to reality. I turned to my daughter and decided that she too needed to know the joy of tasting sweet nectar from beautiful blooms.

Question: 1 Identify the parts of speech of the underlined words.
I was transported to the time when I was around her age.

A adjective, preposition

B noun, preposition

C noun, adverb

D noun, verb

Answer: B noun, preposition

 

Question: 2 Read the following sentences :
Assertion (A) : The child was excited to share a secret with her mother.
Reason (R) : The mother was in disbelief and went down memory lane.

A Both (A) and (R) are correct

B Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

D (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect
Answer: C Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

 

Question: 3 In para 1, according to the mother it was not a good idea to :

A raid the ixora plants

B walk in the garden the whole day long

C walk along the pathway alone

D taste sweet nectar from flowers

Answer: D taste sweet nectar from flowers

 

Question: 4. From the given anecdote, one can assume that the 2 characters shared the relationship of:

A mother and daughter

B school-mates

C grandmother and grand-child

D best friends
Answer: A mother and daughter

 

Question: 5 Read the following sentences :
A. The writer is traumatised by the memories of her childhood.
B. The daughter’s secret brings back nostalgic memories of the school days.
C. The writer wants her child to be connected to the sweet pleasures of nature.

A (B) and (C) are incorrect, (A) is correct

B (A) and (B) are correct, (C) is incorrect

C (B) and (C) are correct, (A) is incorrect

D (A) and (C) are correct, (B) is incorrect
Answer: C (B) and (C) are correct, (A) is incorrect

 

Question: 6  ‘to be transported in time’ means____________ .

A to indulge in time travel

B recollect memories of the past

C to take future decisions

D travel backwards

Answer: B recollect memories of the past

 

Question: 7 Complete the word analogy:
Cluster : Bunch :: Puny : __?__

A colourful

B prickly

C long-stalked

D delicate
Answer: D delicate

 

Question:  8 ‘To be dead tired’ does not mean-

A to be exhausted

B to be completely exhausted

C to feel refreshed

D to feel too tired to walk
Answer: C to feel refreshed

 

Question:  9  ‘I was about to admonish him….’.
The underlined word can be replaced by the word-

A reprimand

B refuse

C cajole

D appreciate

Answer: A reprimand

 

Question: (10-15)Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow.
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
Its time to take the window to see Leerie going by;
For every night at tea time and before you take your seat,
With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
Now Tom would be a driver and Maria may go to the sea;
And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
But I, when I’m stronger and choose what I’m to do,
O Leerie, I’ll go around at night and light the lamps with you
For we are very lucky, with a lamp before the door;
And Leerie stops to light it as he lights so many more;
And O! Before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
O Leerie, see a little child and nod to him tonight!

Question: 10 Identify the rhyme scheme in lines -8

A aabb

B abab
C aaba
D abba

Answer: A aabb

 

Question: 11  Why does the poet consider himself to be fortunate ?

A He doesn’t have to light other peoples’ doors.

B He has light at night by his door.

C He is strong and doesn’t have to make a choice in life.

D He has a rich banker father.

Answer: B He has light at night by his door.

 

Question: 12  Read the following sentences :
A. The poet occasionally has a light outside his door.
B. The poet wants to be a banker like his father when he grows up
C. The poet is fascinated by the lamp lighter’s profession.

A (B) and (C) are correct, (A) is incorrect

B (A) and (B) are incorrect, (C) is correct

C (A) and (B) are correct, (C) is incorrect

D (A) and (C) are correct, (B) is incorrect

Answer: B (A) and (B) are incorrect, (C) is correct

 

Question: 13  With reference to the poem, complete the word analogy:
Leerie : lamplighter :: father : ?

A driver

B sailor

C banker

D rich businessman

Answer: C banker

 

Question: 14  The phrase, ‘the sun has left the sky’ indicates that-

A it is forenoon

B it is afternoon

C it is evening time

D it is morning
Answer: C it is evening time

 

Question: 15  The poet looks at the lamp- lighter’s profession with-

A jealousy

B curiosity

C confusion

D wonder

Answer: D wonder

 

Question: 16Remedial teaching is for:
A teachers who need to modify their teaching for certain student to learn the language.

B learners and teachers to understand and modify/ improve their teaching/learning strategies.

C learners and teachers to enhance the scores in the examination in language paper.

D learners who need attention on certain aspects of language learning.
Answer: B learners and teachers to understand and modify/ improve their teaching/learning strategies.

 

Question: 17 Shreya is a Class VI learner who moves from the Jalander in Punjab to Madurai in Tamil Nadu as her father has been transferred. She knows Punjabi as her mother tongue and English language she studies as her second language in school. She is able to speak and read Tamil learning from her neighbourhood. Which one of the following statements is true based on the languages she now knows ?

A Her Tamil comes under language acquisition and English and Punjabi come under language learning.

B All the three languages, Punjabi, Tamil and English under language learning.

C Her English comes under language acquisition and Punjabi and Tamil come under language learning.

D Her Punjabi and Tamil come under language acquisition and English comes under language learning.
Answer: D Her Punjabi and Tamil come under language acquisition and English comes under language learning.

 

Question: 18 Which of the following is NOT the purpose of extensive reading?

A Reading for extrapolation

B Reading for learning grammar

C Reading for pleasure

D Reading for appreciation
Answer: B Reading for learning grammar

 

Question: 19 A method of teaching in which a teacher and four students form a collaborative learning group with different roles. Dialogues occur on the content of the text passage, which creates a zone of proximal development in which reading comprehension improves. This method is referred to as :

A Reciprocal Teaching

B Structural Approach

C Model Reading

D Grammar Translation Method

Answer: A Reciprocal Teaching

 

Question: 20 The language we use for day-to-day, face-to-face interaction is known as:

A Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS)

B Communicative language skills

C Interpersonal language proficiency

D Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)

Answer: A Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS)

 

Question: 21 A learner reads through the news item in the newspaper to know specific information. This reading is known as ________________.

A Skimming

B Scanning

C Study skill

D Critical reading
Answer: B Scanning

 

Question: 22 A teacher at the secondary stage gives a text/ short story and asks them to read and discuss the meaning and ideas of the text from the point of view of power and justice. What does the teacher attempt to develop in the learners?

A Critical pedagogy

B Critical language development

C Higher order language skills

D Critical literacy skills
Answer: D Critical literacy skills

 

Question: 23 Procedural knowledge in the teaching-learning grammar is___________.

A knowledge about the grammatical item.

B knowing the rules of the grammatical item.

C knowing the language and its culture.

D knowing how to do the grammatical item.

Answer: D knowing how to do the grammatical item.

 

Question: 24 Which one of the following is true of the three language formula ?

A English/Hindi/home language/local language as the first language.

B Mother tongue/home language/ Hindi as the first language.

C Mother tongue/home language/ English as the first language.

D Mother tongue/home language/ regional language as the first language.

Answer: D Mother tongue/home language/ regional language as the first language.

 

Question: 25 A language teacher tells a story in English and asks learners to work in group to tell the story in the languages known to them and then in the common language of the classroom. What is this pedagogical strategy known as ?

A Multilingual policy

B Multilanguage teaching

C Language acquisition

D Translanguaging

Answer: D Translanguaging

 

Question: 26 Malayalam spoken by a particular community in Kozhikodi is slightly different from the Malayalam spoken by others in the same place. What is the Malayalam spoken by the particular community known as?

A Regional dialect of Malayalam

B Social dialect of Malayalam

C They are two different languages

D Two varieties of Malayalam
Answer: B Social dialect of Malayalam

 

Question: 27 What is ‘interlingual identification’?

A Learner’s judgment that something in the native language and something in the target language are dissimilar.

B Learner’s judgment that the knowledge of the native language interferes in the learning of second language.

C Learner’s understanding that learning of different languages warrants different abilities.

D Learner’s judgement that something in the native language and something in the target language are similar.
Answer: D Learner’s judgement that something in the native language and something in the target language are similar.

 

Question: 28 Following learning task was given to learners in different groups. Find out what is this vocabulary learning activity known as.
Find words and phrases which relate to the following words.

A Word clusters

B Cluster Vocabulary

C Word Web

D Thematic Vocabulary
Answer: D Thematic Vocabulary

 

Question: 29 A teacher of Class VII conducts a pair work activity in which the pairs are given a story of ten sentences. One in the pair reads out the first sentences and the other in the pair writes that sentence. Then other in the pair read out second sentence and the first in the pair writes the second sentence. Likewise the pairs complete the whole story. Later they compare their writing with the original text given to them. What is this activity known as?

A Mutual Listening

B Sentence Dictation

C Mutual Dictation

D Mutual Writing

Answer: C Mutual Dictation

 

Question: 30 Which of the following is NOT true of Sign Language?

A Sign language is a natural language.

B Sign language does not have a grammar.

C Sign language has a grammar.

D Sign language has many varieties.
Answer: B Sign language does not have a grammar.