CTET Exam 20 Aug 2023 Paper I (Language II – English) Answer Key

CBSE conducted the CTET (Central Teacher Eligibility Test) Exam Paper 2023. This Paper held on 20 August 2023 Morning Shift. Here The CTET Paper – I (Primary Level Class 1 to 5), Part – V (Language II – English) Solved Question Paper. CTET August 2023 Question Paper with Official Answer Key.

CTET (Central Teachers Eligibility Test)
Paper – I Primary Level (Class 1 to Class 5)

CTET Primary Level (August 2023)

CTET Exam August 2023 Paper – 1 (Primary Level)
Part – V (Language II – English)
(Official Answer Key)

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. Nos. 121 to 127) by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.

Father would dress himself for court in a brightly coloured dhoti, a matching white shirt with an equally bright white turban and a neat black coat. The paraphernalia to court would include a cloth bundle containing court papers and a basket containing hot coffee with tumblers and plates for tiffin given by my mother or sisters-in-law.

The younger advocates of his time were great admirers of my father and used to listen to him with rapt attention whenever he rose to address the court. His arguments were forceful, coherent, cogent, compulsive and conclusive. The arguments would go on till about lunchtime and even the English judge used to take down notes of his points.

One client was particular that my father alone should argue his case. On the day my mother died, this case happened to be on the cause list. My mother was alive when my father left for court at 10 a.m. that morning and he had told my brother that he would return as soon as the case was over. Unfortunately, she died within an hour of his departure.

With some difficulty, the news was conveyed through an advocate in court. My father, however, continued his arguments without showing any emotions. Only after concluding the case did he get back home to the room where my mother’s body lay and stood in stoic silence.

121. Father was very particular about dressing:
(1) as he wanted to follow the proper dress code.
(2) to impress the judges.
(3) to impress his family.
(4) as he was rich enough to buy good clothes.

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122. Which of the following statements are true/false?
A. Father avoided eating in the court canteen.
B. He liked to drink hot tea during the day.
C. He carried case files wrapped in a cloth.
Choose the correct option:
(1) A and B are false, but C is true.
(2) A and B are true, but C is false.
(3) B and C are true, but A is false.
(4) C and A are true, but B is false.

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123. Which of the following statements is wrong?
(1) He was the preferred lawyer of some clients.
(2) Young advocates wanted to learn from him.
(3) Only a few were jealous of his popularity.
(4) He argued his cases logically and persuasively.

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124. Which of the following statements are true/false?
A. Even the judges recognised his legal acumen.
B. He preferred his legal obligations to family obligations.
Choose the correct option:
(1) Both A and B are false.
(2) A is true and B is false.
(3) B is true and A is false.
(4) Both A and B are true.

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125. ‘His arguments were forceful, coherent, ………..’
Choose the word similar in meaning to the underlined one.
(1) calculating
(2) reasonable
(3) crazy
(4) witless

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126. ‘……. a bundle containing court papers.’
The underlined word is a/an :
(1) Adverb
(2) Noun
(3) Verb
(4) Adjective

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127. ‘One client was particular that my father ………..’
The underlined expression is a/an _________ clause.
(1) Adverb
(2) Principal
(3) Noun
(4) Adjective

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Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow (Q. Nos. 128 to 135) by selecting the correct/most appropriate option.

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies (grasslands) with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon from many miles afar. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cooking stove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds.

Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and Dorothy a little bed in another corner. There was no garret at all, and no cellar- except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path. It was reached by a trapdoor in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.

When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side. Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions. The sun had baked the ploughed land into a gray mass, with little cracks running through it. Even the grass was not green, for the sun had burned the tops of long blades until they were the same gray colour to be seen everywhere. Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.

128. Which one of the following statements is true?
(1) Uncle Henry’s house was freshly painted.
(2) Dorothy’s parents were rich farmers.
(3) Uncle Henry had a big farm.
(4) She lived in a small and shabby house.

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129. Which one of the following statements is true?
(1) There was no tall tree near the house.
(2) The house was a comfortable brick house.
(3) It was made of wood, as wood was easily available.
(4) Dorothy slept in a big wooden bed.

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130. Study the following statements:
A. In the vast grassland, Uncle Henry’s was the only house.
B. There was sun-baked gray grass all around.
C. In the middle of the prairies was a green field ploughed by Uncle Henry.
Choose the correct option:
(1) A and B are wrong, but C is right.
(2) A and B are right, but C is wrong.
(3) B and C are right, but A is wrong.
(4) A and C are right, but B is wrong.

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131. Study the following statements:
A. Uncle Henry had a tractor trolley in which wood was carried.
B. The wood for the house was carried from far away.
Choose the correct option:
(1) Both A and B are wrong.
(2) A is right and B is wrong.
(3) B is right and A is wrong.
(4) Both A and B are right.

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132. Which of the following statements are true (T) and which ones are false (F)?
A. The fear of a cyclone loomed large on the family.
B. They had built a shelter for protection against wind and rain.
C. Around the house there was nothing to reduce the impact of a storm.
D. Their drawing room had only three or four chairs.
Choose the correct option:
(1) TFTF
(2) FTFT
(3) TTTF
(4) FFTT

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133. ‘………….with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer.’
The underlined word is a/an ________ clause.
(1) Adverb
(2) Principal
(3) Noun
(4) Adjective

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134. ‘a cupboard for the dishes.’
The underlined word is a/an ________ clause.
(1) Article
(2) Conjunction
(3) Preposition
(4) Adverb

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135. There was no garret at all.
The underlined word nearly means the same as a _______
(1) pantry
(2) loft
(3) study
(4) toilet

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