Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option.

Question: Which one of the following is an example of a fine motor skill?

Adolescents may experience

Orthopedically impaired children are likely to have

Partial reinforcement

Gifted students are

Vygotsky theory implies

In the Information Processing Model of thinking, the following steps are said to take place

A. Response execution

B. Response selection

C. Pre-Processing

D. Categorization

The correct sequence of those steps is

A child cannot distinguish between ‘saw’ and ‘was’ nuclear and ‘unclear’. He/she is suffering from

Learning disabilities are generally found

Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to encourage disadvantaged children to attend school regularly?

The best way to avoid gender discrimination in a school may be

The up-scaling of performance in the scholastic areas on the basis of performance in co-scholastic areas can be justified as

While selecting material for the portfolio of students ________ of _________ should be there.

Learners who demonstrate an earnest desire for increased knowledge and academic competence are said to have a

A teacher can make problem-solving fun for students by doing all the following except

Of the following, the greatest advantage of interdisciplinary instruction is that

Successful inclusion requires the following except

Which of the following characteristics is the hallmark of the problem-solving approach?

Which would be the best first theme to start with in a nursery class?

In order to instil a positive environment in a primary class, a teacher should

Which of the following is true in relation to errors made by children?

Monika, a Maths teacher, asks Radhika a question. On not getting any answer from Radhika, she quickly moves on and asks Mohan another question. She rewords her question after realizing that Mohan is struggling to find the answer. This tendency of Monika reflects that she is

An empowering school will promote which of the following qualities the most in its teachers?

Smallest unit of meaning in a language is

IQ scores are generally _________ correlated with academic performance.

Theory of multiple intelligence implies the following except

Assessment for learning takes into account the following except

One of the identical twin brothers is adopted by a socio-economically rich family and the other by a poor family. After one year, which one or the following may be most likely observed about their IQ scores?

Which one of the following optimizes motivation to learn?

A child of 16 years scores 75 in an IQ test his mental age will be ________ years.

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Directions:  answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option.

Question: The sum of place values of 2 in 2424 is 

(Smallest common multiple of 12 and 16) × (Smallest common multiple of 10 and 15) is equal to

What should be added to the product 140 ×101 to get 14414?

The sum of all factors of 100 is

Number of hours and minutes from 6:14 am to 8:02 pm on the same day is

How many 1/6 are there in 2/3 ?

When 121012 is divided by 12, the remainder is

Which one of the following is not correct?

A chocolate has 12 pieces. Manju gave 1/4 th of it to Anju, 1/ 3 rd of it to Sujata and 1/ 6 th of it to Fiza. The number of pieces of chocolate left with Manju is

One orange costs two and a half rupees. How much will three and a half dozen oranges cost?

Floor of a square room of side 10 m is to be completely covered with square tiles, each having length 50 cm. the smallest number of tiles needed is

The perimeter of two squares is 12 cm and 24 cm. The area of the bigger square is how many times that of the smaller?

The internal length, breadth and height of a rectangle box are 10 cm, 8 cm and 6 cm respectively. How many boxes are needed to pack 6240 cm cubes?A

The number of degrees in four and one-third right angles is

In the figure, side of each square is 1 cm. The area, in sq. cm, of the shaded part is

Shaija can express a number in different way, e.g., 4 = 2 + 2 or 4 = 1 + 3 etc. In which development phase of numbers is she?

A child of Class III reads 482 as four hundred eighty two but writes it as 40082. What does this indicate for a teacher?

To introduce subtraction of two-digit numbers in Class III, a teacher proceeded in the following steps

Step I: Revision of two-digit numbers with understanding of place value system.

Step II: use of tally marks to show that smaller number can be subtracted from larger number

Step III: Application of subtraction on numbers under each column of place value.

In this case, teacher is developing the lesson

“Which two numbers when multiplied give the product 24?” This question

The students of class V were able to attempt the problem 1/2 ÷1/3 correctly, but not able to solve the problem. “How many 1/3 cake pieces are there in half a cake?” The reason is

Hamida always allow her students to observe the number pattern and to form conjectures on their own in order to enhance their Mathematical abilities. She wrote the following problems on board and asked the students to write the answer

21 7 ÷ =

2.1 07 ÷ =

0.21 0.07 ÷ =

0.021 0.007 ÷ =

Through the set of question, she wants the students to observe that

Piaget believed that learning results from social instruction and a Mathematics teacher believing in Piaget’s theory shall use

Pradeep was shown a broken ruler and asked, where is 5 cm on the ruler. He picked up the ruler and pointed at the mark of 5 cm on the ruler. His answer

Uma was not able to understand the concept of odd and even numbers. In order to improve her understanding, the teacher took some 20 pebbles of different colours and asked her to pair them up sort out the numbers from 1 to 20 for which pebbles get paired up or do not get paired up. Uma

Rubrics of assessment for the Geometry lesson on points and lines in Class IV shall be

In a class, a teacher asked the students to define a quadrilateral in different ways – using sides, using angels, using diagonals etc.

The teacher’s objective is to

Students are asked to establish a relation between vertically opposite angles. They draw various figures, measure the angles and observe that vertically opposite angles are equal. In this case, students according to Van Hiele thought are at

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) based questions demand the

Most appropriate formative task to assess the students’ understanding of data analysis is

Classroom discussion was initiated in Class V on ‘Sale’ in festival season, during topic of ‘Percentage’. This type of discussion in classroom

Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option.

Question: The use of poems and story-telling to explain concepts in an EVS class helps to

In co-operative learning, older and more proficient students assist younger and lesser skilled students. This leads to

Seema learns every lesson quickly by rote method, whereas Leena, understands each lesson after discussion and brainstorming. It denotes the development principle of

Select form the following a group of diseases caused by mosquitoes

Select the correct statements about snakes

A.Only four types of poisonous snakes are found in our country.

B. Cobra is a poisonous variety of snakes.

C. A poisonous snake has four hollow tooth (fangs) through which the poison enters the body of a person when the snake bites.

D. Medicine for snake bites is made from the snake’s poison.

Select the correct characteristics of petroleum from the following

For making Madhubani paintings the artists use

Dyslexia is associated mainly with difficulties in

Exercises and activities in an EVS text-book should be provided

EVS teacher should

The best way to assess a child at primary level is to use

A teacher uses audio-visual aids and physical activities in her teaching because they

The following are the methods to teach EVS except

Environmental factors that shape the development of a child include all of the following except

An effective teaching-learning will happen in the class when a teacher helps or facilitates to link the knowledge a student has with the new concept to be taught. The objective behind this is to promote

A Science Exhibition was organized in Rohan’s school. It was organized with an objective. Which in your view is the most appropriate objective?

Select the correct statement about bronze which was used in making big gun (cannons) found in the fort of Golconda.

While doing experiments and practical work, Shyama’s performance is the best in her class. She is considered a very creative person. So, she is learning a concept by

Al-Biruni came from a country now called

A portion of railway time-table for the route of an express train is given below

As per above information the distance between Surat and Madgaon and the time taken to cover this distance by the train, respectively are

A public school has about two to three children with special needs in every class. Some children are physically or mentally challenged. These children study with other children while sitting in the same class. The public school mentioned above follows which of the following?

While discussing about friction, a teacher gave a number of examples to explain the; concept. Some of the examples where friction is useful in our day-to-day life as quoted by the teacher are given below

A. We are able to write because of friction between the tip of the pen and the paper.

B. We are able to walk because of friction between our feet and the ground.

C. A ball thrown vertically upwards comes back to us due to friction.

D. We are able to stop a moving vehicle by applying brakes because of friction.

One Pashmina, shawl is as warm as __________ normal sweaters and _________ hours are to weave a plain Pashmina shawl.

Sarita’s teacher engages her in a number of group activities such as group discussions, group projects, etc. which learning dimension is her teacher following?

‘Nepenthes’ is a plant which traps and eats frogs, insects and even mice. In one country this plant is found in

Select the one which is different from the others

In the village of Bihar many farmers do bee-keeping and collect honey to earn money. The best time to start bee-keeping is

Growing the same crop over and over and using so many chemicals makes the soil

Select from the following the characteristics of the houses of Leh and Ladakh

A. Slanting wooden roofs made of tree trunks

B. Ground floor without window

C. Thick walls made of stones, mud and lime

D. Wooden floors

The group called Tarun Bharat Singh is associated with

Directions: Read the given passage and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The day, the cat was killed, Maddy watched her mother wind that old clock with her same little smile, cranking the gold key into its funny little hole, as grandma wandered around the dining table in her dressing grown while her nurse read a pulp fiction on the front step, while her brothers scraped their forks against the table and dripped the last bits of potatoes and corn from their open, awful mouths, that clock sat heavy on the white carpet, at the end of the hall, moon humming along to that terrible ticking. It made Maddy’s teeth clench. Truly, there was no point to these silly, endless family dinners. Always being 6 o’clock sharp and never over until that clock was wound, 13 years of her life wasted for this nonsense so far, burnt up in boredom, when all the while she had some very important matters to attend to back in her bedroom. 

The long case clock had been left by the previous owner, or may be the one before that, no one was sure. Cloaked in pine wood and always counting, no birds printed around the clock face, no farm scenes or flowers, just black numbers and wiry hands and that was that. Then near the bottom, a long silver pendulum behind a square of Smokey glass. It was too heavy to rip, too tall to place anything on top, old and faded and always suspect. Her brothers avoided it at night and the cat avoided it entirely (or used to). The clock face glowing round and white, over the wooden suit, like a pale faced ghost or a porcelain reaper, feetless and shadows for arms. And mom would sing along with the pendulum while the boys knocked over the kitchen chairs wrestling and playing tag and grandmother would nap by the television and the nurse would paint her nails. All the time, her mom would smile and hum.

Question: The use of the word ‘crawling’ conveys the meaning that

Directions: Read the given passage and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The day, the cat was killed, Maddy watched her mother wind that old clock with her same little smile, cranking the gold key into its funny little hole, as grandma wandered around the dining table in her dressing grown while her nurse read a pulp fiction on the front step, while her brothers scraped their forks against the table and dripped the last bits of potatoes and corn from their open, awful mouths, that clock sat heavy on the white carpet, at the end of the hall, moon humming along to that terrible ticking. It made Maddy’s teeth clench. Truly, there was no point to these silly, endless family dinners. Always being 6 o’clock sharp and never over until that clock was wound, 13 years of her life wasted for this nonsense so far, burnt up in boredom, when all the while she had some very important matters to attend to back in her bedroom. 

The long case clock had been left by the previous owner, or may be the one before that, no one was sure. Cloaked in pine wood and always counting, no birds printed around the clock face, no farm scenes or flowers, just black numbers and wiry hands and that was that. Then near the bottom, a long silver pendulum behind a square of Smokey glass. It was too heavy to rip, too tall to place anything on top, old and faded and always suspect. Her brothers avoided it at night and the cat avoided it entirely (or used to). The clock face glowing round and white, over the wooden suit, like a pale faced ghost or a porcelain reaper, feetless and shadows for arms. And mom would sing along with the pendulum while the boys knocked over the kitchen chairs wrestling and playing tag and grandmother would nap by the television and the nurse would paint her nails. All the time, her mom would smile and hum.

Question: The siblings were ‘awful mouths’ is the following figure of speech

Directions: Read the given passage and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The day, the cat was killed, Maddy watched her mother wind that old clock with her same little smile, cranking the gold key into its funny little hole, as grandma wandered around the dining table in her dressing grown while her nurse read a pulp fiction on the front step, while her brothers scraped their forks against the table and dripped the last bits of potatoes and corn from their open, awful mouths, that clock sat heavy on the white carpet, at the end of the hall, moon humming along to that terrible ticking. It made Maddy’s teeth clench. Truly, there was no point to these silly, endless family dinners. Always being 6 o’clock sharp and never over until that clock was wound, 13 years of her life wasted for this nonsense so far, burnt up in boredom, when all the while she had some very important matters to attend to back in her bedroom. 

The long case clock had been left by the previous owner, or may be the one before that, no one was sure. Cloaked in pine wood and always counting, no birds printed around the clock face, no farm scenes or flowers, just black numbers and wiry hands and that was that. Then near the bottom, a long silver pendulum behind a square of Smokey glass. It was too heavy to rip, too tall to place anything on top, old and faded and always suspect. Her brothers avoided it at night and the cat avoided it entirely (or used to). The clock face glowing round and white, over the wooden suit, like a pale faced ghost or a porcelain reaper, feetless and shadows for arms. And mom would sing along with the pendulum while the boys knocked over the kitchen chairs wrestling and playing tag and grandmother would nap by the television and the nurse would paint her nails. All the time, her mom would smile and hum.

Question: “Truly, there was no point to these silly endless family dinners.” The correct transformation would be 

Directions: Read the given passage and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The day, the cat was killed, Maddy watched her mother wind that old clock with her same little smile, cranking the gold key into its funny little hole, as grandma wandered around the dining table in her dressing grown while her nurse read a pulp fiction on the front step, while her brothers scraped their forks against the table and dripped the last bits of potatoes and corn from their open, awful mouths, that clock sat heavy on the white carpet, at the end of the hall, moon humming along to that terrible ticking. It made Maddy’s teeth clench. Truly, there was no point to these silly, endless family dinners. Always being 6 o’clock sharp and never over until that clock was wound, 13 years of her life wasted for this nonsense so far, burnt up in boredom, when all the while she had some very important matters to attend to back in her bedroom. 

The long case clock had been left by the previous owner, or may be the one before that, no one was sure. Cloaked in pine wood and always counting, no birds printed around the clock face, no farm scenes or flowers, just black numbers and wiry hands and that was that. Then near the bottom, a long silver pendulum behind a square of Smokey glass. It was too heavy to rip, too tall to place anything on top, old and faded and always suspect. Her brothers avoided it at night and the cat avoided it entirely (or used to). The clock face glowing round and white, over the wooden suit, like a pale faced ghost or a porcelain reaper, feetless and shadows for arms. And mom would sing along with the pendulum while the boys knocked over the kitchen chairs wrestling and playing tag and grandmother would nap by the television and the nurse would paint her nails. All the time, her mom would smile and hum.

Question: The tone of the story is 

Directions: Read the given passage and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The day, the cat was killed, Maddy watched her mother wind that old clock with her same little smile, cranking the gold key into its funny little hole, as grandma wandered around the dining table in her dressing grown while her nurse read a pulp fiction on the front step, while her brothers scraped their forks against the table and dripped the last bits of potatoes and corn from their open, awful mouths, that clock sat heavy on the white carpet, at the end of the hall, moon humming along to that terrible ticking. It made Maddy’s teeth clench. Truly, there was no point to these silly, endless family dinners. Always being 6 o’clock sharp and never over until that clock was wound, 13 years of her life wasted for this nonsense so far, burnt up in boredom, when all the while she had some very important matters to attend to back in her bedroom. 

The long case clock had been left by the previous owner, or may be the one before that, no one was sure. Cloaked in pine wood and always counting, no birds printed around the clock face, no farm scenes or flowers, just black numbers and wiry hands and that was that. Then near the bottom, a long silver pendulum behind a square of Smokey glass. It was too heavy to rip, too tall to place anything on top, old and faded and always suspect. Her brothers avoided it at night and the cat avoided it entirely (or used to). The clock face glowing round and white, over the wooden suit, like a pale faced ghost or a porcelain reaper, feetless and shadows for arms. And mom would sing along with the pendulum while the boys knocked over the kitchen chairs wrestling and playing tag and grandmother would nap by the television and the nurse would paint her nails. All the time, her mom would smile and hum.

Question: The clock was ‘always suspect’. The subject thought

Directions: Read the given passage and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The day, the cat was killed, Maddy watched her mother wind that old clock with her same little smile, cranking the gold key into its funny little hole, as grandma wandered around the dining table in her dressing grown while her nurse read a pulp fiction on the front step, while her brothers scraped their forks against the table and dripped the last bits of potatoes and corn from their open, awful mouths, that clock sat heavy on the white carpet, at the end of the hall, moon humming along to that terrible ticking. It made Maddy’s teeth clench. Truly, there was no point to these silly, endless family dinners. Always being 6 o’clock sharp and never over until that clock was wound, 13 years of her life wasted for this nonsense so far, burnt up in boredom, when all the while she had some very important matters to attend to back in her bedroom. 

The long case clock had been left by the previous owner, or may be the one before that, no one was sure. Cloaked in pine wood and always counting, no birds printed around the clock face, no farm scenes or flowers, just black numbers and wiry hands and that was that. Then near the bottom, a long silver pendulum behind a square of Smokey glass. It was too heavy to rip, too tall to place anything on top, old and faded and always suspect. Her brothers avoided it at night and the cat avoided it entirely (or used to). The clock face glowing round and white, over the wooden suit, like a pale faced ghost or a porcelain reaper, feetless and shadows for arms. And mom would sing along with the pendulum while the boys knocked over the kitchen chairs wrestling and playing tag and grandmother would nap by the television and the nurse would paint her nails. All the time, her mom would smile and hum.

Question: “The clock face was glowing round and white.” This observation is further enhanced by the observation that it was like 

Directions: Read the given passage and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The day, the cat was killed, Maddy watched her mother wind that old clock with her same little smile, cranking the gold key into its funny little hole, as grandma wandered around the dining table in her dressing grown while her nurse read a pulp fiction on the front step, while her brothers scraped their forks against the table and dripped the last bits of potatoes and corn from their open, awful mouths, that clock sat heavy on the white carpet, at the end of the hall, moon humming along to that terrible ticking. It made Maddy’s teeth clench. Truly, there was no point to these silly, endless family dinners. Always being 6 o’clock sharp and never over until that clock was wound, 13 years of her life wasted for this nonsense so far, burnt up in boredom, when all the while she had some very important matters to attend to back in her bedroom. 

The long case clock had been left by the previous owner, or may be the one before that, no one was sure. Cloaked in pine wood and always counting, no birds printed around the clock face, no farm scenes or flowers, just black numbers and wiry hands and that was that. Then near the bottom, a long silver pendulum behind a square of Smokey glass. It was too heavy to rip, too tall to place anything on top, old and faded and always suspect. Her brothers avoided it at night and the cat avoided it entirely (or used to). The clock face glowing round and white, over the wooden suit, like a pale faced ghost or a porcelain reaper, feetless and shadows for arms. And mom would sing along with the pendulum while the boys knocked over the kitchen chairs wrestling and playing tag and grandmother would nap by the television and the nurse would paint her nails. All the time, her mom would smile and hum.

Question: “It made Maddy’s teeth clench.” The idiom ‘to clench one’s teeth’ can be introduced in an EBL class by 

Directions: Read the given passage and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The day, the cat was killed, Maddy watched her mother wind that old clock with her same little smile, cranking the gold key into its funny little hole, as grandma wandered around the dining table in her dressing grown while her nurse read a pulp fiction on the front step, while her brothers scraped their forks against the table and dripped the last bits of potatoes and corn from their open, awful mouths, that clock sat heavy on the white carpet, at the end of the hall, moon humming along to that terrible ticking. It made Maddy’s teeth clench. Truly, there was no point to these silly, endless family dinners. Always being 6 o’clock sharp and never over until that clock was wound, 13 years of her life wasted for this nonsense so far, burnt up in boredom, when all the while she had some very important matters to attend to back in her bedroom. 

The long case clock had been left by the previous owner, or may be the one before that, no one was sure. Cloaked in pine wood and always counting, no birds printed around the clock face, no farm scenes or flowers, just black numbers and wiry hands and that was that. Then near the bottom, a long silver pendulum behind a square of Smokey glass. It was too heavy to rip, too tall to place anything on top, old and faded and always suspect. Her brothers avoided it at night and the cat avoided it entirely (or used to). The clock face glowing round and white, over the wooden suit, like a pale faced ghost or a porcelain reaper, feetless and shadows for arms. And mom would sing along with the pendulum while the boys knocked over the kitchen chairs wrestling and playing tag and grandmother would nap by the television and the nurse would paint her nails. All the time, her mom would smile and hum.

Question: The word _________ in the story means ‘incline’. 

Directions: Read the given passage and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

The day, the cat was killed, Maddy watched her mother wind that old clock with her same little smile, cranking the gold key into its funny little hole, as grandma wandered around the dining table in her dressing grown while her nurse read a pulp fiction on the front step, while her brothers scraped their forks against the table and dripped the last bits of potatoes and corn from their open, awful mouths, that clock sat heavy on the white carpet, at the end of the hall, moon humming along to that terrible ticking. It made Maddy’s teeth clench. Truly, there was no point to these silly, endless family dinners. Always being 6 o’clock sharp and never over until that clock was wound, 13 years of her life wasted for this nonsense so far, burnt up in boredom, when all the while she had some very important matters to attend to back in her bedroom. 

The long case clock had been left by the previous owner, or may be the one before that, no one was sure. Cloaked in pine wood and always counting, no birds printed around the clock face, no farm scenes or flowers, just black numbers and wiry hands and that was that. Then near the bottom, a long silver pendulum behind a square of Smokey glass. It was too heavy to rip, too tall to place anything on top, old and faded and always suspect. Her brothers avoided it at night and the cat avoided it entirely (or used to). The clock face glowing round and white, over the wooden suit, like a pale faced ghost or a porcelain reaper, feetless and shadows for arms. And mom would sing along with the pendulum while the boys knocked over the kitchen chairs wrestling and playing tag and grandmother would nap by the television and the nurse would paint her nails. All the time, her mom would smile and hum.

Question: “All the time, her mom would smile and hum.” This suggests that Maddy 

Directions: Read the given poem and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

Human Nature

Is it human nature

to desire forbidden fruit,

to hunger for a blossom

so obsessed with passion

that we forget the pain,

which inevitably arises

once we tease ourselves

with the thought of it

or taste a tiny part of it,

and it becomes the predator

eating at us like a carnivores

that saves the head for last

savouring the brain to feed its own

and we, still craving illicit nectar

enjoying the fact that it is devouring us?

Question: Another word in the poem that suggest ‘forbidden’ is 

Directions: Read the given poem and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

Human Nature

Is it human nature

to desire forbidden fruit,

to hunger for a blossom

so obsessed with passion

that we forget the pain,

which inevitably arises

once we tease ourselves

with the thought of it

or taste a tiny part of it,

and it becomes the predator

eating at us like a carnivores

that saves the head for last

savouring the brain to feed its own

and we, still craving illicit nectar

enjoying the fact that it is devouring us?

Question: “It becomes the predator” means 

Directions: Read the given poem and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

Human Nature

Is it human nature

to desire forbidden fruit,

to hunger for a blossom

so obsessed with passion

that we forget the pain,

which inevitably arises

once we tease ourselves

with the thought of it

or taste a tiny part of it,

and it becomes the predator

eating at us like a carnivores

that saves the head for last

savouring the brain to feed its own

and we, still craving illicit nectar

enjoying the fact that it is devouring us?

Question: An example of personification in the poem is 

Directions: Read the given poem and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

Human Nature

Is it human nature

to desire forbidden fruit,

to hunger for a blossom

so obsessed with passion

that we forget the pain,

which inevitably arises

once we tease ourselves

with the thought of it

or taste a tiny part of it,

and it becomes the predator

eating at us like a carnivores

that saves the head for last

savouring the brain to feed its own

and we, still craving illicit nectar

enjoying the fact that it is devouring us?

Question: “Eating at us like a carnivore” refers to 

Directions: Read the given poem and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

Human Nature

Is it human nature

to desire forbidden fruit,

to hunger for a blossom

so obsessed with passion

that we forget the pain,

which inevitably arises

once we tease ourselves

with the thought of it

or taste a tiny part of it,

and it becomes the predator

eating at us like a carnivores

that saves the head for last

savouring the brain to feed its own

and we, still craving illicit nectar

enjoying the fact that it is devouring us?

Question: “We, still craving illicit nectar” can be explained by focusing on the word 

Directions: Read the given poem and answers the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

Human Nature

Is it human nature

to desire forbidden fruit,

to hunger for a blossom

so obsessed with passion

that we forget the pain,

which inevitably arises

once we tease ourselves

with the thought of it

or taste a tiny part of it,

and it becomes the predator

eating at us like a carnivores

that saves the head for last

savouring the brain to feed its own

and we, still craving illicit nectar

enjoying the fact that it is devouring us?

Question: A synonym for the word ‘savouring’ is 

Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option.

Question: Decorum in spoken language pertains to

“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory.” Churchill asks a question and then goes on to answer it. Such a question is

A fellow traveler at the airport has just finished reading the newspaper and you want him/her to pass it to you. Choose how you will make the request.

Read this exchange.

Teacher: Do you like to read a story book instead?

Student: Yes.

Teacher: Yes, please.

Here the teacher

Which is a function word?

Strut, stride and trudge are words that describe a manner of

A. The documents have been downloaded by the students.

B. The students have downloaded the documents.

The two given statements can be differ-entiated by drawing students’ attention to the

Which pair constitutes types of ‘cognitive style’?

The process of word formation consists of

When reading, to ‘decode’ means to

Speaker 1: where are you from?

Speaker 2: Kashmir.

During the assessment of students’ speaking-listening skills, mark/s would be deducted during this exchange for

While writing, one of the cohesive devices used is

If the piece of writing is brief, complete, in the third person, without digressions and emotional overtones and logically arranged, it is a

Use of the medium of motion pictures offers a/an ________ experience for the student.

According to the recommendation of NCF 2005, technology could integrated

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. Nammescong Creek flowed into the backs of my things as I finished, pausing between casts to secure my balance in the current and admire a new hatch of pale yellow mayflies lift from the stream. Over my shoulder, the sun dropped into a farmer’s cornfield, the final patch of orange light on the water enough for me to spot the small, vaguely metallic object at my feet. Retrieving it, I ran my thumb over its raised lettering, rubbing away the mud and a string of algae. A name appeared, along with an expiration date. June 1984. I had discovered arrowheads here in the past, so it didn’t seem misplaced to find a tool used by modern man obtain a meal.

2. I took a moment to consider how the card had come to rest in the bed to the Nammy. I thought maybe there was a story in it. I was curious to know if the owner had lost his wallet while fishing, the whole trip ruined the second he’d inventoried his cash or dug out his license for a game warden. Over time the leather would’ve rotted into fish food, with the scoured plastic remaining. I wondered how many miles the card might have ridden on spring floods over the past quarter of a century. For all I knew he could’ve been robbed, the thieves stripping out the money and tossing the billfold away later as they crossed a bridge. 

3. Looking him up and phoning, I recited the card number and issuing bank. He laughed, recalling it as the first credit account he’d ever taken out, a line of imaginary cash in those years when he had no real money. But that finally changed, he explained, after an industrial accident cost him his left eye, the payoff from the plant enabling him to retire eight years earlier than expected and move to a small hobby farm in southern Virginia. He told me a glass eye wasn’t his style, so he had taken to wearing an eyepatch, which his wife still hates and his grandchildren – ages three, five and seven – have always loved, as it makes Grandpop look like a pirate. He called them his Miracle Grandbabies, born to a daughter who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years – her rock – bottom in 1984, a year before she cleaned up for good.

4. But in the end the man couldn’t remember ever losing his wallet, either by accident or theft. He said he’d never fished the Nammy, that, in fact, he’d always thought the sport a little boring, and so I came to realize there was no story here.

Question: “Flowed into the backs of my thighs” informs the reader that the narrator was fishing while 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. Nammescong Creek flowed into the backs of my things as I finished, pausing between casts to secure my balance in the current and admire a new hatch of pale yellow mayflies lift from the stream. Over my shoulder, the sun dropped into a farmer’s cornfield, the final patch of orange light on the water enough for me to spot the small, vaguely metallic object at my feet. Retrieving it, I ran my thumb over its raised lettering, rubbing away the mud and a string of algae. A name appeared, along with an expiration date. June 1984. I had discovered arrowheads here in the past, so it didn’t seem misplaced to find a tool used by modern man obtain a meal.

2. I took a moment to consider how the card had come to rest in the bed to the Nammy. I thought maybe there was a story in it. I was curious to know if the owner had lost his wallet while fishing, the whole trip ruined the second he’d inventoried his cash or dug out his license for a game warden. Over time the leather would’ve rotted into fish food, with the scoured plastic remaining. I wondered how many miles the card might have ridden on spring floods over the past quarter of a century. For all I knew he could’ve been robbed, the thieves stripping out the money and tossing the billfold away later as they crossed a bridge. 

3. Looking him up and phoning, I recited the card number and issuing bank. He laughed, recalling it as the first credit account he’d ever taken out, a line of imaginary cash in those years when he had no real money. But that finally changed, he explained, after an industrial accident cost him his left eye, the payoff from the plant enabling him to retire eight years earlier than expected and move to a small hobby farm in southern Virginia. He told me a glass eye wasn’t his style, so he had taken to wearing an eyepatch, which his wife still hates and his grandchildren – ages three, five and seven – have always loved, as it makes Grandpop look like a pirate. He called them his Miracle Grandbabies, born to a daughter who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years – her rock – bottom in 1984, a year before she cleaned up for good.

4. But in the end the man couldn’t remember ever losing his wallet, either by accident or theft. He said he’d never fished the Nammy, that, in fact, he’d always thought the sport a little boring, and so I came to realize there was no story here.

Question: ‘Scoured’ means 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. Nammescong Creek flowed into the backs of my things as I finished, pausing between casts to secure my balance in the current and admire a new hatch of pale yellow mayflies lift from the stream. Over my shoulder, the sun dropped into a farmer’s cornfield, the final patch of orange light on the water enough for me to spot the small, vaguely metallic object at my feet. Retrieving it, I ran my thumb over its raised lettering, rubbing away the mud and a string of algae. A name appeared, along with an expiration date. June 1984. I had discovered arrowheads here in the past, so it didn’t seem misplaced to find a tool used by modern man obtain a meal.

2. I took a moment to consider how the card had come to rest in the bed to the Nammy. I thought maybe there was a story in it. I was curious to know if the owner had lost his wallet while fishing, the whole trip ruined the second he’d inventoried his cash or dug out his license for a game warden. Over time the leather would’ve rotted into fish food, with the scoured plastic remaining. I wondered how many miles the card might have ridden on spring floods over the past quarter of a century. For all I knew he could’ve been robbed, the thieves stripping out the money and tossing the billfold away later as they crossed a bridge. 

3. Looking him up and phoning, I recited the card number and issuing bank. He laughed, recalling it as the first credit account he’d ever taken out, a line of imaginary cash in those years when he had no real money. But that finally changed, he explained, after an industrial accident cost him his left eye, the payoff from the plant enabling him to retire eight years earlier than expected and move to a small hobby farm in southern Virginia. He told me a glass eye wasn’t his style, so he had taken to wearing an eyepatch, which his wife still hates and his grandchildren – ages three, five and seven – have always loved, as it makes Grandpop look like a pirate. He called them his Miracle Grandbabies, born to a daughter who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years – her rock – bottom in 1984, a year before she cleaned up for good.

4. But in the end the man couldn’t remember ever losing his wallet, either by accident or theft. He said he’d never fished the Nammy, that, in fact, he’d always thought the sport a little boring, and so I came to realize there was no story here.

Question: “________ a tool used by modern man to obtain a meal” in this context is a/some. 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. Nammescong Creek flowed into the backs of my things as I finished, pausing between casts to secure my balance in the current and admire a new hatch of pale yellow mayflies lift from the stream. Over my shoulder, the sun dropped into a farmer’s cornfield, the final patch of orange light on the water enough for me to spot the small, vaguely metallic object at my feet. Retrieving it, I ran my thumb over its raised lettering, rubbing away the mud and a string of algae. A name appeared, along with an expiration date. June 1984. I had discovered arrowheads here in the past, so it didn’t seem misplaced to find a tool used by modern man obtain a meal.

2. I took a moment to consider how the card had come to rest in the bed to the Nammy. I thought maybe there was a story in it. I was curious to know if the owner had lost his wallet while fishing, the whole trip ruined the second he’d inventoried his cash or dug out his license for a game warden. Over time the leather would’ve rotted into fish food, with the scoured plastic remaining. I wondered how many miles the card might have ridden on spring floods over the past quarter of a century. For all I knew he could’ve been robbed, the thieves stripping out the money and tossing the billfold away later as they crossed a bridge. 

3. Looking him up and phoning, I recited the card number and issuing bank. He laughed, recalling it as the first credit account he’d ever taken out, a line of imaginary cash in those years when he had no real money. But that finally changed, he explained, after an industrial accident cost him his left eye, the payoff from the plant enabling him to retire eight years earlier than expected and move to a small hobby farm in southern Virginia. He told me a glass eye wasn’t his style, so he had taken to wearing an eyepatch, which his wife still hates and his grandchildren – ages three, five and seven – have always loved, as it makes Grandpop look like a pirate. He called them his Miracle Grandbabies, born to a daughter who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years – her rock – bottom in 1984, a year before she cleaned up for good.

4. But in the end the man couldn’t remember ever losing his wallet, either by accident or theft. He said he’d never fished the Nammy, that, in fact, he’d always thought the sport a little boring, and so I came to realize there was no story here.

Question: “The whole trip ruined” was because of the 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. Nammescong Creek flowed into the backs of my things as I finished, pausing between casts to secure my balance in the current and admire a new hatch of pale yellow mayflies lift from the stream. Over my shoulder, the sun dropped into a farmer’s cornfield, the final patch of orange light on the water enough for me to spot the small, vaguely metallic object at my feet. Retrieving it, I ran my thumb over its raised lettering, rubbing away the mud and a string of algae. A name appeared, along with an expiration date. June 1984. I had discovered arrowheads here in the past, so it didn’t seem misplaced to find a tool used by modern man obtain a meal.

2. I took a moment to consider how the card had come to rest in the bed to the Nammy. I thought maybe there was a story in it. I was curious to know if the owner had lost his wallet while fishing, the whole trip ruined the second he’d inventoried his cash or dug out his license for a game warden. Over time the leather would’ve rotted into fish food, with the scoured plastic remaining. I wondered how many miles the card might have ridden on spring floods over the past quarter of a century. For all I knew he could’ve been robbed, the thieves stripping out the money and tossing the billfold away later as they crossed a bridge. 

3. Looking him up and phoning, I recited the card number and issuing bank. He laughed, recalling it as the first credit account he’d ever taken out, a line of imaginary cash in those years when he had no real money. But that finally changed, he explained, after an industrial accident cost him his left eye, the payoff from the plant enabling him to retire eight years earlier than expected and move to a small hobby farm in southern Virginia. He told me a glass eye wasn’t his style, so he had taken to wearing an eyepatch, which his wife still hates and his grandchildren – ages three, five and seven – have always loved, as it makes Grandpop look like a pirate. He called them his Miracle Grandbabies, born to a daughter who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years – her rock – bottom in 1984, a year before she cleaned up for good.

4. But in the end the man couldn’t remember ever losing his wallet, either by accident or theft. He said he’d never fished the Nammy, that, in fact, he’d always thought the sport a little boring, and so I came to realize there was no story here.

Question: By ‘looking him up’, the narrator

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. Nammescong Creek flowed into the backs of my things as I finished, pausing between casts to secure my balance in the current and admire a new hatch of pale yellow mayflies lift from the stream. Over my shoulder, the sun dropped into a farmer’s cornfield, the final patch of orange light on the water enough for me to spot the small, vaguely metallic object at my feet. Retrieving it, I ran my thumb over its raised lettering, rubbing away the mud and a string of algae. A name appeared, along with an expiration date. June 1984. I had discovered arrowheads here in the past, so it didn’t seem misplaced to find a tool used by modern man obtain a meal.

2. I took a moment to consider how the card had come to rest in the bed to the Nammy. I thought maybe there was a story in it. I was curious to know if the owner had lost his wallet while fishing, the whole trip ruined the second he’d inventoried his cash or dug out his license for a game warden. Over time the leather would’ve rotted into fish food, with the scoured plastic remaining. I wondered how many miles the card might have ridden on spring floods over the past quarter of a century. For all I knew he could’ve been robbed, the thieves stripping out the money and tossing the billfold away later as they crossed a bridge. 

3. Looking him up and phoning, I recited the card number and issuing bank. He laughed, recalling it as the first credit account he’d ever taken out, a line of imaginary cash in those years when he had no real money. But that finally changed, he explained, after an industrial accident cost him his left eye, the payoff from the plant enabling him to retire eight years earlier than expected and move to a small hobby farm in southern Virginia. He told me a glass eye wasn’t his style, so he had taken to wearing an eyepatch, which his wife still hates and his grandchildren – ages three, five and seven – have always loved, as it makes Grandpop look like a pirate. He called them his Miracle Grandbabies, born to a daughter who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years – her rock – bottom in 1984, a year before she cleaned up for good.

4. But in the end the man couldn’t remember ever losing his wallet, either by accident or theft. He said he’d never fished the Nammy, that, in fact, he’d always thought the sport a little boring, and so I came to realize there was no story here.

Question: ‘A small hobby farm’ would be 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. Nammescong Creek flowed into the backs of my things as I finished, pausing between casts to secure my balance in the current and admire a new hatch of pale yellow mayflies lift from the stream. Over my shoulder, the sun dropped into a farmer’s cornfield, the final patch of orange light on the water enough for me to spot the small, vaguely metallic object at my feet. Retrieving it, I ran my thumb over its raised lettering, rubbing away the mud and a string of algae. A name appeared, along with an expiration date. June 1984. I had discovered arrowheads here in the past, so it didn’t seem misplaced to find a tool used by modern man obtain a meal.

2. I took a moment to consider how the card had come to rest in the bed to the Nammy. I thought maybe there was a story in it. I was curious to know if the owner had lost his wallet while fishing, the whole trip ruined the second he’d inventoried his cash or dug out his license for a game warden. Over time the leather would’ve rotted into fish food, with the scoured plastic remaining. I wondered how many miles the card might have ridden on spring floods over the past quarter of a century. For all I knew he could’ve been robbed, the thieves stripping out the money and tossing the billfold away later as they crossed a bridge. 

3. Looking him up and phoning, I recited the card number and issuing bank. He laughed, recalling it as the first credit account he’d ever taken out, a line of imaginary cash in those years when he had no real money. But that finally changed, he explained, after an industrial accident cost him his left eye, the payoff from the plant enabling him to retire eight years earlier than expected and move to a small hobby farm in southern Virginia. He told me a glass eye wasn’t his style, so he had taken to wearing an eyepatch, which his wife still hates and his grandchildren – ages three, five and seven – have always loved, as it makes Grandpop look like a pirate. He called them his Miracle Grandbabies, born to a daughter who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years – her rock – bottom in 1984, a year before she cleaned up for good.

4. But in the end the man couldn’t remember ever losing his wallet, either by accident or theft. He said he’d never fished the Nammy, that, in fact, he’d always thought the sport a little boring, and so I came to realize there was no story here.

Question: The ‘owner’s’ daughter had cleaned up by 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. Nammescong Creek flowed into the backs of my things as I finished, pausing between casts to secure my balance in the current and admire a new hatch of pale yellow mayflies lift from the stream. Over my shoulder, the sun dropped into a farmer’s cornfield, the final patch of orange light on the water enough for me to spot the small, vaguely metallic object at my feet. Retrieving it, I ran my thumb over its raised lettering, rubbing away the mud and a string of algae. A name appeared, along with an expiration date. June 1984. I had discovered arrowheads here in the past, so it didn’t seem misplaced to find a tool used by modern man obtain a meal.

2. I took a moment to consider how the card had come to rest in the bed to the Nammy. I thought maybe there was a story in it. I was curious to know if the owner had lost his wallet while fishing, the whole trip ruined the second he’d inventoried his cash or dug out his license for a game warden. Over time the leather would’ve rotted into fish food, with the scoured plastic remaining. I wondered how many miles the card might have ridden on spring floods over the past quarter of a century. For all I knew he could’ve been robbed, the thieves stripping out the money and tossing the billfold away later as they crossed a bridge. 

3. Looking him up and phoning, I recited the card number and issuing bank. He laughed, recalling it as the first credit account he’d ever taken out, a line of imaginary cash in those years when he had no real money. But that finally changed, he explained, after an industrial accident cost him his left eye, the payoff from the plant enabling him to retire eight years earlier than expected and move to a small hobby farm in southern Virginia. He told me a glass eye wasn’t his style, so he had taken to wearing an eyepatch, which his wife still hates and his grandchildren – ages three, five and seven – have always loved, as it makes Grandpop look like a pirate. He called them his Miracle Grandbabies, born to a daughter who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years – her rock – bottom in 1984, a year before she cleaned up for good.

4. But in the end the man couldn’t remember ever losing his wallet, either by accident or theft. He said he’d never fished the Nammy, that, in fact, he’d always thought the sport a little boring, and so I came to realize there was no story here.

Question: There was no story because

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. Nammescong Creek flowed into the backs of my things as I finished, pausing between casts to secure my balance in the current and admire a new hatch of pale yellow mayflies lift from the stream. Over my shoulder, the sun dropped into a farmer’s cornfield, the final patch of orange light on the water enough for me to spot the small, vaguely metallic object at my feet. Retrieving it, I ran my thumb over its raised lettering, rubbing away the mud and a string of algae. A name appeared, along with an expiration date. June 1984. I had discovered arrowheads here in the past, so it didn’t seem misplaced to find a tool used by modern man obtain a meal.

2. I took a moment to consider how the card had come to rest in the bed to the Nammy. I thought maybe there was a story in it. I was curious to know if the owner had lost his wallet while fishing, the whole trip ruined the second he’d inventoried his cash or dug out his license for a game warden. Over time the leather would’ve rotted into fish food, with the scoured plastic remaining. I wondered how many miles the card might have ridden on spring floods over the past quarter of a century. For all I knew he could’ve been robbed, the thieves stripping out the money and tossing the billfold away later as they crossed a bridge. 

3. Looking him up and phoning, I recited the card number and issuing bank. He laughed, recalling it as the first credit account he’d ever taken out, a line of imaginary cash in those years when he had no real money. But that finally changed, he explained, after an industrial accident cost him his left eye, the payoff from the plant enabling him to retire eight years earlier than expected and move to a small hobby farm in southern Virginia. He told me a glass eye wasn’t his style, so he had taken to wearing an eyepatch, which his wife still hates and his grandchildren – ages three, five and seven – have always loved, as it makes Grandpop look like a pirate. He called them his Miracle Grandbabies, born to a daughter who struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years – her rock – bottom in 1984, a year before she cleaned up for good.

4. But in the end the man couldn’t remember ever losing his wallet, either by accident or theft. He said he’d never fished the Nammy, that, in fact, he’d always thought the sport a little boring, and so I came to realize there was no story here.

Question: A word in the story that means ‘soar’ is 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has served as a catalyst in many school improvement efforts. Schools in the United States are responding to meet the challenge of these improvement efforts, although in doing so, some are caught in a decision-making and funding quagmire. They ask, “How can we best support teachers so that all students can succeed?” using technology as a means of closing achievement gaps is one option schools are considering more purposefully and effectively. This includes using assistive technologies for students with special needs and creating a systemic approach to change that benefits all students, including subgroups.

2. Assistive technologies are technologies that support students with disabilities, of which a total of 6.5 million were being served through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. This Act defines an assistive technology device as “any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially of the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.” Regardless of their previous experience, many administrators and educators are expected to be change agents of school improvement efforts today and be well versed and knowledgeable about assistive technologies, despite the fact that the definition of assistive technology is so broad and the field is relatively new. 

Question: “Schools found themselves in a funding quagmire.” Here, ‘quagmire’ means 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has served as a catalyst in many school improvement efforts. Schools in the United States are responding to meet the challenge of these improvement efforts, although in doing so, some are caught in a decision-making and funding quagmire. They ask, “How can we best support teachers so that all students can succeed?” using technology as a means of closing achievement gaps is one option schools are considering more purposefully and effectively. This includes using assistive technologies for students with special needs and creating a systemic approach to change that benefits all students, including subgroups.

2. Assistive technologies are technologies that support students with disabilities, of which a total of 6.5 million were being served through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. This Act defines an assistive technology device as “any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially of the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.” Regardless of their previous experience, many administrators and educators are expected to be change agents of school improvement efforts today and be well versed and knowledgeable about assistive technologies, despite the fact that the definition of assistive technology is so broad and the field is relatively new. 

Question: According to this report, ‘achievement gaps’ can be closed by 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has served as a catalyst in many school improvement efforts. Schools in the United States are responding to meet the challenge of these improvement efforts, although in doing so, some are caught in a decision-making and funding quagmire. They ask, “How can we best support teachers so that all students can succeed?” using technology as a means of closing achievement gaps is one option schools are considering more purposefully and effectively. This includes using assistive technologies for students with special needs and creating a systemic approach to change that benefits all students, including subgroups.

2. Assistive technologies are technologies that support students with disabilities, of which a total of 6.5 million were being served through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. This Act defines an assistive technology device as “any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially of the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.” Regardless of their previous experience, many administrators and educators are expected to be change agents of school improvement efforts today and be well versed and knowledgeable about assistive technologies, despite the fact that the definition of assistive technology is so broad and the field is relatively new. 

Question: Functional capabilities constitute the 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has served as a catalyst in many school improvement efforts. Schools in the United States are responding to meet the challenge of these improvement efforts, although in doing so, some are caught in a decision-making and funding quagmire. They ask, “How can we best support teachers so that all students can succeed?” using technology as a means of closing achievement gaps is one option schools are considering more purposefully and effectively. This includes using assistive technologies for students with special needs and creating a systemic approach to change that benefits all students, including subgroups.

2. Assistive technologies are technologies that support students with disabilities, of which a total of 6.5 million were being served through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. This Act defines an assistive technology device as “any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially of the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.” Regardless of their previous experience, many administrators and educators are expected to be change agents of school improvement efforts today and be well versed and knowledgeable about assistive technologies, despite the fact that the definition of assistive technology is so broad and the field is relatively new. 

Question: A ‘product system’ here means 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has served as a catalyst in many school improvement efforts. Schools in the United States are responding to meet the challenge of these improvement efforts, although in doing so, some are caught in a decision-making and funding quagmire. They ask, “How can we best support teachers so that all students can succeed?” using technology as a means of closing achievement gaps is one option schools are considering more purposefully and effectively. This includes using assistive technologies for students with special needs and creating a systemic approach to change that benefits all students, including subgroups.

2. Assistive technologies are technologies that support students with disabilities, of which a total of 6.5 million were being served through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. This Act defines an assistive technology device as “any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially of the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.” Regardless of their previous experience, many administrators and educators are expected to be change agents of school improvement efforts today and be well versed and knowledgeable about assistive technologies, despite the fact that the definition of assistive technology is so broad and the field is relatively new. 

Question: Find a word in the report that means ‘widely circulated’. 

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option.

1. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has served as a catalyst in many school improvement efforts. Schools in the United States are responding to meet the challenge of these improvement efforts, although in doing so, some are caught in a decision-making and funding quagmire. They ask, “How can we best support teachers so that all students can succeed?” using technology as a means of closing achievement gaps is one option schools are considering more purposefully and effectively. This includes using assistive technologies for students with special needs and creating a systemic approach to change that benefits all students, including subgroups.

2. Assistive technologies are technologies that support students with disabilities, of which a total of 6.5 million were being served through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997. This Act defines an assistive technology device as “any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially of the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.” Regardless of their previous experience, many administrators and educators are expected to be change agents of school improvement efforts today and be well versed and knowledgeable about assistive technologies, despite the fact that the definition of assistive technology is so broad and the field is relatively new. 

Question: The antonym for the word ‘hindering’ would be 

Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate option.

‘Noved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers

Could not, with all their quantity of love

Make up my sum.’

Question: The phrase ‘….forty thousand brothers’ illustrates a figure of speech called

The homonym of ‘bier’ is

A rhetorical question is asked

An example of linking adverbial is

Language acquisition

According to NCF 2005, learning of English aims

‘While listening’ means a stage

Student A and Student B asks and answer questions to complete a worksheet. This is

Criteria of assessment is a/are

In the word ‘scare’, the phonetic transcription for ‘a’ is

Notes can be made using a flowchart or a web-diagram. The study skill involved is

The students make mistakes while playing a grammar game. The teacher should

What is taught is not what is learnt because

Learners are familiar with the concept ‘cyberspace’ due to cognitive overload. Therefore, learners

Constructivism is a theory where students