WRITTEN TEST PAPER FOR SELECTION OF TEACHERS

PAPER – ‘A’ : GENERAL : CSB 2011

For questions 1 to 5 read the passage and answer the Least the evaluation becomes subjective; every effort is
questions that follow. made to reduce both history and economics to series of
facts, a one-to-one correlation between facts to ensure
CDs have revolutionized the music industry with their proper system of grading.
surprisingly realistic sound. The six inch discs look like thin
plastic sandwiches with aluminum in the center. They have Q6. According to the author, the teaching of science
digitally recorded material that is read by laser beams, so and mathematics develops the capacity of the students in
the sound has none of the crackling of vinyl records. CDs which of the following?
are also virtually indestructible and they are lighter and (1) Considering pro and cons of each decision
smaller than conventional records. Since their introduction, (2) Examining the problem minutely with proper
CDs have become very affordable and widely available. In analysis
fact, they are now sold in electronics and video stores that (a) only 1
did not formerly carry records or cassettes. (b) only 2
There has been a phenomenal growth in the sale of the (c) Both 1 and 2
CDs. Sales have climbed up dramatically during the (d) not mentioned in the passage
second half of the 1980s. From 1990 on, CDs have
replaced all record stores and continue to gain popularity. Q7 Which is the word closest in meaning with the word
‘grotesque’ as mentioned in the passage?
Q1. The main appeal of CDs is their : (a) strange (b) shocking
(a) price (b) size © correct (d) imaginable
( c) availability (d) sound
Q8 According to the author the present educational system
Q2. The word revolutionized as used in line 1 could be best ultimately helps the students in which of the following?
be replaced by : (1) Understanding the real problems of people.
(a) changed (b) taught (2) Acquiring various techniques to face the
(d) surprised (d) marked challenges of the future.
(3)Getting admission to renowned technical
Q3. The author refers to CDs as sandwiches because they institutions.
are (a) only 1 (b) only 2
(a) light (b) small ( c) only 3 (d) only 1 and 2
( c) layered (d) don’t crackle
Q9. What seems to be the purpose of the author in
Q4.According to the passage which one is true? writing this passage?
(a) new kind of stores are selling CDs (a) To critically look into the methods of teaching
. (b) stores are selling more CDs than cassettes Science and Mathematics
(c) stores are losing more money on their cassettes (b) To print out the deficiencies in the curriculum and
(d) stores are earning more money on their cassettes examination system
(c) To reduce importance of science subjects
Q5. The authors main purpose is to (d) To put up a case for improved and upgraded
(a) tell how CDs are made system of education
(b) discuss the growth of CDs
( c) compare CDs to sandwiches Q10 The author seems to believe in which of the
(d) describe the store that sells CDs following?
(1) The capacity to think can be developed by a
For question 6 to 10 read the passage and answer the properly designed curriculum of humanities
questions that follow. and Social Sciences
(2) Objective evaluation is necessary for social
The goal of our present system of primary and secondary sciences
schooling is to prepare students for the examination (3) Proper education can help a person to become
system, which will take them to the best technical responsive citizen
institutions in the country. While the teaching of science (a) only 1
and mathematics has been upgraded over the years and (b) only 2
teaching of the humanities and social sciences continues to (c) only 3
be straight jacketed in grotesque ways. Those areas of (d) both 1 and 3
Indian reality that ought to form the proper subject like
caste, poverty and environmental degradation, if we are to
create a responsible and aware body of citizens, form no
part of the syllabus The capacity to think inadequately and
critically about problems that plague modern Indian society,
which really ought to be a prominent part of the humanities
curriculum, is perceived to be intractable from the point of
view of examiner.

Q11. Who is the father of English poetry? Q23. The `Interest rate policy’ is a component of
(a) John Milton (b) Geoffrey Chaucer (a) Fiscal Policy (b) Monetary Policy
(c) John Keats (d) Words Worth (c) Trade Policy (d) Direct control

Q12. Who invented the television in 1926? Q24. Who elects the President of India?
(a) John Dalton (b) Faraday (a) Proportional representation of list system.
(c) Louis Pasteur (d) John Logic Baird (b) Proportional representative by single transferable
vote.
Q13. The unit of measurement of the distances of the (c) Single member territorial representative
stars from the earth is : (d) List system
(a) Fathoms (b) Nautical miles
(c) Kilometers (d) Light years. Q25. What is the basic reason for the extra ordinary
sparkle of a suitably cut diamond ?
Q14. Who was the Worlds first surgeon to conduct a (a) It is very hard
successful heart transplant? (b) it has transparency
(a) Dr Christian Bernard (b) Dr NareshTrehan (c) it has a very high refractive index
(c) Dr GE Gibbons (d) Dr Chuttam (d) It has well defined planes

Q15. For the enforcement of fundament rights, the court Q26. Which disease is caused due to defective genes?
can issue a : (a) Hemophilia (b) diabetes
(a) decree (b) ordinance (c) Ulcer © cancer
(c) writ (d) notification
Q27. Which is the proceed used for protection of rusting
Q16. What helps in digestion ? of iron by coating it with zinc?
(a) acids (b) alkaline solutions (a) annealing (b) tempering
© enzymes (d) vitamins & minerals (c) calcimine (d) galvanizing

Q17. Gibraltar is known also for : Q28. What is the property of a body to resist change in
(a) peninsula (b) strait velocity called?
(c) isthmus (d) river (a) momentum (b) inertia
(c) couple (d) impulse

Q18. The longest cell in the human body is Q29. What was the ancient name of the river
(a) Liver cell (b) muscle cell Jhelum?
(c) reproductive cell (d) nerve cell
(a) Iravati (b) Bipasa
Q19. The first railway line in India was between (c) Vitasta (d) Satadru
(a) Bombay & Delhi (b) Bombay & Goa
(c) Delhi &Baroda (d) Bombay & Thane Q30. Raindrops are spherical because of :
(a) Viscosity of water (b) surface tension
Q20. The meetings of the Lok Sabha are presided over by ;
(c) continuous evaporation (d) air friction
(a) Prime Minster (b) President
(c) Speaker (d) Vice President Q31. ‘Token Currency’ in India was introduced by
(a) Akbar (b) Mohammed Bin Tughlak
Q21. The part that grows & germinates first in the seed is (c) Shah Jahan (d) Aladin Khilji
known as :
(a) Cotyledon (b) Radicle
(c) Pummel (d) Epicotyl Q32. Who won the World Football 2010 ?
(a) Argentina (b) Germany
(c) Spain (d) England
Q22. Which hormone controls blood pressure?
(a) Vasopressin (b) Testosterone
Q33. Who gave the Slogan `Jai Hind’ to our nation?
(c) Estrogens (d) Oxytocin (a) Sardar Vallabhai
(b) Nehru
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Rajendra Prasad
 Q34. Who wrote Katha Saritsagara ?
(a) Valmiki (b) Patanjali
(c) Somadeva (d) Kautulya

Q35. Which planet has the largest number of Q44. If it cost Rs 160 to carpet a square room 8m broad,
satellites? what would it cost, at the same rate per sq meter, to carpet
(a) Mercury (b) Venus an oblong room 6 X 5 meters?
(c) Jupiter (d) Mars (a) Rs 50 (b) Rs 20
(c) Rs 25 (d) Rs 75
Q36. The epicenter is concerned with
Q45. An amount spent Rs 229.50p, which is 85% of what
(a) atmosphere pursue distribution Ram earned .How much does Ram earn?
(b) earth quakes (a) Rs 300 (b) Rs 270
(c) cyclonic storms (c) Rs 250 (d) Rs 75
(d) interior of the earth.
Q46. Which of the following is not an external
Q37. Choose the word that expresses the meaning of secondary memory?
‘ Spasmodic” (a) floppy disk (b) CD/DVD
(a) continuous (b) criminal (c) hard disk (d) ROM
(c) intermittent (d) spontaneous
Q47. Which command on the computer is used to
Q38. Choose the word that expresses the meaning of increase or decrease the size of a picture?
‘Cynosure’? (a) control S (b) Stretch/skew
(a) repel (b) centre of attraction (c) flip/rotate (d) grid
(c) danger (d) honest
Q48. Which is the set of instructions that enable the
Q39. Choose the most appropriate preposition for hardware of a computer to work in a desired manner?
He thought that his father was not happy ….him (a) software (b) hardware
(a) with (b) for (c) contrl +alt+delete (d) processor
(c) about (d) at
Q49. Which is the icon/area which shows/displays the
Q40. Give one word for a person who is bad at names of the currently open program?
spellings. (a) window update (b) settings
(a) cacographers (b) calligraphist (c) taskbar (d) menu
(c) linguist (d) pedant
Q50. Which is the most commonly used web
Q41. Choose the exact meaning of the phrase in browser?
italics ` to look blue’ (a) g mail.com (b) msn messenger
(a) to feel happy (b) to look sad (c) Microsoft Internet Exp (d) face book
(c) to be annoyed (d) to look sick
Q51. What does `Take Off Stage’ in an economy
Q42. Pick the most effective word from the given mean?
words to complete a meaningful sentence. (a) steady growth begins
The police _______any attempt of arson by arriving (b) economy is about to collapse
at the trouble spot in time. (c) economy is stagnant
(a) Prejudged (b) pre-empted (d) all controls are removed
(c) predisposed (d) prejudiced
Q52. Pick out the most effective word to fill in the
Q43. Ajay’s position in a row is thirteenth from the front blank.
side and sixth from the back. How many persons are It is not fair to cast …………on honest and innocent
standing in that row?
people.
(a) 21 (b) 18
(c) 14 (d) 20 (a) inspiration (b) aspiration
(c) adulation (d) aspersion
Q53. Who is the person who’ speaks for another Q61 The sentence in italics has been given in voice.
“called? Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one
(a) reporter (b) supporter which best expresses the same sentence in passive or
(c) spokesman (d) alien active voice.
My uncle promised me a present.
Q54. Select the pair of words which are related in the (a) A present was promised by uncle to me.
same way as the italicized words (b) I was promised a present by my uncle
Condone : offense (c) I was promised by my uncle a present.
(a) ignore :judgment (b) mitigate :repeat (d) I had been promised a present by my uncle.
(c) punish :crime (d) overlook:aberration
Q62. Choose the word which is opposite in meaning
Q55. Choose the best expression for the proverb “all to the italicized word
and sundry” . The drug will have pernicious effect on your health
(a) Completion of work (a) prolonged (b) beneficial
(b) greater share (c) damaging (d) spurious
(c) everyone without distinction
(d) all of a sudden Q63. Choose the phrase that best completes the
sentence Besides rain ………is seldom pure
Q56. Who is the first woman to feature on the Indian (a) water naturally (b) water of nature
Stamp ? (c) pure water (d) natural water
(a) Indira Gandhi (b) Razia Sultan
(c) Mirabai (d) Rani of Jhansi Q64. Choose the word which gives the meaning to
the italicized word.
Q57. Which Indian was nominated as UN Secretary He died as an impecunious man in a charitable
General in 2006? hospital
(a) Indira Nyoji (b) Shashi Tharoor (a) faultless (b) ignorant
(c) Ashraf Ghani (d) Jayante Dhanapale (c) having no money (d) innocent

Q58. What is the logo of the Commonwealth Games Q65. In the following words which is the mis-spelt
inspired by? one?
(a) Modern Indian, proud of his nation’s ancient (a) ameliorate (b) erudity
heritage and a fierce competitor but with integrity and (c) devote (d) dreary
honesty.
(b) Green games “take the environment into Q66. What do you think is the full form of CAL?
consideration”. (a) Computer aided learning
(c) The chakra, the national symbol of unity, (b) Computer actual level
power & freedom. (c) Contact army locals
(d) Motivation & encouragement to sportsmen. (d) Calculate actual loans

Q59. Name the mascot of the Commonwealth games Q67. When was latest NCF on “learning beyond the
of 2010. classroom” finalized?
(a) Shera (b) Appu (a) 2008 (b) 2005
(c) Red tailed cockatoo (d) Peacock (c) 2010 (d) 2004

Q60. Substitute a word closed in meaning to the Q68. What is the full form of NCERT?
italicized words : He gave an expeditious reply (a) National Cadet Education Rote Training
(a) elaborate (b) slow (b) Natural Cure Exclusive Real Time
(c) exact (d) prompt (C ) National Council Educational Research
Training
(d) National Council Educative Reference
Training
Q69. Who is the Chairman of CBSE?
(a) Prof Yash Pal (b) Sh Ashok Ganguly Q78. What is a metaphor?
( c) Dr Chidambram (d) Mr Vineet Joshi (a) A figure of speech (b) a love song
(c ) A precious stone (d) an anecdote
Q70. Choose the most appropriate guiding principle
of the NCF.
(a) ensuring that learning shifts from rote Q79. Who was Wordsworth?
methods. (a) A dramatist (b) A lyricist
(b) shift all exams to school base (c ) A poet (d) A painter
( c) ensure literacy of the population in India
(d) make all school exams optional Q80. Who out of these is not a novelist?
(a) Salman Rushdie (b) Vikram Seth
Q71. Which one of these is not a Board for School (c ) VS Naipaul (d) RK Laxman
Education?
(a) The Central Board of Secondary Education
(b) The Council for Indian School Certificate
(c ) The National Institute of Open Schooling
(d) The National Council for Teacher Education

Q72. What do you mean by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan?

(a) To provide education to all adults
(b) To provide education to all between 6 to 14
years
(c ) To provide education to all villagers
(d) To provide free education to the girl child

Q73. Who was India’s first Education Minister?

(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Arjun Singh
(c ) Murli Manohar Joshi
(d) Dr Ram Manohar Lohia

Q74. Which is not a successful endeavor of the

Indian Educational system?
(a) Navodya Vidyalaya Samiti
(b) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
(c ) Integrated Education for tribal people
(d) National Council of Educational Research &
Training

Q75. Which was the world’s first University?

(a) Takshila University
(b) Oxford University
(c ) Nalanda University
(d) Lahore University

Q76. Which of the following is not a news channel?

(a) CNN INB (b) ASIA NET

(c ) INB Live (d) ESPN
Q77. Who wrote “five point someone’?
(a) Shobha De (b) Chetan Bhagat
(c ) Arundhati Roy (d) RK Narayanan