RPSC वरिष्ठ अध्यापक (माध्यमिक शिक्षा, Non-TSP) पेपर II अंग्रेज़ी 2018

Q.121

The figure of speech involving a direct address either to an absent person or to a personified inanimate object is called -

• (A)

  personification

• (B)

  apostrophe

• (C)

  oxymoron

• (D)

  onomatopoeia

Q.122

The reading skills of skimming is employed

• (A)

  to get complete understanding of the text

• (B)

  to make predictions while reading.

• (C)

  to locate a specific item of information

• (D)

  to have a general idea of what the text is about.

Q.123

Inductive method of teaching grammar involves -

• (A)

  learning of rules by heart.

• (B)

  presentation of rules before presentation of examples.

• (C)

  presentation of examples before deriving rules with the help of learners.

• (D)

  neglecting rules altogether.

Q.124

Which one of the following methods presents and practices language in contexts and situations?

• (A)

  Grammar-Translation Method

• (B)

  Structural - Situational Method

• (C)

  Audio - lingual Method

• (D)

  Direct Method

Q.125

Which one of the following does not match correctly?

• (A)

  William Wordsworth - Kubla Khan

• (B)

  Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

• (C)

  Keats - Ode to Autumn

• (D)

  Tennyson - Ulysses

Q.126

Which one of the following features is not associated with Tragi-Comedy?

• (A)

  It dealt only with the dark side of life.

• (B)

  Its important characters included both people of high degree and people of low degree.

• (C)

  It consisted of a serious action which threatened a tragic disaster to the protagonist.

• (D)

  Finally, by an abrupt change of circumstance, it ended happily.

Q.127

Poetry is taught mainly to -

• (A)

  build up students vocabulary.

• (B)

  improve their pronunciation.

• (C)

  to make students enjoy poem’s beauty and melody.

• (D)

  to teach them correct spelling.

Q.128

The opposite of the word ‘dawn’ is -

• (A)

  daybreak

• (B)

  afternoon

• (C)

  dusk

• (D)

  night

Q.129

Which one is odd one out?

• (A)

  Nissim Ezekiel

• (B)

  Sarojini Naidu

• (C)

  Kiran Desai

• (D)

  Dom Moraes

Q.130

Which one of the following methods uses student to student interaction most for learning in the classroom?

• (A)

  Grammar Translation Method

• (B)

  Direct Method

• (C)

  Structural - Situational Method

• (D)

  Communicative English Language Teaching

Q.131

Which one of the following is not true with regard to testing?

• (A)

  Tests measure the extent of student Achievement of the instructional objectives.

• (B)

  Tests diagnose students’ weaknesses and strengths.

• (C)

  Tests do not provide any feedback to the teacher.

• (D)

  Tests help to rank and promote students on the basis of merit.

Q.132

Which one of the following is not true about the roles of students and teachers in Audio - lingual Method?

• (A)

  The teacher directs and controls the language behaviour of students.

• (B)

  The teacher presents good models for imitation.

• (C)

  Students are expected to overlearn the target language to be able to use it automatically.

• (D)

  Students are left free to practise the language and to interact with other students.

Q.133

Rearrange the four levels of comprehension as they are generally dealt with in the classroom -
1. Reorganisation level
2. Literal level
3. Evaluative level
4. Interpretative and inferential level
Choose the correct answer from the options given below -

• (A)

  1, 3, 4, 2

• (B)

  4, 3, 1, 2

• (C)

  2, 1, 4, 3

• (D)

  3, 4, 1, 2

Q.134

The Elizabethan Age in English literature roughly spans the years-

• (A)

  1485-1603

• (B)

  1558-1603

• (C)

  1509-1547

• (D)

  1603-1625

Q.135

The device by means of which the truth is veiled in the form of a sarcasm by implying the opposite to what is really stated is called–

• (A)

  satire

• (B)

  irony

• (C)

  hyperbole

• (D)

  allegory

Q.136

Which one of the following methods gives the students grammatical rules and paradigms?

• (A)

  Structural Method

• (B)

  Direct Method

• (C)

  Audio - lingual Method

• (D)

  Grammar - Translation Method

Q.137

Which one of the following is not applicable to the Grammar - Translation Method?

• (A)

  Students are given lists of vocabulary items

• (B)

  Students are encouraged to memorize the given rules of the target language

• (C)

  Word to word translation in the mother tongue is considered an effective way of learning the target language

• (D)

  Spoken English is greatly emphasized

Q.138

Which one of the following is not ‘The Man Booker Prize’ winner?

• (A)

  V.S. Naipual

• (B)

  Kiran Desai

• (C)

  Anita Desai

• (D)

  Aravind Adiga

Q.139

Which method was developed as a reaction to the Grammar-Translation Method?

• (A)

  Structural - Situational Method

• (B)

  Audio - lingual Method

• (C)

  Direct Method

• (D)

  Communicative English Language Teaching

Q.140

While teaching English prose a teacher -

• (A)

  should explain all the difficult words of the text.

• (B)

  should not explain any of the difficult words.

• (C)

  should not involve students while explaining words.

• (D)

  should explain only those words that are essential to the understanding of the text seeking students’ involvement.