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CTET - NOV 2012 In accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the RTE Act, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) had vide Notification dated 23rd August, 2010 and 29th July, 2011 laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in classes I to VIII. It had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in clause (n) of section 2 of the RTE Act is that he/she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the Guidelines framed by the NCTE. The rationale for including the TET as a minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher is as under: 1)       It would bring national standards and benchmark of teacher quality in the recruitment process; 2)       It would induce teacher education institutions

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TET/CTET Maths sample  Questions Paper 1. A student gets an aggregate of 60% marks in five subjects in the ratio 10: 9: 8: 7: 6. If the passing marks are 50% of the maximum marks and each subjects has the same maximum marks, in how many subjects did he pass the exam? (a) 2         (b) 3         (c) 4         (d) 5                               2 P, Q and R are three consecutive odd numbers in ascending order. If the value of three times P is three less than two times R, find the value of R. (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11 3. If log2[log7(x2 - x + 37) ] = 1, then what could be the value of x? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) None of these 4. After a discount of 11.11%, a trader still makes a gain of 14.28%. At how many percent above the cost price does he mark his goods? (a) 28.56% (b) 35% (c) 22.22% (d) None of these 5. An old man has Rs. (1! + 2! + 3! + ...+ 50!), all of which he wants to divide equally (Without frac

Q.1 Why is carbon tetravalent ? Ans 1:Carbon atom has 4 electrons in the outermost shell.It needs 4 more electrons to complete its octet. Therefore , carbon is tetravalent .  Q.2 The formula of a hydrocarbon is Cn H2n. Name the family to which it belongs and also predict its nature.   Ans 2: The hydrocarbon belongs to alkenes It is unsaturated in nature .  Q.3 What is the valency of carbon in CH3-CH3, CH2=CH2 and HC=CH ?  Ans 3: The valency of carbon in all its compounds whether saturated or unsaturated is 4.  Q.4 Out of butter and ground nut oil , which is unsaturated in Nature?  Ans 4: Groundnut oil is unsaturated in nature .  Q.5 Why is high temperature not favourable for alcoholic fermentation?  Ans 5: The high temperature destroys the enzymes which are needed to carry fermentation .  Q.6 Name a cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon, containing three double bonds?   Ans 6: Benzene  Q.7 What is the difference in the molecular mass of any two adjacent homologues?  Ans 7 : 14 ma

1. Ozone layer is found in (1) Hydrosphere (2) Lithosphere (3) Stratosphere (4) Troposphere 2. Tyranosaurus was abundant during (1) Paleozoic (2) Mesozoic (3) Senozoic (4) Azoic 3.The part of the castor seed that yields oil is (1) Cotyledons (2) Caruncle (3) Endosperm (4) Nucellus 4. Which fungus is edible (1) Amenita (2) Mucor (3) Rhizopus (4) Morchella 5. Plants which flower only once in their life  are called (1) Holocarpic (2) Monocarpic (3) Syncarpic (4) Apocarpic 6. Largest leaves belong to (1) In Rafflesia (2) In Victoria (3) In Nerium (4) In Ginkgo 7. Maize fruit is (1) Achene (2) Cypsela (3) Samara (4) Caryopsis 8. Antibodies are (1) Glycoproteins (2) Proteins (3) Nucleoproteins (4) Carbohydrates 9. Tears contain (1) Amylase (2) Lysozyme (3) Mucus (4) Plasma 10. The process by which DNA gives rise to RNA called as (1) Transduction (2) Translation (3) Transformation (4) Transcription

1. Operation of 'subtraction' in integers obeys the (1) closure law (2) commutative law (3) associative law (4) None of the above 2. The interior angles of a polygon are in A.P. If the smallest angle be 120 ° and angles differ by 5 ° , then number of sides in polygon is (1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 8 (4) 9 3. If a, b, c are rational numbers, then distributive law for multiplication over addition is (1) a × (b + c) = (a × b) + c (2) a + (b × c) = (a + b) × (a + c) (3) a × (b + c) = (a × b) + (a × c) (4) a + (b × c) = (a + b) × c 4.Additive identity of real numbers is (1) 1 (2) 0 (3) –1 (4) None of these 5. Additive inverse of 0 (zero) is (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) –1 (4) Not defined 6. When 2 256 is divided by 17 , the remainder would be (1) 1 (2) 14 (3) 16 (4) None of these 6. The sum of three prime numbers is 100 . If one of them exceeds the other by 36 ,then largest number is (1) 73 (2) 91 (3) 67 (4) 57 7. If n is an even natural number, then the largest natural no. by which n(n + 1) (n + 2) is

1. Which one of the following sets of phenomena would increase on raising the temperature? (a) Diffusion, evaporation, compression of gases (b) Evaporation, compression of gases, solubility (c) Evaporation, diffusion, expansion of gases (d) Evaporation, solubility, diffusion, compression of gases 2. Seema visited a Natural Gas Compressing Unit and found that the gas can be liquefied under specific conditions of temperature and pressure. While sharing her experience with friends she got confused. Help her to identify the correct set of conditions (a) Low temperature, low pressure (b) High temperature, low pressure (c) Low temperature, high pressure (d) High temperature, high pressure 3. The property to flow is unique to fluids. Which one of the following statements is correct? (a) Only gases behave like fluids (b) Gases and solids behave like fluids (c) Gases and liquids behave like fluids (d) Only liquids are fluids 4. During summer, water kept in an earthen po

1. A device measuring temperatures at a distance  Ans: radiation pyrometer 2. The unit of universal gas constant is  Ans: joule/mole k 3. Focal length of concave mirror depends on  Ans:  Radius of curvature 4. Tea will be hotter if prepared by boiling  Ans: River water 5. Max Plank is associated with Ans: quantum theory 6. The unit of the intensity of electric field is Ans: Newton/coulomb 7. The depolariser  used in Lacanche cell is Ans: Manganese dioxide 8. Cathode rays were first studied by:  Ans : W.D. Coolidge 9. Sound travel in air in the form of : Ans: longitudinal elastic wave 10. A jet engine work on the principal of :  Ans: conservation of momentum

1. How should a teacher behave with the students? Father like A friend like General Elder like 2. A teacher who is not able to draw the attention of his students should evaluate his teaching method and improve it find fault in his pupils resign form the post start dictating 3. Teachers who are enthusiastic in the class-room teaching simply drmatise to hold the student’s attention often lack proficiency in the subjects which stays hidden under their enthusiasm. Involve their students in the teaching learning process All of the above 4. The best educational programme is one which is according to the ability of the child need of the child interest of child all of these along with the need of the society 5. A teacher in the class should keep the pitch of his voice high enough moderate low sometime low and sometime high 6. The most appropriate meaning of learning is personal adjustment modification of behaviour inculation of knowledge acquisition of skills 7

CTET English : Solved Paper Directions—(Q. 1–10) In questions 1 to 10 you have a brief passage with 10 questions. Read the passage carefully, and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. You may think the sign of a good manager is to have a department where everybody is busy at work on their assigned tasks. But if your people are merely doing their jobs, they’re only working at about half their potential. A truly productive department is one in which every employee is actively thinking of better, more efficient methods of working ways in which to produce a higher quality product, in less time, at lower cost. To get this kind of innovation from your people, you have to be receptive to new ideas; what's more, you have to encourage your people to produce new ideas. Incentives are one way to motivate employees to be more productive. You can offer a cash bonus, time off, or a gift. But a more potent form of motivation is simply the employee's knowle

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01. While working as a teacher, you get an offer from a firm for an appointment to an administrative post with better financial prospects and status. How will you react to this? a) accept the offer provided the salary is considerably higher b) inform them that you prefer to continue as a teacher c) accept the offer if more incentives and conveniences are provided d) seek the advice of friends and parents before taking a decision 02. You would like to prefer to join the teaching profession. How will you manage to procure the job? a) by giving bribe to the appointing authority b) by adopting any means that would help in getting appointed c) by seeking political support d) by exalting excellence in competition 03. You are asked to attend, without allowance, a refresher course to the subject teachers of your specialisation at a time when you have some familial inconveniences. How will you react to this situation? a) make arrangements for compensating your absen

ctet sample papers for english English Language Directions—(Q. 1–5) Each sentence has one or two blanks. Choose the word or set of words that best completes the sentence meaningfully. 1. He went to the library ……… to find that it was closed. (A) seldom (B) never (C) only (D) solely Ans : (C) 2. The ties that bind us together in common activity are so ………that they can disappear at any moment. (A) tentative (B) tenuous (C) consistent (D) restrictive Ans : (B) 3. Her reaction to his proposal was ………. She rejected it ………. (A) inevitable–vehemently (B) subtle–violently (C) clever–abruptly (D) sympathetic–angrily Ans : (A) 4. His ……… directions misled us we did not know which of the two roads to take. (A) complicated (B) ambiguous (C) narrow (D) fantastic Ans : (B) 5. It would be difficult for one so ……… to believe that all men are equal irrespective of caste, race and religion. (A) emotional (B) democratic (C) intolerant (D) liberal Ans : (C) Direct

1. Which one of the following constitutes the two best reasons for distinguishing the living from the non living? (a) Growth and locomotion (b) Irritability and locomotion (c) Respiration and excretion (d) Reproduction and locomotion C 2.The largest living bird is (a)duck (b’) dodo (c)ostrich (d) peacock C 3. Which of the following are the only mammals that possess nucleated red blood corpuscles? I.Camel 2.Llama 3.Man 4.Dog a) l and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c )3 and 4 (d)l and4 A 4 When compared to the mammals, birds are less sensitive to temporary deprivation of water, be cause (1.A.S.1990) (a) urea excretion in mammals entails a greater loss of water than that in birds. (A’) the water requirement per unit weight is less in birds than in mamtnals. (c) absorption of water from the gut is more efficient in birds than in mammals. (d) None of these B 5. Birds get thrust (forward motion) and lift (upward motion) from (a) air sacs . b) flapping of wings (c) twisting

Child development and Pedagogy (MCQ) 1. A major strength of ecological theory is its framework for explaining (a) Environmental influences on development. (b) Biological influences on development. (c) Cognitive development. (d) Affective processes in development. 2. All of the following advanced principles of child development that are closely allied to the stimulus response learning theory, except (a) Pavilov (b) J B Waston (c) Hull (d) Gesell 3. The process whereby the genetic factors limit an individual's responsiveness to the environment is known as (a) Canalization. (b) Discontinuity. (c) Differentiation. (d) Range of reaction. 4. In order to develop the spirit of labour in students (a) The teacher himself should indulge in labour (b) The teacher should deliver lectures on the importance of labour (c) Students should be given opportunities to do labour from time to time (d) Students should be given examples of laboring people 5. A child has been admitted t

 Objective question in the form of general science for upcomming exams. SOLVED OBJECTIVE QUESTION IN THE FORM OF GENERAL SCIENCE FOR UPCOMMING EXAMS.  1. The respiration is carried on by  (A) Kidneys  (B) Brain  (C) Intestine  (D) Lungs  Ans (D)  2. Which is the outer protective cover of the body?  (A) Skeleton  (B) Hair  (C) Skin  (D) None of these  Ans (C)  3. Which collects the blood from the organs?  (A) Arteries  (B) Veins  (C) Lungs  (D) Nerves  Ans (B)  4. Which removes waste materials from the body?  (A) Kidneys  (B) Lungs  (C) Heart  (D) Brain  Ans (A)  5. Which of the following is well developed and functional in grazing animals?  (A) Appendix  (B) Liver  (C) Duodenum  (D) Rectum  Ans (A)  6. How many teeth will the children have?  (A) 10  (B) 15  (C) 28  (D) 20  Ans (D)  7. What is inner lining of the alimentary canal called ?  (A) oesophagus  (B) Mucous membrance  (C) Muscle  (D) Muscular  Ans (B)  8. Which of the following is not a part of the alimentary canal?  (A) Mouth