OTET Paper 2 Mock Test - 4 (Social Science) - OTET MCQ

On the basis of which principle of learning can the feelings of fear, love and hate be easily generated in the child?

Which of the following is not a learning method?

In a diverse classroom, a teacher responsibility is:

Developmental perspective of teaching demands teachers to

In the constructivist frame, the child is viewed as

'Socialisation' is a process by which children and adults learn from

What is/are the functions of the School Management Committee as per the Right to Education Act, 2009?
i) To monitor the working of the school
ii) To monitor the utilization of grants
iii) To prepare the school development plan

दिए गए गद्यांश के आधार पर पूछे गए प्रश्नों के उत्तर के लिए सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्प का चयन कीजिए।
गोंड जनजाति, भारत की एक प्रमुख जातीय समुदाय हैं। भारत के कटि प्रदेश- विंध्यपर्वत, सिवान, सतपुड़ा पठार, छत्तीसगढ़ मैदान में दक्षिण तथा दक्षिण-पश्चिम - में गोदावरी नदी तक फैले हुए पहाड़ों और जंगलों में रहने वाली आस्ट्रोलायड नस्ल तथा द्रविड़ परिवार की एक जनजाति, जो संभवत: पाँचवीं-छठी शताब्दी में दक्षिण से गोदावरी के तट को पकड़कर मध्य भारत के पहाड़ों में फैल गई। यह एक स्वतंत्र जनजाति थी, जिसका अपना राज्य था और जिसके 52 गढ़ थे। मध्य भारत में 14वीं से 18वीं शताब्दी तक इसका राज्य रहा था। मुग़ल शासकों और मराठा शासकों ने इन पर आक्रमण कर इनके क्षेत्र पर अधिकार कर लिया और इन्हें घने जंगलों तथा पहाड़ी क्षेत्रों में शरण लेने को बाध्य किया। गोंड जनजाति के लोग काले तथा गहरे भूरे रंग के होते हैं। गोंड अपने वातावरण द्वारा प्रस्तुत भोजन सामग्री एवं कृषि से प्राप्त वस्तुओं पर अधिक निर्भर रहते हैं। इनका मुख्य भोजन कोदों, ज्वार और कुटकी मोटे अनाज होते हैं, जिन्हें पानी में उबालकर 'झोल' या 'राबड़ी' अथवा 'दलिया' के रूप में दिन में तीन बार खाया जाता है। रात्रि में चावल अधिक पसन्द किये जाते हैं। कभी-कभी कोदों और कुटकी के साथ सब्जी एवं दाल का भी प्रयोग किया जाता है। गोंड खेतिहर हैं और परंपरा से दहिया खेती करते हैं जो जंगल को जलाकर उसकी राख में की जाती है और जब एक स्थान की उर्वरता तथा जंगल समाप्त हो जाता है तब वहाँ से हटकर दूसरे स्थान को चुन लेते हैं। किंतु सरकारी निषेध के कारण यह प्रथा बहुत कम हो गई है। अनेक गोंड लंबे समय से हिन्दू धर्म तथा संस्कृति के प्रभाव में हैं और कितनी ही जातियों तथा कबीलों ने बहुत से हिन्दू विश्वासों, देवी देवताओं, रीति रिवाजों तथा वेशभूषा को अपना लिया है। पुरानी प्रथा के अनुसार मृतकों को दफनाया जाता है, किंतु बड़े और धनी लोगों के शव को जलाया जाने लगा है। स्त्रियाँ तथा बच्चे दफनाए जाते हैं। 

Q. दहिया खेती कहाँ की जाती है? 

निर्देश: निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को पढ़कर उसके आधार पर दिए गए प्रश्नों) के उत्तर के लिए सबसे उचित विकल्प चुनिए :
विनम्रता का यह कथन बहुत ठीक है कि विनम्रता के बिना स्वतंत्रता का कोई अर्थ नहीं। इस बात को सब लोग मानते हैं कि आत्मसंस्कार के लिए थोड़ी बहुत मानसिक स्वतंत्रता परमावश्यक है – चाहे उस स्वतंत्रता में अभिमान और नम्रता दोनों का मेल हो और चाहे वह नम्रता ही से उत्पन्न हो। यह बात तो निश्चित है कि जो मनुष्य मर्यादापूर्वक जीवन व्यतीत करना चाहता है उसके लिए वह गुण अनिवार्य है, जिससे आत्मनिर्भरता आती है और जिससे अपने पैरों के बल खड़ा होना आता है। युवा को यह सदा स्मरण रखना चाहिए कि वह बहुत कम बातें जानता है, अपने ही आदर्श से वह बहुत नीचे है और उसकी आकांक्षाएँ उसकी योग्यता से कहीं बढ़ी हुई हैं। उसे इस बात का ध्यान रखना चाहिए कि वह अपने बड़ों का सम्मान करे, छोटे और बराबर वालों से कोमलता का व्यवहार करे, ये बातें आत्म-मर्यादा के लिए आवश्यक हैं। यह सारा संसार, जो कुछ हम हैं और जो कुछ हमारा है – हमारा शरीर, हमारी आत्मा, - हमारे कर्म, हमारे भोग, हमारे घर और बाहर की दशा हमारे बहुत से अवगुण, और थोड़े गुण सब इसी बात की आवश्यकता प्रकट करते हैं कि हमें अपनी आत्मा को नम्र रखना चाहिए। नम्रता से मेरा अभिप्राय दब्बूपन से नहीं है जिसके कारण मनुष्य दूसरों का मुँह ताकता है जिससे उसका संकल्प क्षीण और उसकी प्रज्ञा मंद हो जाती है, जिसके कारण बढ़ने के समय भी पीछे रहता है और अवसर पड़ने पर झट से किसी बात का निर्णय नहीं कर सकता। मनुष्य का बेड़ा उसके अपने ही हाथ में है, उसे वह चाहे जिधर ले जाए। सच्ची आत्मा वही है जो प्रत्येक दशा में प्रत्येक स्थिति के बीच अपनी राह आप निकालती है।

Q. 'स्वतंत्र' शब्द का विपरीतार्थक शब्द है -

निर्देश: निम्नलिखित गद्यांश का ध्यानपूर्वक अध्ययन कर प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए।
काल को हम बांध नहीं सकते। वह स्वत: नियंत्रित है, अबाध है। देवों का आह्वान करते हुए हम सकल कामना सिद्धि का संकल्प व्यक्त करते हुए और फिर विदा करते हुए कहते हैं- 'गच्छ-गच्छ सुरश्रेष्ठ पुनरागमनाय च'। जिसका अर्थ 'हे देव, आप स्वस्थान को तो जाएं, परंतु फिर आने के लिए' है। कितनी सकारात्मक हमारी संस्कृति है, जिसका मूल है- जो मानव मात्र के लिए हितकारी हो, कल्याणकारी हो, वह पुन:-पुन: हमारे जीवन में आए। गत वर्ष के लिए भी क्या ऐसी विदाई देना हमारे लिए संभव नहीं ? यह प्रश्न अनुत्तरित है। यह आना-जाना, आगमन-प्रस्थान सब क्या है ? एक उत्तर है कि ये काल द्वारा नियंत्रित क्रिया- प्रतिक्रियाएं हैं। जो आया है, वह जाएगा। फिर जो गया है, वह भी आएगा। यह हमारी संस्कृति की मान्यता है। हाल ही में एक विद्वान से उनके परिवार में हुई मृत्यु पर शोक संवेदना में कहा- 'गत आत्मा को शांति प्राप्त हो'। उन्होंने तुरंत ही टोकते हुए कहा- शांति प्राप्ति की बात तो पश्चिमी संस्कृति-सभ्यता की बात है। भारतीय परंपरा में तो उचित है- 'गत आत्मा को सद्गति प्राप्त हो'। इसके पीछे का गूढ़ भाव नए वर्ष के आगमन और पुराने वर्ष की विदाई की वेला को पूरी सार्थकता प्रदान करता है। शब्द और अर्थ मिलकर ही काल का, काल की गति का अर्थात् परिवर्तन का बोध कराते हैं।
काल (समय) निराकार है, अबूझ है। मानव ने समय को बांधने का बहुत प्रयास किया- पल, घड़ी, घंटा, दिन, सप्ताह, महीना, साल, मन्वन्तर... फिर भी समय कभी बंधा नहीं, कहीं ठहरता नहीं। 'कालोस्मि भरतर्षभ' कहकर कृष्ण ने काल की सार्वकालिक सत्ता को प्रतिपादित किया। इस सत्ता के आगे नत भाव से, साहचर्य के भाव से हम नया वर्ष मनाते हैं। काल ने जो दिया था, उसे स्वीकार करें और नए वर्ष में जो मिलेगा, उसको अंगीकार-स्वीकार करने के लिए हम पूरी तैयारी, पूरे जोश से तैयार रहें। इसी में पुरातन और नववर्ष के सन्धिकाल की सार्थकता है। यह सत्य है कि परिणाम पर मनुष्य का कोई नियंत्रण या दखल नहीं, पर नया साल भी पुराना होगा। इसलिए मनुष्य एक साल की अवधि के लिए अपने जीवन के कुछ नियामक लक्ष्य तो तय कर सकता है। नए साल का सूरज यही प्रेरणा लेकर आया है। जीवन के चरम लक्ष्य पीछे छूटते जा रहे हैं, खोते जा रहे हैं। ऐसे में नए वर्ष की शुरुआत अपने लक्ष्य निर्धारित करने का अच्छा अवसर है, आत्म निरीक्षण का अचूक मौका है यह। काल शाश्वत है। नए साल का आगमन और पुराने की विदाई यह हमारा कालबोध ही तो है। आगत का स्वागत भारतीय परम्परा के मूल में है। जो आया है, अतिथि है उसे अपना लो। काल के साथ, समय के साथ चलना मनुष्य की नियति है, परंतु काल के कपाल पर कुछ अंकित करने का संकल्प मनुष्य की जिजीविषा का मूल है।

Q. हमारा कालबोध क्या है?

उच्च प्राथमिक स्तर पर भाषा सीखने को प्रभावित करता है:

प्रमाणिक आकलन क्या है?

Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows.
Africa was once filled with an abundance of wild animals. But, that is changing fast. One of these animals, the black rhinoceros, lives on the plains of Africa. It has very poor eyesight and a very bad temper! Even though the black rhino is powerful, and can be dangerous, its strength cannot always help it to escape hunters. Some people think that the rhino’s horn has magical powers and many hunters kill rhinos for their valuable horns. This has caused the black rhino to be placed on the endangered species list. The elephant seems to represent all that is strong and wild in Africa. It once had no natural enemies, but is now endangered—killed for its ivory tusks. Wherever people are careless about the land, there are endangered species. Grizzly bears like to wander great distances. Each bear needs up to 1,500 square miles of territory to call its homeland. Today, because forests have been cleared to make room for people, the grizzly’s habitat is shrinking and the grizzly is disappearing. It joins other endangered North American animals, such as the red wolf and the American crocodile. In South America, destruction of the rain forest threatens many animals. Unusual mammals, such as the howler monkey and the three-toed sloth, are endangered. Beautiful birds like the great green macaw and the golden parakeet are also becoming extinct. They are losing their homes in the rain forest and thousands die when they are caught and shipped off to be sold as exotic pets. The giant panda of Asia is a fascinating and unique animal. Yet, there are only about 1,000 still living in the wild. The giant panda’s diet consists mainly of the bamboo plant, so when the bamboo forests die, so does the panda. China is now making an effort to protect these special creatures from becoming extinct. Unfortunately, it is people who cause many of the problems that animals face. We alter and pollute their habitats. We hunt them for skins, tusks, furs and horns. We destroy animals that get in the way of farming or building. And we remove them from their natural habitats and take them home as pets.

Q. From the questions given below, identify a global comprehension question based on the above passage.

Direction: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Some words may be highlighted for you. Pay careful attention.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been testing the Starlink satellite broadband service which boasts of a speed boost of around 300mbps and latency reduction to around 20ms. Musk confirmed the speed boost in response to a tweet by a user who received the Starlink broadband kit in the United States and shared a screenshot of the service offering them broadband speeds of 130mbps. "Speed will double to ~300Mb/s & latency will drop to ~20ms later this year," he said. During the beta testing phase, Starlink offered users a broadband speed between 50mbps and 150mbps with the latency expected between 20ms and 40ms, depending on location. In this phase, the Starlink kit included a phased-arrayed satellite dish, a tripod and a Wi-Fi router. SpaceX says that the Starlink satellite broadband service will cover most of the Earth by the end of the year which means that the service could also be expanded in India although there is no confirmed roadmap for the same. SpaceX has already submitted its recommendations to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) last year for introducing satellite broadband in India.
"Most of Earth by end of the year, all by next year, then it’s about densifying coverage. Important to note that cellular will always have the advantage in dense urban areas. Satellites are best for low to medium population density areas," tweeted Musk.

Q. Give the synonym for the word "response".

Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Initiatives such as “4 per mille” and Terraton aim to sequester huge amounts of carbon in the soil. The 2018 U.S. Farm Bill includes the first-ever incentives for farmers to adopt practices aimed at improving soil health and sequestering carbon. But these initiatives are missing a key point: not all soil carbon is the same.
The very different lifetimes of particulate organic matter and mineral-associated organic matter have important implications for these efforts. For example, adding low-quality crop residues to agricultural fields would likely create more particulate organic matter than mineral-associated organic matter. This could increase soil carbon in the short term - but if that field later is disturbed by tilling, a lot of it would decompose and the benefit would be quickly reversed. The best practices focus on building up the mineral-associated organic matter for longer-term carbon storage, while also producing high-quality particulate organic matter with lots of nitrogen to help boost crop productivity.
Natural healthy soils show us that providing continuous and diverse plant inputs that reach all the way to deep soil is key for achieving both high mineral-associated organic matter storage and particulate organic matter recycling. There are many promising ways to do this, such as maintaining plant cover on fields year-round; growing diverse crops that include high-nitrogen legumes and perennials with deep roots; and minimizing tillage.
However, not all soils can accumulate both mineral-associated organic matter and particulate organic matter. Before implementing any management practices for carbon sequestration, participants should first assess the carbon storage potential of the local soil, much as a doctor studies a patient before prescribing a cure. Sequestering soil carbon effectively requires an understanding of how particulate organic matter and mineral-associated organic matter work, how human actions affect them, and how to build up both types to meet our planet’s climate and food security needs.

Q. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
However, not all soils can accumulate both mineral-associated organic matter.

Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate options:
(1) We embarked along the sapphire route along National Highway 17 for a sun-soaked holiday. This route along Karnataka’s Karavali coast is India’s best beach and temple country. Flanked by the soaring Western Ghats on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west, the Karavali stretch is a scenic treat all the way.
(2) The first halt in our coastal circuit in Uttara Kannada district was Bhatkal. Bhatkal is where Konkani begins to share space with Tulu. A 4-km drive out of town took us to the beach and the small fishing wharf. At the bazaar, we tried out the two local specialities – date halwa and a salted roti. One also shouldn’t miss the Bhatkal biriyani.
(3) Gokarna is a charming little town with temples, a wide expanse of beach, two principal streets and clusters of traditional tile-roofed brick houses. You’ll also find quaint Udupi food joints, souvenir shops, and cyber cafes here.
(4) Once the ‘temple fatigue’ set in, we indulged in some sedate sea-watching. Om beach, one of Gokarna’s famed five, takes the shape of an ‘Om’, a spiritual symbol. The road twists through alleys, past people’s houses, temple chariots and ‘Way to Beach’ signs. The other pristine beaches, wedged between gigantic cliffs that protrude like delicate fingers into the sea, are Gokarna, Kudle, Half Moon and Paradise.
(5) The last halt in our coastal itinerary was Karwar. Karwar was the erstwhile trading outpost of foreigners. It is said that even the great explorer Vasco da Gama walked on the golden sands of Karwar. Apart from the excellent harbour, four beaches that offer sun, sand, surf and sport and five islands, Karwar has much more to offer.
(6) A short boat ride away you’ll find the excellent Devbagh Beach and five idyllic islands. With its pristine beach, and an eco-friendly resort with ethnic log huts, it is a romantic hideaway offering complete privacy and solitude sans the five-star trappings.
(7) We followed Tagore’s footsteps and took a boat cruise up the Kali from the mouth. We spotted dolphins as they gracefully dived into azure waters. From the island one can have a gorgeous view of the sea, sand and the neighbouring islands. As we returned from our coastal odyssey, we realised Karnataka is not short of fabulous beaches but lacks salesmen of its ravishing beauty.

Q. "temple fatigue" as mentioned in the passage means –

Directions: Identify the part of speech of the word underlined in the following sentence.
He bought a gold ring for his wife.

Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation mainly aims at promoting:

Directions: Identify the correct question tag for the statement.
Ram and his wife put a lot of money in the donation box last year.

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely, and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o’clock; in some towns, there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 20th, but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours so that it could begin at ten o’clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner.
The children assembled first, of course. The school was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play, and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands. Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones; Bobby and Harry Jones and Dickie Delacroix—the villagers pronounced this name “Dellacroy”—eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it against the raids of the other boys. The girls stood aside, talking among themselves, looking over their shoulders at the boys, and the tiny children rolled in the dust or clung to the hands of their older brothers or sisters.
Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet, and they smiled rather than laughed. The women, wearing faded house dresses and sweaters, came shortly after their menfolk. They greeted one another and exchanged bits of gossip as they went to join their husbands. Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times. Bobby Martin ducked under his mother’s grasping hand and ran, laughing, back to the pile of stones. His father spoke up sharply, and Bobby came quickly and took his place between his father and his oldest brother.

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