OTET Paper 1 Mock Test - 10 - OTET MCQ

Answer the following question by selecting the most appropriate option.
An inclusive school:

When some theories or principles are widely accepted and applied to explain particular cases, it is known as:

'लोक कथाएँ हमारे आम जीवन में सदियों से रची-बसी हैं। इन्हें हम अपने बड़े-बूढ़ों से बचपन से ही सुनते आ रहे हैं। लोक कथाओं के बारे में यह भी कहा जाता है कि बचपन के शुरुआती वर्षों में बच्चों को अपने परिवेश की महक, सोच व कल्पना की उड़ान देने के लिए इनका उपयोग जरूरी है। हम यह भी सुनते हैं कि बच्चों के भाषा के विकास के सन्दर्भ में भी इन कथाओं की उपयोगिता महत्त्वपूर्ण है।
ऐसा इसलिए कहा जाता है, क्योंकि इन लोक कथाओं के विभिन्न रूपों में हमें लोक जीवन के तत्त्व मिलते हैं, जो बच्चों के भाषा विकास में उल्लेखनीय भूमिका निभाते हैं। अगर हम अपनी पढ़ी हुई लोक कथाओं को याद करें, तो सहजता से हमें इनके कई उदाहरण मिल जाते हैं।
जब हम कहानी सुना रहे होते हैं, तो बच्चों से हमारी यह अपेक्षा रहती है कि वे पहली घटी घटनाओं को जरूर दोहराएँ। बच्चे भी घटना को याद रखते हुए साथ-साथ मजे से दोहराते हैं। इस तरह कथा सुनाने की इस प्रक्रिया में बच्चे इन घटनाओं को एक क्रम में रखकर देखते हैं। इन क्रमिक घटनाओं में एक तर्क होता है, जो बच्चों के मनोभावों से मिलता-जुलता है।'
गद्यांश को पढ़कर निम्नलिखित प्रश्नो में सबसे उचित विकल्प चुनिए

Q. बच्चों से हमारी क्या अपेक्षा रहती है?

निर्देशः नीचे दिये गए गद्यांश को पढ़कर पूछे गये प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए।
रामचंद्र शुक्ल के निबंध पं महावीरप्रसाद द्विवेदी द्वारा संपादित सरस्वती में छपने लगे थे। उन्होंने निबंध में प्रस्तुत सूत्रों की उपमा पत्ते की नसों से दी है, जो परस्पर गूँथी होती हैं। शुक्ल जी के अधिकांश प्रसिद्ध निबंध मनोविकारों पर हैं। उन्होंने भारतेंदु, प्रेमघन, फ्रेडरिक पिन्काट पर भी लिखा है, लेकिन वे या तो व्यक्तित्व कृतित्व का परिचय देने वाले हैं, या संस्मरण या जीवनी परक। निबंधकार के रूप में शुक्ल जी का योगदान मनोविकार संबंधी निबंधों के कारण है। इन निबंधों का संग्रह पहले विचार-वीथी के नाम से 1930 ई. में प्रकाशित हुआ था। बाद में चिंतामणि (पहला भाग) नाम से 1939 ई. में परिवर्धित और संशोधित संस्करण प्रकाशित हुआ।

Q. सरस्वती के संपादक कौन थे?

निर्देश: गद्यांश को पढ़कर निम्नलिखित मे से सबसे उचित विकल्प चुनिए।
समस्याओं का हल ढूंढने की क्षमता पर एक अध्ययन किया गया। इसमें भारत में तीन तरह के बच्चों के बीच तुलना की गई - एक तरफ़ वे बच्चे जो दुकानदारी करते हैं पर स्कूल नहीं जाते, ऐसे बच्चे जो दुकान सँभालते हैं और स्कूल भी जाते है और तीसरा समूह उन बच्चों का था जो स्कूल जाते है पर दुकान पर कोई मदद नहीं करते।
उनसे गणना के व इबारती सवाल पूछे गए। दोनों ही तरह के सवालों में उन स्कूली बच्चों ने जो दुकानदार नहीं हैं, मौखिक गणित या मनगणित का प्रयोग बहुत कम किया, बनिस्बत उनके जो दुकानदार थे। स्कूली बच्चों ने ऐसी गलतियाँ भी कीं, जिनका कारण नहीं समझा जा सका। इससे यह साबित होता है कि दुकानदारी से जुडे़ हुए बच्चे हिसाब लगाने में गलती नहीं कर सकते क्योंकि है इसका सीधा असर उनके काम पर पड़ता है, जबकि स्कूलों के बच्चे वहीं हिसाब लगाने मेँ अवसर भयंकर ग़लतियाँ कर देते है।
इससे यह स्पष्ट होता है कि जिन बच्चों को रोज़मर्रा की जिंदगी में इस तरह के सवालों से जूझना पड़ता है, वे अपने लिए जरूरी गणितीय क्षमता हासिल कर लेते हैं।
लेकिन साथ ही इस बात पर भी गोर करना महत्त्वपूर्ण है कि इस तरह की दक्षताएँ एक स्तर तक और कार्य- क्षेत्र तक सीमित होकर रह जाती है। इसलिए वे सामाजिक व सांस्कृतिक परिवेश जो कि ज्ञान को बनाने व बढाने में मदद करते है, वहीं उस ज्ञान को संकुचित और सीमित भी कर सकते हैं।

Q. समस्याओं का हल खोजने पर आधारित अध्ययन किस विषय से जुड़ा हुआ था?

कक्षा में छात्रों की सक्रियता देखी जाती है- 

द्रष्टिबाधित बच्चों को भाषा सिखाते समय-

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.
Once upon a time, there was a greedy merchant who owned a magnificent horse. The horse was strong and fast, and the merchant was proud of it. He would often travel long distances with the horse to trade goods and make a profit.
One day, the merchant had to travel to a faraway city to sell his goods. He decided to take his horse with him as he knew it could cover the distance quickly. However, he didn't consider the fact that the horse would need rest and care along the way.
As they started their journey, the merchant pushed the horse to go faster and faster, not stopping for breaks. The horse was getting tired and was unable to keep up with the merchant's demands. The merchant didn't care and continued to ride the horse harder, thinking only of his profit.
As they travelled further, the horse began to slow down, and its breathing became laboured. The merchant didn't take notice and kept pushing the horse until it eventually collapsed on the ground, exhausted and unable to move.
The merchant was angry and frustrated that his horse had failed him. He cursed the animal and tried to force it to get up, but the horse was too weak to move. Realizing that he wouldn't be able to reach his destination without a horse, the merchant decided to leave the animal behind and continue on foot, leaving the exhausted horse on the side of the road.
Days later, the merchant finally reached his destination, but he had lost a lot of his merchandise along the way. He realized that his greed had led to his downfall, and he regretted his actions towards the horse. He wished he had taken better care of it and had considered its needs.
From that day on, the merchant vowed to treat his animals with kindness and respect and not to let his greed get in the way of his morals. The lesson he learned was that sometimes, taking a break and looking after yourself and those around you is more important than making a profit.

Q. What is the synonym of the highlighted word 'rest' ?

Read the passage and answer the following questions.
There is a lovely story of a tree and a little boy who used to play in its shade. They had become friends. One day, the boy sat leaning against the trunk of the tree, crying. He was hungry. "Eat my fruit" said the kind tree bending down one of its branches. The boy ate the fruit and was happy. The boy grew up. One day, he sat under the tree with an anxious look on his face. "What is the matter?" asked the tree. "I am going to marry and I want a house to live in," said the young man. "Cut down my branches and build your house." said the tree. The young man built a house with the branches of the tree. The young man became a sailor. One day, he sat under the tree with a worried look. "What is the matter?" asked the tree. "My captain is a cruel fellow. I want a ship of my own." said the sailor. "Cut down my trunk and build a ship." The sailor lost his ship and returned home as a helpless old man. On a cold winter's day, he stood where the tree once was, leaning on his stick and trembling with cold. "Make a fire of me, and warm yourself' said the stump of the tree. The stump of the unselfish tree burnt in the fire, softly humming a tune.

Q. The two protagonists of the story are ________ 

Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows by selecting the most appropriate option.
In this floating village in Brazil, there is only one way to travel. Students go to school by boat. Locals go to worship by boat. Taxis arrive by boat. Even the soccer field is often a boat. There are three homemade fields on land, but they are submerged now in the annual flooding of the Black River. If the wooden goal posts had nets, they would be useful this time of the year only for catching fish. So, young players and adults improvise. They play soccer at a community centre that has a roof but no walls. They play on the dock of a restaurant. And they play on a parked ferry, a few wearing life jackets to cushion their fall. The high-water mark in the Rio Negro this year was the fifth-highest in more than a century of measurements.
As scientists study the impact of deforestation on the Amazon basin, and the cooling and warming of the Pacific Ocean, extreme patterns observed over the last 25 or 30 years raise an important unanswered question: “Are these trends human-induced climate change, or can we explain this with natural variability?” Villagers said that passing boats sometimes knocked down power lines during periods of exceptionally high water. And while the soccer fields are usually available for about half the year, the land has recently been dry enough for only four or five months of play. “We don’t have a place for the children to play,” said de Sousa, a shop owner. “They are stuck in the houses, bored.” The most adventurous, though, will find a game somewhere.

Q. Pick out the false statement.

Fluency means _______

ELL students who are _________ learners remember things more when the teacher discusses them in a class than reading from a book.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:
The National Statistical Office (NSO) released a set of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers earlier this week. The most recent data, namely, GDP growth for the quarter ending December 2022, came at 4.4%. This is 30 basis points (0.3 percentage point) lower than what a Bloomberg poll of economists expected the number to be. NSO has retained a projection of 7% growth in 2022-23 between its first and second advance estimates, which means that GDP growth in the quarter ending March will have to be 5.1%. This goes against the widespread opinion among economists that the Indian economy is losing, not gaining growth momentum at the moment. 
NSO’s latest data release includes other sets of GDP numbers as well. They include the first revised estimate for 2021-22, the second revised estimate for 2020-21 and the final estimate for 2019-20. It is not Chanakya’s intent to overwhelm the readers with bureaucratic processes involving the release of statistics, but these revisions to past GDP numbers have significantly changed the facts as far as the Indian economy’s performance is concerned. GDP growth rates for 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 have been revised upwards from the earlier figures of 3.7%, -6.6% and 8.7% to 3.9%, -5.8% and 9.1%, respectively. 
The revisions have had an effect on the latest growth statistics as well. If the December 2022 quarter GDP was compared to the December 2021 GDP numbers before the latest revision, the economy would have shown an expansion of 5.1% instead of 4.4%. To be sure, there is nothing one can do about this problem of comparing hitherto revised statistics with one that will undergo a revision two years down the line. And while one can claim to be wise in hindsight, Chanakya believes that such large adjustments in a crucial economic indicator like GDP have a blindsiding effect on economic policy which ideally requires data in real-time.
But deficiencies in our statistical system are a topic for another column; let us return to the state of the economy at the moment. Any modern economy has its share of headwinds and tailwinds to growth at a given moment in time. What are the most pressing headwinds for the Indian economy right now? First is the dissipation of pent-up consumption demand, which soared after being shackled due to pandemic-era restrictions. Private consumption is the single most important driver of the Indian economy. It had a share of 60% in total GDP in the December 2022 quarter. This is not to say that private consumption is going to plunge.

Q. The word 'recent' in: 'The most recent data' is

A clock is set right at 10 p.m. It gains 12 minutes in 1 day. What it will be the correct time when it indicates 1 a.m.?

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

The median of the first 10 odd numbers is

Akram was asked by his teacher about how he would get the area of a rectangle. Akram replied that the multiplication of length and breadth will give the area of a rectangle. Therefore, the questions that start by using the word "how" are

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
86, 89, 95, 104, ?, 131, 149

Which is the most deserted country in the world?  

Select the correct statement about Mount Everest:

When did the Rio de Janeiro Summit take place?

Directions: Answer the following question by selecting the most appropriate option.
A person living in Gandhidham (Gujarat) wants to visit first Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) and then Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh). The directions of his journey will be

Select the correct statement about madhubani paintings;
1) To make these paintings, indigo, turmeric, colours from flowers and trees, etc, are used
2) The paintings show human beings, animals, trees, flowers, birds, fish, etc
3) It is a very old form of folk art and is named after the place Madhubani.
4) Madhubani is a well-Known district of Rajasthan.

Which of the following planet is referred to as 'Earth's twin'?

A train started from Gandhidham on 16th July, 2014 at 05:15 hours and reached Nagarcoil on 18th July 2014, at 04:45 hours.
The distance covered by the train is 2649 km. The average speed of the train in km/hr is nearly:

We use various parts of the plant as food like flower, stem, leaves, and fruits. Which of the following is not the stem part of plants which we use as food?

Which one of the following is not an objective of including riddles and puzzles in the EVS textbook?