CTET January 2021 – Paper I (English Language II) Answer Key

Directions: Answer the following questions by selecting the most appropriate options.
Q136. Which one of the following activities comes under CALP?
(1) Writing book reviews
(2) Making reservations
(3) Answering calls
(4) Making an appointment for a saloon


Q137. The branch of linguistics that deals with the explanation of the relation between language and society is known as
(1) Societal language
(2) Psycholinguistics
(3) Sociolinguistics
(4) Anthropological linguistics

Q138. Formative assessment helps in
(1) assessing a teacher’s efficiency in teaching
(2) providing qualitative feedback to learners to improve.
(3) creating an environment where learners can compete with each other
(4) engaging learners in meaningful tasks and preparing them for competitive exams.

Q139. Communicative language teaching method in English lays stress on giving opportunities to learners to participate in a purposeful talk in the classroom as it promotes
(1) the use of mother tongue freely in the classroom.
(2) learners to encounter with real-life situations.
(3) their written expression in the classroom.
(4) learners to minimize spelling and grammatical errors.

Q140. As per Stephen Krashen, “The effective language teacher is someone who can provide input and help make in a low anxiety situation.
(1) easier
(2) grammatical
(3) comprehensible
(4) fluent

Q141. A teacher divides the class into groups of five and asks them to discuss what they would do if they were caught in one of the following situations :

  • Their friend falls down in the playfield and is hurt….
  • They are trapped in a building on fire……
  • They are stuck up in a traffic jam.

This activity is based on
(1) Grammar translation method
(2) Audio lingual approach
(3) Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Approach
(4) Structural Approach


Q142. The one that cannot be further divided into smaller grammatically meaningful components is
(1) a phoneme
(2) a morpheme
(3) a diphthong
(4) syntax

Q143. Alka, a student of class III often makes a mistake between / sh/ and / s/. As a language teacher, your interpretation will be
(1) Alka is a careless student.
(2) It’s due to the influence of her dialect or language.
(3) Alka’s pronunciation is not clear hence you will give her more practice.
(4) As a teacher you will ignore such silly mistakes.

Q144. A language teacher asks students to make a butterfly with a paper by following her instructions. This activity will help the students to develop
(1) paper making skill
(2) listening comprehension
(3) paper folding skill
(4) reading comprehension

Q145. A language teacher asks students to collect flowers to make a flower scrapbook. She also asks them to write the name of each flower in their language and in English. This activity will help her to promote
(1) a love for nature
(2) integration of subjects
(3) multilingualism
(4) language across the curriculum

Q146. In which of the following the role of the learner is that of an independent learner?
(1) Teaching Aid
(2) Building as a Learning Aid
(3) Teaching learning materials
(4) Integrated materials

Q147. Creating a reading corner in the classroom helps
(1) children to learn and revise their syllabus thoroughly.
(2) to provide opportunities to children to select books independently as per their interest.
(3) the children but burdens the teacher to maintain a register and keep records of their work.
(4) to share the responsibility of the librarian as the books are issued by the teacher.

Q148. Small kids at their initial stage love to move pen and pencil in to and fro or up and down position. This way of writing is
(1) drawing
(2) scribbling
(3) invented writing
(4) zig-zag writing

Q149. In a language classroom a teacher is asking students to interact in groups and then share their personal response to the poem with each other. This task promotes social interaction as advocated by
(1) Chomsky
(2) Piaget
(3) Skinner
(4) Lev Vygotsky

Q150. In a language classroom you have asked’ students to write down the directions for reaching your home from school. When students have written down the directions, they will then present their directions in pairs to each other. This activity will help to increase
(1) their CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency).
(2) their Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS).
(3) their directional sense which a student often confuses.
(4) the integration of language with science.

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