Important PSTET English Question and Answers with Solution

The date of examination for the PSTET examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) is coming closer each day. The examinations are scheduled to be held on 1st December 2024. The candidates must tighten their belts and put in their whole efforts with complete determination. Aspirants preparing for the PSTET exam would be delighted to know that, we are uploading PSTET Questions and Answers updates related to each subject every day. In this article, we will come across the important PSTET English question and answers with solutions.

PSTET English Question and Answers

Candidates who aspire to a bright career in the teaching domain must be preparing for the PSTET exam 2024. Preparation consists of many stages, from understanding the syllabus and exam pattern to practising through rich resources like mocks and previous year questions. Adding a touch to this preparation, we have prepared a well-researched list of questions that they can attempt and assess themselves. By doing this they can check their progression and get a clear explanation for each answer along side.

PSTET English Quiz: Overview

English is one of the significant subjects for the PSTET exam 2024 perspective. The subject holds 20% weightage of the exam score. Preparing candidates can refer to the PDF files and score the complete 30 marks with this language-testing subject. Let’s have a look at the examination:

PSTET English Question

Directions (1-9): Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct/most appropriate options:

1. Uttarakhand, the birthplace of India’s major rivers like the Ganga and the Yamuna and home to the Himalaya ranges, is rapidly losing its forest land to commercial activities. Data of over 70% forest land, has lost about 50000 hectares (ha) of its forest various development activities in the past 20 years.
2. The top six activities for which around 21207 hectares of forest land in the state has been diverted are mining, water pipelines and irrigation. The highest amount of forest cover has been lost to mining (8760 ha) followed by road construction (7539 ha), power distribution lines (2332 ha) and hydropower plants (2295 ha). Other smaller activities together claimed 20,998 hectares of forest cover. The other activities comprise laying down of optical fiber, railways, defense word, construction of buildings etc.
3. A district-wise analysis (from November 2000 to March 2020) shows that Dehradun (21, 303 ha) lost the maximum forest area, followed by Haridwar which lost 6826 hectares, Chamoli (3636 ha), Tehri (2457 ha) and Pithoragarh (2, 451 ha). This diversion of forest land for commercial activities is alarming when seen in the backdrop of the latest report of the forest survey of India (2019).
4. Doon-based environmentalist Anil Joshi said, “How can we ask for green bonus form the center when we are not sensitive about our green cover?” Uttarakhand’s forest cover is spread over around 38000 sq km, which is 70% of the state’s geographical area. It has 112 species of tress 73 species of shrubs and 94 species of herbs, all of which scientist say, are facing the heat of development activities.

Q1. The writer’s main purpose in the report is do describe
A. the scenic beauty of Uttarakhand.
B. focus on the huge loss of forest cover.
C. highlight the development activities in the state.
D. draw attention to lack of employment in the state.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q2. Select the option that shows that Uttarakhand is a unique state according to the passage.
A. It has a salubrious climate
B. It is home to the Himalayan range
C. It has a rich cultural life
D. it is the birthplace of the Ganga and the Yamuna
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q3. Which of the following activities has caused the maximum forest loss in Uttarakhand?
A. Hydropower plants
B. Mining activities
C. Road construction
D. Power distribution lines
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q4. The term ‘optical fibers’ is associated with
A. information technology
B. mining activities
C. road construction
D. hydropower plants
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q5. According to the author, development activities are playing havoc with
A. a settled way of life.
B. peoples health.
C. Uttarakhand’s environment.
D. traditional Values.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q6. Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to the word ‘various’ in para 1?
(a) useful
(b) uniform
(c) different
(d) connected

Q7. Which of the following words is opposite in meaning to the word, ‘alarming’ used in para3?
A. confounding
B. comforting
C. distracting
D. electrifying
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q8. Which part of speech is the underlined word in the sentence given below? ‘Uttarakhand is the birthplace of India’s major rivers’
A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
D. Pronoun
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q9.

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Directions (10 -15): Read the extract given below and answer the questions by selecting the correct/ most appropriate options:
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering rounds;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild-plum trees in their tremulous white.
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low-fence wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will come at last when it is done.
Not one would mind neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at down
Would scarcely known that we were gone.

Q10. The natural world as described in the poem is
A. engaged a bitter struggle for survival.
B. totally indifferent to human survival.
C. basking in the glory of its surrounding.
D. described as cold and blind
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q11. The word “it” in the line: ‘When it is done’ refers to
A. the end of the day.
B. spring.
C. war.
D. the assigned job.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q12. The beauty of the human world is marred by
A. uncertainties of life
B. human problems
C. natural disasters
D. struggle and conflicts
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q13. Read the following statement:
A. There is peace and harmony in nature.
B. Brutality of war has no effect on nature.
1. A is true and B is false.
2. B is true and A is false.
3. Both A and B are false.
4. Both A and B are true.
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Q14. Identify and name the figure of speech used in line number 6?
A. Simile
B. Alliteration
C. Irony
D. Metonymy
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q15. Which figure of speech has been used in the following lines?
“And Spring herself, when she worked dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone”.
A. Metaphor
B. Irony
C. Personification
D. Metonymy
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

PSTET English Solutions with Explanations

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The writer’s main purpose in the report is to describe focus on the huge loss of forest cover.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The option that shows that Uttarakhand is a unique state according to the passage is-
It has a rich cultural life.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Mining activities have caused the maximum forest loss in Uttarakhand.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. The term ‘optical fibers’ is associated with information technology.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. According to the author, development activities are playing havoc with Uttarakhand’s environment.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Different is most similar in meaning to the word ‘various’.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Comforting is the opposite of the meaning of the word, ‘alarming’.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. It is an Adjective.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘On’ should be used instead of ‘For’.
The correct sentence is-
He congratulated his sister on her success in the examination.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. The natural world as described in the poem is totally indifferent to human survival.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. The word “it” in the line: ‘When it is done’ refers to war.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. The beauty of the human world is marred by struggle and conflicts.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Both A and B are true.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. The figure of speech used in line number 6 is alliteration.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. The figure of speech has been used in the following lines is Personification.

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