DSSSB PGT English Practice Questions – Set 1

1. How many wise men or priests are mentioned in Eliot’s poem ‘Journey of the Magi’?

(a) Two                                

(b) Three

(c) Five                                 

(d) Only one


2. Change the Voice of the given sentence.

His hard work satisfied me.

(a) I was satisfied for his hard work.

(b) I was satisfied in his hard work.

(c) I was satisfied with his hard work.

(d) I was satisfied at his hard work.


3. Choose the option which is most similar in meaning to the given word.

“Magniloquent”

(a) Amusing                       

(b) Humorous

(c) Intelligent                     

(d) Boastful


4. A tragic hero like John Proctor is created when the protagonist uncovers the source of his downfall. This moment of self-awareness is

(a) Climax                           

(b) Peripeteia

(c) Anagnorisis                 

(d) Hamartia


5. Each country is responsible to keep __________ for peace in region.

(a) work

(b) works

(c) worked

(d) working


6. Lines “Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the tune without the words / And never stops at all” is written by

(a) Emily Dickinson

(b) Kamala Suraiya

(c) Elizabeth Barrett Browning

(d) Christina Rossetti


7. Choose the option which is most similar in meaning to the given word.

“Vindicate”

(a) Argue                             

(b) Destroy

(c) Acquit                            

(d) Identify


8. ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’ is by

(a) John Galsworthy               

(b) Ezra Pound

(c) T S Eliot                         

(d) Matthew Arnold


9. I’m sorry the house is not available any longer. It ______ to a timber tycoon.

(a) was being sold

(b) will be sold

(c) is sold

(d) has been sold


10. There are some fruits ___ the basket.

Which preposition is suitable to fill the blank?

(a) in

(b) of

(c) to

(d) by


11. Who is the Mayor of Casterbridge referred to in Hardy’s title?

(a) Donald Farfrae

(b) Elizabeth Jane Newson

(c) Michael Henchard

(d) Lucetta Templeman


12. Identify the learning style.

Ram is a 7th grader who enjoys listening to audiotapes and lectures. He remembers information by hearing.

(a) Visual Learning style

(b) Tactile Learning style

(c) Auditory Learning style

(d) Verbal Learning style


13. Choose the correctly spelt word.

(a) Inspectar

(b) Influence

(c) Develup

(d) Influance


14. Who, among the women writers, famously imagined the plight of Shakespeare’s sister ?

(a) George Eliot

(b) Virginia Woolf

(c) Irish Murdoch

(d) Frances Burney


15. Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.

She has (1)/ not written the (2)/ message yet. (3)/ No error (4)

(a) No error

(b) She has

(c) message yet

(d) not written the


16. Hemingway’s novel ‘A Farewell to Arms’ is divided into

(a) two books                    

(b) three books

(c) four books                    

(d) five books


17. Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.

It is a pleasure (1)/ to meet a (2)/ cheerful persons. (3)/ No error (4)

(a) cheerful persons

(b) to meet a

(c) No error

(d) It is a pleasure


18. “All great literature is, at bottom, a criticism of life” – this statement is attributed to

(a) Thomas Carlyle

(b) Matthew Arnold

(c) J.S. Mill

(d) John Ruskin


19. Choose the correctly spelt word.

(a) Recieve

(b) Acheive

(c) Beginning

(d) Beleive


20. Which of the following is/are the characteristic of constructivist approach for teachinglearning process?

I. Focus is on learning, not teaching

II. Students make meaning from their own experience

III. Class is teacher centered

(a) II and III

(b) I and III

(c) I, II and III

(d) I and II

DSSSB PGT English Practice Set 1
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