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  • Parts of Speech

    Words are divided into various parts/classes as per their function they do in a sentence. These parts are called Parts of Speech. There are following eight 8 parts of speech:

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    1. Noun (संज्ञा)
    2. Pronoun (सर्वनाम)
    3. Adjective (विशेषण)
    4. Verb (क्रिया)
    5. Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
    6. Preposition (संबंधबोधक अव्यय)
    7. Conjunction (समुच्चबोधक अव्यय)
    8. Interjection (विस्मयादिबोधक अव्यय)

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  • Previous Year Questions on Learning Disabilities for TET

    Previous Years Questions

    Dear readers, in this post CTET Previous Year Questions on Learning Disabilities under CDP are given. These are important CDP Learning Disabilities questions for other CTET, UPTET and other TET exams as well. Answers of these questions are given in the last of the post.

    Previous Year CDP Questions on Learning Disabilities

    1- Which of the following is the most appropriate method to monitor the progress of children with learning disabilities?
    a) Case-study
    b) Anecdotal records
    c) Behaviour-rating sale
    d) Structured behavioural observation

    2- Learning disabilities in Mathematics can be assessed most appropriately by which of the following tests?
    a) Aptitude test
    b) Diagnostic test
    c) Screening test
    d) Achievement test

    3- A child with normal intelligence shows difficulty in reading and comprehending language. It indicates that the child is showing symptoms of
    a) dysgraphia
    b) dyscalculia
    c) dispraxia
    d) dyslexia

    4- Children with learning disabilities
    a) have confusion between letters and alphabets that look alike
    b) easily recognize and comprehend sight words
    c) have retarded mental development
    d) have low IQ

    5- Which of these is a characteristic of a child with learning disability?
    a) An IQ below 50
    b) Difficulty in reading fluently and reversing words
    c) Bullying other children and engaging in aggressive acts
    d) Doing the same motor action repeatedly

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    6- Difficulty in recalling sequence of letters in words and frequent loss of visual memory is associated with
    a) dyslexia
    b) dyscalculia
    c) disgraphia
    d) dyspraxia

    7- A child with hearing impairment?
    a) will not benefit from academic education only and should be given vocational training instead
    b) can do very well in a regular school if suitable facilities and resources are provided
    c) will never be able to perform at par with with classmates in a regular school
    d) school be sent only to a school for the hearing impaired and not to a regular school

    8- Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Dyslexia?
    a) Problems with reading accuracy, speed and comprehension
    b) Certainty as to right or left handedness
    c) Slow rate of writing
    d) Difficulty in learning and remembering printed words

    9- A child who can see partially
    a) Should be put in a ‘regular’ school with no special provisions
    b) Should not be given education, since it is not of any use to him
    c) Needs to be put in a separate institution
    d) Should be put in a ‘regular’ school while making special provisions

    10- Children with learning disability
    a) cannot learn anything
    b) struggle with some aspects of learning
    c) are very active, but have a low IQ
    d) are very wise and mature

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    11- Stuttering problems in students can be dealt by applying which of the following methods?
    a) Pragmatic speech
    b) Protracted speech
    c) Dictated speech
    d) Prolonged speech

    12- A disorder related to language comprehension is
    a) apraxia
    b) dyslexia
    c) aspeechxia
    d) aphasia

    13- If there is a learning disabled child in your class, then what will you do?
    a) Do not pay any attention to him
    b) Try to find out his/her type of disability and make efforts to teach him
    c) Take his extra classes
    d) Make his/her sitting arrangement with intelligent students

    14- Learning disabilities
    a) are also present in children with average or above average IQ
    b) are not immutable irrespective of time and nature of interventions
    c) objective facts and culture have no role in determining them
    d) are synonymous with dyslexia

    15- The cause of learned helplessness in children is their
    a) acquired behaviour that they will not succeed
    b) callous attitude towards classroom activities
    c) non-compliance with expectations of their parents
    d) moral decision for not taking up studies seriously

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    16- Following are the examples of development disorder, except
    a) autism
    b) cerebral palsy
    c) post-traumatic stress
    d) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    17- When a child with disability first comes to school, the teacher should
    a) conduct an admission test
    b) refer the child to a special school according to the disability
    c) seclude him from other students
    d) discuss with the child’s parents to evolve collaborative plans

    18- Centrally sponsored scheme of Integrated Education for Disabled Children aims at providing educational opportunities to children with disabilities in
    a) special schools
    b) open schools
    c) blind relief association school
    d) regular schools

    19- A student is aggressive in his behaviour towards his peer group and does not conform to the norms of the school, this student needs help in
    a) effective domain
    b) higher order thinking skills
    c) cognitive domain
    d) psychomotor domain

    20- Learning disabilities may occur due to all of he following except?
    a) cultural factors
    b) cerebral dysfunction
    c) emotional disturbance
    d) behavioural disturbance

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    21- Which of the following is not a sign of reading difficulty among young learners? Difficulty in
    a) reading speed and fluency
    b) understanding words and ideas
    c) spelling consistency
    d) letter and word recognition

    22- Learning disability
    a) does not improve with appropriate input
    b) is a stable state
    c) is a variable state
    d) need not impair functioning

    23- The major frustration that children with hearing loss face in the classroom is
    a) the inability to communicate or share information with others
    b) the inability to take examinations with other students
    c) the inability to read the prescribed textbook
    d) the inability to participate in sports and games

    24- Learning disability in motor skills is called
    a) dysphasia
    b) dysypraxia
    c) dyscalculia
    d) dyslexia

    25- ‘Dyslexia’ is associated with
    a) mental disorder
    b) mathematical disorder
    c) reading disorder
    d) behavioural disorder

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    26- Learning disabilities are generally found
    a) more often in boys as compared to girls
    b) more often in children belonging to rural areas as compared to urban areas
    c) in specially those children whose paternal relatives have such problems
    d) in children with average to superior IQs

    27- A student of V-grade with ‘visual deficiency’ should be
    a) excused to do a lower level of work
    b) helped with his/her routine-work by parents and friends
    c) treated normally in the classroom and provided support through audio CDs
    d) given special treatment in the classroom

    28- Orthopedically impaired children are likely to have
    a) dyscalculia
    b) dyslexia
    c) dysgraphia
    d) dysthymia

    29- Learning disabilities may occur due to all of the following except
    a) teacher’s way of teaching
    b) pre-natal use of alcohol
    c) mental retardation
    d) meningitis during infancy

    30- Deficiency in the ability to write, associated with impaired handwriting, is a symptom of
    a) dysgraphia
    b) dyspraxia
    c) dyscalculia
    d) dyslexia

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    Answers of above Previous Year Questions on Learning Disabilities for CTET, UPTET and Other TET

    1(d), 2(b), 3(d), 4(a), 5(b), 6(a), 7(b), 8(b), 9(d), 10(b), 11(d), 12(d), 13(b), 14(a), 15(a), 16(c), 17(d), 18(d), 19(a), 20(a), 21(b), 22(c), 23(a), 24(b), 25(c), 26(c), 27(c), 28(c), 29(a), 30(a)

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  • Previous Year Geography Questions for SSC CGL Exam – Part 1

    Previous Years Questions

    Dear readers, in this post SSC Previous Year Geography Questions are given. These are important general awareness questions for other competitive exams as well. Answers of these questions are mentioned in the last of the post.

    SSC Previous Year Geography Questions

    1- India has longest International border with which country?
    a) Bhutan
    b) Nepal
    c) Bangladesh
    d) Pakistan

    2- Which of the following planet is also known as ‘Earth Twin’?
    a) Mercury
    b) Venus
    c) Jupiter
    d) Saturn

    3- The part of the Himalayas between Tista and Dihang rivers is known as …. Himalayas.
    a) Nepal
    b) Kashmir
    c) Assam
    d) Jammu

    4- The Northern plain of India is formed of …………….. .
    a) metamorphic soil
    b) igneous rocks
    c) alluvial soil
    d) old crystalline rocks

    5- What is the other name of Sahyadri Range?
    a) Lesser Himalayas
    b) Shivaliks
    c) Western Ghats
    d) Eastern Ghats

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    6- Amazon river flows through which of the following country?
    a) USA
    b) France
    c) Brazil
    d) Canada

    7- Which type of the forest is most widespread in India?
    a) Tropical Evergreen Forests
    b) Tropical Deciduous Forests
    c) Montane Forests
    d) Mangrove Forests

    8- Which of the following is NOT a primary green house gas in the earth’s atmosphere?
    a) Methane
    b) Ozone
    c) Nitrous oxide
    d) Hydrogen

    9- Which of the following imaginary lines join places with same level of rainfalls?
    a) Mercury
    b) Venus
    c) Jupiter
    d) Saturn

    10- The Patkai hills belong to which mountain ranges?
    a) Himachal
    b) Purvanchal
    c) Himgiri
    d) Hindu Kush

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    11- Why the Earth is having its own atmosphere?
    a) winds
    b) clouds
    c) gravity
    d) rotation of the Earth

    12- The Kaiga Nuclear Power project is proposed to be setup in which state?
    a) Rajasthan
    b) Andhra Pradesh
    c) Uttar Pradesh
    d) Karnataka

    13- In the biosphere living beings are inter-related and interdependent on each other for survival. this life supporting system is know as the ……
    a) Ecosystem
    b) Mountain range
    c) Forest
    d) Atmosphere

    14- Marble comes under which category of rocks?
    a) Sedimentary
    b) Igneous
    c) Metamorphic
    d) None of these

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    15- In which year did Kyoto Protocol came into force?
    a) 2004
    b) 2005
    c) 2006
    d) 2007

    16- Spring tides occur on
    a) full Moon day only
    b) new Moon day only
    c) the day when the Moon’s position is in its first quarter
    d) full Moon day as well as on new Moon day

    17- The Environment (Protection) Bill was passed by the Parliament of India in
    a) 1986
    b) 1972
    c) 1981
    d) 1984

    18- Earthquakes are caused by
    a) Tectonic Movement
    b) denudation
    c) Earth revolution
    d) earth rotation

    19- The typical natural vegetation above 3600 meters on Himalayas is
    a) alpine grassland
    b) alpine forests
    c) coniferous forests
    d) subtropical pine forests

    20- Which river in India flows in a rift-valley?
    a) Godavari
    b) Narmada
    c) Krishna
    d) Cauvery

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    21- Seasonal migration of people is known as
    a) Pastoralism
    b) Momadism
    c) Intra-migration
    d) Transhumance

    22- Rubber is a product of
    a) fibre
    b) latex
    c) resin
    d) gum

    23- The country with the world’s largest natural gas reserves is
    a) Saudi Arabia
    b) Kuwait
    c) Russia
    d) USA

    24- Which one of the following is the correct sequence of ecosystem in the order of decreasing productivity?
    a) Oceans, lakes, grassland, mangroves
    b) Mangroves, oceans, grassland, lakes
    c) Mangroves, grassland, lakes, oceans
    d) Oceans, mangroves, lakes, grassland

    25- Which of the following lake is situated on the West Coast of India?
    a) Ashtamudi
    b) Chika
    c) Pulicat
    d) Kolleru

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    Answers of above SSC Previous Years Questions on Geography

    1(c), 2(b), 3(c), 4(c), 5(c), 6(c), 7(b), 8(d), 9(c), 10(b), 11(c), 12(d), 13(a), 14(c), 15(b), 16(d), 17(a), 18(a), 19(a), 20(b), 21(d), 22(b), 23(c), 24(d), 25(a)

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  • Previous Years SSC Questions on Computer

    Previous Years Questions

    Dear readers, in this post SSC Previous Years Questions on Computer are given. These are important questions for other competitive exams as well. Answers of these questions are mentioned in the last of the post.

    SSC Previous Years Questions on Computer

    1- CAD stands for
    a) Computer Automatic Design
    b) Computer Aided Decode
    c) Computer Automatic Decode
    d) Computer Aided Design

    2- Which of the following stores data permanently in a computer?
    a) ALU
    b) Cache
    c) RAM
    d) ROM

    3- C++ is …………
    a) an operating system
    b) a programming language
    c) a software
    d) None of the above

    4- Which is not an external storage?
    a) CD-ROM
    b) DVD-ROM
    c) Pen Drive
    d) RAM

    5- The father of computer is
    a) Charles Babbage
    b) Charles Dikens
    c) Oliver Twist
    d) Love Lice

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    6- Identify the odd term amongst the following:
    a) Microwaves
    b) Coaxial cable
    c) Optical fibre
    d) Twisted pair wire

    7- Which of the following is an impact printer?
    a) Laser printer
    b) Daisy wheel printer
    c) Inkjet printer
    d) Bubble-jet printer

    8- Which of the following is a “Modifier Key”?
    a) Control
    b) Shift
    c) Alt
    d) All of the above

    9- Which of the following is referred as the geometric arrangement of a computer system?
    a) Protocol
    b) Topology
    c) Network
    d) Media

    10- Which one among the following is a main system board of a computer?
    a) CPU
    b) Keyboard
    c) Microchip
    d) Motherboard

    11- Unix operating system is generally known as
    a) Multiuser operating system
    b) General application
    c) Single user operating system
    d) Single user application program

    12- The technology used in the electronic printer is called
    a) Microarray
    b) Micromillimetric
    c) Microencapsulation
    d) Microtechnology

    13- What is meant by WiMAX?
    a) Wireless Interoperability for Microwave Access
    b) Wired Interoperability for Microwave Access
    c) Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
    d) Worldwide Infrastructure for Microwave Access

    14- In which graphics, digital photos and scanned images are typically stored with extensions such as .bmp, .png, .jpg, .tif or gif?
    a) Bitmap
    b) Pixels
    c) Plane
    d) Both Bitmap and Pixels

    15- Fortran is not used for…..
    I. drawing pictures
    II. carrying out mathematics computations
    a) Only I
    b) Only II
    c) Both I and II
    d) Neither I nor II

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    Answers of above SSC Previous Years Questions on Computer

    1(d), 2(d), 3(b), 4(d), 5(a), 6(a), 7(b), 8(d), 9(b), 10(d), 11(a), 12(d), 13(c), 14(a), 15(a)

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  • Biology Questions for Competitive Exams

    Dear readers, following are some important biology questions for competitive exams like SSC, CTET, UPTET etc. Practice them for your preparations.

    Q 1. Who discovered bacteria?

    1. Robert Hook
    2. Robert Brown
    3. Robert Koch
    4. Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Q 2. The branch of biology dealing with the study of cells is known as ?

    1. Cytology
    2. Histology
    3. Psychology
    4. Physiology

    Q 3. The basic structural and functional unit of living organisms is

    1. Cell
    2. Tissue
    3. Organ
    4. systems

    Q 4. Which among the following is the smallest living cell?

    1. Virus
    2. Yeast
    3. Bacterium
    4. Mycoplasma

    Q 5. Which  one of the following is called as the digestive bag in the cell

    1. Lysosome
    2. Mitochondria
    3. Ribosome
    4. Golgi body

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    Q 6. A warm blooded animal is?

    1. Snake
    2. Bat
    3. shark
    4. ascorbic

    Q 7. Maximum number of ribs are present in

    1. Whale
    2. Rabbit
    3. Snake
    4. cockroach

    Q 8. Which of the following has no skeleton at all?

    1. Star Fish
    2. Sponge
    3. Silver Fish
    4. Jelly Fish

    Q 9. Cellulose  is the chief constituent of

    1. Cell wall
    2. Cell Membrane
    3. Body wall of insects
    4. Secondary wall of Xylem

    Q 10. The element which is the most abundant in the human body is

    1. Oxygen
    2. Carbon
    3. Iron
    4. Nitrogen

    Q 11. The enzyme that is present in the saliva of man is

    1. Pepsin
    2. Rennin
    3. Amylase
    4. Trypsin

    Q 12. Iodine solution is used to test the presence of

    1. Sugar
    2. Fats
    3. Protein
    4. Starch

    Q 13. Which one of the following elements is associated with  teeth disorder?

    1. Chlorine
    2. Fluorine
    3. Bromine
    4. Iodine

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    Q 14. The study of Visceral organs is

    1. Angiology
    2. Arthrology
    3. Anthrology
    4. Splanchnology

    Q 15. Normal fasting blood sugar level per100 mL of blood in man is

    1. 30-50 mg
    2. 50-70 mg
    3. 80-100 mg
    4. 120-140 mg

    Q 16. The longest bone in the human body is

    1. Femur
    2. Tibia
    3. Humerus
    4. Ulna

    Q 17. Which of the following is correlated with blood pressure?

    1. Liver
    2. Testis
    3. Pancreas
    4. Adrenal

    Q 18. The medical term used for the sleeplessness

    1. Insomnia
    2. Somnambulism
    3. Hallicunation
    4. Nyctinuria

    Q 19. Pituitary gland is situated in at the

    1. base of the heart
    2. base of the brain
    3. neck
    4. abdomen

    Q 20. The study of extinct animals is called

    1. Herpetology
    2. Ornithology
    3. Geology
    4. Palaeontology

    Q 21. Study of fossils is called

    1. Autecology
    2. Entomology
    3. Palaeontology
    4. Anthropology

    Q 22. The viral disease is

    1. Amoebiasis
    2. Smallpox
    3. Malaria
    4. diptheria

    Q 23. The pair of diseases caused by virus is

    1. Rabies and mumps
    2. Typhoid and tetanus
    3. AIDS and syphills
    4. Cholera and tuberculosis

    Q 24. One of these is not a viral disease

    1. Leprosy
    2. Polio
    3. Chickenpox
    4. rabies

    Q 25. Vaccine for tuberculosis is

    1. PAS Vaccine
    2. OPV
    3. DPT
    4. BCG Vaccine

    Q 26. Ringworm is a …….. disease

    1. Viral
    2. Protozoan
    3. Fungal
    4. Bacteria

    Q 27. Which of the following diseases usually spread through milk

    1. Cholera
    2. Diphtheria
    3. Jaundice
    4. Tuberculosis

    Q 28. Which was the first antibiotic?

    1. Terramycin
    2. Neomycin
    3. Penicillin
    4. streptomycin

    Q 29. Widal test is carried out  to test

    1. Malaria
    2. HIV/AIDS
    3. Diabetes mellitus
    4. Typhoid fever

    Q 30. Which of the following functions is performed by the kidneys in the human body

    1. Excretion
    2. Respiration
    3. Digestion
    4. transportation

    Q 31. Which of the following  carries oxygen to various parts of human body?

    1. White blood cells
    2. Red blood cells
    3. Plasma
    4. nerves

    Q 32. Which vitamin is obtained from sun-rays

    1. Vitamin A
    2. Vitamin C
    3. Vitamin D
    4. Vitamin K

    Q 33. Polio is caused by

    1. Bacteria
    2. Virus
    3. Protozoan
    4. Fungus

    Q 34. Which of the digestive organs  contain acid?

    1. Stomach
    2. Small intestine
    3. Appendix
    4. Colon

    Q 35. Molybdenum deficiency affects the activity of

    1. Nitrogenase
    2. Nitrate reductase
    3. Chlorate reductase
    4. All of the above

    Q 36. AIDS virus destroys

    1. Monocytes
    2. Neutrophils
    3. Basophils
    4. Lymphocytes

    Q 37. Antibodies are mainly  synthesized from

    1. Megakaryocyte
    2. Monocyte
    3. Lymphocyte
    4. histicoyte

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