CTET Paper 1 · English-CTET

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct/most appropriate options: 1. Each one of us is a mass of imperfections, and to be able to recognize and live with our imperfections, our basic natures, defects of genes and birth-hereditary flaws-makes for an easier transit on life's journey. 2. | am always a little wary of saints and godmen, preachers and teachers, who are ready with solutions for all our problems. For one thing, they talk too much. When | was at school, | mastered the art of sleeping (without appearing to sleep) through a long speech or lecture by the principal or visiting dignitary, and | must confess to doing the same thing today. The trick is to sleep with your eyes half closed; this gives the impression of concentrating very hard on what is being said, even though you might well be roaming happily in dreamland. 3. In our imperfect world there is far too much talk and not enough thought. The TV channels are awash with TV gurus telling us how to live, and they do so at great length. This verbal diarrhoea is infectious and appears to affect newspersons and TV anchors who are prone to lecturing and bullying the guests on their shows. Too many know-alls. A philosophy for living? You won't find it on your TV sets. You will learn more from a cab driver or street vendor. 912 The author's attitude to TV Gurus and TV anchors is

  1. hostile
  2. condemnatory
  3. unfriendly
  4. insulting
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