CUET English Question Paper for 2023 NTA 24 May 2023
This question paper for 2023 will help you understand the pattern of the exam and will guide you on how to score maximum marks in the CUET English paper for 2024.
CUET Question Paper – 2023 NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY 24th May, 2023 English
Time Allowed : 45 Mins. Maximum Marks : 200
General Instructions:
1. The test is of 45 Minutes duration.
2. The test contains 50 questions out of which 40 question needs to be attempted.
3. Marking Scheme of the test:
a. Correct answer or the most appropriate answer: Five marks (+5).
b. Any incorrect option marked will be given minus one mark (-1).
c. Unanswered/Marked for Review will be given 100 marks (0).
1. Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
The phrase “team building exercises” may be new but the reality is not. Its origin goes back at least as far as the medieval tournaments. These provided knights with military training and the opportunity to make reputations. Individual jousting and hand-to hand combat came first. Then there were team events. In these, a group of knights fought against another group. These teams often stayed together and fought side-by-side in real battle. Team games today, such as football, baseball, cricket and hockey, are the distant descendants of such medieval tournaments.
A crucial event in the movement from being a group to becoming a team can be the team building exercise. This can be based upon either (1) a substitute team task (for example, a business case study or a few days of outdoor activities) or (2) a real task (for example, going away for a weekend to plan company strategy).
There are pros and cons to both approaches. The advantage of a substitute task type of event is that success or failure is not of paramount importance. Nor are there any technological or professional challenges to meet, so that people can concentrate on the essential issue of learning as to how to work more effectively together as a team.
20 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) along with their answers based on the provided passage:
1.What is the origin of “team building exercises” mentioned in the passage?
(a) Ancient battles
(b) Medieval tournaments
(c) Modern corporate events
(d) Military training camps
Answer: (b) Medieval tournaments
2.What is the synonym of “paramount” as used in the passage?
(a) Dominant
(b) Insignificant
(c) Minor
(d) Negligible
Answer: (a) Dominant
3.According to the passage, what is the purpose of team-building exercises?
(a) To assess technological skills
(b) To enhance individual performance
(c) To strengthen teamwork
(d) To evaluate professional challenges
Answer: (c) To strengthen teamwork
4.What do team games today like football, baseball, cricket, and hockey represent according to the passage?
(a) Modern inventions
(b) Medieval tournaments
(c) Technological advancements
(d) Historical events
Answer: (b) Medieval tournaments
5.Which activity in the passage is described as the fundamental tenet of simple living?
(a) Realizing one’s limitations
(b) Feeling energized every day
(c) The act of letting go
(d) Attaining enlightenment
Answer: (c) The act of letting go
6.What does the word “part” refer to in the context of the fourth paragraph?
(a) Separation
(b) Essential component
(c) Involvement in activities
(d) Removal
Answer: (a) Separation
7.What are the qualities of ‘a good cry’ as mentioned in the passage?
(a) It is a sign of weakness
(b) It is an illusion in the path of attaining enlightenment
(c) It makes you feel light and energized
(d) It makes you realize that crying is a waste of time
Answer: (c) It makes you feel light and energized
8.Which term in the passage is synonymous with “detachment”?
(a) Derived
(b) Disadvantage
(c) Detach
(d) Disgusted
Answer: (c) Detach
9.What can be a suitable title for the passage?
(a) Burdens are a part of life
(b) Enlightenment
(c) Detachment – A key to simple living
(d) Japanese way to improve
Answer: (c) Detachment – A key to simple living
10.What does the word “nibbled” mean in the passage?
(a) Take huge bites of food
(b) Take small bites of food
(c) Gulp away quickly
(d) Keep eating for a long duration of time
Answer: (b) Take small bites of food
11.Arrange the steps taken by the trainer in the correct order:
(a) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
(b) (D), (B), (A), (E), (C)
(c) (B), (C), (D), (A), (E)
(d) (B), (A), (D), (C), (E)
Answer: (d) (B), (A), (D), (C), (E)
12.What word from the passage means “very happy”?
(a) Steadily
(b) Tired
(c) Disgusted
(d) Delighted
Answer: (d) Delighted
13.Being old, what activities does the horse engage in?
(a) Likes to meditate and enjoys being the polo horse
(b) Hunts with the hounds and enjoys being the polo horse
(c) Grazes in the pastures and is unsatisfied with his life
(d) Grazes in the pastures and likes to meditate
Answer: (d) Grazes in the pastures and likes to meditate
14.Which trick was NOT a part of the horse’s coping mechanism when he was whipped?
(a) Jibbing
(b) Galloping
(c) Shying
(d) Backing up
Answer: (b) Galloping
15.What does the phrase “ab initio” mean?
(a) Ad infinitum
(b) Ab initio
(c) A prior
(d) Ad hoc
Answer: (b) Ab initio
16.What is the direct speech of the following sentence: “The supervisor confirmed that the office memo was an original one.”
(a) The supervisor said, “the office memo is an original one.”
(b) The supervisor said, “the office order was an original one.”
(c) The supervisor said, “the office order has been an original one.”
(d) The supervisor said, “the office order is an original one.”
Answer: (a) The supervisor said, “the office memo is an original one.”
17.What is the exclamatory form of the sentence “It is a lovely weather”?
(a) What a lovely weather it is!
(b) Weather seems to be lovely!
(c) How weather is lovely!
(d) Good weather is lovely!
Answer: (a) What a lovely weather it is!
19.Which phrasal verb best fits in the blank of the following sentence: “The management decided to _____ all upcoming meetings in the welfare of the employees.”
(a) Call up
(b) Call on
(c) Call off
(d) Call in
Answer: (c) Call off
20.What is the correct determiner to fill in the blank of the following sentence: “I have _________ trust worthy friends.”
(a) Each
(b) Every
(c) Any
(d) Many
Answer: (d) Many
CUET Memory Based English Grammar Topics 2024
These CUET Memory Based English Grammar Topics 2024 are to be practised as they were in present in CUET 2023.
Let’s discuss the topics to discuss them in details:
- Antonym and Synonym Identification: Students need to understand the meanings of words and find words with opposite or similar meanings.
- Direct to Indirect Speech Conversion: Students should be able to convert direct speech into indirect speech while maintaining the meaning and grammatical structure.
- Active to Passive Voice Conversion: Students should understand how to change sentences from active voice to passive voice and vice versa.
- Analogy: Students should be able to identify relationships between pairs of words and apply them to find similar relationships in other pairs.
- Sentence Rearrangement: Students need to rearrange the parts of a sentence to form a coherent and meaningful sentence.
- Formal Letter Writing: Students should learn the format and conventions of formal letter writing, including appropriate introductions, content, and language.
- Clause Identification: Students should be able to identify different types of clauses (adjective, adverb, noun, pronoun) within sentences.
- Sentence Correction: Students should identify errors in sentences related to grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.
- Preposition Usage: Students should understand the correct usage of prepositions in sentences to convey location, time, or other relationships.
- Noun Classification: Students should know the different types of nouns (common, proper, abstract, collective) and identify them in sentences.
- Verb Tense: Students should select the appropriate verb tense to match the context and time frame of the sentence.
- Subject-Verb Agreement: Students should ensure that the subject and verb in a sentence agree in number and person.
These topics cover various aspects of grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure, providing a comprehensive understanding of the English language for students.
Q1. Antonym of Delicious is
(a) Spicy
(b) Pleasure
(c) Tasteless
(d) Savory
Q1. Type: Antonym Explanation: The question asks for an antonym of the word “Delicious.” Answer: (c) Tasteless
Q2. Synonym of Squalid is
(a) Bright
(b) Clear
(c) Sterile
(d) Muddy
Q3. Antonym of Consider is
(a) Revolve
(b) Refuse
(c) Concede
(d) Reflect
Q4. Synonym of Distress is
(a) Anguish
(b) Blessings
(c) Euphoria
(d) Pleasure
Q5. The cat was chasing the mouse.
Change the sentence into passive voice.
(a) The mouse was chasing by the cat.
(b) The mouse was being chased by the cat.
(c) The mouse has been chased by the cat.
(d) The cat chased the mouse.
Q6. Influenza: Virus:: typhoid:?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Protozoa
(c) Parasite
(d) Bacillus
Q7. He said to his brother, “Do not put sharp things on your bed.”
Change the sentence into indirect speech.
(a) He told his brother never put sharp thing on your bed.
(b) He said to his brother do not put sharp thing on the bed.
(c) He told his brother not to put sharp thing on your bed.
(d) He told his brother not to put sharp things on his bed.
Q8. Antonym of Calm is
(a) Mild
(b) Placid
(c) Harsh
(d) Bland
Q9. Synonym of Catastrophe is
(a) Boon
(b) Destruction
(c) Benefit
(d) Cause
Q10. Synonym of Gullible is
(a) Suspicious
(b) Innocent
(c) Cunning
(d) Perceptive
Q11. Meaning of the Idiom “Showing a clear pair of heels”
(a) To run away quickly
(b) To show your feet
(c) To Buy a new pair of heels
(d) To come around
Q12. Rearrange the sentence
People/an/elephant/by /considered/stuck/was/some/as
(a) An elephant was considered as stuck by some people.
(b) An elephant as considered was stuck by some people.
(c) People as considered stuck by some people.
(d) People considered stuck by an elephant.
Q13. Which of these is a correct formal letter introduction?
(a) Hello John
(b) Hello Mr. Jones
(c) Dear Mr. Jones
(d) Alright Mate
Q14. Which of these should not be in a formal letter?
(a) Slangs
(b) Tough words
(c) Date
(d) Your name
Q15. We believe in democracy though it has its shortcomings.
(a) Adjective clause
(b) Adverb clause
(c) Noun clause
(d) Pronoun clause
Q16. This is the girl who talked to me yesterday.
(a) Adjective clause
(b) Adverb clause
(c) Noun clause
(d) Pronoun clause
Q17. Antonym of the word melodious is
(a) soft
(b) sweet
(c) Mistune
(d) Mellow
Q18. A man from our village has been nominated ____ the ruling party’s candidate for the post.
(a) to
(b) as
(c) in
(d) for
Q19. Let’s watch a funny movie.” Which word is a noun?
(a) watch
(b) funny
(c) movie
(d) word
Q20. Which of the following is the correct sentence.
(a) A sugar is bad for your teeth.
(b) The sugar is bad for your teeth.
(c) Sugar is bad for your teeth.
(d) Sugar is a bad for your teeth.
Q21. Iron is a useful metal. Here ‘Iron’ is –
(a) a material noun
(b) a proper noun
(c) a common noun
(d) none of the above
Q22. ‘Knowledge’ is the example of –
(a) abstract noun
(b) proper noun
(c) common noun
(d) collective noun
Q23. She wears spectacle/ (b) and so she was unable to see the gangster/ (c) that attacked her
last night. / (d) No error.
(a) She wears spectacle
(b) and so she was unable to see the gangster
(c) that attacked her last night.
(d) No error
Q24. The driver showed / (b) great talent in keeping / (c) the damaged car under control. / (d)
No error
(a) The driver showed
(b) great talent in keeping
(c) the damaged car under control.
(d) No error
Directions (25-27) In the following questions, some parts have been jumbled up. You are
required to rearrange these parts, which are labelled P, Q, R and S, to produce the correct
sentence
Q25. The concept of death
P: that it has been reduced
Q: as an inevitability
R: is so ancient
S: to a cliche
(a) SPRQ
(b) QRPS
(c) SRPQ
(d) QPRS
Q26. The specific
P: ability requirements of the job
Q: depend on the
R: required for adequate job performance
S: intellectual or physical abilities
(a) PQRS
(b) SRQP
(c) PRQS
(d) SQRP
Q27. For thousands of years
P: one of the most important fruits
Q: the strange fruit of this bush
R: of the Mediterranean region
S: has been regarded as
(a) PQRS
(b) QSPR
(c) PSQR
(d) QRPS
Direction (28-30) Choose the correct optionQ28. I __________ working all afternoon and have just finished the assignment.
(a) have been
(b) had been
(c) shall be
(d) am
Q29. By the next month, we shall __________ the project.
(a) has completed
(b) completing
(c) completed
(d) have completed
Q30. Sita or her brothers __________ to be blamed.
(a) is
(b) has
(c) are
(d) was
