CUET English Sample Paper Set D

Read the following Passages carefully and answer the questions that follow.

I. Food is an important part of our identity and culture. We are known by what we eat. It reflects the geography to which we belong and the locally available resources used in our cuisine. Adivasi food systems are deeply embedded in local culture and traditions, given that the way of life of these indigenous peoples is so closely linked to nature and its resources. II. Jharkhand is a natural abode and home to numerous Adivasi communities constituting a little over 25% of the total population. These communities, in addition to their rich social and cultural traditions, practice immensely diverse food practices which are based on locally available resources and techniques. Such Adivasi food systems have been instrumental in maintaining the sovereignty and self-reliance of these communities. They have taken many varieties of vegetables and tubers, wild or grown, to enrich their diet and also to meet their requirements of calcium, iron, minerals and vitamins.
III. The realm of medicinal plants and herbal products is even vaster. According to the All India Coordinated Research Project on Ethnobiology, tribal communities are acquainted with the use of over 9,000 species of plants including food plants, while specifically for the purpose of healing they know the use of around 7,500 species of plants.
IV. The Adivasi food of Jharkhand may be defined in terms of a few characteristic features: food is influenced by physiological needs and geographical conditions and the habit is closely associated with habitat. This means food habits are guided by locally available resources. Adivasis consume boiled food like rice, pulses, herbs or ‘saag’ and on some occasions, animal or bird meat is roasted on a fire. Because of these consistent food habits that are based on locally available resources, instances of serious diseases are considerably lower among Adivasis.
V. Nutrition Value: Ingredients used in Adivasi food are a great source of nutrition in addition to taste. Studies have revealed that Adivasi food provides high immunity to diseases and protection from deformities. Food like tubers, shoots, berries, nuts, etc. are a good source of protein and fat. The consumption of meat, fish, egg, shellfish, etc., provides good quality protein apart from important vitamins and minerals. Widely consumed wild or grown tubers enrich their dietary requirement of calcium, iron, mineral elements and vitamins.

Question: The mention of medicinal plants and herbal products makes the writer seem.
a) Commend
b) Thankless
c) Appreciative
d) Critical

Answer: c

Question: Alliteration refers to the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Select the option that contains a word from the passage that will form an alliteration with ‘Adivasi food of Jharkhand’.
a) Sovereignty
b) Ingredients
c) Features
d) Medicinal

Answer: c

Question: Select the option that suitably completes the given dialogue as per the context on the passage.
Jaya That seminar about the Adivasis was very informative but I don’t think I can ever eat what they eat.
Rishi Why are you saying that? Their food ……… .
a) is so different from ours
b) is so rich in nutrition
c) is made up raw materials
d) is obtained from medicinal plants

Answer: b

Question: What is the relationship between (1) and (2)?
(1) Such Adivasi food systems have been instrumental in maintaining the sovereignty and self-reliance of these communities.
(2) This means food habits are guided by locally available resources.
a) (1) is the reason for (2).
b) (2) elaborates the problem described in (1).
c) (1) gives the motive behind (2)
d) (2) explains the problem discussed in (1)

Answer: a

Question: The sentence “We are known by what we eat” means that
a) It’s important to eat good food in order to be healthy and fit.
b) We become famous by the kind of food we eat.
c) Healthful and nutritious food is the reason behind our fame.
d) People remember us because of our eating habits.

Answer: a

Question: Select the option that states the reason behind the statement- “Adivasi food provides high immunity to diseases and protection from deformities”.
a) The food of Adivasis have more protein and fibre.
b) The food of Adivasis have a rich balance of protein, vitamins and minerals.
c) Adivasis grow their own food themselves.
d) Adivasis know the use of around 7,500 species of plants.

Answer: b

Question: Which of the following statements is/are true in the context of the passage?
1. Studies have revealed that as the Adivasi food is rich in nutrients, it provides high immunity to disease and protection from deformities.
2. Most of the Adivasis have frequent cases of serious diseases due to their consistent eating habits.
3. Adivasi food provides ample amount of proteins, vitamins and minerals to boost the immune system of the eater.
4. Adivasi communities cover more than 34% of Jharkhand- which is their natural house.
a) Only 1
b) Both 1 and 2
c) Both 1 and 3
d) Only 4

Answer: c

Question: Which quote summarises the writer’s feelings about the Adivasi’s food and culture as described in the passage?
a) If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food.
–Errick Mc Adams
b) It’s health that is real wealth and not pieces of Gold and Silver.
–Mahatma Gandhi
c) Eating healthy food fills your body with energy and nutrients. Imagine your cells smiling back at you and saying: ‘Thank You!. –Karen Salmansohn
d) A Journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
–Lao Tzu

Answer: c

Question: Select the option that lists what we can conclude from the passage.
(1) Adivasis are self-reliant and have a good immune system as they eat nutritious food that is available as per their natural resources.
(2) Adivasis are self-reliant and have good immune system as they eat every kind of food that is given to them by their governing agencies.
(3) Adivasis are self-reliant, modern and have good knowledge of healing properties.
(4) Adivasis are not self-reliant but have good immune system as they eat nutritious food that is available as per their natural resources.
a) Only (1) is true
b) Both (1) and (3) are true
c) Both (2) and (3) are true
d) Only (4) is true

Answer: a

Question: The writer mentions that ‘food is an important part of our identity and culture’.
Pick the option that closely gives the meaning of the statement.
a) Culture is what makes everyone different from who they are and where they originate.
b) Food is family treasure in a way that the recipes are passed on from one generation to another.
c) As the world becomes more globalised, it is easier to access cuisines from different cultures.
d) How we eat and talk about food is a different key part of our identities.

Answer: b

Read the following Passages carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Democratic societies from the earliest times have expected their governments to protect the weak against the strong. No ‘‘era of good feeling’’ can justify discharging the police force or giving up the idea of public control over concentrated private wealth.
On the other hand, it is obvious that a spirit of self-denial and moderation on the part of those who hold economic power will greatly soften the demand for absolute equality. Men are more interested in freedom and security than in an equal distribution of wealth. The extent to which Government must interfere with business, therefore, is not exactly measured by the extent to which economic power is concentrated into a few hands.
The required degree of government interference depends mainly on whether economic powers are oppressively used and on the necessity of keeping economic factors in a ‘tolerable state of balance.’
But with the necessity of meeting all these dangers and threats to liberty, the powers of government are unavoidably increased, whichever political party may be in office. The growth of government is a necessary result of the growth of technology and of the problems that go with the use of machines and science. Since the government in our nation, as well as in all civilised nations, must take on more powers to meet its problems, there is no way to preserve freedom except by making democracy more powerful.

Question: ‘Era of good feeling’ in second sentence can mean
a) time of prosperity
b) time of adversity
c) time without government
d) time of police atrocities

Answer: a

Question: ‘Tolerable state of balance’ in the last sentence of the first paragraph may mean
a) a reasonable amount of government interference
b) an adequate level of police force
c) a reasonable check on economic power
d) a reasonable level of economic equality

Answer: a

Question: A spirit of moderation on the part of the economically sound people would make the less-privileged
a) unhappy with their lot
b) clamour less for absolute equality
c) unhappy the rich people
d) more interested in freedom and security

Answer: b

Question: The advent of science and technology has
a) increased the chances of economic inequality
b) increased the freedom of people
c) increased the powers of the government
d) increased the tyranny of the political parties

Answer: c

Question: The growth of government is necessitated
a) to curb the accumulation of wealth in a few hands
b) to deploy the police force wisely
c) to monitor science and technology
d) to make the rich and the poor happy

Answer: d

Read the following Passages carefully and answer the questions that follow.

I. As we speed our way from Guwahati towards Sualkuchi, vivid images of colourful silk mekhela chadars flood my mind. This is my second visit to Sualkuchi. Sualkuchi is endearingly referred to as the Manchester of the East. Situated on the northern banks of the Brahmaputra, it is famous for its centuries-old heritage of weaving. When I reach Sualkuchi, I can hear the rhythmic click-clack of the traditional throw-shuttle loom.
II. Here, weaving is not just a tradition handed down by generations, but a way of life and a labour of love. The majority of the families have hand operated looms, which they call ‘taatxaal’. “I’ve been weaving for more than 25 years now; I still love the craft,” says Binita Roy, a weaver working here. As I ask Binita about the different designs used in the silk garments, I’m amazed at the sheer beauty of the motifs. A popular design used in mekhela chadars is the ‘kinkhaap’. It is believed that this design has been used since the days of the Ahom kings and consists of two front-facing lions. Other popular designs include those inspired by Assamese jewellery like the ‘gaamkharu’ (a wrist band) or ‘joonbiri’ (a half moon-shaped pendant) and the kaziranga design inspired by the wildlife at Kaziranga National Park. These days, colored silk threads are bought from South India as it is not commercially viable to dye the silks before weaving here.
III. Assam’s flora and fauna often sneak into its mekhela chadars. Creepers are woven into borders, peacocks prance about the chadars, and delicate, geometric flowers dot the bodies of the mekhelas. Occasionally, pots and lions too make an appearance. The more I learn about the tedious procedure of weaving, the more my respect for the craft grows.
IV. There are mekhela chadars in different colours: red, blue, green, purple and blue as well as white, beige, black and grey. The ‘paat’ silk mekhela chadars have intricate designs made out of golden silk threads or guna all over. In some of them, different coloured threads are also used.
V. The white ‘paat’ silk, warm ‘eri’ and the golden ‘muga’ silk threads are made into exquisite chadars, saris, shawls, dress materials, rihas and ‘gamochas’. The ‘paat’ fabric is often described as one that dries in the shade and hides in a fist. The crisp, bright, gold ‘muga’ silk, exclusive to Assam, is of superior quality and very costly. Mekhela chadars made from ‘muga’ are gracefully draped by dancers during Rongali Bihu, the traditional festival of Assam. ‘Muga’, the golden silk of Assam, was given the Geographical Indication status in 2007 and the GI logo in 2014.

Question: Which of the following statements is not substantiated in paragraph IV?
a) The paat silk mekhela chadars have intricate designs made from different colors of silk threads.
b) The silk chadars are made only of limited colors likegolden, red, green and blue because of their maximum liking by the customers.
c) The mekhela chadars are made in all different types of colors.
d) The paat silk mekhela chadars have complex designs made out of golden silk threads.

Answer: b

Question: Onomatopoeia refers to the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
From the options given below, choose a word that is an example of onamotopoeia.
a) Click - clack
b) Creepers
c) Throw shuttle
d) White paat

Answer: a

Question: Select the option that lists central idea of paragraph V.
a) Muga, the golden silk of Assam.
b) Assam’s floura and fauna depicted in the mekehla chadars.
c) The famous golden tea of Assam.
d) Mekhela chadars- the identity of Sualkuchi in Assam.

Answer: a

Question: The writer’s question to Binita, about knowing about the different designs, was intended to
a) Criticize her creativity and lack of abilities.
b) Make the process of creating designs sound simple.
c) Encourage Binita to join a textile design course.
d) Showcase her expertise in creating designs.

Answer: d

Question: The ‘gaamkharu’ and the ‘joonbiri’ designs have been inspired by
a) The Kaziranga National Park
b) The Assamese jewellery
c) The traditional Rangali Bihu festival
d) The Ahom kings

Answer: b

Read the following Passages carefully and answer the questions that follow.

I. Family is one of the few universal and permanent institutions of mankind. In every society and at every stage of development we found some sort of family. As a result, we found different types of family all over the world. But in India we found a peculiar family system which deserves special attention. The family in India does not consist only of husband, wife and their children but also of uncles, aunts, cousins and grandsons.
II. This system is called joint family or extended family system. This joint family system is a peculiar characteristic of the Indian social life. Usually, a son after marriage does not separate himself from the parents but continues to live under the same roof, eating food cooked at one hearth, participating in common worship and holding property in common with every person’s share in it.
III. All the members of joint family keep their earnings in a common fund out of which family expenses are met. Accordingly, Indian Joint family system is like a socialistic community in which every member earns according to their capacity and receives according to their needs. This family is formed on the basis of close blood relationships. It normally consists of members of three to four generations.
IV. In other words, joint family is a collection of more than one primary family on the basis of close blood ties and common residences. All the members are bound by mutual obligations and have a common ancestor. It consists of an individual, his wife and married sons, their children and unmarried daughter, his brother and his parents. But to have a clear understanding of the meaning of joint family, we must have to analyse its definitions given by different sociologists.
V. Some of these definitions are as follows:
(1) According to Smt. Iravati Karve, “A joint family is a group of people who generally live under one roof, who eat food cooked at one hearth, who hold property in common and who participate in common worship and are related to each other as some particular type of Kindred.”
(2) According to K.M. Kapadia, “Joint family is a group formed not only of a couple and their children but also of other relations either from father’s side or from mother’s side depending on whether the joint family is patrilineal or matrilineal.” Thus, we conclude that the joint family comprises of a large number of members which has greater generation depth and who are related to one another by property, income, household and mutual rights and obligations.

Question: Which of the following statement/statements is not true in the context of the passage?
A. Indian Joint family system is like a connected system in which every member earns according to their capacity and receives according to their needs.
B. The joint family is an extension of the nuclear family (parents and dependent children).
C. Non-earning members have as much share as the earning members in the joint family system due to the common funds.
D. The entire members in the joint family system are not bound by mutual obligations and are free to take their independent decisions.
a) Only (a)
b) Both (a) and (b)
c) Both (a) and (c)
d) Only (d)

Answer: d

Question: Select the option that lists what we can conclude from the passage.
(1) The family in India does not consist only of husband, wife and their children but also of uncles, aunts and cousins and grandsons.
(2) The joint family is based on close blood relationships and kinship.
(3) One of the main advantages of a joint family system is the strong bonding it creates among siblings and ther members of the family.
(4) The food is cooked in different firesides but eaten at a common place with all the heads in the leading roles.
a) (1) and (2) are true
b) (1), (2) and (3) are true
c) (2) and (4) are true
d) (1), (3) and (4) are true

Answer: b

Question: Which quote summarises the writer’s feelings in the best manner about the joint family system?
a) When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching, they are your family. –Jim Butcher
b) Joint Family : Divided by property but united by heart. – Harshita Ashwani
c) Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. –Margaret Mead
d) Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. –George Burns

Answer: b

Question: Which board can be chosen as displaying the title of the above passage?
a) Global Joint Family System
b) Members of Joint Family
c) Indian Joint Family
d) Types of Families in India

Answer: c

Question: The writer mentions ‘This family is formed on the basis of close blood relationships.’
Pick the option that closely gives the meaning of the statement.
a) The joint family members are a coherent group who follow the same culture and ties of blood.
b) The child who cares for the parents usually receives the house in addition to his or her own share of land and moveable property in joint families.
c) An extended family can also be called a complex family, joint family, or multi-generational family.
d) With globalisation and increasing urbanisation, people have become more individualistic and consider family secondary.

Answer: a

Read the following Passages carefully and answer the questions that follow.

I. Many of us believe that ‘small’ means ‘insignificant’. We believe that small actions and choices do not have much impact on our lives. We think that it is only the big things, the big actions and the big decisions that really count. But when you look at the lives of all great people, you will see that they built their character through small decisions, small choices and small actions that they performed every day. They transformed their lives through a step-by-step or day-by-day approach. They nurtured and nourished their good habits and chipped away at their bad habits, one step at a time. It was their small day-to-day decisions that added up to make a tremendous difference in the long run. Indeed, in matters of personal growth and character building, there is no such thing as an overnight success.
II. Growth always occurs through a sequential series of stages. There is an organic process to growth. When we look at children growing up, we can see this process at work: the child first learns to crawl, then to stand and walk, and finally to run. The same is true in the natural world. The soil must first be tilled, and then the seed must be sowed. Next, it must be nurtured with enough water and sunlight, and only then will it grow, bear fruit and finally ripen and be ready to eat.
III. Gandhi understood this organic process and used this universal law of nature to his benefit. Gandhi grew in small ways, in his day-to-day affairs. He did not wake up one day and find himself to be the ‘Mahatma’. In fact, there was nothing much in his early life that showed signs of greatness. But from his mid-twenties onwards, he deliberately and consistently attempted to change himself, reform himself and grow in some small way every day. Day-by-day, hour-by-hour, he risked failure, experimented and learnt from mistakes. In small and large situations alike, he took up rather than avoiding responsibility.
IV. People have always marvelled at the effortless way in which Gandhi could accomplish the most difficult tasks. He displayed a great deal of self-mastery and discipline that was amazing. These things did not come easily to him. Years of practice and disciplined training went into making his successes possible. Very few saw his struggles, fears, doubts and anxieties, or his inner efforts to overcome them. They saw the victory, but not the struggle.
V. This is a common factor in the lives of all great people: they exercised their freedoms and choices in small ways that made great impact on their lives and their environment. Each of their small decisions and actions, added up to have a profound impact in the long run. By understanding this principle, we can move forward with confidence in the direction of our dreams. Often when our ‘ideal goal’ looks too far from us, we become easily discouraged, disheartened and pessimistic. However, when we choose to grow in small ways, taking small steps one at a time, performing it becomes easy.

Question: The main idea in the first paragraph is that
a) big things, big actions and big decisions make a person great.
b) small actions and decisions are important in one’s life.
c) overnight success is possible for all of us.
d) personal changes are not important.

Answer: b

Question: The line “Chipped away at their bad habits” given in the passage means
a) steadily gave up bad habits.
b) slowly produced bad habits.
c) gradually criticised bad habits.
d) did not like bad habits.

Answer: a

Question: How great people transform their lives?
a) They approach life on a day-by-day basis.
b) They build character in small ways.
c) They believe in performing every day.
d) All of these

Answer: d

Question: The word ……… in para 3 means ‘purposely ’.
a) Consistently
b) Deliberately
c) Universal
d) Risked

Answer: b

Question: The word ……… in para 1 is an antonym of ‘slight’.
a) Insignificant
b) Nurtured
c) Nourished
d) Tremendous

Answer: d

Question: Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
TURBULENT
a) Raging
b) Peaceful
c) Forceful
d) Swirling

Answer: b

Question: Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. Security cameras captured the whole incident.
B. Commuters in Virginia, USA got a shock when a deer entered a metro station.
C. However, it eventually backed out and ran away unharmed.
D. Nobody knows how it made into the station.
a) DCBA
b) BADC
c) BDCA
d) ADCB

Answer: c

Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I have visited several places in India, but I ……… the Andaman and Nicobar Islands yet.
a) haven’t been visiting
b) didn’t visit
c) haven’t visited
d) don’t visit

Answer: c

Question: Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
A dome- shaped shelter built from blocks of solid snow used by Eskimos
a) Wigwam
b) Yurt
c) Tepee
d) Igloo

Answer: d

Question: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
The trouble makers took to their heels when they saw the police coming.
a) hid themselves
b) ran away
c) faced them boldly
d) prepared to fight

Answer: b

Question: Select the wrongly spelt word.
a) Medieval
b) Measure
c) Magazine
d) Machenic

Answer: d

Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The rescue team dug out a soldier from the snow …… how he could have survived for seven days buried under it.
a) wondering
b) wondered
c) to wonder
d) wonder

Answer: a

Question: Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. It is because nowadays people have no time for recreation.
B. But this pastime is getting out of favour now.
C. It is really a thrilling exercise.
D. Flying kites is my favourite pastime.
a) DCBA
b) CDAB
c) DBAC
d) BCDA

Answer: a

Question: Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
The Science which studies the crust of the Earth
a) Zoology
b) Etymology
c) Biology
d) Geology

Answer: d

Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Bhanu made a working model of an airplane ……… when he was sixteen.
a) itself
b) himself
c) oneself
d) herself

Answer: b

Question: Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
Empathy
a) Appreciation
b) Warmth
c) Sympathy
d) Apathy

Answer: d

Question: Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. They appeared to be posing for ‘selfies’.
B. An expeditioner had left it sitting on the ice while he visited a rookery.
C. In Antarctica, two penguins found a video camera.
D. The penguins curiously stared down at the camera.
a) CBDA
b) CADB
c) DACB
d) BCDA

Answer: a

Question: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom.
This is strictly ……… but some changes are going to happen in the company in the near future.
a) off the rails
b) off the key
c) off the mark
d) off the record

Answer: d

Question: Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
The cultivation of grapevines
a) Agriculture
b) Horticulture
c) Viticulture
d) Sericulture

Answer: c

Question: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Evidence
a) Indication
b) Refutation
c) Denial
d) Concealment

Answer: a

Question: Select the wrongly spelt word.
a) Lathargy
b) Latter
c) Lateral
d) Latitude

Answer: a

Question: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Cogent
a) Convincing
b) Weak
c) Ineffective
d) Pathetic

Answer: a

Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In view of the excessive heat, schools in Delhi remained closed ……… a week in July.
a) for
b) about
c) in
d) to

Answer: a

Question: Select the wrongly spelt word.
a) Naucea
b) Naughty
c) Naturalistic
d) Nautical

Answer: a

Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Right from the beginning ……… government’s focus has been on ……… development of the country.
a) the, the
b) a, the
c) the, a
d) a, no word required

Answer: a