CTET - 6 (English Language)

In reported (indirect) questions, the subject comes before the verb (unlike direct questions). 'When could he reach Kanpur' is in direct question form. It should be 'when he could reach Kanpur' in reported speech. Suresh asked (indirect) → the clause should be陈述语序, not question word order. This is standard reported speech transformation.

The sentence compares price (a quality) to car (an object). The correct comparison requires 'that of' to link like things: 'higher than that of your new car' or restructure as 'higher than your new car's price'. Option C omits this necessary reference phrase.

Docile describes someone or something easily taught, managed, or controlled - showing obedience and lack of resistance. It specifically means gentle and compliant, not vague, stupid, or stubborn.

'What to talk of' is ungrammatical and non-standard. The correct idiomatic phrases are 'not to speak of', 'to say nothing of', or 'let alone' when introducing something even more extreme than the previous point.

The time reference 'today' requires present perfect, not past perfect. 'He has broken his right hand' (present perfect linking to now) is correct. The combination 'could not give... today because he has broken... a week ago' is logically sound - the injury happened earlier but affects current ability.

Enigmatic describes something mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand or explain - like a riddle or confusing behavior. 'Puzzling' directly captures this meaning of being obscure and hard to figure out.

Alleviation means reducing severity, lessening pain, or mitigating problems. Aggravation is the opposite - making worse or more severe. Options like 'lessening' are synonyms, while 'magnification' and 'exaggeration' relate to size, not severity.

Inevitable means unavoidable or certain to happen - something that cannot be avoided. 'Uncertain' is the opposite - something that might not happen, not fixed or sure. 'Eatable' and 'mutilated' are unrelated to certainty.

Deviate means to depart from a standard or course - to stray or wander off the set path. Concentrate implies focusing and staying on path, not straying. 'Follow' is close but 'concentrate' better captures the idea of focused adherence versus deviation.

'No sooner' requires inversion of subject and auxiliary verb immediately after. Correct form: 'No sooner DID the bell ring than...' or 'No sooner HAD the bell rung than...' Option A lacks this required auxiliary verb inversion.

The idiomatic phrase is 'jump to a conclusion' - making a decision without proper evidence or deliberation. 'To' is the correct preposition. We jump AT opportunities (seize them) but TO conclusions (reach them too quickly).

The standard idiom is 'derogatory TO' meaning negative or damaging to someone's reputation or status. We say something is derogatory TO a reputation, harmful TO health, insulting TO intelligence. 'To' indicates the target affected by the negative quality.

The phrase 'kept in check by' means controlled or suppressed through the means of something. The gun is the instrument of control here - the idea is that minority aspirations are being suppressed using the threat or force of the gun. 'Through' would sometimes work, but 'by' is the standard preposition for indicating the agent or means performing the control in this idiom.

'Turn down' is a phrasal verb meaning to reject or refuse something. When someone 'turns down' a proposal, they reject it. The other options create different meanings: 'turn in' can mean to submit or surrender, 'turn up' means to appear or increase volume, and 'turn out' means to result in a particular way or produce. Only 'turn down' correctly conveys rejection in this context.

'Devoid of' is a fixed idiom in English meaning completely lacking or empty of something. The preposition 'of' is required after 'devoid' - you cannot say 'devoid from,' 'devoid to,' or 'devoid in.' The sentence means the story has no truth in it whatsoever. This is a standard grammatical construction that must be memorized as a set phrase.