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Question 1: Which of these follows the 'inductive approach' towards teaching the topic of prepositions to students?
(a) Explain the rules of using prepositions and give examples.
(b) Give several examples of sentences with prepositions and ask students to derive the rules.
(c) Explain what each preposition indicates by showing it visually and then ask students to use this in sentences.
(d) Giving sentences, ask students to identify words that are not nouns, pronouns, verbs or adjectives.
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Answer: (b) Give several examples of sentences with prepositions and ask students to derive the rules.

Explanation:
1. The inductive approach goes from examples to rules.
2. Learners derive the rules themselves.

Teacher's Note:
1. Deductive: rule first, examples later.
2. Inductive = discover the rule.

Question 2: Which of the following is true of Sign Language?
(a) Sign Language does not have a grammar.
(b) Sign Language has a grammar.
(c) Sign Language is set of gestures.
(d) Only one Sign language used across the world.
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Answer: (b) Sign Language has a grammar.

Explanation:
1. Sign languages are full natural languages with their own grammar and structure.
2. They are not just gestures, and different countries use different sign languages.

Teacher's Note:
1. Linguists treat sign languages as complete languages with syntax and vocabulary.
2. Remember there are many sign languages, such as ISL and ASL.

Question 3: Ravin reads an article from a newspaper so as to present the overall idea of the text to his group the next day. What is his reading known as?
(a) Reading between the lines
(b) Reading beyond the lines.
(c) Scanning
(d) Skimming
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Answer: (d) Skimming

Explanation:
1. He wants only the overall idea (gist) of the text.
2. Reading quickly for the gist is skimming.
3. Scanning is looking for a specific detail.

Teacher's Note:
1. Skimming = gist; scanning = specific information.
2. Reading between the lines means inferring hidden meaning.

Question 4: Which of the following is NOT a concept from language education?
(a) grammar translation method
(b) wavelength of sound
(c) first language interference
(d) error correction
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Answer: (b) wavelength of sound

Explanation:
1. Grammar translation method, L1 interference and error correction are all language teaching concepts.
2. Wavelength of sound belongs to physics.

Teacher's Note:
1. Look for the option that belongs to another discipline.
2. L1 interference means mother tongue influence on the second language.

Question 5: Which approach aims to create the communicative competence in the students?
(a) Structural approach
(b) Constructivism approach
(c) Communicative approach
(d) Skill based approach
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Answer: (c) Communicative approach

Explanation:
1. The Communicative Approach focuses on using language for real communication.
2. Its aim is communicative competence.

Teacher's Note:
1. The term 'communicative competence' is by Dell Hymes.
2. The structural approach stresses forms and patterns instead.

Question 6: Which one of the following is the most important factor in language acquisition of L1?
(a) Teacher
(b) school
(c) nature of exposure
(d) identity and motivation
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Answer: (c) nature of exposure

Explanation:
1. A child acquires the first language at home without formal teaching.
2. What matters most is the quantity and quality of language exposure.

Teacher's Note:
1. L1 is acquired through rich exposure and interaction.
2. Teacher and school matter more for L2 learning.

Question 7: Indian classrooms are multilingual classrooms. Keeping the multilingual context which one of the following is most appropriate about multilingual classroom at primary stage?
(a) The teacher should focus on school language ignoring the language of learners.
(b) The home language/mother tongue should be spoken at home and not in the school.
(c) India should have monolingual schools and the learners should be admitted as per the preference of their language.
(d) The teacher should encourage learners to communicate and express themselves in their own language and respect their views.
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Answer: (d) The teacher should encourage learners to communicate and express themselves in their own language and respect their views.

Explanation:
1. NCF and NEP treat children's home languages as a resource.
2. Encouraging learners to express themselves in their own language builds confidence and learning.

Teacher's Note:
1. Multilingualism is a classroom strength.
2. Reject options that ignore or ban home languages.

Question 8: You believe that human beings are born with the capacity to acquire language. Your belief aligns with which of the following notions /theories?
(a) Operant conditioning
(b) Nativism
(c) Imitation and habit formation
(d) Reinforcement
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Answer: (b) Nativism

Explanation:
1. Nativism holds that language ability is innate.
2. Operant conditioning and reinforcement are behaviourist ideas that stress environment.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chomsky's nativist view says humans are born with an innate capacity for language.
2. Behaviourism explains language through conditioning, not innate ability.

Question 9: As a language teacher we should try to turn our students into successful dictionary users. Which one of the following is NOT the correct way to promote the use of a dictionary?
(a) Finding the parts of speech.
(b) Choosing the meaning that is relevant in context.
(c) How the word is spelt.
(d) Reaching the teacher for every new word.
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Answer: (d) Reaching the teacher for every new word.

Explanation:
1. Dictionary skills include finding part of speech, spelling and the contextual meaning.
2. Asking the teacher for every new word builds dependence, not dictionary use.

Teacher's Note:
1. The aim is learner autonomy.
2. Teach students to look up words themselves.

Question 10: If children hear two languages spoken around them, this exposure to two languages will ______
(a) place children at a disadvantage.
(b) place children at an advantage.
(c) not make any difference.
(d) interfere mutually with the other one.
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Answer: (b) place children at an advantage.

Explanation:
1. Research and NCF show bilingual exposure supports cognitive and linguistic development.
2. So it places children at an advantage.

Teacher's Note:
1. Multilingualism is a resource, not a problem.
2. Avoid the myth that two languages confuse children.

Question 11: Journey from example to generalization is ______.
(a) inductive
(b) deductive
(c) didactic
(d) direct
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Answer: (a) inductive

Explanation:
1. Moving from specific examples to a general rule is inductive reasoning.
2. Deductive goes from rule to examples.

Teacher's Note:
1. Induction: examples to rule. Deduction: rule to examples.
2. Inductive grammar teaching lets learners discover rules.

Question 12: The productive skills of language are _______
(a) reading and writing
(b) reading and listening
(c) speaking and writing
(d) speaking and listening
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Answer: (c) speaking and writing

Explanation:
1. Productive skills produce language: speaking and writing.
2. Listening and reading are receptive skills.

Teacher's Note:
1. Receptive: listening, reading. Productive: speaking, writing.
2. Do not mix up 'oral' skills with 'productive' skills.

Question 13: Phonemes refers to ______
(a) minimal meaningful units
(b) vowels in a language
(c) sounds in a language
(d) grammatical structure of a language
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Answer: (c) sounds in a language

Explanation:
1. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning.
2. It covers both vowels and consonants, so it means the sounds of a language.

Teacher's Note:
1. Minimal meaningful units are morphemes.
2. Phonemes are sounds, not letters.

Question 14: A language teacher writes the outline of the essay plan on the black board. Then she asks the students to discuss in group how to logically order the points before writing its draft. This discussion being carried out in a class before writing an essay is
(a) transcription
(b) composition
(c) brainstorming
(d) follow up
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Answer: (c) brainstorming

Explanation:
1. The discussion happens before drafting and generates and organises ideas.
2. This pre-writing idea generation is brainstorming.

Teacher's Note:
1. Brainstorming is a pre-writing activity.
2. Follow-up activities come after the task.

Question 15: At primary level the instructions for a language game or an activity should be given in
(a) child's home language or mother tongue.
(b) second language or English.
(c) the school language or state language.
(d) the teacher's language or medium of instruction.
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Answer: (a) child's home language or mother tongue.

Explanation:
1. Young children understand best in the language they know.
2. So instructions should be in the home language or mother tongue.

Teacher's Note:
1. NCF stresses mother tongue at the primary stage.
2. Clear instructions matter more than using the target language at this stage.

Question 16: Stories encourage children to enjoy language learning and foster their
(a) appreciation of literature.
(b) forms of language
(c) life skills.
(d) kinaesthetic skills.
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Answer: (a) appreciation of literature.

Explanation:
1. Stories bring joy in language and build a liking for reading.
2. This fosters appreciation of literature.

Teacher's Note:
1. Stories are a main route into literature.
2. Life skills and kinaesthetic skills are not the direct outcome.

Question 17: When planning a lesson, which of the following questions should be lowest in priority?
(a) What kind of activities should you do first in the lesson if students are tired?
(b) What, and how much material can your students cope with?
(c) Is the teacher willing to teach the lesson?
(d) Is there something you can substitute or add to increase student motivation?
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Answer: (c) Is the teacher willing to teach the lesson?

Explanation:
1. Lesson planning centres on learners' needs, load and motivation.
2. The teacher's willingness is a professional duty, not a planning question.

Teacher's Note:
1. Planning is learner-centred.
2. The lowest priority is the one not about learners.

Question 18: Which of the following is incorrect?
(a) Mother tongue should not be used when teaching another language.
(b) Texts of Indian origin need to be used in the curriculum.
(c) Grammar should be taught in contexts.
(d) Thematic approach is an effective way for teaching vocabulary.
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Answer: (a) Mother tongue should not be used when teaching another language.

Explanation:
1. Current frameworks support using the mother tongue as a resource.
2. So the statement banning it is incorrect.

Teacher's Note:
1. NCF and NEP support multilingual classrooms.
2. Other options are accepted practice.

Question 19: Which of the following is incorrect?
(a) Language lessons should not incorporate knowledge from other subjects.
(b) Texts of Indian origin need to be used in the curriculum.
(c) Pronunciation should be taught in context.
(d) Collocation is an effective way of teaching vocabulary.
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Answer: (a) Language lessons should not incorporate knowledge from other subjects.

Explanation:
1. Language teaching should connect with other subjects and real life.
2. So the claim that it should not is incorrect.

Teacher's Note:
1. Cross-curricular links are encouraged.
2. Collocations help vocabulary.

Question 20: Which of the following steps in a lesson on listening is incorrect ?
(a) Using authentic materials for real time listening practice
(b) Learning how to pronounce specific vocabulary items
(c) Playing the listening passage only once
(d) Playing the passage with background noise
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Answer: (d) Playing the passage with background noise

Explanation:
1. Authentic materials, pronunciation work and real-time listening are accepted steps.
2. Deliberately adding background noise hinders listening and is not good practice.

Teacher's Note:
1. Make listening conditions clear for learners.
2. Note that playing a passage once mimics real life; the doubtful step is the noise.

Question 21: Which one of the following is not a part of a reading lesson?
(a) Getting detailed information from the text
(b) Looking at headlines and pictures to guess what the text will be about
(c) Understanding the meaning that is not immediately obvious
(d) Identifying intonation
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Answer: (d) Identifying intonation

Explanation:
1. Reading lessons involve detailed reading, predicting from headlines and pictures, and inference.
2. Identifying intonation belongs to listening and speaking.

Teacher's Note:
1. Intonation is a feature of spoken language.
2. Predicting is a pre-reading step.

Question 22: 'Listening' is difficult to teach for various reasons. Which one of the following reasons is inappropriate?
(a) Teachers are unfamiliar with sub-skills of listening.
(b) We have better knowledge of teaching other skills.
(c) We do not have the infrastructure.
(d) Listening is not given its due place in the curriculum.
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Answer: (d) Listening is not given its due place in the curriculum.

Explanation:
1. Listening is hard to teach because of unfamiliarity with sub-skills, lack of know-how and infrastructure.
2. The claim that it is not given its place does not fit the question's key; per the source key it is the inappropriate reason.

Teacher's Note:
1. The key follows the source; the item is somewhat ambiguous.
2. Listening is indeed often neglected in practice.

Question 23: Jayshree is planning to teach a lesson on speaking. She uses two languages in her class. Which of the following statements on multilingualism is inappropriate?
Using more than one language in a speaking class
(a) disadvantages students cognitively.
(b) is a positive approach to language teaching which is worth adopting.
(c) is a natural circumstance
(d) facilitates the selection of appropriate language in the intended context.
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Answer: (a) disadvantages students cognitively.

Explanation:
1. Research shows using more than one language helps, not harms, cognitive development.
2. So the claim of cognitive disadvantage is inappropriate.

Teacher's Note:
1. Multilingualism is a resource.
2. Look for the negative claim.

Question 24: Savitha is going to teach a lesson on listening. She uses two languages while teaching her classes. Which of the following practices is inappropriate in a multilingual classroom?
(a) Students can write the sounds of the words they hear in their mother tongue, thus developing their letter-sound correspondence in the target language.
(b) She encourages students to think of cognates (words with similar spellings- 'glass' English/'gilaas' Hindi), an important strategy for bilingual readers.
(c) She divides the class into pairs and appoints the person with better proficiency in each pair as the 'teacher'.
(d) Students summarise the text in the first language for better understanding in the second language.
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Answer: (c) She divides the class into pairs and appoints the person with better proficiency in each pair as the 'teacher'.

Explanation:
1. Using the mother tongue, cognates and first-language summaries are accepted multilingual strategies.
2. Appointing the more proficient learner as 'teacher' creates hierarchy and is inappropriate.

Teacher's Note:
1. Peer work should be collaborative, not hierarchical.
2. Translanguaging strategies support learning.

Question 25: There are four domains of language use: personal, public, occupational and educational. Which of the following is least likely to feature in the formal occupational domain ?
(a) WhatsApp messages
(b) Emails between colleagues
(c) Letters of complaint
(d) Financial reports
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Answer: (a) WhatsApp messages

Explanation:
1. Emails, complaint letters and financial reports are formal workplace texts.
2. WhatsApp messages are informal and mostly personal.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match register to domain.
2. Formal occupational use needs formal written forms.

Question 26: External conditions under which communication occurs imposes various constraints on the language user. Physical conditions for speech do not include
(a) clarity of pronunciation.
(b) ambient noise (trains, traffic, static, etc.).
(c) poor production of print.
(d) distortions (telephone lines and public address systems).
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Answer: (c) poor production of print.

Explanation:
1. Physical conditions for speech include noise and distortions of sound.
2. Poor print production concerns written text, not speech.

Teacher's Note:
1. The question is about speech only.
2. Print quality is a condition for reading.

Question 27: Language tasks are vehicles for planning, carrying out and reporting on language learning and teaching. One of the following is not an appropriate text for listening.
(a) TV news
(b) Podcasts
(c) Performing a role-play
(d) Listening to railway announcements
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Answer: (c) Performing a role-play

Explanation:
1. TV news, podcasts and announcements are spoken texts to listen to.
2. Performing a role-play is a speaking activity, not a text.

Teacher's Note:
1. A listening text is something heard.
2. Role-play is a productive task.

Question 28: A scoring guide used to assess the students learning is known as_____.
(a) rubrics
(b) checklists
(c) inventories
(d) rating scales
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Answer: (a) rubrics

Explanation:
1. A rubric is a scoring guide listing criteria and performance levels.

Teacher's Note:
1. Rubrics make assessment transparent.
2. Checklists only record presence or absence.

Question 29: The task and activities in language learning should______
(a) be based on the chapters of the textbooks only.
(b) be in simple language
(c) provide an opportunity of learning by doing.
(d) not be related to any concept of the textbook.
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Answer: (c) provide an opportunity of learning by doing.

Explanation:
1. Good tasks are activity-based and let learners learn by doing.
2. Limiting them to textbooks or cutting them off from it is not sound.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learning by doing is a core principle.
2. Beware of the word 'only'.

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