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Q1Read the two statements. Statement 1: NEP 2020's 5+3+3+4 design places Class 6-8 in the middle stage. Statement 2: Making L1-to-Sanskrit transfer explicit treats the multilingual classroom as a resource. Which is correct?
Both statements hold. NEP 2020's 5+3+3+4 structure does place Class 6-8 in the middle stage, and making the shared roots and word-order links between the learner's first language and Sanskrit explicit is precisely how a teacher turns a multilingual classroom into a resource rather than a barrier. The traps reject one or both true statements; only option D affirms both and correctly frames Statement 2 as a valid application of the NEP multilingual emphasis.
Q2A teacher uses the direct method for meaning, the structural-situational method for pattern practice, the sutra method for the rule, and brief translation for a hard word in one lesson. Which method best names this deliberate combination?
Using direct, structural-situational, sutra and translation methods deliberately within one lesson, each for the purpose it serves best, is the eclectic or samuccaya method, whose principle is that no single method meets every objective. The traps each isolate one component as if it were the whole: pathasala is recitation only, translation is one brief step, and the sutra method only handles the rule. Only the eclectic method names the principled combination.
Q3Joseph cannot yet answer kah pathati alone, but with a sentence starter he completes the answer; the teacher gives the starter, then only a picture, then no prompt. Which concept best names this faded support?
The teacher helps Joseph do, with support, what he cannot yet do alone, then deliberately reduces the prompt from sentence starter to picture to nothing. That is Vygotsky's zone of proximal development operationalised through scaffolding that is gradually faded as competence grows. The traps reuse familiar theorist labels: Krashen's affective filter is anxiety, Piaget's formal-operational is a cognitive stage, and Chomsky's universal grammar is innate structure, none of which is the fading-support mechanism here.
Q4Aaradhya's teacher demonstrates a present-tense verb form with actions and pictures, drills it in a situation, and only then states the paradigm rule. Why is this order pedagogically sound for Class 6-8?
The teacher moves action and image first, then situational drill, then the symbolic paradigm rule. That is Bruner's enactive-iconic-symbolic progression and matches Piaget's point that concrete-operational learners need a concrete anchor before abstraction. The traps are sequence inversion (rule memorised before any example), a false syllabus prohibition on stating rules, and translation-method overuse. Only option C names the correct theorist-grounded sequence for this stage.
Q5Which statement correctly describes the chief limitation of the pure direct method when used alone for Class 6-8 Sanskrit?
The direct method builds meaning effectively through objects and action without first-language translation, but it is weak at stating abstract paradigms, which is exactly why a blended sequence brings in the sutra method once meaning is secure. The traps confuse methods: option C describes the translation method, option D borrows the pathasala recitation strength, and option A overstates the limit by denying that meaning is conveyed at all. Only option B names the real limitation and the corrective pairing.
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6Assertion (A): For a spoken-Sanskrit objective the sambhasana method suits better than rote pathasala recitation. Reason (R): Continuous and comprehensive evaluation assesses language use, not only memorised text. Choose the correct option.
7A Sanskrit teacher keeps input slightly above the children's level and keeps the room low-stress so anxiety does not block learning. Which theorist's concepts best explain this practice?
8Meena's teacher reintroduces the verb paradigm three times across the year, each time with a harder context and more forms. Which theorist's concept does this revision design follow?
9Match each method (i) pathasala (ii) sutra (iii) anuvada (iv) sambhasana with its core feature: (1) bridges first language and Sanskrit (2) oral guru-led recitation (3) builds spoken exchange (4) aphoristic rule statement. Choose the correct matching.
10Which of the following is named verbatim as a teaching method in the RBSE Sanskrit (Optional) syllabus block, rather than being a grammar content item?