Q. 161. What term best describes the conversation-interaction between a mother and child?
(A) imitation
(B) Meshing
(C) Pseudo dialogue
(D) Monitoring
Answer:
(C) Pseudo dialogue
Explanation:
“Pseudo dialogue” (also called proto-conversation) characterizes the early turn-taking vocalizations, facial expressions, and gestures shared between a caregiver and a pre-verbal infant.
Q. 162. Regardless of culture children begin to learn language around the same time around the world. At what age does it happen?
(A) Between 6 and 8 months
(B) Between 8 and 28 months
(C) Between 2 and 4 years
(D) Between 5 and 7 years
Answer:
(B) Between 8 and 28 months
Explanation:
Cross-culturally, children undergo the most explosive phases of fundamental language acquisition—moving from babbling to first words and subsequent two-word combinations—between 8 and 28 months of age.
Q. 163. A child’s first words will be about something
(A) concrete
(B) abstract
(C) time
(D) colour
Answer:
(A) concrete
Explanation:
Children consistently learn names for concrete, tangible objects and living things in their immediate physical environment (like “dog”, “ball”, “mama”) long before understanding abstract concepts.
Q. 164. In a family the mother speaks Hindi and the father speaks Marathi and Urdu. The child speaks all the three language but mixes languages. What term best describes this?
(A) Discrimination
(B) over generalization
(C) Multilingualsim
(D) mixed speech
Answer:
(D) mixed speech
Explanation:
The phenomenon where a multilingual speaker fluidly combines phonetic, grammatical, or lexical features of different languages within a single conversation is formally termed “mixed speech” (or code-mixing).
Q. 165. A child was having mother tongue Tamil and studying at Chennai. In the fifth standard he moved to a State where Hindi is spoken. He learns Hindi and becomes fluent in that also. It is an example of
(A) emergent literacy
(B) Bilingualism
(C) mixed speech
(D) Differentiation
Answer:
(B) Bilingualism
Explanation:
Bilingualism is the capacity to fluently understand and utilize two distinct languages. Gaining fluency in Hindi alongside native Tamil exemplifies achieving functional bilingualism.
Q. 166. The literacy approach of making children learn a set of skills before beginning instruction in reading is
(A) emergent literacy
(B) reading readiness
(C) writing readiness
(D) whole language
Answer:
(B) reading readiness
Explanation:
“Reading readiness” reflects the traditional educational paradigm that a child must actively be taught and master specific prerequisite skills (like auditory discrimination and letter identification) before reading instruction officially begins.
Q. 167. Invented spelling
(A) increases children’s fluency
(B) Interferes with reading development and conventional spelling
(C) should be treated as erroneous spelling
(D) should not be encouraged
Answer:
(A) increases children’s fluency
Explanation:
Research demonstrates that “invented spelling” (phonetic spelling attempts by young children) actively develops their phonemic awareness, boosting their writing fluency and confidence early on rather than hurting later standard spelling.
Q. 168. Which of the following is not a basic language skill?
(A) Imagining
(B) Speaking
(C) Reading
(D) Writing
Answer:
(A) Imagining
Explanation:
The foundational pillars of linguistic competency consist exclusively of the LSRW skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. Imagining is a cognitive function, not a direct language skill.
Q. 169. Which of the following is an example of Learning disability?
(A) mental retardation
(B) dyslexia
(C) ADHD
(D) Autism
Answer:
(B) dyslexia
Explanation:
Dyslexia is neurologically categorized specifically as a distinct “specific learning disability” that directly impairs an individual’s reading, decoding, and spelling capacities.
Q. 170. Which of the following occurs in children with expressive language disorders?
(A) Limited amount of speech
(B) Difficulty in learning new words
(C) Difficulty in finding the right word
(D) All of the above
Answer:
(D) All of the above
Explanation:
Expressive language disorder inhibits the outward production of language, directly causing symptoms such as a limited vocabulary, struggles with stringing words together, and an inability to find or learn new, appropriate words.
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