Nishtha FLN 3

Nishtha FLN 3.0 Module 1 Answer Key

Q. 1: States and UTs have a critical role to play to achieve the goal of FLN in
a…………. mode.

 Indirect
 Mission
 Parallel
 Direct

Q. 2: The vision of the FLN Mission is to create an enabling environment in all
aspects to ensure………….. in primary classes by 2025 so that every child achieves
the desired learning competencies in reading, writing and numeracy at the end of
Class III and not later than Class V.

 Goals of education
 Universal acquisition of FLN
 Education
 Targets of education

Q. 3: In the new 5+3+3+4 structure proposed by NEP 2020, a strong base of from age
three is included, which is aimed at promoting better overall learning, development,
and well-being.

 CED
 ECD
 ECCE
 ECCD

Q. 4: Engage all stakeholders that is, teachers, parents, students and the community
for building a strong foundation of

 Ongoing learning
 Reading Writing only
 Lifelong learning
 School education only

Q. 5: In NEP 2020 it is envisaged that prior to the age of five every child will move to a
‘Preparatory Class’ or Balvatika, which has an ECCE-qualified teacher. Balvatika is
a……..

 Class before Class II

 Class before Class I
 Class before Class II
 Class before Class IV

Q. 6: Early years are ‘critical’ in any child’s life span since the is more rapid than at
any other stage of development.

 Rate of growth
 Rate of development
 Rate of speed
 Rate of life

Q. 7: Efforts will be made to government primary school teachers and develop
material like e-content, including lesson plans, use of innovative pedagogies, etc. to
support teachers teaching at the primary level.

 Mentor
 Finance
 Monitor
 Evaluate

Q. 8: The full form of ECCE is

 Early child development and education
 Early Childhood Care and Education
 Every child care and education
 Early care education for children

Q. 9: The Department of School Education will provide ……. to teachers in the
achievement of learning outcome, quality for student engagement, retention and
academic achievement
for Classes I to V.

 Teaching material
 Academic support
 Workbooks
 Budget

Q. 10: The mid-day meal programme will also be extended to the Preparatory Classes
in primary schools as per NEP 2020. Here Preparatory Class means

 Class before Class II

 Class before Class I
 Class before Class III
 Class before Class IV

Q. 11: A national mission on FLN will be set up by

 KVS
 NCERT
 Ministry of Education
 CBSE

Q. 12: Focus of foundational learning is_____

 Physical development
 On holistic development of the child
 Reading and writing
 Cognitive development

Q. 13: A national mission on FLN will be set up by

 KVS
 Ministry of Education
 NCERT
 CBSE

Q. 14: NCERT will be providing ……….. to states and UTs in the fulfilment of FLN
Mission objectives.

 Manual
 Academic support
 Kit
 Budget

Q. 15: The Department of School Education will provide to teachers in the
achievement of learning outcome, quality for student engagement, retention and
academic achievement for Classes I to V.

 Budget
 Academic support
 Teaching material

 Workbooks

Q. 32: The vision of the mission is that every child achieves the desired learning
competencies in reading, writing and numeracy at the end of

 Class III and not later than Class V
 Class V
 Class I and II
 Class I

Q. 17: NEP 2020 proposes of Anganwadi/preschool/Balvatika for three to six years
age group before Class I.

 One year
 Four years
 Three years
 Two years

Q. 18: Schools will work for the attainment of …… in a mission mode according to
FLN Mission guidelines.

 Foundational Literacy and Numeracy skills
 Skills
 Processes
 Concepts

Q. 19: Pre-school education ensures a from preschool to early primary classes
leading to better performance and better retention rates.

 Shift
 Jerk
 Smooth transition
 Way

Q. 20: Role of States and UTS will be to

 Depend on the government to take action
 Wait for the action plan
 Make the action plan to achieve the targets
 Frame policy

Q. 21: NEP has set a deadline of………… to achieve FLN.

 2035
 2030
 2022
 2025

Q. 22: ECCE is a period from____

 Two to six years of age
 Birth to eight years of age
 Three to eight years of age
 Six to eight years of age

Q. 23: Who has provided the guidelines of FLN Mission?

 KVS
 MOE
 CBSE
 Navodaya Vidyalayas

Q. 24: Which one of the following is not the role of volunteers to achieve FLN targets?

 Framing policy for FLN Mission
 One-on-one tutoring
 Establishing innovative models to foster peer-, tutoring and volunteer activities,

as well as launch, other programmes
 Organise programmes to support learners, in FLN Mission

Q. 25: The national FLN Mission is an important step towards ensuring that by __, our
children attain skills of reading with meaning and basic mathematical and numeracy
skill

 Class III
 Class I
 Class II
 Class IV

Q. 26: FLN Mission is a

 Public initiative
 National initiative

 State initiative
 School initiative

Q. 27: Capacity building and development of resources for FLN along with
government is also the responsibility of

 Child
 Schools
 NGOS
 Parent

Q. 28: The National Education Policy 2020 highlights that a large proportion of
students currently in elementary level (estimated to be over five crore), have not
achieved FLN.

 Not known
 Agree and steps should be taken to build FLN
 Disagree
 Agree

Q. 29: The basic aim of the is to enable all children to read and respond with
comprehension, independently write with understanding, understand the reasoning
in the domains of number, measurement and shapes, and become independent in
problem-solving by way of numeracy spatial understanding skills.

 National mission on health and education
 National mission on social welfare
 National mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
 National mission on family and welfare

Q. 30: In the new 5+3+3+4 structure proposed by NEP 2020, a strong base of from age
three is included, which is aimed at promoting better overall learning, development,

 ECD
 CED
 ECCE
 ECCD

Q. 31: In the government, ECCE is mainly provided through Integrated Child
Development Services (ICDS) centres known as …..

 Child care centres

 Anganwadis
 Preschool centres
 Crèche

Nishtha FLN 3.0 Module 3 Answer Key

Q. 1: What includes potential interest?

 Interest to which children have not been exposed and might become
strong ones, once exposed

 Interest which children suppress
 Interest to which children may transfer the interest of other children
 Interest children get rid off

Q. 2: What are the five senses?

 See, taste, eat, smell, hear
 Speak, taste, touch, smell, hear
 See, taste, touch, smell, think
 See, taste, touch, smell, hear

Q. 3: Children with high levels of creative intelligence are

 Good at math
 Skilled
 Frequently divergent thinkers
 Knowledgeable

Q. 4: When is a positive correlation seen between the current school work and future
academic or career goals of children?

 When children complete every day’s work on time
 When children are involved in work that they enjoy
 When children are involved in the work assigned to them
 When children are involved in work, which is required to be completed on a

priority

Q. 5: Grouping preference means

 Interaction in large and small group
 Preferred interaction like working alone, with a partner, in a small/large

group
 Interaction in large group only

 Interaction in small group only

Q. 6: Access to the natural world beyond the classroom and hands-on experience are
examples of boosting what kind of intelligence?

 Practical Intelligence
 Creative Intelligence
 Analytical intelligence
 Sensory intelligence

Q. 7: What are the names of the three ways to predict children’s needs?

 Knowing children’s friends, knowing preferences, knowing learning styles
 Knowing children’s interest, knowing preferences, knowing family background
 Knowing children’s interest, knowing preferences, knowing learning

styles
 Knowing children’s interest, knowing health, knowing learning styles

Q. 8: When do children learn better?

 When they engage in hands-on activities
 When they sit and listen to their teachers
 When they share their belongings with each other
 When they reach school on time

Q. 9: What are the correct examples of activity/interest areas?

 Art, discovery, block, music
 Animals, plants, bird
 Play, indoor, outdoor
 Hygiene, safety, nutrition

Q. 10: How many types of interaction are there in a classroom?

 Four
 Three
 Two
 One

Q. 11: What are the four modes of information?

 Visual, writing, kinesthetic, and tactual

 Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactual
 Visual, auditory, reading, and tactual
 Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and oral

Q. 12: What should be the role of a teacher in the learning of children?

 Partner
 Facilitator
 Monitor
 Caretaker

Q. 13: A child’s previous learning experiences are derived from

 Family tradition
 Parents attitude
 Inheritance
 Everyday experiences they encounter

Q. 14: How many senses do we have?

 Four
 Seven
 Three
 Five

Q. 15: What do we mean by knowing learning styles’?

 School preferences
 Practical preferences
 Family preferences
 Personal preferences

Q. 16: How many ways are there to predict a child’s needs?

 Three
 Four
 One
 Two

Q. 17: What should children do to become active and autonomous learners?

 Listen to the teachers carefully
 Be playful
 Be inquisitive, take initiative, be confident, inventive, and reflective
 Go to school every day

Q. 18: Access to the natural world beyond the classroom and hands-on experience
are examples of boosting what kind of intelligence?

 Practical Intelligence
 Analytical intelligence
 Sensory intelligence
 Creative Intelligence

Q. 19: What are the three types of interactions in the classroom?

 Self-interaction, adult interaction, and material interaction
 Peer interaction, neighbor interaction, and material interaction
 Peer interaction, family interaction, and material interaction
 Peer interaction, adult interaction, and material interaction

Q. 20: What is meant by ‘creative intelligence’?

 Addressing ideas and problems
 Addressing issues and concerns in consensus with others
 Addressing ideas and problems in novel and often unexpected ways
 Addressing ideas and problems in often unexpected ways

Q. 21: What is the term used for ‘hands-on experience’?

 Learning by doing
 Eye-hand coordination
 Clay moulding
 Fine motor activities

Q. 22: Children who ask many questions can be

 Irritating
 Boring

 Inquisitive
 Happy

Q. 23: What influences most children’s preferences to learning?

 Brain wiring, history, gender, and personal experiences
 School uniform
 Family and drinking water facility in school
 Peer group and neighbour

Q. 24: What should a teacher do before the start of the learning experiences?

 Discover children’s learning needs
 Be quite
 Take attendance
 Ask children to be punctual to school

Q. 25: What is meant by ‘interaction with material?

 Children have talking toys like talking dolls, etc.
 Children create stories and poems on learning/play material
 Children engage with a range of learning/play material
 Children buy learning/play material

Q. 26: What should a teacher do before the start of the learning experiences?

 Ask children to be punctual to school
 Be quite
 Take attendance
 Discover children’s learning needs

Q. 27: Learning is

 One way interaction
 Reading books
 An active, collaborative, and social process
 Playing

Q. 28: What is the full form of NCF-2005?

 Narrative Curriculum Framework-2005

 National Cognitive Framework-2005
 National Classroom Framework-2005
 National Curriculum Framework-2005

Q. 29: A child’s previous learning experiences are derived from

 Inheritance
 Family tradition
 Parents attitude
 Everyday experiences they encounter

Q. 30: Access to the natural world beyond the classroom and hands-on experience
are examples of boosting what kind of intelligence?

 Sensory intelligence
 Analytical intelligence
 Practical Intelligence
 Creative Intelligence

Q. 31: What is meant by ‘interaction with adults?

 Parents and teachers get involved and support children’s learning
 Children sit with the parents and teachers
 Children follow teachers and parents’ instructions
 Adults talk to the children

Q. 32: What is the meaning of ‘children learn holistically’?

 Children experience things and phenomenon
 Children absorb information from all sources at once
 Children learn everything
 Children play and enjoy

Q. 33: Being reflective helps children

 Become intelligent
 Use their prior experiences in dealing with new situations and experiences
 Show what they have learned

 Get the attention of their teacher

Q. 34: A child’s previous learning experiences are derived from

 Family tradition
 Parents attitude
 Inheritance
 Everyday experiences they encounter

Q. 35: When do children learn better?

 When they engage in hands-on activities
 When they sit and listen to their teachers
 When they share their belongings with each other
 When they reach school on time

Q. 36: What includes pre-existing interest?

 Child has a strong interest or passion for sports
 Child has a strong interest or passion for something
 Child has past experience of something
 Child has old belief for something

Q. 37: What influences most children’s preferences to learning?

 School uniform
 Brain wiring, history, gender, and personal experiences
 Peer group and neighbour
 Family and drinking water facility in school

Q. 38: What are the three types of interactions in the classroom?

 Self-interaction, adult interaction, and material interaction
 Peer interaction, adult interaction, and material interaction
 Peer interaction, family interaction, and material interaction
 Peer interaction, neighbor interaction, and material interaction

Q. 39: What is the main feature of the activity/interest areas to ensure the safety of the
children?

 Big
 Inaccessible to the children

 Accessible from all sides of the classroom
 Situated in a corner

Nishtha FLN 3.0 Module 5 Answer Key

Q. 1: What is a portfolio?

 Collection of toys and learning material
 Record of personal profile of each child such as admission, health, etc.
 Collection of concrete work sample of each child
 Record of punctuality of each child to the school

Q. 2: The main purpose of the activity/interest areas is to give children opportunity for

 Free play
 Standing
 Sitting
 Rest

Q. 3: NEP-2020 advocates that learning of children should be in continuum from

 Preschool to the early primary grades
 Home to preschools
 Early primary grades to primary grades
 Home to early primary grades

Q. 4: What is the age for preschool III?

 4+
 5+
 3+
 6+

Q. 5: What is the duration for the implementation of Vidya Pravesh in weeks?

 24 weeks
 12 weeks
 6 weeks
 16 weeks

Q. 6: What is the correct example of phonological awareness?

 Flipping pages of a book from front-to-back
 Identification of rhyming words
 Awareness of punctuation marks, logos and level
 Identification of book’s title, author, illustrator, front page

Q. 7: What is the daily duration (in hours) for the implementation of Vidya Pravesh
and Balvatika?

 Two hours per day
 Six hours per day
 Four hours per day
 Three hours per day

Q. 8: When should the worksheets be given to the children?

 Whenever children want
 At the beginning of the activities
 After children have sufficient opportunities to play with concrete objects

or toys and play-based activities
 Before children have sufficient opportunities to play with concrete objects or

toys and play-based activities

Q. 9: Balvatika is meant for the children of what stage of schooling?

 Children entering Grade I
 Children in preschool I
 Children in preschool III
 Children in preschool II

Q. 10: What is meant by the weekly schedule?

 Number of weeks for which the programme has to be implemented
 Day-wise scheduling of activities to be conducted for a week
 Designing lesson plan for a week
 Listing of activities to be conducted for a week

Q. 11: Vidya Pravesh is meant for the children of what stage of schooling?

 Children entering Grade I
 Children in preschool

 Children entering Grade III
 Children completing Grade I

Q. 12: What is the specific purpose of Vidya Pravesh and Balvatika?

 Ensure smooth transition of children to the primary grades
 Ensure smooth transition of children to the preschools
 Provide developmentally appropriate material to the children
 Provide learning environment to the children

Q. 13: Foundational stage as given in NEP-2020 covers the age group of

 6 to 8 years
 3 to 8 years
 4 to 8 years
 2 to 8 years

Q. 14: What is a teacher expected to do in case there is more than one language as
mother tongue/home language?

 Use the language of instruction
 Allow as many languages as are in the classroom to be used for

expression
 Allow the languages maximum children know
 Use the language the teacher knows

Q. 15:Learning crisis among children of what stage of schooling is mentioned in NEP-
2020?

 Preschool and primary schools
 Primary schoolse
 Preschools
 Secondary schools

Q. 16: The activities and worksheets or the learning experiences for Vidya Pravesh
and Balvatika should be developed around

 Developmental goal 2 and 3
 All three developmental goals
 Two developmental goals
 Developmental goal 1

Q. 17: What language should be preferred as a medium of instruction?

 Hindi
 English
 Mother tongue or the language familiar to most children
 Any language

Q. 18: Which of the following document is part of the FLN Mission?

 The Preschool Curriculum
 National Educational Policy-2020
 Guidelines for preschool education
 Vidya Pravesh

Q. 19: What is free play?

 Child-initiated small group activity
 Teacher-initiated small group activity
 Teacher-initiated large group
 Child-initiated large group activity

Q. 20: As per the NEP-2020, the learning crisis points out which two aspects?

 Fundamental literacy and numeracy
 Foundational numeracy and environment awareness
 Foundational literacy and numeracy
 Health and wellbeing, and numeracy

Q. 21: What are the competencies and concepts covered under the developmental
goal 1?

 Pro-social behaviour, number sense, reading with comprehension
 Self-concept, pro-social behaviour, health, nutrition, hygienic practices,

self-protection, motor skills
 Sensory development, cognitive skills, concept formation, and number sense
 Talking and listening, reading with comprehension, writing with a purpose

Q. 22: What is the duration for the implementation of Balvatika?

 3 years
 1 year
 4 years
 2 years

Q. 23: How many developmental goals are covered in the development of Vidya
Pravesh and Balvatika?

 4 developmental goals
 3 developmental goals
 2 developmental goals
 1 developmental goal

Q. 24: Among the following, which activities come under the daily/routine activities as
per the weekly schedule?

 Bal mela
 Greet and meet, circle time and free expression
 PTM
 Cultural programme

Q. 25: What is the full form of FLN Mission?

 Fundamental Literacy and Numeracy Mission
 Foundational Learning of Numeracy Mission
 Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission
 Foundational Language and Numeracy Mission

Q. 26: What term is used for preschool III in NEP-2020?

 Balvikas
 Balvatika
 Anganwadi
 Balbadi

Q. 27: What is meant by DIY?

 Dance, Illustrate and be Youthful
 Design and Illustration by Yourself

 Do It Yourself
 Do It Yesterday

Q. 28: At which stage of life is the brain development rapid?

 Late childhood stage
 Early childhood stage
 Adulthood
 Adolescence stage

Q. 29: The NEP-2020 talks about what kind of intervention to be given in the early
grades?

 Home-based
 Lay-based, enquiry based, age and developmentally appropriate
 Theme-based
 Assessment-based

Q. 30: What process of assessment is suggested in Vidya Pravesh and Balvatika?

 Continuous and multi-dimensional
 Test
 Summative
 Observation

Q. 31: What kind of freedom is given to the teachers with respect to the activities,
worksheets and illustrations?

 Make the worksheets colourful for children
 Not to use them
 Let children and parents develop them
 Modify or contextualise them

Q. 32: How will continuous assessment given in Vidya Pravesh and Balvatika help
teachers?

 Complete one stage of education/learning
 Prepare final result of each child
 Adapt and modify teaching-learning strategies, play material, activity

areas
 Decide who has performed best

Q. 33: For how many terms are the assessment schedules suggested for the
assessment and recording of children’s progress?

 Four
 Two
 One
 Three

Q. 34: What is the correct example of balance in activities?

 Greet and meet activities
 Literacy and numeracy activities
 Teacher-initiated and child-initiated activities
 Outdoor and gross motor activities

Q. 35: What kind of material is suggested in Vidya Pravesh and Balvatika?

 Wooden material
 Commercial material
 Children made material
 Indigenous/locally, low-cost or no-cost material

Q. 36: Which document is mentioned as level-3 in the FLN Mission Guidelines?

 The Preschool Curriculum
 Balvatika
 Vidya Pravesh
 National Educational Policy-2020

Q. 37: The activities and worksheets or the learning experiences suggested in Vidya
Pravesh and Balvatika should be based on

 Competencies and concepts
 Themes
 Competencies
 Concepts

Q. 38: What is the purpose of transition activities?

 Help children move from one toy to the another
 Help children move from home to the school
 Help children move from one activity to the another
 Help children move from one playmate to another

Q. 39: Which components represent language and literacy in its complete form?

 Oral, writing, and story
 Reading, story, and writing
 Oral, reading, and writing
 Oral, reading, and story

Q. 40: What is the focus of Vidya Pravesh and Balvatika?

 Develop the competencies and concepts to support learning at the home
 Develop the competencies and concepts to support learning at the

preparatory stage
 Develop the concepts to support learning at the preparatory stage
 Develop the competencies to support learning at the preparatory stage

Nishtha FLN 3.0 Module 6 Answer Key

Q. 1: The interesting phenomena is that languages are learnt in the __ way.

 critical
 boring
 productive
 same

Q. 2: The genres of literature, such as story, poem, rhymes, etc. helps a teacher to
engage children in

 meaningful and relevant ways
 activities
 assessments
 the classroom

Q. 3: The ultimate goal of reading is

 to read loud and clear
 to extract meaning from the text
 to read clear
 to read with intonation

Q. 4: Literacy learning is

 a normal process acquired in school
 a complex developmental process
 a very difficult process
 an easy process to learn language

Q. 5: The activity of reading and writing

 occur separately
 are not linked to each other
 occur parallel to each other
 happens only inside the classroom

Q. 6: In a language classroom, open-ended instructions play an imperative role as

 it gives authority to the teacher to speak
 it gives autonomy to children to speak
 it allows children to expand their knowledge and experience
 it helps a teacher to assess children

Q. 7: The print-rich environment is essential for children as it enables

 peer assessment
 discussions in the classroom
 self-motivation to read with comprehension
 classroom to become attractive and colourful

Q. 8: Picture reading involves

 oral skills
 oral skills and thinking abilities
 thinking and decoding
 decoding

Q. 9: The reading material displayed in the classroom should be

 bought from the market
 at a height where children cannot touch them to keep them safe and intact
 at a height where children can touch and read them easily
 as many as possible

Q. 10: A teacher needs to introduce phonics to the students at

 the beginning of class
 after completing a month in their beginner grade
 the time when children are ready to learn the mechanical aspect of

language
 their first language class

Q. 11: What is the silent period?

 no learning period
 period of silence
 period of self-negotiated learning
 period of no intake

Q. 12: Children understand and explore the nuances of
language when they

 listen quietly to their teacher
 participate in classroom discussions
 engage more and more with LSRW activities
 read aloud

Q. 13: Linguistic aspect of reading believes in the development of these skills

 grapho-phonemic awareness
 grapho-phonic awareness, semantic, syntax and pragmatics
 semantic, syntax and pragmatics understanding
 semantic and syntax understanding

Q. 14: Language plays a key role in shaping the____of the children about the world.

 ideology
 personality
 creative skill
 perception

Q. 15: Children’s magazines are a good way of possibilities for children

 to have fun with
 to learn reading
 to engage them with the print
 to learn decoding

Q. 16: Mother tongue helps children to become

 ignorant
 backward
 smart
 divergent thinker

Q. 17: Print rich environment of a classroom is described as

 a room with toys
 children’s literature, charts, children’s work, stories
 story book corner inside a classroom

 a room filled with lots of charts

Q. 18: Literacy learning is

 a normal process acquired in school
 a complex developmental process
 a very difficult process
 an easy process to learn language

Q. 19: What is the interregnum period in language learning?

 process of learning a second language
 development of thoughts
 development of a self-contained system of expressions
 beginning of the process of writing

Q. 20: The priority of a language classroom is

 to make the classroom beautiful.
 to create a print-rich environment for children
 to teach error free writing
 to teach decoding

Q. 21: Children who are multilingual have the advantage of being

 calm
 constructive and critical thinkers
 critical thinkers
 courageous

Q. 22: Context is important in language learning because it helps children to

 rote memorise
 grasp the meaning of the particular word
 decode and read
 formulate their stories

Q. 23: Language conveys meaningful messages if it is in

 clear

 formal
 context
 mother tongue

Q. 24: The cognitive aspect of language focuses on

 meaning making
 development of brain cells
 mindful reading
 mental process and strategies

Q. 25: A child’s language is not just a medium of learning but also an expression of
thoughts, and innovation.

 opinion
 judgment
 creativity
 ideas

Q. 26: For the holistic development of children a teacher needs to design activities by
integrating…..

 speaking and writing skills
 reading and writing skills
 reading and listening skills
 LSRW

Q. 27: What is guided reading?

 when most instructions are given by the teacher
 when fewer instructions are given by the teacher
 when no instruction is given by the teacher
 when less help is given by the teacher

Q. 28: What is shared reading?

 when no help is given by the teacher
 fast reading
 slow reading
 when most help is given by the teacher

Q. 29: In a language classroom, a teacher uses picture talk because

 it is a good fun activity for children to learn about pictures
 it helps in the identification of various objects
 it’s an important step in reading with meaning text
 it’s a good activity to prevent children from making noise

Q. 30: To engage children with the text a teacher should

 read aloud the text with children
 bring familiar context related to their daily life
 give children the text to read silently
 read aloud the text in the classroom

Q. 31: What is independent reading?

 when most of the instructions given by the teacher
 when most of the help provided by the teacher
 when minimal support given by peer
 when minimal support is given by the teacher

Q. 32:An active learner

 is the monitor of the class
 reads silently in class
 participates in classroom activities
 is a naughty child of the class

Q. 33: A teacher must provide ample opportunity to children for in the language
classroom.

 self-expression
 read aloud
 write
 play

Q. 34: Mother tongue is

 first language a child learns at school

 first language acquired by the child
 hindi language
 the language child uses in school

Q. 35: Reading as a skill requires

 phonemic awareness and prediction
 previous knowledge/experiences
 phonemic awareness, previous knowledge and prediction
 prediction and previous knowledge

Q. 36: Reading essentially is a process of….

 decoding
 intonation
 meaning making
 pronunciation

Q. 37: For better learning opportunities a teacher must provide

 continuous evaluation
 read aloud sessions
 more books
 freedom to children for exploration

Q. 38: Children who receive meaningful foundational literacy and numeracy skills
are/have

 better grades
 good speakers
 average learners
 better learning levels across grades

Q. 39: Children at the foundational years of literacy are

 shy
 passive
 over enthusiastic
 keen to explore the world around them

Q. 40: The process of writing happens parallel to reading because

 it is boring
 both are inter-connected
 it cannot happen in isolation
 both are separate

Nishtha FLN 3.0 Module 7 Answer Key

Q. 1: Which of the following statements regarding multilingual education is not true?

 Students learn the best in a language that they are the most familiar with.
 The longer the first language is used in the teaching and learning processes,

the better are the outcomes of learning.
 Teachers and students make use of mixed languages.
 Inclusion of variety of languages in the classroom negatively impacts

students learning

Q. 2: In which situations, is a link language used?

 When people from the same linguistic community live together.
 When various linguistic communities live together.
 When the language of any one community is made as a medium of instruction.
 When the language of any one community is considered to be the standard.

Q. 3: According to UDISE, how many languages are used as a medium of instruction
in Indian schools?

 33
 36
 30
 39

Q. 4: What kind of language do we use in our day-to-day life?

 Pure language
 Standard language
 National language
 Mixed language

Q. 5: The researcher scientist Wolff argues:

 Language is not everything in education, but without language, everything
is nothing in education.

 Even mathematics and science teachers are fundamentally language teachers.
 Reading and writing swim in the ocean of oral language skills.

 When children learn languages, they are studying one out of many subjects.

Q. 6: For the success of the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) mission, it is
necessary to-

 Making use of languages that are familiar to children
 Introduce English from grade 1
 Conduct examinations every week
 Emphasizing on general knowledge

Q. 7: National Education Policy, 2020 mentions in terms of multilingualism:

 As far as possible, the medium of instruction should be English until grade 8.
 As far as possible, the medium of instruction until grade 5 should be a

language that is familiar to children.
 As far as possible, the medium of instruction should be state’s language until

grade 5.
 As far as possible, children should be able to choose the medium of instruction

in grade 8.

Q. 8: Kamala lives in the Kota district of Rajasthan and speaks Hadoti at home. She
has joined grade 1 after a delay of 4 months; today is her first day at school. What will
you do so that she feels comfortable in the classroom?

 I will sing some English action songs with her and ask her to remember them.
 I will informally chit-chat with her in Hadoti.
 I will speak with her in Hindi from the very first day, so that she is able to

understand all the subjects being taught in school
 I will ask Kamala to catch up on all the class work that she has missed.

Q. 9: Which of the following is not a key principle of teaching a second language?

 Focusing on developing L2 based vocabulary from the beginning
 To make. L2 simple, comprehensible, interesting, and meaningful for children.
 Using L2 vocabulary for writing from the beginning years.
 Giving maximum exposure to students in L2.

Q. 10: Multilingualism means-

 Teaching in hindi and English medium
 Knowledge of one’s language as well as English

 Having knowledge and use of one language by a person
 Use of two or more languages by a person

Q. 11: Who has proposed the “Common Underlying Proficiency” hypothesis of
language learning?

 Halliday
 Jim Cummins
 Vygotsky
 Piaget

Q. 12: Kamala ji wants to teach Hindi to grade 2 students. Which of the following
strategies should she use?

 Practice and repetition of long and complex Hindi sentences
 Speaking only in Hindi language and not allowing children to speak in their

home languages
 Use of Hindi language as per the level of comprehension by students
 Maximum writing practice in Hindi given to students

Q. 13: Which one of the following is the best statement to summarize the learning of
this course-

 As far as possible, one should avoid using children’s languages in the class.
 Children should be assessed only in English.
 In areas where children’s language cannot be used as medium of

instruction right away, it should be used strategically and extensively in
 Medium of instruction in schools from grade 1 to grade 10 must be children’s

mother tongue, at all costs.

Q. 14: Which of the following is NOT an example of mixed language use?

 The teacher speaks in L2 and the children answer in L2.
 Children speak in L1 and the teacher answers in L2.
 Children switch between L1 and L2
 Children speak in L2 and the teacher answers in L1.

Q. 15: Choose the incorrect statement-

 In foundational grades, children must be taught the unfamiliar school language
by taking help of their home languages.

 A solid foundation of first language skills helps a child in learning other
languages.

 By learning through the mother tongue, children find it difficult to
understand all the subjects.

 When children learn how to think in their own language, they can use those
skills easily to other languages.

Q. 16: Census of India (2011) established that:

 Most people speak more than one language.
 Most people can speak only their mother tongue.
 Only 7% of the people can speak in English, as and when needed.
 Only 7% of the people can speak two languages.

Q. 17: Choose a myth related to language teaching:

 In multilingual education, children’s languages are also used in the pedagogy of
teaching unfamiliar (L2) languages

 Children’s home language provides a solid foundation for learning other
languages

 Using home language boosts children’s self-confidence
 The earlier children are given textbooks to read in an unfamiliar language,

the sooner they will learn that language

Q. 18: Choose the incorrect sentence:

 When children learn thinking skills in one language, they can transfer those
skills easily to other languages as well as solid foundation in the first language
helps a child to learn other languages.

 Children struggle to learn other languages if they learn through mother
tongue.

 Children’s home languages must be used to scaffold the learning of school’s
unfamiliar

 Language in the foundational years of schooling

Q. 19: The language that is used formally in textbooks, teaching learning materials,
and teaching practice is called —

 Teacher’s language

 Mother tongue
 Home language
 Medium of instruction

Q. 20: Which of the following is true –

 Development of proficiency in one language hinders development in other
languages

 Proficiency in various languages is developed in an interdependent
fashion

 Solid grasp of one’s mother tongue makes it difficult to learn a second language
 Learning through one’s mother tongue for a prolonged period leaves no time to

learn other languages

Q. 21: Who amongst the following children will struggle the most while learning?

 Ramesh, who speaks Bhojpuri in his family and community and studies in
an English medium school

 Shabana, who speaks English at home, and attending an English medium
school

 Deepak, whose home language is Santhali; he gets some exposure to Hindi in
the marketplace and studies in a Hindi medium school

 Kamala, who speaks Wagdi at home, and her classroom makes use of Hindi-
Wagadi mixed language

Q. 22: Language of communication used by Adivasi communities working in the tea
plantations of Assam can be called as –

 State language
 Assamese (Axomia) language
 Standard language
 Link language

Q. 23: Which of the following strategies on L2 teaching are not effective in
foundational years?

 Emphasis on developing foundational L2 vocabulary
 Rote learning of the varnamala and lessons from the textbook
 Learning environment free from fear and stress that allows each child to speak

comfortably

 Simple oral discussions and activities in L2 at the level of children’s
comprehension

Q. 24: By the term ‘First Language'(L1), one means:

 Link language
 Standard language of the school
 Academic language
 Language that the child understands

Q. 25: Creative knowledge can be constructed by traversing the bridge of —

 Standard Language
 Familiar Language
 National Language
 Unfamiliar Language

Q. 26: According to the Census of India (2011), how many different mother tongues
are spoken in India?

 1569
 1269
 1369
 1469

Q. 27: Why do about 25% of children in elementary school face a severe learning
disadvantage in foundational years?

 Schools being far away from children’s homes.
 Caregiver refusal to send children to schools.
 Language used in school and at home are different.
 Lack of basic necorary facilities in school.

Q. 28: What does National Education Policy 2020 say about the use of mother
tongues?

 After grade 5, only the language used in school must be used inside
classrooms.

 Due to multilingual education, children are not able to fully participate in the
teaching-learning process.

 Beginning instruction to children in reading and writing should be done through
the school language.

 Young children learn the best through their mother tongue.

Q. 29: Which of the following is not a key feature of Multilingual Education?

 Ample use of children’s languages in the classroom
 Dominance of one language over others in the classroom
 Use mixed languages
 Equal respect to all languages

Q. 30: Which of the following is not a benefit of Multilingual Education?

 Better understanding of all subjects
 Learning how to read and write in English from grade 1
 Higher learning outcomes
 Developing self-confidence

Q. 31: Which of the following statements regarding multilingual education is true?

 When a new language is introduced as a medium of instruction, children’s
languages must cease to be used.

 Children’s languages are used as scaffolds for learning new/unfamiliar
languages.

 New and unfamiliar languages should be made the medium of instruction as
early as possible.

 Multilingual education strategies are employed only in the context of language
education.

Q. 32: Which of the following statements does not feature in National Education
Policy 2020?

 Learning how to read and write must begin in children’s home languages.
 Young children learn the best through their mother tongues.
 Children should be taught in their mother tongues till at least grade 5.
 If children are taught through their mother tongues, they do not have

adequate time in school to learn other languages.

Q. 33: Which language is effective for the creation of knowledge?

 National Language
 Official Language
 Familiar Language
 Standard Language

Q. 34: Who does not face any learning disadvantages due to language used in
schools?

 Children from the Scheduled Tribes studying in hindi medium schools
 Children who study in English medium schools have ample exposure to

English at home
 Children whose languages have well-developed script and literature, but which

are not available in schools as a medium of instruction.
 Children living near interstate borders, who must learn in a language different

from their home language

Q. 35: What is the objective of introducing the story of the ‘Warli painter’ in this
course?

 To showcase one’s proficiency in the Hindi language.
 To point out one’s ability to speak in more than one language, as per

need.
 To tell about Warli communities.
 To talk about the art gallery of the painter.

Q. 36: In the foundational years of learning, medium of instruction should be
children’s home language because-

 Language is an important subjects.
 Languages are scoring subjects.
 Language is the basis of learning and comprehension of all subjects.
 It is impossible to memorize anything’s without language.

Q. 37: Studies on the Ethiopian model of language in education show that –

 Children studying through their mother tongues performed better in all
academic subjects.

 Use of academic language in teaching right from foundational grades helped
children perform better in all the subjects.

 By learning through English in foundational grades, children were able to
perform better in science.

 Children could performed better in mathematics by learning through their
mother tongue

Q. 38: “It shall be the endeavor of every State and of every local authority within the
State to provide adequate facilities for instruction in the mother tongue at the primary
stage of education to children belonging to linguistic minority groups” –which
document is this statement recorded in?

 RTE 2009
 The Indian Constitution
 National Education Policy 2020
 NCF 2005

Q. 39: Making use of L1 in teaching-

 helps in better learning of all the subjects.
 results in children feeling frustrated.
 creates difficulties for children to understand academic concepts.
 improves rote learning ability of children.

Q. 40: “Learning process must gradually move from the familiar to the unfamiliar”.
This idea can be found in:

 NEP-1985
 NCF-2005
 NEP-2000
 RTE-2009

Nishtha FLN 3.0 Module 8 Answer Key

Q. 1: By definition, the 360-report is-

 Holistic and two-dimensional
 Holistic and one-dimensional
 Holistic and three-dimensional
 Holistic and multidimensional

Q. 2: We encourage children at the foundational stage to learn FLN by-

 Activity worksheets

 Toys and Games
 Play based, activity based, concrete experiences and through toys/games.
 Children’s literature

Q. 3: Which is NOT a part of the portfolio?

 Answering in the class
 Worksheets
 Photographs
 Drawing

Q. 4: The teachers need to use or model literate/mathematical behaviour while-

 Writing a teacher’s diary
 Talking to parents
 Giving instructions for activities
 Giving home assignment

Q. 5: What is the age group for young children coming to Foundation and Preparatory
Stage?

 3-11 years
 3-4 years
 3-5 years
 3-8 years

Q. 6: The child-centred timely assessment would help children in getting ready for
school, and-

 Develop them into healthy, fit and literate individuals.
 Develop them into god fearing human beings.
 Develop them into literate individuals.
 Develop them into healthy, cognitively and emotionally competent

individuals.

Q. 7: The 360-degree report card will include-

 Only the academic aspects.
 The creative and psycho-social aspect.

 All aspects of the personality of a child.
 The literacy and numeracy aspects.

Q. 8: Foundation literacy and numeracy training should include-

 Only preschool teachers
 Preschool and grade 1 and 2 teachers
 Preschool and all primary teachers
 Preschool and grade 1 teachers only

Q. 9: Parents can promote and enhance foundational literacy at home by ensuring-

 Age-appropriate graded story books, toys and manipulatives
 D-I-Y toys
 Availability of plenty of manipulatives
 Arranging circle time

Q. 10: The ultimate goal behind integrating toy-based pedagogy in teaching-learning
processes of foundational literacy and numeracy is to-

 Help children think critically, creatively, communicate, enjoy the
developmentally appropriate books, express critically, and solve problems.

 Help children think critically, creatively, communicate, enjoy the high graded
books, express freely, and solve problems.

 Help children think critically, creatively, communicate, enjoy the
developmentally appropriate books express freely, and solve problems.

 Help children think critically, creatively, communicate, enjoy the
developmentally inappropriate books, express freely, and solve problems.

Q. 11: Which of the following is not an FLN activity?

 Keeps the pencil to the designated box
 Listen to the story and talk about the story.
 Use mathematical vocabulary
 Follow directions during class activities.

Q. 12: Toy telephones and talking books are tech aided toys that largely boost-

 Emotional development
 Writing skills
 Language and communication skills

 Numeracy skills

Q. 13: Children come from diverse backgrounds and various types of observation
provide a genuine detailed data on which the teacher can-

 Reflect and talk to parents about the children’s performance.
 Reflect and keep all the work samples in the portfolio.
 Reflect and develop appropriate plans to bring improvement in child’s

literacy and numeracy proficiency level.
 Reflect and talk to children about their performance.

Q. 14: A child is touching and counting each object given in a row,the teacher is
observing the child’s progress in –

 Foundational numeracy
 Fine motor skills
 Foundational literacy
 Social-emotional development

Q. 15: The assessment information helps the teacher to decide and plan the FLN
content to –

 Write the anecdote and compile in the portfolio.
 Teach and guide children’s learning using the appropriate pedagogy with

careful observation.
 Write the teacher’s diary and report to the headmaster of the school.
 Teach and guide children’s learning using the 21st century skills with careful

observation.

Q. 16: The classroom library or literacy area does not have the following-

 Writing area
 Book making area
 Reading or book area
 Block building

Q. 17: According to the New Education Policy – 2020 (NEP – 2020) the progress card
of all children for school-based assessment, which the school must communicate to
the parents, will be-

 Creative in nature
 Progressive in nature
 Holistic in nature
 Futuristic in nature

Q. 18: The following is not the method for observing children and collecting authentic
information-

 Anecdotes
 Rating scale
 Talking to the fellow teacher
 Checklist

Q. 19: Which of the following is not correct for using rubric as an assessment tool?

 Criteria of assessment
 Opportunity to a teacher to pass/fail the child
 Data for assessment
 Description of a task to be accomplished

Q. 20: While a child is engaged in keeping the toys in a row from biggest to smallest,
the teacher is actually observing a child’s progress in-

 Problem solving under foundational numeracy
 Counting skill under foundational numeracy
 Pattern making under foundational numeracy
 Ordering skill under foundational numeracy

Q. 21: Assessment for Foundation Literacy and Numeracy helps to ensure:

 Creative skill of children
 Weak areas in FLN
 Early identification of learning disabilities and potential abilities
 Problem areas in FLN

Q. 22: The teacher should not force the second language-

 If the child comes from a different language background
 If the child speaks English
 If the child is not comfortable

 If the child speaks Hindi

Q. 23: Pretend to read is an activity for-

 Foundational literacy
 Foundational creativity
 Foundational listening
 Foundational communication

Q. 24: When the teacher is asking a child to show the font and back cover of the story
book, the teacher is observing and assessing the progress in-

 Foundational EVS
 Foundational numeracy
 Foundational literacy
 Foundational fine motor skills

Q. 25: The HPC card will be an important link between home and school and will be
accompanied by regular parent-teacher meetings (PTMs) in order to-

 Actively involve parents and Sarpanch in the children’s holistic education and
development.

 Connect with Sarpanch and community in the children’s holistic education.
 Involve siblings of families in the children’s holistic education and development.
 Actively involve parents/families in their children’s holistic education and

development.

Q. 26: The teacher should be positive for-

 Every child’s learning
 Child with learning disabilities
 Physically disabled child’s learning
 Every girl child’s learning

Q. 27: The indicators of a HPC include the-

 21st century skills such as Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity,
Communication and Collaboration.#

 21st century skills such as Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity,
Communication, Construction and Collaboration.

 The 21st century skills such as Critical Thinking, Consumer, Problem Solving,
Creativity, Communication, and Collaboration.

 The 21st century skills such as Critical Thinking, Change management, Problem
Solving, Creativity, Communication, Collaboration.

Q. 28: The teacher collects the best of the children’s work in FLN and keeps it in the
file folder as evidence of learning. The folder is called as-

 Progress Report
 Art Folder
 Attendance Record
 Portfolio

Q. 29: The assessments done should necessarily be communicated to the parents at-

 Appropriate predetermined intervals
 The end of each theme or project
 The end of the academic year
 The end of six months

Q. 30: The purpose of assessment in FLN is to-

 Provide teachers working at the primary school stage with education information
about the children’s learning level for literacy and numeracy

 Provide teachers working at the foundational stage with abstract information
about the children’s learning level for literacy and numeracy.

 Provide teachers working at the Balvatika stage with some information about
the children’s learning level for literacy and numeracy.

 Provide teachers working at the foundational stage with concrete
information about the children’s learning level for literacy and numeracy.

Q. 31: Working and fixing puzzles is an activity for foundational numeracy, but also
indicates-

 Scribbling abilities
 Fine motor abilities
 Colouring abilities
 Writing skills

Q. 32: Including humour and fun in the teaching-learning strategies make learning-

 Challenging and confusing
 Complex and confusing
 Funny
 Easy and motivating with better understanding

Q. 33: The 360-degree report card will include-

 All aspects of the personality of a child.
 The creative and psycho-social aspect.
 Only the academic aspects.
 The literacy and numeracy aspects.

Q. 34: The math or manipulative area would provide teachers a crude assessment
about children’s-

 Writing Skills
 Music Sense
 Handling materials
 Cognitive development

Nishtha FLN 3.0 Module 9 Answer Key

Q. 1: Which of the following scenarios is not involved in the Word problems related to
addition and Subtraction?

 Classification of objects
 Combination of two or more objects
 increase or decrease of same quantity
 Comparison of objects

Q. 2: Which of the following is not a correct way of assessment

 A test based on memorisation
 A subjective test according to the learning levels of children
 Use of self-assessment
 Use of audio-visual tool for assessment

Q. 3: Numbers are used to communicate the size of
a group of objects.

 Ordinal numbers
 Cardinal numbers
 Nominal numbers
 All of the above

Q. 4: Which of the following does not involve the ordering a
collection of objects according to the given rule.

 Seriation
 Arrangement
 Classification
 Patterning

Q. 5: How many times should we add 4 to get 16

 Sixty four times
 Twenty times
 Sixteen times
 Four times

Q. 6: Which of the following is not a type and utility of
numbers;

 Nominal Numbers
 Ordinal Numbers
 Aesthetic Numbers
 Cardinal Numbers

Q. 7: Essential requirement to classify objects is to:

 Read the names of the shapes
 Identify the objects by their characteristics
 Know the name of the objects
 Recite the name of the objects

Q. 8: For building upon the understanding of one-to-one correspondence, children do
not need to understand the meaning of

 many and few
 as many as
 numeration
 more than/ less than

Q. 9: Which of the following is not an objective of making a child proficient in
numeracy in the foundational years?

 It helps in achieving learning outcomes in later
 stages
 It helps in developing logical thinking and
 reasoning in daily life
 It helps them in dealing with numbers
 It helps them to do fast calculations

Q. 10: Which of the following is not a component of foundational numeracy:

 Data Handling
 Memorizing number names
 Patterns
 Mathematical Communications

Q. 11: The ability to immediately perceive the cardinality of a collection, usually not
more than four or five elements without counting is called as

 Classification
 Conservation
 Seriation
 Subitization

Q. 12: What is the right sequence to teach numbers:

1. Opportunities for Counting
2. Writing numerals
3. Reading numerals
4. Developing number sense

 1,2,3,4
 1,4,3,2
 1,4,2,3
 2,1,3,4

Q. 13: What is subitising?

 Ability to recite number names up to ten
 Ability to count
 Ability to discriminate between objects
 Ability to identify the number of objects by simply looking at them and

without actually counting each object.

Q. 14: Which of the following is not a component of Data Handling?

 Representation of Data
 Interpretation of Data
 Construction of Data
 Collection of Data

Q. 15: What are numerals?

 Value of numbers
 Size of numbers
 Number names