alleryWriting an essay on an abstract issue needs, per NCF 2005:
AEveryday street talk
BCognitively advanced skills
CBasic chat with peer groups
DGestures and signs
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Cognitively advanced skills
1. NCF separates basic skills from advanced skills.
2. Basic skills suit contextually rich, cognitively undemanding situations such as peer-group talk.
3. Advanced skills are needed in contextually poor, cognitively demanding tasks such as an essay on an abstract issue.
4. So essay writing calls for cognitively advanced language skills.
**Why not the others:** Street talk, peer chat and gestures belong to contextually rich, undemanding situations, so they do not cover abstract essay work.
_Source: NCERT, National Curriculum Framework 2005, section "3.1.2 Home/First language(s) or Mother-tongue education", PDF p. 57 (ncert.nic.in/pdf/nc-framework/nf2005-english.pdf)_
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