alleryNCERT asks language purism to yield to tolerance of:
AStrict monolingualism
BLiteral translation
CCode-switching
DSilent reading alone
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Code-switching
1. NCERT looks at removing the barriers between languages in the primary school.
2. It suggests English can occur in tandem with the first language in early classes.
3. Linguistic purism, whether of English or Indian languages, must yield.
4. It must yield to a tolerance of code-switching and code-mixing, if necessary.
5. Strict monolingualism would be a form of purism.
6. So the tolerance asked for is of code-switching and code-mixing.
**Why the other options fail:**
- Strict monolingualism is a form of the purism being rejected.
- Literal translation is not what is asked.
- And silent reading alone says nothing about mixing languages.
_Source: NCERT, Position Paper of the National Focus Group on Teaching of English (2006), section "3.4.1 Multilingualism in the English class or school", PDF p. 21 (ncert.nic.in/pdf/focus-group/english.pdf)_
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