Karnataka II PUC Urdu (KSEAB) case studies
Karnataka II PUC Urdu (KSEAB) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Karnataka II PUC Urdu is the second-year pre-university course in Urdu offered under the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB), usually taken in the second year of the two-year pre-university programme. It is chosen by students who want a full literature-based language subject alongside their science, commerce or arts combinations, and it also serves candidates appearing privately or repeating the subject. The Karnataka II PUC Urdu (KSEAB) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,072 words.
1Marking an Interpretation Mark: When a Script Disagrees with the Key
You are the subject convenor for Urdu in a district pre-board examination taken by 62 second-PUC students. Question 4 of the Nasr section carries 4 marks: «Trace the change in the narrator's attitude towards his father and state what the lesson asks the reader to take away.» The provisional key awards 2 marks for the change (one per textual moment) and 2 marks for naming the lesson's stated message - respect for the dignity of labour.
630 words, about 3 min2Qafiya, Radif and a Key That Lists Only Two Devices
You are marking the Ghazal section of a 100-mark model paper. Question 22 prints a couplet and asks: (a) identify the qafiya and the radif (1 mark); (b) name one poetic device used in the couplet and justify it from the words on the page (2 marks).
595 words, about 3 min3One Mark, Three Scripts: Case, Ergativity and Spelling in Qawaid
You are marking the Qawaid section of an internal test: 15 one-mark items, no half marks, key fixed in advance. Item 7 asks for the nominative plural of «kitaab» (key: kitaabein; accept kutub).
589 words, about 3 min4Precis Marking: Accurate but Overlong, Brief but Thin
You are setting and marking the Insha section of a 100-mark model paper. The précis item gives a 210-word passage on the usefulness of reading newspapers and asks for a précis in about 70 words, for 5 marks.
631 words, about 3 min5Idioms, Additions and Script: Marking Five Translation Items
You are marking the Tarjuma section: five items, one mark each, no half marks. Two items are idiomatic - «us ke haath-paon phool gaye» and «aag babula hona».
627 words, about 3 min