WBBSE Madhyamik First Language Santali case studies
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The WBBSE Madhyamik First Language Santali paper is the Class 10 board examination taken by students in West Bengal who choose Santali as their first language rather than Bengali or English. It is designed for candidates, mainly from Santali-speaking communities in the western districts and beyond, who have studied the language as a full school subject and want formal board certification of their reading, writing and literary competence. The WBBSE Madhyamik First Language Santali case studies are 5 cases and about 2,858 words.
1Moderating a 6-mark prose inference answer: price detail versus motive
At a district trial for the Madhyamik First Language Santali paper, 38 scripts are being moderated. Item 3 carries 6 marks: 'The narrator’s grandmother refuses a buyer’s offer of forty rupees for a brass pot.
615 words, about 3 min2Settling simile versus personification in an unseen poetry item
A school’s half-yearly Santali poetry section includes a 3-mark item on an unseen four-line poem: 'The moon walks like a bride / across the quiet courtyard; / the stars are children / who have lost their way.' Students must identify one figure of speech and explain its effect. Script A says: 'Simile, because the moon is compared to a bride using "like".
541 words, about 3 min3Wrong poet, right reading: applying a literature rubric without double penalty
In a 5-mark literature question, students must name the poet of a prescribed Santali poem and explain the occasion that prompted it. The printed context note says the poem first appeared in a Santali magazine in the 1940s and is set at a village spring festival.
539 words, about 3 min4Voiding a sentence-transformation item that imports an English passive
A 2-mark grammar item in the Santali trial paper asks students to transform 'The hunter killed the deer in the forest' so that the sentence begins with 'The deer'. The item is printed in Santali, but the moderation meeting uses an English gloss.
570 words, about 3 min5Marking a 5-mark notice: format conventions versus clear content
A 5-mark notice item reads: 'Your school is holding a Santali cultural programme on 21 February. Write a notice for the school noticeboard giving the date, time, venue and one instruction for participants.' Script D reads: 'Notice - All students are informed that our school is organising a Santali cultural programme on 21 February.
593 words, about 3 min