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General Indian English and English as a global language

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these languages has the most speakers?

a)

Chinese

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

English

2.

Which of these languages is spoken as an official language in the most countries?

a)

Spanish

b)

French

c)

English

d)

Russian

3.

India is mentioned as a county where English is a second language.

a)

True

b)

False

4.
English is eclipsed only by what language in terms of the actual number of speakers?
a)
Spanish
b)
Arabic
c)
Mandarin Chinese
5.
Do speakers of English as  second language outnumber those who speak it as a first language?
a)
No
b)
Yes
6.
What are the only languages that do not change?
a)
English and Latin
b)
English and French
c)
Latin and Sanskrit
7.
Define Esperanto
a)
an artificial universal language
b)
a universal language
8.
The English language has its origins with which tribes?
a)
Saxons and Angles
b)
Vikings and Angles
9.
In which country is English not spoken as a first language by the majority of the population?
a)
India
b)
Jamaica
c)
South Africa
10.

What % of the information stored on computers worldwide is in English?

a)

51%

b)

65%

c)

82%

d)

96%

11.

A language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different is called a .......

a)

global language

b)

universal language

c)

lingua franca

d)

esperanto

12.

What are the factors that decide a global language?

a)

learned and spoken internationally,

b)

number of its native and second language speakers

c)

its geographical distribution

d)

None of the above

13.

Which is not an hybrid item?

a)

lathi-charge,

b)

tiffin-carrier,

c)

non-Brahmin,

d)

dining leaf

14.

What is the pronunciation of rubber?

a)

/ r ʌ b ə /

b)

/ r ʌ bb ə /

c)

/ r a b ə /

d)

/ r ab bə /

15.

Which is the vowel sound that represents central vowels in GIE?

a)

/ ʌ /,

b)

/ ɜ: /

c)

/ ə /

d)

None of the above