MCQ Bank
Early vs. late immersion programs in Canada have given ________ results.
- A) balanced
- B) mixed
- C) biased
- D) expected
Charter for regional and minority languages was in the spirit for ______.
- A) integration
- B) insecurity
- C) image creation
- D) inequality
Which of the following is not a community’s language right?
- A) Secure linguistic environment
- B) Social opportunities
- C) Cultural self-reproduction
- D) Respected by others
Adult bilingualism supports to learn ______ in life.
- A) better
- B) later
- C) only once
- D) earlier
Which of the following is NOT one of the actors in language planning?
- A) International institutions
- B) Individuals
- C) Governments
- D) Local institutions
The acronym GIDS stands for ___________.
- A) Graded Intergenerational Disrupted Scale
- B) Graded Intra-generational Disrupted Scale
- C) Graded intra-national Disrupted Scale
- D) Graded International Disrupted Scale
At which age, bilingual children can choose to speak one language or the other?
- A) Three years
- B) Four years
- C) Two years
- D) One year
Who can acquire an additional language unconsciously without even thinking about it?
- A) Adults
- B) Elders
- C) Children
- D) Infants
Which of the following is NOT true for a child's bilingual development?
- A) Acceptance for mistakes
- B) Visual materials
- C) Simple communicative needs
- D) Higher expectations
According to Kaplan and Baldauf (1997), if we are using any language in education, we should know their ____ in the curriculum.
- A) complexity
- B) design
- C) status
- D) role
If language development is not a choice, it is ______.
- A) not obligatory
- B) obligatory
- C) temporary
- D) important
Language shift ultimately causes language _________.
- A) death
- B) revitalization
- C) barrier
- D) diversity
What is the status of language ideology in Pakistan?
- A) More prestige to Punjabi
- B) More prestige to English
- C) More prestige to Sindhi
- D) More prestige to Urdu
Which of the following is the symbol for national identity in Pakistan?
- A) Persian
- B) Urdu
- C) English
- D) Punjabi
Which of the following is the example of formal learning context?
- A) Market
- B) Home
- C) Radio
- D) School
The imposition of certain languages in schools is a political and _________ decision.
- A) social
- B) ideological
- C) cultural
- D) religious
Language codes are _____________.
- A) equal
- B) not fixed
- C) static
- D) fixed
A ________________ is generally taught to students in the schools.
- A) standard
- B) creole
- C) pidgin
- D) native
The creoles are lexically and structurally ________________ in nature.
- A) complex
- B) easy
- C) simple
- D) artless
The role of language ____________ is to legitimize a language.
- A) policy
- B) learning
- C) construction
- D) academics