The role of English language in Pakistani education is seen as ____ arrangement by every policy.

• A) consistent
• B) interim
• C) none of the given options
• D) permanent

Urdu is written in a modified version of the _____ script from right to left.

• A) Persian
• B) French
• C) English
• D) Arabic

During the recent years, children of Punjabis do not have Punjabi as their first language and ___ has taken its place.

• A) Urdu
• B) Sindhi
• C) Persian
• D) English

In N.W.F.P. ____ is the language of majority.

• A) Sindhi
• B) English
• C) Persian
• D) Pashto

Which of the following languages is the language of power in Pakistan?

• A) Punjabi
• B) French
• C) English
• D) Urdu

English is compulsory language from class 1 in all schools of ___.

• A) All of the given options
• B) Peshawar
• C) Punjab
• D) Baluchistan

Which of the following is the official language in Pakistan?

• A) Urdu
• B) English
• C) Punjabi
• D) Sindhi

According to researchers, failure in English examinations in Pakistan is mainly because of flawed pedagogy and_____.

• A) class room management
• B) material design
• C) students’ learning styles
• D) parents involvement

Which of the following languages is considered the official language for schooling soon after the Pakistan’s independence?

• A) Urdu
• B) Punjabi
• C) English
• D) French

English language in Pakistan has proved to be more of a weapon of linguistic ______.

• A) change
• B) variety
• C) imperialism
• D) diversity

There are various regional languages but _____ has a unique status in Pakistan.

• A) Punjabi
• B) Urdu
• C) Sindhi
• D) English

In Pakistan within the hierarchy of languages English comes on the top, second position goes to_____.

• A) Pashto
• B) Urdu
• C) Punjabi
• D) Sindhi

English is a compulsory language from class VI to BA in all schools, the exception being Sindh and ____.

• A) Baluchistan
• B) Peshawar
• C) Punjab
• D) All of the given options

The functionality of languages is determined by ______.

• A) linguists
• B) speakers
• C) society
• D) culture

Media has ________ the language choices in Pakistan.

• A) narrowed
• B) broadened
• C) influenced
• D) motivated

Decreolization can be termed as changes which bring a ____closer to its superstrate language.

• A) language
• B) creole
• C) dialect
• D) pidigin

The range of varieties spanning between basilect and acrolect is called a ______ continuum.

• A) pre & post creole
• B) post creole
• C) creole
• D) pre creole

Sociolinguists call the creole the____.

• A) Acrolect
• B) Style
• C) Dialect
• D) Basilect

A less prestigious dialect or variety of a particular language is known as ------------.

• A) mesolect
• B) basilect
• C) acrolect
• D) lect

The process whereby a community of speakers of a language shifts to speaking a completely different language, usually over an extended period of time is called
-----------.

• A) language transfer
• B) all the given options
• C) language shift
• D) language replacement