Please keep at least one language enabled. / కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which statement best describes article use in Indian English?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Indian English uses the English article system, but patterns of omission or insertion may vary across speakers.
• Many Indian languages organise definiteness differently and may not have articles equivalent to English a, an and the.
• First-language influence can therefore affect article choice.
• Such variation is not uniform across all Indian English speakers.
• Many Indian languages organise definiteness differently and may not have articles equivalent to English a, an and the.
• First-language influence can therefore affect article choice.
• Such variation is not uniform across all Indian English speakers.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which sentence illustrates omission of an article where Standard British and American English would normally require one?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The sentence She is teacher omits the indefinite article before a singular count noun used as a profession.
• Standard British and American English would normally use She is a teacher.
• Article omission may occur in some Indian English usage under first-language influence.
• The other options contain conventional article patterns.
• Standard British and American English would normally use She is a teacher.
• Article omission may occur in some Indian English usage under first-language influence.
• The other options contain conventional article patterns.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which feature is illustrated by the sentence I am knowing the answer?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The verb know is usually stative and generally occurs in the simple present in many standard varieties.
• The sentence uses the progressive construction with a stative verb.
• Extended progressive use has been noted in some Indian English contexts.
• The more widely accepted international form is I know the answer.
• The sentence uses the progressive construction with a stative verb.
• Extended progressive use has been noted in some Indian English contexts.
• The more widely accepted international form is I know the answer.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which sentence contains a progressive form that is conventional in international Standard English?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Work is a dynamic verb and readily occurs in the progressive when an ongoing activity is intended.
• Understand, own and believe are normally stative in these meanings.
• Progressive stative constructions may occur in some varieties, including Indian English, but they are less widely accepted in formal international usage.
• The fourth sentence therefore shows the conventional progressive use.
• Understand, own and believe are normally stative in these meanings.
• Progressive stative constructions may occur in some varieties, including Indian English, but they are less widely accepted in formal international usage.
• The fourth sentence therefore shows the conventional progressive use.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which question tag is commonly associated with informal Indian English as a generalized tag?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Isn't it? may function as a generalized invariant tag in some informal Indian English usage.
• In many British and American varieties, the tag normally agrees with the auxiliary and subject of the main clause.
• A generalized tag can perform interpersonal functions such as seeking confirmation or agreement.
• Its use varies according to region, register and speaker.
• In many British and American varieties, the tag normally agrees with the auxiliary and subject of the main clause.
• A generalized tag can perform interpersonal functions such as seeking confirmation or agreement.
• Its use varies according to region, register and speaker.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which sentence follows the usual auxiliary agreement pattern of Standard English question tags?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The tag aren't you agrees with the auxiliary are and the subject you.
• Standard question tags usually reverse polarity and repeat the appropriate auxiliary.
• The other options contain mismatches between the main clause and the tag.
• Generalized tags may occur in informal Indian English, but the first option follows the widely taught standard pattern.
• Standard question tags usually reverse polarity and repeat the appropriate auxiliary.
• The other options contain mismatches between the main clause and the tag.
• Generalized tags may occur in informal Indian English, but the first option follows the widely taught standard pattern.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
What is reduplication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Reduplication involves repeating a word or part of a word.
• In Indian English, expressions such as small small or different different may reflect patterns found in Indian languages.
• Reduplication can express distributive meaning, emphasis, variety or repeated occurrence.
• It is a word-formation and discourse strategy rather than simple accidental repetition.
• In Indian English, expressions such as small small or different different may reflect patterns found in Indian languages.
• Reduplication can express distributive meaning, emphasis, variety or repeated occurrence.
• It is a word-formation and discourse strategy rather than simple accidental repetition.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
In Indian English, what does the expression different different designs most commonly suggest?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The reduplicated adjective different different commonly conveys plurality or variety.
• It may be understood as several different or various.
• The expression reflects contact with reduplicative patterns in Indian languages.
• It is especially common in informal speech and locally oriented communication.
• It may be understood as several different or various.
• The expression reflects contact with reduplicative patterns in Indian languages.
• It is especially common in informal speech and locally oriented communication.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which Indian English expression refers to discussions held to consider or finalise a proposed marriage alliance?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Marriage talk is an Indian English expression for discussions concerning a proposed marriage alliance.
• It reflects local social practices and a productive pattern of English compounding in India.
• Marriage bureau refers to an agency, while marriage hall refers to a wedding venue.
• Matchmaker refers to a person who helps arrange a marriage.
• It reflects local social practices and a productive pattern of English compounding in India.
• Marriage bureau refers to an agency, while marriage hall refers to a wedding venue.
• Matchmaker refers to a person who helps arrange a marriage.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which expression is a well-established Indian English compound for a venue used for wedding ceremonies and receptions?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Marriage hall is a common Indian English compound for a building or venue used for wedding functions.
• It combines ordinary English words in a locally conventional way.
• The expression is widely intelligible within India and appears in commercial and administrative contexts.
• The other compounds are not equally established in this meaning.
• It combines ordinary English words in a locally conventional way.
• The expression is widely intelligible within India and appears in commercial and administrative contexts.
• The other compounds are not equally established in this meaning.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which word of Indian origin entered global English with the meaning a light cotton or woollen garment or wrap?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Shawl entered English from a South Asian linguistic background and became internationally established.
• It refers to a piece of cloth worn around the shoulders or upper body.
• Panchayat, tehsil and lakh are also Indian-origin terms, but they denote a local council, an administrative subdivision and a numerical unit respectively.
• Loanwords demonstrate the historical influence of Indian languages on English vocabulary.
• It refers to a piece of cloth worn around the shoulders or upper body.
• Panchayat, tehsil and lakh are also Indian-origin terms, but they denote a local council, an administrative subdivision and a numerical unit respectively.
• Loanwords demonstrate the historical influence of Indian languages on English vocabulary.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which Indian English administrative term refers to a subdistrict revenue division in several parts of India?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Tehsil refers to an administrative or revenue subdivision below the district level in several Indian States.
• The official title and exact administrative structure vary by State.
• Bungalow, verandah and jungle are Indian-origin words that entered wider English with non-administrative meanings.
• Administrative vocabulary often preserves terms drawn from Persian, Arabic and Indian languages.
• The official title and exact administrative structure vary by State.
• Bungalow, verandah and jungle are Indian-origin words that entered wider English with non-administrative meanings.
• Administrative vocabulary often preserves terms drawn from Persian, Arabic and Indian languages.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
In Indian numerical usage, one lakh is equal to which number?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• One lakh equals one hundred thousand.
• The Indian numbering system groups large numbers using units such as lakh and crore.
• These terms are standard in Indian administration, finance, journalism and everyday communication.
• One crore equals ten million.
• The Indian numbering system groups large numbers using units such as lakh and crore.
• These terms are standard in Indian administration, finance, journalism and everyday communication.
• One crore equals ten million.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which sentence illustrates the Indian English semantic extension of the verb pass out?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• In Indian English, pass out may mean graduate from or complete a course at an institution.
• In many other English varieties, pass out most commonly means lose consciousness or distribute items.
• The sentence She passed out of college uses the Indian English educational meaning.
• This is an example of semantic extension rather than a newly borrowed word.
• In many other English varieties, pass out most commonly means lose consciousness or distribute items.
• The sentence She passed out of college uses the Indian English educational meaning.
• This is an example of semantic extension rather than a newly borrowed word.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
In Indian English, the noun batch commonly refers to what?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Batch commonly refers to a cohort of students or trainees who study or qualify together.
• The word has broader meanings in international English, including a quantity produced at one time.
• Indian English extends the cohort meaning widely across educational and professional settings.
• Expressions such as the 2024 batch are common and readily understood in India.
• The word has broader meanings in international English, including a quantity produced at one time.
• Indian English extends the cohort meaning widely across educational and professional settings.
• Expressions such as the 2024 batch are common and readily understood in India.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
What does prepone mean in Indian English?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Prepone means to move an event to an earlier time or date.
• It was formed by analogy with postpone.
• The word is highly productive and widely understood in Indian English.
• It is increasingly recognised internationally, although advance or move forward may be preferred in some global contexts.
• It was formed by analogy with postpone.
• The word is highly productive and widely understood in Indian English.
• It is increasingly recognised internationally, although advance or move forward may be preferred in some global contexts.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which process created the word prepone?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Prepone was formed analogically in relation to postpone.
• Speakers interpreted post- as meaning later and created pre- to express earlier.
• The result is often described as an Indian English innovation involving back-formation and analogy.
• It is not an acronym, clipping or reduplicated expression.
• Speakers interpreted post- as meaning later and created pre- to express earlier.
• The result is often described as an Indian English innovation involving back-formation and analogy.
• It is not an acronym, clipping or reduplicated expression.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which expression is a hybrid formation combining English with a South Asian lexical element?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Lathi charge combines the South Asian word lathi with the English word charge.
• It refers to police action involving the use of long sticks or batons to disperse a crowd.
• The expression is common in Indian administrative and journalistic English.
• It illustrates hybrid compounding in a multilingual contact environment.
• It refers to police action involving the use of long sticks or batons to disperse a crowd.
• The expression is common in Indian administrative and journalistic English.
• It illustrates hybrid compounding in a multilingual contact environment.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which term is associated with Indian administrative English and denotes the office or administrative establishment of a district collector?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Collectorate commonly refers to the office or administrative establishment of a district collector.
• In some contexts, it may also refer to the building housing district administrative offices.
• The term reflects the institutional vocabulary of colonial and postcolonial administration.
• The other options belong to different religious, historical or legal contexts.
• In some contexts, it may also refer to the building housing district administrative offices.
• The term reflects the institutional vocabulary of colonial and postcolonial administration.
• The other options belong to different religious, historical or legal contexts.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Prepone means move an event to an earlier time or date.
• Batch commonly refers to a cohort of students or trainees.
• Pass out may mean graduate in Indian educational usage.
• Do the needful means take the necessary action, not refuse to act.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
• Batch commonly refers to a cohort of students or trainees.
• Pass out may mean graduate in Indian educational usage.
• Do the needful means take the necessary action, not refuse to act.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Match List I with List II.
List I: 1. Lakh 2. Tehsil 3. Prepone 4. Reduplication
List II: a. Move an event earlier b. Repetition for emphasis or distributive meaning c. One hundred thousand d. Administrative subdivision
List I: 1. Lakh 2. Tehsil 3. Prepone 4. Reduplication
List II: a. Move an event earlier b. Repetition for emphasis or distributive meaning c. One hundred thousand d. Administrative subdivision
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Lakh is matched with one hundred thousand.
• Tehsil is matched with an administrative subdivision.
• Prepone is matched with moving an event to an earlier time.
• Reduplication is matched with repetition used for emphasis, distribution or related functions.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
• Tehsil is matched with an administrative subdivision.
• Prepone is matched with moving an event to an earlier time.
• Reduplication is matched with repetition used for emphasis, distribution or related functions.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Consider the following statements.
Statement I: Indian English vocabulary includes loanwords from languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi.
Statement II: Every Indianism is necessarily unintelligible outside India.
Statement I: Indian English vocabulary includes loanwords from languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi.
Statement II: Every Indianism is necessarily unintelligible outside India.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Indian English has absorbed vocabulary from many Indian languages.
• Statement II is incorrect because several Indianisms are internationally known or readily interpretable from context.
• Words such as bungalow, jungle, guru and yoga have become part of global English.
• Other items may remain culture-specific and require explanation for unfamiliar audiences.
• Statement II is incorrect because several Indianisms are internationally known or readily interpretable from context.
• Words such as bungalow, jungle, guru and yoga have become part of global English.
• Other items may remain culture-specific and require explanation for unfamiliar audiences.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Assertion: Some Indian English idioms are best understood in relation to local institutions and cultural practices.
Reason: Varieties of English develop vocabulary and meanings suited to the communicative needs of their communities.
Reason: Varieties of English develop vocabulary and meanings suited to the communicative needs of their communities.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because expressions concerning education, administration, family and public life often reflect Indian contexts.
• The Reason is correct because living language varieties adapt to local communicative needs.
• This process produces semantic extensions, compounds, idioms and borrowed vocabulary.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because living language varieties adapt to local communicative needs.
• This process produces semantic extensions, compounds, idioms and borrowed vocabulary.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Indian English may extend the progressive aspect to some stative verbs.
2. Reduplication can express variety or distributive meaning.
3. Indian English vocabulary contains no words from Indian languages.
4. Administrative English in India includes locally established terms.
1. Indian English may extend the progressive aspect to some stative verbs.
2. Reduplication can express variety or distributive meaning.
3. Indian English vocabulary contains no words from Indian languages.
4. Administrative English in India includes locally established terms.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because progressive stative forms occur in some Indian English usage.
• Statement 2 is correct because reduplication may convey plurality, variety or distribution.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Indian English contains many loanwords from Indian languages.
• Statement 4 is correct because terms such as tehsil and collectorate occur in administrative usage.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because reduplication may convey plurality, variety or distribution.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Indian English contains many loanwords from Indian languages.
• Statement 4 is correct because terms such as tehsil and collectorate occur in administrative usage.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
వివరణ:
Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
A writer addressing an international audience replaces kindly revert back at the earliest with please reply as soon as possible. Which principle is being applied?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The revised wording preserves the intended request while making it more widely transparent.
• Revert is often used in Indian professional English to mean reply, while in other varieties it more commonly means return to a previous state.
• Back is also redundant when revert is used in its traditional sense.
• Adapting vocabulary to the audience is a matter of intelligibility and register, not linguistic inferiority.
• Revert is often used in Indian professional English to mean reply, while in other varieties it more commonly means return to a previous state.
• Back is also redundant when revert is used in its traditional sense.
• Adapting vocabulary to the audience is a matter of intelligibility and register, not linguistic inferiority.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Article use may vary under the influence of Indian languages and local usage patterns సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. She is teacher in a government school. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Progressive marking with a stative verb సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. He is working in the office now. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. Isn't it? సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: A. You are coming tomorrow, aren't you? సమాధానం: A.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: B. The repetition of a whole word or part of a word for a grammatical or expressive function సమాధానం: B.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Various or several distinct designs సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: D. Marriage talk సమాధానం: D.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Marriage hall సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Shawl సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. Tehsil సమాధానం: B.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: C. 100,000 సమాధానం: C.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: D. She passed out of college in 2025. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: D. A group of students admitted, trained or graduating together సమాధానం: D.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. To move an event to an earlier time or date సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. Back-formation or analogical formation from postpone సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. Lathi charge సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: D. Collectorate సమాధానం: D.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. Do the needful — Refuse to take action సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: B. Adapting localized usage to maximise wider intelligibility సమాధానం: B.