Please keep at least one language enabled. / కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
What does the term Hinglish most commonly refer to?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Hinglish commonly refers to discourse that combines elements of Hindi and English.
• The mixture may involve code-switching, code-mixing, borrowing and hybrid word formation.
• It occurs in advertising, cinema, television, music, stand-up comedy and social media.
• Hinglish is not one fixed grammatical system because its form varies across speakers, regions and contexts.
• The mixture may involve code-switching, code-mixing, borrowing and hybrid word formation.
• It occurs in advertising, cinema, television, music, stand-up comedy and social media.
• Hinglish is not one fixed grammatical system because its form varies across speakers, regions and contexts.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
What does the term Tanglish generally denote?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Tanglish generally denotes the mixing of Tamil and English.
• It may appear in conversation, cinema dialogue, advertising, music and digital communication.
• Its forms range from occasional English words in Tamil discourse to complex bilingual switching.
• Similar labels are used for other regional combinations of English and Indian languages.
• It may appear in conversation, cinema dialogue, advertising, music and digital communication.
• Its forms range from occasional English words in Tamil discourse to complex bilingual switching.
• Similar labels are used for other regional combinations of English and Indian languages.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which linguistic practice is illustrated when an English-language advertisement inserts a Hindi phrase into its slogan?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The insertion of a Hindi phrase into an English slogan illustrates code-mixing.
• Advertisers may use such mixing to create familiarity, humour or emotional appeal.
• The mixed expression can address bilingual consumers more directly than a strictly monolingual slogan.
• Code-mixing is a systematic communicative resource rather than random linguistic confusion.
• Advertisers may use such mixing to create familiarity, humour or emotional appeal.
• The mixed expression can address bilingual consumers more directly than a strictly monolingual slogan.
• Code-mixing is a systematic communicative resource rather than random linguistic confusion.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Why do Indian advertisements frequently combine English with regional languages?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• English may suggest modernity, aspiration, technology or global reach in advertising.
• Regional-language elements can create familiarity, emotional connection and local relevance.
• Their combination allows brands to address multilingual audiences through more than one cultural code.
• The effectiveness of the strategy depends on audience, product, region and medium.
• Regional-language elements can create familiarity, emotional connection and local relevance.
• Their combination allows brands to address multilingual audiences through more than one cultural code.
• The effectiveness of the strategy depends on audience, product, region and medium.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which feature is especially common in newspaper headlines?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Newspaper headlines often compress grammar to save space and attract attention.
• Articles, auxiliary verbs and other predictable elements may be omitted.
• Headlines also favour short words, active constructions and striking lexical choices.
• These features belong to headline style and should not automatically be treated as errors in ordinary prose.
• Articles, auxiliary verbs and other predictable elements may be omitted.
• Headlines also favour short words, active constructions and striking lexical choices.
• These features belong to headline style and should not automatically be treated as errors in ordinary prose.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which practice most clearly localises an English-language newspaper for an Indian readership?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Localisation adapts language and content to the knowledge and needs of a particular readership.
• Indian English newspapers may use terms connected with local administration, education, politics, festivals and social life.
• Such vocabulary enables efficient representation of Indian realities.
• Localisation can coexist with internationally intelligible English.
• Indian English newspapers may use terms connected with local administration, education, politics, festivals and social life.
• Such vocabulary enables efficient representation of Indian realities.
• Localisation can coexist with internationally intelligible English.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which statement best describes the function of Indian English in cinema dialogue?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Language choice in cinema contributes to characterisation and social meaning.
• English may index education, profession, urban identity, authority, aspiration or comic distance.
• Characters may shift between English and Indian languages according to participant and situation.
• These associations are flexible conventions rather than fixed truths about every speaker.
• English may index education, profession, urban identity, authority, aspiration or comic distance.
• Characters may shift between English and Indian languages according to participant and situation.
• These associations are flexible conventions rather than fixed truths about every speaker.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
What is the main function of subtitles in multilingual Indian cinema?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Subtitles provide written access to dialogue for viewers who may not know the spoken language.
• They allow the original voices, accents and performances to remain audible.
• Because of space and timing limits, subtitles often condense rather than reproduce every word.
• Effective subtitling balances meaning, readability, cultural context and synchronisation.
• They allow the original voices, accents and performances to remain audible.
• Because of space and timing limits, subtitles often condense rather than reproduce every word.
• Effective subtitling balances meaning, readability, cultural context and synchronisation.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which activity most clearly illustrates linguistic creativity in popular culture?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A bilingual pun activates meanings or sounds from more than one language.
• Such wordplay is common in advertising, film titles, comedy, memes and social media.
• It relies on the audience's shared multilingual knowledge.
• Linguistic creativity often emerges from the productive interaction of languages rather than from strict separation.
• Such wordplay is common in advertising, film titles, comedy, memes and social media.
• It relies on the audience's shared multilingual knowledge.
• Linguistic creativity often emerges from the productive interaction of languages rather than from strict separation.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Why is code-switching useful in stand-up comedy?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Comedians can switch languages to imitate characters, signal intimacy or contrast social identities.
• A punchline may gain force from a sudden movement into a familiar regional language or English register.
• Code-switching also helps performers negotiate multilingual audiences.
• Its comic effect depends on context, timing and the audience's linguistic knowledge.
• A punchline may gain force from a sudden movement into a familiar regional language or English register.
• Code-switching also helps performers negotiate multilingual audiences.
• Its comic effect depends on context, timing and the audience's linguistic knowledge.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which feature is most characteristic of youth language on social media?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Social media encourages rapid circulation of slang, abbreviations, hashtags, memes and mixed-language expressions.
• Young users adapt language to identity, humour, speed and platform conventions.
• Some innovations disappear quickly, while others enter wider popular usage.
• Digital youth language is varied and should not be treated as one uniform code.
• Young users adapt language to identity, humour, speed and platform conventions.
• Some innovations disappear quickly, while others enter wider popular usage.
• Digital youth language is varied and should not be treated as one uniform code.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
What is transliteration in Indian digital communication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Transliteration represents the sounds or letters of one writing system through another script.
• Indian-language messages are frequently typed in the Roman script on digital platforms.
• Transliteration differs from translation because the language may remain the same while the script changes.
• Spellings often vary because informal digital transliteration is not always standardised.
• Indian-language messages are frequently typed in the Roman script on digital platforms.
• Transliteration differs from translation because the language may remain the same while the script changes.
• Spellings often vary because informal digital transliteration is not always standardised.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which statement best distinguishes borrowing from temporary code-mixing?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A borrowed word may become widely accepted and integrated into the vocabulary of another language.
• Code-mixing may involve a speaker's temporary use of an element from another language in a particular interaction.
• The boundary can be difficult to draw when a mixed item becomes frequent and conventional.
• Pronunciation, grammatical integration and community-wide use can help identify established borrowing.
• Code-mixing may involve a speaker's temporary use of an element from another language in a particular interaction.
• The boundary can be difficult to draw when a mixed item becomes frequent and conventional.
• Pronunciation, grammatical integration and community-wide use can help identify established borrowing.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which of the following is the best example of brand language?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Brand language is the recognisable verbal style through which a company communicates its identity.
• It includes vocabulary, tone, slogans, taglines and patterns of addressing consumers.
• In India, brand language may combine English with Hindi or regional languages for different markets.
• Consistency helps audiences recognise the brand across media platforms.
• It includes vocabulary, tone, slogans, taglines and patterns of addressing consumers.
• In India, brand language may combine English with Hindi or regional languages for different markets.
• Consistency helps audiences recognise the brand across media platforms.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
What is the primary function of a slogan in advertising or public communication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A slogan condenses a central message into a brief and memorable expression.
• It may use rhyme, rhythm, repetition, parallelism, punning or code-mixing.
• Effective slogans connect an idea, campaign or product with audience memory.
• Their brevity requires careful lexical and stylistic selection.
• It may use rhyme, rhythm, repetition, parallelism, punning or code-mixing.
• Effective slogans connect an idea, campaign or product with audience memory.
• Their brevity requires careful lexical and stylistic selection.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which comparison between dubbing and subtitling is most accurate?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Dubbing replaces or overlays the original spoken dialogue with a recording in another language.
• Subtitling retains the soundtrack and adds written language on the screen.
• Dubbing must account for timing, performance and some degree of lip synchronisation.
• Subtitling must work within strict limits of space, reading speed and display time.
• Subtitling retains the soundtrack and adds written language on the screen.
• Dubbing must account for timing, performance and some degree of lip synchronisation.
• Subtitling must work within strict limits of space, reading speed and display time.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements.
Statement I: Code-mixed media language may appeal to audiences who share multilingual cultural knowledge.
Statement II: Every code-mixed expression is equally intelligible to all speakers in India.
Statement I: Code-mixed media language may appeal to audiences who share multilingual cultural knowledge.
Statement II: Every code-mixed expression is equally intelligible to all speakers in India.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because code-mixed language can create recognition, solidarity and cultural immediacy.
• Statement II is incorrect because India's audiences differ in language background, region, age and media exposure.
• A Hinglish slogan may be accessible to one audience but difficult for speakers unfamiliar with Hindi.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because India's audiences differ in language background, region, age and media exposure.
• A Hinglish slogan may be accessible to one audience but difficult for speakers unfamiliar with Hindi.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Assertion: Social media accelerates linguistic innovation in Indian English.
Reason: Digital users can rapidly circulate new spellings, abbreviations, memes and mixed-language expressions.
Reason: Digital users can rapidly circulate new spellings, abbreviations, memes and mixed-language expressions.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because digital platforms enable rapid creation, imitation and modification of linguistic forms.
• The Reason is correct because users share innovations immediately across large networks.
• Repetition, remixing and viral circulation can popularise a new expression within a short period.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because users share innovations immediately across large networks.
• Repetition, remixing and viral circulation can popularise a new expression within a short period.
• The Reason therefore correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Hinglish may occur in advertising and cinema.
2. Code-mixing can serve identity and humour.
3. Social media language never uses transliteration.
4. Indian popular culture can create hybrid English expressions.
1. Hinglish may occur in advertising and cinema.
2. Code-mixing can serve identity and humour.
3. Social media language never uses transliteration.
4. Indian popular culture can create hybrid English expressions.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Hinglish is widely used in advertising, cinema and digital media.
• Statement 2 is correct because code-mixing can express identity, solidarity and humour.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Roman-script transliteration of Indian languages is common online.
• Statement 4 is correct because popular culture regularly produces hybrid compounds, slogans and wordplay.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because code-mixing can express identity, solidarity and humour.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Roman-script transliteration of Indian languages is common online.
• Statement 4 is correct because popular culture regularly produces hybrid compounds, slogans and wordplay.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
వివరణ:
Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Match List I with List II.
List I: 1. Hinglish 2. Tanglish 3. Transliteration 4. Brand language
List II: a. Consistent verbal identity of a company b. Tamil–English mixing c. Hindi–English mixing d. Representation of one script through another
List I: 1. Hinglish 2. Tanglish 3. Transliteration 4. Brand language
List II: a. Consistent verbal identity of a company b. Tamil–English mixing c. Hindi–English mixing d. Representation of one script through another
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Hinglish is matched with Hindi–English mixing.
• Tanglish is matched with Tamil–English mixing.
• Transliteration is matched with representing one script through another.
• Brand language is matched with the consistent verbal identity of a company.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a.
• Tanglish is matched with Tamil–English mixing.
• Transliteration is matched with representing one script through another.
• Brand language is matched with the consistent verbal identity of a company.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a.
వివరణ:
Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• A meme is a cultural expression that is copied, adapted and circulated, especially through digital media.
• Code-switching means alternation between languages rather than permanent language abandonment.
• A slogan is a compact memorable expression rather than a full research article.
• Subtitling adds written text while normally retaining the original soundtrack.
• Code-switching means alternation between languages rather than permanent language abandonment.
• A slogan is a compact memorable expression rather than a full research article.
• Subtitling adds written text while normally retaining the original soundtrack.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
A comedian imitates a formal English newsreader and then suddenly shifts into a regional-language colloquial style for the punchline. What does this shift primarily achieve?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The shift contrasts a formal English register with a locally familiar colloquial voice.
• Such contrast can expose social pretension, create surprise or strengthen audience solidarity.
• Comedy often depends on the social meanings attached to accents, languages and registers.
• The switch is therefore a deliberate performance strategy rather than evidence of linguistic failure.
• Such contrast can expose social pretension, create surprise or strengthen audience solidarity.
• Comedy often depends on the social meanings attached to accents, languages and registers.
• The switch is therefore a deliberate performance strategy rather than evidence of linguistic failure.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which principle best explains the popularity of mixed-language music among multilingual youth audiences?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Mixed-language lyrics allow performers to connect local identities with global musical genres.
• English may be combined with Hindi or regional languages for rhythm, rhyme, style and audience appeal.
• The mixture can represent urban experience, migration, aspiration or regional pride.
• Language choice in music is artistic and social rather than merely a response to lexical gaps.
• English may be combined with Hindi or regional languages for rhythm, rhyme, style and audience appeal.
• The mixture can represent urban experience, migration, aspiration or regional pride.
• Language choice in music is artistic and social rather than merely a response to lexical gaps.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which media strategy is most likely to maximise communication with a linguistically diverse Indian audience?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Effective media communication begins with analysis of the intended audience.
• Language, script, translation and code-mixing should be selected according to region, age, platform and purpose.
• A national campaign may require several versions rather than one supposedly universal message.
• Audience-sensitive adaptation supports intelligibility without eliminating linguistic creativity.
• Language, script, translation and code-mixing should be selected according to region, age, platform and purpose.
• A national campaign may require several versions rather than one supposedly universal message.
• Audience-sensitive adaptation supports intelligibility without eliminating linguistic creativity.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which interpretation provides the most balanced understanding of Indian English in popular culture?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Indian English in popular culture develops through interaction with Hindi and numerous regional languages.
• Media creators use mixing, borrowing, transliteration, wordplay and local idioms for specific effects.
• These practices express identities and respond to commercial, artistic and communicative needs.
• The result is dynamic linguistic creativity rather than a single uniform variety.
• Media creators use mixing, borrowing, transliteration, wordplay and local idioms for specific effects.
• These practices express identities and respond to commercial, artistic and communicative needs.
• The result is dynamic linguistic creativity rather than a single uniform variety.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. A flexible mixture of Hindi and English in speech or writing సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. A mixture of Tamil and English సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Code-mixing సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. To combine modern or global associations with local identity and accessibility సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. Compressed grammar and omission of predictable words సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: A. Using Indian institutional terms, cultural references and locally familiar expressions సమాధానం: A.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. It can help construct character, education, region, profession and social identity. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. To make dialogue accessible across linguistic audiences while preserving the original soundtrack సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Creating a bilingual pun that depends on meanings from two languages సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. It can mark changes in voice, identity, audience alignment and punchline. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Rapid innovation through slang, memes, abbreviations and code-mixing సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. The representation of words from one script through the characters of another script సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: B. A borrowed item may become established in the receiving language, while code-mixing can remain interaction-specific. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: C. A consistent verbal style used by a company across slogans, advertisements and public communication సమాధానం: C.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: A. To express a memorable message in a compact form సమాధానం: A.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Dubbing replaces spoken dialogue with another-language recording, while subtitling provides written translation. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. Meme — A digitally circulated and repeatedly adapted cultural expression సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. It creates contrast between registers and identities for comic effect. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Mixed lyrics can combine rhythm, identity, local experience and global cultural forms. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. Adapting language choice, translation and code-mixing to the intended audience సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: C. It is a creative multilingual resource shaped by media, identity, commerce, humour and changing youth practices. సమాధానం: C.