Please keep at least one language enabled. / కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which statement best describes the influence of globalization on English in India?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Globalization has expanded the functions of English in business, technology, higher education, media and global mobility.
• English often connects Indian professionals and institutions with international networks.
• Regional languages continue to flourish and interact with English in multilingual communication.
• Globalization therefore produces expansion and linguistic contact rather than complete language replacement.
• English often connects Indian professionals and institutions with international networks.
• Regional languages continue to flourish and interact with English in multilingual communication.
• Globalization therefore produces expansion and linguistic contact rather than complete language replacement.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Why did English become especially important in India's information technology sector?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• English is widely used in software documentation, technical education and communication with international clients.
• It helps geographically dispersed teams coordinate projects and share specialised knowledge.
• Programming and digital work can also occur through Indian languages and multilingual interfaces.
• The importance of English arises from global professional practice rather than inherent technological superiority.
• It helps geographically dispersed teams coordinate projects and share specialised knowledge.
• Programming and digital work can also occur through Indian languages and multilingual interfaces.
• The importance of English arises from global professional practice rather than inherent technological superiority.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
What does business process outsourcing primarily involve?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Business process outsourcing involves assigning particular operations to an external organisation.
• Common services include customer support, data processing, finance, technical assistance and back-office work.
• India's skilled workforce and English-language resources contributed to the growth of the sector.
• Outsourcing does not necessarily require the transfer of an entire company.
• Common services include customer support, data processing, finance, technical assistance and back-office work.
• India's skilled workforce and English-language resources contributed to the growth of the sector.
• Outsourcing does not necessarily require the transfer of an entire company.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which ability is most important for effective workplace English in a multinational team?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Multinational workplaces require clear and purposeful communication among speakers of different English varieties.
• Employees need skills such as clarification, summarising, active listening and audience-sensitive language use.
• Successful communication does not depend on perfect imitation of one national accent.
• Collaboration and intelligibility are more important than unnecessary linguistic complexity.
• Employees need skills such as clarification, summarising, active listening and audience-sensitive language use.
• Successful communication does not depend on perfect imitation of one national accent.
• Collaboration and intelligibility are more important than unnecessary linguistic complexity.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which feature is particularly common in informal digital communication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Informal digital communication frequently uses abbreviations, emojis, hashtags, code-mixing and unconventional spelling.
• These features can express emotion, identity, humour and conversational tone.
• Their use varies according to platform, audience and communicative purpose.
• Formal academic and professional contexts may require different digital-language conventions.
• These features can express emotion, identity, humour and conversational tone.
• Their use varies according to platform, audience and communicative purpose.
• Formal academic and professional contexts may require different digital-language conventions.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which of the following is an example of asynchronous digital communication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Asynchronous communication does not require participants to interact at the same time.
• Email, discussion boards and recorded messages are common examples.
• Video conferences and telephone calls are generally synchronous because participants communicate in real time.
• Asynchronous communication allows greater flexibility across schedules and time zones.
• Email, discussion boards and recorded messages are common examples.
• Video conferences and telephone calls are generally synchronous because participants communicate in real time.
• Asynchronous communication allows greater flexibility across schedules and time zones.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which challenge can most directly affect participation in online education?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Online education depends on access to suitable devices, reliable connectivity and digital skills.
• Learners from different regions and economic backgrounds may have unequal access to these resources.
• This inequality is commonly discussed as part of the digital divide.
• Recorded lectures and downloadable resources can improve flexibility but do not remove every access barrier.
• Learners from different regions and economic backgrounds may have unequal access to these resources.
• This inequality is commonly discussed as part of the digital divide.
• Recorded lectures and downloadable resources can improve flexibility but do not remove every access barrier.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which is a legitimate educational use of artificial intelligence in English-language learning?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Artificial intelligence tools can provide language practice, adaptive exercises, feedback and conversational support.
• They may help learners work at different proficiency levels and receive immediate responses.
• Teachers remain necessary for judgement, motivation, contextualisation and ethical guidance.
• Artificial intelligence output must be checked because it can contain errors or inappropriate information.
• They may help learners work at different proficiency levels and receive immediate responses.
• Teachers remain necessary for judgement, motivation, contextualisation and ethical guidance.
• Artificial intelligence output must be checked because it can contain errors or inappropriate information.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which risk is particularly associated with the uncritical use of generative artificial intelligence?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Generative artificial intelligence may produce plausible but inaccurate or fabricated content.
• Its output can also reproduce biases present in training data or system design.
• Users should verify important claims through reliable sources.
• Academic use also requires attention to originality, disclosure, privacy and institutional rules.
• Its output can also reproduce biases present in training data or system design.
• Users should verify important claims through reliable sources.
• Academic use also requires attention to originality, disclosure, privacy and institutional rules.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which example best illustrates code-mixing in Indian social media communication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Code-mixing involves inserting elements from one language into discourse structured mainly through another.
• Indian social media users frequently mix English with Hindi and regional languages.
• Such mixing can express identity, humour, intimacy and local cultural meaning.
• It is a productive multilingual practice rather than evidence of language deficiency.
• Indian social media users frequently mix English with Hindi and regional languages.
• Such mixing can express identity, humour, intimacy and local cultural meaning.
• It is a productive multilingual practice rather than evidence of language deficiency.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which communication strategy is most useful when Indian professionals interact with speakers of unfamiliar English varieties?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Accommodation involves adjusting language to improve communication with particular listeners.
• Speakers may slow down, paraphrase, clarify technical terms or confirm understanding.
• These strategies support communication across accents and varieties.
• Global mobility requires flexibility rather than rigid dependence on one national standard.
• Speakers may slow down, paraphrase, clarify technical terms or confirm understanding.
• These strategies support communication across accents and varieties.
• Global mobility requires flexibility rather than rigid dependence on one national standard.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
What is meant by a new digital variety of English?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Digital varieties emerge through repeated language practices on social media, messaging platforms, games and online communities.
• They may contain abbreviations, memes, hashtags, multimodal signs and multilingual forms.
• Different platforms and communities develop distinct stylistic conventions.
• Digital English is therefore dynamic and internally diverse.
• They may contain abbreviations, memes, hashtags, multimodal signs and multilingual forms.
• Different platforms and communities develop distinct stylistic conventions.
• Digital English is therefore dynamic and internally diverse.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which term is commonly used for language features associated with internet and computer-mediated communication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Netspeak is a broad term for language practices associated with internet communication.
• It may include abbreviations, compressed syntax, emoticons, emojis, hashtags and creative typography.
• The precise features differ across platforms and user communities.
• Diglossia, lexicography and philology refer to different linguistic concepts.
• It may include abbreviations, compressed syntax, emoticons, emojis, hashtags and creative typography.
• The precise features differ across platforms and user communities.
• Diglossia, lexicography and philology refer to different linguistic concepts.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
What is multimodality in digital communication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Multimodality combines several modes of communication within one text or interaction.
• A social media post may integrate written language, images, audio, video, emojis and hyperlinks.
• Meaning emerges through the interaction of these different resources.
• Digital literacy therefore involves more than the ability to read and write conventional prose.
• A social media post may integrate written language, images, audio, video, emojis and hyperlinks.
• Meaning emerges through the interaction of these different resources.
• Digital literacy therefore involves more than the ability to read and write conventional prose.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
What is algorithmic bias?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Algorithmic bias occurs when automated systems produce systematically unfair outcomes.
• Bias may enter through unrepresentative data, design assumptions or patterns of social inequality.
• Language technologies may perform unevenly across accents, dialects or multilingual users.
• Responsible development requires testing, transparency and attention to linguistic diversity.
• Bias may enter through unrepresentative data, design assumptions or patterns of social inequality.
• Language technologies may perform unevenly across accents, dialects or multilingual users.
• Responsible development requires testing, transparency and attention to linguistic diversity.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which process involves adapting digital content to the language and cultural expectations of a particular market?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Localisation adapts software, websites, interfaces and content to a particular linguistic and cultural context.
• It may involve translation, date formats, currency, examples, images and user-interface design.
• Effective localisation goes beyond literal word substitution.
• In multilingual India, localisation can improve access to digital services.
• It may involve translation, date formats, currency, examples, images and user-interface design.
• Effective localisation goes beyond literal word substitution.
• In multilingual India, localisation can improve access to digital services.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements.
Statement I: Digital communication can accelerate linguistic innovation.
Statement II: Online expressions can spread rapidly through imitation, sharing and adaptation.
Statement I: Digital communication can accelerate linguistic innovation.
Statement II: Online expressions can spread rapidly through imitation, sharing and adaptation.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because digital platforms enable rapid creation and circulation of new linguistic forms.
• Statement II is correct because users repeatedly share, modify and imitate expressions.
• Memes, hashtags, abbreviations and hybrid words can therefore spread across large networks quickly.
• Hence, both statements are correct.
• Statement II is correct because users repeatedly share, modify and imitate expressions.
• Memes, hashtags, abbreviations and hybrid words can therefore spread across large networks quickly.
• Hence, both statements are correct.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Global mobility increases contact among different English varieties.
2. Business process outsourcing can require cross-cultural communication skills.
3. Digital English is identical across all platforms.
4. Online education can expand access while also reflecting a digital divide.
1. Global mobility increases contact among different English varieties.
2. Business process outsourcing can require cross-cultural communication skills.
3. Digital English is identical across all platforms.
4. Online education can expand access while also reflecting a digital divide.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because migration, travel and remote work bring different English varieties into contact.
• Statement 2 is correct because outsourced services often involve international clients and workplace cultures.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because platforms and communities develop different digital conventions.
• Statement 4 is correct because online education can increase reach while excluding learners without adequate access.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because outsourced services often involve international clients and workplace cultures.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because platforms and communities develop different digital conventions.
• Statement 4 is correct because online education can increase reach while excluding learners without adequate access.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Assertion: English is important in India's global service industries.
Reason: Many service operations require communication with international clients and access to specialised information.
Reason: Many service operations require communication with international clients and access to specialised information.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because English is widely used in information technology, outsourcing, finance and professional services.
• The Reason is correct because employees often communicate with international clients and use specialised global resources.
• These professional requirements directly explain the importance of English in the sector.
• Therefore, both are correct, and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because employees often communicate with international clients and use specialised global resources.
• These professional requirements directly explain the importance of English in the sector.
• Therefore, both are correct, and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
వివరణ:
Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Match List I with List II.
List I: 1. Business process outsourcing 2. Asynchronous communication 3. Localisation 4. Multimodality
List II: a. Adapting content to a linguistic and cultural market b. Combining text, image, audio and video c. Contracting business functions to an external provider d. Communication without simultaneous participation
List I: 1. Business process outsourcing 2. Asynchronous communication 3. Localisation 4. Multimodality
List II: a. Adapting content to a linguistic and cultural market b. Combining text, image, audio and video c. Contracting business functions to an external provider d. Communication without simultaneous participation
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Business process outsourcing is matched with contracting business functions to an external provider.
• Asynchronous communication is matched with interaction that does not require simultaneous participation.
• Localisation is matched with adapting content to a linguistic and cultural market.
• Multimodality is matched with combining text, image, audio and video.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
• Asynchronous communication is matched with interaction that does not require simultaneous participation.
• Localisation is matched with adapting content to a linguistic and cultural market.
• Multimodality is matched with combining text, image, audio and video.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
వివరణ:
Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A customer-support employee replaces unfamiliar idioms with clear international English while speaking to a client. Which skill is being demonstrated?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Audience accommodation involves adjusting speech to the listener's linguistic needs.
• Replacing unfamiliar idioms with clearer expressions can improve international intelligibility.
• The strategy does not require abandoning the speaker's identity or accent.
• It is an important workplace skill in outsourcing and global service industries.
• Replacing unfamiliar idioms with clearer expressions can improve international intelligibility.
• The strategy does not require abandoning the speaker's identity or accent.
• It is an important workplace skill in outsourcing and global service industries.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
What does the digital divide refer to?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The digital divide concerns unequal access to devices, internet connectivity and digital literacy.
• It can also involve differences in the ability to benefit from online education, employment and public services.
• Region, income, gender, disability and language may influence digital access.
• Addressing the divide requires infrastructure as well as accessible and multilingual content.
• It can also involve differences in the ability to benefit from online education, employment and public services.
• Region, income, gender, disability and language may influence digital access.
• Addressing the divide requires infrastructure as well as accessible and multilingual content.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Artificial intelligence can provide automated language practice and feedback.
• Social media supports rapid circulation of words, memes and mixed-language expressions.
• Global mobility increases contact among speakers of different English varieties.
• Online education does not guarantee equal access because learners differ in devices, connectivity and digital skills.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
• Social media supports rapid circulation of words, memes and mixed-language expressions.
• Global mobility increases contact among speakers of different English varieties.
• Online education does not guarantee equal access because learners differ in devices, connectivity and digital skills.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
వివరణ:
Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which comparison between face-to-face workplace English and digital workplace English is most accurate?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Digital workplaces rely heavily on email, messaging, shared documents and virtual meetings.
• Employees need concise writing, appropriate tone and awareness of platform conventions.
• International teams may work asynchronously across different time zones.
• Digital tools change communicative practices but do not remove cultural or linguistic differences.
• Employees need concise writing, appropriate tone and awareness of platform conventions.
• International teams may work asynchronously across different time zones.
• Digital tools change communicative practices but do not remove cultural or linguistic differences.
వివరణ:
Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which interpretation provides the most balanced understanding of globalization and digital English in India?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• English supports global business, education, research, mobility and digital participation.
• Indian users creatively reshape English through multilingual and platform-specific practices.
• Unequal access, algorithmic bias and linguistic exclusion remain important concerns.
• A balanced approach combines English-language opportunity with multilingual access, digital literacy and responsible technology use.
• Indian users creatively reshape English through multilingual and platform-specific practices.
• Unequal access, algorithmic bias and linguistic exclusion remain important concerns.
• A balanced approach combines English-language opportunity with multilingual access, digital literacy and responsible technology use.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. It has expanded the use of English in business, technology, education and international communication. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. It supports communication with international clients and access to global technical resources. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. The contracting of selected business operations to an external service provider సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Communicating clearly, appropriately and collaboratively across linguistic backgrounds సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. Abbreviations, emojis, code-mixing and creative spelling సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: A. An email that the recipient reads later సమాధానం: A.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. Unequal access to devices, connectivity and digital literacy సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Providing practice, feedback and personalised language-learning support సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: B. It may generate inaccurate, biased or fabricated information. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: A. An English sentence containing a Hindi or regional-language expression సమాధానం: A.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Using accommodation, clarification and paraphrase సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. An emerging pattern of English shaped by digital platforms, communities and communicative practices సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: B. Netspeak సమాధానం: B.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: A. The combination of language with images, audio, video, layout and other meaning-making resources సమాధానం: A.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Systematic unfairness produced or reinforced by data, design or automated decision-making సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Localisation సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: D. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: D.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: B. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b సమాధానం: B.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. Audience accommodation సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: C. Unequal access to digital devices, connectivity, skills and opportunities సమాధానం: C.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. Online education — Guaranteed equal access for every learner సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: B. Digital workplace English may require concise writing, platform awareness and communication across time zones. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. English expands global access and innovation, while multilingual inclusion, digital equality and critical technology use remain necessary. సమాధానం: A.