ENG506 Midterm MCQs 2025

Q1. The need to communicate in linguistically mixed communities gave rise to a common language known as

1. foreign language
2. second language
3. lingua franca
4. first language

Correct answer: lingua franca

Q2. Eighty percent of the 323.1 million population use English as the ---------------.

1. second language
2. foreign language
3. mother tongue
4. official language

Correct answer: mother tongue

Q3. Which of the following factors is influential in adopting English as a global language?

1. Access to trade markets
2. Global interdependence
3. Place in the world forums
4. All the given options

Correct answer: Place in the world forums

Q4. is a term for emerging localized or indigenized varieties of English.

1. World’s Englishes
2. World English
3. World’s English
4. World Englishes

Correct answer: World Englishes

Q5. The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments of different nations is termed as --------------------.

1. industrialization
2. globalization
3. commercialization
4. colonization

Correct answer: globalization

Q6. There are _____ national languages in South Africa.

1. 13
2. 17
3. 15
4. 11

Correct answer: 11

Q7. Which of the following options is the benefit of having a single global language?

1. Facilitates trade among countries
2. All the given options
3. Promotes peace and harmony
4. Opens new avenues for education

Correct answer: All the given options

Q8. James Cook discovered and charted New Zealand and Australia in _____________.

1. 1776
2. 1770
3. 1772
4. 1774

Correct answer: 1770