ENG510 Final Term Solved Papers 2025 by Nimma Malik

Imp MCQs

1. English Grammatical variation occurs in both spoken and written Standard English.
2. According to researchers, failure in English examinations in Pakistan is mainly because of flawed pedagogy and material design.
3. Dense networks are the one where all the members know each other.
4. There are various regional languages but Urdu has a unique status.
5. An internet user who seeks attention by making outrageous or unreasonable comments is known as troll.
6. a semi colon representing an anxiety-induced sweat drop.
7. Twitter users only have 140 characters to express themselves per tweet.
8. Emoticon word is a portmanteau word of the English words "emotion" and "icon".
9. English is compulsory from class 1 in all schools of Punjab and Sindh.
10. The roll of English language in Pakistani education is seen as interim arrangements by every policy.
11. During the recent years children of Punjabis do not have Punjabi as their first language. And, Urdu has taken its place.
12. The creation of a standard variety of any language is very much a sociopolitical one.
13. Being a native speaker gives a sense of community, and with that, a sense of identity.
14. A shortened form of a word or phrase is called acronyms.
15. sociolinguistics analyzes the many and diverse ways in which language and society entwine.

17) LOL = laughing out loud · 18) TGIF=Thank God it’s Friday · 19) ROFL= Rolling on the Floor with Laughter · 20) RIP= Rest in Peace

21. BRB= Be Right Back.
22. Internet chat-rooms and social networking sites are encouraging children to write syntactically incorrect sentences.
23. If within the hierarchy of languages English comes on the top, second position goes to Urdu.
24. Urdu language is considered the official language for schooling soon after the Pakistan’s independence.
25. In N.W.F.P. Pashto is the language of majority.
26. Urdu is the official language in Pakistan.
27. Reactions to standardization also vary. Standard language is disseminated via the media and the school.
28. social networks have been found to have a big impact on how innovations are spread through society.
29. There are more speakers of English as second or other language than as a 1st or native language (Crystal, 2003).
30. Social network theory was introduced to sociolinguistics from sociology.
31. Urdu is written in a modified version of the Persian script, from right to left.
32. Multilingualism is a SOCIAL norm
33. General practices of code mixing in Pakistan are also reflected in names and tittles.
34. Urbanization can be taken as a positive socioeconomic factor.
35. /// can indicate embarrassment by symbolizing blushing.
36. n Pakistani context women use more tag questions which shows the social positioning.
37. The scope of research in sociolinguistics relates to most up to-date and the most rapidly advancing areas of research including language and identity and language and gender.
38. Sociolinguistics provides the possibilities of exploring local and international contexts.
39. sticking out tongue stands for teasing by Europeans, a threat among the Chinese, anger in India and wisdom in Ancient Maya.
40. Common Greetings in Pakistani context include aslām-o-alikūm, khūsh-āmdid, Hello and Hi.
41. heer ranjha from jhung is very famous is the folklore of Panjabi.
42. L2 acquisition is the process by which people learn a SECOND language.
43. the media that use electronics or electromechanical audience to access the content is known as electronic media.
44. The race for individual prosperity and economic development at the national level seems to have overtaken issues of class, identity and fear of cultural invasion from an erstwhile colonial language.
45. Modern sociolinguistics originated in the 1960s as an interdisciplinary subfield intersecting sociology, anthropology, and linguistics.
46. 173 million daily active Snapchat users.
47. Paralinguistic communication is the study of voice and how words are said.
48. Sociolinguistic competence is the knowledge and ability to use language appropriately in any given social context.