Unit 6: English in India Mock Tests
Comprehensive topic-wise practice tests covering history, features and future of English in India with detailed solutions
"We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern..." - Macaulay's Minute
Key Concepts: Charter Act 1813, Orientalist-Anglicist controversy, Downward Filtration Theory
1857 - First universities
1904 - Indian Universities Act
1929 - Hartog Committee
1937 - Gandhi's Basic Education
Key Concepts: English as 'language of liberation', Role in nationalist discourse
"English shall continue to be used for all official purposes until 1965" - Article 343, Indian Constitution
Key Concepts: Three Language Formula, Official Languages Act 1963, Anti-Hindi agitations
• "What is your good name?"
• "I am doing my graduation"
• "Kindly adjust"
Key Concepts: Reduplication, Question formation, Tense usage, Borrowings
"The purpose of writing is to create a world that reflects my reality." - Arundhati Roy
Key Concepts: Colonial consciousness, Postcolonial identity, Diasporic writing
1968 - First NPE
1986 - Operation Blackboard
2020 - NEP multilingualism
Key Concepts: English-medium advantage, Rural-urban divide
"Hinglish" ads: "Yeh dil maange more", "Nothing official about it"
Key Concepts: Hybridization, Glocalization, Digital English
• 19th: Colonial administration
• 20th: National elite
• 21st: Global aspiration
Key Concepts: Linguistic capital, Elite closure, Language and power
"English has become a symbol of people's aspirations for quality in education..." - NCERT
Key Concepts: 'Killer language' debate, Linguistic imperialism, Decolonization
• Continued dominance
• Greater hybridization
• Resistance movements
• Official recognition
Key Concepts: World Englishes model, Endonormative stabilization
