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Clinical Audiometrician - CAT-NO-256-2013 question paper 2019

Date of test
05.02.2019
Question paper code
1/2019/OL
Questions
100
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Provisional Answer Key
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  1. 1.
    Name the river that flows in between Vindhya- Satpura mountain ranges
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    Narmada
    The Narmada river flows through the rift valley between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges.
  2. 2.
    Lushai Hills can be seen in
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    Mizoram
    Lushai Hills are located primarily in the state of Mizoram.
  3. 3.
    Which Indian state has the second largest coastal line in the country ?
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    Andhra Pradesh
    After Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh has the second longest coastline in India.
  4. 4.
    Name the largest salt lake of India.
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    Chilika Lake
    Chilika Lake is the largest brackish water lagoon in India.
  5. 5.
    Who was the author of the book 'Planned Economy for India' ?
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    M. Visveswarayya
    M. Visveswarayya authored 'Planned Economy for India' in 1934.
  6. 6.
    When was Kochi Mahajana Sabha founded ?
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    1918
    Kochi Mahajana Sabha was founded in 1918.
  7. 7.
    Name the lengthiest dam of Kerala.
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    Malampuzha dam
    Malampuzha dam is the longest dam in Kerala.
  8. 8.
    Who was the founder of Araya Vamsodharani Sabha ?
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    Pandit Karuppan
    Pandit Karuppan founded the Araya Vamsodharani Sabha.
  9. 9.
    Who was the author of the book 'Brahmashri Sree Narayana Guru' ?
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    T. Bhaskaran
    T. Bhaskaran is the author of the book 'Brahmashri Sree Narayana Guru'.
  10. 10.
    Which Indian leader is popularly known as Deshbandhu ?
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    Chittaranjan Das
    Chittaranjan Das is popularly known as Deshbandhu.
  11. 11.
    The Muslim League observed Direct Action Day on
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    August 16, 1946
    Direct Action Day was announced by the Muslim League on August 16, 1946.
  12. 12.
    Name the revolutionary leader involved in the assassination of British Officer W.C. Rand.
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    Damodar Hari Chapekar
    Damodar Hari Chapekar and his brothers assassinated W.C. Rand in Pune in 1897.
  13. 13.
    Who was the leader of Bardoli Satyagraha ?
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    Sardar Vallabhai Patel
    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928.
  14. 14.
    Which Five Year Plan was terminated one year before its completion ?
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    Fifth Five Year Plan
    The Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-1978) was terminated by the Morarji Desai government one year prior to its completion.
  15. 15.
    Name the player who won the Golden Ball Award in 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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    Luka Modric
    Luka Modric won the Golden Ball award at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
  16. 16.
    Who won the Nobel Peace Prize of 2018 ?
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    Nadia Murad
    Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
  17. 17.
    The Gangrel Dam is built across the river.
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    Mahanadi
    Gangrel Dam is built across the Mahanadi River in Chhattisgarh.
  18. 18.
    Name the social reformer who founded an educational institution named 'Thattvaprakashika'.
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    Vaghbatananda
    Vagbhatananda founded the Atma Vidya Sangam and the 'Tattvaprakashika' Sanskrit school.
  19. 19.
    Twenty first Commonwealth Games took place in the city of
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    Gold Coast
    The 21st Commonwealth Games were held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in 2018.
  20. 20.
    From the following find out the product that has been selected as a geographical indicator.
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    Aranmula Kannadi
    Aranmula Kannadi (metal mirror) is a famous GI-tagged handicraft from Kerala.
  21. 21.
    Eustachian tube helps in maintaining the _______ ear pressure equal to atmospheric pressure.
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    Middle Ear
    The Eustachian tube connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx, helping to equalize pressure.
  22. 22.
    Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by the damage to _________ Ear.
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    Inner Ear
    Sensorineural hearing loss typically arises from damage to the inner ear (cochlea) or auditory nerve pathways.
  23. 23.
    Auditory Training method given by Carhart consists of _______ Stages.
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    4
    Carhart's auditory training approach includes four main stages: development of awareness, discrimination, identification, and comprehension.
  24. 24.
    Full Form of OAE is
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    Oto Acoustic Emission
    OAE stands for Otoacoustic Emissions, sounds given out from the inner ear.
  25. 25.
    Hair like projections on hair cells are known as
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    Stereocilia
    Stereocilia are the mechanosensory organelle of hair cells.
  26. 26.
    In Sensorineural hearing loss the gap between Air Conduction and Bone Conduction thresholds is
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    Less than 10dB
    In pure sensorineural hearing loss, air and bone conduction thresholds are equally affected, resulting in an air-bone gap of less than 10 dB.
  27. 27.
    Microphone of a hearing aid picks up acoustic signal and converts them into __________ signals.
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    Electric
    The microphone converts acoustic sound waves into electrical signals.
  28. 28.
    Audible Frequency range in humans is
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    20 Hz to 20000 Hz
    The typical human audible frequency range is from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.
  29. 29.
    The smallest bone in the human ear is
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    Stapes
    The stapes (stirrup) is the smallest and lightest bone in the human body, located in the middle ear.
  30. 30.
    High Risk hearing loss is associated with which one of the following conditions
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    All of a, b, c
    Consanguinity, low birth weight, and hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice) are all high-risk indicators for congenital or neonatal hearing loss.
  31. 31.
    Raising Shaped audiometric configuration is seen in
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    Meneire's Disease
    A rising audiometric configuration (better high frequencies than low frequencies) is classically associated with Meniere's disease.
  32. 32.
    Prelingual hearing loss refers to the hearing loss which develops
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    Before the language development
    Prelingual hearing loss occurs before a child acquires speech and language.
  33. 33.
    Ac unmasked threshold of left ear is marked on audiogram using __________ Symbol.
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    X
    On an audiogram, unmasked air conduction for the left ear is marked with an 'X' (blue), and right ear with an 'O' (red).
  34. 34.
    ___________ test is done to know the functioning of Eustachian Tube.
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    Tympanometry
    Tympanometry and related pressure tests evaluate the functional status of the Eustachian tube.
  35. 35.
    Psychological Attribute of Intensity is
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    Loudness
    Intensity is the physical property, and loudness is its corresponding psychological attribute.
  36. 36.
    The average intensity level of human conversation is around
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    65 dB
    Normal conversational speech has an average intensity level of approximately 60-65 dB SPL.
  37. 37.
    Inner hair cells in cochlea are placed in ___________ no. of rows.
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    1
    The organ of Corti contains a single row of inner hair cells and three to four rows of outer hair cells.
  38. 38.
    Pure Tone Average refers to the average of AC thresholds obtained at
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    500, 1000 and 2000 Hz
    Standard Pure Tone Average (PTA) is calculated as the average threshold at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz.
  39. 39.
    White forelock is a characteristic of ____________ syndrome.
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    Waardenburg
    Waardenburg syndrome is often characterized by pigmentary abnormalities such as a white forelock and sensorineural hearing loss.
  40. 40.
    4 kHz notch is observed in audiogram of
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    NIHL
    Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) classically presents with a notch at 4000 Hz (4 kHz).
  41. 41.
    Which one of the following test is based on lateralization principle
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    Weber
    The Weber test evaluates sound lateralization by placing the vibrating tuning fork on the midline of the head.
  42. 42.
    In cochlear implantation ___________ are implanted in cochlea.
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    Electrodes
    An electrode array is surgically inserted into the scala tympani of the cochlea in a cochlear implant.
  43. 43.
    Which one of the following is a test of speech audiometry ?
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    SDS
    Speech Discrimination Score (SDS) or Speech Recognition Score is a standard speech audiometry measure.
  44. 44.
    Wax or Cerumen in ear canal results in ___________ type of hearing loss.
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    Conductive
    Blockage of the external auditory canal by cerumen prevents sound transmission, causing conductive hearing loss.
  45. 45.
    Earmolds are useful in avoiding the _____________ feedback.
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    Acoustic
    Well-fitted earmolds help prevent amplified sound from leaking out and re-entering the microphone, avoiding acoustic feedback.
  46. 46.
    Hearing loss without any organic problem in the ear is known as
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    Pseudohypocusis
    Pseudohypocusis (or functional/non-organic hearing loss) refers to exaggerated or false hearing loss without organic pathology.
  47. 47.
    Bilateral hearing loss refers to
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    Hearing loss found in both ears
    Bilateral means affecting both ears.
  48. 48.
    Percentage of hearing diability required for the procurement of hearing aids free of cost under ADIP scheme
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    40%
    Under the ADIP scheme, individuals with a benchmark disability of 40% or more are eligible for aids and appliances.
  49. 49.
    Absence of pinna is known as
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    Anotia
    Anotia is the congenital absence of the external ear (pinna).
  50. 50.
    Transducers used in cases of collapsing ear canals during air conduction testing are
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    Insert earphones
    Insert earphones bypass the outer ear canal collapse, preventing artifactual conductive gaps.
  51. 51.
    The deepest portion of the auricle is known as
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    Concha
    The concha is the central, deepest depression of the auricle (pinna).
  52. 52.
    Participation of non test ear in testing of test ear is removed using _________ procedure.
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    Masking
    Masking involves introducing noise to the non-test ear to prevent it from detecting the test signal.
  53. 53.
    Amplification device which uses magnetic signal to transmit the teacher speech to children ?
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    Induction loop systems
    Induction loop systems use electromagnetic fields to transmit audio signals directly to telecoil-equipped hearing aids.
  54. 54.
    Hearing aid comprises of
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    All of the above
    The core components of any hearing aid are the microphone, amplifier (processor), and receiver (speaker).
  55. 55.
    __________ Type of tympanogram is commonly seen in sensorineural hearing loss.
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    A
    Type A tympanogram (normal middle ear function) is typically seen in pure sensorineural hearing loss.
  56. 56.
    Goal of aural rehabilitation is to
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    All of the above
    Aural rehabilitation encompasses maximizing residual hearing, improving communication strategies, speech reading, and assessing psychosocial impacts.
  57. 57.
    The cranial nerve responsible for sound conduction
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    Auditory nerve
    The vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII), specifically the cochlear division, transmits auditory signals from the inner ear to the brain.
  58. 58.
    Choose the appropriate treatment for sensorineural hearing loss
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    Hearing aids
    Sensorineural hearing loss is typically managed with hearing aids or cochlear implants since medical/surgical options are generally limited.
  59. 59.
    RCI full form
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    Rehabilitation Council of India
    RCI stands for Rehabilitation Council of India, a statutory body regulating rehabilitation professionals.
  60. 60.
    Which year the RPWD Act was enacted ?
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    2016
    The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act was passed by the Indian Parliament in December 2016.
  61. 61.
    ____________ is the structure of resonatory system.
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    Nose
    The nasal cavity (nose), pharynx, and oral cavity form the vocal tract resonators.
  62. 62.
    Structure that are involved in speech production are
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    All of a, b, c
    Speech production involves the respiratory system (lungs), phonatory system (larynx), and articulatory/resonatory system (tongue, palate, etc.).
  63. 63.
    ___________ is a complex 2 way and intentional process of passing the message.
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    Communication
    Communication is defined as an interactive, two-way process of exchanging information and messages.
  64. 64.
    ___________ system is used in speech sounds production such as consonants and vowels.
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    Articulatory
    The articulatory system molds the vocal tract to produce specific speech sounds like consonants and vowels.
  65. 65.
    Central Nervous System consists of
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    Both a) and b)
    The Central Nervous System (CNS) comprises the brain and the spinal cord.
  66. 66.
    Damage to _________area in the brain leads to problem in comprehension of speech.
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    Wernicke's area
    Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe is critical for language comprehension, whereas Broca's area is for speech production.
  67. 67.
    Inonation, rate, stress features belongs to _________ of speech.
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    Prosody
    Prosody encompasses suprasegmental features such as intonation, stress, and speech rate.
  68. 68.
    A person voice with diplophonia will have
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    Double pitch
    Diplophonia literally means 'double voice', where the person produces two distinct pitches simultaneously.
  69. 69.
    Pharynx is an important structure in determining __________ of speech.
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    Resonance
    The pharyngeal cavity plays a major role in vocal tract resonance.
  70. 70.
    Speech sounds that are produced by closure or narrowing of the air passage so that air stream is blocked completely or partially in mouth or comes out with out audible noise
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    Consonants
    Consonants are produced with constriction or obstruction in the vocal tract.
  71. 71.
    Place of articulation where the tongue tip is brought up to articulate with the flat part of alveolar ridge
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    Alveolar
    Alveolar sounds involve articulation against the alveolar ridge.
  72. 72.
    __________ is a bilabial plosive.
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    /p/
    /p/ is a voiceless bilabial plosive.
  73. 73.
    __________ sounds are produced with an unobstructed open vocal tract.
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    Vowels
    Vowels are produced with a relatively open vocal tract with no constriction.
  74. 74.
    Series of syllable production by a child refers to
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    Babbling
    Babbling involves infant production of consonant-vowel syllable series (e.g., 'ba-ba-ba').
  75. 75.
    Fast rate of speech is known as
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    Cluttering
    Cluttering is a fluency disorder characterized by an excessively rapid or irregular speech rate.
  76. 76.
    What are the factors that affect speech and language development in children with hearing loss ?
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    All a), b), c)
    Age of onset, degree, and type of hearing impairment significantly influence speech and language acquisition.
  77. 77.
    Breathiness is disorder of voice
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    Quality
    Breathiness is a voice quality disorder resulting from incomplete closure of the vocal folds.
  78. 78.
    Using hand shapes and positions very close to lips to communicate refers to
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    Cued speech
    Cued speech uses hand cues near the mouth alongside speech reading to disambiguate speech sounds.
  79. 79.
    Auditory Verbal Therapy mainly focuses on
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    Listening
    Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) trains deaf children to use amplified residual hearing to listen and process spoken language.
  80. 80.
    Androphonia refers to
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    Female person speaking like a male
    Androphonia (or virilization of voice) refers to a female having an abnormally low, male-like voice pitch.
  81. 81.
    Intonation of speech refers to variations in __________ in connected speech as a function of time.
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    Pitch
    Intonation is the variation of fundamental frequency (pitch) across an utterance.
  82. 82.
    Speech problems in HI includes
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    All of a), b), c)
    Individuals with hearing impairment commonly exhibit pitch anomalies, vowel/consonant errors, and rate/rhythm irregularities.
  83. 83.
    Fluency of speech refers to __________ production of speech.
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    Smooth
    Speech fluency refers to the smooth, effortless, and continuous flow of speech.
  84. 84.
    Replacing the target consonant /g/ by /k/ known as
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    substitution
    Replacing one sound with another (e.g., /g/ with /k/) is classified as a substitution error.
  85. 85.
    ___________ sounds are produced by bringing vocal folds together.
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    Glottal
    Glottal sounds (like /h/ or glottal stop) are articulated at the glottis by the vocal folds.
  86. 86.
    Manual communication means
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    All of a), b), c)
    Manual communication encompasses sign systems, gestures, body movements, and finger spelling.
  87. 87.
    Word like utterances produced during language development.
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    Protowords
    Protowords are vocables or word-like utterances used consistently by infants for specific meanings.
  88. 88.
    SLI refers to
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    Specific Language Impairment
    SLI stands for Specific Language Impairment, a communication disorder affecting language development without obvious causes.
  89. 89.
    Phoneme is the _____________ unit of speech.
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    Basic
    A phoneme is the smallest distinctive unit of sound in a language.
  90. 90.
    ____________ is the study of use of the language.
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    Pragmatics
    Pragmatics studies language use in social contexts and communicative interactions.
  91. 91.
    Ability to use language appropriately as per demand refers to
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    Competence
    Communicative competence refers to the ability to use language socially and contextually in an appropriate manner.
  92. 92.
    Hyponasality occurs as a result of
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    Adenoid tissue in nasopharynx
    Hyponasality (denasality) is typically caused by nasal airway obstructions such as enlarged adenoids.
  93. 93.
    Vital capacity is the volume of air breathed out after the deepest
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    Inhalation
    Vital capacity is the maximum amount of air a person can expel from the lungs after a maximum inhalation.
  94. 94.
    Consonants are classified based on
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    Place and manner of articulation
    Traditional consonant classification parameters are place of articulation, manner of articulation, and voicing.
  95. 95.
    Nature of Language development in a mild mentally retarded will be
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    Delayed
    Language development in individuals with mild intellectual disability generally follows normal milestones but at a delayed pace.
  96. 96.
    Multiples of fundamental frequency are known as
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    Harmonics
    Harmonics are integer multiples of the fundamental frequency in a complex periodic sound wave.
  97. 97.
    Development of Reflexive vocalizations is marked at age
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    4-6 months
    Reflexive and non-reflexive vocalizations develop across early infancy, with significant vocal play and expansion stages appearing around 4 to 6 months.
  98. 98.
    Which of the following are voiceless stops ?
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    p, t, k
    /p/, /t/, and /k/ are voiceless plosives (stops).
  99. 99.
    Structure separating the oral and nasal cavities is
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    Palate
    The hard and soft palate form the roof of the mouth, separating the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
  100. 100.
    Which of the following is true about natural method of teaching language ?
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    Both b) and c)
    The natural approach mimics normal developmental processes where language is acquired naturally and effortlessly through meaningful exposure.

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