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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 110

Topic: Multilingualism

Q110

You are interested in studying topics such as code-mixing, code-switching, children’s language and secret languages. Which of the following disciplines you need to study for these?

  1. (1) Cultural psychology
  2. (2) Anthropology
  3. (3) Sociology
  4. (4) SociolinguisticsCorrect answer

Solution.

CBSE answer: (4)

Answer: (4) Sociolinguistics

  1. Sociolinguistics studies how language is used in society by different groups and in different situations.
  2. Code-mixing, code-switching, children's language and secret languages are all about language in social use.

Trap: (2) and (3) study culture and society broadly, not language use specifically.