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1.Where do you go to refill your vehicle's fuel tank?
Gas station
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Servo
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Service station
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Petrol pump
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Gas station and service station are used in North America, servo in Australia and petrol pump is used all over South Asia and elsewhere in the Commonwealth
2.What is the storage compartment at the rear of a car is known as?
Trunk
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Dickey
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Boot
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Compartment
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Dicky or diggy is also used
3.What is this vegetable known as? 🍆
Brinjal
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Aubergine
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Eggplant
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Purple plant
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Both brinjal and aubergine are ultimately derived from Malayalam and Tamil word varuntunai
4.Where do you go to watch a movie/film?
Film centre
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Theatre
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Cinema
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Cinema hall
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Though theatre is gaining popularity, cinema hall (and rarely hall) is still the most common word used to describe the place
5.Which of the following word is of non-Indian origin?
Khaki
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Cummerbund
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Safari
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Shampoo
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Safari comes from Arabic, while all the others come from Hindi/Urdu
6.A raised path for the pedestrians (and sometimes cycles) along the edges of a road
Pavement
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Sidewalk
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Footpath
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All are correct
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7.What does the phrase "to pass out" mean?
Become unconscious
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To graduate from a school or college
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To hallucinate
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To die
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To pass out literally means to graduate from a school or college scoring sufficiently enough to not fail
8.What does the Hinglish word "yaar" mean?
Bro/Dude
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Slang for yes
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Wife
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The number four
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Yaar is derived from Hindi यार meaning friend and is a gender-neutral term used to refer to a close friend
9.What's the most likely reply to the question "How are you?" no matter how the person is feeling?
I am good.
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Bindaas!
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I am fine.
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I am alright.
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I am fine is literally used across every non-English speaking country
10.Which of the following is not an Indian colloquialism?
Do the needful
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Prepone
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What is your good name?
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Fall my hand
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Fall my hand is a Nigerian phrase used when someone is disappointed
I think mine is mostly a mix of Indian and British with some American influence here and there. When writing by hands, I always use American spellings while here on JetPunk, I use British English. My pronunciation too is a bit too British-esque? I don't really pronounce the Rs and some other quirks which are undoubtedly British.
Haha, love this quiz! Even though the vast majority of my English is American, I think I've picked up a few Indian-style phrases from my parents (English in Bangladesh is essentially the same as Indian English). We also do a lot of code-switching in my family--so like, instead of speaking pure English or pure Bangla, we'll switch back and forth between the two, sometimes multiple times in the same sentence!
indian social credit points go to 0Lol my English is a mix of British, American, and Indian, so that's probably why I was confused on a few.
But great quiz! #IndianEnglishIsTheBestEnglish
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