Que- /s/, /z/ are called ____________?
a. Plosives
b. Affricates
c. Fricatives
d. Trill
Answer- Fricatives
Que- /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/ are examples for ______________?
a. Plosives
b. Affricates
c. fricatives
d. Trill
Answer- Plosives
Que- Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used in W.H. questions asked in a warm and friendly way indicating extra politeness ?
a. The falling
b. The rising
c. The fall__rise
d. None of the above
Answer- The rising
Que- Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarative sentences uttered as questions ?
a. The falling
b. The rising
c. The fall__rise
d. None of the above
Answer- The rising
Que- Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questions which imply that the speaker is certain about what is said_____________?
a. The falling
b. The rising
c. The fall__rise
d. None of the above
Answer- The falling
Que- Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in W.Hquestions ?
a. The falling
b. The rising
c. The fall__rise
d. None of the above
Answer- The falling
Que- The American pronunciation of the word 'issue' is an instance of ________________type of assimilation?
a. Progressive
b. Regressive
c. Reciprocal
d. None of the above
Answer- Reciprocal
Que- The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word 'dogs' is an instance of ________________assimilation?
a. Progressive
b. Regressive
c. reciprocal
d. none of the abovE
Answer- Progressive
Que- The following sound influencing the preceding one is an instance of __________ assimilation?
a. Progressive
b. Regressive
c. Reciprocal
d. None of the above
Answer- Regressive
Que- Assimilation is mainly of ____________ types?
a. Four
b. Two
c. Three
d. Only one
Answer- Three
Que- /h/ in the word 'he' is a __________ sound?
a. Velar
b. Glottal
c. Palatal
d. Alveolar
Answer- Glottal
Que- The initial consonant in 'Young' is a __________ sound?
a. Palatal
b. Velar
c. Dental
d. Glottal
Answer- Palatal
Que- /t/. /d/, /n/, /l/, /s/ are __________________?
a. Alveolar
b. Post__alvoelar
c. Palatal
d. Dental;
Answer- Alveolar
Que- /p/, /b/, /m/ and /w/ are____________?
a. Bilabial
b. Dental;
c. Velar
d. Glottal
Answer- Bilabial
Que- ________are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate?
a. Post__alveolar
b. Palate__alveolar
c. Palatal
d. Velar
Answer- Velar
Que- ____________articulated by the tip and the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge with raising of the front of the tongue towards the palate ?
a. Post__alveolar
b. Palate__alveolar
c. Palatal
d. Velar
Answer- Palate__alveolar
Que- Sounds articulated with the tip of the tongue or the blade of the tongue against the teeth ridge are called _________?
a. Dental
b. Bilabial
c. Labio__dental
d. Alveolar
Answer- Alveolar
Que- Sounds articulated by the lower lip placed against the upper teeth are called________ ?
a. Dental
b. Bilabial
c. Labio__dental
d. Alveolar
Answer- Labio__dental
Que- _________ is the process by which one speech sound gets changed to another under the influence of another ?
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Assimilation
c. Regression
d. Progression
Answer- Assimilation
Que- ____________________are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speech organs glide from one vowel position to another ?
a. Diphthongs
b. Triphthongs
c. Semi__vowels
d. Minimal pairs
Answer- Semi__vowels
Que- The study of the way that sequences of words are ordered into phrases, clauses, and sentences is called____________?
a. Phonology
b. Morphology
c. Syntax
d. Semantics
Answer- Syntax
Que- The study of elementary speech sounds is called________?
a. Phonology
b. Morphology
c. Syntax
d. Semantics
Answer- Phonology
Que- Which among the following is not a branch of linguistics ?
a. Phonology
b. Morphology
c. Semantics
d. Philology
Answer- Philology
Que- Which among the following does not constitute the general methodology of science ?
a. Controlled observation
b. Hypothesis formulation
c. Analysis, generalization and prediction
d. Speculation
Answer- Speculation
Que- _______________is the discipline where the methodological perspectives of both linguistics and sociology converges ?
a. Linguistics of sociology
b. Socio__linguistics
c. Sociology of linguistics
d. None of these
Answer- Socio__linguistics
Que- ______________refers to an individual's equal and native command of two or more languages?
a. Bilingualism
b. Poly__glotism
c. Multilingualism
d. None of the above
Answer- Multilingualism
Que- A person who can use two languages is called ________________________?
a. Biolingual
b. Bilingual
c. Duo__lingual
d. Duo__langual
Answer- Bilingual
Que- Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and Performance ?
a. Charles Sanders Pierce
b. Ferdinand de Saussure
c. Noam Chomsky
d. Edward Sapir
Answer- Noam Chomsky
Que- Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomsky's competence and Performance ?
a. Charles Sanders Pierce
b. Leonard bloom Filed.
c. Ferdinand De Saussure.
d. Edward Sapir
Answer- Ferdinand De Saussure.
Que- Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language ?
a. Language
b. Parole
c. performance
d. Both parole and performance
Answer- Both parole and performance
Que- ________________is the totality of the speech habits of an individual?
a. Dialect
b. Idiolect
c. Register
d. Slang
Answer- Idiolect
Que- The language variety which has certain features which are typical of certain disciplines, topics, fields, occupations and social roles played by the speaker, is called________________ ?
a. Dialect
b. Idiolect
c. Register
d. Slang
Answer- Register
Que- Tennyson wrote____________?
a. Dover Beach
b. My last Duchess
c. The Eve of St. Agnes
d. The Lotus Eaters
Answer- The Lotus Eaters
Que- Tennyson was_____________?
a. a romantic
b. a Victorian
c. a Pre…Raphaelite
d. none of these
Answer- a Victorian
Que- Novel which is not written by D.H Lawrence ?
a. The Rainbow
b. Ullysses
c. Lady Chatterley's Lover
d. Sons and Lovers
Answer- Ullysses
Que- Who is the author of 'Heaven and Earth' ?
a. Lord Tennyson
b. William Wordsworth
c. John Keats
d. Lord Byron
Answer- Lord Byron
Que- Negative Capability to Keats, means_______________?
a. The ability to sympathize with other
b. Say bad thing, about others
c. To empathize
d. None of these
Answer- To empathize
Que- Which one is the world's longest running play______________?
a. The Mousetrap
b. Romeo and Juliet
c. Othello
d. Macbeth
Answer- The Mousetrap
Que- What do you mean by Diction ?
a. choice of words for writing
b. choice of characters
c. choice of rhythms
d. choice of simile and metaphor
Answer- choice of words for writing
Que- The age tended to favour the taste and search for truth in art______________?
a. Classical
b. Romantic
c. Victorian
d. Elizabethan
Answer- Romantic
Que- How many chapters are in the Quran ?
a. 42
b. 67
c. 98
d. 114
Answer- 114
Que- Who is the writer of The Augustan Period ?
a. Robert Herrick
b. Jeremy Taylor
c. Samuel Richardson
d. Thomas Hobbes
Answer- Samuel Richardson
Que- Famous Irish poet and dramatist is______________?
a. W.B. Yeats
b. L. Tolstoy
c. Pope
d. H.G. Wells
Answer- W.B. Yeats
Que- The Excursion' was written by________________?
a. Coleridge
b. Blake
c. Shelley
d. None of these
Answer- None of these
Que- What is Epistolary Novel ?
a. a novel of short length
b. a novel personal feelings
c. a Novella
d. a novel of correspondence among the characters
Answer- a novel of correspondence among the characters
Que- A person who writes about his own life writes ______________?
a. a diary
b. a biography
c. an autobiography
d. a chronicle
Answer- an autobiography
Que- Which one of the following poets was appointed Poet Laureate in the year 1813 ?
a. Tennyson
b. Byron
c. Southey
d. Wordsworth
Answer- Southey
Que- Wordsworth is a ______________ poet ?
a. classical
b. modern
c. romantic
d. Greek
Answer- romantic
Que- The earliest play written by Shakespeare according to Oxford Shakespeare 1988 is______________?
a. The Taming of the Shrew
b. As you Like it
c. Two Gentlemen of Verona
d. Titus Andronicus
Answer- Titus Andronicus
Que- What the term Renaissance refers ?
a. revival or rebirth
b. representation
c. presentation
d. rebel
Answer- revival or rebirth