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This section includes 151 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (M.A. English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The institutionalized study of English in India began with the …………of 1835 |
| A. | macaulay minute |
| B. | charter act |
| C. | wood’s despatch |
| D. | government of india act |
| Answer» B. charter act | |
| 2. |
Who wrote “ Nation and Narration”? |
| A. | gayatri spivak |
| B. | homi k bhabha |
| C. | salman rushdie |
| D. | harish trivedi |
| Answer» C. salman rushdie | |
| 3. |
“Imaginary Homelands” is the work of …………. |
| A. | gayatri spivak |
| B. | homi k bhabha |
| C. | ranajit guha |
| D. | salman rushdie |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
American English derives from …….. century British English. |
| A. | 16th |
| B. | 15th |
| C. | 18th |
| D. | 17th |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Who is the author of “Decolonizing the Mind”? |
| A. | ngugi wa thiong |
| B. | chinua achiba |
| C. | salman rushdie |
| D. | bill ashcrofthe |
| Answer» B. chinua achiba | |
| 6. |
………….have resulted from the interactions between speakers of nonstandard varieties ofEuropean languages and speakers of no- European languages |
| A. | pidgin |
| B. | creole |
| C. | patois |
| D. | romance |
| Answer» C. patois | |
| 7. |
The dialect of a particular region, especially one with low status in relation to standard languageof the country is known as……….. |
| A. | pidgin |
| B. | creole |
| C. | patois |
| D. | romance |
| Answer» D. romance | |
| 8. |
……………is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between twoor more groups that do not have a language in common. |
| A. | pidgin |
| B. | creole |
| C. | romance |
| D. | patois |
| Answer» B. creole | |
| 9. |
…………..is a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things which people may findupsetting or embarrassing to talk about. |
| A. | anaphora |
| B. | euphemism |
| C. | hyperbole |
| D. | metaphor |
| Answer» C. hyperbole | |
| 10. |
……………is a type of semantic change that happens when a word’s meaning improves orbecomes more positive over time . |
| A. | deterioration |
| B. | amelioration |
| C. | generalization |
| D. | specialization |
| Answer» C. generalization | |
| 11. |
…………..is a semantic process by a term which at one time had a specialized and restrictedmeaning comes to have a wider application. |
| A. | specialization |
| B. | generalization |
| C. | deterioration |
| D. | polarisation |
| Answer» C. deterioration | |
| 12. |
…………occurs when a word gains association with a negative stimulus, to then hold negativeconnotations. |
| A. | elevation |
| B. | shift |
| C. | deterioration |
| D. | generalization |
| Answer» D. generalization | |
| 13. |
A very large number of words have undergone a peculiar kind of change of meaning whichconsists in the addition of what has been called ….. |
| A. | generalization |
| B. | specialisation |
| C. | emotional connotation |
| D. | deterioration |
| Answer» D. deterioration | |
| 14. |
……….is an example of Freak formation |
| A. | air- raid |
| B. | teetotal |
| C. | aviator |
| D. | daisy |
| Answer» C. aviator | |
| 15. |
The Firthian or Hallidayan theory may be said to represent the………..School of Linguistics |
| A. | american |
| B. | british |
| C. | french |
| D. | german |
| Answer» C. french | |
| 16. |
………..put forward a theory called ‘Scale and Category Grammar’ |
| A. | bloomfield |
| B. | j r firth |
| C. | norm chomsky |
| D. | m a k halliday |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Transformational-Generative Grammar was developed by…… |
| A. | bloomfield |
| B. | norm chomsky |
| C. | m a k halliday |
| D. | henderson |
| Answer» C. m a k halliday | |
| 18. |
‘Immediate Constituent Analysis’ was first introduced by………… |
| A. | zelling harris |
| B. | roulon wells |
| C. | bloomfield |
| D. | norm chomsky |
| Answer» D. norm chomsky | |
| 19. |
In linguistics ………….is the study of words , how they are formed, and their relationship toother words in the same language |
| A. | ontology |
| B. | morphology |
| C. | phonology |
| D. | etymology |
| Answer» C. phonology | |
| 20. |
The word……………has been derived from Indian Language |
| A. | rainbow |
| B. | water |
| C. | shampoo |
| D. | skipper |
| Answer» D. skipper | |
| 21. |
Name of the group of related languages all derived from vulgar Latin within historical timesand forming a subgroup of the italic branch of the Indo – European language family. |
| A. | italic languages |
| B. | sardinian languages |
| C. | romanian languages |
| D. | romance languages |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Who is the author of the book “The Growth and Structure of the English Language”? |
| A. | otto jespersen |
| B. | robert lowth |
| C. | william bullokar |
| D. | willaiam cobbett |
| Answer» B. robert lowth | |
| 23. |
Who wrote the “ Essay towards a Real character and a Philosophical Language”? |
| A. | john wilkins |
| B. | james hermes |
| C. | thomas sheridan |
| D. | william jones |
| Answer» B. james hermes | |
| 24. |
When part of one word is combined with part of another in order to form a new word ,carrying with it the ideas behind both the original terms, is known as a ……………..word |
| A. | loan word |
| B. | noun word |
| C. | portmanteau word |
| D. | blend word |
| Answer» D. blend word | |
| 25. |
Who is the author of the essay “ Essay Upon Projects” that proposes an academy of 36“gentlemen” to dictate English usage? |
| A. | daniel defoe |
| B. | jonathan swift |
| C. | oliver goldsmith |
| D. | john wilkins |
| Answer» B. jonathan swift | |
| 26. |
“The Ecclesiastical History of the English People”, a key source f information about AngloSaxon settlement is the work of ………. |
| A. | william jones |
| B. | venerable bede |
| C. | king james i |
| D. | william langland |
| Answer» C. king james i | |
| 27. |
The First English Dictionary “ Table Alphabeticall” was published in….. |
| A. | 1608 |
| B. | 1700 |
| C. | 1678 |
| D. | 1604 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
The Philological society’sNew English Dictionary on Historical Principles, begun in 1879,was eventually published under which title in 1928? |
| A. | roget’s thesaurus |
| B. | the king’s english |
| C. | oxford english dictionary |
| D. | webster’s dictionary |
| Answer» D. webster’s dictionary | |
| 29. |
Which Anglo- Irish writer proposed the creation of an English Academy to regulate EnglishUsage and “ascertain” the language? |
| A. | jonathan swift |
| B. | samuel johnson |
| C. | dryden |
| D. | oliver goldsmith |
| Answer» B. samuel johnson | |
| 30. |
“The Rudiment of English Grammar” was written by……… |
| A. | joseph priestley |
| B. | william loughton |
| C. | werner |
| D. | dr. johnson |
| Answer» B. william loughton | |
| 31. |
Who is the author of “ The British Grammar”? |
| A. | robert lowth |
| B. | james buchanan |
| C. | loughton |
| D. | swift |
| Answer» C. loughton | |
| 32. |
Who is the author of the book “Practical Grammar of the English Tongue” |
| A. | william jones |
| B. | werner |
| C. | dr. johnson |
| D. | william loughton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Dr. Jonhson’s “ A Dictionary of the English Language” was published in ……… |
| A. | 1765 |
| B. | 1766 |
| C. | 1755 |
| D. | 1789 |
| Answer» D. 1789 | |
| 34. |
Who is the author of “ A Dictionary of the English Language? |
| A. | jonson |
| B. | dr. johnson |
| C. | swift |
| D. | king james |
| Answer» C. swift | |
| 35. |
“ A proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue” is the title ofthe letter by …………. |
| A. | swift |
| B. | dryden |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | dr. johnson |
| Answer» B. dryden | |
| 36. |
Who defined ascertainment as a “settled rule, an established standard.” |
| A. | dryden |
| B. | tennyson |
| C. | swift |
| D. | dr. johnson |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
in the 18th century the need for standardization and regulation of English was summed up inthe word……….. |
| A. | standardization |
| B. | addition |
| C. | ascertainment |
| D. | regularization |
| Answer» D. regularization | |
| 38. |
“ How barbarously we yet write and speak. Your lordship knows, and I am sufficientlysensible in my own English” Whose words are these? |
| A. | tennyson |
| B. | dryden |
| C. | johnson |
| D. | wordsworth |
| Answer» C. johnson | |
| 39. |
The New English Period has been known as…………… |
| A. | leveled inflections |
| B. | lost inflection |
| C. | less inflection |
| D. | full inflection |
| Answer» C. less inflection | |
| 40. |
The Middle English Period has been called the period of …………… |
| A. | leveled inflections |
| B. | lost inflection |
| C. | less inflection |
| D. | full inflection |
| Answer» B. lost inflection | |
| 41. |
The Old English Period has been called the period of ………… |
| A. | leveled inflections |
| B. | lost inflection |
| C. | less inflection |
| D. | full inflection |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
The remarkable changes in the pronunciation of vowels which took place during thetransition from Middle English to Modern English are commonly referred to as the ……… |
| A. | great vowel shift |
| B. | consonant shift |
| C. | addition |
| D. | mutation |
| Answer» B. consonant shift | |
| 43. |
Printing was introduced into England in 1476 by ……………. |
| A. | william bailey |
| B. | coverdale |
| C. | william caxton |
| D. | william jones |
| Answer» D. william jones | |
| 44. |
“ After reading St. Paul’s epistle to the Hebrews, Homer and Virgil are disgustingly tame tome Milton himself barely tolerable” Who said these words? |
| A. | tennyson |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | wordsworth |
| D. | arnold |
| Answer» C. wordsworth | |
| 45. |
The vocabulary of the authorized version of the Bible adopted mainly from….. |
| A. | kentish |
| B. | latin |
| C. | french |
| D. | anglo saxon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Authorized version of Bible was published in………… |
| A. | 1600 |
| B. | 1611 |
| C. | 1612 |
| D. | 1687 |
| Answer» C. 1612 | |
| 47. |
The history of the English Bible begins with the work of …………..in 1526 |
| A. | tyndale |
| B. | purvey |
| C. | coverdale |
| D. | king james |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
The authorized version of Bible was made according to the suggestions of ………. |
| A. | coverdale |
| B. | dr johnson |
| C. | king james i |
| D. | king james ii |
| Answer» D. king james ii | |
| 49. |
………….had translated the Bible in 1588 |
| A. | king james |
| B. | coverdale |
| C. | tyndale |
| D. | purvey |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
The term Inkhorn term refers to………..words and expressions borrowed indiscriminatelyfrom the classical languages |
| A. | french |
| B. | latin |
| C. | german |
| D. | west saxon |
| Answer» C. german | |