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This section includes 196 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Professional Communication knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
/f/ and /v/ are called |
| A. | plosives |
| B. | affricates |
| C. | fricatives |
| D. | trill |
| Answer» D. trill | |
| 102. |
The initial sound in ‘chair’ and ‘jam’ are examples for----- |
| A. | plosives |
| B. | affricates |
| C. | fricatives |
| D. | trill |
| Answer» C. fricatives | |
| 103. |
/s/, /z/ are called ------ |
| A. | plosives |
| B. | affricates |
| C. | fricatives |
| D. | trill |
| Answer» D. trill | |
| 104. |
Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used to indicate thatthe speaker implies things which are not explicitly expressed |
| A. | the falling |
| B. | the rising |
| C. | the fall-rise |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 105. |
Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used in W.H. questionsasked 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» C. the fall-rise | |
| 106. |
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in polite requests |
| A. | the falling |
| B. | the rising |
| C. | the fall-rise |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. the fall-rise | |
| 107. |
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarativesentences uttered as questions |
| A. | the falling |
| B. | the rising |
| C. | the fall-rise |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. the fall-rise | |
| 108. |
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in listing theitems |
| A. | the falling |
| B. | the rising |
| C. | the fall-rise |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. the rising | |
| 109. |
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questionswhich 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» B. the rising | |
| 110. |
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» D. none of the above | |
| 111. |
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commands |
| A. | the falling |
| B. | the rising |
| C. | the fall-rise |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. the rising | |
| 112. |
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used inW.Hquestions? |
| A. | the falling |
| B. | the rising |
| C. | the fall-rise |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. the rising | |
| 113. |
Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarativesentences uttered as ordinary statements |
| A. | the falling |
| B. | the rising |
| C. | the fall-rise |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. the rising | |
| 114. |
The two sounds influencing each other and combine to produce athird sound is an instance of --------assimilation |
| A. | progressive |
| B. | regressive |
| C. | reciprocal |
| D. | regressive |
| Answer» D. regressive | |
| 115. |
In the pronunciation of the word ‘ink’ the alveolar /n/ becoming avelar sound is an instance of ------ |
| A. | progressive |
| B. | regressive |
| C. | reciprocal |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. reciprocal | |
| 116. |
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» B. regressive | |
| 117. |
The following sound influencing the preceding one is an instance of -----assimilation |
| A. | progressive |
| B. | regressive |
| C. | reciprocal |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. reciprocal | |
| 118. |
The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of ----assimilation |
| A. | progressive |
| B. | regressive |
| C. | reciprocal |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. regressive | |
| 119. |
Assimilation is mainly of ------types |
| A. | four |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | only one |
| Answer» D. only one | |
| 120. |
The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitchintonation and juncture are called------- |
| A. | supra-segmental phonemes |
| B. | secondary phonemes |
| C. | prosodic features |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 121. |
/K/and /g/ are examples for ----sounds |
| A. | velar |
| B. | glottal |
| C. | palatal |
| D. | bilabial |
| Answer» B. glottal | |
| 122. |
/h/ in the word ‘he’ is a ----sound |
| A. | velar |
| B. | glottal |
| C. | palatal |
| D. | alveolar |
| Answer» C. palatal | |
| 123. |
The initial consonant in ‘Young’ is a ------sound |
| A. | palatal |
| B. | velar |
| C. | dental |
| D. | glottal |
| Answer» B. velar | |
| 124. |
The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; areexamples for---- |
| A. | palato-alveolar |
| B. | palatal |
| C. | velar |
| D. | bilabial |
| Answer» B. palatal | |
| 125. |
/f/and /v/ are------- |
| A. | dental |
| B. | labio-dental |
| C. | bilabial |
| D. | alveolar |
| Answer» C. bilabial | |
| 126. |
----are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the softpalate |
| A. | post-alveolar |
| B. | palate-alveolar |
| C. | palatal |
| D. | velar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 127. |
-------are sounds articulated in the glottis |
| A. | glottal |
| B. | velar |
| C. | palatal |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. velar | |
| 128. |
/t/. /d/, /n/, /l/, /s/ are ----------- |
| A. | alveolar |
| B. | post-alvoelar |
| C. | palatal |
| D. | dental; |
| Answer» B. post-alvoelar | |
| 129. |
/p/, /b/, /m/ and /w/ are------ |
| A. | bilabial |
| B. | dental; |
| C. | velar |
| D. | glottal |
| Answer» B. dental; | |
| 130. |
-----are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hardpalate |
| A. | post-alveolar |
| B. | palate-alveolar |
| C. | palatal |
| D. | velar |
| Answer» D. velar | |
| 131. |
-----are produced involving the tip of the tongue and the back part ofthe teeth ridge. |
| A. | post-alveolar |
| B. | palate-alveolar |
| C. | palatal |
| D. | velar |
| Answer» B. palate-alveolar | |
| 132. |
Sounds articulated with the tip of the tongue or the blade of thetongue against the teeth ridge are called---- |
| A. | dental |
| B. | bilabial |
| C. | labio-dental |
| D. | alveolar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 133. |
Sounds articulated by the lower lip placed against the upper teeth arecalled---- |
| A. | dental |
| B. | bilabial |
| C. | labio-dental |
| D. | alveolar |
| Answer» D. alveolar | |
| 134. |
Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upperteeth are called--- |
| A. | dental |
| B. | labio-dental |
| C. | bilabial |
| D. | alveolar |
| Answer» B. labio-dental | |
| 135. |
Sounds articulated by two lips are called ------ |
| A. | dental |
| B. | bilabial |
| C. | labio-dental |
| D. | alveolar |
| Answer» C. labio-dental | |
| 136. |
----is the process by which one speech sound gets changed to anotherunder the influence of another |
| A. | onomatopoeia |
| B. | assimilation |
| C. | regression |
| D. | progression |
| Answer» C. regression | |
| 137. |
--------are the different concrete phonetic variation of the samephoneme |
| A. | allophones |
| B. | triphthongs |
| C. | semi-vowels |
| D. | minimal pairs |
| Answer» B. triphthongs | |
| 138. |
---- is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speechsound or phoneme |
| A. | syllable |
| B. | stress |
| C. | intonation |
| D. | pitch. |
| Answer» B. stress | |
| 139. |
----------are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speechorgans glide from one vowel position to another |
| A. | diphthongs |
| B. | triphthongs |
| C. | semi-vowels |
| D. | minimal pairs |
| Answer» D. minimal pairs | |
| 140. |
------is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a theweak vowel |
| A. | triaphthong |
| B. | triaphone |
| C. | triphthong |
| D. | triology |
| Answer» D. triology | |
| 141. |
-------is the basis of all sounds in English language and in mostlanguages in India. |
| A. | the pulmonic air stream mechanism |
| B. | the glotalic air stream mechanism |
| C. | the velaric air stream mechanism |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» B. the glotalic air stream mechanism | |
| 142. |
The study of meaning is called---- |
| A. | phonology |
| B. | morphology |
| C. | syntax |
| D. | semantics |
| Answer» E. | |
| 143. |
The study of the way that sequences of words are ordered intophrases, clauses, and sentences is called------ |
| A. | phonology |
| B. | morphology |
| C. | syntax |
| D. | semantics |
| Answer» D. semantics | |
| 144. |
The study ordering of speech sounds into the smallest meaningfulgroups is called---- |
| A. | phonology |
| B. | morphology |
| C. | syntax |
| D. | semantics |
| Answer» C. syntax | |
| 145. |
The study of elementary speech sounds is called---- |
| A. | phonology |
| B. | morphology |
| C. | syntax |
| D. | semantics |
| Answer» B. morphology | |
| 146. |
The older term used to designate the study of languages is------ |
| A. | philology |
| B. | haplology |
| C. | phonology |
| D. | semiology |
| Answer» B. haplology | |
| 147. |
Which among the following is not a branch of linguistics |
| A. | phonology |
| B. | morphology |
| C. | semantics |
| D. | philology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 148. |
Which among the following does not constitute the generalmethodology of science |
| A. | controlled observation |
| B. | hypothesis formulation |
| C. | analysis, generalization and prediction |
| D. | speculation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 149. |
Which among the following is not an aim of linguistics |
| A. | to study the nature of language |
| B. | to establish a theory of language |
| C. | to propound stories of the origin of language |
| D. | to describe a language and all languages |
| Answer» D. to describe a language and all languages | |
| 150. |
Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature oflinguistics |
| A. | systematic gathering and analysis of data |
| B. | determination of causal relationship between facts |
| C. | chronological presentation of data |
| D. | verification, validation and generalization. |
| Answer» D. verification, validation and generalization. | |