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This section includes 205 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English Literature knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
The form ‘dog’ is a __________morphemE? |
| A. | A free morpheme |
| B. | Free variation |
| C. | Bound morpheme |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Free variation | |
| 102. |
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 | |
| 103. |
The final /t/ in walked is ____________? |
| A. | An adjective forming morpheme |
| B. | Plural morpheme |
| C. | Possessive morpheme |
| D. | Past morpheme |
| Answer» D. Past morpheme | |
| 104. |
The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances of__________? |
| A. | Allophones |
| B. | Allomorphs |
| C. | Minimal pairs |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Allomorphs | |
| 105. |
The final /n/ in the words ‘sudden’ and ‘mutton’ are __________________? |
| A. | Syllabic consonants |
| B. | Sibilants |
| C. | Suffixes |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Sibilants | |
| 106. |
The final /m/ in the word ‘Prism’ is an instance of ____________? |
| A. | Syllabic consonants |
| B. | Sibilants |
| C. | Suffixes |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Sibilants | |
| 107. |
The final /l/ in the words ‘bottle’, ‘cattle’ and ‘little’ are examples of _____________ ? |
| A. | Syllabic consonants |
| B. | Sibilants |
| C. | Suffixes |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Sibilants | |
| 108. |
The final consonants /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in the words ‘cats’, ‘dogs’ and ‘boxes’ are instances of ______________? |
| A. | Allophones |
| B. | Allomorphs |
| C. | Minimal pairs |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Allomorphs | |
| 109. |
The –en in strengthen is a __________? |
| A. | An adjective forming morpheme |
| B. | Plural morpheme |
| C. | Possessive morpheme |
| D. | Verb forming morpheme |
| Answer» E. | |
| 110. |
The Ding__Dong theory of the origin of language was advanced by_______________? |
| A. | Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget |
| B. | Noire |
| C. | Max__Muller |
| D. | Otto Jepersen |
| Answer» D. Otto Jepersen | |
| 111. |
The different concrete phonetic variation of the same phoneme are called______________? |
| A. | Allophones |
| B. | Homophones |
| C. | Homographs |
| D. | Homonyms |
| Answer» B. Homophones | |
| 112. |
The /d/ in ‘middle’ is an instance of __________________? |
| A. | Lateral plosion |
| B. | Alveolar plosion |
| C. | Nasal plosion |
| D. | Incomplete plosion. |
| Answer» B. Alveolar plosion | |
| 113. |
The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called__________? |
| A. | Semi__vowels |
| B. | Laterals |
| C. | Sibilants |
| D. | Trills |
| Answer» B. Laterals | |
| 114. |
The consonant /s/ is called ________ ? |
| A. | Sibilant |
| B. | Lateral |
| C. | Nasal |
| D. | Semi__vowel |
| Answer» B. Lateral | |
| 115. |
The consonant /l/ is called ____________? |
| A. | Sibilant |
| B. | Lateral |
| C. | Nasal |
| D. | Semi__vowel |
| Answer» C. Nasal | |
| 116. |
The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the ______________________of the same phoneme /l/? |
| A. | Allophones |
| B. | Allophones |
| C. | Morpheme variants |
| D. | Minimal pairs |
| Answer» B. Allophones | |
| 117. |
The classification of vowels into round vowels and unrounded vowels is based on ________________? |
| A. | The position of the lips |
| B. | The part of the tongue that is raised |
| C. | The height to which the tongue is raised |
| D. | All the abovE. |
| Answer» B. The part of the tongue that is raised | |
| 118. |
The classification of vowels into tense vowels and lax vowels is based on ________________? |
| A. | The position of the lips |
| B. | The part of the tongue that is raised |
| C. | The height to which the tongue is raised |
| D. | The state of the tension of the tongue |
| Answer» E. | |
| 119. |
The classification of vowels into high vowels and low vowels is based on ____________? |
| A. | The position of the lips |
| B. | The part of the tongue that is raised |
| C. | The height to which the tongue is raised |
| D. | All the abovE. |
| Answer» D. All the abovE. | |
| 120. |
The classification of vowels into half__high vowels and half__low vowels is based on ________________? |
| A. | The position of the lips |
| B. | The part of the tongue that is raised |
| C. | The height to which the tongue is raised |
| D. | All the abovE. |
| Answer» D. All the abovE. | |
| 121. |
The classification of vowels into half__close vowels and half__open vowels is based on ________________? |
| A. | The position of the lips |
| B. | The part of the tongue that is raised |
| C. | The height to which the tongue is raised |
| D. | All the abovE. |
| Answer» D. All the abovE. | |
| 122. |
The classification of vowels into front vowels and back vowels is based on ________________ ? |
| A. | The position of the lips |
| B. | The part of the tongue that is raised |
| C. | The height to which the tongue is raised |
| D. | All the abovE. |
| Answer» C. The height to which the tongue is raised | |
| 123. |
The classification of vowels into front vowels, back vowels and center vowels is based on ________________? |
| A. | The position of the lips |
| B. | The part of the tongue that is raised |
| C. | The height to which the tongue is raised |
| D. | All the abovE. |
| Answer» C. The height to which the tongue is raised | |
| 124. |
The classification of vowels into close vowels and open vowels is based on ________________? |
| A. | The position of the lips |
| B. | The part of the tongue that is raised |
| C. | The height to which the tongue is raised |
| D. | All the above. |
| Answer» D. All the above. | |
| 125. |
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 | |
| 126. |
/s/, /z/ are called ____________? |
| A. | Plosives |
| B. | Affricates |
| C. | Fricatives |
| D. | Trill |
| Answer» D. Trill | |
| 127. |
Reflections on Language is a book written by Noam Choamsky in__________? |
| A. | 1975 |
| B. | 1976 |
| C. | 1977 |
| D. | 1988 |
| Answer» B. 1976 | |
| 128. |
____________refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech? |
| A. | Stress |
| B. | Pitch |
| C. | Intonation |
| D. | JuncturE. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 129. |
______________refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area, social class or status affecting mutual intelligibility ? |
| A. | Dialect |
| B. | Idiolect |
| C. | Register |
| D. | Slang |
| Answer» B. Idiolect | |
| 130. |
________________refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences? |
| A. | Intonation |
| B. | Stress |
| C. | Pitch |
| D. | JuncturE |
| Answer» B. Stress | |
| 131. |
______________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» D. None of the above | |
| 132. |
Phonemes which effect meaning change in the same linguistic environment are said to be in ____________? |
| A. | Contrastive distribution |
| B. | Complementary distribution |
| C. | Non__contrastive distribution |
| D. | None of the abovE. |
| Answer» B. Complementary distribution | |
| 133. |
/p/, /b/, /m/ and /w/ are____________? |
| A. | Bilabial |
| B. | Dental; |
| C. | Velar |
| D. | Glottal |
| Answer» B. Dental; | |
| 134. |
/p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/ are examples for ______________? |
| A. | Plosives |
| B. | Affricates |
| C. | fricatives |
| D. | Trill |
| Answer» B. Affricates | |
| 135. |
On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be classified into______________? |
| A. | Round vowels & unrounded vowels |
| B. | Front vowels & back vowels |
| C. | High vowels & low vowels |
| D. | Tense vowels &lax vowels |
| Answer» E. | |
| 136. |
Noam Chomsky was born in _________? |
| A. | December 7, 1928 |
| B. | December 8, 1928 |
| C. | December 9, 1928 |
| D. | December 10, 1928 |
| Answer» B. December 8, 1928 | |
| 137. |
Morphology is the branch of linguistics which deals with |
| A. | The study of the structure of sounds and symbols. |
| B. | study of the structure of letters. |
| C. | The study of the structure of words |
| D. | N. O. T |
| Answer» D. N. O. T | |
| 138. |
Morpheme alternants are called________? |
| A. | Allophones |
| B. | Allomorphs |
| C. | Minimal pairs |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Minimal pairs | |
| 139. |
/m/ is a ______________consonant? |
| A. | Bilabial |
| B. | Bilabial__nasal |
| C. | Velar |
| D. | Glottal |
| Answer» C. Velar | |
| 140. |
Language is never statiC. It goes on changing. This property of language is called______________ ? |
| A. | Dynamic |
| B. | Recursiveness |
| C. | Displacement |
| D. | TransferencE |
| Answer» B. Recursiveness | |
| 141. |
It is possible to write down spoken language and read aloud the written material. This property of language is called______________ ? |
| A. | Duality of structure |
| B. | Recursiveness |
| C. | Displacement |
| D. | Transference. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 142. |
______________________is used to designate words pronounced differently though identically? |
| A. | Allophones |
| B. | Homophones |
| C. | Homographs |
| D. | Homonyms |
| Answer» E. | |
| 143. |
________________is the totality of the speech habits of an individual? |
| A. | Dialect |
| B. | Idiolect |
| C. | Register |
| D. | Slang |
| Answer» C. Register | |
| 144. |
__________________________is the study of how the mentally represented grammar of language is employed in the production and comprehension of speech? |
| A. | Socio__linguistics |
| B. | Psycho__linguistics |
| C. | Neuron__linguistics |
| D. | Physio –linguistics |
| Answer» C. Neuron__linguistics | |
| 145. |
______________ is the system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association? |
| A. | The international phonetic script |
| B. | The international phonetic alphabet |
| C. | The international phonemic script |
| D. | The intelligible phonetic script. |
| Answer» C. The international phonemic script | |
| 146. |
______________is the scientific study of language ? |
| A. | Philology |
| B. | Phonology |
| C. | Phonetics |
| D. | linguistics |
| Answer» E. | |
| 147. |
_________ 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» C. Regression | |
| 148. |
____________is the process by which new words are coined by combining the segments of two different words ? |
| A. | Portmanteau |
| B. | Onomatopoeia |
| C. | Clipping |
| D. | Metanalysis |
| Answer» B. Onomatopoeia | |
| 149. |
______________is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ? |
| A. | Stress |
| B. | Pitch |
| C. | Intonation |
| D. | Juncture |
| Answer» B. Pitch | |
| 150. |
_______________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» C. Sociology of linguistics | |