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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.
| 151. |
______________________ is the device used in modern linguistics for grouping together words and phrases so as to remove ambiguity of construction? |
| A. | Transformational Generative grammar |
| B. | The phrase structure Grammar |
| C. | Immediate Constituent Analysis |
| D. | All the abovE. |
| Answer» D. All the abovE. | |
| 152. |
__________________is the accent on certain words within the a sentence? |
| A. | Semantics |
| B. | Syntax |
| C. | Sentence__stress |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 153. |
__________ is term introduced by CHOMSKY to describe ‘the actual use of language in concrete situations’ |
| A. | Performance |
| B. | Parole |
| C. | Paradigmatic |
| D. | N. O. T |
| Answer» B. Parole | |
| 154. |
______________is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a language? |
| A. | Phonology |
| B. | Morphology |
| C. | Semantics |
| D. | Syntax |
| Answer» B. Morphology | |
| 155. |
________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme ? |
| A. | Syllable |
| B. | Stress |
| C. | Intonation |
| D. | Pitch. |
| Answer» B. Stress | |
| 156. |
_______ is a term denotes historical perspective for studying language ? |
| A. | Synchrony |
| B. | Diachrony |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Both a and b | |
| 157. |
______________________is a processes of word formation wherein one or more syllables are removed from an existing long words? |
| A. | Compounding |
| B. | Portmanteau |
| C. | Derivation |
| D. | Clipping. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 158. |
______________________is a processes of word formation wherein new words are coined by combining the segments of two different existing words? |
| A. | Compounding |
| B. | Portmanteau |
| C. | Derivation |
| D. | Backformation. |
| Answer» C. Derivation | |
| 159. |
_____________________is a processes of word formation whereby new words are formed by subtracting a root by deleting final syllable which is misunderstood as a suffix? |
| A. | Compounding |
| B. | Portmanteau |
| C. | Derivation |
| D. | Backformation. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 160. |
______________________is a processes of word formation wherein two or more existing words are simply combined ? |
| A. | Compounding |
| B. | Portmanteau |
| C. | Derivation |
| D. | Backformation. |
| Answer» B. Portmanteau | |
| 161. |
______________________is a processes of word formation by which new words are formed by attaching prefixes or suffixes to the base form? |
| A. | Compounding |
| B. | Portmanteau |
| C. | Derivation |
| D. | Backformation |
| Answer» D. Backformation | |
| 162. |
____________is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a the weak vowel? |
| A. | Triaphthong |
| B. | Triaphone |
| C. | Triphthong |
| D. | Triology |
| Answer» D. Triology | |
| 163. |
__________is a method of word formation whereby on or more syllables are removed from longer words ? |
| A. | Portmanteau |
| B. | Onomatopoeia |
| C. | Clipping |
| D. | Metanalysis |
| Answer» D. Metanalysis | |
| 164. |
______________involves a different analysis of the structure of the word by attaching a consonant at the end of a word or a vowel at the beginning of the next word ? |
| A. | Portmanteau |
| B. | Onomatopoeia |
| C. | Clipping |
| D. | Met analysis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 165. |
In which of the following words, is the sound /k/ aspirated ? |
| A. | Kill |
| B. | Skill |
| C. | Skin |
| D. | Skit |
| Answer» B. Skill | |
| 166. |
In transformational Generative Grammar, the ‘Generative’ means______________? |
| A. | ‘to produce’ |
| B. | ‘to develop’ |
| C. | ‘to predict’ |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 167. |
In the pronunciation of the word ‘ink’ the alveolar /n/ becoming a velar sound is an instance of ____________? |
| A. | Progressive |
| B. | Regressive |
| C. | Reciprocal |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Reciprocal | |
| 168. |
In its general sense it refers to the creative capacity of language users to produce an endless number of new sentences, in contrast to the communication systems of animals is called ? |
| A. | Productivity |
| B. | Langue |
| C. | Paradigmatic |
| D. | Parole |
| Answer» B. Langue | |
| 169. |
Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemes and at the level of words. This property of language is called_______________? |
| A. | Duality of structure |
| B. | Recursiveness |
| C. | Displacement |
| D. | TransferencE. |
| Answer» B. Recursiveness | |
| 170. |
Human beings can talk about experiences, objects and events which are not present at the time and place of speaking. This property of language is called______________ ? |
| A. | Duality of structure |
| B. | Recursiveness |
| C. | Displacement |
| D. | TransferencE |
| Answer» D. TransferencE | |
| 171. |
How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed ? |
| A. | Only one |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Innumerable |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Innumerable | |
| 172. |
How many stressed are generally marked_____________? |
| A. | Only one |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Three |
| D. | Four |
| Answer» C. Three | |
| 173. |
How many nasal sounds are there in the Malayalam language ? |
| A. | Two |
| B. | Three |
| C. | Four |
| D. | Five |
| Answer» E. | |
| 174. |
How many nasal sounds are there in the English Language ? |
| A. | Two |
| B. | Three |
| C. | Four |
| D. | Five |
| Answer» C. Four | |
| 175. |
How many classes of morphemes can be identified in a language ? |
| A. | Only one |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Three |
| D. | Four |
| Answer» C. Three | |
| 176. |
/h/ in the word ‘he’ is a __________ sound? |
| A. | Velar |
| B. | Glottal |
| C. | Palatal |
| D. | Alveolar |
| Answer» C. Palatal | |
| 177. |
Find the odd one out____________________? |
| A. | Ferdinand de Saussure |
| B. | Edward Sapir |
| C. | Leonard Bloomfield |
| D. | Herman Gundert |
| Answer» E. | |
| 178. |
Father of modern linguistics is ________? |
| A. | Noam Chomsky |
| B. | Ferdenand De Sassure |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Both A and B |
| Answer» D. Both A and B | |
| 179. |
/f/and /v/ are______________? |
| A. | Dental |
| B. | Labio__dental |
| C. | Bilabial |
| D. | Alveolar |
| Answer» C. Bilabial | |
| 180. |
/f/ and /v/ are called ? |
| A. | Plosives |
| B. | Affricates |
| C. | fricatives |
| D. | Trill |
| Answer» D. Trill | |
| 181. |
Competence is a term to describe the knowledge possessed by native users of a language which enables them to speak and understand their language fluently was introduced by________? |
| A. | Sassure |
| B. | Enoch Powel |
| C. | Noam Chomsky |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 182. |
Chomsky developed Transformational-Generative Grammar in________? |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1951 |
| C. | 1952 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» B. 1951 | |
| 183. |
Certain morphemes have more than one meaning and can be understood in more than one way. They are called ______________? |
| A. | Allophones |
| B. | Homophones |
| C. | Homographs |
| D. | Homonyms |
| Answer» D. Homonyms | |
| 184. |
Assimilation is mainly of ____________ types? |
| A. | Four |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Three |
| D. | Only one |
| Answer» D. Only one | |
| 185. |
____________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» C. Palatal | |
| 186. |
______________are words which differ only in one phoneme ? |
| A. | Diphthongs |
| B. | Triphthongs |
| C. | Semi__vowels |
| D. | Minimal pairs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 187. |
______________are sounds articulated in the glottis ? |
| A. | Glottal |
| B. | Velar |
| C. | Palatal |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Velar | |
| 188. |
__________are produced involving the tip of the tongue and the back part of the teeth ridgE ? |
| A. | Post__alveolar |
| B. | Palate__alveolar |
| C. | Palatal |
| D. | Velar |
| Answer» B. Palate__alveolar | |
| 189. |
____________________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» D. Minimal pairs | |
| 190. |
__________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ? |
| A. | Post__alveolar |
| B. | Palate__alveolar |
| C. | Palatal |
| D. | Velar |
| Answer» D. Velar | |
| 191. |
________are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the soft palate? |
| A. | Post__alveolar |
| B. | Palate__alveolar |
| C. | Palatal |
| D. | Velar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 192. |
________________are also called secondary phonemes? |
| A. | Suprasegmentals |
| B. | Morphemes |
| C. | Allomorphs |
| D. | Allophones |
| Answer» B. Morphemes | |
| 193. |
____________________are also called prosodic features? |
| A. | Suprasegmentals |
| B. | Morphemes |
| C. | Allomorphs |
| D. | Allophones |
| Answer» B. Morphemes | |
| 194. |
According to the position of lips vowels can be divided into__________? |
| A. | Round vowels & unrounded vowels |
| B. | Front vowels & back vowels |
| C. | High vowels & low vowels |
| D. | Tense vowels &lax vowels |
| Answer» B. Front vowels & back vowels | |
| 195. |
According to the part of the tongue that is raised, 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» C. High vowels & low vowels | |
| 196. |
According to the height to which the tongue is raised, 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» D. Tense vowels &lax vowels | |
| 197. |
A term which refers to the sequential characteristics of language. When we construct WORDS and SENTENCES we follow a certain order in arranging the individual items. |
| A. | Syntagmatic |
| B. | Synergy |
| C. | Performance |
| D. | N. O. T |
| Answer» B. Synergy | |
| 198. |
A term introduced by the linguist SAUSSURE which refers to the state of a language as it exists at any given time |
| A. | Synchrony |
| B. | Diachrony |
| C. | Paradigmatic |
| D. | N. O. T |
| Answer» B. Diachrony | |
| 199. |
A syllabic division is marked with______________? |
| A. | A slash |
| B. | An arrow mark |
| C. | A hyphen |
| D. | A vertical bar |
| Answer» D. A vertical bar | |
| 200. |
A person who has the ability to use only one language is called__________? |
| A. | Monologue |
| B. | Monolingual |
| C. | Monologal |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Monologal | |