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This section includes 49 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Professional Communication knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Fill in the blank : Neha has left for ___ United States of America. |
| A. | a |
| B. | the |
| C. | an |
| D. | to |
| Answer» C. an | |
| 2. |
Correct the incorrect statement :How gentle person Mr. Bhatia is! |
| A. | How gentle a person Mr. Bhatia is! |
| B. | How gentle the person Mr. Bhatia is! |
| C. | How gentle person the Mr. Bhatia is! |
| D. | How a gentle person Mr. Bhatia is! |
| Answer» B. How gentle the person Mr. Bhatia is! | |
| 3. |
In which of these cases, the article is not omitted? |
| A. | Before names of materials |
| B. | Before names of relations |
| C. | Before the names of certain books |
| D. | Before languages |
| Answer» D. Before languages | |
| 4. |
Fill in the blank :Bismillah Khan plays _____ shehnai with great skill. |
| A. | a |
| B. | an |
| C. | the |
| D. | a or the |
| Answer» D. a or the | |
| 5. |
Articles are usually omitted before proper nouns. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 6. |
Find the correct statement. |
| A. | Sun rises in the east. |
| B. | The sun rises in the east. |
| C. | Sun rises in east. |
| D. | The sun rises in east. |
| Answer» C. Sun rises in east. | |
| 7. |
Fill in the blanks : ___ more you concentrate, ___ better you become. |
| A. | the, a |
| B. | the, the |
| C. | a, a |
| D. | the, then |
| Answer» C. a, a | |
| 8. |
'Little' as an adverb can’t be used with which one of these? |
| A. | Verbs |
| B. | Unfavourable adjectives |
| C. | Countable nouns |
| D. | Comparative adverbs |
| Answer» D. Comparative adverbs | |
| 9. |
Which of these is not a type of linguistics? |
| A. | Historical |
| B. | Personal |
| C. | Comparative |
| D. | Synchronic |
| Answer» C. Comparative | |
| 10. |
Which of these refer to the sound features of a language? |
| A. | Morphemics |
| B. | Phonetic substances |
| C. | Phonetics |
| D. | Syntax |
| Answer» C. Phonetics | |
| 11. |
What is the term used for ingressive air-sounds produced? |
| A. | Claps |
| B. | Snap |
| C. | Clicks |
| D. | Beats |
| Answer» D. Beats | |
| 12. |
Which of these terms refer to the study of hearing and perception of speech sounds? |
| A. | Articulatory phonetics |
| B. | Acoustic phonetics |
| C. | Auditory phonetics |
| D. | Laboratory phonetics |
| Answer» D. Laboratory phonetics | |
| 13. |
Articulatory phonetics is the study of physical properties of speech sounds. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 14. |
Laboratory phonetics is a branch which uses instruments to study sounds. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 15. |
Which if these belong to indefinite articles? |
| A. | A |
| B. | A and an |
| C. | An and the |
| D. | A and the |
| Answer» C. An and the | |
| 16. |
Which of these belong to definite articles? |
| A. | A and the |
| B. | The |
| C. | A and an |
| D. | An and the |
| Answer» C. A and an | |
| 17. |
The indefinite article is used when a singular noun is meant to represent a whole class. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 18. |
What are a, an and the collectively called? |
| A. | Indefinite articles |
| B. | Demonstrative adjectives |
| C. | Definite articles |
| D. | Demonstrative adverbs |
| Answer» C. Definite articles | |
| 19. |
Fill in the blank with article :__ child must respect his parents. |
| A. | A |
| B. | An |
| C. | This |
| D. | That |
| Answer» B. An | |
| 20. |
Which of the following vowels is an example of back vowel? |
| A. | i |
| B. | e: |
| C. | u |
| D. | a |
| Answer» D. a | |
| 21. |
According to the placement of the tongue, which of these is not a type of vowel? |
| A. | Cross vowels |
| B. | Front vowels |
| C. | Back vowels |
| D. | Central vowels |
| Answer» B. Front vowels | |
| 22. |
As per quality, vowels sounds can be differentiated as Monopthongs and Dipthongs. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 23. |
Which of these is not an article? |
| A. | An |
| B. | A |
| C. | This |
| D. | The |
| Answer» D. The | |
| 24. |
A is used before a vowel sounding like a consonant. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 25. |
Which of these is not a level of language? |
| A. | Phonology |
| B. | Grammar |
| C. | Running |
| D. | Semantics |
| Answer» D. Semantics | |
| 26. |
Which of these is the study of meaning of words, and the development of the meaning of words? |
| A. | Morphemics |
| B. | Phonetics |
| C. | Semantics |
| D. | Syntax |
| Answer» D. Syntax | |
| 27. |
Which of these is not a type of phonetics? |
| A. | Articulatory |
| B. | Personal |
| C. | Acoustic |
| D. | Auditory |
| Answer» C. Acoustic | |
| 28. |
Which of these terms refers to the study of speech sounds of a given language and their function within the sound system of that language? |
| A. | Phonetics |
| B. | Phonology |
| C. | Syntax |
| D. | Morphology |
| Answer» C. Syntax | |
| 29. |
Which of these terms refer to the study of speech process? |
| A. | Phonology |
| B. | Phonetic substances |
| C. | Phonetics |
| D. | Semantics |
| Answer» D. Semantics | |
| 30. |
Which of these consonants are the one whose place of articulation is the lower lip and upper teeth? |
| A. | Bilabial |
| B. | Dental |
| C. | Labio-dental |
| D. | Glottal |
| Answer» D. Glottal | |
| 31. |
According to the place of articulation, which of these is not a type of consonant? |
| A. | Bilabial |
| B. | Dental |
| C. | Velar |
| D. | Public |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
Which of the following is a voiceless sound component? |
| A. | b |
| B. | d |
| C. | c |
| D. | g |
| Answer» D. g | |
| 33. |
f and z are examples of : |
| A. | Bilabial consonant |
| B. | Sibilant consonant |
| C. | Dental consonant |
| D. | Alveolar consonant |
| Answer» C. Dental consonant | |
| 34. |
What is the structure in the following syllable : pack? |
| A. | CVC |
| B. | CV |
| C. | VCC |
| D. | VC |
| Answer» B. CV | |
| 35. |
What is the full form of IPA? |
| A. | Indian Phonetic Alphabet |
| B. | International Phonetic Alphabet |
| C. | International Phonetic Agreement |
| D. | Indian Phonetic Agreement |
| Answer» C. International Phonetic Agreement | |
| 36. |
What does the phonetic symbol 'd' represent? |
| A. | Voiced bilabial plosive |
| B. | Voiceless palatal plosive |
| C. | Voiced alveolor plosive |
| D. | Voiced dental fricative |
| Answer» D. Voiced dental fricative | |
| 37. |
The nucleus of the syllable is the vowel. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 38. |
What does the sign '/ /' represent? |
| A. | Phonetic transcription |
| B. | Centralization |
| C. | Voiced bilabial nasal |
| D. | Rising- falling pitch |
| Answer» B. Centralization | |
| 39. |
What does the word in ' ' refer to?His second composition was 'little' better than his first. |
| A. | Hardly |
| B. | Not much |
| C. | Scarcely |
| D. | Wasn’t |
| Answer» C. Scarcely | |
| 40. |
Choose the correct statement. |
| A. | Her brother is an engineer. |
| B. | Her brother is a engineer. |
| C. | Her brother is the engineer. |
| D. | Her brother is engineer. |
| Answer» B. Her brother is a engineer. | |
| 41. |
What is a consonant called when it is placed at the end of a syllable? |
| A. | Releasing consonant |
| B. | Arresting consonant |
| C. | Dental consonant |
| D. | Alveolar consonant |
| Answer» C. Dental consonant | |
| 42. |
Correct the statement :Family is an unit of society. |
| A. | Family is the unit of society. |
| B. | Family is a unit of society. |
| C. | Family is unit of society. |
| D. | The family is unit of society. |
| Answer» C. Family is unit of society. | |
| 43. |
Fill in the blank : He is ___ honest lawyer. |
| A. | a |
| B. | an |
| C. | the |
| D. | very |
| Answer» C. the | |
| 44. |
When we mention someone or something for the first time, we use 'the'. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 45. |
Which of these words is based on the phenomena, ‘Onomatopoeia’? |
| A. | Cuckoo |
| B. | Book |
| C. | Door |
| D. | Blackboard |
| Answer» B. Book | |
| 46. |
Which of these finds out how a certain set of people use a language at a given time? |
| A. | Diachronic Linguistics |
| B. | Comparative Linguistics |
| C. | Synchronic Linguistics |
| D. | Historical Linguistics |
| Answer» D. Historical Linguistics | |
| 47. |
Who among these is an ancient linguist of India? |
| A. | Patanjali |
| B. | Tista Bagchi |
| C. | Noam Chomsky |
| D. | Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya |
| Answer» B. Tista Bagchi | |
| 48. |
What are (1) and (2)? |
| A. | – Phonetics and 2) – Phonology |
| B. | – Syntax and 2) – Morphology |
| C. | – Syntax and 2) – Phonetics |
| D. | – Phonetics and 2) – Morphology |
| Answer» C. – Syntax and 2) – Phonetics | |
| 49. |
Which of these people perceives language as a means to interpret human experience? |
| A. | Anthropologist |
| B. | Sociologist |
| C. | Philosopher |
| D. | Students of literature |
| Answer» D. Students of literature | |