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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 | |