50+ The Spoken English Solved MCQs

1.

How many languages as official languages recognizes in constitution of India?

A. 14
B. 12
C. 16
D. 18
Answer» D. 18
2.

According to whom, "English is a big key on the Modern World"?

A. Gandhiji
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. C. Rajgopalchari
D. G.B.Shaw
Answer» B. Jawaharlal Nehru
3.

Who said that "English is the greatest gift of Goddess Sarswati to India"?

A. C. Rajgopalchari
B. Gandhiji
C. Rabinranath Tagor
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer» A. C. Rajgopalchari
4.

Who introduced English in Indian Education system?

A. Gandhiji
B. Lord Macaulay
C. C.K.Ogden
D. Dr. Radhakrishnan
Answer» B. Lord Macaulay
5.

In which year Bombay, Calcutta and Madras Universities had opened?

A. 1957
B. 1855
C. 1857
D. 1955
Answer» C. 1857
6.

Who wrote "Better English Pronunciation"?

A. Dr. Radhakrishnan
B. Vikram Seth
C. J.D.O.Conner
D. G.B.Shaw
Answer» C. J.D.O.Conner
7.

The organs of the speech can be classified into____ parts.

A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 6
Answer» A. 3
8.

What is the end of the Soft Palate?

A. soft palate
B. velam
C. uvula
D. larynx
Answer» C. uvula
9.

Which sound is produced from the Glottis?

A. /g/
B. /h/
C. /m/
D. /n/
Answer» B. /h/
10.

How many oral sounds in English?

A. 45
B. 27
C. 21
D. 41
Answer» D. 41
11.

How many vowels sounds are there in English?

A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 6
Answer» C. 12
12.

Which is the Lateral Sound?

A. /l/
B. /p/
C. /b/
D. /a/
Answer» A. /l/
13.

_____are free flowing sounds.

A. consonant
B. lateral sound
C. diphthongs
D. vowels
Answer» D. vowels
14.

In the production of______ sounds there is a glide from one position to another position.

A. consonants
B. diphthongs
C. vowels
D. none
Answer» B. diphthongs
15.

How many consonants in English?

A. 24
B. 12
C. 20
D. 22
Answer» A. 24
16.

The British arrived in India in the early ______.

A. 1500s
B. 1600s
C. 1660s
D. 1700s
Answer» B. 1600s
17.

According to whom, "English is the easiest language to speak bad but most difficult language to speak well"?

A. Arundhati Roy
B. Matthew Arnold
C. G.B.Shaw
D. John Ruskin
Answer» C. G.B.Shaw
18.

Who won the Booker Prize for her novel "The God for Small Things"?

A. Vikram Seth
B. Salman Rushdie
C. Rabinranath Tagor
D. Arundhati Roy
Answer» D. Arundhati Roy
19.

Which system includes larynx and the vocal cords?

A. Respiratory
B. Ariculatory
C. Phonatory
D. none
Answer» C. Phonatory
20.

Larynx is also known as_______.

A. velam
B. adam's apple
C. uvula
D. pharynx
Answer» B. adam's apple
21.

What is the another name of Teeth Ridge?

A. Alveloar Ridge
B. pharynx
C. soft palate
D. hard palate
Answer» A. Alveloar Ridge
22.

What is the another name of Soft Palate?

A. pharynx
B. velam
C. uvula
D. hard palate
Answer» B. velam
23.

What is the end of the Soft Palate?

A. hard palate
B. pharynx
C. uvula
D. velam
Answer» C. uvula
24.

What is the another name of wind pipe?

A. uvula
B. velam
C. trachea
D. soft palate
Answer» C. trachea
25.

When the soft palate is raised, the nasal cavity is blocked and air passes through the mouth is called_______.

A. oral sound
B. nasal sound
C. lateral sound
D. none
Answer» A. oral sound
26.

Which was not the nasal sounds in English?

A. /m/
B. /n/
C. /ŋ/
D. /b/
Answer» D. /b/
27.

Which syllable is stressed in a noun and adjective?

A. second
B. first
C. third
D. forth
Answer» B. first
28.

A unit that is next in hierarchy to the speech- sound is called_____.

A. stress
B. inflection
C. intonation
D. phoneme
Answer» A. stress
29.

________ is the change which occurs at the end of the word.

A. intonation
B. phoneme
C. inflection
D. stress
Answer» C. inflection
30.

________means 'the science of sound'.

A. phonology
B. stress
C. phoneme
D. intonation
Answer» A. phonology
31.

The smallest unit of word is called_________.

A. phonology
B. phoneme
C. morepheme
D. inflection
Answer» C. morepheme
32.

Smallest distinctive sound units are known as_______ of that language.

A. stress
B. phonemes
C. morepheme
D. intonation
Answer» B. phonemes
33.

______is a variation in pitch from one part of an utterance to another.

A. intonation
B. inflection
C. stress
D. syllable
Answer» B. inflection
34.

______is begins as plossives and ends as fricatives.

A. Bilabial
B. Nasal
C. velar
D. Affricates
Answer» D. Affricates
35.

In the production of_____ sounds, the back of the tongue touches the soft palate.

A. alveolar
B. bilabial
C. velar
D. glotal
Answer» C. velar
36.

Which is not the Plossives (Stop) consonants in English?

A. /p/
B. /m/
C. /b/
D. /t/
Answer» B. /m/
37.

When the two Vowels connected together that produce______.

A. diphthongs
B. affricate
C. consonant
D. vowel
Answer» A. diphthongs
38.

The extreme back end of the tongue is called_____.

A. back of the tongue
B. root of the tongue
C. tip of the tongue
D. front of the tongue
Answer» B. root of the tongue
39.

The tongue can be divided into___ parts.

A. 5
B. 3
C. 10
D. 7
Answer» A. 5
40.

When the soft palate is raised, the nasal cavity is blocked and air passes through the mouth is called_______.

A. nasal
B. affricate
C. oral
D. diphthongs
Answer» C. oral
41.

The open space between the vocal cords is called_____.

A. soft palate
B. glottis
C. pharynx
D. uvula
Answer» B. glottis
42.

Which system includes the lungs, the muscles of the chest and the wind pipe?

A. Respiratory
B. Phonatory
C. Ariculatory
D. none
Answer» A. Respiratory
43.

When the vocal cords are vibrate____ sounds produced.

A. unvoiced
B. lateral
C. voiced
D. none
Answer» C. voiced
44.

Which is the Alveolar sound?

A. /j/
B. /w/
C. /r/
D. /d/
Answer» D. /d/
45.

Which is the Palatal sound?

A. /r/
B. /j/
C. /p/
D. /f/
Answer» B. /j/
46.

Which is the Post-Alveolar sound?

A. /w/
B. /v/
C. /z/
D. /r/
Answer» D. /r/
47.

Ho many syllables in "Examination"?

A. 3
B. 7
C. 5
D. 9
Answer» C. 5
48.

"Young" phonetic transcription

A. /jʌŋ/
B. /jang/
C. /jan/
D. none
Answer» A. /jʌŋ/
49.

"teach" phonetic transcription

A. /tich/
B. /teechh/
C. |tiːtʃ|
D. /ta:ch/
Answer» C. |tiːtʃ|
50.

"America" phonetic transcription

A. /əmerɪkə/
B. /əmerɪka/
C. /amerɪkə/
D. /əmarɪkə/
Answer» A. /əmerɪkə/
51.

"lover" phonetic transcription

A. /lavə/
B. /lʌv/
C. /lʌva/
D. /lʌvə/
Answer» D. /lʌvə/
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