McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) , Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) , Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 1. |
Language is a --------- subject |
| A. | style |
| B. | skill |
| C. | passive |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. skill | |
| 2. |
The word "unhappiness" consists of ---------- morphemes |
| A. | Two |
| B. | four |
| C. | Three |
| D. | five |
| Answer» C. Three | |
| 3. |
Speech is ----------- and writing is secondary |
| A. | usual |
| B. | unusual |
| C. | primary |
| D. | open |
| Answer» C. primary | |
| 4. |
Identify the structure: "I bought a text book |
| A. | SVA |
| B. | SVO |
| C. | SVAO |
| D. | SVOC |
| Answer» B. SVO | |
| 5. |
Identify the underlined part: "She stood under the tree |
| A. | clause |
| B. | phrase |
| C. | suffix |
| D. | object |
| Answer» B. phrase | |
| 6. |
old grammar is |
| A. | Descriptive |
| B. | prescriptive |
| C. | simple |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. prescriptive | |
| 7. |
The diphthong in the word "height" |
| A. | /ei/ |
| B. | /ai/ |
| C. | /ea/ |
| D. | /i/ |
| Answer» B. /ai/ | |
| 8. |
The vowel in the word "food" |
| A. | /e/ |
| B. | /u:/ |
| C. | /U/ |
| D. | /i/ |
| Answer» B. /u:/ | |
| 9. |
Tongue is a --------- articulator |
| A. | Active |
| B. | passive |
| C. | creative |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Active | |
| 10. |
A gerund is -------------- |
| A. | verb |
| B. | object |
| C. | verbal noun |
| D. | verbal adjective |
| Answer» C. verbal noun | |
| 11. |
Identify the underlined word: I saw a running dog |
| A. | verbal noun |
| B. | present participle |
| C. | past participle |
| D. | All these |
| Answer» B. present participle | |
| 12. |
An example of an abstract noun is |
| A. | death |
| B. | eat |
| C. | write |
| D. | come |
| Answer» A. death | |
| 13. |
pick out the collective noun from the following |
| A. | Aluminum |
| B. | Government |
| C. | Truth |
| D. | Join |
| Answer» B. Government | |
| 14. |
After dinner the mother --------- the child in the cradle |
| A. | lied |
| B. | laid |
| C. | lay |
| D. | lied |
| Answer» B. laid | |
| 15. |
Yesterday I met ------------ European |
| A. | an |
| B. | a |
| C. | on |
| D. | of |
| Answer» B. a | |
| 16. |
"re" in the word "re examine" |
| A. | suffix |
| B. | prefix |
| C. | phoneme |
| D. | word |
| Answer» B. prefix | |
| 17. |
Affix’s are ----------- morphemes |
| A. | Free |
| B. | bound |
| C. | both free and bound |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. bound | |
| 18. |
The antonym of the word "pessimism" |
| A. | Hopeless |
| B. | optimism |
| C. | mysticism |
| D. | classicism |
| Answer» B. optimism | |
| 19. |
The variety of English that has grarnmar social prestige is ---------- |
| A. | standerd english |
| B. | spoken english |
| C. | written english |
| D. | American English |
| Answer» A. standerd english | |
| 20. |
Noam chomsky is a ----------- |
| A. | poet |
| B. | grammarian |
| C. | Novelist |
| D. | Dramatist |
| Answer» B. grammarian | |
| 21. |
In English there are ----------- phonemes |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 44 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 08 |
| Answer» B. 44 | |
| 22. |
Identify the correct spelling |
| A. | possesion |
| B. | possession |
| C. | pocession |
| D. | possecion |
| Answer» B. possession | |
| 23. |
I have not met him ---------- a long time |
| A. | since |
| B. | for |
| C. | in |
| D. | on |
| Answer» B. for | |
| 24. |
The word "branch" is an example of |
| A. | eponym |
| B. | blending |
| C. | compounding |
| D. | Affixing |
| Answer» B. blending | |
| 25. |
Gliding vowels are |
| A. | Diphthongs |
| B. | pure vowels |
| C. | morphemes |
| D. | monopthongs |
| Answer» A. Diphthongs | |
| 26. |
Regional variety of language is |
| A. | Idiolect |
| B. | Dialect |
| C. | Register |
| D. | pidgin |
| Answer» B. Dialect | |
| 27. |
The word "tall" is |
| A. | poly syllabic |
| B. | Disyllabic |
| C. | mono syllabic |
| D. | Tri syllabic |
| Answer» C. mono syllabic | |
| 28. |
stress, rhythm and ---------- are known as supra segmental features |
| A. | syllable |
| B. | phoneme |
| C. | intonation |
| D. | phonetics |
| Answer» C. intonation | |
| 29. |
The study of meaning is |
| A. | semantics |
| B. | linguistics |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | phonetics |
| Answer» A. semantics | |
| 30. |
In the word "remember" there are ----------- syllables |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» B. 3 | |
| 31. |
The intonation in "wh" question is |
| A. | falling |
| B. | rising |
| C. | fall rise |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. falling | |
| 32. |
The syllabic structure of the word "clap" |
| A. | cvc |
| B. | ccvc |
| C. | vccv |
| D. | cvcv |
| Answer» B. ccvc | |
| 33. |
Pick out the modal auxiliary from the following |
| A. | write |
| B. | to |
| C. | can |
| D. | from |
| Answer» C. can | |
| 34. |
The auxiliary verb to indicate remote possibility is |
| A. | will |
| B. | shall |
| C. | must |
| D. | might |
| Answer» D. might | |
| 35. |
The noun "death" is |
| A. | collective noun |
| B. | Abstract noun |
| C. | material noun |
| D. | proper noun |
| Answer» B. Abstract noun | |
| 36. |
She has --------- for a walk |
| A. | went |
| B. | go |
| C. | going |
| D. | gone |
| Answer» D. gone | |
| 37. |
I prefer milk ---------- water |
| A. | than |
| B. | on |
| C. | to |
| D. | at |
| Answer» C. to | |
| 38. |
He is my ----------- brother |
| A. | older |
| B. | elder |
| C. | eld |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. elder | |
| 39. |
When the doctor reached the patient -------- |
| A. | had died |
| B. | dies |
| C. | dying |
| D. | will die |
| Answer» A. had died | |
| 40. |
My brother as well as his wife ----------- coming to meet me |
| A. | is |
| B. | are |
| C. | will |
| D. | were |
| Answer» A. is | |
| 41. |
How ---------- money do you want? |
| A. | more |
| B. | many |
| C. | much |
| D. | any |
| Answer» C. much | |
| 42. |
The moon ---------- round the earth |
| A. | moves |
| B. | moving |
| C. | will move |
| D. | can moving |
| Answer» A. moves | |
| 43. |
No sooner did I reach the station --------- the train started |
| A. | then |
| B. | than |
| C. | only |
| D. | when |
| Answer» B. than | |
| 44. |
Be content ------------ what you have |
| A. | on |
| B. | with |
| C. | at |
| D. | of |
| Answer» B. with | |
| 45. |
There is hardly ---------- salt in the pot |
| A. | some |
| B. | many |
| C. | much |
| D. | any |
| Answer» D. any | |
| 46. |
Nepal lies --------- India and China |
| A. | between |
| B. | among |
| C. | beyond |
| D. | below |
| Answer» A. between | |
| 47. |
"Assassin" means |
| A. | die |
| B. | kill |
| C. | attack |
| D. | run |
| Answer» B. kill | |
| 48. |
Either Anil or Ashok ---------- responsible |
| A. | are |
| B. | were |
| C. | is |
| D. | on |
| Answer» C. is | |
| 49. |
A speech made without preparation is |
| A. | Debate |
| B. | speech |
| C. | extempore |
| D. | prepared |
| Answer» C. extempore | |
| 50. |
An unmarried woman is |
| A. | widow |
| B. | spinster |
| C. | maid |
| D. | Bachelor |
| Answer» B. spinster | |
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