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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 101. |
The present-tense form of the verb ‘read’ and its past-tense which is pronounced as ‘red’ is an example of----- |
| A. | allophones |
| B. | homophones |
| C. | homographs |
| D. | homonyms |
| Answer» D. homonyms | |
| 102. |
Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called---- |
| A. | syllabic consonants |
| B. | sibilants |
| C. | suffixes |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. syllabic consonants | |
| 103. |
The final /l/ in the words ‘bottle’, ‘cattle’ and ‘little’ are examples of ---- |
| A. | syllabic consonants |
| B. | sibilants |
| C. | suffixes |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. syllabic consonants | |
| 104. |
The final /n/ in the words ‘sudden’ and ‘mutton’ are --------- |
| A. | syllabic consonants |
| B. | sibilants |
| C. | suffixes |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. syllabic consonants | |
| 105. |
The final /m/ in the word ‘Prism’ is an instance of ------ |
| A. | syllabic consonants |
| B. | sibilants |
| C. | suffixes |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. syllabic consonants | |
| 106. |
--------are also called secondary phonemes |
| A. | suprasegmentals |
| B. | morphemes |
| C. | allomorphs |
| D. | allophones |
| Answer» A. suprasegmentals | |
| 107. |
----------are also called prosodic features. |
| A. | suprasegmentals |
| B. | morphemes |
| C. | allomorphs |
| D. | allophones |
| Answer» A. suprasegmentals | |
| 108. |
-------is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttered. |
| A. | stress |
| B. | pitch |
| C. | intonation |
| D. | juncture |
| Answer» A. stress | |
| 109. |
Stress is used for the sake of ------- |
| A. | emphasis |
| B. | loudness |
| C. | double meaning |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. emphasis | |
| 110. |
How many stressed are generally marked |
| A. | only one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» B. two | |
| 111. |
---------is the accent on certain words within the a sentence |
| A. | semantics |
| B. | syntax |
| C. | sentence-stress |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. sentence-stress | |
| 112. |
------refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech. |
| A. | stress |
| B. | pitch |
| C. | intonation |
| D. | juncture. |
| Answer» D. juncture. | |
| 113. |
--------refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining to sentences. |
| A. | intonation |
| B. | stress |
| C. | pitch |
| D. | juncture. |
| Answer» A. intonation | |
| 114. |
The term--------refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech |
| A. | alliteration |
| B. | assonance |
| C. | elision |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. elision | |
| 115. |
IPA stands for----- |
| A. | inter national phonetic alphabet |
| B. | international phonetic association |
| C. | both ‘a’ & ‘b’ |
| D. | neither ‘a’ nor ‘b’ |
| Answer» C. both ‘a’ & ‘b’ | |
| 116. |
How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed? |
| A. | only one |
| B. | two |
| C. | innumerable |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. two | |
| 117. |
-------is concerned with the selection and organization of speech sounds in a language |
| A. | phonology |
| B. | morphology |
| C. | semantics |
| D. | syntax |
| Answer» A. phonology | |
| 118. |
/m/ is a -------consonant |
| A. | bilabial |
| B. | bilabial-nasal |
| C. | velar |
| D. | glottal |
| Answer» B. bilabial-nasal | |
| 119. |
How many classes of morphemes can be identified in a language |
| A. | only one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» B. two | |
| 120. |
A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called----- |
| A. | syllable |
| B. | phoneme |
| C. | morpheme |
| D. | allomorph |
| Answer» C. morpheme | |
| 121. |
The ‘ing’ in sleeping is an example of ------ |
| A. | a free morpheme |
| B. | free variation |
| C. | bound morpheme |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. bound morpheme | |
| 122. |
The form ‘dog’ is a -----morpheme. |
| A. | a free morpheme |
| B. | free variation |
| C. | bound morpheme |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. a free morpheme | |
| 123. |
Morpheme alternants are called---- |
| A. | allophones |
| B. | allomorphs |
| C. | minimal pairs |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. allomorphs | |
| 124. |
The final consonants /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in the words ‘cats’, ‘dogs’ and ‘boxes’ are instances of ------- |
| A. | allophones |
| B. | allomorphs |
| C. | minimal pairs |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. allophones | |
| 125. |
The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged and patted are instances of----- |
| A. | allophones |
| B. | allomorphs |
| C. | minimal pairs |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. allophones | |
| 126. |
The –ish in the word ‘childish’ is ------- |
| A. | an adjective forming morpheme |
| B. | plural morpheme |
| C. | possessive morpheme |
| D. | past morpheme |
| Answer» A. an adjective forming morpheme | |
| 127. |
The –s in ‘boys’ is ------- |
| A. | an adjective forming morpheme |
| B. | plural morpheme |
| C. | possessive morpheme |
| D. | past morpheme |
| Answer» A. an adjective forming morpheme | |
| 128. |
The –s in ‘john’s’ is ----- |
| A. | an adjective forming morpheme |
| B. | plural morpheme |
| C. | possessive morpheme |
| D. | past morpheme |
| Answer» B. plural morpheme | |
| 129. |
The final /t/ in walked is ------ |
| A. | an adjective forming morpheme |
| B. | plural morpheme |
| C. | possessive morpheme |
| D. | past morpheme |
| Answer» C. possessive morpheme | |
| 130. |
The –or in actor is |
| A. | an adjective forming morpheme |
| B. | plural morpheme |
| C. | possessive morpheme |
| D. | noun forming morpheme |
| Answer» D. noun forming morpheme | |
| 131. |
The –en in strengthen is a---- |
| A. | an adjective forming morpheme |
| B. | plural morpheme |
| C. | possessive morpheme |
| D. | verb forming morpheme. |
| Answer» D. verb forming morpheme. | |
| 132. |
The – s in ‘she sings well’ is ------ |
| A. | an adjective forming morpheme |
| B. | plural morpheme |
| C. | possessive morpheme |
| D. | morpheme signaling third person singular. |
| Answer» D. morpheme signaling third person singular. | |
| 133. |
The shortened forms like ‘photo’ for photograph is an instance of----- |
| A. | portmanteau |
| B. | onomatopoeia |
| C. | clipping |
| D. | metanalysis |
| Answer» C. clipping | |
| 134. |
-----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» C. clipping | |
| 135. |
------is the process by which new words are coined by combining the segments of two different words. |
| A. | portmanteau |
| B. | onomatopoeia |
| C. | clipping |
| D. | metanalysis |
| Answer» A. portmanteau | |
| 136. |
Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called----- |
| A. | portmanteau |
| B. | onomatopoeia |
| C. | clipping |
| D. | metanalysis |
| Answer» B. onomatopoeia | |
| 137. |
The two great linguists who have contributed much to frame the device of Immediate Constituent analysis are: |
| A. | leonard bloomfield & noam chomsky |
| B. | leonard bloomfield & max-muller |
| C. | max-muller & herman gundert |
| D. | edward sapir & ferdinand de saussure |
| Answer» A. leonard bloomfield & noam chomsky | |
| 138. |
----------- 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» C. immediate constituent analysis | |
| 139. |
The theory of Transformational Generative Grammar is contained in ------ |
| A. | chomsky’s “syntactic structures” |
| B. | chomsky’s “aspects of the theory of syntax” |
| C. | leonard bloomfield’s “language” |
| D. | both “a’ & “b” |
| Answer» D. both “a’ & “b” | |
| 140. |
In transformational Generative Grammar, the ‘Generative’ means: |
| A. | ‘to produce’ |
| B. | ‘to develop’ |
| C. | ‘to predict’ |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 141. |
Which among the following terms denotes the formal agreement between various constituent elements of a language? |
| A. | concord |
| B. | gerund |
| C. | phrase structure |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. concord | |
| 142. |
The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the -----------of the same phoneme /l/ |
| A. | allophones |
| B. | allomorphs |
| C. | morpheme variants |
| D. | minimal pairs |
| Answer» A. allophones | |
| 143. |
In which of the following words, is the sound /k/ aspirated |
| A. | kill |
| B. | skill |
| C. | skin |
| D. | skit |
| Answer» A. kill | |
| 144. |
The /k/ in ‘kill’ and ‘skill’ are -------- |
| A. | allophones |
| B. | allomorphs |
| C. | morpheme variants |
| D. | minimal pairs |
| Answer» A. allophones | |
| 145. |
The initial /l/ and the final /l/ in the word ‘little’ are---- |
| A. | allophones |
| B. | allomorphs |
| C. | morpheme variants |
| D. | minimal pairs |
| Answer» A. allophones | |
| 146. |
The word ‘examination’ is a ------word |
| A. | monosyllabic |
| B. | disyllabic |
| C. | try syllabic |
| D. | polysyllabic |
| Answer» A. monosyllabic | |
| 147. |
A syllabic division is marked with------- |
| A. | a slash |
| B. | an arrow mark |
| C. | a hyphen |
| D. | a vertical bar |
| Answer» C. a hyphen | |
| 148. |
Words with more than three syllables are called -----words |
| A. | multisyllabic |
| B. | disyllabic |
| C. | try syllabic |
| D. | polysyllabic |
| Answer» A. multisyllabic | |
| 149. |
----- is the system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association |
| A. | the international phonetic script |
| B. | the international phonetic alphabet |
| C. | the international phonemic script |
| D. | the intelligible phonetic script. |
| Answer» B. the international phonetic alphabet | |
| 150. |
The IPA came into existence in the year----- a. 1889 b. 1998 c. 1989 d. 1888 162. The IPA was established by a group of ----- |
| A. | european phoneticians |
| B. | greek phoneticians |
| C. | indian philologists |
| D. | american linguists |
| Answer» A. european phoneticians | |
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