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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts (BA) .
| 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/ | |
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