1.
Match the following:
i.
Phonology - (a) the study of the internal structure of words
ii.
Phonetics - (b) the study of the patterns of
sounds in a language
iii.
Morphology - (c) the study and classification
of speech sound
iv.
Pragmatics - (d) the study of how words are
used
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-b,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-d
2.
The smallest unit of sound in a language is :
a. Word
b.
Syllable
c.
Phoneme
d.
Allophone
3.
The number of phonemes in English Language is
……….
a. 44
b.
52
c. 26
d. 24
4.
Which is an allophone in the word ‘butter’?
a. b
b.
u
c. t
d. e
5.
Which one of the following is true?
a. Vowels and Consonants are phonemes.
b. Allophones are phonemes having different
pronunciation.
c. Sometimes letter combinations are needed to make
a phoneme
d. All are
true
6.
Which of the following have a diphthong?
a. beer
b.
sheep
c. door
d. boot
7.
Which among the following is a long vowel sound?
a. /I/
b.
/i:/
c. /e/
d. /ə/
8.
Which among the following is a Schwa?
a. /I/
b.
/i:/
c. /e/
d. /ə/
9.
Which of the following is an example of unvoiced
consonant?
a. /b/ as in ball
b.
/p/ as in pea
c. /v/
as in van
d. /ð/ as in
that
10.
Match the following
i.
Schwa - (a)two vowel sounds, one after the
other
ii.
Diphthongs - (b)have
a ‘:’ symbol
iii.
Long vowels - (c)vibration of the vocal folds
iv.
Voiced Consonants - (d)very weak sound that is never
stressed
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-b,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-d
11.
Which among the following is not a homograph?
a. Absent
b.
lead
c.
read
d.
finish
12.
Match the following
i.
Homographs - (a)The rise and fall in vocal
pitch
ii.
Polysemes - (b) words that sound the same but
are spelled differently
iii.
Homophones - (c) words with the same spelling
but having more than one meaning
iv.
Intonation - (d) words that at one time
described an activity but later acquired other
meanings
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-b,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-d
13.
How many diphthongs are there in English
Phonetic Alphabet?
a. 44
b.
26
c. 8
d. 24
14.
How many schwa sounds occurs in the word
‘America’?
a. 1
b.
2
c. 3
d. 4
15.
The phoneme for ‘th’ in the word ‘think’ is :
a. /t/
b.
/j/
16.
Which of the following is NOT true?
a. Fortis consonants are always voiceless
b. Lenis consonants are
voiceless
c. Orthography is a set of conventions for writing a language
d. Any distinct speech sound or gesture is called
phone
17.
The Standard Lexical Sets for English was
introduced by …………. In his work Accents
of English.
a. J.S.Mill
b.
John. C. Wells
c. Robert
Millar
d. Edgar Schneider
18.
Which of the following is true?
a. The stress placed on syllables within words is
called lexical stress.
b. The stress placed on words within sentences is
called prosodic stress.
c. Prosody may reflect the emotional state of the
speaker.
d. All of them
19.
Match the following prosodic variables with
their attributes
i.
Pitch - (a)short or long
ii.
Length - (b)soft or loud
iii.
Loudness - (c)quality
iv.
Timber - (d)low or high
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-b,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-d
20.
A unit of organization for a sequences of speech
sound is called :
a. Word
b.
Syllable
c.
Phoneme
d.
Allophone
21.
‘Tonality’, ‘Tonicity’ and ‘Tone’ are the three
aspects of :
a. Rhythm
b.
Tempo
c.
Intonation
d. Stress
22.
Match the following
i.
Intonation - (a)sounds pattern created by
stressed vs. unstressed syllables
ii.
Stress - (b)related to breathing
iii.
Rhythm - (c) emphasis or prominence given
to a certain syllable in a word
iv.
Pause - (d) variation of spoken pitch
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-d,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-b
23.
A neurological condition characterized by the
inability of a person to properly convey or interpret emotional prosody is called :
a. Aprosodia
b.
Aphasia
c. Anomia
d.
Apraxia
24.
Match the following:
i.
Intrusion - (a)A sound is affected by a nearby
sound making it sound identical to it
ii.
Assimilation - (b)Certain sounds are dropped to
maintain a fluent rhythm
iii.
Catenation - (c)Unwritten sounds appear within
or between words
iv.
Elision - (d)Words are spoken together as if
they were one
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-d,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-b
25.
“barrel o’ laughs” is an example of :
a. Intrusion
b.
assimilation
c. catenation
d. elision
26.
“light grey” is an example of :
a. Intrusion
b.
assimilation
c.
catenation
d. elision
27.
“want to = wanna” is an example of :
a. Intrusion
b.
assimilation
c. weak
form
d. elision
28.
Match the following :
i.
Onset - (a)nucleus + coda
ii.
Rhyme - (b)the essential part of a
syllable
iii.
Nucleus - (c)consonant sound of a syllable
iv.
Coda - (d)the beginning sound of the
syllable
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-d,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-b
29.
Which among the following is the syllable
structure in English language?
a. CVCV
b.
CVCCV
c. (C)3V(C)5
d.
None of them
30.
Which of the following is true about syllable
structure?
a.
Both the onset and the coda are optional.
b.
/ŋ/ does not occur in
syllable-initial position.
c.
/h/ does not occur in
syllable-final position.
d.
All of them
31.
Which among the following is true?
a.
Morphological typology is a way of classifying
the languages of the world according to their common morphological structures.
b.
Lexicology is the study of words and how they
make up a language's vocabulary.
c.
Morphology is the study of words, how they are
formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language.
d.
All of them
32.
A morpheme that has syntactic characteristics of
a word, but shows evidence of being phonologically bound to another word is
called :
a. Lexeme
b.
Clitic
c. Paradigm
d. Phoneme
33.
Which among the following is considered as the
oldest morphological text?
a. Panini’s Astadhyayi
b. Antonio Loprieno’s Ancient Egyptian
c. P.H. Matthews’ Morphology
d. Page H Kelley and William R. Scott's Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
34.
Who coined the word ‘morphology’?
a. August Schleicher
b. P.H. Matthew
c.
William R. Scott
d. Page H.
Kelley
35.
Match the following :
i.
Lexeme - (a) the smallest grammatical unit
in a language
ii.
Morpheme - (b) a variant form of a morpheme where a unit of meaning varies in sound
without changing meaning
iii.
Paradigm - (c) an abstract unit of morphological analysis
iv.
Allomorph - (d) the complete set of related
word forms associated with a given lexeme
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-d,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-b
36.
Who among the following is the author of the
text ‘Language’?
a. Leonard Bloomfield
b. Baudoin
c.
C.F.Hockett
d. Benjamin
Whorf
37.
Which among the following is true?
a.
According to Bloomfield, the morpheme was the
minimal form with meaning, but did not have meaning itself.
b.
According to Hockett, morphemes are
"meaning elements", not "form elements".
c.
Single morpheme hypothesis was introduced by
Baudoin
d.
All of them
38.
Which among the following is not a morpheme?
a. Car
b.
Thank
c. True
d. Dislike
39.
What is a free morpheme?
a. A morpheme which can function independently as a
word.
b. A morpheme who knows no allegiance to a ruler.
c. A standalone word.
d. A morpheme which has to be attached to a word to
function.
40.
Which among the following is NOT a free
morpheme?
a. Work
b.
House
c. Chair
d. Painter
41.
How many affixes are there in the word
‘Antidisestablishmentarianism’?
a. 2
b.
3
c. 4
d. 5
42.
Match the following :
i.
Blend - (a) a process of forming a new
word by coining
ii.
Calque - (b) a proper noun that becomes
commonly used for an idea it is associated with
iii.
Neologism - (c) a word or phrase borrowed from
another language
iv.
Eponym - (d) a word formed by joining parts
of two words after clipping
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-d,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-b
43.
The word semantics
was first used by who among the following :
a. Michel Breal
b.
Henry George
c. Charles Morris
d. Rudolf Carnap
44.
Match the following :
i.
Pragmatics - (a) study of the history of words
ii.
Lexicology - (b) studies the meaning of words
regardless how they are pronounced
iii.
Semasiology - (c) studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning
iv.
Etymology - (d)studies words
a. (i)-d,(ii)-a,(iii)-b,(iv)-c
b.
(i)-c,(ii)-a,(iii)-d,(iv)-b
c.
(i)-c,(ii)-d,(iii)-b,(iv)-a
d.
(i)-d,(ii)-c,(iii)-a,(iv)-b
45.
The Number of monophthongs in English sounds is :
a. 8
b.
24
c. 12
d. 46
46.
Which one of the following is not an organ of
speech?
a. Leg
b.
Tongue
c. Vocal cord
d. Lips
47.
The number of consonant sounds in English is :
a. 21
b.
12
c. 24
d. 44
48.
The hard convex surface just Behind the upper
front teeth is called :
a. soft palate
b.
teeth ridge
c. hard
palate
d. tongue
49.
Diphthong is a :
a. pure vowel sound
b.
pure consonant sound
c.
vowel glides or mixed vowel sounds
d. None of the above
50.
When one sound is given by two consonants, it is
called :
a. Vowel sound
b.
Consonant sound
c.
Single sound
d. Consonant cluster
1. D
ReplyDelete2. C
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. D
12. C
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. D
19. A
20. B
21. C
22. D
23. A
24. B
25. D
26. B
27. C
28. A
29. C
30. D
31. D
32. B
33. A
34. A
35. B
36. A
37. D
38. D
39. A
40. D
41. D
42. D
43. A
44. C
45. C
46. A
47. C
48. C
49. C
50. D