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School of Distance Education

Language and Linguistics

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

BA ENGLISH

(2011 & 2012 Admission Onwards)

V Semester

CORE COURSE


QUESTION BANK

1. Which among the following statements is not true?a. Language is a means of communicationb. Language is symbolicc. Language is structurald. Language is the only means of communication

2. Who defined language as “a set or (finite or infinite) sentences, each finitein length and constructed out of a finite set of elements”

a. Noam Chomskyb. Ferdinand de Saussure

c. Edward Sapird. None of the above

3. Who defined language as “a purely human and non-instinctive method ofcommunicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarilyproduced symbols” ?

a. Noam Chomskyb. Ferdinand de Saussure

c. Edward Sapird. None of the above

4. Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of language?a. Language is systematicb. Language is arbitrary

c. Language is dynamicd. Language is instinctive.



5. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originatedas a result of human instinct to imitate sounds:

a. Ding Dong theoryb. The Bow-vow theory

c. The Pooh-pooh theoryd. The Gesture theory

6. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originatedin the sense of rhythm innate in man:



7. The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated asa result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure orwonder:



8. The theory which Is based upon the assumption that language has beenformed from the words uttered by groups of persons engaged in jointburdensome labour:

a. The Yo-He-Ho Theoryb. The Gesture theory

c. The Poo-Pooh theoryd. Ding-Dong theory.

9. The Ding-Dong theory of the origin of language was advanced by:a. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Pagetb. Noirec. Max-Mullerd. Otto Jepersen

10. The Yo-He-Ho Theory of the origin of language was advanced by:a. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Pagetb. Noirec. Max-Mullerd. Otto Jepersen

11. The Musical Theory of the origin of language was advanced by:a. Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Pagetb. Noirec. Max-Mullerd. Otto Jespersen

12. Words like ‘Buzz’, ‘Hiss’, ‘thud’ etc. which represents the sounds oftheir referents are known as --------

a. Onomatopoeiab. Homophones

c. Homonymsd. Portmanteau

13. Find the odd one outa. Ferdinand de Saussureb. Edward Sapir

c. Leonard Bloomfieldd. Herman Gundert



14. Which among the following is an exception to the property ofarbitrariness of language?

a. Onomatopoeiab. Homophones

c. Homonymsd. Portmanteau

15. Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemesand at the level of words. This property of language is called-------

a. Duality of structureb. Recursiveness

c. Displacementd. Transference.

16. Using a finite set of rules a speaker can produce innumerablegrammatical utterances. This property of language is called-------



17. Human beings can talk about experiences, objects and events whichare not present at the time and place of speaking. This property oflanguage is called-------



18. It is possible to write down spoken language and read aloud thewritten material. This property of language is called-------



19. Language is never static. It goes on changing. This property oflanguage is called-------

a. Dynamicb. Recursiveness


20. There is no positive relationship between a speech and sound. Thisproperty of language is referred to as------

a. Arbitrariness.b. Recursiveness


21. The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time iscalled--------

a. Synchronicb. Diachronic

c. Semioticd. Onomatopoeic

22. The type of study which focus on the analysis of the systematicinterrelation of the elements of a single language at a particular time iscalled--------

a. Synchronicb. Diachronic

c. Semioticd. Onomatopoeic

23. The systematic study of signs is called-----a. Semioticsb. Semiology

c. Both “a” & “b”d. Neither “a” not “b”



24. The term semiotics was introduced bya. Charles Sanders Pierceb. Ferdinand de sauddure

c. Noam Chomskyd. Edward Sapir

25. The term semiology was introduced bya. Charles Sanders Pierceb. Ferdinand de Saussure


26. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole?a. Charles Sanders Pierceb. Ferdinand de Saussure


27. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence andPerformance?

a. Charles Sanders Pierceb. Ferdinand de Saussure


28. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussure’sLangue and Parole?

a. Charles Sanders Pierceb. Leonard bloom Filed.


29. Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomsky’scompetence and Performance?

a. Charles Sanders Pierceb. Leonard bloom Filed.

c. Ferdinand De Saussure.d. Edward Sapir

30. Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing thecombination and organization of the elements of language?

a. Languageb. Parole

c. Competenced. Both langue and Competence

31. Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance ofthe individual speaking or writing a given language?

a. Languageb. Parole

c. performanced. Both parole and performance

32. -------refers to the linguistic norm specific to a geographical area,social class or status affecting mutual intelligibility

a. Dialectb. Idiolect

c. Registerd. Slang

33. --------is the totality of the speech habits of an individuala. Dialectb. Idiolect

c. Registerd. Slang

34. A collection of similar Idiolect make up -------a. Dialectb. Idiolects

c. Registerd. Slang



35. The language variety which has certain features which are typical ofcertain disciplines, topics, fields, occupations and social roles played bythe speaker, is called--------

a. Dialectb. Idiolect

c. Registerd. Slang

36. A person who has the ability to use only one language is called-----a. Monologueb. Monolingual

c. Monologald. None of the above

37. A person who can use two languages is called-----a. Biolingualb. Bilingual

c. Duo-linguald. Duo-langual

38. A person who can use more than two languages:a. Multilingualb. Poly-lingual

c. Bilinguald. Poly-langual

39. -------refers to an individual’s equal and native command of two ormore languages

a. Bilingualismb. Poly-glotism

c. Multilingualismd. None of the above

40. -------------is the study of how the mentally represented grammar oflanguage is employed in the production and comprehension of speech

a. Socio-linguisticsb. Psycho-linguistics

c. Neuron-linguisticsd. Physio –linguistics

41. -------is the discipline where the methodological perspectives of bothlinguistics and sociology converges

a. Linguistics of sociologyb. Socio-linguistics

c. Sociology of linguisticsd. None of these

42. Which among the following does not constitute the scientific nature oflinguistics

a. Systematic gathering and analysis of datab. Determination of causal relationship between factsc. Chronological presentation of datad. Verification, validation and generalization.

43. Which among the following does not constitute the generalmethodology of science

a. Controlled observationb. Hypothesis formulationc. Analysis, generalization and predictiond. Speculation



44. Which among the following is not an aim of linguisticsa. To study the nature of languageb. To establish a theory of languagec. To propound stories of the origin of languaged. To describe a language and all languages

45. Which among the following is not a branch of linguisticsa. Phonologyb. Morphology

c. Semanticsd. Philology

46. The older term used to designate the study of languages is------a. Philologyb. Haplology

c. Phonologyd. Semiology

47. The study of elementary speech sounds is called----a. Phonologyb. Morphology

c. Syntaxd. Semantics

48. The study ordering of speech sounds into the smallest meaningfulgroups is called----

a. Phonologyb. Morphology


49. The study of the way that sequences of words are ordered intophrases, clauses, and sentences is called------



50. The study of meaning is called----a. Phonologyb. Morphology


51. -------is the basis of all sounds in English language and in mostlanguages in India.

a. The pulmonic air stream mechanismb. The glotalic air stream mechanismc. The velaric air stream mechanismd. None of the above.

52. ------is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a theweak vowel

a. Triaphthongb. Triaphone

c. Triphthongd. Triology

53. ----------are gliding sounds during the articulation of which, the speechorgans glide from one vowel position to another

a. Diphthongsb. Triphthongs

c. Semi-vowelsd. Minimal pairs

54. -------are words which differ only in one phoneme



a. Diphthongsb. Triphthongs


55. --------are the different concrete phonetic variation of the samephoneme

a. Allophonesb. Triphthongs


56. ---- is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speechsound or phoneme

a. Syllableb. Stress

c. Intonationd. Pitch.

57----is the process by which one speech sound gets changed to anotherunder the influence of another

a. Onomatopoeiab. Assimilation

c. Regressiond. Progression

58. IPA stands fora. International political alphabetb. International phonetic associationc. Indian phonetic alphabetd. All the above

59. Sounds articulated by two lips are called ------a. Dentalb. Bilabial

c. Labio-dentald. Alveolar

60. Sounds articulated by the lower lip placed against the upper teeth arecalled----

a. Dentalb. Bilabial


61. Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upperteeth are called---

a. Dentalb. Labio-dental

c. Bilabiald. Alveolar

62. Sounds articulated with the tip of the tongue or the blade of thetongue against the teeth ridge are called----

a. Dentalb. Bilabial


63. -----are produced involving the tip of the tongue and the back part ofthe teeth ridge.

a. Post-alveolarb. Palate-alveolar

c. Palatald. Velar

64. ------articulated by the tip and the blade of the tongue against theteeth ridge with raising of the front of the tongue towards the palate




c. Palatald. Velar

65. -----are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hardpalate


c. Palatald. Velar

66. ----are articulated by raising the back of the tongue towards the softpalate


c. Palatald. Velar

67. -------are sounds articulated in the glottisa. Glottalb. Velar

c. Palatald. None of the above

68. /p/, /b/, /m/ and /w/ are------a. Bilabialb. Dental;

c. Velard. Glottal

69. /f/and /v/ are-------a. Dentalb. Labio-dental

c. Bilabiald. Alveolar

70. /t/. /d/, /n/, /l/, /s/ are -----------a. Alveolarb. Post-alvoelar

c. Palatald. Dental;

71. The initial sounds in the words ‘ship’, ‘church’ and ‘judge; areexamples for----

a. Palato-alveolarb. Palatal

c. Velard. Bilabial

72. The initial consonant in ‘Young’ is a ------sounda. Palatalb. Velar

c. Dentald. Glottal

73. /K/and /g/ are examples for ----soundsa. Velarb. Glottal

c. Palatald. Bilabial

74. /h/ in the word ‘he’ is a ----sounda. Velarb. Glottal

c. Palatald. Alveolar

75. The special features which affect speech sounds such as stress, pitchintonation and juncture are called-------

a. Supra-segmental phonemesb. Secondary phonemes

c. Prosodic featuresd. All the above.



76. Assimilation is mainly of ------typesa. Fourb. Two

c. Threed. Only one

77. The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of----assimilation

a. Progressiveb. Regressive

c. Reciprocald. None of the above

78. The following sound influencing the preceding one is an instance of -----assimilation



79. The two sounds influencing each other and combine to produce athird sound is an instance of --------assimilation

a. Progressiveb. regressivec. reciprocal

d. Regressivee. None of the above

80. The voiced sound /z/ denoting the plural morpheme in the word‘dogs’ is an instance of ---------assimilation


c. reciprocald. none of the above.

81. In the pronunciation of the word ‘ink’ the alveolar /n/ becoming avelar sound is an instance of ------



82. The American pronunciation of the word ‘issue’ is an instance of --------type of assimilation



83. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarativesentences uttered as ordinary statements

a. The fallingb. The rising

c. The fall-rised. None of the above

84. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used inW.Hquestions?



85. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in commandsa. The fallingb. The rising




86. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questionswhich imply that the speaker is certain about what is said



87. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in listing theitems



88. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in declarativesentences uttered as questions



89. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in polite requestsa. The fallingb. The rising


90. Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used in W.H. questionsasked in a warm and friendly way indicating extra politeness.



91. Which of the following patterns of intonation, is used to indicate thatthe speaker implies things which are not explicitly expressed



92. /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/ are examples for -------a. Plosivesb. Affricates

c. fricativesd. Trill

93. The initial sound in ‘chair’ and ‘jam’ are examples for-----a. Plosivesb. Affricates


94. /s/, /z/ are called ------a. Plosivesb. Affricates

c. Fricativesd. Trill

95. /f/ and /v/ are calleda. Plosivesb. Affricates


96. The consonant /l/ is called ------a. Sibilantb. Lateral

c. Nasald. Semi-vowel



97. The consonant /s/ is called ----a. Sibilantb. Lateral


98. /m/ and /n/ are called----a. Sibilantb. Lateral


99. How many nasal sounds are there in the English Language?a. Twob. Three

c. Fourd. Five

100. How many nasal sounds are there in the Malayalam language?a. Twob. Three

c. Fourd. Five

101. The ‘r’ in red is articulated as a-------a. Trillb. Lateral

c. Frictionless continuantd. Semi-vowel

102.Semi-vowels are also known as----a. Approximantsb. Laterals

c. Sibilantsd. Trills

103.The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called-----a. Semi-vowelsb. Laterals

c. Sibilantsd. Trills.

104. The different concrete phonetic variation of the same phoneme arecalled-------

a. Allophonesb. Homophones

c. Homographsd. Homonyms

105. The term---------is used to designate words which are spelt differentlybut pronounced alike and which are different in meaning.



106. Certain morphemes have more than one meaning and can beunderstood in more than one way. They are called-------



107.-----------is used to designate words pronounced differently thoughidentically.



108. The words denoting the colour ‘red’ and the past-tense of the verb‘read’ ; ‘right’ and’ ‘write’; and ‘site’ and sight’ are examples for--------





109. The word ‘bank’ in ‘on the banks on the river’ and ‘banks are financialinstitutions’ is called a------



110.The present-tense form of the verb ‘read’ and its past-tense which ispronounced as ‘red’ is an example of-----



111. Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called----a. Syllabic consonantsb. Sibilants

c. Suffixesd. None of the above

112. The final /l/ in the words ‘bottle’, ‘cattle’ and ‘little’ are examples of ----a. Syllabic consonantsb. Sibilants


113. The final /n/ in the words ‘sudden’ and ‘mutton’ are ---------a. Syllabic consonantsb. Sibilants


114. The final /m/ in the word ‘Prism’ is an instance of ------a. Syllabic consonantsb. Sibilants


115. --------are also called secondary phonemesa. Suprasegmentalsb. Morphemes

c. Allomorphsd. Allophones

116. ----------are also called prosodic features.a. Suprasegmentalsb. Morphemes

c. Allomorphsd. Allophones

117. -------is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttered.a. Stressb. Pitch

c. Intonationd. Juncture

118.Stress is used for the sake of -------a. Emphasisb. Loudness

c. Double meaningd. None of the above

119. How many stressed are generally markeda. Only oneb. Two

c. Threed. Four



120. ---------is the accent on certain words within the a sentencea. Semanticsb. Syntax

c. Sentence-stressd. None of the above

121. ------refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech.a. Stressb. Pitch

c. Intonationd. Juncture.

122. --------refers to significant changes of pitch and stress pertaining tosentences.

a. Intonationb. Stress

c. Pitchd. Juncture.

123. The term--------refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or evenwords in continuous speech

a. Alliterationb. Assonance

c. Elisiond. None of the above

124. IPA stands for-----a. Inter National Phonetic Alphabetb. International Phonetic Associationc. Both ‘a’ & ‘b’d. Neither ‘a’ nor ‘b’

125.How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed?a. Only oneb. Two

c. Innumerabled. None of the above

126. -------is concerned with the selection and organization of speechsounds in a language


c. Semanticsd. Syntax

127. /m/ is a -------consonanta. Bilabialb. Bilabial-nasal

c. Velard. Glottal

128. How many classes of morphemes can be identified in a languagea. Only oneb. Two

c. Threed. Four

129. A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language iscalled-----

a. Syllableb. Phoneme

c. Morphemed. Allomorph

130. The ‘ing’ in sleeping is an example of ------a. A free morphemeb. Free variation

c. Bound morphemed. None of these



131. The form ‘dog’ is a -----morpheme.a. A free morphemeb. Free variation

c. Bound morphemed. None of these

132.Morpheme alternants are called----a. Allophonesb. Allomorphs

c. Minimal pairsd. None of the above

133. The final consonants /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in the words ‘cats’, ‘dogs’ and‘boxes’ are instances of -------

a. Allophonesb. Allomorphs


134. The final sounds /t/, /d/, and /id/ in the words packed, bagged andpatted are instances of-----



135.The –ish in the word ‘childish’ is -------a. An adjective forming morphemeb. Plural morphemec. Possessive morphemed. Past morpheme

136.The –s in ‘boys’ is -------a. An adjective forming morphemeb. Plural morphemec. Possessive morphemed. Past morpheme

137. The –s in ‘john’s’ is -----a. An adjective forming morphemeb. Plural morphemec. Possessive morphemed. Past morpheme

138.The final /t/ in walked is ------a. An adjective forming morphemeb. Plural morphemec. Possessive morphemed. Past morpheme

139. The –or in actor isa. An adjective forming morphemeb. Plural morphemec. Possessive morphemed. Noun forming morpheme



140. The –en in strengthen is a----a. An adjective forming morphemeb. Plural morphemec. Possessive morphemed. Verb forming morpheme.

141. The – s in ‘she sings well’ is ------a. An adjective forming morphemeb. Plural morphemec. Possessive morphemed. Morpheme signaling third person singular.

142. The shortened forms like ‘photo’ for photograph is an instance of-----a. Portmanteaub. Onomatopoeia

c. Clippingd. Metanalysis

143. -----is a method of word formation whereby on or more syllables areremoved from longer words.

a. Portmanteaub. Onomatopoeia


144. ------is the process by which new words are coined by combining thesegments of two different words.



145. -------involves a different analysis of the structure of the word byattaching a consonant at the end of a word or a vowel at the beginning ofthe next word.


c. Clippingd. Met analysis

146. Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called-----a. Portmanteaub. Onomatopoeia


147. The two great linguists who have contributed much to frame the deviceof Immediate Constituent analysis are:

a. Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomskyb. Leonard Bloomfield & Max-Mullerc. Max-Muller & Herman Gundertd. Edward Sapir & Ferdinand de Saussure

148. ----------- is the device used in modern linguistics for grouping togetherwords and phrases so as to remove ambiguity of construction.

a. Transformational Generative grammarb. The phrase structure Grammarc. Immediate Constituent Analysisd. All the above.



149. 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”

150. In transformational Generative Grammar, the ‘Generative’ means:a. ‘to produce’b. ‘to develop’

c. ‘to predict’d. All the above

151. Which among the following are the main properties of grammar?a. To account by its rules for the infinite sentences of a languageb. To be explicit about the grammaticality of sentencesc. To predict all and the only possible grammatical sentences of a

languaged. All the above.

152. Which among the following terms denotes the formal agreementbetween various constituent elements of a language?

a. Concordb. Gerund

c. Phrase structured. None of the above

153. The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the -----------ofthe same phoneme /l/


c. Morpheme variantsd. Minimal pairs

154. In which of the following words, is the sound /k/ aspirateda. Killb. Skill

c. Skind. Skit

155. The /k/ in ‘kill’ and ‘skill’ are --------a. Allophonesb. Allomorphs


156. The initial /l/ and the final /l/ in the word ‘little’ are----a. Allophonesb. Allomorphs


157. The word ‘examination’ is a ------worda. Monosyllabicb. Disyllabic

c. Try syllabicd. Polysyllabic

158. A syllabic division is marked with-------a. A slashb. An arrow mark

c. A hyphend. A vertical bar

159. Words with more than three syllables are called -----wordsa. Multisyllabicb. Disyllabic

c. Try syllabicd. Polysyllabic



160.----- is the system of phonetic notation composed of symbols andletters devised by the International Phonetic Association

a. The international phonetic scriptb. The international phonetic alphabetc. The international phonemic scriptd. The intelligible phonetic script.

161. 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 Phoneticiansb. Greek phoneticians

c. Indian philologistsd. American linguists

163. The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at thepublic schools came to be called------

a. Standard Englishb. Received Pronunciation

c. Standard pronunciationd. Recognized pronunciation

164. Phonemes which effect meaning change in the same linguisticenvironment are said to be in ------

a. Contrastive distributionb. Complementary distribution

c. Non-contrastive distributiond. None of the above.

165. The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environmentand which when occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning aresaid to be in -----

a. Complementary distributionb. Contrastive distributionc. Non-complementary distributiond. None of the above.

166. The substitution of the aspirated /k/ for the un-aspirated /k/ in theword ‘sky’ does not alter the meaning of the word. It is an instance of -------

a. Complementary distributionb. Contrastive distributionc. Non-complementary distributiond. None of the above

167. Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English beclassified

a. The position of the lipsb. The part of the tongue that is raisedc. The height to which the tongue is raisedd. All the above.

168. According to the position of lips vowels can be divided into-----a. Round vowels & unrounded vowelsb. Front vowels & back vowels



c. High vowels & low vowelsd. Tense vowels &lax vowels

169. According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can beclassified into-----

a. Round vowels & unrounded vowelsb. Front vowels & back vowelsc. High vowels & low vowelsd. Tense vowels &lax vowels

170. According to the height to which the tongue is raised, vowels can beclassified into ---


171. On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue,vowels can be classified into-------


172. The classification of vowels into round vowels and unrounded vowels isbased on --------


173.The classification of vowels into front vowels and back vowels is basedon --------


174.The classification of vowels into front vowels, back vowels and centervowels is based on --------


175.The classification of vowels into high vowels and low vowels is based on ------a. The position of the lipsb. The part of the tongue that is raisedc. The height to which the tongue is raisedd. All the above.



176.The classification of vowels into tense vowels and lax vowels is basedon --------

a. The position of the lipsb. The part of the tongue that is raisedc. The height to which the tongue is raisedd. The state of the tension of the tongue

177.The classification of vowels into close vowels and open vowels is basedon --------


178.The classification of vowels into half-close vowels and half-open vowelsis based on --------


179.The classification of vowels into half-high vowels and half-low vowels isbased on --------


180.Which among the following are bi-labial plosive sounds in Englisha. /p/ & /b/b. /m/ & /v/

c. /t/ &/d/d. /k/ & /g/

181. Which among the following pairs are Alveolar plosives?a. /p/ & /b/b. /m/ & /v/

c. /t/ &/d/d. /k/ & /g/

182. Which among the following pairs are Velar plosives?a. /p/ & /b/b. /m/ & /v/

c. /t/ &/d/d. /k/ & /g/

183. The /k/ sound in ‘act’and ‘picture’ is a------a. Bilabial plosionb. Alveolar plosion

c. Nasal plosiond. Incomplete plosion.

184. The /p/ in ‘top-most’ is a -------a. Bilabial plosionb. Alveolar plosion




185. The /t/ in little is an instance of ---------a. Lateral plosionb. Alveolar plosion


186. The /d/ in ‘middle’ is an instance of ---------a. Lateral plosionb. Alveolar plosion


187. -----------is a processes of word formation wherein two or more existingwords are simply combined.

a. Compoundingb. Portmanteau

c. Derivationd. Backformation.

188.-----------is a processes of word formation wherein new words are coinedby combining the segments of two different existing words.



189.-----------is a processes of word formation by which new words areformed by attaching prefixes or suffixes to the base form.



190.-----------is a processes of word formation whereby new words areformed by subtracting a root by deleting final syllable which ismisunderstood as a suffix.



191.-----------is a processes of word formation wherein one or more syllablesare removed from an existing long words.


c. Derivationd. Clipping.

192. Words such as ‘smog’ and ‘motel’ are instances of ------a. Compoundingb. Portmanteau

c. Derivationd. Backformation

193.Words such as ‘black-leg’ and ‘flash-light’ are instances of ------a. Compoundingb. Portmanteau


194. Words such as ‘edit’ and ‘house-keep’ are instances of ------a. Compoundingb. Portmanteau


195.Words such as ‘phone’ and ‘photo’ are instances of ------a. Compoundingb. Portmanteau

c. Derivationd. Clipping.



196.Words such as ‘UNESCO’ and ‘RADAR’ are instances of ------a. Compoundingb. Acronym

c. Re-duplicatesd. Conversion.

197.Words composed of two or more elements that are identical or slightlydifferent are called------

a. Compoundingb. Acronym

c. Re-duplicatesd. Conversion

198.Which among the following is an example for portmanteaua. Smogb. UNESCO

c. Buzzd. Edit

199. Which among the following is an example for onomatopoeia?a. Smogb. UNESCO

c. Buzzd. edit

200.Which among the following is an example acronym?a. Smogb. UNESCO

c. Buzzd. Edit

201. -------is the scientific study of languagea. Philologyb. Phonology

c. Phoneticsd. linguistics



ANSWER KEYS

1 D 41 B 81 B2 A 42 C 82 C3 C 43 D 83 A4 D 44 C 84 A5 B 45 D 85 A6 A 46 A 86 A7 C 47 A 87 A8 A 48 B 88 B9 C 49 C 89 B

10 B 50 D 90 B11 D 51 A 91 C12 A 52 C 92 A13 D 53 C 93 B14 A 54 D 94 C15 A 55 A 95 C16 B 56 A 96 B17 C 57 B 97 A18 D 58 B 98 C19 A 59 B 99 B20 A 60 C 100 D21 B 61 A 101 A22 A 62 D 102 A23 C 63 A 103 A24 A 64 B 104 A25 B 65 C 105 B26 B 66 D 106 C27 C 67 A 107 D28 C 68 A 108 B29 C 69 B 109 C30 D 70 A 110 D31 D 71 A 111 A32 A 72 A 112 A33 B 73 A 113 A34 A 74 B 114 A35 C 75 D 115 A36 B 76 C 116 A37 B 77 A 117 A38 A 78 B 118 A39 C 79 C 119 B40 B 80 A 120 C



121 D 151 D 181 C122 A 152 A 182 D123 C 153 A 183 D124 C 154 A 184 C125 B 155 A 185 A126 A 156 A 186 A127 B 157 A 187 A128 B 158 C 188 B129 C 159 A 189 C130 C 160 B 190 D131 A 161 A 191 D132 B 162 A 192 B133 A 163 B 193 A134 A 164 A 194 D135 A 165 A 195 D136 A 166 A 196 B137 B 167 A 197 C138 C 168 A 198 A139 D 169 B 199 C140 D 170 C 200 B141 D 171 D 201 D142 C 172 A143 C 173 B144 A 174 B145 D 175 C146 B 176 D147 A 177 C148 C 178 C149 D 179 C150 D 180 A

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