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LINGUISTICS MCQs
1. Which of the following is not true?
(A) Writing is crude representation of spoken language
(B) Writing contributes to the standardization of a language
(C) Without writing a language cannot survive
(D) Written form diminishes variations
Ans: C
2. Arrange the following items in a sequence of small to larger units and select the correct answer:
(A) Word, morpheme, sentence, phrase
(B) Sentence, word, phrase, morpheme
(C) Morpheme, word, phrase, sentence
(D) Phrase, morpheme, sentence, word
Ans: C
3. The book entitled “A Practical Introduction to Phonetics” is written by
(A) J. Laver
(B) J.C. Catford
(C) P. Ladefoged
(D) D. Abercrombie
Ans: B
4. A diphthong consists of
(A) Two vowels
(B) Two consonants
(C) A vowel changing in quality
(D) A vowel and a consonant
Ans: C
5. From the articulatory point of view the IPA symbol N indicates a
(A) Velar nasal
(B) Uvular nasal
(C) Palatal nasal
(D) Retroflex nasal
Ans: B
6. The initial sound of the English word ‘teeth’ is
(A) dental
(B) Retroflex
(C) palato-alveolar
(D) alveolar
Ans: D
7. Sounds having open approximation are
(A) Fricatives
(B) Stops
(C) Affricates
(D) resonants
Ans: D
8. Assertion I: In stress the laryngeal muscles are active.
Assertion II: In pitch the respiratory muscles are active.
Codes:
(A) Both (I) and (II) are false
(B) Both (I) and (II) are true
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false
(D) (I) is false and (II) is true
Ans: A
9. Neutralisation refers to
(A) Loss of a phoneme in the word final position.
(B) Loss of a consonant word medially.
(C) Loss of distinction between two phonemes in a particular environment.
(D) A process of sounds becoming distinctive
Ans: C
10. Consider the plural forms of the English words ‘cat’, ‘dog’ and ‘rose’ and say whether there is the existence of
(A) Phonologically conditioned variation
(B) Free variation
(C) Different morphemes
(D) Morphologically conditioned variation
Ans: A
11. The English word ‘me’ is an example of
(A) Empty morpheme
(B) Bound morpheme
(C) Discontinuous morpheme
(D) Portmanteau morpheme
Ans: D
12. The ‘–s’ in the English word ‘players’ represents a/an
(A) Inflectional suffix
(B) Derivational suffix
(C) Post-position
(D) circumfix
Ans: A
13. Assertion I: The English word ‘sing’ belongs to an open lexical content word class.
Assertion II: The English word ‘sing’ belongs to a closed function word class.
Codes:
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false and (II) is true.
Ans: C
14. The maxims of conversation in cooperative principles are introduced by
(A) Breal
(B) H.P. Grice
(C) Labov
(D) Roger Bell
Ans: B
15. Any property or quality connotated by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted to actual instances in the real world to which the term applies
(A) Intention
(B) Denotation
(C) Extension
(D) Conception
Ans: A
16. Based on the componential analysis identify the conceptual meaning of the word “boy”.
(A) [+ Human], [+ Male], [+Adult]
(B) [+ Human], [– Male], [+Adult]
(C) [+ Human], [+ Male], [–Adult]
(D) [+ Human], [– Male], [–Adult]
Ans: C
17. In which work Chomsky has originally introduced the semantically nonsensical sentence “colourless green ideas sleep furiously”?
(A) Logical structures of Linguistic Theory
(B) Current issues in linguistic theory
(C) Aspects of the theory of syntax
(D) Syntactic structures
Ans: D
18. Select the correct order of the books according to the year in which they were published.
(i) Semantics
(ii) Structural Semantics
(iii) Semantics Volume II
(iv) Semantic structures
(A) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(B) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
Ans: C
19. What is the presupposition of the following conversation?
(i) John: Are you able to bring Harry along?
(ii) Peter: That will be splendid. On our way, we shall pick up the drinks.
(A) Both John and Peter know who Harry is.
(B) Both have an idea of the drinks
(C) They have the idea from where to bring them.
(D) They do not know Harry exactly.
Ans: A
20. Read the following conversation by X and Y.
X: My present situation is more of heaven on Earth.
Y: Indeed, but to think that time changes yesterday is amazing.
What conversational maxim is seemingly violated by X and Y?
(A) Maxim quality
(B) Maxim of manner
(C) Maxim of quantity
(D) Maxim of relation
Ans: D
21. Transformational Grammer is the theory of
(A) C.F. Hockett
(B) K.L. Pike
(C) Noam Chomsky
(D) E.A. Nida
Ans: C
22. Minimalist programme has ____levels of representation.
(A) One Word
(B) Two Word
(C) Three Word
(D) Four Word
Ans: A
23. The participants of the action are called
(A) Predicate
(B) Arguments
(C) Theme
(D) Goal
Ans: B
24. Theta theory assigns
(A) Subject
(B) Object
(C) Thematic roles
(D) Verb
Ans: C
25. Choose the correct year of publication of the book ‘Aspects of the theory of syntax’.
(A) 1964
(B) 1965
(C) 1957
(D) 1978
Ans: B
26. Identify the “default meaning” in the sentences given below
(A) I saw him going
(B) I see what you mean
(C) See, what you can do
(D) I think you should see a doctor
Ans: A
27. Assertion – I: The irregular forms have been discarded and replaced by the help of analogy.
Assertion – II: Analogy is made on the basis of existing model.
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true, but II is false.
(D) I is false, but II is true.
Ans: A
28. Select the correct sequence moving from a smaller to a larger phenomenon
(A) Dialect – language – idiolect
(B) Idiolect – language – dialect
(C) Dialect – idiolect – language
(D) Idiolect – dialect – language
Ans: D
29. The phrase ‘very old men and women’ shows
(A) Lexical ambiguity
(B) Functional ambiguity
(C) Structural ambiguity
(D) Dialectal ambiguity
Ans: C
30. Match the items in List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. A short History of Linguistics i. Phonemics
b. B.F. Skinner ii. Motorphonetics
c. R.H. Stetson iii. Verbalbehaviour
d. K.L. Pike iv. R.H. Robins
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: B
31. Brahui language belongs to the
(A) Indo-Aryan family
(B) Tibeto-Burman family
(C) Austro-Asiatic family
(D) Dravidian family
Ans: D
32. The study of the changes and developments of the same language at different periods is
(A) Comparative Linguistics
(B) Historical Linguistics
(C) Contrastive Linguistics
(D) Synchronic Linguistics
Ans: B
33. PRO must be
(A) Governed
(B) Ungoverned
(C) Case marked
(D) Tense marked
Ans: B
34. Assertion – I: External reconstruction takes into consideration the data of more than one language.
Assertion – II: External reconstruction attempts to posit an earlier stage of a language family.
Codes:
(A) I is true, II is false.
(B) I is false, II is true.
(C) Both I and II are false.
(D) Both I and II are true.
Ans: D
35. Don Ringe and Joseph F. Eska wrote a book on
(A) Comparative Literature
(B) Sociolinguistics
(C) Historical linguistics
(D) Psycholinguistics
Ans: C
36. Match the items in List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Internal reconstruction i. Individual speech
b. Linguistic atlas ii. Comparative linguistics
c. Idiolect iii. Sociolinguistics
d. Code switching iv. Dialect map
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) i iii ii iv
Ans: A
37. Linguistic change as occurring in the context of linguistic heterogeneity is described by
(A) Ferdinand De Saussare
(B) Jennifer Coates
(C) K.L. Pike
(D) C.F. Hockett
Ans: B
38. Identify the odd one among the following:
(A) Declarative
(B) Comparative
(C) Imperative
(D) Interrogative
Ans: B
39. Assertion – I: Descriptive linguist formulates the structure of a language at a particular time.
Assertion – II: Historical linguistics describes the historical development of language.
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true but II is false.
(D) I is false but II is true.
Ans: A
40. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Airstream process i. Associated with the actions of the velum
b. Phonation process ii. Associated with the actions of the lungs
c. Oronasal process iii. Associated with the actions of the vocal cords
d. Articulatory process iv. Associated with the actions of the tongue and lips
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: A
41. The larynx is composed of
(A) Two cartilages
(B) Three cartilages
(C) Four cartilages
(D) One cartilages
Ans: C
42. From the time dimension sounds of momentary stricture type are
(A) Fricatives
(B) Trills
(C) Approximants
(D) Flaps
Ans: D
43. The articulation of ‘Sh’ in the English word ‘shoe’ is an example of
(A) Double articulation
(B) Anticipatory coarticulation
(C) Primary articulation
(D) Perseveration coarticulation
Ans: B
44. With reference to the intensity cline the most intense sounds are
(A) Vowels
(B) Nasals
(C) Voiced stops
(D) Voiceless fricatives
Ans: A
45. Assertion – I: Stops exhibit a relative lack of spectrographic activity.
Assertion – II: Fricatives show on a spectrogram irregular striations, dark vertical lines in the upper part.
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true and II is false.
(D) I is false but II is true.
Ans: A
46. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Amplitude i. Quality
b. Frequency ii. Loudness
c. Frequency of the vibrating vocal cords iii. Pitch
d. Harmonics iv. Fundamental frequency
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i ii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
47. Complementary distribution is the relation between
(A) Two phonemes
(B) Two phones
(C) Two allophones
(D) Two features
Ans: C
48. Assertion – I: The feature [+syllabic] implies [+sonorant]
Assertion – II: The feature [+sonorant] implies [+syllabic]
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true and II is false.
(D) I is false and II is true.
Ans: C
49. Assertion – I: Lexical rules apply only within words and require morphological information.
Assertion – II: Post-lexical rules apply within words or a crossword boundaries and also require morphological information.
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true and II is false.
(D) I is false and II is true.
Ans: C
50. Match the items of List – I with those of List – II Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Illogical i. Apocope
b. The pronunciation of ‘chimney’ as [tsimli:] ii. Assimilation
c. The pronunciation of ‘risk’ as [riks] iii. Dissimilation
d. The pronunciation of ‘hand’ as [haen] iv. Metathesis
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
(A) Writing is crude representation of spoken language
(B) Writing contributes to the standardization of a language
(C) Without writing a language cannot survive
(D) Written form diminishes variations
Ans: C
2. Arrange the following items in a sequence of small to larger units and select the correct answer:
(A) Word, morpheme, sentence, phrase
(B) Sentence, word, phrase, morpheme
(C) Morpheme, word, phrase, sentence
(D) Phrase, morpheme, sentence, word
Ans: C
3. The book entitled “A Practical Introduction to Phonetics” is written by
(A) J. Laver
(B) J.C. Catford
(C) P. Ladefoged
(D) D. Abercrombie
Ans: B
4. A diphthong consists of
(A) Two vowels
(B) Two consonants
(C) A vowel changing in quality
(D) A vowel and a consonant
Ans: C
5. From the articulatory point of view the IPA symbol N indicates a
(A) Velar nasal
(B) Uvular nasal
(C) Palatal nasal
(D) Retroflex nasal
Ans: B
6. The initial sound of the English word ‘teeth’ is
(A) dental
(B) Retroflex
(C) palato-alveolar
(D) alveolar
Ans: D
7. Sounds having open approximation are
(A) Fricatives
(B) Stops
(C) Affricates
(D) resonants
Ans: D
8. Assertion I: In stress the laryngeal muscles are active.
Assertion II: In pitch the respiratory muscles are active.
Codes:
(A) Both (I) and (II) are false
(B) Both (I) and (II) are true
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false
(D) (I) is false and (II) is true
Ans: A
9. Neutralisation refers to
(A) Loss of a phoneme in the word final position.
(B) Loss of a consonant word medially.
(C) Loss of distinction between two phonemes in a particular environment.
(D) A process of sounds becoming distinctive
Ans: C
10. Consider the plural forms of the English words ‘cat’, ‘dog’ and ‘rose’ and say whether there is the existence of
(A) Phonologically conditioned variation
(B) Free variation
(C) Different morphemes
(D) Morphologically conditioned variation
Ans: A
11. The English word ‘me’ is an example of
(A) Empty morpheme
(B) Bound morpheme
(C) Discontinuous morpheme
(D) Portmanteau morpheme
Ans: D
12. The ‘–s’ in the English word ‘players’ represents a/an
(A) Inflectional suffix
(B) Derivational suffix
(C) Post-position
(D) circumfix
Ans: A
13. Assertion I: The English word ‘sing’ belongs to an open lexical content word class.
Assertion II: The English word ‘sing’ belongs to a closed function word class.
Codes:
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false and (II) is true.
Ans: C
14. The maxims of conversation in cooperative principles are introduced by
(A) Breal
(B) H.P. Grice
(C) Labov
(D) Roger Bell
Ans: B
15. Any property or quality connotated by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted to actual instances in the real world to which the term applies
(A) Intention
(B) Denotation
(C) Extension
(D) Conception
Ans: A
16. Based on the componential analysis identify the conceptual meaning of the word “boy”.
(A) [+ Human], [+ Male], [+Adult]
(B) [+ Human], [– Male], [+Adult]
(C) [+ Human], [+ Male], [–Adult]
(D) [+ Human], [– Male], [–Adult]
Ans: C
17. In which work Chomsky has originally introduced the semantically nonsensical sentence “colourless green ideas sleep furiously”?
(A) Logical structures of Linguistic Theory
(B) Current issues in linguistic theory
(C) Aspects of the theory of syntax
(D) Syntactic structures
Ans: D
18. Select the correct order of the books according to the year in which they were published.
(i) Semantics
(ii) Structural Semantics
(iii) Semantics Volume II
(iv) Semantic structures
(A) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(B) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
Ans: C
19. What is the presupposition of the following conversation?
(i) John: Are you able to bring Harry along?
(ii) Peter: That will be splendid. On our way, we shall pick up the drinks.
(A) Both John and Peter know who Harry is.
(B) Both have an idea of the drinks
(C) They have the idea from where to bring them.
(D) They do not know Harry exactly.
Ans: A
20. Read the following conversation by X and Y.
X: My present situation is more of heaven on Earth.
Y: Indeed, but to think that time changes yesterday is amazing.
What conversational maxim is seemingly violated by X and Y?
(A) Maxim quality
(B) Maxim of manner
(C) Maxim of quantity
(D) Maxim of relation
Ans: D
21. Transformational Grammer is the theory of
(A) C.F. Hockett
(B) K.L. Pike
(C) Noam Chomsky
(D) E.A. Nida
Ans: C
22. Minimalist programme has ____levels of representation.
(A) One Word
(B) Two Word
(C) Three Word
(D) Four Word
Ans: A
23. The participants of the action are called
(A) Predicate
(B) Arguments
(C) Theme
(D) Goal
Ans: B
24. Theta theory assigns
(A) Subject
(B) Object
(C) Thematic roles
(D) Verb
Ans: C
25. Choose the correct year of publication of the book ‘Aspects of the theory of syntax’.
(A) 1964
(B) 1965
(C) 1957
(D) 1978
Ans: B
26. Identify the “default meaning” in the sentences given below
(A) I saw him going
(B) I see what you mean
(C) See, what you can do
(D) I think you should see a doctor
Ans: A
27. Assertion – I: The irregular forms have been discarded and replaced by the help of analogy.
Assertion – II: Analogy is made on the basis of existing model.
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true, but II is false.
(D) I is false, but II is true.
Ans: A
28. Select the correct sequence moving from a smaller to a larger phenomenon
(A) Dialect – language – idiolect
(B) Idiolect – language – dialect
(C) Dialect – idiolect – language
(D) Idiolect – dialect – language
Ans: D
29. The phrase ‘very old men and women’ shows
(A) Lexical ambiguity
(B) Functional ambiguity
(C) Structural ambiguity
(D) Dialectal ambiguity
Ans: C
30. Match the items in List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. A short History of Linguistics i. Phonemics
b. B.F. Skinner ii. Motorphonetics
c. R.H. Stetson iii. Verbalbehaviour
d. K.L. Pike iv. R.H. Robins
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: B
31. Brahui language belongs to the
(A) Indo-Aryan family
(B) Tibeto-Burman family
(C) Austro-Asiatic family
(D) Dravidian family
Ans: D
32. The study of the changes and developments of the same language at different periods is
(A) Comparative Linguistics
(B) Historical Linguistics
(C) Contrastive Linguistics
(D) Synchronic Linguistics
Ans: B
33. PRO must be
(A) Governed
(B) Ungoverned
(C) Case marked
(D) Tense marked
Ans: B
34. Assertion – I: External reconstruction takes into consideration the data of more than one language.
Assertion – II: External reconstruction attempts to posit an earlier stage of a language family.
Codes:
(A) I is true, II is false.
(B) I is false, II is true.
(C) Both I and II are false.
(D) Both I and II are true.
Ans: D
35. Don Ringe and Joseph F. Eska wrote a book on
(A) Comparative Literature
(B) Sociolinguistics
(C) Historical linguistics
(D) Psycholinguistics
Ans: C
36. Match the items in List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Internal reconstruction i. Individual speech
b. Linguistic atlas ii. Comparative linguistics
c. Idiolect iii. Sociolinguistics
d. Code switching iv. Dialect map
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) i iii ii iv
Ans: A
37. Linguistic change as occurring in the context of linguistic heterogeneity is described by
(A) Ferdinand De Saussare
(B) Jennifer Coates
(C) K.L. Pike
(D) C.F. Hockett
Ans: B
38. Identify the odd one among the following:
(A) Declarative
(B) Comparative
(C) Imperative
(D) Interrogative
Ans: B
39. Assertion – I: Descriptive linguist formulates the structure of a language at a particular time.
Assertion – II: Historical linguistics describes the historical development of language.
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true but II is false.
(D) I is false but II is true.
Ans: A
40. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Airstream process i. Associated with the actions of the velum
b. Phonation process ii. Associated with the actions of the lungs
c. Oronasal process iii. Associated with the actions of the vocal cords
d. Articulatory process iv. Associated with the actions of the tongue and lips
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: A
41. The larynx is composed of
(A) Two cartilages
(B) Three cartilages
(C) Four cartilages
(D) One cartilages
Ans: C
42. From the time dimension sounds of momentary stricture type are
(A) Fricatives
(B) Trills
(C) Approximants
(D) Flaps
Ans: D
43. The articulation of ‘Sh’ in the English word ‘shoe’ is an example of
(A) Double articulation
(B) Anticipatory coarticulation
(C) Primary articulation
(D) Perseveration coarticulation
Ans: B
44. With reference to the intensity cline the most intense sounds are
(A) Vowels
(B) Nasals
(C) Voiced stops
(D) Voiceless fricatives
Ans: A
45. Assertion – I: Stops exhibit a relative lack of spectrographic activity.
Assertion – II: Fricatives show on a spectrogram irregular striations, dark vertical lines in the upper part.
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true and II is false.
(D) I is false but II is true.
Ans: A
46. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Amplitude i. Quality
b. Frequency ii. Loudness
c. Frequency of the vibrating vocal cords iii. Pitch
d. Harmonics iv. Fundamental frequency
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i ii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
47. Complementary distribution is the relation between
(A) Two phonemes
(B) Two phones
(C) Two allophones
(D) Two features
Ans: C
48. Assertion – I: The feature [+syllabic] implies [+sonorant]
Assertion – II: The feature [+sonorant] implies [+syllabic]
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true and II is false.
(D) I is false and II is true.
Ans: C
49. Assertion – I: Lexical rules apply only within words and require morphological information.
Assertion – II: Post-lexical rules apply within words or a crossword boundaries and also require morphological information.
Codes:
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true and II is false.
(D) I is false and II is true.
Ans: C
50. Match the items of List – I with those of List – II Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Illogical i. Apocope
b. The pronunciation of ‘chimney’ as [tsimli:] ii. Assimilation
c. The pronunciation of ‘risk’ as [riks] iii. Dissimilation
d. The pronunciation of ‘hand’ as [haen] iv. Metathesis
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
51. Assertion I: The assumption that movement is a composite operation involving two sub operations of copying and deletion is the cornerstone of Chomsky’s copy theory of movement’.
Assertion II: If we consider the copying component of movement more carefully, we see that it involves a form of ‘merger’ operation by which a copy of a constituent which has already been merged in one position is subsequently merged in another position.
(A) Only I is true.
(B) Only II is true.
(C) Both I and II are true.
(D) Both I and II are false.
Ans: C
52. Assertion I: Machine Readable Dictionaries (MRD) evolved from keyboarding a dictionary onto punch cards.
Assertion II: The ground breaking work of Evens (Evens and Smith 1978) provided the impetus for a considerable expansion of research on MRDs.
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true but II is false.
(D) I is false but II is true.
Ans: A
53. In considering the NLP applications of word-sense disambiguation, information extraction, question answering and summarization, there is a clear need for increasing amount of
(A) Computational information
(B) Grammatical information
(C) Semantic information
(D) Sociolinguistics information
Ans: C
54. Assertion I: The loss of ability to produce speech with a normal intonation is known as dysprosody.
Assertion II: A use of language that emphasises pleasantness is named as dysphemism.
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true, but II is false.
(D) I is false, but II is true.
Ans: A
55. Match the following:
List-I List-II
(a) Disorder of Articulation (i) Dyslexia
(b) Motor speech disorder (ii) Dyslalia
(c) Loss to produce normal rhythm (iii) Dysthymia
(d) Disability in reading (iv) Dysrhythmia
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Ans: A
56. A disorder of speech ‘fluency’ marked by hesitancy, blocks, sound repetitions is called
(A) Stuttering
(B) Stammering
(C) Cleft palate
(D) Mutism
Ans: A
57. “Viterbi” is a term that refers to
(A) Context-sensitive grammar
(B) A Programming Algorithm
(C) Context-free Grammar
(D) Parameter weight
Ans: B
58. Assertion I: If one can efficiently calculate the prefix probability, then calculating probabilities is straight forward.
Assertion II: A shift-reduce parser provides the means to calculating conditional probabilities in the ‘Structured Language Mode’.
(A) I & II are true.
(B) I & II are false.
(C) I is true, II is false.
(D) I is false, II is true
Ans: A
59. A collection of language data brought together for linguistic analysis through computer is known as
(A) Corpus
(B) MRD
(C) Chunking
(D) Parsing
Ans: A
60. Match the items in List - I with List - II.
List-I List-II
(a) Generate (i) Auto segmental Phonology
(b) Nasal spread (ii) Lexical phonology
(c) Foot (iii) Optimality phonology
(d) Strata (iv) Prosodic Phonology
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: A
61. Assertion I: Prosodic word cannot exceed two feet in any natural language.
Assertion II: A foot consists of two moras/syllables
Codes:
(A) I and II are true.
(B) I and II are false.
(C) I is false, II is true.
(D) I is true, II is false.
Ans: C
62. Assertion (I): Aspiration creates phonological contrasts in South-Asian language.Assertion (II): Aspiration creates allophonic variants in Standard English.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false and (II) is true.
Ans: A
63. Grammatical difficulties which have been noticed in aphasia are given in the list. Identify which one item related to paragrammatism and agrammatism.
(A) Loss of coordinating and subordinating syntactic.
(B) Loss of speech melody as an indicator of segmentation.
(C) Loss of comprehension of grammatical words and inflections.
(D) Use of incomplete sentences or the mixing of grammatically incompatible sequences.
Ans: C
64. Match the following:
List-I List-II
(a) Contiguity (i) Decoding
(b) Combination (ii) Sequence
(c) Encoding (iii) Selection
(d) Concurrence (iv) Similarity
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Ans: A
65. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(a) John Lyons (i) Semantic Theory
(b) Katz, J.J. (ii) Semantics: A New outline
(c) Palmer, F.R. (iii) Structural Semantics
(d) Nida, E (iv) Exploring Semantic Structures
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Ans: C
66. Assertion I: Sense relations are relations between word meanings.
Assertion II: Every word has a semantic relation of some kind with every other word, but not all such relations have any intrinsic interest.
(A) Only I is true.
(B) Only II is true.
(C) Both I and II are false.
(D) Both I and II are true.
Ans: D
67. In the sentence ‘That man is my brother’, where the phrase that man is used as
(A) Referring expression
(B) Indexical expression
(C) Predicative expression
(D) Fixed expression
Ans: A
68. The sentence ‘I understand Hindi’
(A) Will have the value ‘true’ if the speaker understands Hindi
(B) Will have the value ‘true’ if the speaker does not understand Hindi
(C) Will have the value ‘false’ if the speaker understands Hindi.
(D) Will not have the value ‘false’ if the speaker understands Hindi.
Ans: A
69. Assertion I: Many languages have very rich aspectual markings modifying the meaning of the base verb in very subtle ways.
Assertion II: It is very common for a given inflectional morpheme to signal a complex mixture of tense, aspect, mood and polarity.
(A) Only I is correct.
(B) Only II is correct.
(C) Both I and II are correct.
(D) Both I and II are wrong.
Ans: C
70. Ethnography of speaking owes its origin to the observations on the American Indians made by
(A) J.B. White
(B) Muriel Saville-Troike
(C) Dell Hymes
(D) Hans Kroeber
Ans: A
71. Verbal repertoire consists of
(A) The idiosyncratic speech
(B) The languages that two speakers understand
(C) Totality of language varieties available to the speakers
(D) Dialect of the language in the region
Ans: C
72. Match appropriately the concepts given in List – I to the inferences given in List – II.
List-I List-II
(a) Heritage language programme (i) Education programme for language minority students in which both minority and majority languages are used
(b) Duallanguage, programme (ii) Education programme for language minority students in which minority and majority language is used but literacy in minority language is not a goal.
(c) Transitional bilingual education (iii) Education programme that provides instructions both in minority languages and majority languages
(d) Developmental bilingual education (iv) Education programme designed to revive ancestral language
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Ans: A
73. Match appropriately the concepts given in List – I to their respective inferences given in List – II.
List-I List-II
(i) Hyper correction (a) A linguistic variable that shows variation according to stylistic variation
(ii) Prestige (b) Indicates the positive evaluation of linguistic forms
(iii) Marker (c) The overgeneralization of language forms which carry social prestige.
(iv) Indicator (d) Linguistic variables of which speakers are not consciously aware
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Ans: D
74. The type of discourse analysis that focusses on the structural relationship between utterances and conversation is known as
(A) Ethno linguistic vitality
(B) Ethnomethodology
(C) Sociolinguistic methodology
(D) Verbal behaviour
Ans: B
75. The sentence The boys all are playing football is an example of
(A) Quantifier floating
(B) Quantifier rising
(C) Raising
(D) Verb rising
Ans: A
76. Match the following:
List – I List – II
(a) Glottalic (i) Fricative
(b) Sibilant (ii) Graphology
(c) Allophone (iii) Phonology
(d) Graph (iv) Air-stream
Codes:
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(B) (b) (d) (c) (a)
(C) (c) (a) (b) (d)
(D) (d) (c) (b) (a)
Ans: B
77. Assertion (I): A one-to-one correspondence between a speech sound and a letter/ alphabet in a script is achievable among all scripts.
Assertion (II): Indian scripts have evolved from Brahmi.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is false and (II) is true.
(D) (I) is true and (II) is false.
Ans: A
78. /ph ul/ is the narrow transcription of
(A) Full
(B) Fool
(C) Feel
(D) Pull
Ans: D
79. Two distinct codes which show clear-cut functional separation refer to
(A) Dialect varieties
(B) Sociolinguistic diversity
(C) Multilingualism
(D) Diglossia
Ans: D
80. Assertion (I): “Tenor” is the study of relationship between participants in the communicative event.
Assertion (II): The ‘field’ and ‘mode’ are the related notions with ‘tenor’.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(B) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(C) (I) is false and (II) is true.
(D) Both (I) and (II) are true.
Ans: D
81. Assertion (I): Blind spot is the concept that identifies the problems emerging due to cross cultural differences in translation.
Assertion (II): Blind spot is the concept that identifies the problems emerging in verbal communication.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is false and (II) is true.
(D) (I) is true and (II) is false.
Ans: D
82. Vernacular in Labov’s Model of Sociolinguistics refers to
(A) The speech is consciously monitored
(B) A non-standard variety
(C) The least self-conscious style of speech
(D) A Dialect which is substandard.
Ans: B
83. “Cooperative principles” dealing with the maxim of conversation analysis has been proposed by
(A) Labov
(B) Dell Hymes
(C) Grice
(D) Milroy
Ans: C
84. “Valorization” is a theory associated to assess
(A) Linguistic attitude of people
(B) Positive attributes associated with a language or languages
(C) Linguistic identity of people
(D) Language testing
Ans: B
85. The theory that describes the colour terminology in specific languages within the paradigm of cultural complexities in societies is associated with
(A) Dell Hymes
(B) Brent Berlin and Paul Key
(C) Roger Brown
(D) Roger Bell
Ans: B
86. Deficit hypothesis is associated with
(A) Communicative Competence
(B) Ethno linguistics
(C) Sociolinguistic Stratification
(D) Elaborated Code and Restricted Code
Ans: D
87. Arrange the chronological order of the linguists in which their contributions were published:
(A) William Labov, Ferdinand de Saussure, William S.–Y. Wang, Jacob Grimm
(B) Ferdinand de Saussure, William Labov, Jacob Grimm, William S. – Y. Wang
(C) Jacob Grimm, Ferdinand de Saussure, William Labov, William S. – Y. Wang
(D) William S. – Y. Wang, Ferdinand de Saussure, Jacob Grimm, William Labov
Ans: C
88. “He hissed mistery lectures” is an example of
(A) Epithesis
(B) Spoonerism
(C) Dissimilation
(D) Assimilation
Ans: B
89. Arrange the concepts in their historical order in which they appeared:
(i) Lexical Diffusion
(ii) Social motivation of sound change
(iii) Neo-grammarian Hypothesis
(iv) Grimm’s Law
Codes:
(A) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(C) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ans: B
90. Match the items in List – I with the items in List – II and select the correct code from those given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Synchrony and Diachrony (i) Osthoff and Bragmann
(b) Lexical Diffusion (ii) Ferdinand de Saussure
(c) Social Motivation of Sound Change (iii) William S–Y Wang
(d) Neogrammarian Hypothesis (iv) William Labov
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Ans: B
91. Match the items in List – I with the items in List – II and select the correct code from those given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Tibeto- Burman (i) Kashmiri
(b) Indo-Arya (ii) Tulu
(c) Dravidian (iii) Santhali
(d) Munda (iv) Newari
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: A
92. Relative chronology of sound changes means
(A) The occurrence of sound changes in the proto-history
(B) The occurrence of more than one sound change
(C) The order in which different sound changes have occurred
(D) The occurrence of only one sound change
Ans: C
93. The O/A word rakta changes into ratta, it is a case of
(A) Dissimilation
(B) Metathesis
(C) Assibilation
(D) Assimilation
Ans: D
94. Cognates
(A) Are the words occurring in the same language?
(B) Are the words occurring in different languages?
(C) Are phonetically similar words occurring in languages belonging to different language families?
(D) Are words similar in sound and meaning occurring in genetically related words?
Ans: D
95. Assertion (I): Analogical changes bring about regularity in the paradigm.
Assertion (II): By bringing about regularity in the paradigm, it becomes irregular.
(A) (I) is true, (II) is false.
(B) (I) is false, (II) is true.
(C) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(D) Both (I) and (II) are true.
Ans: D
96. Assertion (I): Phonetic changes are sub phonemic changes in that it merely affects the pronunciation of a given phoneme.
Assertion (II): Phonetic changes always bring about a new phoneme in the language.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false (II) is true.
Ans: C
97. Assertion (I): Reconstruction as theoretical construct is absent.
Assertion (II): A proto-phoneme is without concrete realization.
(A) (I) is true (II) is false.
(B) (I) is false (II) is true.
(C) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(D) Both (I) and (II) are false.
Ans: C
98. When two languages come into contact and one language with power influence the other, that influence is called
(A) Substratal influence
(B) Adstratal influence
(C) Superstratal influence
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
99. Assertion (I): Immersion programme in the language teaching programme in two languages for language minority students.
Assertion (II): Immersion programme is the language teaching programme in one language for tribal language learners.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false (I) is true.
Ans: C
100. Assertion (I): Diachronic linguistic deals with changes over time.
Assertion (II): Historical linguistics deals with the nature of change in languages in general.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false and (II) is true.
Ans: A
Assertion II: If we consider the copying component of movement more carefully, we see that it involves a form of ‘merger’ operation by which a copy of a constituent which has already been merged in one position is subsequently merged in another position.
(A) Only I is true.
(B) Only II is true.
(C) Both I and II are true.
(D) Both I and II are false.
Ans: C
52. Assertion I: Machine Readable Dictionaries (MRD) evolved from keyboarding a dictionary onto punch cards.
Assertion II: The ground breaking work of Evens (Evens and Smith 1978) provided the impetus for a considerable expansion of research on MRDs.
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true but II is false.
(D) I is false but II is true.
Ans: A
53. In considering the NLP applications of word-sense disambiguation, information extraction, question answering and summarization, there is a clear need for increasing amount of
(A) Computational information
(B) Grammatical information
(C) Semantic information
(D) Sociolinguistics information
Ans: C
54. Assertion I: The loss of ability to produce speech with a normal intonation is known as dysprosody.
Assertion II: A use of language that emphasises pleasantness is named as dysphemism.
(A) Both I and II are true.
(B) Both I and II are false.
(C) I is true, but II is false.
(D) I is false, but II is true.
Ans: A
55. Match the following:
List-I List-II
(a) Disorder of Articulation (i) Dyslexia
(b) Motor speech disorder (ii) Dyslalia
(c) Loss to produce normal rhythm (iii) Dysthymia
(d) Disability in reading (iv) Dysrhythmia
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Ans: A
56. A disorder of speech ‘fluency’ marked by hesitancy, blocks, sound repetitions is called
(A) Stuttering
(B) Stammering
(C) Cleft palate
(D) Mutism
Ans: A
57. “Viterbi” is a term that refers to
(A) Context-sensitive grammar
(B) A Programming Algorithm
(C) Context-free Grammar
(D) Parameter weight
Ans: B
58. Assertion I: If one can efficiently calculate the prefix probability, then calculating probabilities is straight forward.
Assertion II: A shift-reduce parser provides the means to calculating conditional probabilities in the ‘Structured Language Mode’.
(A) I & II are true.
(B) I & II are false.
(C) I is true, II is false.
(D) I is false, II is true
Ans: A
59. A collection of language data brought together for linguistic analysis through computer is known as
(A) Corpus
(B) MRD
(C) Chunking
(D) Parsing
Ans: A
60. Match the items in List - I with List - II.
List-I List-II
(a) Generate (i) Auto segmental Phonology
(b) Nasal spread (ii) Lexical phonology
(c) Foot (iii) Optimality phonology
(d) Strata (iv) Prosodic Phonology
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: A
61. Assertion I: Prosodic word cannot exceed two feet in any natural language.
Assertion II: A foot consists of two moras/syllables
Codes:
(A) I and II are true.
(B) I and II are false.
(C) I is false, II is true.
(D) I is true, II is false.
Ans: C
62. Assertion (I): Aspiration creates phonological contrasts in South-Asian language.Assertion (II): Aspiration creates allophonic variants in Standard English.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false and (II) is true.
Ans: A
63. Grammatical difficulties which have been noticed in aphasia are given in the list. Identify which one item related to paragrammatism and agrammatism.
(A) Loss of coordinating and subordinating syntactic.
(B) Loss of speech melody as an indicator of segmentation.
(C) Loss of comprehension of grammatical words and inflections.
(D) Use of incomplete sentences or the mixing of grammatically incompatible sequences.
Ans: C
64. Match the following:
List-I List-II
(a) Contiguity (i) Decoding
(b) Combination (ii) Sequence
(c) Encoding (iii) Selection
(d) Concurrence (iv) Similarity
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Ans: A
65. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(a) John Lyons (i) Semantic Theory
(b) Katz, J.J. (ii) Semantics: A New outline
(c) Palmer, F.R. (iii) Structural Semantics
(d) Nida, E (iv) Exploring Semantic Structures
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Ans: C
66. Assertion I: Sense relations are relations between word meanings.
Assertion II: Every word has a semantic relation of some kind with every other word, but not all such relations have any intrinsic interest.
(A) Only I is true.
(B) Only II is true.
(C) Both I and II are false.
(D) Both I and II are true.
Ans: D
67. In the sentence ‘That man is my brother’, where the phrase that man is used as
(A) Referring expression
(B) Indexical expression
(C) Predicative expression
(D) Fixed expression
Ans: A
68. The sentence ‘I understand Hindi’
(A) Will have the value ‘true’ if the speaker understands Hindi
(B) Will have the value ‘true’ if the speaker does not understand Hindi
(C) Will have the value ‘false’ if the speaker understands Hindi.
(D) Will not have the value ‘false’ if the speaker understands Hindi.
Ans: A
69. Assertion I: Many languages have very rich aspectual markings modifying the meaning of the base verb in very subtle ways.
Assertion II: It is very common for a given inflectional morpheme to signal a complex mixture of tense, aspect, mood and polarity.
(A) Only I is correct.
(B) Only II is correct.
(C) Both I and II are correct.
(D) Both I and II are wrong.
Ans: C
70. Ethnography of speaking owes its origin to the observations on the American Indians made by
(A) J.B. White
(B) Muriel Saville-Troike
(C) Dell Hymes
(D) Hans Kroeber
Ans: A
71. Verbal repertoire consists of
(A) The idiosyncratic speech
(B) The languages that two speakers understand
(C) Totality of language varieties available to the speakers
(D) Dialect of the language in the region
Ans: C
72. Match appropriately the concepts given in List – I to the inferences given in List – II.
List-I List-II
(a) Heritage language programme (i) Education programme for language minority students in which both minority and majority languages are used
(b) Duallanguage, programme (ii) Education programme for language minority students in which minority and majority language is used but literacy in minority language is not a goal.
(c) Transitional bilingual education (iii) Education programme that provides instructions both in minority languages and majority languages
(d) Developmental bilingual education (iv) Education programme designed to revive ancestral language
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Ans: A
73. Match appropriately the concepts given in List – I to their respective inferences given in List – II.
List-I List-II
(i) Hyper correction (a) A linguistic variable that shows variation according to stylistic variation
(ii) Prestige (b) Indicates the positive evaluation of linguistic forms
(iii) Marker (c) The overgeneralization of language forms which carry social prestige.
(iv) Indicator (d) Linguistic variables of which speakers are not consciously aware
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Ans: D
74. The type of discourse analysis that focusses on the structural relationship between utterances and conversation is known as
(A) Ethno linguistic vitality
(B) Ethnomethodology
(C) Sociolinguistic methodology
(D) Verbal behaviour
Ans: B
75. The sentence The boys all are playing football is an example of
(A) Quantifier floating
(B) Quantifier rising
(C) Raising
(D) Verb rising
Ans: A
76. Match the following:
List – I List – II
(a) Glottalic (i) Fricative
(b) Sibilant (ii) Graphology
(c) Allophone (iii) Phonology
(d) Graph (iv) Air-stream
Codes:
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(B) (b) (d) (c) (a)
(C) (c) (a) (b) (d)
(D) (d) (c) (b) (a)
Ans: B
77. Assertion (I): A one-to-one correspondence between a speech sound and a letter/ alphabet in a script is achievable among all scripts.
Assertion (II): Indian scripts have evolved from Brahmi.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is false and (II) is true.
(D) (I) is true and (II) is false.
Ans: A
78. /ph ul/ is the narrow transcription of
(A) Full
(B) Fool
(C) Feel
(D) Pull
Ans: D
79. Two distinct codes which show clear-cut functional separation refer to
(A) Dialect varieties
(B) Sociolinguistic diversity
(C) Multilingualism
(D) Diglossia
Ans: D
80. Assertion (I): “Tenor” is the study of relationship between participants in the communicative event.
Assertion (II): The ‘field’ and ‘mode’ are the related notions with ‘tenor’.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(B) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(C) (I) is false and (II) is true.
(D) Both (I) and (II) are true.
Ans: D
81. Assertion (I): Blind spot is the concept that identifies the problems emerging due to cross cultural differences in translation.
Assertion (II): Blind spot is the concept that identifies the problems emerging in verbal communication.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is false and (II) is true.
(D) (I) is true and (II) is false.
Ans: D
82. Vernacular in Labov’s Model of Sociolinguistics refers to
(A) The speech is consciously monitored
(B) A non-standard variety
(C) The least self-conscious style of speech
(D) A Dialect which is substandard.
Ans: B
83. “Cooperative principles” dealing with the maxim of conversation analysis has been proposed by
(A) Labov
(B) Dell Hymes
(C) Grice
(D) Milroy
Ans: C
84. “Valorization” is a theory associated to assess
(A) Linguistic attitude of people
(B) Positive attributes associated with a language or languages
(C) Linguistic identity of people
(D) Language testing
Ans: B
85. The theory that describes the colour terminology in specific languages within the paradigm of cultural complexities in societies is associated with
(A) Dell Hymes
(B) Brent Berlin and Paul Key
(C) Roger Brown
(D) Roger Bell
Ans: B
86. Deficit hypothesis is associated with
(A) Communicative Competence
(B) Ethno linguistics
(C) Sociolinguistic Stratification
(D) Elaborated Code and Restricted Code
Ans: D
87. Arrange the chronological order of the linguists in which their contributions were published:
(A) William Labov, Ferdinand de Saussure, William S.–Y. Wang, Jacob Grimm
(B) Ferdinand de Saussure, William Labov, Jacob Grimm, William S. – Y. Wang
(C) Jacob Grimm, Ferdinand de Saussure, William Labov, William S. – Y. Wang
(D) William S. – Y. Wang, Ferdinand de Saussure, Jacob Grimm, William Labov
Ans: C
88. “He hissed mistery lectures” is an example of
(A) Epithesis
(B) Spoonerism
(C) Dissimilation
(D) Assimilation
Ans: B
89. Arrange the concepts in their historical order in which they appeared:
(i) Lexical Diffusion
(ii) Social motivation of sound change
(iii) Neo-grammarian Hypothesis
(iv) Grimm’s Law
Codes:
(A) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(C) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ans: B
90. Match the items in List – I with the items in List – II and select the correct code from those given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Synchrony and Diachrony (i) Osthoff and Bragmann
(b) Lexical Diffusion (ii) Ferdinand de Saussure
(c) Social Motivation of Sound Change (iii) William S–Y Wang
(d) Neogrammarian Hypothesis (iv) William Labov
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Ans: B
91. Match the items in List – I with the items in List – II and select the correct code from those given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Tibeto- Burman (i) Kashmiri
(b) Indo-Arya (ii) Tulu
(c) Dravidian (iii) Santhali
(d) Munda (iv) Newari
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: A
92. Relative chronology of sound changes means
(A) The occurrence of sound changes in the proto-history
(B) The occurrence of more than one sound change
(C) The order in which different sound changes have occurred
(D) The occurrence of only one sound change
Ans: C
93. The O/A word rakta changes into ratta, it is a case of
(A) Dissimilation
(B) Metathesis
(C) Assibilation
(D) Assimilation
Ans: D
94. Cognates
(A) Are the words occurring in the same language?
(B) Are the words occurring in different languages?
(C) Are phonetically similar words occurring in languages belonging to different language families?
(D) Are words similar in sound and meaning occurring in genetically related words?
Ans: D
95. Assertion (I): Analogical changes bring about regularity in the paradigm.
Assertion (II): By bringing about regularity in the paradigm, it becomes irregular.
(A) (I) is true, (II) is false.
(B) (I) is false, (II) is true.
(C) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(D) Both (I) and (II) are true.
Ans: D
96. Assertion (I): Phonetic changes are sub phonemic changes in that it merely affects the pronunciation of a given phoneme.
Assertion (II): Phonetic changes always bring about a new phoneme in the language.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false (II) is true.
Ans: C
97. Assertion (I): Reconstruction as theoretical construct is absent.
Assertion (II): A proto-phoneme is without concrete realization.
(A) (I) is true (II) is false.
(B) (I) is false (II) is true.
(C) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(D) Both (I) and (II) are false.
Ans: C
98. When two languages come into contact and one language with power influence the other, that influence is called
(A) Substratal influence
(B) Adstratal influence
(C) Superstratal influence
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
99. Assertion (I): Immersion programme in the language teaching programme in two languages for language minority students.
Assertion (II): Immersion programme is the language teaching programme in one language for tribal language learners.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false (I) is true.
Ans: C
100. Assertion (I): Diachronic linguistic deals with changes over time.
Assertion (II): Historical linguistics deals with the nature of change in languages in general.
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false and (II) is true.
Ans: A