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LINGUISTICS MCQs
1. Arbitrariness as a feature of language means that
(A) Words are mixed randomly in communication.
(B) The meanings of words changes frequently.
(C) There is no necessary connection between the form of a word and its meaning.
(D) There is an inherent connection between words and their meanings.
Ans: C
2. In the sentence ‘somebody stole my folder’, ‘somebody’ is a
(A) Common noun (B) Proper noun
(C) Indefinite pronoun (D) Demonstrative pronoun
Ans: C
3. In which function of communication ‘Addresser’ is the target factor ?
(A) Referential (B) Emotive
(C) Conative (D) Metalingual
Ans: B
4. Vakyapadiya has been authored by
(A) Yask (B) Patanjali
(C) Nagesha (D) Bhartrihari
Ans: D
5. Assertion (i) : In the sentence ‘My friend baked the cake’, the word ‘the’ is a definite article.
Assertion (ii) : The words ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are examples of content words.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(B) (i) is true, but (ii) is false.
(C) (i) is false, but (ii) is true.
(D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: B
6. The famous claim ;
‘The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonder structure; more perfect than Greek, more copious than the Latin, and mere delicately refined than either…... was made by
(A) Leonard Bloom field (B) Roy Harris
(C) William Jones (D) Edward Sapir
Ans: C
7. The terms ‘stress’, ‘pitch’ and ‘intonation’ are called
(A) Segmental features
(B) Suprasegmental features
(C) Distinctive features
(D) Extra-linguistic features
Ans: B
8. Assertion (i) : An alternate sign language is the first language of a group that does not have access to spoken language.
Assertion (ii) : A primary sign language is a system of gestures for use in certain contexts where speech cannot be used, and is developed by people who use speech in normal circumstances.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(B) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i) is false, but (ii) is true.
(D) (ii) is false, but (i) is true.
Ans: A
9. The following languages are written in the Devanagari script.
(A) Hindi, Sanskrit, Khasi
(B) Hindi, Brahmi, Pashto.
(C) Hindi, Pali, Manipuri.
(D) Hindi, Sanskrit, Dogri.
Ans: D
10. The English phonemes /f/ and /z/ differ in the following aspect/s.
(A) Place of articulation
(B) Manner of articulation
(C) Manner of articulation and voicing
(D) Place of articulation and voicing
Ans: D
11. During the process of Nasalization ______
(A) The air is fully released through the nasal passage.
(B) The air is released through both the nasal passage and oral passage.
(C) The air is partially released through the mouth.
(D) The air is partially released through the nasal passage.
Ans: B
12. Pick out the odd set off words from among the following :
(A) front; back (B) aspirated; unaspirated
(C) rounded; unrounded (D) low; high
Ans: B
13. The words ‘house’ and ‘mouse’ can be referred to as
(A) Minimal pair (B) Homophones
(C) Disyllabic words (D) Allophones
Ans: A
14. /r/ and /l/ are two independent phonemes in a language but in a few contexts e.g. /di:va:r/, /di:va:l/ the two items occur in free variation. How will you account for this process ?
(A) Merger (B) Convergence
(C) Neutralization (D) Coalesce
Ans: C
15. Morphological typology refers to the ‘classification’ languages on the basis of
(i) the nature and function of morphemes used in the languages.
(ii) polysynthetic languages give hard time to the morphologists for the concatenation of morphemes.
(iii) Isolating languages show abundant use of bound morphemes.
(iv) Inflectional languages use plenty of portmanteau morphemes.
Codes :
(A) Only (i) and (iv) are correct.
(B) Only (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) Only (i) and (ii) are correct.
Ans: C
16. Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Endocentric 1. No. of argument(s) of the VP
b. Enclitic 2. Addition of clitic after the word
c. Circumfix 3. Compound with a head
d. Subcategorization rule 4. Simultaneous affixation to a morpheme
Codes : a b c d
(A) 4 2 3 1 (B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 3 4 2 1 (D) 3 2 4 1
Ans: D
17. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II. Then choose the correct answer from the codes :
List – I List – II
a. Compounding 1. National
b. Clipping 2. Postman
c. Acronym 3. Flu
d. Derivation 4. Radar
Codes : a b c d
(A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 2 3 4 1
Ans: D
18. Assertion (i) : Base in morphology accepts ‘derivational marker’ while ‘stem’ can take ‘inflectional marker’.
Assertion (ii) : Once the inflectional marker is added to a morpheme, no further derivation of that morpheme is possible.
Codes :
(A) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false. (B) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true. (D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: C
19. The sound variants which are within the one set and so are not mutually contrastive are regarded as
(A) archiphonemes (B) allophones
(C) antiphonemes (D) None of the above
Ans: B
20. The aspects model is related to
(A) Standard Theory
(B) Extended Standard Theory
(C) Revised Extended Standard Theory
(D) Government and Binding
Ans: A
21. Match the items from List-I with List-II and select the correct items from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Subject 1. Possession
b. Verb 2. Bahuvrihi
c. Exocentric 3. Can show tense
d. Genitive 4. NP immediately dominated by S
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans: D
22. According to G-B theory, the case-assigner categories are
(i) INFL (ii) Verb
(iii) Noun (iv) Preposition
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (iv) (B) Only (iii)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) (D) (iv), (iii) and (i)
Ans: C
23. A di-transitive verb as per the subcategorization rule/principle has following number of arguments(s) :
(A) One argument (B) Zero argument
(C) Two arguments (D) Three arguments
Ans: C
24. Transformations convert
(A) Surface structure to Deep Structure
(B) Deep Structure to Surface Structure
(C) Both from Deep to surface Structure and from Surface Structure to Deep Structure.
(D) Neither from Deep to Surface Structure and nor from Surface to Deep Structure.
Ans: B
25. Match the items in the List-I with those of List-II
List – I List – II
a. Nama 1. Nouns and Pronouns
b. Akhyata 2. Verb
c. Upasarga 3. Prefix
d. Nipata 4. Indeclinable
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 1 4 3 2
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans: A
26. Which of the following is an example of relative opposition ?
(A) Tenant – Landlord (B) Animal – Lion
(C) Smoker – Non-smoker (D) Alive – Dead
Ans: A
27. Relation between a pair of propositions such that the truth of the second proposition necessarily follows from the truth of the first.
(A) Presupposition (B) Entailment
(C) Focus (D) Projection
Ans: B
28. Match the linguistic expressions from List-I and the functions of these expression in List-II.
List – I List – II
a. May God bless you ! 1. Counter factual
b. I wish I were the king 2. Optative
c. Leave the room at once ! 3. Interrogative
d. May I use your car ? 4. Imperative
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 4 2 3 (B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 2 1 4 3 (D) 4 2 3 1
Ans: C
29. Which of the following is not a test to distinguish presupposition from assertion, implicature, maxims of conversation and speech acts (A) Negation test (B) Variation of speech act test
(C) Tensed sentence test (D) Conjunction test with ‘and’
Ans: C
30. In sound changes, the term ‘syncope’ refers to
(A) the deletion of a vowel/consonant from the interior of a word.
(B) the addition of a vowel in the beginning of a word.
(C) the deletion of a vowel from the initial position of a word.
(D) the deletion of a vowel at the end of the word.
Ans: A
31. Assertion (i) : In a process of sound change ‘Lenition’ refers to weakening of a sound to its original counterpart.
Reason (ii) : A process of sound change in which ‘stops’ and ‘affricates’ change to fricatives is also sound weakening.
Codes :
(A) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(B) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: C
32. Panini authored
(A) Mahabhasya (B) Ash adhyayi
(C) Nagesa (D) Patanjali
Ans: B
33. ‘Case syncretism’ refers to a process in which
(A) One case-marker changes to other.
(B) Two or more cases merge to one form.
(C) Semantics of cases are altered.
(D) Morphological cases are deleted.
Ans: B
34. Assertion (i) : Passive construction facilitates as to hide the action done by the agent.
Reason (ii) : Most Newspaper headlines are in passive-forms precisely due to the reason.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) & (ii) are false.
(B) Both (i) & (ii) are true.
(C) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(D) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
Ans: B
35. Assertion (i) : A cognate is a word in a language that has a similar form with another language and is (was) used with similar meaning.
Reason (ii) : In most Indian languages words such as ‘bus’ ‘station’ ‘platform’ etc. from English language are cognates.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) & (ii) are true.
(B) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
(C) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: C
36. The compound verbs in South Asian languages demand that
(i) there has to be minimum two verbs.
(ii) both V1 and V2 can be tense-inflected.
(iii) the meaning of V1 should be the meaning of compound verb.
(iv) only V2 takes the inflectional markers.
(A) all the above are true.
(B) only (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i), (iii) and (iv) are true.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are false.
Ans: C
37. The term CALQUE refers to
(A) Borrowing Money (B) Lending
(C) Loan shift (D) Loan translation
Ans: D
38. ‘Ergativity’, where the subject of intransitive verb is case marked in similar way to the direct object and differently from the subject of transitive verb was proposed by
(A) R. Dixon (B) M. Emaneau
(C) C.A. Ferguson (D) L. BloomField
Ans: A
39. Assertion (i) : A ‘Register’ is illustrative of ‘use’ oriented variation in language.
Assertion (ii) : The use of a ‘register’ depends on the context of use, the topic, as well as the field.
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. A basilect is best defined as
(A) a highly conservative version of Creole.
(B) a variety of language used by baseball players.
(C) the base form of a language.
(D) a variety of language used by a particular religion.
Ans: A
41. According to the structuralist, which of the following is not true with regard to child language acquisition ?
(A) Language is a result of conditioning.
(B) The mind of an infant is a tabula rasa.
(C) Children have an innate capacity to acquire a language.
(D) Language is acquired through imitation.
Ans: C
42. The study with its field concerned with acquired disorders of language associated with neurological damage is
(A) speech pathology (B) Neuro linguistics
(C) Aphasiology (D) None of the above
Ans: C
43. ‘Diglossia’ is a term used to refer to the use of the following varieties of a language :
(A) High and Low
(B) Dialect and Idiolect
(C) Spoken variety and written variety
(D) Living variety and Extinct variety
Ans: A
44. Assertion (i) : Linguistic variation that is due to the context or topic is called stylistic variation.
Assertion (ii) : Linguistic variation that is due to the age and gender of the speaker is called Interactionally determined variation.
Codes :
(A) Only (i) is correct.
(B) Both (i) and (ii) are correct.
(C) (i) is correct, but (ii) is incorrect.
(D) (i) is incorrect, but (ii) is correct.
Ans: A & C
45. The term ‘inter language’ refers to a variety of language :
(A) used by adolescents for in-group communication.
(B) used by infants before they begin to use complete sentences.
(C) used by tourists for international communication.
(D) used by speakers at an intermediate stage of language learning.
Ans: D
46. Literary stylistics deals with
(A) The variations characteristic of literature as a genre and of the ‘style’ of individual authors.
(B) The whole range of non-dialectal varieties encountered within a language.
(C) The theme and presentation of an author
(D) The range of situationally distinctive language.
Ans: A
47. Assertion (i) : The experiential function emphasizes the concept of style as choice.
Assertion (ii) : The experiential function is an important marker of style, especially so of the style of narrative discourse.
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, (ii) is true.
Ans: A
48. Match the following from List-I to List-II.
List – I List – II
a. Interlinear translation 1. to convey the communicative effect of the source.
b. Literal translation 2. to reproduce the semantri content of the source.
c. Communicative translation 3. to parallel the exact words syntax of the source.
d. Dynamic equivalent 4. to convey communicative meaning.
Codes : a b c d
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 1 4 3 2
(D) 4 2 3 1
Ans: B
49. Match the items in List-I with those in List-II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. Defining vocabulary 1. Multiword expressions
b. Phraseology 2. Aids to navigation
c. Signposts 3. Valence patterns that word enters into
d. Syntactic information 4. High frequency words
Codes : a b c d
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 4 1 2 3
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: C
50. The entries in dictionaries are arranged according to a code that is accessible to all so that a dictionary cause consulted quickly and easily. The process of coding is called :
(A) Concatenation (B) Algorithm (C) Phonetic form (D) Graphic form
Ans: D
(A) Words are mixed randomly in communication.
(B) The meanings of words changes frequently.
(C) There is no necessary connection between the form of a word and its meaning.
(D) There is an inherent connection between words and their meanings.
Ans: C
2. In the sentence ‘somebody stole my folder’, ‘somebody’ is a
(A) Common noun (B) Proper noun
(C) Indefinite pronoun (D) Demonstrative pronoun
Ans: C
3. In which function of communication ‘Addresser’ is the target factor ?
(A) Referential (B) Emotive
(C) Conative (D) Metalingual
Ans: B
4. Vakyapadiya has been authored by
(A) Yask (B) Patanjali
(C) Nagesha (D) Bhartrihari
Ans: D
5. Assertion (i) : In the sentence ‘My friend baked the cake’, the word ‘the’ is a definite article.
Assertion (ii) : The words ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are examples of content words.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(B) (i) is true, but (ii) is false.
(C) (i) is false, but (ii) is true.
(D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: B
6. The famous claim ;
‘The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonder structure; more perfect than Greek, more copious than the Latin, and mere delicately refined than either…... was made by
(A) Leonard Bloom field (B) Roy Harris
(C) William Jones (D) Edward Sapir
Ans: C
7. The terms ‘stress’, ‘pitch’ and ‘intonation’ are called
(A) Segmental features
(B) Suprasegmental features
(C) Distinctive features
(D) Extra-linguistic features
Ans: B
8. Assertion (i) : An alternate sign language is the first language of a group that does not have access to spoken language.
Assertion (ii) : A primary sign language is a system of gestures for use in certain contexts where speech cannot be used, and is developed by people who use speech in normal circumstances.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(B) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i) is false, but (ii) is true.
(D) (ii) is false, but (i) is true.
Ans: A
9. The following languages are written in the Devanagari script.
(A) Hindi, Sanskrit, Khasi
(B) Hindi, Brahmi, Pashto.
(C) Hindi, Pali, Manipuri.
(D) Hindi, Sanskrit, Dogri.
Ans: D
10. The English phonemes /f/ and /z/ differ in the following aspect/s.
(A) Place of articulation
(B) Manner of articulation
(C) Manner of articulation and voicing
(D) Place of articulation and voicing
Ans: D
11. During the process of Nasalization ______
(A) The air is fully released through the nasal passage.
(B) The air is released through both the nasal passage and oral passage.
(C) The air is partially released through the mouth.
(D) The air is partially released through the nasal passage.
Ans: B
12. Pick out the odd set off words from among the following :
(A) front; back (B) aspirated; unaspirated
(C) rounded; unrounded (D) low; high
Ans: B
13. The words ‘house’ and ‘mouse’ can be referred to as
(A) Minimal pair (B) Homophones
(C) Disyllabic words (D) Allophones
Ans: A
14. /r/ and /l/ are two independent phonemes in a language but in a few contexts e.g. /di:va:r/, /di:va:l/ the two items occur in free variation. How will you account for this process ?
(A) Merger (B) Convergence
(C) Neutralization (D) Coalesce
Ans: C
15. Morphological typology refers to the ‘classification’ languages on the basis of
(i) the nature and function of morphemes used in the languages.
(ii) polysynthetic languages give hard time to the morphologists for the concatenation of morphemes.
(iii) Isolating languages show abundant use of bound morphemes.
(iv) Inflectional languages use plenty of portmanteau morphemes.
Codes :
(A) Only (i) and (iv) are correct.
(B) Only (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) Only (i) and (ii) are correct.
Ans: C
16. Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Endocentric 1. No. of argument(s) of the VP
b. Enclitic 2. Addition of clitic after the word
c. Circumfix 3. Compound with a head
d. Subcategorization rule 4. Simultaneous affixation to a morpheme
Codes : a b c d
(A) 4 2 3 1 (B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 3 4 2 1 (D) 3 2 4 1
Ans: D
17. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II. Then choose the correct answer from the codes :
List – I List – II
a. Compounding 1. National
b. Clipping 2. Postman
c. Acronym 3. Flu
d. Derivation 4. Radar
Codes : a b c d
(A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 2 3 4 1
Ans: D
18. Assertion (i) : Base in morphology accepts ‘derivational marker’ while ‘stem’ can take ‘inflectional marker’.
Assertion (ii) : Once the inflectional marker is added to a morpheme, no further derivation of that morpheme is possible.
Codes :
(A) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false. (B) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true. (D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: C
19. The sound variants which are within the one set and so are not mutually contrastive are regarded as
(A) archiphonemes (B) allophones
(C) antiphonemes (D) None of the above
Ans: B
20. The aspects model is related to
(A) Standard Theory
(B) Extended Standard Theory
(C) Revised Extended Standard Theory
(D) Government and Binding
Ans: A
21. Match the items from List-I with List-II and select the correct items from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Subject 1. Possession
b. Verb 2. Bahuvrihi
c. Exocentric 3. Can show tense
d. Genitive 4. NP immediately dominated by S
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans: D
22. According to G-B theory, the case-assigner categories are
(i) INFL (ii) Verb
(iii) Noun (iv) Preposition
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (iv) (B) Only (iii)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) (D) (iv), (iii) and (i)
Ans: C
23. A di-transitive verb as per the subcategorization rule/principle has following number of arguments(s) :
(A) One argument (B) Zero argument
(C) Two arguments (D) Three arguments
Ans: C
24. Transformations convert
(A) Surface structure to Deep Structure
(B) Deep Structure to Surface Structure
(C) Both from Deep to surface Structure and from Surface Structure to Deep Structure.
(D) Neither from Deep to Surface Structure and nor from Surface to Deep Structure.
Ans: B
25. Match the items in the List-I with those of List-II
List – I List – II
a. Nama 1. Nouns and Pronouns
b. Akhyata 2. Verb
c. Upasarga 3. Prefix
d. Nipata 4. Indeclinable
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 1 4 3 2
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans: A
26. Which of the following is an example of relative opposition ?
(A) Tenant – Landlord (B) Animal – Lion
(C) Smoker – Non-smoker (D) Alive – Dead
Ans: A
27. Relation between a pair of propositions such that the truth of the second proposition necessarily follows from the truth of the first.
(A) Presupposition (B) Entailment
(C) Focus (D) Projection
Ans: B
28. Match the linguistic expressions from List-I and the functions of these expression in List-II.
List – I List – II
a. May God bless you ! 1. Counter factual
b. I wish I were the king 2. Optative
c. Leave the room at once ! 3. Interrogative
d. May I use your car ? 4. Imperative
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 4 2 3 (B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 2 1 4 3 (D) 4 2 3 1
Ans: C
29. Which of the following is not a test to distinguish presupposition from assertion, implicature, maxims of conversation and speech acts (A) Negation test (B) Variation of speech act test
(C) Tensed sentence test (D) Conjunction test with ‘and’
Ans: C
30. In sound changes, the term ‘syncope’ refers to
(A) the deletion of a vowel/consonant from the interior of a word.
(B) the addition of a vowel in the beginning of a word.
(C) the deletion of a vowel from the initial position of a word.
(D) the deletion of a vowel at the end of the word.
Ans: A
31. Assertion (i) : In a process of sound change ‘Lenition’ refers to weakening of a sound to its original counterpart.
Reason (ii) : A process of sound change in which ‘stops’ and ‘affricates’ change to fricatives is also sound weakening.
Codes :
(A) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(B) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: C
32. Panini authored
(A) Mahabhasya (B) Ash adhyayi
(C) Nagesa (D) Patanjali
Ans: B
33. ‘Case syncretism’ refers to a process in which
(A) One case-marker changes to other.
(B) Two or more cases merge to one form.
(C) Semantics of cases are altered.
(D) Morphological cases are deleted.
Ans: B
34. Assertion (i) : Passive construction facilitates as to hide the action done by the agent.
Reason (ii) : Most Newspaper headlines are in passive-forms precisely due to the reason.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) & (ii) are false.
(B) Both (i) & (ii) are true.
(C) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(D) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
Ans: B
35. Assertion (i) : A cognate is a word in a language that has a similar form with another language and is (was) used with similar meaning.
Reason (ii) : In most Indian languages words such as ‘bus’ ‘station’ ‘platform’ etc. from English language are cognates.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) & (ii) are true.
(B) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
(C) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: C
36. The compound verbs in South Asian languages demand that
(i) there has to be minimum two verbs.
(ii) both V1 and V2 can be tense-inflected.
(iii) the meaning of V1 should be the meaning of compound verb.
(iv) only V2 takes the inflectional markers.
(A) all the above are true.
(B) only (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i), (iii) and (iv) are true.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are false.
Ans: C
37. The term CALQUE refers to
(A) Borrowing Money (B) Lending
(C) Loan shift (D) Loan translation
Ans: D
38. ‘Ergativity’, where the subject of intransitive verb is case marked in similar way to the direct object and differently from the subject of transitive verb was proposed by
(A) R. Dixon (B) M. Emaneau
(C) C.A. Ferguson (D) L. BloomField
Ans: A
39. Assertion (i) : A ‘Register’ is illustrative of ‘use’ oriented variation in language.
Assertion (ii) : The use of a ‘register’ depends on the context of use, the topic, as well as the field.
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. A basilect is best defined as
(A) a highly conservative version of Creole.
(B) a variety of language used by baseball players.
(C) the base form of a language.
(D) a variety of language used by a particular religion.
Ans: A
41. According to the structuralist, which of the following is not true with regard to child language acquisition ?
(A) Language is a result of conditioning.
(B) The mind of an infant is a tabula rasa.
(C) Children have an innate capacity to acquire a language.
(D) Language is acquired through imitation.
Ans: C
42. The study with its field concerned with acquired disorders of language associated with neurological damage is
(A) speech pathology (B) Neuro linguistics
(C) Aphasiology (D) None of the above
Ans: C
43. ‘Diglossia’ is a term used to refer to the use of the following varieties of a language :
(A) High and Low
(B) Dialect and Idiolect
(C) Spoken variety and written variety
(D) Living variety and Extinct variety
Ans: A
44. Assertion (i) : Linguistic variation that is due to the context or topic is called stylistic variation.
Assertion (ii) : Linguistic variation that is due to the age and gender of the speaker is called Interactionally determined variation.
Codes :
(A) Only (i) is correct.
(B) Both (i) and (ii) are correct.
(C) (i) is correct, but (ii) is incorrect.
(D) (i) is incorrect, but (ii) is correct.
Ans: A & C
45. The term ‘inter language’ refers to a variety of language :
(A) used by adolescents for in-group communication.
(B) used by infants before they begin to use complete sentences.
(C) used by tourists for international communication.
(D) used by speakers at an intermediate stage of language learning.
Ans: D
46. Literary stylistics deals with
(A) The variations characteristic of literature as a genre and of the ‘style’ of individual authors.
(B) The whole range of non-dialectal varieties encountered within a language.
(C) The theme and presentation of an author
(D) The range of situationally distinctive language.
Ans: A
47. Assertion (i) : The experiential function emphasizes the concept of style as choice.
Assertion (ii) : The experiential function is an important marker of style, especially so of the style of narrative discourse.
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, (ii) is true.
Ans: A
48. Match the following from List-I to List-II.
List – I List – II
a. Interlinear translation 1. to convey the communicative effect of the source.
b. Literal translation 2. to reproduce the semantri content of the source.
c. Communicative translation 3. to parallel the exact words syntax of the source.
d. Dynamic equivalent 4. to convey communicative meaning.
Codes : a b c d
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 1 4 3 2
(D) 4 2 3 1
Ans: B
49. Match the items in List-I with those in List-II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. Defining vocabulary 1. Multiword expressions
b. Phraseology 2. Aids to navigation
c. Signposts 3. Valence patterns that word enters into
d. Syntactic information 4. High frequency words
Codes : a b c d
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 4 1 2 3
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: C
50. The entries in dictionaries are arranged according to a code that is accessible to all so that a dictionary cause consulted quickly and easily. The process of coding is called :
(A) Concatenation (B) Algorithm (C) Phonetic form (D) Graphic form
Ans: D
51. Which of the following is not true ?
(i) An interpreter directly executes instructions written in a programming language without previously compiling them into a machine language program.
(ii) An interpreter may parse the source code and perform its behaviour directly.
(iii) An interpreter may translate source code into some efficient intermediate representation and immediately execute this.
(iv) An interpreter may explicitly store precompiled code made by a compiler which is part of the interpreter system.
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(B) Only (i) and (ii) are correct.
(C) Only (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) Only (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
Ans: A
52. Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. HPSG 1. Gazdar
b. LFG 2. Joshi
c. GPSG 3. Pollard and Sag
d. TAG 4. Bresnan and Kaplan
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: D
53. Assertion (i) : The fifth Generation Computer Systems Project (FGCS) was aimed to create a computer using massively parallel computing/processing.
Assertion (ii) : The term ‘Fifth’ as used in the name to denote the fifth anniversary of the emperor of Japan.
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
54. Assertion (i) : PC-KIMMO is a tool for phonological analysis available since 1985.
Assertion (ii) : Though this tool is no longer being actively developed, it is still available for documentation.
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: D
55. Which of the following is not true for Kolhapur corpus ?
(A) It comprises of approximately a million words. (B) The corpus comprises of collection of Indian Spoken English.
(C) The work was based at Shivaji University. (D) S.V. Shastri was associated with this work.
Ans: B
56. Assertion (i) : In certain languages like English wh-phases generally come to occupy their scope position by wh-movement.
Assertion (ii) : In other languages like Hindi, wh-phrases do not undergo wh-movement but instead remain in-situ.
Codes :
(A) (i) is false and (ii) is true. (B) (i) is true and (ii) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true. (D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: C
57. In which language does the wh-phrase generally come to occupy its scope position by wh-movement.
(A) English (B) Hindi (C) Korean (D) Japanese
Ans: A
58. Assertion (i) : One of the chief goals of Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG) is to show that syntax of natural languages can be described by context-free grammar.
Assertion (ii) : Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG) is in part a reaction against transformational theories of syntax, and its notational extensions are claimed to make transformations redundant.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are true. (B) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(C) (i) is true and (ii) is false. (D) (ii) is true and (i) is false.
Ans: A
59. Which one of the following are ECM verbs ?
(i) Say (ii) Want (iii) Try (iv) Expect
Codes :
(A) (i) and (iv) (B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (ii) and (iv) (D) (ii) and (iii)
Ans: C
60. Agr SP stands for
(A) Agreement Specifier Phrase (B) Agreement Set-up Phrase
(C) Agreement Spell-out Phrase (D) Agreement Subject Phrase
Ans: D
61. Assertion (i) : Auto segmental phonology allows phonological processes like vowel harmony of tone to influence more than one vowel or consonant at a time.
Assertion (ii) : In such an analysis tone is a properly of the whole word.
Codes :
(A) (i) is true, (ii) is false. (B) (i) is false, (ii) is true.
(C) Both (i) & (ii) are true. (D) Both (i) & (ii) are false.
Ans: C
62. In English the word domestic changes into domesticity. The change can be formulated in one of the following ways :
(A) K → S/ – ti (B) K → S/ – iti (C) K → S/ – i (D) K → S/ – it
Ans: B
63. ‘Minimal pairs’ help in the identification of
(A) Distribution patterns (B) Pattern congruity (C) Phonemes (D) Allosemes
Ans: C
64. Assertion (i) : In lexical phonology lexicon has a productive role. It consist of ordered levels in which certain phonological morphological processes take place.
Assertion (ii) : Lexical phonology accounts for the interactions of morphology of syntax.
Codes :
(A) (i) is false, (ii) is true. (B) (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(C) (i) and (ii) are both false. (D) (i) and (ii) are both true.
Ans: B
65. Select the correct sequence from the smaller to the larger unit :
(A) Foot-syllable-prosodic word (B) Prosodic word-syllable-foot
(C) Syllable-prosodic word-foot (D) Syllable-foot-prosodic word
Ans: D
66. Which of the following statements about ‘communicative competence’ is incorrect ?
(A) A learner should use language appropriately.
(B) Grammatical competence is the only competence required for communication.
(C) The context determines the kind of language that should be used.
(D) The process of socialization plays an important role in language learning.
Ans: B
67. Watch the items in List-I with those in List-II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. Searle 1. Domains of language use
b. Malinowski 2. Speech-Acts
c. Fishman 3. Positive and negative face
d. Brown and Levinson 4. Phatic communion
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 3 2 4
(B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 4 1 3 2
Ans: C
68. The English sentence, “Hey dude ! what’s up ?” is an example of :
(A) Code mixing (B) Code switching
(C) Stylistic variation (D) Creole
Ans: C
69. Choose the correct sequence of stages in the establishment of a standard language.
a. Elaboration b. Implementation
c. Codification d. Selection
Codes :
(A) c, d, a, b (B) a, b, c, d
(C) c, d, b, a (D) d, c, a, b
Ans: D
70. Diglossia refers to a situation where
(i) two different varieties of a language co-occur throughout a speech community
(ii) two different varieties which are both standardized.
(iii) one is considered a high variety and the other is considered a low variety.
(iv) one standard and the other non standard variety.
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) are true.
(B) (i) & (ii) are true.
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) are all true.
(D) Only (i) is true.
Ans: A
71. An acquired reading disorder that involves the production of semantic errors and the inability to read aloud non words successfully is
(A) Deep dyslexia (B) Surface dyslexia
(C) Semantic dyslexia (D) Dysgraphia
Ans: A
72. SLI – Specific language Impairment includes
(A) Only syntactic disorders.
(B) Only phonetic and Phonological disorders
(C) Linguist disorders as well as learning difficulties.
(D) Only learning difficulties.
Ans: C
73. A term introduced into language acquisition studies of the 1960s, to refer to a primitive word-class thought to characterize the early two-word combinations produced by children.
(A) Pivot (B) Holophrase
(C) Protosentence (D) Presentence
Ans: A
74. Assertion (i) : The left and right hemispheres of brain have perfect physical symmetry but functional asymmetry which is also referred to as ‘lateralization’ and ‘cerebral dominance’.
Assertion (ii) : The left hemisphere dominates the right hemisphere in most of the cerebral functions.
(A) (i) & (ii) are both true.
(B) (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(C) (i) & (ii) are both false.
(D) (i) is false, (ii) is true.
Ans: B
75. Assertion (i) : Catalan and Spanish are Latinate languages.
Assertion (ii) : Gothic and Ice-landic are Germanic languages.
Codes :
(A) (i) is false, (ii) is true.
(B) (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i) and (ii) are false.
(D) (i) is true, (ii) is false.
Ans: B
76. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. Austin 1. Positive and Negative face
b. Grice 2. Phatic communion
c. Malinowski 3. Speech-Act Theory
d. Brown and Levinson 4. Cooperative principle
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 3 4 2 (B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 2 3 1 (D) 3 1 2 4
Ans: B
77. Assertion (i) : An ‘isogloss’ is one of the realizations of a linguistic variable.
Assertion (ii) : Isoglosses are used to determine linguistic boundaries.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are false. (B) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i) is false, but (ii) is true. (D) (i) is true, but (ii) is false.
Ans: C
78. Match the items in List-I with those in List-II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. regional dialects 1. social class variation
b. social dialects 2. professional varieties
c. registers 3. geographical variation
d. idiolects 4. individual varieties
Codes : a b c d
(A) 4 1 3 2
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans: B
79. Match the languages in List-1 with the regions (List-II) where the languages serve as linguafrancas.
Choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. English 1. Central and South America
b. Arabic 2. India, Singapore
c. Spanish 3. United Soviet Union
d. Russian 4. Maghreb, Middle East
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 3 2 4 (B) 1 4 3 2
(C) 3 1 4 2 (D) 2 4 1 3
Ans: D
80. The ‘restricted code – elaborated code’ distinction was introduced by
(A) William Labov (B) George Grierson (C) Basil Bernstein (D) J.R. Firth.
Ans: C
81. The fact that acquisition of language passes through well defined developmental milestones is an evidence to support that
(A) Language is a social behaviour (B) Language is an acquired behavior
(C) Language is a biological behaviour (D) Language is a symbolic system
Ans: C
82. The subject of a long-standing debate in psycholinguistics over the extent to which the ability to acquire language is biologically linked to age is
(A) The Bioprogram Hypothesis (B) The Nativist Hypothesis
(C) The Development Hypothesis (D) The Critical Period Hypothesis
Ans: D
83. Assertion (i) : Babbling begins shortly after birth and after birth progresses through several stages as the infant’s repertoire expands and vocalizations become more speech like.
Assertion (ii) : Infant vocalizations enable the infant discover her articulatory capacity and marks the onset of the child’s true language development.
Codes : (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: A
84. The notion of ‘stages in language acquisition’ is first seen in
(A) The period of Diary studies. (B) The period of large sample studies.
(C) The period of Longitudinal studies. (D) None of the above.
Ans: A
85. The right hemisphere damage cases show
(i) disruption of rhythmic & intentional aspects of language.
(ii) overly literal, fail to comprehend metaphor and humour.
(iii) disorders and disruptions in the morpho-syntactic structures.
(iv) dysenteric speech production.
(A) (i) & (ii) are true, (iii) & (iv) are false.
(B) (i) & (iii) are true, (ii) & (iv) are false.
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) are true and (iv) is false.
(D) All are true.
Ans: A
86. Assertion (i) : Language aptitude is defined as the extent to which an individual possesses specific language learning ability.
Assertion (ii) : The language aptitude of a learner can be measured before the learner begins to study language.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(B) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i) is true, but (ii) is false.
(D) (i) is false, but (ii) is true.
Ans: B
87. Match the items in List-I with those in List-II. Choose the correct answer from the codes, given below :
List – I List – II
a. Caleb Gattegno 1. Suggestopedia
b. Georgi Lozanov 2. Total Physical Response
c. Charles Curran 3. The Silent Way
d. James Asher 4. Community Language Learning
Codes : a b c d
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 3 1 4 2
(C) 4 2 1 3
(D) 1 4 3 2
Ans: B
88. Match the items in List-I with those in List-II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. Behaviourism 1. Language is learnt through associations
b. Cognitivism 2. Language learning is social
c. Interactionist 3. Language learning is creative
d. Connectivism 4. Language is learnt through imitation
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 2 1 3 4
Ans: C
89. Analyze and label the error in the sentence, “I told to her that one of my friends is coming.”
(A) Addition of incorrect element. (B) Selection of incorrect element.
(C) Wrong ordering of elements. (D) Omission of required element.
Ans: A
90. Which of the following hypothesis was not proposed by Krashen ?
(A) ‘Natural order’ (B) ‘Comprehensible input’ (C) ‘affective filter’ (D) ‘critical period’
Ans: D
91. Assertion (i) : Earlier typologists believed that languages have an abstract organic unity.
Assertion (ii) : Schlegel and Humboldt argued that the formal aspects of languages and their changes are the reflections of an inner character of the speakers.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(B) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(D) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
Ans: C
92. Which of the following is not the example of absolute Universals ?
(A) All languages have consonants and vowels.
(B) All languages distinguish nouns from verbs.
(C) All languages have subject verb agreement with gender feature.
(D) All languages have ways to form questions.
Ans: C
93. Formal universal are statements on the form of ______ of grammar.
(A) Arbitrariness (B) Formations
(C) Rules (D) Lengths
Ans: C
94. If the modifiers have to bear the same case that the head noun has typology describes it as
(A) case syncretism (B) case marking
(C) case assignment (D) case agreement
Ans: D
95. Assertion (i) : Typological researchers engage themselves in doing cross-linguistic comparison of different languages.
Assertion (ii) : Typology is the study of pattern that occur systematically across languages.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(B) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(D) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
Ans: A
96. Conversational Maxims were originally proposed by
(A) Searle (B) Austin (C) Grice (D) Leech
Ans: C
97. Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Indicative mood 1. Commands
b. Subjunctive mood 2. Possible reality
c. Imperative mood 3. Nutral
d. Conditional mood 4. Unreal States
Codes : a b c d
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 2 1 4 3
Ans: A
98. Grimm’s Law refers to a series of changes as given below :
(A) Voiced stops → Voiceless stops Voiceless stops → Voiceless fricatives
(B) Voiceless fricatives → Voiced fricatives Voiced stops → Aspirated stops
(C) Glottal stop → Alveolar stop Glottal fricative → Velar fricative
(D) Laterals → Velars Velars → Alveolars
Ans: A
99. The ‘Great Vowel Shift’ relates to _______.
(A) Old English (B) Middle English (C) Contemporary English (D) Modern English
Ans: B
100. Assertion (i) : ‘Nagari’, a progeny of Brahmi evolved into Devanagari and Bangla scripts.
Assertion (ii) : Devanagari evolved from Brahmi nearly 1500 years ago.
Codes :
(A) (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(B) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(D) (i) is false, (ii) is true.
Ans: A
(i) An interpreter directly executes instructions written in a programming language without previously compiling them into a machine language program.
(ii) An interpreter may parse the source code and perform its behaviour directly.
(iii) An interpreter may translate source code into some efficient intermediate representation and immediately execute this.
(iv) An interpreter may explicitly store precompiled code made by a compiler which is part of the interpreter system.
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(B) Only (i) and (ii) are correct.
(C) Only (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) Only (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
Ans: A
52. Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. HPSG 1. Gazdar
b. LFG 2. Joshi
c. GPSG 3. Pollard and Sag
d. TAG 4. Bresnan and Kaplan
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: D
53. Assertion (i) : The fifth Generation Computer Systems Project (FGCS) was aimed to create a computer using massively parallel computing/processing.
Assertion (ii) : The term ‘Fifth’ as used in the name to denote the fifth anniversary of the emperor of Japan.
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
54. Assertion (i) : PC-KIMMO is a tool for phonological analysis available since 1985.
Assertion (ii) : Though this tool is no longer being actively developed, it is still available for documentation.
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: D
55. Which of the following is not true for Kolhapur corpus ?
(A) It comprises of approximately a million words. (B) The corpus comprises of collection of Indian Spoken English.
(C) The work was based at Shivaji University. (D) S.V. Shastri was associated with this work.
Ans: B
56. Assertion (i) : In certain languages like English wh-phases generally come to occupy their scope position by wh-movement.
Assertion (ii) : In other languages like Hindi, wh-phrases do not undergo wh-movement but instead remain in-situ.
Codes :
(A) (i) is false and (ii) is true. (B) (i) is true and (ii) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true. (D) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
Ans: C
57. In which language does the wh-phrase generally come to occupy its scope position by wh-movement.
(A) English (B) Hindi (C) Korean (D) Japanese
Ans: A
58. Assertion (i) : One of the chief goals of Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG) is to show that syntax of natural languages can be described by context-free grammar.
Assertion (ii) : Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG) is in part a reaction against transformational theories of syntax, and its notational extensions are claimed to make transformations redundant.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are true. (B) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(C) (i) is true and (ii) is false. (D) (ii) is true and (i) is false.
Ans: A
59. Which one of the following are ECM verbs ?
(i) Say (ii) Want (iii) Try (iv) Expect
Codes :
(A) (i) and (iv) (B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (ii) and (iv) (D) (ii) and (iii)
Ans: C
60. Agr SP stands for
(A) Agreement Specifier Phrase (B) Agreement Set-up Phrase
(C) Agreement Spell-out Phrase (D) Agreement Subject Phrase
Ans: D
61. Assertion (i) : Auto segmental phonology allows phonological processes like vowel harmony of tone to influence more than one vowel or consonant at a time.
Assertion (ii) : In such an analysis tone is a properly of the whole word.
Codes :
(A) (i) is true, (ii) is false. (B) (i) is false, (ii) is true.
(C) Both (i) & (ii) are true. (D) Both (i) & (ii) are false.
Ans: C
62. In English the word domestic changes into domesticity. The change can be formulated in one of the following ways :
(A) K → S/ – ti (B) K → S/ – iti (C) K → S/ – i (D) K → S/ – it
Ans: B
63. ‘Minimal pairs’ help in the identification of
(A) Distribution patterns (B) Pattern congruity (C) Phonemes (D) Allosemes
Ans: C
64. Assertion (i) : In lexical phonology lexicon has a productive role. It consist of ordered levels in which certain phonological morphological processes take place.
Assertion (ii) : Lexical phonology accounts for the interactions of morphology of syntax.
Codes :
(A) (i) is false, (ii) is true. (B) (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(C) (i) and (ii) are both false. (D) (i) and (ii) are both true.
Ans: B
65. Select the correct sequence from the smaller to the larger unit :
(A) Foot-syllable-prosodic word (B) Prosodic word-syllable-foot
(C) Syllable-prosodic word-foot (D) Syllable-foot-prosodic word
Ans: D
66. Which of the following statements about ‘communicative competence’ is incorrect ?
(A) A learner should use language appropriately.
(B) Grammatical competence is the only competence required for communication.
(C) The context determines the kind of language that should be used.
(D) The process of socialization plays an important role in language learning.
Ans: B
67. Watch the items in List-I with those in List-II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. Searle 1. Domains of language use
b. Malinowski 2. Speech-Acts
c. Fishman 3. Positive and negative face
d. Brown and Levinson 4. Phatic communion
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 3 2 4
(B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 4 1 3 2
Ans: C
68. The English sentence, “Hey dude ! what’s up ?” is an example of :
(A) Code mixing (B) Code switching
(C) Stylistic variation (D) Creole
Ans: C
69. Choose the correct sequence of stages in the establishment of a standard language.
a. Elaboration b. Implementation
c. Codification d. Selection
Codes :
(A) c, d, a, b (B) a, b, c, d
(C) c, d, b, a (D) d, c, a, b
Ans: D
70. Diglossia refers to a situation where
(i) two different varieties of a language co-occur throughout a speech community
(ii) two different varieties which are both standardized.
(iii) one is considered a high variety and the other is considered a low variety.
(iv) one standard and the other non standard variety.
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) are true.
(B) (i) & (ii) are true.
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) are all true.
(D) Only (i) is true.
Ans: A
71. An acquired reading disorder that involves the production of semantic errors and the inability to read aloud non words successfully is
(A) Deep dyslexia (B) Surface dyslexia
(C) Semantic dyslexia (D) Dysgraphia
Ans: A
72. SLI – Specific language Impairment includes
(A) Only syntactic disorders.
(B) Only phonetic and Phonological disorders
(C) Linguist disorders as well as learning difficulties.
(D) Only learning difficulties.
Ans: C
73. A term introduced into language acquisition studies of the 1960s, to refer to a primitive word-class thought to characterize the early two-word combinations produced by children.
(A) Pivot (B) Holophrase
(C) Protosentence (D) Presentence
Ans: A
74. Assertion (i) : The left and right hemispheres of brain have perfect physical symmetry but functional asymmetry which is also referred to as ‘lateralization’ and ‘cerebral dominance’.
Assertion (ii) : The left hemisphere dominates the right hemisphere in most of the cerebral functions.
(A) (i) & (ii) are both true.
(B) (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(C) (i) & (ii) are both false.
(D) (i) is false, (ii) is true.
Ans: B
75. Assertion (i) : Catalan and Spanish are Latinate languages.
Assertion (ii) : Gothic and Ice-landic are Germanic languages.
Codes :
(A) (i) is false, (ii) is true.
(B) (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i) and (ii) are false.
(D) (i) is true, (ii) is false.
Ans: B
76. Match the items in List – I with those in List – II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. Austin 1. Positive and Negative face
b. Grice 2. Phatic communion
c. Malinowski 3. Speech-Act Theory
d. Brown and Levinson 4. Cooperative principle
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 3 4 2 (B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 2 3 1 (D) 3 1 2 4
Ans: B
77. Assertion (i) : An ‘isogloss’ is one of the realizations of a linguistic variable.
Assertion (ii) : Isoglosses are used to determine linguistic boundaries.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are false. (B) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i) is false, but (ii) is true. (D) (i) is true, but (ii) is false.
Ans: C
78. Match the items in List-I with those in List-II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. regional dialects 1. social class variation
b. social dialects 2. professional varieties
c. registers 3. geographical variation
d. idiolects 4. individual varieties
Codes : a b c d
(A) 4 1 3 2
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans: B
79. Match the languages in List-1 with the regions (List-II) where the languages serve as linguafrancas.
Choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. English 1. Central and South America
b. Arabic 2. India, Singapore
c. Spanish 3. United Soviet Union
d. Russian 4. Maghreb, Middle East
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 3 2 4 (B) 1 4 3 2
(C) 3 1 4 2 (D) 2 4 1 3
Ans: D
80. The ‘restricted code – elaborated code’ distinction was introduced by
(A) William Labov (B) George Grierson (C) Basil Bernstein (D) J.R. Firth.
Ans: C
81. The fact that acquisition of language passes through well defined developmental milestones is an evidence to support that
(A) Language is a social behaviour (B) Language is an acquired behavior
(C) Language is a biological behaviour (D) Language is a symbolic system
Ans: C
82. The subject of a long-standing debate in psycholinguistics over the extent to which the ability to acquire language is biologically linked to age is
(A) The Bioprogram Hypothesis (B) The Nativist Hypothesis
(C) The Development Hypothesis (D) The Critical Period Hypothesis
Ans: D
83. Assertion (i) : Babbling begins shortly after birth and after birth progresses through several stages as the infant’s repertoire expands and vocalizations become more speech like.
Assertion (ii) : Infant vocalizations enable the infant discover her articulatory capacity and marks the onset of the child’s true language development.
Codes : (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: A
84. The notion of ‘stages in language acquisition’ is first seen in
(A) The period of Diary studies. (B) The period of large sample studies.
(C) The period of Longitudinal studies. (D) None of the above.
Ans: A
85. The right hemisphere damage cases show
(i) disruption of rhythmic & intentional aspects of language.
(ii) overly literal, fail to comprehend metaphor and humour.
(iii) disorders and disruptions in the morpho-syntactic structures.
(iv) dysenteric speech production.
(A) (i) & (ii) are true, (iii) & (iv) are false.
(B) (i) & (iii) are true, (ii) & (iv) are false.
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) are true and (iv) is false.
(D) All are true.
Ans: A
86. Assertion (i) : Language aptitude is defined as the extent to which an individual possesses specific language learning ability.
Assertion (ii) : The language aptitude of a learner can be measured before the learner begins to study language.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(B) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(C) (i) is true, but (ii) is false.
(D) (i) is false, but (ii) is true.
Ans: B
87. Match the items in List-I with those in List-II. Choose the correct answer from the codes, given below :
List – I List – II
a. Caleb Gattegno 1. Suggestopedia
b. Georgi Lozanov 2. Total Physical Response
c. Charles Curran 3. The Silent Way
d. James Asher 4. Community Language Learning
Codes : a b c d
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 3 1 4 2
(C) 4 2 1 3
(D) 1 4 3 2
Ans: B
88. Match the items in List-I with those in List-II and choose the correct code.
List – I List – II
a. Behaviourism 1. Language is learnt through associations
b. Cognitivism 2. Language learning is social
c. Interactionist 3. Language learning is creative
d. Connectivism 4. Language is learnt through imitation
Codes : a b c d
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 2 1 3 4
Ans: C
89. Analyze and label the error in the sentence, “I told to her that one of my friends is coming.”
(A) Addition of incorrect element. (B) Selection of incorrect element.
(C) Wrong ordering of elements. (D) Omission of required element.
Ans: A
90. Which of the following hypothesis was not proposed by Krashen ?
(A) ‘Natural order’ (B) ‘Comprehensible input’ (C) ‘affective filter’ (D) ‘critical period’
Ans: D
91. Assertion (i) : Earlier typologists believed that languages have an abstract organic unity.
Assertion (ii) : Schlegel and Humboldt argued that the formal aspects of languages and their changes are the reflections of an inner character of the speakers.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(B) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(D) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
Ans: C
92. Which of the following is not the example of absolute Universals ?
(A) All languages have consonants and vowels.
(B) All languages distinguish nouns from verbs.
(C) All languages have subject verb agreement with gender feature.
(D) All languages have ways to form questions.
Ans: C
93. Formal universal are statements on the form of ______ of grammar.
(A) Arbitrariness (B) Formations
(C) Rules (D) Lengths
Ans: C
94. If the modifiers have to bear the same case that the head noun has typology describes it as
(A) case syncretism (B) case marking
(C) case assignment (D) case agreement
Ans: D
95. Assertion (i) : Typological researchers engage themselves in doing cross-linguistic comparison of different languages.
Assertion (ii) : Typology is the study of pattern that occur systematically across languages.
Codes :
(A) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(B) Only (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(D) Only (ii) is true, (i) is false.
Ans: A
96. Conversational Maxims were originally proposed by
(A) Searle (B) Austin (C) Grice (D) Leech
Ans: C
97. Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Indicative mood 1. Commands
b. Subjunctive mood 2. Possible reality
c. Imperative mood 3. Nutral
d. Conditional mood 4. Unreal States
Codes : a b c d
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 2 1 4 3
Ans: A
98. Grimm’s Law refers to a series of changes as given below :
(A) Voiced stops → Voiceless stops Voiceless stops → Voiceless fricatives
(B) Voiceless fricatives → Voiced fricatives Voiced stops → Aspirated stops
(C) Glottal stop → Alveolar stop Glottal fricative → Velar fricative
(D) Laterals → Velars Velars → Alveolars
Ans: A
99. The ‘Great Vowel Shift’ relates to _______.
(A) Old English (B) Middle English (C) Contemporary English (D) Modern English
Ans: B
100. Assertion (i) : ‘Nagari’, a progeny of Brahmi evolved into Devanagari and Bangla scripts.
Assertion (ii) : Devanagari evolved from Brahmi nearly 1500 years ago.
Codes :
(A) (i) is true, (ii) is false.
(B) Both (i) and (ii) are false.
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are true.
(D) (i) is false, (ii) is true.
Ans: A