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Linguistics

Question 1Single Answer
Arbitrariness as a feature of language means that
  1. A
    Words are mixed randomly in communication.
  2. B
    The meaning of words changes frequently.
  3. C
    There is no necessary connection between the form of a word and its meaning.
  4. DThere is an inherent connection between words and their meaning.
Question 2Single Answer
In the sentence ‘somebody stole my folder’, ‘somebody’ is a
  1. A
    Common noun
  2. B
    Proper noun
  3. C
    Indefinite pronoun
  4. DDemonstrative pronoun
Question 3Single Answer
In which function of communication ‘Addresser’ is the target factor?
  1. A
    Referential
  2. B
    Emotive
  3. C
    Conative
  4. DMetalingual
Question 4Single Answer
Vakyapadiya has been authored by
  1. A
    Yask
  2. B
    Patanjali
  3. C
    Nagesha
  4. DBhartrihari
Question 5Single Answer
Assertion –I: in the sentence ‘My friend baked the cake’, the is a definite article
Assertion – II: the words ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are example of content words.
Codes
  1. A
    Both (I) and (II) are true
  2. B
    (I) is true, (II) is false
  3. C
    is false, but (II) is true.
  4. DBoth (I) and (II) are false
Question 6Single Answer
The function of language that, according to Roman Jakobson, engages the addressee (receiver) directly and is best illustrated by vocatives and imperatives, is called:
  1. A
    Conative
  2. B
    Phatic
  3. C
    Emotive
  4. D
    Metalingual
Question 7Single Answer
A regionally or socially distinctive variety of language is identified by:
  1. A
    The interpersonal social behaviour
  2. B
    A particular set of words and grammatical structures.
  3. C
    The folk dress
  4. D
    The literary discourse
Question 8Single Answer
Language related in such a way that they go back to the same parent or proto-language are:
  1. A
    Areally related
  2. B
    Typologically related
  3. C
    Genetically related
  4. DCulturally related
Question 9Single Answer
Parts of speech refers to:
  1. A
    The traditional term for a grammatical class of words
  2. B
    Form-class
  3. C
    A category employed by Panini.
  4. D
    Desiderative
Question 10Single Answer
A major perspective of language regards a language as a cognitive system. This view lays emphasis on:
  1. A
    The social nature of language
  2. B
    Language as part of any normal human being’s mental or psychological structure.
  3. C
    The genetic relationship of a language.
  4. D
    The acquisition of language
Question 11Single Answer
Charles F. Hockett originally believed there to be 13 design features, out of which the features reserved for humans in this list are
  1. A
    Two
  2. B
    Three
  3. C
    Four
  4. D
    None
Question 12Single Answer
A standard set of basic written symbols or graphemes used to write a language based on the general principle that the letters represent phonemes of the spoken language is called
  1. A
    Phonemic writing
  2. B
    Alphabet
  3. C
    Ideography
  4. D
    Logography
Question 13Single Answer
Within the linguistic theory Andre Martinet used a team to refer to the two levels of structure in which speech can be analysed the term is
  1. A
    Double signifier
  2. B
    Signifie
  3. C
    Coarticulation
  4. DDouble articulation
Question 14Single Answer
A broad transcription is a transcription that
  1. A
    Broadly ignores the difficult sounds
  2. B
    Includes symbols for only the syllables
  3. C
    Includes symbols for all the phones and write them between [ ].
  4. D
    Includes symbols for the phonemes and write between slashes.//.
Question 15Single Answer
When we study language as it exists at any given point in time we are looking at it from a point of view called
  1. A
    Synchronic
  2. B
    Diachronic
  3. C
    Structural
  4. D
    Tagmemic
Question 16Single Answer
No particular linguistic form is naturally associated with any particular meaning, and the pairing that exists for meaning in each case is
  1. A
    Universal
  2. B
    Sound-induced
  3. C
    Arbitrary
  4. D
    Meaning-induced
Question 17Single Answer
A property of human language whereby it can be used to refer to context removed from the immediate situation of the speaker is called
  1. A
    Arbitrariness
  2. B
    Double articulation
  3. C
    Displacement
  4. DComplementarity
Question 18Single Answer
Assertion – I: when linguists speak of rules, they are not referring to prescriptive rules.
Assertion – II: Linguists try to formulate rules when they analyze language, rules that described the actual language of some group of speaker and not some hyphothetical language that speakers “should” use.
codes
  1. A
    Both (I) and (II) are false.
  2. B
    (I) is true, but (II) is false.
  3. C
    (I) is false, but (II) is true
  4. D
    Both (I) and (II) are true.
Question 19Single Answer
Any language with a reasonably large number of speakers will develop
  1. A
    Into a homogenous system with no varieties to emerge.
  2. B
    Into regionally or socially distinctive varieties of language, identified by a particular set of words and grammatical structures.
  3. C
    Into an artifact
  4. D
    Into a restricted code
Question 20Single Answer
Words that sound a like are called
  1. A
    Homographs
  2. B
    Homonyms
  3. C
    Homophones
  4. DHomorganic
Question 21Single Answer
A sentence used to establish contact is an instance of which of the following functions of language?
  1. A
    Denotative
  2. B
    Phatic
  3. C
    Emotive
  4. DMetalinguistic
Question 22Single Answer
Which of the following concepts are associated with Saussure?1. Syntagmatic
2. Synchronic
3. Universal grammar
4. Signified
Codes
  1. A
    1 and 2 only
  2. B
    2 and 4 only
  3. C
    1,2, and 3 only
  4. DI,2 and 4 only
Question 23Single Answer
Which of the following are instances of functional categories?1. Adjective
2. Adverb
3. Subject
4. Adjunct
Codes:
  1. A
    1 and 4
  2. B
    2 and 4
  3. C
    2 and 3
  4. D3 and 4
Question 24Single Answer
Find the correct order
1. Allophone
2. Allomorph
3. Morpheme
4. Phoneme
Codes
  1. A
    1-4-2-3
  2. B
    2-3-4-1
  3. C
    3-2-1-4
  4. D1-3-2-4
Question 25Single Answer
Find the correct order
1. Panini
2. Jesperson
3. Saussure
4.Halliday
Codes
  1. A
    1-2-4-3
  2. B
    1-3-2-4
  3. C
    1-4-2-3
  4. D1-2-3-4
Question 26Single Answer
Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating idea, emotions and desires by means of a system of:
  1. A
    Involuntarily produced vocal symbols
  2. B
    Involuntarily produced non-vocal symbols
  3. C
    Voluntarily produced vocal symbols
  4. DVoluntarily produced non-vocal symbols
Question 27Single Answer
Assertion –I: For words, a distinction is sometimes made between open-class words and closed-class words.
Assertion –II: words may be classified as content words and function words
Codes
  1. A
    Both (I) and (II) are true
  2. B
    (I) is true, (II) is false
  3. C
    (I) is false, but (II) is true.
  4. DBoth (I) and (II) are false
Question 28Single Answer
Assertion –I: Formal universals are statements on the form of rules of grammar.
Assertion –II: Substantive universals are elements in a grammar required for analysis of linguistic data e.g. NP. VP etc.
Codes
  1. A
    Both (I) and (II) are false
  2. B
    Only (I) is true and (II) is false
  3. C
    Only (II) is true and (I) is false.
  4. DBoth (I) and (II) are true
Question 29Single Answer
In the sentence ‘John who is my friend is a fool’, ‘who’ is a:
  1. A
    Question word
  2. B
    Reflexive pronoun
  3. C
    Reciprocal
  4. DRelative pronoun
Question 30Single Answer
In the sentence ‘The foolish boy gave the girl an egg’, ‘The girl’ is:
  1. A
    Subject
  2. B
    Direct object
  3. C
    Indirect object
  4. DVerb
Question 31Single Answer
Who is the author of the work ' Course in General Linguistics '?
  1. AFerdinand De Saussure
  2. BEugene Nida
  3. CRoman Jackson
  4. DLeonard Bloomfield 
Question 32Single Answer
Assertion I : Neogrammarians were dialectologists and  their focus was on contemporary languages.
Assertion  II  :  The Comparativists had focused largely  on dead languages.
codes
  1. AI is true and II is false.
  2. BBoth  I  and  II are true.
  3. CI is false and II  is true.
  4. DBoth  I and II are false.
Question 33Single Answer
According to Jackobdon, when the focus is on  the message the function of language is  :
  1. AReferential
  2. BConative
  3. CPoetic
  4. DEmotive
Question 34Single Answer
The distinction between synchronic and diachronic  linguistics was proposed by
  1. ALeonard Bloomfield
  2. BNikolay  Trubetzkoy
  3. CCharles  Hockett
  4. DFerdinand De Saussure
Question 35Single Answer
Choose the correct order from the following according  to the year of their works in linguistics.
  1. AFranz Boas,  Edward Sapir,  Zelling Harris,  Noam Chomsky
  2. BEdward Sapir, Zelling Harris,  Noam Chomsky,  Franz  Boas
  3. CEdward Sapir,  Franz Boas, Zelling Harris,  Noam Chomsky
  4. DFranz Boas, Zelling Harris, Edward Sapir,  Noam Chomsky
Question 36Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II.
List-I List-II
(a) Endocentric (i) On the table 
Construction
(b) Directive (ii) The huge cake 
Construction
(c) Attributive (iii) There are three boys 
Construction in this room
(d) Existential (iv) Seemed angry 
Construction
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A(a) (b) (c) (d)
    ​(ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
  2. B(iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
  3. C(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
  4. D(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Question 37Single Answer
Which one of the following represents the idealization of speaker’s knowledge of their language, excluding slips of the tongue, limitations of memory?
  1. AAnacoluthon
  2. BCompetence 
  3. CPerformance
  4. DAposiopesis
Question 38Single Answer
Read the following Assertions :
Assertion (I) : In Lexical phonology, morphological and phonological rules are brought within a single framework.
Assertion (II) : Lexical phonology is based on the insight that much of phonology operates together with the word formation rules in a 
non-cyclic fashion to define the class of lexical items in a language.
Choose the correct option :
  1. A
    A. Both I and II are false
  2. BI is false and II is true 
  3. CI is true and II is false
  4. DBoth I and II are true
Question 39Single Answer
Read the following Assertions:
​Assertion (I) : The item-and-arrangement model deals with operations that see the relationships between word forms as one of replacement. Assertion (II) : The item and process model studies the distribution of morphemes and morphemic variants occurring in words. Choose the correct option :
  1. A
    Both I and II are correct
  2. BBoth I and II are incorrect
  3. COnly I is correct and II is not
  4. DOnly II is correct and I is not
Question 40Single Answer
Which of the following is true for an interpreter?
(a) translates program one statement at a time
(b) scans the whole program and translates it as a whole
(c) generates error messages only after scanning the whole program
(d) uses languages like Python and Ruby
Choose the correct option :
  1. A(a) and (b) are true
  2. B
    (b) and (c) are truex
  3. C
    (c) and (d) are true
  4. D(a) and (d) are true
Question 41Single Answer
A graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept, independent of any particular language and specific words or phrases, is called :
  1. AAn ideograph
  2. BA logograph 
  3. CA sonograph
  4. DA monograph
Question 42Single Answer
The relations that hold between elements that are combined with each other are called : 
  1. AParadigmatic relations 
  2. BClassical relations 
  3. CSyntagmatic relations 
  4. DGenetic relations
Question 43Single Answer
Assertion (I) : To many linguists the ultimate aim of linguistics is to understand how language itself is structured and how it functions.
Assertion (II) : The study of language is ultimately the study of
the human mind. 
Codes :
  1. A(I) is correct, (II) is wrong.
  2. B(I) is wrong, (II) is correct. 
  3. CBoth (I) and (II) are wrong. 
  4. DBoth (I) and (II) are correc
Question 44Single Answer
In linguistic theory, the speaker, in a completely homogeneous speech community, who knows his/her language perfectly and is unaffected by grammatically irrelevant conditions such as memory limitations, distractions etc, is known as : 
  1. A
    Native speaker 
  2. BMother-tongue hearer
  3. CIdeal native speaker-hearer
  4. DModem speaker-hearer
Question 45Single Answer
Match the following List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below :
List-I List-II
(a) Function of language (i) Phatic 
focussing on the function
addressee
(b) Function of language (ii) Emotive 
focussing on the function
code itself
(c) Function of language (iii) Metalingual 
focussing on the function 
addresser
(d) Function of language (iv) Conative 
focussing on establishing function communication between 
the interlocutors 
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c) (d)
    (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
  2. B
    (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
  3. C(ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
  4. D(i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Question 46Single Answer
Assertion (I) : A stem is the form of a word that only accepts/takes inflectional morpheme.
Assertion (II) : A stem forming morpheme (a stem extender) is a morpheme that converts a root-word into a stem to which inflectional markers of various kinds can be added. 
Select the correct option :
  1. A(I) is true and (II) is false 
  2. B(I) is false and (II) is true
  3. CBoth (I) and (II) are false 
  4. DBoth (I) and (II) are true
Question 47Single Answer
Assertion (I) : A speech community may be defined by the whole set of people who communicate with each other only directly and not indirectly.
Assertion (II) : A speech community is characterized by regular and frequent interaction by  means of a share body of verbal signs and set off from similar aggregates by significant differences in language use.
Select the correct option :
  1. A(I) is true and (II) is false 
  2. B(I) is false and (II) is true 
  3. CBoth (I) and (II) are false 
  4. DBoth (I) and (II) are true
Question 48Single Answer
In the languages of South Asia, the standard of comparison (Std. of Comp.) and the marker of comparison (M of Comp.) seems to have great connection with the word order of the language. So if the marker of comp precedes the Std. of Comp., the language mostly non-verb final, but if the marker follows the Std. of Comp., the language is mostly verb final. This generalization is discussed under :
  1. Aword-order effect 
  2. Bword-order correlation effect
  3. Cbranching direction effect 
  4. Dconstituent shift effect
Question 49Single Answer
Which of the following is true about the English Great Vowel Shift?
  1. AThe high long vowels were lowered 
  2. BThe unrounded vowels were rounded 
  3. CThe .short vowels were systematically raised 
  4. DThe high long vowels were diphthongized
Question 50Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II :
List-I                                  List-II
(a) Broca’s aphasia          (i) Predominant 
grammatical 
impairment 
(b) Wernicke’s                (ii) Disability affecting
aphasia reading and writing
(c) Dyslexia                     (iii) Fragmentary
nature of speech 
production
(d) Agrammatism            (iv) Severe loss of
speech understanding
 
  1. A(a) (b) (c) (d)
    ​(ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
  2. B(iii) (iv) (ii) (i) 
  3. C(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) 
  4. D(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
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