MCQ Bank
The puritan revolution overthrew the monarchy and established a military dictatorship. Which period does come into your mind?
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Write the source language/s of the words, “alligator, apricot, corral, hammock, and maize.”
Choose the correct option.
- A) Spanish & Portuguese
- B) Italian
- C) Latin
- D) French
Denotation is the part of. Choose one option.
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Who refused to accept inkhorn terms in English language?
- A) Alexander Pope
- B) John Milton
- C) John Dryden
- D) George Puttenham
Over million people speak English as a foreign language.
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Which was the source language for world knowledge in Renaissance period?
- A) Latin
- B) German
- C) French
- D) English
Diachronic linguistics is one of the two main temporal dimensions of language study identified by Swiss linguist.
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Choose the author of the following statement from the given options.
“Speke none englisshe but that which is cleane, polite, perfectly and articulately pronounced, omittinge no lettre or sillable.”
- A) Sir Thomas Elyot
- B) Ben Jonson
- C) Geoffrey Chaucer
- D) John Dryden
In intonation, the pauses or connections between words, phrases and sentences are called.
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Who was the publisher of the book ‘The New World of English Words’?
- A) John Milton
- B) Edward Phillips
- C) Philip Sydney
- D) Geoffrey Chaucer
The ability to continually create new expressions and novel utterances is called.
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“I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native tongue.”
Who gave this statement?
- A) Alexander Pope
- B) William Shakepeare
- C) John Milton
- D) John Dryden
What is the strength of people who speak English as a foreign language in the world?
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Choose the correct option.
Renaissance is a period of ___________.
- A) all the given options
- B) willingness
- C) enthusiasm
- D) eagerness
Select the Middle English period from the following options.
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In the 15th century, all the long vowels of English language gradually came to be pronounced with a greater ___________ of the tongue and closing of the mouth.
- A) elevation
- B) vibration
- C) opening
- D) closing
In intonation how low or soft a word is spoken is called.
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Some verb forms like ___________ predominate by the end of the sixteenth century.
- A) tells, gives, says
- B) all the given options
- C) pantofle,staddle, mugwump
- D) uhtceare, grubbling, rawgabbit
How many different languages are there in the world currently?
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Which of the following periods has connection with the Great Vowel Shift?
- A) Modern age
- B) Renaissance age
- C) Victorian age
- D) Chaucer’s age