MCQ Bank
In the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, ________ standard was accepted and people were sticking to it.
- A) London
- B) Manchester
- C) Liverpool
- D) Leeds
In recent times, even when the vowel has been restored in standard speech, the weakened form is generally apparent in __________ speech and in the dialects.
- A) semiformal
- B) formal
- C) all the given options
- D) informal
Which of the following shires does Shakespeare belong to?
- A) Warwickshire
- B) Bedfordshire
- C) Buckinghamshire
- D) Berkshire
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) vibration
- B) elevation
- C) opening
- D) closing
What is the one word solution for “all manner of learning” for Sir Thomas Elyot?
Choose the best option.
- A) Dictionary
- B) Circle of doctrine
- C) Encyclopedia
- D) Science
Which language did become famous for philosophy in the Renaissance period?
- A) French
- B) English
- C) Greek
- D) German
The invention of __________ about the middle of the fifteenth century exercised a far reaching influence on all the vernacular languages of Europe.
- A) printing
- B) computers
- C) internet
- D) laser
Mark Antony’s “This was the most unkindest cut of all” is an instance of ______________.
Choose the correct option.
- A) double comparative
- B) dangling modifier
- C) wrong adjective
- D) article problem
Which of the following best defines the term 'idiom’?
- A) Not predictable from the usual meanings
- B) A style of speaking peculiar to a people
- C) The peculiar character of a language
- D) All of given options
Self-consciousness about language in Renaissance had two aspects: individual & _________.
- A) private
- B) public
- C) commercial
- D) institutional
Which was the source language for world knowledge in Renaissance period?
- A) French
- B) Latin
- C) German
- D) English
Which of the following is a modern word?
- A) Maketh
- B) Kith
- C) Noteth
- D) Leadeth
Write the source language/s of the words, “alligator, apricot, corral, hammock, and maize.”
Choose the correct option.
- A) Latin
- B) Italian
- C) French
- D) Spanish & Portuguese
Which of the following periods has connection with the Great Vowel Shift?
- A) Renaissance age
- B) Victorian age
- C) Modern age
- D) Chaucer’s age
In the course of developmnet of English language, the change in sound that 'u' underwent is known as ___________.
- A) omitting
- B) rounding
- C) unrounding
- D) deletion
The establishment of the first cheap newspaper (1816) and postage (1840) caused the different parts of Britain to be closely united, and it spread the influence of _________ speech.
- A) standard
- B) cheap
- C) substandard
- D) mundane
The expression ‘Put up with’ means:
- A) Suffer
- B) Tolerate
- C) Forgive
- D) Punish
By the end of the early modern period, spellings were ----------- in printed books.
- A) standardized
- B) emphasized
- C) authorized
- D) colonized
Accumulator, habitat and hibernate are formed from ----------- elements.
- A) Latin
- B) German
- C) French
- D) Swedish
What is the origin of the word “Quartz”?
- A) German
- B) Swedish
- C) Latin
- D) French