Choose the best option. Nearly all of Old English literature is preserved in transcribed in this region.

• A) Manuscripts
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

Nearly a of the strong verbs in Oxford English died out early in the Middle English period.

• A) third
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

Which of the following is NOT the part of Roman conquest?

• A) King James
• B)
• C)
• D)

“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

Was the language of the court and the upper classes; English was the speech of the masses.

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

Choose the correct option.
Renaissance is a period of ___________.

• A) all the given options
• B) willingness
• C) enthusiasm
• D) eagerness

Because of its system, Old English had greater freedom of word -order than Modern English.

• A) inflectional
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

Choose the correct option. French is the first language in England to challenge the monopoly of Latin in matters.

• A) Written
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

Select the correct order of the material according to the age:

• A) Stone, bronze, iron, gunpowder
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

English is derived from .

• A) Anglo
• B)
• C)
• D)

What is orthography?

• A) emphasis
• B) punctuation
• C) spellings
• D) All the given options

All the legal vocabulary of English language has its origin in .

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which of the following is a modern word?

• A) Maketh
• B) Leadeth
• C) Kith
• D) Noteth

Choose the correct option. Geoffrey Chaucer�s �Canterbury Tales� were written in .

• A) 1387
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which of the following best defines the term 'idiom’?

• A) All of given options
• B) A style of speaking peculiar to a people
• C) The peculiar character of a language
• D) Not predictable from the usual meanings