MCQ Bank
Choose the correct option In private and semi-official correspondence, French was at its height in about .
- A) 1350
- B)
- C)
- D)
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
The Black Death spread rapidly in England, reaching its height in .
- A) 1349
- B)
- C)
- D)
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
Choose the correct option The difference that one notice between Old and Modern English concern spelling and pronunciation, and .
- A) Lexicon and grammar
- B)
- C)
- D)
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
Choose the correct option Was the language best understood by the upper classes in the 15 th century.
- A) French
- B)
- C)
- D)
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
In Old English were a fertile resource in word building and particularly a feature in the formation of verbs.
- A) Prefixes
- B)
- C)
- D)
The expression ‘Put up with’ means:
- A) Suffer
- B) Tolerate
- C) Forgive
- D) Punish
Choose the correct option. The Middle English period ranging from was marked by momentous changes in the English language.
- A) 1150-1500
- B)
- C)
- D)
By the end of the early modern period, spellings were ----------- in printed books.
- A) standardized
- B) emphasized
- C) authorized
- D) colonized
The Wales belong to .
- A) Briton
- B)
- C)
- D)
Accumulator, habitat and hibernate are formed from ----------- elements.
- A) Latin
- B) German
- C) French
- D) Swedish
By 1250, the �strong declension� had distinctive forms for singular and plural only in certain adjectives which ended in a consonant in Old English.
- A) monosyllabic
- B)
- C)
- D)
What is the origin of the word “Quartz”?
- A) German
- B) Swedish
- C) Latin
- D) French
In Old English, the vowel of the tense often differs in the singular and plural.
- A) past
- B)
- C)
- D)
‘Pidgin’ may even become a/an ------------ language.
- A) trending
- B) official
- C) obsolete
- D) informal
In Middle English, the inflections are very much compared to Old English.
- A) reduced
- B)
- C)
- D)
Identify the origin of the word “Volt”.
- A) Swedish
- B) Latin
- C) French
- D) Italian