MCQ Bank
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
‘Pidgin’ may even become a/an ------------ language.
- A) trending
- B) official
- C) obsolete
- D) informal
Identify the origin of the word “Volt”.
- A) Swedish
- B) Latin
- C) French
- D) Italian
In some countries, the most striking changes in the English language are the result of ------------ learning.
- A) imperfect
- B) perfect
- C) independent
- D) dependent
Which aspect does the word “introvert” belong to?
- A) Psychological
- B) Social
- C) Philosophical
- D) Personal
-------- now is the accent usually taught to foreigners learning British English.
- A) RP
- B) LS
- C) PG
- D) MS
Number of ------------ is reduced in a creole.
- A) phonemes
- B) homophones
- C) morphemes
- D) alphabets
------------- elements have come via Modern Latin into English language.
- A) Latin
- B) Swedish
- C) French
- D) Greek
Write the acronym ‘VCR’ with full form.
- A) Voluntary Challenge and Registry
- B) Voluntary Compliance Resolution
- C) Videocassette Recorder
- D) Visual Control Room