Q.1. is used to denote the language or variety of language that is being used by a speaker in a particular social context, or that a speaker is able to use as a part of their linguistic repertoire.
A. Style
B. Variety
C. Code
Q.2. is the variety of language, including vocabulary and grammar, spoken in a particular social group.
A. Dialect
B. Variety
C. Accent
Q.3. The characteristics of the speech of an individual which refers to a geographical or social group is.
A. Dialect
B. Idiolect
C. Variety
Q.4. is the language of communication between persons who have different first languages who speak different tribal languages.
A. Business language
B. Code Switching
C. Lingua franca
Q. 05. A language with a markedly reduced grammatical structure, lexicon, and stylistic range is said to be
A. Creole
B. Lingua Franca
C. Pidgin
Q.6. is used either to denote the jargon associated with a particular occupational group, or more widely to refer to any variety that is influenced by subject matter, setting, group being addressed.
A. Code
B. Register
C. Creole
Q.7. is the general term used to denote a form of language (pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary) that is used by particular social groups in particular social contexts.
A. Dialect
B. Register
C. Jargon
D. Variety
Q.8. Language learning processes, like how language is acquired, how language is stored in the brain, how language is accessed and processed by the brain, are studied under
A. Socio-linguistics
B. Applied linguistics
C. Psycho-linguistics
Q.9. The approach towards the language acquisition that the capacity for language is innate in human beings is said to be
A. Behaviourism
B. Interactionism
C. Mentalism
Q.10. is the stored knowledge that a person has about a particular concept, which enables them to interpret what they encounter in relation to that concept.
A. Competence
B. Performance
C. Schema
Q. 11. The notion that human beings are born with the features that are common to languages generally hardwired into their minds is said to be_
A. Schema
B. Universal Grammar
C. Competence
Q.12. The historical approach to language study, which investigates the changes in languages through time is said to be
A. Synchronic
B. Idiosyncrasy
C. Diachronic
Q.13. The linguistic capability to combine existing sounds into new meanings and to combine existing words into new utterances is called
A. Displacement
B. Productivity
C. Symbolism
D. Arbitrariness
Q.14. The study of rules and practices for making and using sounds in a language is called,
A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Syntax
D. Socio-linguistics.
Q.15. The study of rules and practices for constructing meaningful bits of language is called
A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Syntax
D. Socio-linguistics.
Q.16. Issues in the construction of intelligible utterances-like word order, tense, case and person are the area of
A. Phonology
B. Morphology
C. Syntax
D. Socio-linguistics
Q.17. The co-existence of two different forms of language in a society often a 'high' and 'low' or 'official' or 'common form is called:
A. Linguistic relativity
B. Multiculturalism
C. Pidignization
D. Diglossia
Q.18. A new or hybrid language that develops a new or sophisticated grammar or vocabularyand is spoken as some group's first language is
A. Pidgin
B. Creole
D. Ritual Language
D. Anti-language
Q.19. In English, we use the labiodental fricative for the letters:
A. a and o
B. v and f
C. p and b
D. c and k
Q.20. Human language differs from communication systems of other animals because
A. Humans have closed system and lack recursion
B. Humans can vocalize
C. Humans have open system and use recursion
D. Human languages lack displacement and have production
Q.21. Which of the following is the smallest unit within a language system?
A. Word
B. Morpheme
C. Phoneme
D. Grapheme
Q.22. Which of the following definitions are consistent with discourse?
A. The smallest meaningful unit of speech
B. Rules for putting words together in sentences
C. The meaning of language
D. None of these
Q.23. Hermann Paul (1886) argued that the most basic building block of language was whichof the following?
A. Words
C. Phoneme
B. Morpheme
D. Lexeme
Q.24. Who was the main contributor to the linguistic period?
A. Chomsky
C. Piaget
B. Wundt
D. Hermann Paul
Q.25. In oral presentation of language preceded the written. There was an emphasis on correct pronunciation and grammar, and on using repetition to inculcate correct language.
A. Grammar Translation Method
B. Audio Lingual Method
C. All of these
D. Communicative Language Teaching
Q.26. looks at all the possibilities of harnessing information technology to the task of teaching and learning a second language.
A. Communicative Language Teaching
B. Computer Assisted Language Learning
C. Grammar Translation Method
D. None of these
Q.27. A method of teaching foreign languages that laid great emphasis on speaking and which used only the foreign language in the classroom is
A. Grammar Translation Method
C. Direct Method
B. Communicative Language Teaching
D. All of these
Q.28. The study of the errors made by learners of a second language, in order to understand the strategies used by second language learners and to improve second language pedagogy is
A. Contrastive Analysis
B. Comp Error analysis etence
C. Performance
D. Error analysis
Q.29. The application of linguistics to the study of all genres of literature, and especially to the study of authorial style is:
A. Socio linguistics
C. Stylistics
B. Discourse analysis
D. None of these
Q.30. An expression in which a part stands for the whole or an individual for a class of things, or material for the things made from it:
A. Hyperbole
B. Synecdoche
D. Simile
C. Metaphor
Q.31. The notion that language shapes thought and experience of its speakers is known as:
A. Participant observation
B. Cultural anthropology
C. Cultural relativism
D. Linguistic relativity
Q.32. Which of the following areas of linguistics focuses on the sounds, words, and grammars of languages?
A. Socio linguistics
B. Descriptive linguistics
C. Ethno linguistics
D. Psycho linguistics
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