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This section includes 25 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (MA English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Indo European language are believe to derive from a hypothetical language known as .. |
| A. | proto indo- european |
| B. | germanic |
| C. | indo- iranian |
| D. | avestan |
| Answer» B. germanic | |
| 2. |
Most of the important literary works of the Old English period were written in the . dialect |
| A. | mercian |
| B. | kentish |
| C. | northumbrian |
| D. | west saxon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
During the Middle English period English came under the strong influence of the ..language. |
| A. | latin |
| B. | french |
| C. | german |
| D. | greek |
| Answer» C. german | |
| 4. |
The term Inkhorn term refers to ..words and expressions borrowed indiscriminately from the classical languages |
| A. | french |
| B. | latin |
| C. | german |
| D. | west saxon |
| Answer» C. german | |
| 5. |
It is melancholy to think what English dinner table would have been like had there been no Norman Conquest Whose words are these |
| A. | chomsky |
| B. | f t wood |
| C. | a c baugh |
| D. | macaulay |
| Answer» D. macaulay | |
| 6. |
In linguistics .is the study of words , how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language |
| A. | ontology |
| B. | morphology |
| C. | phonology |
| D. | etymology |
| Answer» C. phonology | |
| 7. |
How barbarously we yet write and speak. Your lordship knows, and I am sufficiently sensible in my own English Whose words are these? |
| A. | tennyson |
| B. | dryden |
| C. | johnson |
| D. | wordsworth |
| Answer» C. johnson | |
| 8. |
..is a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things which people may find upsetting or embarrassing to talk about. |
| A. | anaphora |
| B. | euphemism |
| C. | hyperbole |
| D. | metaphor |
| Answer» C. hyperbole | |
| 9. |
is a type of semantic change that happens when a word s meaning improves or becomes more positive over time . |
| A. | deterioration |
| B. | amelioration |
| C. | generalization |
| D. | specialization |
| Answer» C. generalization | |
| 10. |
..is a semantic process by a term which at one time had a specialized and restricted meaning comes to have a wider application. |
| A. | specialization |
| B. | generalization |
| C. | deterioration |
| D. | polarisation |
| Answer» C. deterioration | |
| 11. |
occurs when a word gains association with a negative stimulus, to then hold negative connotations. |
| A. | elevation |
| B. | shift |
| C. | deterioration |
| D. | generalization |
| Answer» D. generalization | |
| 12. |
When part of one word is combined with part of another in order to form a new word , carrying with it the ideas behind both the original terms, is known as a ..word |
| A. | loan word |
| B. | noun word |
| C. | portmanteau word |
| D. | blend word |
| Answer» D. blend word | |
| 13. |
Name of the group of related languages all derived from vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the italic branch of the Indo European language family. |
| A. | italic languages |
| B. | sardinian languages |
| C. | romanian languages |
| D. | romance languages |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
The Philological society sNew English Dictionary on Historical Principles, begun in 1879, was eventually published under which title in 1928? |
| A. | roget s thesaurus |
| B. | the king s english |
| C. | oxford english dictionary |
| D. | webster s dictionary |
| Answer» D. webster s dictionary | |
| 15. |
The dialect of a particular region, especially one with low status in relation to standard language of the country is known as .. |
| A. | pidgin |
| B. | creole |
| C. | patois |
| D. | romance |
| Answer» D. romance | |
| 16. |
Who is the author of the essay Essay Upon Projects that proposes an academy of 36 gentlemen to dictate English usage? |
| A. | daniel defoe |
| B. | jonathan swift |
| C. | oliver goldsmith |
| D. | john wilkins |
| Answer» B. jonathan swift | |
| 17. |
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People , a key source f information about Anglo Saxon settlement is the work of . |
| A. | william jones |
| B. | venerable bede |
| C. | king james i |
| D. | william langland |
| Answer» C. king james i | |
| 18. |
A proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue is the title of the letter by . |
| A. | swift |
| B. | dryden |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | dr. johnson |
| Answer» B. dryden | |
| 19. |
is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. |
| A. | pidgin |
| B. | creole |
| C. | romance |
| D. | patois |
| Answer» B. creole | |
| 20. |
Which Anglo- Irish writer proposed the creation of an English Academy to regulate English Usage and ascertain the language? |
| A. | jonathan swift |
| B. | samuel johnson |
| C. | dryden |
| D. | oliver goldsmith |
| Answer» B. samuel johnson | |
| 21. |
in the 18th century the need for standardization and regulation of English was summed up in the word .. |
| A. | standardization |
| B. | addition |
| C. | ascertainment |
| D. | regularization |
| Answer» D. regularization | |
| 22. |
.have resulted from the interactions between speakers of nonstandard varieties of European languages and speakers of no- European languages |
| A. | pidgin |
| B. | creole |
| C. | patois |
| D. | romance |
| Answer» C. patois | |
| 23. |
The remarkable changes in the pronunciation of vowels which took place during the transition from Middle English to Modern English are commonly referred to as the |
| A. | great vowel shift |
| B. | consonant shift |
| C. | addition |
| D. | mutation |
| Answer» B. consonant shift | |
| 24. |
A very large number of words have undergone a peculiar kind of change of meaning which consists in the addition of what has been called .. |
| A. | generalization |
| B. | specialisation |
| C. | emotional connotation |
| D. | deterioration |
| Answer» D. deterioration | |
| 25. |
After reading St. Paul s epistle to the Hebrews, Homer and Virgil are disgustingly tame to me Milton himself barely tolerable Who said these words? |
| A. | tennyson |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | wordsworth |
| D. | arnold |
| Answer» C. wordsworth | |