1. Indo European language are believe to derive from a hypothetical language known
as……………..
Correct : A. proto – indo- european
2. The earliest possible end of Proto- Indo- European linguistic unity is believed to be around
Correct : B. 3400 bce
3. ……………..is the language that forms part f the Iranian group
Correct : A. avestan
4. The earliest surviving written evidence of a Greek language is………….
Correct : A. mycenaean
5. In which language most of the ancient Greek poetry and prose were written?
Correct : C. attic
6. Insular celtic flourished in………….
Correct : B. ireland
7. ……………is the last branch of Indo European languages to appear in written form.
Correct : C. albanian
8. The term applied to certain changes in vowel in accented syllables owing to the influence of
neighbouring sounds
Correct : A. umlaut or mutation
9. Most of the important literary works of the Old English period were written in the ……….
dialect
Correct : D. west saxon
10. Beowulf was written in ………..dialect
Correct : B. west saxon
11. …………was the dialect of the Jutes who were the earliest settlers in Britain
Correct : A. kentish
12. Which among are the dialects of Middle English?
Correct : C. northern, the midland, the southern
13. The dialect of Middle English in which Chaucer wrote his poems
Correct : A. east midland
14. During the Middle English period English came under the strong influence of the
………..language.
Correct : B. french
15. Identify a word from French language which is common in usage.
Correct : D. beef
16. “ It is melancholy to think what English dinner table would have been like had there been no
Norman Conquest” Whose words are these
Correct : C. a c baugh
17. The influence of Renaissance is most clearly seen in the introduction of a large number of …….. and …………… words into English during the early modern English period.
Correct : A. greek and latin
18. The term Inkhorn term refers to………..words and expressions borrowed indiscriminately
from the classical languages
Correct : B. latin
19. The Anglican Prayer Book was first issued in………….
Correct : C. 1549
20. ………….had translated the Bible in 1588
Correct : D. purvey
21. The history of the English Bible begins with the work of …………..in 1526
Correct : D. king james
22. Authorized version of Bible was published in…………
Correct : B. 1611
23. The authorized version of Bible was made according to the suggestions of ……….
Correct : C. king james i
24. The vocabulary of the authorized version of the Bible adopted mainly from…..
Correct : D. anglo saxon
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?
Correct : B. coleridge
26. Printing was introduced into England in 1476 by …………….
Correct : C. william caxton
27. Which dialect was used by William Caxton for printing ?
Correct : B. east midland
28. 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 ………
Correct : A. great vowel shift
29. The Old English Period has been called the period of …………
Correct : D. full inflection
30. The Middle English Period has been called the period of ……………
Correct : A. leveled inflections
31. The New English Period has been known as……………
Correct : B. lost inflection
32. “ How barbarously we yet write and speak. Your lordship knows, and I am sufficiently
sensible in my own English” Whose words are these?
Correct : B. dryden
33. in the 18th century the need for standardization and regulation of English was summed up in
the word………..
Correct : C. ascertainment
34. Who defined ascertainment as a “settled rule, an established standard.”
Correct : D. dr. johnson
35. “ A proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue” is the title of
the letter by ………….
Correct : A. swift
36. Dr. Jonhson’s “ A Dictionary of the English Language” was published in ………
Correct : C. 1755
37. Who is the author of “ A Dictionary of the English Language?
Correct : B. dr. johnson
38. Who is the author of the book “Practical Grammar of the English Tongue”
Correct : D. william loughton
39. “The Rudiment of English Grammar” was written by………
Correct : A. joseph priestley
40. Who is the author of “ The British Grammar”?
Correct : B. james buchanan
41. Who of the following announced that many languages came from one old base language?
Correct : A. sir william jones
42. What was the second earliest form of language seen on earth?
Correct : B. cuneiform
43. Which f the following words might be of Vicking Descent?
Correct : D. a and b
44. Around how many words did Shakespeare invent?
Correct : A. 20.000
45. During the Middle English period, many words were borrowed from which two languages?
Correct : B. latin and french
46. Which Anglo- Irish writer proposed the creation of an English Academy to regulate English
Usage and “ascertain” the language?
Correct : A. jonathan swift
47. The Philological society’sNew English Dictionary on Historical Principles, begun in 1879,
was eventually published under which title in 1928?
Correct : C. oxford english dictionary
48. “The Ecclesiastical History of the English People”, a key source f information about Anglo
Saxon settlement is the work of ……….
Correct : B. venerable bede
49. Who is the author of The First English Dictionary?
Correct : B. robert cawdrey
50. The First English Dictionary “ Table Alphabeticall” was published in…..
Correct : D. 1604
51. Who is the author of the essay “ Essay Upon Projects” that proposes an academy of 36
“gentlemen” to dictate English usage?
Correct : A. daniel defoe
52. The Authorized Version of English Bible was published in which year?
Correct : B. 1611
53. Which language is the most closely related to Modern English?
Correct : A. frisian
54. Which language is the most closely related to Modern English
Correct : B. islandic
55. Cynwulf wrote during which stage of Old English?
Correct : D. early old english
56. Who wrote the “ Essay towards a Real character and a Philosophical Language”?
Correct : A. john wilkins
57. 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
Correct : C. portmanteau word
58. Which among is an example of Portmanteau word
Correct : A. melodrama
59. Which among the following is the contribution of Shakespeare?
Correct : C. multitudinous
60. Identify the word that derived from Greek language
Correct : B. phenomenon
61. Identify the word that borrowed from Latin to English
Correct : A. formula
62. Identify the word that borrowed from French to English
Correct : B. guillotine
63. Who is the author of the book “The Growth and Structure of the English Language”?
Correct : A. otto jespersen
64. 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.
Correct : D. romance languages
65. Identify the language that is included in Romance languages
Correct : A. spanish
66. Identify a word that is originated from Dutch language
Correct : B. landscape
67. The word……………has been derived from Indian Language
Correct : C. shampoo
68. In linguistics ………….is the study of words , how they are formed, and their relationship to
other words in the same language
Correct : B. morphology
69. The branch of linguistics and logics concerned with meaning
Correct : C. semantics
70. ‘Immediate Constituent Analysis’ was first introduced by…………
Correct : C. bloomfield
71. Transformational-Generative Grammar was developed by……
Correct : B. norm chomsky
72. ………..put forward a theory called ‘Scale and Category Grammar’
Correct : D. m a k halliday
73. The Firthian or Hallidayan theory may be said to represent the………..School of Linguistics
Correct : B. british
74. ……….is an example of Freak formation
Correct : B. teetotal
75. …………..is a semantic process by a term which at one time had a specialized and restricted
meaning comes to have a wider application.
Correct : B. generalization
76. 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 …..
Correct : C. emotional connotation
77. …………occurs when a word gains association with a negative stimulus, to then hold negative
connotations.
Correct : C. deterioration
78. ……………is a type of semantic change that happens when a word’s meaning improves or
becomes more positive over time .
Correct : B. amelioration
79. …………..is a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things which people may find
upsetting or embarrassing to talk about.
Correct : B. euphemism
80. ……………is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two
or more groups that do not have a language in common.
Correct : A. pidgin
81. The dialect of a particular region, especially one with low status in relation to standard language
of the country is known as………..
Correct : C. patois
82. ………….have resulted from the interactions between speakers of nonstandard varieties of
European languages and speakers of no- European languages
Correct : B. creole
83. What is the dialect of the working class of East End London ?
Correct : C. cockney
84. American English derives from …….. century British English.
Correct : D. 17th
85. Who is the author of “Decolonizing the Mind”?
Correct : A. ngugi wa thiong
86. Who wrote “ Nation and Narration”?
Correct : B. homi k bhabha
87. “Imaginary Homelands” is the work of ………….
Correct : D. salman rushdie
88. The institutionalized study of English in India began with the …………of 1835