LINGUISTICS
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. A sentence used to establish contact is an instance of which of the following functions of language ?
(A) Denotative
(B) Phatic
(C) Emotive
(D) Metalinguistic
2. Which of the following concepts are associated with Saussure ?
I. Syntagmatic
II. Synchronic
III. Universal grammar
IV. Signified
Codes :
(A) I and II only
(B) II and IV only
(C) I, II and III only
(D) I, II and IV only
3. Which of the following are instances of functional categories ?
I. Adjective
II. Adverb
III. Subject
IV. Adjunct
Codes :
(A) I and IV
(B) II and IV
(C) II and III
(D) III and IV
4. Find the correct order
I. Allophone
II. Allomorph
III. Morpheme
IV. Phoneme
Codes :
(A) I – IV – II – III
(B) II – III – IV – I
(C) III – II – I – IV
(D) I – III – II – IV
5. Find the correct order
I. Panini
II. Jesperson
III. Saussure
IV. Halliday
Codes :
(A) I – II – IV – III
(B) I – III – II – IV
(C) I – IV – II – III
(D) I – II – III – IV
6. Match the items in List – I with List – II and find the correct answer from the codes given below :
7. Assertion (I) : Since language plays a role in various fields of human activity, the discipline of linguistics has a relevance for studying power relations among social groups.
Assertion (II) : Linguistics has no relevance for political studies.
Codes :
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true, but (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false, but (II) is true.
8. Assertion (I) : Since the spoken form of language is its primary form, modern linguistics is more scientific when compared to traditional linguistic studies.
Assertion (II) : Traditional linguistic studies paid more attention to written form of language.
Codes :
(A) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(B) (I) is true, but (II) is false.
(C) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(D) (I) is false, but (II) is true.
9. Match the items in List – I with those of List – II and select the correct code from the codes given below :
10. Match the items of List – I with those in List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
11. Assertion (I) : In the articulation of laterals the central part of the tongue is in contact and there is close approximation.
Assertion (II) : In the articulation of r-sounds sides of the tongue are in contact and there is open approximation.
Codes :
(A) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(B) (I) is false and (II) is true.
(C) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(D) Both (I) and (II) are true.
12. Tone is the property of a
(A) Sentence
(B) Phoneme
(C) Word
(D) Feature
13. The consonants at the word junctions in the words ‘book-case’, and ‘this sunday’ are
(A) long consonants
(B) single consonants
(C) clusters
(D) double consonants
14. Semi vowels are related to vowels in the same way as nasals and liquids are related to syllabic nasals and liquids. The difference lies in the value for the feature :
(A) Sonorant
(B) Consonantal
(C) Voiced
(D) Syllabic
15. The process of segment deletion in the initial position of a word is known as
(A) Prothesis
(B) Aphesis
(C) Apocope
(D) Syncope
16. Choose the correct pair from the following :
I. Onset and coda are optional parts of a syllable.
II. Onset and coda are obligatory parts of a syllable.
III. Nucleus is the optional part of a syllable.
IV. Nucleus is the obligatory part of a syllable.
Codes :
(A) Both I and IV are true.
(B) Both I and IV are false.
(C) Both I and III are true.
(D) Both II and III are false.
17. A clitic is a form of word which
a. is optionally a bound morpheme in its use.
b. is highly predictable for its meaning.
c. has its full form elsewhere in the language.
d. it can occur before or after the word.
Codes :
(A) only a and b are correct.
(B) only b, c and d are correct.
(C) All the above are correct.
(D) None of the above is correct.
18. An example of circumfix must ensure that
(A) two or more affixes are attached to the existing word in succession i.e. one by one
(B) two affixes are added simultaneously to the existing word
(C) only suffixes are added on both sides of the word
(D) no affixation is required at all
19. Match the following in List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
20. If a language has ‘grammatical gender’ it may imply that
a. it will have no ‘natural gender’.
b. it will have specific gender for every object.
c. the grammatical gender can be decoded from the verb agneement.
d. language users will immediately assign a specific gender for a newly formed /created word.
Codes :
(A) only a is correct.
(B) All are correct.
(C) b, c, d are correct.
(D) None of the above is correct.
21. In which theory the notions of dominance and precedence are incorporated ?
(A) Government and Binding theory
(B) X-bar theory
(C) Phrase structure grammar
(D) I.C. analysis
22. 1995 model of Chomsky is called
(A) Minimalist programme
(B) Standard theory
(C) Phrase structure grammar
(D) Theta theory
23. The term used in linguistic theory to represent the evaluation of levels of success in the writing of grammar is
(A) Decision
(B) Discovery
(C) Adequacy
(D) Acceptable
24. Choose the correct order
(A) Morphology – Syntax – Semantics – Phonology
(B) Phonology – Morphology – Syntax – Semantics
(C) Phonology – Semantics – Morphology – Syntax
(D) Phonology – Syntax – Semantics – Morphology
25. Which is the grammatical model of Chomsky that incorporates Case grammar and Traditional grammar ?
(A) Phrase Structure Grammar
(B) Finite State Grammar
(C) Standard Theory
(D) Government and Binding Theory
26. The concept of Diglossia was given by
(A) Charles A. Ferguson
(B) Peter E. Hook
(C) Joshua A. Fishman
(D) Dell Hymes
27. In which theory participants in an action are referred as ‘arguments’ ?
(A) Theta theory
(B) Government theory
(C) Binding theory
(D) Standard theory
28. A signal is communicative
(A) If it is intended by the sender to make the receiver aware of something of which he has not been previously aware.
(B) If it is intended by the sender to make the receiver aware of something which he has been previously aware.
(C) If it is intended by the receiver to make the sender aware of something which is familiar to the sender.
(D) If it is intended by the sender to make the receiver aware of something which is familiar to the receiver.
29. Assertion (I) : A generic sentence is a sentence in which some statement is made about a whole unrestricted class of individuals, as opposed to any particular individual.
Assertion (II) : The whole is a mammal’ is a generic sentence.
Codes :
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true, but (II) is false.
(D) (I) is false, but (II) is true.
30. Assertion (I) : A proposition is an act of proposing something but not usually performed by uttering some sentence.
Assertion (II) : A proposition is the abstract meaning of a declarative sentence, when that sentence is used to make an assertion.
Codes :
(A) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(C) (I) is false and (II) is true.
(D) (I) is true and (II) is false.
31. Semantics in 1965 model of Chomsky is known as
(A) Generative Semantics
(B) Interpretive Semantics
(C) Productive Semantics
(D) Derivative Semantics
32. Assertion (I) : Reduplication and echo-formation are two characteristics associated with south Asian languages.
Assertion (II) : A reduplicated expression may impart meaning entirely different from its non – reduplicated counterpart.
Codes :
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(D) (II) is true and (I) is false.
33. Assertion (I) : Verb-medial languages such as English and French have pre positions that occur to the left of the noun.
Assertion (II) : All verb-final south Asian languages have post positions that follow the noun.
Codes :
(A) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(B) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(C) (I) is true and (II) is false.
(D) (II) is true and (I) is false.
34. Match the items from List – I with those in List – II and select the correct items from the codes given below :
35. Mon-Khmer and Munda are two principal groups of
(A) Indo – Aryan
(B) Dravadian
(C) Austro – Asiatic
(D) Tibeto – Burman
36. The Dravadian language spoken in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan and to a lesser extent in Sind is ;
(A) Brahui
(B) Kurukh / (Kurux)
(C) Dhangar Kurukh
(D) Kolami
37. The old Indo – Aryan stage is said to extend from
(A) 1500 BCE to 600 BCE
(B) 600 BCE to 1000 CE
(C) 600 BCE to 200 BCE
(D) 200 BCE to 200 CE
38. In some languages words typically contain a linear sequence of MORPH, and therefore these languages are known as
(A) ISOLATING
(B) AGGLUTINATING
(C) INFLECTIONAL
(D) None of the above
39. Assertion (I) : General modern literature on the Neogrammarian doctrine assumes that its central propositions that sound change is regular and that it is purely phonetically conditioned are independent.
Assertion (II) : It has been claimed by numerous authors that both propositions are false.
Codes :
(A) (I) is right, (II) is false.
(B) (II) is right, (I) is false.
(C) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(D) Both (I) and (II) are right.
40. In the reduplication, which forms the perfect tense in both Greek and Sanskrit, if the consonant is aspirated, the prepended consonant is unaspirated. This sound change is covered under
(A) Grimm’s Law
(B) Grassmann’s Law
(C) Neogrammarian doctrine
(D) None of the above
41. The re-arranging of sounds or syllables in a word or of words in a sentence is known as
(A) Alternation
(B) Metathesis
(C) Assimilation
(D) Spoonerism
42. The pioneer scholar of social stratification of English is
(A) Edward Sapir
(B) D. Bolinger
(C) William Labov
(D) Ronald Wardhaugh
43. Who is associated with the concept of ‘communicative competence’ ?
(A) F.De. Saussure
(B) Noam Chomsky
(C) Dell Hymes
(D) William Bright
44. In traditional dialectology the fieldwork methodology of data collection involved the deliberate selection of :
(A) mobile, rural, older people
(B) non-mobile, older people, rural people
(C) rural, non-mobile, young males
(D) non-mobile, urban, old people
45. The substitution of a semantically inappropriate word, usually by a phonetically similar one is known as
(A) Spoonarism
(B) Metathesis
(C) Malapropism
(D) Assimilation
46. Connectionism is the mental processing inspired by the physical connections among brain cells. It is known as
(A) Parallel distributed processing
(B) Serial processing
(C) Split brain operation
(D) Localationism
47. Assertion (I) : The styles associated with particular activities are called registers.
Assertion (II) : Various occupations, area of study, sports and recreational pursuits have their own Jargon.
Codes :
(A) Both (I) and (II) are true.
(B) (I) is true, but (II) is false.
(C) Both (I) and (II) are false.
(D) (I) is false, but (II) is true.
48. The term diagraph refers to
(A) A pair of sounds representing a phoneme.
(B) A pair of letters representing a grapheme.
(C) A pair of letters representing a phoneme.
(D) A pair of phones representing a grapheme.
49. Autism is a
(A) speech disorder.
(B) language disorder.
(C) spectrum disorder.
(D) learning disorder.
50. Match the items from List – I with those in the List – II and select the correct items from the codes given below :
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