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    Linguistics MCQs by Sajjad Haider (Part3)

    1. The inability to produce or comprehend the speech because of damage to


    certain parts of brain is called
    a. Anaphora
    b. Aphasia
    c. Cataphora
    d. Diexes
    2. When the baby is three month old, they can produce velar sounds /k/, /g/
    and vowels /i/ and /u/ this stage is known as
    a. Cooing
    b. Babbling
    c. Holophrastic
    d. Telegraphic
    3. By the six month, a baby can produce nasal and fricative sounds. This stage
    is called
    e. Cooing
    f. Babbling
    g. Holophrastic
    h. Telegraphic
    4. What is difference between acquisition of a language and learning of a
    language?
    a. Learning is natural while acquisition is conscious way of getting language
    b. Acquisition is natural and learning is conscious effort to get language
    c. Acquisition focuses on grammar while learning not
    d. None
    5. Which one is a traditional method of learning a language?
    a. GTM
    b. Audio lingual
    c. Silent
    d. Drill method
    6. When you mix L1 and L2 and make another language is called
    a. Interlanguage
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    b. Forelangue
    c. Post language
    d. Coding
    7. While speaking one language if we shift to another language it is called
    a. Code Mixing
    b. Code Switching
    c. Coding
    d. None
    8. In conversation, if we use the words of two languages it is called
    e. Code Mixing
    f. Code Switching
    g. Coding
    h. None
    9. English is derived from which of the following major language
    a. Latin
    b. Greek
    c. German
    d. French
    10.A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or
    social group is called
    a. Accent
    b. Dialect
    c. Bilingualism
    d. Pidgin
    11.Dialect is peculiar to vocabulary while accent is peculiar to _______ of a
    specific group of people
    a. Grammar
    b. Spelling
    c. Pronunciation
    d. Tenses
    12.A variety of language developed for some practical purpose among groups
    of people who dont know each other languages is called

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    a. Pidgin
    b. Creole
    c. Dialect
    d. Accent
    13.When a language developed for some practical purpose goes beyond that
    purpose and becomes the first language of social community, it is called
    e. Pidgin
    f. Creole
    g. Dialect
    h. Accent
    14.The personal dialect of each individual speaker of a language is called
    a. Register
    b. Jargon
    c. Diglossia
    d. Idiolect
    15.Variations in a language according to use in specific situations is called
    e. Register
    f. Jargon
    g. Diglossia
    h. Idiolect
    16.Technical vocabulary associated with a specific field or group is called
    i. Register
    j. Jargon
    k. Diglossia
    l. Idiolect
    17.When we speak two varieties of one language in a society, one is formal
    and other is informal, it is called
    m. Register
    n. Jargon
    o. Diglossia
    p. Idiolect
    18.The study of language in relation to brain is called

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    a. Sociolinguistics
    b. Psycholinguistics
    c. Neurolinguistics
    d. Applied linguistics
    19.The study of language in relation to society is called
    e. Sociolinguistics
    f. Psycholinguistics
    g. Neurolinguistics
    h. Applied linguistics
    20.Scientific study of production, transmission, reception of speech sounds is
    called
    a. Phonetics
    b. Linguistics
    c. Phonology
    d. Anthropology
    21.According to Chomsky, the native speakers knowledge of his language, the
    system of rules he has mastered, his ability to produce and understand a
    vast number of new sentences is
    a. Competence
    b. Performance
    c. Both none
    d. None
    22.Who gave the concept of competence and performance?
    a. Chomsky
    b. Sapir
    c. D e Saussure
    d. Watson
    23.The concept of language and parole is given by
    e. Chomsky
    f. Sapir
    g. D e Saussure
    h. Watson

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    24.The set of all possible grammatical sentences in the language is called
    a. Langue
    b. Parole
    c. Performance
    d. None
    25.The set of all utterances that have actually been produced in the language
    is called
    e. Langue
    f. Parole
    g. Competence
    h. None
    26.The major names related to the theory of Behaviorism are
    a. Chomsky and De Saussure
    b. Watson and De Saussure
    c. Fried and Chomsky
    d. Skinner and Watson
    27.Big and small are the examples of________ antonyms
    a. Gradable
    b. Non-Gradable
    c. Both
    d. None
    28.According to_____________ we perceive the world as our language leads
    us to perceive it.
    a. Sapir- Whorf hypothesis
    b. Behaviorism
    c. Performance and competence
    d. Lange and parole
    29.The forms of verb to be (is, are, am, was, were) are technically known as
    a. Anaphora
    b. Aphasia
    c. Copula
    d. Cataphora

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    30. The originator of theory of Structuralism is
    a. De Saussure
    b. Chomsky
    c. Skinner
    d. Watson
    31.Language may be defined as the expression of thought by the means of
    speech sounds. Who defines language in these words?
    a. Chomsky
    b. Skinner
    c. Henry Sweet
    d. De Saussure
    32.The study of language ignoring its history is called
    a. Diachronic study
    b. Synchronic study
    c. Both
    d. None
    33.The study of language through different periods of its history is called
    a. Historical linguistics
    b. Diachronic linguistics
    c. Synchronic linguistics
    d. A and B
    34.A flood of French words came in to English in its___________
    a. Old period
    b. Middle period
    c. Modern period
    d. All
    35.English is considered as lingua franca what does it means?
    a. Easy language
    b. Language of communication
    c. Tough language
    d. Old language
    36.Omission of a word or more from a sentence is called

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    a. Elision
    b. Ellipsis
    c. Assimilation
    d. Analogy
    37.The study and analysis of text in regard to their linguistic and literary style is
    called
    a. Sociolinguistics
    b. Stylistics
    c. Psycholinguistics
    d. Historical linguistics
    38.If a poet writes dont instead of do not in their poem, they are applying
    a. Syntactical Deviation
    b. Morphological Deviation
    c. Graphical Deviation
    d. Grammatical Deviation
    39.Which of the following links literary criticism to linguistics
    e. Sociolinguistics
    f. Stylistics
    g. Psycholinguistics
    h. Historical linguistics
    40.Which one of the following accents is considered a standard accent of
    British English for non native speakers?
    a. Irish Accent
    b. Scottish Accent
    c. Received Pronunciation
    d. Yorkshire Accent
    41.The information given about the Subject in a sentence is called
    a. Infinitive
    b. Gerund
    c. Participle
    d. Predicate
    42.This, That, These, and Those are

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    a. Reflexive Pronouns
    b. Personal Pronouns
    c. Demonstrative Pronouns
    d. Relative Pronouns
    43.Painting, Smoking, Fishing are the examples of
    e. Infinitive
    f. Gerund
    g. Participle
    h. Predicate
    44.Class, Team, Committee are the examples of
    a. Proper Noun
    b. Material Noun
    c. Collective Noun
    d. Concrete Noun
    45.Ahmad, sit down. Ahmad in this sentence is in
    a. Accusative case
    b. Genitive case
    c. Dative case
    d. Vocative case
    46.If a noun is the indirect object of the verb it will be in
    e. Accusative case
    f. Genitive case
    g. Dative case
    h. Vocative case
    47.There are ____________ basic skills of a language
    a. 2
    b. 4
    c. 5
    d. 6
    48.The productive skills are
    a. Listening and reading
    b. Speaking and writing

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    c. Listening and writing
    d. Speaking and listening
    49.The entity to which anaphora is referred is called
    a. Inference
    b. Co-text
    c. Antecedent
    d. Context
    50.The concept of LAD was given by
    a. Chomsky
    b. Skinner
    c. De Saussure
    d. G.B. Watson

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