Sindh Language & Law Awareness Online Academy

Mock Test-1
English Lectureship
Each question carries equal mark. (1 hour, 40 Minutes)
1. Who was the first to sign his works?
a) Caedmon b) Cynewulf c) Caedmon d) Bede

2. Which is the “National Epic of England”

a) Beowulf b) The Abbot of Canterbury Tales c) Rape of the Lock d) None of these
3. Who is Father of English Poetry?
a) Shakespeare b) Chaucer c) Spenser d) John Donne
4. Repetition of consonants sounds are called.
a) Alliteration b) Assonance C) Consonance d) Rhyme
5. Which age is known as “Age of Heptarch”?
a) Anglo Saxon’s Age b) Age of Chaucer c) Age of Milton d) Age of Pope
6. Which is the oldest poem survived in seventh century?
a) Hymn b) Lyrical Ballad c) Beowulf d) Widsith
7. Imitation of natural sounds are called?
a) Mimic b) Onomatopoeia c) Epithet d) Epitaph
8. Oral tradition was predominant in which period of English Literature?
a) Old English b) Middle English c) Jacobian Age d) Caroline Age
9. Minimal Unit of Sound is called?
a) Morpheme b) Grapheme c) Phoneme d) Allophones
10. The epic Poem Beowulf is written in?
a) Exeter Manuscript b) Nowell Codex c) Exegesis d) Book of Exodus
11. The old English “Martyr ology” is a Merican collection of
a) Pictography b) Hagiographies c) Elegies d) Mock Epic
12. Who is the earliest Poet in England?
a) Caedmon b) Bede c) Cynewulf d) None of these
13. Who was last King of Germanic Tribes?
a) Harold Godwinson b) William The Conqueror C) King Alfred d) None of these
14. The term “Lollard” refers to?
a) Followers of John Wycliffe b) Pond Poets c) group of magician d) None of these
15. Who is the evening star of Reformation?
a) Chaucer b) Gower c) Langland d) John Wycliffe
16. Who was the first poet buried in the poet’s corner?
a) Caedmon b) Cynewulf c) Langland d) Chaucer?
17. Which language became the standard language of Courts after Norman Conquest?
a) French b) English c) Latin d) None of these
18. William Caxton invented the printing Press in
 a) 1476 b)1478 c) 1376 d) 1378
19. Old English Period Lasted till?
a) 1166 b) 1066 c) 1446 d) 1776
20. Who wrote the epic poem “Beowulf”?
a) Caedmon b) Bede c) King Alfred d) Anonymous
21. Sorrowful Piece of writing is called?
a) Elegy b) Ballad c) Epic d) Romance
22. Wanderer consists of how many lines?
a) 3182 lines b) 115 Alliterative Verses c) 130 verses d) None of these
23. Who said, “Chaucer is Father of English Poetry”
a) Mathew Arnold b) Dryden c) Ben Johnson d) Samuel Johnson
24. Chaucer was a?
a) Courtly Poet b) Poet of people c) Diplomat d) both a and c
25. “Piers Plowman” was written by?
a) William Langland b) John Gower c) John Bunyan d) None of these.
26. How many manuscripts of Old English literature are preserved?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6
27. How many years Hundred Years War had been fought by England and France?
a) Hundred Years b) 116 Years c) 113 years d) None of these.
28. When did “Magna Carta” happen?
a) 15 June,1215 b) 16 June, 1516 c) none of these d) 18 July 1216
29. Who is Father of Scottish Poetry?
a) John Barbour b) Chaucer c) Gower d) Langland
30. Who translated Bible from Latin into English?
a) John Wycliffe b) John Bunyan c) Langland d) Chaucer.
31. Who avoided the influence of foreign language upon English?
John Wycliffe b) Chaucer c) Gower d) Langland
32. Chaucer died the year after ascension of?
a) Henry IV b) Henry VIII c) Edward III d) None of these.
33. Chaucer wrote his works in?
a) East Midland Dialect b) West Midland Dialect c) West Saxon Dialect d) None of
these.
34. How many moral stories were present in the Canterbury tales?
a) 24 b) 29 c) 30 d) None of these.
35. He found English a dialect and left it a language?
a) Chaucer b) Shakespeare c) Spenser d) Dryden
36. The first recorded association of Valentine’s Day is in?
a) House of Fame b) Parliament of Fouls c) The Canterbury Tales d) None of these.
37. The creative capacity of language users to produce an endless number of new sentences,
in contrast to animal communication is called?
a) Productivity b) Displacement c) Discreetness d) None of these.

38. Which of these words is based on phenomena, Onomatopoeia?

 a) Cuckoo b) Book c) Door d) Blackboard
39. Which of these is not a level of language?
a) Phonology b) Grammar c) Running d) Semantics
40. The language faculty is in which part of the brain?
a) Right Hemisphere b) Left Hemisphere c) Fore brain d) Spinal Cord
41. Who is father of English Linguistics?
a) Noam Chomsky b) B.F Skinner c) Saussure d) Both a and c d) None of these
42. Who is considered to be mother of language in Vedic Texts.
a) Eve b) Sarasvati c) Barhama d) Adam
43. Minimalist approach was given by?
a) Noam Chomsky b) B.F Skinner c) Ian Pavlov d) Both a and B
44. The atomic units of writings are called?
a) Grapheme b) Morpheme c) Phoneme d) None of these.
45. The scientific study of language is called?
a) Linguistics b) Lexicography c) Cinematography d) None of these
46. The branch of phonetics that deals with the production of sounds?
a) Articulatory b) Acoustics c) Auditory d) None of these.
47. T/F human auditory system is already functioning before birth
48. There is ………, dropped to a lower position in humans because of upright posture,
creating the ….
a) Lyrnx, Phyrnx b) Phyrnx, lyrnx c) both b and a d) None of these.
49. Words developed from imitation of sounds in environment.
a) Bow Bow Theory b) Pooh-Pooh Theory c) both a and b d) None of these.
50. Speech developed from instinctive sounds that people make in emotional reaction.
a) Pooh-Pooh Theory b) Bow-Bow Theory c) Semiotics d) Divine Source

51. ______ is muscular, allowing a variety of precise movements.

a) The Tongue b) The Soft palate b) The Hard Palate d) lips
52. In_______ vision of the origin of language, early humans had already developed musical
capacity prior to language and were using it to charm each other
a) Charles Darwin’s b) Noam Chomsky’s c) Both d) None of these.
53. Renaissance began from which country?
a) Italy b) France c) both a and b d) None of these.
54. Displacement is a characteristic of __________.
a) Animal language b) Human Language c) both a and b d) None of these.
55. Human language is organized at two levels. This characteristic refers to.
a) Duality b) Cultural Transmission c) Productivity d) both a and b
56. When the vocal folds are spread a part, the air from the lungs passes between them
unimpeded. Sounds produce in this way are called.
a) Voiced b) Voiceless c) both and b d) none of these.

57. These are sounds formed with the upper teeth and the lower lip. Those sounds are called
______.
 a) Bilabials b) labiodentals c) both a and b d) None of these.

58. There is one sound that is produced without the active use of tongue and other parts of
the mouth.
a) H (Voiceless Glottal) b) Voiced (Glottal) c) both d) none of these.
59. The sounds which are produced from gliding of the tongue are _______.
a) Semi-vowels b) Vowels c) Diphthongs d) Trip thongs

60. The process whereby a language transfer from one generation to next generation is said
to be _____.
a) Displacement b) Productivity c) Cultural Transmission d) None of these.
Choose the appropriate preposition.
61. The army will mop ______ hiding criminals.
a) Up b) On c) Over d) in
62. His intelligent replies in the court win_____ the judge
a) Over b) zero preposition c) by d) through
63. He was so brave soldier that he ______ not give up.
a) Will b) Would c) both and b d) None of these.
64. Those twin brother _________ each other.
a) Take after b) look after c) take in d) none of these.
65. I am looking forward to ______ you.
a) meet b) meeting c) an and b d) none of these.

Synonyms:

66. ABHOR
a) Detest b) Protest c) Love d) None of these.
67. EXTOL
a) defame b) Praise c) disgrace d) None of these.
68. NONCHALANT
a) Disinterested b) Interested c) both b and a d) None of these.
Antonyms:

69. APPOSITE
a) Relevant b) extraneous c) antithesis d) None of these.
70. POSTHUMOUS
a) Postmortem b) antemortem c) both and b d) None of these.
71. APARTHEID
a) Segregation b) Assimilation c) both and b d) None of these.

Correction of Errors.
72. Bread, butter and honey are my breakfast.
a) Is b) Are c) both and b d) None of these.
73. The sceneries of Swat is charming.
a) Is b) are c) Scenery d) None of these.
74. She has working hard since morning
a) Worked b) been c) both a & b d) None of these.
75. I will come if she will invite me.
a) If she invites me b) If she will invite me c) I come d) I will come.
76. The second innings were decisive.
a). Was b). Were c) Inning d) both and c

Use of suitable verbs in their proper places.

77. After eating junk food, you may _____ taken ill.
a) May be b) Might be c) both d) none of these.
78. He told me that he ____ brought news for me.
a) Has b) had c) brought d) none of these.
79. She enjoys_____________ late-night movies.
a) Watching b) Have watched c) Had watched d) Watched
80. Bees_____ from flower to flower.
a) Flying b) fly c) both d) none of these.

General Knowledge

81. Who is current chief Justice of Pakistan?

a) Justice Asif Saeed Khosa b) Justice Gulzar c) Justice Athar Minhallah

82. How much amount, Pakistan has announced for SAARC Co-vid 19 Fund?
a) 3 million dollars b) 2 million dollars c) 5 million dollars d) none of these.
83. Name the only country in the world where all corona virus patients are cured
a) Greenland b) China c) USA d) Pakistan
84. Which of the following two countries have been banned from competing in Tokyo
Olympics 2020?
a) Malaysia and Japan b) Japan and Thailand c) Malaysia and Thailand d) Pakistan
and Bangladesh
85. Who is the current Attorney General for Pakistan?
a) Anwar Mansoor b) Khalid Jawed c) Shah Mehmood Qureshi d) None of these.

86. Consumer Price inflation fell to ______ during April 2020 in Pakistan?
a) 3.5 % b) 4.5 c) 8.5 d) None of these.
87. Who is the author of “Shehron Mein Shehr Karachi”?
a) Ayesha Jalal b) Nasreen Shah c) Anwar Maqsood d) None of these.
88. Recently PM Khan had conservation with prime Minister of which country on Pandemic
challenges?
a) Canada b) Pakistan c) both a and b d) None of these.
89. Who is the chairperson of competitive commission of Pakistan?
a) Shehr Bano b) Shahista Bano c) Maleeha Lodhi d) Ayesha Jalal.
90. Schools will be closed till 15th July 2020, announcement was made by Federal Education
Minister?
a) Shah Mehmood Qureshi b) Shafqat Mehmood c) Firdous Ashiq Awan d) None of
these.
91. A virtual summit of the Non-Aligned (NAM) held on 4th May, who is the current
president of NAM?
a) Ilham e Illahi b) Ilham Aliyev c) both a and b d) None of these.
92. “International Labor Day” is celebrated on which date?
a) 1st May b) 3 May c) 5 May d) None of these.
93. “World Press Freedom Day” is celebrated on which date?
a) 3 May b) 5th May c) 1st May d)8 May
94. According to Global Report on Food Crisis, 2020 which country was the hardest hit
nation in 2019 with 15.9 million people under food crisis?
a) Indonesia b) South Africa c) Yemen d) Pakistan.
95. Name the former CM of Indian Occupied Kashmir, who has been under detention Since
5th August 2019?
a) Umar Farooq b) Mehbooba Mufti c) Mehboob Mufti d) None of these.
96. How many verses are included in Quran?
a) 6666 b) 5555 c)7777 d) 9999
97. Holy Prophet was born in 571 AD _____.
a) 22 May b)22nd April c) 22 June d) None of these.
98. Who had verified the prophet hood of Holy prophet (P.B.U.H) for the first time?
a) Abu Talib b) Abdul Muttalib c) Varqah Bin Naufil d) Malik Ibn-e-Ashdar
99. Who is current health minister of Sindh?
a) Faryal Talpur b) Shazia Marri c) Azra Afzal Pechooho d) None of these.
100. After the death of Hazrat Amina, who looked after Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H)
immediately?
a) Hazrat Haleema b) Hazrat Sobia c) Umme Ayeman d) None of these.

Wish you best of luck.