Section 1: Multiple Choice Questions (1.

5×30 = 45 Marks)

1. Which of the following is not correct?

a. Semantics is the study of language meaning
b. Pragmatics is the study of language use
c. Linguistics is the study of all dialects
d. Linguistics is the study of language
2. Which of the following does not belong to linguistics?
a. English pronunciation
b. Phonology
c. Morphology
d. Semantics

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE about sentence?

a. A sentence is a group of words grammatically linked to convey a complete meaning
b. A sentence is a group of words containing a finite verb
c. A sentence is a group of words containing a subject and a verb
d. A sentence is a group of words consisting of one clause
4. A sentence that is always FALSE....
a. Analytic
b. Anomalous
c. Contradictory
d. Synthetic
5. A sentence that is a violation of semantic rules to create nonsense is
a. Anomalous
b. Ambiguous
c. Analytic
d. Synthetic
6. Semantically, the sentence "Puppies are animals" is.......
a. Anomalous
b. Ambiguous
c. Analytic
d. Synthetic
7. Semantically, the sentence "Bachelors are female" is
a. Analytic
b. Ambiguous
c. Contradictory
d. Synthetic
8. Figuratively, the sentence "Oh, my back is killing me" is
a. Personification
b. Ambiguous
c. Metaphor
d. Anomalous
9. Which of the followings may be one meaning of "The man gave the
library books"?
a. The man is a librarian
b. The man borrowed books from the library
c. The man gave someone the books of the library
d. The man is a bookworm
10. Two words having the same or almost the same denotative meanings
are..........
a. Homonyms
b. Antonyms
c. Synonyms
d. Hyponyms
11. Two words having the same sound but different spellings and different
meanings are.......
a. Homophones
b. Antonyms
c. Homonyms
d. Hyponyms
12. Two words having the same spelling but different sounds and different
meanings are........
a. Homonyms
b. Homophones
c. Homographs
d. Hyponyms
13. Two words having the same sound, the same spellings but different
meanings are........
a. Homonyms
b. Antonyms
c. Homophones
d. Hyponyms
14. Which of the following is the case of polysemy?
a. fast (quickly) and fast (not eat)
b. punch (hit with a fist) and punch (a kind of strong alcoholic drink)
c. head (body part) and head (hit with the head)
d. ball (round object) and ball (dance)
15. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in 'my brother is
afraid of spiders' is:
a. Agent
b. Experiencer
c. Patient
d. Stimulus
16. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in 'the snow melts
at the morning sunshine' is :
a. Temporal
 b. Cause
c. Patient
d. Stimulus
17. What is Entailment in semantics?
a. The relationship between sounds
b. The relationship where one statement logically follows from another
c. The relationship between sentence structures
d. The relationship between grammar rules
18. Which of these is an example of a metaphor?
a. “As cool as ice”
b. “ she is a rock”
c. “ bright like the sun”
d. “ he runs fast”
19. What is a semantic field?
a. A literal definition of a word
b. A group of words related in meaning
c. A type of metaphor
d. An idiom
20. Which of the following is an example of metonymy?
a. “ The White House” referring to the U.S government
b. “ Hot as the sun”
c. “Run” meaning to jog
d. “Tall as a tree”
21. What is structural ambiguity?
a. A sentence that has a single meaning
b. When a sentence has multiple meanings due to its structure
c. A grammatical rule
d. A figure of speech
22. What is deixis?
a. A word that requires contextual information to understand
b. Word with multiple meanings
c. A form of metaphor
d. Synonyms that change with context
23. A general category word (e.g., “flower” for “rose”) is a......
a. Antonym
b. Hypernym
c. Synonym
d. Metaphor
24. The relationship between the words “car” and “vehicle” is.....
a. Synonymy
b. Hyponymy
c. Antonymy
d. Polysemy
25. If the word “bank” can mean at least to keep money or the side of
whatever this is an example of........
 a. Homonymy
b. Polysemy
c. Lexical Ambiguity
d. Synonymy
26. Which of the following is an example of collocation?
a. Strong tea
b. Blue sky
c. Big house
d. Happy person
27. Words like “can” (able to) and “can” (a container) illustrate:
a. Polysemy
b. Homonymy
c. Lexical Ambiguity
d. Antonymy
28. Which of the following pairs are gradable antonyms?
a. Dead – Alive
b. Big – Small
c. Teacher – Student
d. Above – Below
29. What is the relationship between words where one is the general term
and the other reason specific instance?
a. Hypernym
b. Hyponymy
c. Collocation
d. Synonymy
30. What is the relationship between abort and its whole, such as “wheel”
and “car”?
a. Synonymy
b. Hyponymy
c. Meronymy
d. Antonymy

Section 2: Mark each of the following sentences True (T) or False(F). (1×10 = 10
Marks)

T 1. Denotation is the literal or primary meaning of a word.

F 2. Homonyms are words that have the same pronunciation but different
meanings.
F 3. A polysemous word has multiple unrelated meanings.
F 4. Hyponyms are more general terms, while hypernyms are specific.
F 5. Synonyms are words that have identical meanings in all contexts.
T 6. The phrase "cold war" is an example of a metaphor.
T 7. Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.
F 8. Semantics is the study of word origins and language history.
T 9. Semantic change occurs when the meaning of a word evolves over time.
 T 10. "Bright" as in "intelligent" and "bright" as in "light" is an example of
polysemy.

Section 3: Match the term from section A with its right definition from section
B (1×5 = 5 Marks)
Section A
1- Collocation d
2- Lexical Ambiguity b
3- Semantic Field a
4- Prototype e
5- Entailment c

Section B
a. A group of words related by a common theme or concept.
b. A word or a sentence with multiple possible meanings.
c. The Logical relationship where are the truth of one sentence.
generates the truth of another.
d. words frequently used together in natural language.
e. The best example or representative of a category.