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SEMESTER - I
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION
(FEC)
MCQS - 40
1. Informational function concentrate on __________.
a) Information
b) Message
c) Both
d) None
2. English emerged during the ________
a) Greek
b) Reanissance
c) Colonization
d) Industrial revolution
3. English has emerged as most popular languare in just_________.
a) 100 years
b) Eight centuries
c) 5 centuries
d) Nine centuries
4. English has majority gaining popularity only is last________ years.
a) 50
b) 60
c) 40
d) 100
5. The origin of English has traced back to the tribe that come from________ and spoke the language_________.
a) Greek & English
b) England & English
c) Engla land & englise
d) Englo Indian & English
6. Match X & Y
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A. Old English period |
1. Oxford & Cambridge university |
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B. Middle English period |
2. First English dictionary |
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C. Early modern English |
3. Individual revolution period |
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D. Late modern English |
4. Emergence of Aglo-saxon period |
a) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
b) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
c) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
d) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
7. English became as the “Lingua Franca”
a) World language
b) Communicative language
c) Most popular
d) Business language
8. How many native speaker speak English Language?
a) 350 - 500 million
b) 350 - 1000 million
c) 350 - 400 million
d) 350 - 600 million
9. How many people around the world can understand & possess some basic knowledge of English?
a) 5 billion
b) 6 billion
c) 2 billion
d) 4 billion
10. “The sum total of such signs of our thoughts and feeling as are capable of eternal perception and as could be produced and repeated at will, defined by”
a) George R. Terry
b) A. H. Gardiner
c) A. H.Robert
d) A. H. Coal
11. Language has two context _______ & _______.
a) As a living phenomenon
b) as a social phenomenon
c) As an economical phenomenon
d) Both (a) & (b)
12. Silent & continuous change in spelling, meaning and pronunciation is considered as________, phenomenon of language.
a) Passive
b) Active
c) Classical
d) Living
13. Due to change in words with passage of time ‘the word’ “Maketh” & “anon” becomes ________& ________.
a) Might & Anyone
b) May & Elsewhere
c) Makes & soon
d) Makes & anyone
14. Language is an indicator of _________.
a) Geographical territory
b) Cultural conventions, community , gender
c) Relationship of speakers & Listeners.
d) All of these
15. following are the various language concepts.
a) language as a biological
b) language as a sign
c) language as a vocal
d) all of these
16. according to biological language is________
a) evaluating biological language
b) coded in the human genome
c) psychological change
d) only (a) & (b)
17. who formulated the study of language as a mental object & inner-mechanism of a mind.
a) A. H. gardiner
b) Patanjali
c) Noam chomsky
d) Henry sweet
18. who explained that human language evolved from series of signs.
a) noam chomsky
d) henry sweet
c) jespersen
d) steven pinker & paul bloom
19. ________gradually evolve into an organized language system.
a) speech
b) words
c) co-speech gestures
d) postures
20. who states that “language is the expression of ideas by means of speech - sounds combined into words are combined into sentences”
a) henry sweet
b) jespersen
c) paul bloom
d) A. H. gardinar
21. science of the study of language as a system of human communication is called__________.
a) linguistics
b) communication system
c) jargons
d) variants
22. Match the following
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1) steven pinker |
i) phonetician & language scholar |
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2) henry sweet |
ii) sign language |
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3) noam chomsky |
iii) uttered out by speech organs |
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4) patanjali |
iv) a biological perceptive |
a) 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-ii
b) 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4- iii
c) 1- iv, 2-ii, 3- iii, 4-i
d) 1- i, 2-iii,3-iv, 4-iii
23. following are the various variants in terms of.....
a) accent
b) lexicon
c) syntax
d) all
24. syntax variants is related with______
a) pronunciation
b) grammar
c) word
d) speech
25. language related to specific region or group is considered as_______
a) pidgins
b) dialects
c) creoles
d) jargons
26. The word “Dialect” comes from _______
a) Greek word dialektos
b) Sanskrit
c) Greek word dialogue
d) English
27. The word “dialect” means_________
a) Facial expression
b) Local
c) Way of speaking
d) Sing language
28. In _______ schedule of the Indian constitution there are _______ language listed as schedule language,
a) 8th, 25
b) 8th, 22
c) 8th, 26
d) 8th, 20
29. Variations in the form of regionalities are accepted as ________
a) Native tongue
b) Mother tongue
c) Local tongue
d) (a) & (b)
30. Following are variations of Hindi language,.
a) Rajasthani
b) Malthill
c) Marathi
d) Both (a) & (b)
31. Konkani is a variation of _______ language.
a) Hindi
b) Marathi
c) Rajasthani
d) Gujarati
32. According to the 2011 census there are________ raw return of mother tongues in India.
a) 19569
b) 19500
c) 19559
d) 19555
33. Following is/are obscure dialects of English.
a) Butler English
b) Babu English
c) Hinglish
d) Both (a) & (b)
34. Specific words or phrases used and understand in specific context, profession, occupation are called_________
a) Jargons
b) Dialects
c) Pidgin
d) Creole
35. What is the meaning of jargon ‘blue sky thinking’?
a) Visionary idea only
b) Unique idea
c) Visionary idea with practical application
d) All
36. Match the following
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A) Hard copy |
1. Overview of project |
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B) Desk job |
2. Zero Score |
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C) How that in is cricket |
3. Physical print |
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D) Love jargon view |
4. Appeal to declare out |
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E) Helicoper view |
5. Office work |
a) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1, E-5
b) A-3, B-l, C-4, D-2, E-5
c) A-3, B-5, C-4, D-2, E-1
d) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-5, E-l
37. Choose from the following options a word from native Indian language that has been added to English dictionary.
A. Food
B. Order
C. Building
D. Veranda
38. A 'machete' is a kind of ....
A. Knife
B. Gun
C. Flower
D. Hat
39. The narrator of ' The blue bouquet' has ......... Eyes.
A. Blue
B. Dark brown
C. Light brown
D. Brown
40. Choose the function of language from the option given below.
A. Speaking
B. Talking
C. Directive
D. Cooperative
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