UnFirstranker's choice following:
Darkroom, football, greenhouse, blackberry
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(A) Simple words
(B) Complex words
(C) Compound words (Correct Answer)
(D) All of the above
Question No.2 (Question Id - 41)
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Which direction should a screw be turned in order to tighten it into place?
(A) Clockwise (Correct Answer)
(B) Anti-clockwise
(C) Any direction
(D) Counter clockwise
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Question No.3 (Question Id - 20)
Onomatopoeia is :
(A) a combination of simile and metaphor
(B) imitation of natural sounds (Correct Answer)
(C) communication in gestures
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(D) a branch of linguistics which studies personal names
Question No.4 (Question Id - 4)
What is the national language of Singapore?
(A) Tamil
(B) English
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(C) Malay (Correct Answer)
(D) Mandarin
Question No.5 (Question Id - 17)
"Blah-blah" is an example of :
(A) Assimilation
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(B) Reduplication (Correct Answer)
(C) Negation
(D) Metathesis
Question No.6 (Question Id - 12)
As a language, the status of Hindi in India is:
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(A) Territorial
(B) State
(C) Official (Correct Answer)
(D) National
Question No.7 (Question Id - 73)
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Find the odd one out.
(A) Baby talk
(B) Child directed speech
(C) Motherese
(D) Mother Tongue (Correct Answer)
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Question No.8 (Question Id - 55)
Given below are two statements :
Statement I:
Sign languages resemble spoken languages in all major aspects, showing that there are truly universals of language.
Question No.9 (Question Id - 29)
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Which one of these words mean 'to omit'
(A) Accept
(B) Except (Correct Answer)
(C) Asset
(D) Except
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Question No.10 (Question Id - 3)
Which language is not listed in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution ?
(A) Bengali
(B) Rajbanshi (Correct Answer)
(C) Punjabi
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(D) Sindhi
Question No.11 (Question Id - 24)
Which four acoustic events are involved in transmission and reception of sound ?
(A) Vibration of air particles; reception by ear; comprehension by brain; creation of sound source.
(B) Creation of sound source; vibration of air particles; reception by ear; comprehension by brain. (Correct Answer)
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(C) Creation of sound source; comprehension by brain; vibration of air particles; reception by ear.
(D) Comprehension by brain; reception by ear; vibration of air particles; creation of sound source.
Question No.12 (Question Id - 97)
The first full-fledged Open University in India is :
(A) Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
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(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad (Correct Answer)
(C) Nalanda Open University, Patna
(D) Vardhaman Mahavir Open University, Kota
Question No.13 (Question Id - 14)
Which one is not a language disorder among the following ?
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(A) Aerophobia (Correct Answer)
(B) Aphasia
(C) Anomia
(D) Agraphia
Question No.14 (Question Id - 23)
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Which one among the following is not a tonal language?
(A) Manipuri
(B) Chinese
Firstranker's choice given below:
(A) A only (Correct Answer)
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(B) A and B only
(C) B, C and D only
(D) A, B and C only
Question No.16 (Question Id - 45)
Which one is not a supra-segmental feature of language ?
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(A) Stress
(B) Intonation
(C) Phoneme (Correct Answer)
(D) Tone
Question No.17 (Question Id - 16)
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A language that is adopted as a common language among speakers, whose native languages are different from each other, is known as :
(A) Lingua franca (Correct Answer)
(B) Official language
(C) Dialect
(D) Native language
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Question No.18 (Question Id - 83)
The branch of Linguistics which studies speech sounds ?
(A) Syntax
(B) Morphology
(C) Phonetics (Correct Answer)
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(D) Semantics
Question No.19 (Question Id - 72)
Which of the following is not the traditional teaching method for second language learning ?
(A) Grammar Translation Method
(B) Communicative Language Teaching (Correct Answer)
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(C) Direct Method
(D) Audio-lingual method
Question No.20 (Question Id - 10)
The writing system of Urdu is :
(A) Right to left (Correct Answer)
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(B) Left to right
(C) Top down & Bottom up
(D) None of above
Question No.21 (Question Id - 9)
To which of these language groups does English belong to ?
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(A) Baltic
(B) Romance
(C) Germanic (Correct Answer)
(D) Slavonic
Question No.22 (Question Id - 48)
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AP FirstRanker's choice
(D) Delayed Nasal release
Question No.24 (Question Id - 57)
'Palatization' involves :
(A) The addition of a vowel [i] to the consonant
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(B) The addition of a nasalized vowel [a] to the consonant
(C) The addition of a [w] glide to the consonant
(D) The addition of [j] glide to the consonant (Correct Answer)
Question No.25 (Question Id - 30)
He told me that he once met (A) alien from (B) space. This alien din't need (C) oxygen to live, it din't have (D) nose.
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Substitute "a", 'an' or 'the' relevant in the blanks marked (A) to (D), if these are not relevant then say NA.
(A) (A) - an, (B) - the, (C) - NA, (D) - a (Correct Answer)
(B) (A) - a, (B) - a, (C) - the, (D) - an
(C) (A) - NA, (B) - an, (C) - a, (D) - the
(D) (A) - NA, (B) - an, (C) - the, (D) - a
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Question No.26 (Question Id - 79)
Mandarin is majorly spoken in which country?
(A) India
(B) Bhutan
(C) Sri Lanka
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(D) China (Correct Answer)
Question No.27 (Question Id - 36)
Which of the following is a personal document with closed access ?
(A) Government 'White Paper'
(B) Confidential Medical Records
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(C) Household Account Book (Correct Answer)
(D) The Shares Register of a Business
Question No.28 (Question Id - 95)
Broca's Aphasia is a language disorder which causes impairment in :
(A) Language production (Correct Answer)
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(B) Language comprehension
(C) Reading and writing
(D) All of the above
Question No.29 (Question Id - 7)
The language of the Sacred Buddhist text was in :
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(A) Sinhalese
(B) Pali (Correct Answer)
(C) Apabhramsha
(D) Tulu
Question No.30 (Question Id - 89)
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Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A-I, B - IV, C - II, D - I (Correct Answer)
(B) A-I, B - II, C - III, D - IV
(C) A-III, B - IV, C - I, D - II
(D) A - IV, B - III, C - II, D - I
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Question No.31 (Question Id - 11)
In linguistics IPA stands for :
(A) International Psychological Association
(B) International Phonetic Alphabet (Correct Answer)
(C) Indian Phonetic Alphabet
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(D) None of above
Question No.32 (Question Id - 50)
Which syllable receives the primary stress in 'Academician'?
(A) First syllable
(B) Second syllable
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(C) Third syllable
(D) Fourth syllable (Correct Answer)
Question No.33 (Question Id - 2)
The language policy of India is based on :
(A) Five language formula
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(B) Four language formula
(C) Three language formula (Correct Answer)
(D) Two language formula
Question No.34 (Question Id - 44)
Which organ is not involved in the articulation of human speech sounds ?
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(A) Chin (Correct Answer)
(B) Tongue
(C) Lips
(D) Glottis
Question No.35 (Question Id - 81)
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Tulu language belongs to :
(A) Munda Language Family
(B) Indo-Aryan Language Family
(C) Dravidian Language Family (Correct Answer)
(D) Austro-Asiatic Language Family
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Question No.36 (Question Id - 52)
Web accessibility refers to :
(A) Open source web technologies
(B) Standard way of writing web content
(C) Inclusiveness of deprived section for seamless access to web content (Correct Answer)
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(D) Online crowed sourcing community
Question No.37 (Question Id - 84)
Spectrograph is used as :
A. A component which creates a set of possible linguistic candidates in relation to particular input.
B. The geographical distribution of languages throughout the world.
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C. To refer to the writing system of language on analogy with Phonology
Question No.38 (Question Id - 38)
Firstranker's choice
A. Analyzing the production of human speech language.
B. As the basis for future work in Morphology, Syntax, Discourse etc.
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C. To determine which phonetic sounds are significant.
D. Explaining how the phonetic sounds are interpreted by a native speaker.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A and B only
(B) B and C only
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(C) A, B and C only
(D) All of the above (Correct Answer)
Question No.39 (Question Id - 78)
Given below are two statements :
Statement I:
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Logographic systems are true writing systems in the sense that the symbols stands for words of a language.
Statement II:
Chinese is an example of Logographic writing system.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true. (Correct Answer)
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(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
(C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
Question No.40 (Question Id - 39)
is a figure of speech that uses one thing to mean another and makes a comparison between the two.
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(A) POS
(B) Metaphor (Correct Answer)
(C) Annotation
(D) Similes (Correct Answer)
Question No.41 (Question Id - 54)
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If X and Y are married to each other C and D are brothers, C is the brother of X, then how is D related to Y?
(A) Brother
(B) Son
(C) Brother-in-law (Correct Answer)
(D) Son-in-law
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Question No.42 (Question Id - 60)
Firstranker's choice
C. Past participle is formed by adding 'ge'
D. Infinitive and Past Participle found in the root noun
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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(A) A and B Only
(B) A and C Only (Correct Answer)
(C) A and D Only
(D) All of the above
Question No.43 (Question Id - 51)
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Machine learning is subset of the discipline :
(A) Machine Translation
(B) Artificial Intelligence (Correct Answer)
(C) Cross-lingual access
(D) Speech Technology
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Question No.44 (Question Id - 34)
refers to the system of symbols, sounds, meaning and rules for their combination that constitutes the primary mode of communication among humans.
(A) Syntax
(B) Semantics
(C) Communication systems
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(D) Language (Correct Answer)
Question No.45 (Question Id - 93)
Which of the following statements are true (T)?
A. Tribal languages do not have grammar.
B. Khasi and Jaintia belongs to Austro-Asiatic language family.
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C. The official language of the State Of Meghalaya is Khasi.
D. Telugu belongs to Indo-Aryan language family.
(A) A and B Only
(B) B and C Only
(C) C Only
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(D) B Only (Correct Answer)
Question No.46 (Question Id - 62)
To be able to capture the sound of language :
(A) one must go for narrow transcription (Correct Answer)
(B) one must go for orthographic writing
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(C) one must go for orthographic transcription
(D) one must follow two scripts
Question No.47 (Question Id - 82)
The term 'homonym' is :
(A) Different words that are pronounced the same, but may not be spelt the same
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(B) The words should be different but have the same or nearly the same meaning
(C) The words that are opposite in meaning
Question No.49 (Question Id - 49)
Given below are two statements:
Statement I:
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Deaf children acquire sign language, much in the way that hearing children acquire a spoken language.
Statement II:
Deaf children babble with their hands, just as hearing children babble with their vocal tracts.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true. (Correct Answer)
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(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
(C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
Question No.50 (Question Id - 32)
Select the odd one out.
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(A) Rule-based Machine Translation (RBMT)
(B) Natural Language Processing (NLP) (Correct Answer)
(C) Example Base Machine Translation (EBMT)
(D) Statistical Machine Translation (SMT)
Question No.51 (Question Id - 75)
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Which of these are not the high tech method to study the relationship between brain and language ?
(A) CAT
(B) PET
(C) MRI
(D) CBI (Correct Answer)
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Question No.52 (Question Id - 43)
Technologies of 21st century which will have great societal impact :
A. Big data
B. Corpus Linguistics
C. Data analysis
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D. Artificial intelligence
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A and D
(B) B and C
(C) A, C and D (Correct Answer)
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(D) C and D
Question No.53 (Question Id - 18)
Sindhi belongs to :
(A) Dravidian
(B) Indo-Aryan (Correct Answer)
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(C) Persian
(D) Sumerian
Question No.54 (Question Id - 31)
(C) D-I (Correct Answer)
(D) A - II, B - I, C - IV, D - III
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Question No.55 (Question Id - 37)
Pre-testing a questionnaire is useful for :
(A) Testing the functioning of computer & printers
(B) Finding out a particular topic
(C) To leave some respondents out of final sample
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(D) Identifying any problems with the question wording & expected answer (Correct Answer)
Question No.56 (Question Id - 100)
Match List - I with List - II:
| List - I | List - II |
|---|---|
| A. UNESCO, NATO | I. Complex word |
| B. Unfaithful, Inflectional | II. Alphabetism |
| C. NRC, CAA, RAC | III. Compound word |
| D. Blackberry, school bus | IV. Acronym |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A-II, B - III, C - I, D - IV
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(B) A-I, B - IV, C - III, D - II
(C) A-IV, B - I, C - II, D - III (Correct Answer)
(D) A-III, B - I, C - IV, D - II
Question No.57 (Question Id - 71)
Dyslexia is a learning disorder which causes impairment in :
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(A) Reading (Correct Answer)
(B) Writing
(C) Some parts of speech
(D) All of the above
Question No.58 (Question Id - 59)
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Languages that use pitch to contrast meanings of words are called :
(A) Stress languages
(B) Tone languages (Correct Answer)
(C) Syllabic languages
(D) Natural languages
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Question No.59 (Question Id - 15)
Which one is correct among the following as far as breaking of the word 'unacceptable' into its smallest meaningful parts is concerned ? Example: books: book+s :
(A) un+accept+able (Correct Answer)
(B) un+ac+cep+table
(C) un+ac+cept+ab+le
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(D) unaccept+able
Question No.60 (Question Id - 87)
Firstranker's choice
(D) 791754
Question No.62 (Question Id - 13)
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Which one of the following shouldn't be shared with any one ?
A. Password
B. e-mail ID
C. Credit Card Pin
D. OTP
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Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A, B and C
(B) A, B and D
(C) A, C and D (Correct Answer)
(D) B, C and D
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Question No.63 (Question Id - 77)
Match List - I with List - II.
| List-1 | List - II |
|---|---|
| A. Brunch, Viruska | I. Complex word |
| B. Demonetisation, Antinationalist | II. Alphabetism |
| C. NRC, CAA | III. Compound word |
| D. Pickpocket, mallrat | IV. Blending |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(A) A-II, B - III, C - I, D - IV
(B) A-I, B - IV, C - III, D - II
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(C) A-IV, B - I, C - II, D - III (Correct Answer)
(D) A-III, B - I, C - IV, D - II
Question No.64 (Question Id - 27)
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