Top 150+ Solved Language and Linguistics MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The ‘r’ in red is articulated as a-------
a. trill
b. lateral
c. frictionless continuant
d. semi-vowel
Q. The different concrete phonetic variation of the same phoneme arecalled-------
a. allophones
b. homophones
c. homographs
d. homonyms
Q. The term---------is used to designate words which are spelt differentlybut pronounced alike and which are different in meaning.
a. allophones
b. homophones
c. homographs
d. homonyms
Q. Certain morphemes have more than one meaning and can beunderstood in more than one way. They are called-------
a. allophones
b. homophones
c. homographs
d. homonyms
Q. -----------is used to designate words pronounced differently thoughidentically.
a. allophones
b. homophones
c. homographs
d. homonyms
Q. The word ‘bank’ in ‘on the banks on the river’ and ‘banks are financialinstitutions’ is called a------
a. allophones
b. homophones
c. homographs
d. homonyms
Q. The present-tense form of the verb ‘read’ and its past-tense which ispronounced as ‘red’ is an example of-----
a. allophones
b. homophones
c. homographs
d. homonyms
Q. Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called----
a. syllabic consonants
b. sibilants
c. suffixes
d. none of the above
Q. The final /l/ in the words ‘bottle’, ‘cattle’ and ‘little’ are examples of ----
a. syllabic consonants
b. sibilants
c. suffixes
d. none of the above
Q. The final /n/ in the words ‘sudden’ and ‘mutton’ are ---------
a. syllabic consonants
b. sibilants
c. suffixes
d. none of the above
Q. The final /m/ in the word ‘Prism’ is an instance of ------
a. syllabic consonants
b. sibilants
c. suffixes
d. none of the above