Chapter No 1 : Lecturer English Paper 2020 (100 MCQ`S)

  1. Please do not laugh ……....those beggars.
    1. For
    2. Against
    3. At
    4. From
    5. Show Answer
      Answer: C
      Explanation:
      • N/A
  2. Sounds usually associated with letters such as f, v, s, z in which air passes through narrow constriction that cause the air to flow turbulently and thus create a noisy sound is:

    1. Plosives

    2. Fricatives

    3. Articulations

    4. Allophonic

    5. Show Answer
      Answer: B
      Explanation:
      • Fricatives are the sounds which are produced by bringing the mouth into position to block the passage of airstream, but not making complete closure, so that the air moving through mouth produces audible fricton.

  3. Normal phonological deviations that children make when producing sounds and words are referred to as:
    1. Speech errors
    2. Jargon
    3. Phonological processes
    4. Phonotactics
    5. Show Answer
      Answer: C
      Explanation:
      • Phonological processes are assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders in children. For example: Backing, fronting, stopping etc.
  4. Choose the correct antonym of "Grotesque".
    1. Archaic
    2. Graceful
    3. Whimsical
    4. Mild
    5. Show Answer
      Answer: B
      Explanation:
      • N/A
  5. There was a great hue and cry against Hardy's novels, Tess and Jude the Obscure because of …………in them.
    1. Obscenity
    2. Violence
    3. Abnormality
    4. Heresy
    5. Show Answer
      Answer: A
      Explanation:
      • Tess of the d'Urbrvilles was published in 1891. Alec d'Urberville, Angel Clare and Tess Durbeyfield are the main characters of this novel. Jude the Obscure was published in book form in 1895. Its main characters are Sue Bridehead, Jude Fawley and Jude.
  6. The Restoration Period saw the rise of:

    1. Heroic Tragedy

    2. Classical Tragedy

    3. Domestic Tragedy

    4. Shakespearean Tragedy

    5. Show Answer
      Answer: A
      Explanation:
      • Heroic tragedy is also known as Tragicomedy. It uses bombastic language and exotic setting. It describes a nobel hero and his torment in choosing between love and patriotic duties.

  7. Most of the novles of R. K. Narayan set in:
    1. Madras
    2. Malgudi
    3. Trivandrum
    4. Mano Majra
    5. Show Answer
      Answer: B
      Explanation:
      • Malgudi is a fictional town located in South India. Narayan uses it in his fiction.
  8. In the "Preface to Lyrical Ballads", Wordsworth propounded his theory of:
    1. Fancy
    2. Imagination
    3. Prose
    4. Poetic Diction
    5. Show Answer
      Answer: D
      Explanation:
      • N/A
  9. What is the most common poetic quality in Keats and Tennyson?
    1. Miltonism
    2. Dramatic quality
    3. Pictorial element
    4. Elegaic nature
    5. Show Answer
      Answer: C
      Explanation:
      • N/A
  10. Which of the following terms are assigned to the 13 properties identified by Hockett (1960)?
    1. Linguistic Univesals
    2. Relative Scripts
    3. Universal Scripts
    4. Linguistic Nodes
    5. Show Answer
      Answer: A
      Explanation:
      • Linguistic universals are the patterns that occur systematically across natural languages. They are considered true for all languages. E.g. Nouns, Verbs etc. are present in all languages.

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