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Please do not laugh ……....those beggars.
- For
- Against
- At
- From
- N/A
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Answer: C Explanation: -
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:
Plosives
Fricatives
Articulations
Allophonic
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.
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Answer: B Explanation: -
Normal phonological deviations that children make when producing sounds and words are referred to as:
- Speech errors
- Jargon
- Phonological processes
- Phonotactics
- Phonological processes are assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders in children. For example: Backing, fronting, stopping etc.
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Answer: C Explanation: -
Choose the correct antonym of "Grotesque".
- Archaic
- Graceful
- Whimsical
- Mild
- N/A
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Answer: B Explanation: -
There was a great hue and cry against Hardy's novels, Tess and Jude the Obscure because of …………in them.
- Obscenity
- Violence
- Abnormality
- Heresy
- 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.
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Answer: A Explanation: -
The Restoration Period saw the rise of:
Heroic Tragedy
Classical Tragedy
Domestic Tragedy
Shakespearean Tragedy
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.
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Answer: A Explanation: -
Most of the novles of R. K. Narayan set in:
- Madras
- Malgudi
- Trivandrum
- Mano Majra
- Malgudi is a fictional town located in South India. Narayan uses it in his fiction.
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Answer: B Explanation: -
In the "Preface to Lyrical Ballads", Wordsworth propounded his theory of:
- Fancy
- Imagination
- Prose
- Poetic Diction
- N/A
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Answer: D Explanation: -
What is the most common poetic quality in Keats and Tennyson?
- Miltonism
- Dramatic quality
- Pictorial element
- Elegaic nature
- N/A
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Answer: C Explanation: -
Which of the following terms are assigned to the 13 properties identified by Hockett (1960)?
- Linguistic Univesals
- Relative Scripts
- Universal Scripts
- Linguistic Nodes
- 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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Answer: A Explanation: