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Roll No. ........................
Total No. of Questions : 11
[Total No. of Printed Pages : 08
ST-621
M. A. (Reg./Pvt./ATKT) Examination, 2025
(Fourth Semester)
ENGLISH
Paper II
English Language
Time : 3 Hours]
[Maximum Marks : Reg.: 85
Pvt.: 100
Note : Attempt all the Sections.
Section A
(Objective Type Questions)
Note : Attempt all questions.
15x1=15
1.
Choose the correct alternative :
(i)
................is the science and study of the smallest grammatical units of language.
(a) Morphology
(b) Allophone
(c) Phonetics
(d) Syntax
(a) Morphology
(b) Allophone
(c) Phonetics
(d) Syntax
(ii)
What is a morphemes ?
(a) The smallest unit of meaning in a language
(b) The smallest unit of sound in a language
(c) The smallest unit of grammar in a language
(d) The smallest unit of syntax in a language
(a) The smallest unit of meaning in a language
(b) The smallest unit of sound in a language
(c) The smallest unit of grammar in a language
(d) The smallest unit of syntax in a language
(iii)
Telephone has...............morphemes.
(a) two
(b) four
(c) three
(d) five
(a) two
(b) four
(c) three
(d) five
(iv)
Lexical morphemes are :
(a) Noun, Adjectives
(b) Verb, Adverb
(c) Adjectives
(d) All of the above
(a) Noun, Adjectives
(b) Verb, Adverb
(c) Adjectives
(d) All of the above
(v)
What is the full form of IPA ?
(a) Indian Phonetic Alphabets
(b) International Phonetic Agreements
(c) International Phonetic Alphabets
(d) International Phonetic Arrangements
(a) Indian Phonetic Alphabets
(b) International Phonetic Agreements
(c) International Phonetic Alphabets
(d) International Phonetic Arrangements
(vi)
Three types of Affixes are :
(a) Prefix
(b) Suffix
(c) Infix
(d) All of the above
(a) Prefix
(b) Suffix
(c) Infix
(d) All of the above
(vii)
The study of phonetics can be divided into...........kinds.
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2
(viii)
A voice sound which is produced without any obstruction in the air passage is called :
(a) Diphthong
(b) Vowel
(c) Consonant
(d) Allophone
(a) Diphthong
(b) Vowel
(c) Consonant
(d) Allophone
(ix)
The words which are produced a like but have different spelling, meaning and origins are called :
(a) Phones
(b) Allophones
(c) Homophones
(d) Morphs
(a) Phones
(b) Allophones
(c) Homophones
(d) Morphs
(x)
Which of the following indicates that words in a stress are stressed ?
(a) Word stress
(b) Sentence stress
(c) Intonation
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(a) Word stress
(b) Sentence stress
(c) Intonation
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(xi)
Rise and fall of the pitch of the voice in speaking, is called :
(a) Connotation
(b) Inflection
(c) Intonation
(d) Morphemes.
(a) Connotation
(b) Inflection
(c) Intonation
(d) Morphemes.
(xii)
The branch of phonetics which deals with the transmission of speech sounds is known as .................phonetics.
(a) Auditory
(b) Acoustic
(c) Articulatory
(d) Morphonetics
(a) Auditory
(b) Acoustic
(c) Articulatory
(d) Morphonetics
(xiii)
The mother is attending the child................it is not well.
(a) because
(b) when
(c) due
(d) what
(a) because
(b) when
(c) due
(d) what
(xiv)
He is so poor..................he cannot pay his child's school fee.
(a) that
(b) this
(c) than
(d) there
(a) that
(b) this
(c) than
(d) there
(xv)
The hare ran..................than the tortoise.
(a) fast
(b) faster
(c) fastest
(d) more fastly
(a) fast
(b) faster
(c) fastest
(d) more fastly
Section B
(Short Answer Type Questions)
Note : Attempt all questions.
5x5=25
2.
Write about 'Allophones'.
Or
Write about 'Word Formation'.
3.
What is 'Linguistics' ? Define.