1. English belongs to this family of languages..
Answer: Indo-European
2. Anglo-Saxon language is otherwise called as...
Answer: Old English
3. "Beowulf" was written in ...
Answer: Old English
4. Great Vowel Shift stands for...
Answer: Change in the pronunciation
5. The first English Dictionary...
Answer: A Table Alphabeticall
6. Mercian dialect of Old English was in use in...
Answer: Midlands of British Isles
7. The earlier inhabitants of British Isles...
Answer: Celts
8. Famous Book in middle English...
Answer: Prologue to Canterbury Tales
9. A combination of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo- Norman gave birth to ...
Answer: Middle English
10. Many Greek and Latin words found a place in English during..
Answer: Late Modern English period
History of English Language - 2
1. English belongs to which family of languages?
Ans: Indo-European
2. Famous book in Middle English is-
Ans: Prologue to Canterbury Tales
3. A combination of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman gave birth to -
Ans: Middle English
4. The first English Dictionary -
Ans: A Table Alphabetical
5. 'Beowulf' was written in -
Ans: Old English
6. Many Greek and Latin words found a place in English during the period of-
Ans: Late Modern English
7. Language is primarily -
Ans: Speech
8. The popular theory with regard to the evolution of language is-
Ans: Divine gift theory
9. "Language is a system of arbitrary Vocal symbols" is said by-
Ans: Ward Haugh
10. The system of sounds is known as-
Ans: Phonology
11. The linguistic ability of a human being to talk about things in past and future denotes -
Ans: Language exhibits displacement
12. The status of 'Library Language' was given to English by-
Ans: Kothari Commission
13. The term 'Great Vowel Shift' was coined by-
Ans: Jesperson
14. 'Great Vowel Shift' stands for-
Ans: Change in the pronunciation
15. "Language learning is essentially a habit forming process" was said by-
Ans: Palmer
History of English Language - 3
1. English belongs to ..... family of languages.
1) Indo-European 2) Indo-Iranian 3) Afro-Asian 4) Austro-African
Ans: 1 (Indo-European)
2. The first English dictionary .....
1) Merriam - Webster's dictionary 2) A Table Alphabeticall
3) Random House dictionary 4) Oxford dictionary
Ans: 2 (A Table Alphabeticall)
3. "Beowulf" was written in .....
1) Old English 2) Middle English 3) Anglo-Norman 4) Modern English
Ans: 1 (Old English)
4. Many Greek and Latin words found a place in English during ..... period.
1) Old English 2) Middle English 3) Early Modern English 4) Late Modern English
Ans: 4 (Late Modern English)
5. 'Great Vowel Shift' stands for .....
1) Reformation in English 2) Flow of words from other languages
3) Transition of words from other languages 4) Change in the pronunciation.
Ans: 4 (Change in the pronunciation)
6. The term 'Great Vowel Shift' was coined by....
1) Palmer 2) Jesperson 3) Michael West 4) Edward Sapir
Ans: 2 (Jesperson)
7. The linguistic ability of human beings to describe the things in the past and the future denotes .....
1) Language is arbitary 2) Language is an agent of culture
3) Language exhibits redundancy 4) Lanuage exhibits displacement
Ans: 4 (Lanuage exhibits displacement)
8. The 'system of sounds' pertaining to language can be termed as .....
1) Semantics 2) Syntax 3) Phonology 4) Morphology
Ans: 3 (Phonology)
9. The popular theory with regard to the evolution of language is .....
1) Divine gift theory 2) Bo-bo theory 3) Ho-ho theory 4) Ding-dong theory
Ans: 1 (Divine gift theory)
10. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols was propounded by .....
1) Sapir 2) Wardhaugh 3) Barbara 4) Jesperson
Ans: 2 (Wardhaugh)
Writer: S. Rahamathulla
