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TNPG TRB ENGLISH

New Syllabus
UNIT-1-
One Liner Questions Answers
ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM (1400-1600)

Contents Writers Works

Poetry / Geoffrey Chaucer Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Poem The Book of the Duchess Chapter
Edmund Spenser Prothalamion and Epithalamion
Sir Thomas Wyatt Remembrance
Of Truth, Of Friendship, Of Studies,
Bacon - Essays Of Adversity, Of Revenge and Of
Prose Ambition
Sir Philip Sydney An Apologie for Poetrie
The Bible The Book of Job
Drama Christopher Marlowe Dr. Faustus
Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy
Geoffrey Chaucer -Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
1. The Canterbury Tales was written in the……………………
(East Midland Dialect)
2. During the period of which king did Chaucer, fight In the English Army for the
Hundred Years' War between France and England?
(Edward III)
3. Who was the king when Geoffrey Chaucer was dead?
(Henry IV)

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4. Geoffrey Chaucer is also known as:…………………..

(The father of English poetry)
5. The rhetorical pattern used by Chaucer in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
is…….
(ten syllabic line)
6. Geoffrey Chaucer was alive to witness or bear breaking news of some remarkable
events in medieval history. Which one of the following events was he not around for?
(The Battle of Agincourt)
7. The idea of which work of Chaucer has been taken from Boccaccio's The
Decameron?
(The Canterbury Tales)
8. What narrative perspective does Chaucer employ in the opening of "The General
Prologue"?
(A first person-1)
9. In which year Geoffrey Chaucer born?
(1340)
10.The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to
tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim
telling?
(4)
11.In which year did Chaucer fought in Hundred Years' War between France and
England?
(1359)
12.To whom does the Black Knight say he was in service before he met Lady White?
(The God of Love)
13.Chaucer was appointed page to ----------
(Wife of Lionel)
14. “Complain of Chaucer to his Prose” is a ---------
(Poem)

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15. Chaucer died on --------

(October 24th, 1400)
16. Who is the first poet of England to occupy the poet‟s corner?
(Chaucer)
17.Which is the greatest work of Chaucer?
(Prologue to the Canterbury Tales)
18.The Prologue was written -----------
(About 1400)
19.What is the total number of Pilgrims?
(30)
20.The Pilgrims are going to visit ---------
(Canterbury Tales)
21.What is the purpose of the Pilgrimage?
(To get Blessing from St. Thomas Becket)
22.Who is the St. Thomas?
(A Martyr)
23.Who is the host of the Pilgrimage?
(Owner of the Tabard Inn)
24.How many stories are planned to be told?
(120)
21. How many stories are actually told?
(24)
22. What is the purpose of the story telling?
(To make the journey pleasant)
23. Who is the Judge?
(The Host of Tabard Inn)
24. The Pilgrims represented --------
(English Society)
25. Which two classes are not represented?
(Aristocrats & Poor)

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26. Who is the first story-teller?

(The knight)
27. The Fighting Class is represented by-------
(The Knight, The Square and The Yeoman)
28. The Doctor, man of Low, Clerk of Oxford and the poet himself represent-----
(Literal Professionals)
29. The land is represented by--------
(Ploughman, Miller, Reeve & Franklyn)
30. Merchant and Shipman represent----------
(Trade)
31. Crafts is represented by--------
(Wife of Bath, Haberdasher, Carpenter, Wearer, Dyer and Tapicer)
32. The Maunciple, the cook and the host represent----------
(Victuallers)
33. The Secular Clergy is represented by--------
(Parson)
34. Who represented the Ecclesiastical Court?
(The Summoner and The Canon)
35. The Monastic order is represented by--------
(The Monk, The Prioress, The Nun and The Pardoner)
36. What is the time of Pilgrimage?
(Mid April)
37. The Prologue introduced the new way of thinking called as---------
(Realistic Joviality)
38. The Knight participated in ---------- Battles.
(15)
39. The Knight fought ------------ times in tournament.
(3)
40. Which character was as modest as a Maiden?
(The Knight)

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41. Which Pilgrimage is 20 years old?

(The squire‟s son)
42. Who is as fresh as May?
(Young Squire)
43. Who is a passionate lover like a Nightingale?
(The Young Squire)
44. Who carried the Peacock Arrows?
(Yeoman)
45. Who is a dancer among the Pilgrims?
(The Young Squire)
46. Which pilgrim‟s is like a nut?
(The Yeoman)
47. The Yeoman has a medal of -------- on breast.
(St. Christopher)
48. Who is the true forester?
(The Yeoman)
49. Who is the name of the Prioress?
(Madame Eglantine)
50. The prioress took the Oath by---------
(St. Loy)
51. Which character spoke French elegantly?
(The Prioress)
52. The Prioress learnt French at----------
(Stratford)
53. Among the Pilgrims, who is known for the table manners?
(The Prioress)
54. Who weeps for a mouse?
(The Prioress)
55. The Prioress kept--------
(Little dogs)

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101. Who is the prompt tax payer?

(The ploughman)
102. Who is the heavy man of 60 stones?
(The Miller)
103. Who broke‟s any door with his head?
(The Miller)
104. Which Pilgrim is wise in buying?
(The Manciple)
105. Who is a slender and irritable man?
(The Reeve)
106. The Reeve is better in --------
(Bargaining)
107. The Reeve is a first rate-----------
(Carpenter)
108. Who has a Red Angel like face?
(The Summoner)
109. Which Pilgrim lend his mistress for a quarter of wine?
(The Summoner)
110. Which Pilgrim has an yellow hair as wax?
(The Pardoner)
111. Who is a bold & straight forward man?
(The Host)
112. The Prologue is written in ---------
(Deca-Syllabic Rhyming Couplets)
113. “If Gold gets rustly what about Iron”- These words are associated with.
(The Parson)

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Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Book of the Duchess

1. What is painted on the walls of the narrator's dream chamber in The Book of the
Duchess?
(The Romaunce of the Rose)
2. Which of Chaucer's works is associated with Valentine's Day?
(Parlement of Fowls)
3. Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for
Blanche of the wife of John Gaunt?
(The Book of the Duchess)
4. Which stanza form was first introduced by Chaucer known as Chaucerian
stanza………..?
(Rhyme Royal)
5. On which Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde was based………?
(Boccaccio's Filostrato)
6. What is the title of the earliest of Chaucer's poems, written summation between
and 1372?
(The Book of the Duchess)
7. Who is called as "Morning Star of Reformation?
(Wycliffe)
8. What name is now given to the language in which Chaucer worked?
(Middle English)
9. Chaucer's The Romaunt of the Rose belongs to………period.
( French)
10.Who said "Chaucer found his native tongue a dialect and left it a language"?
(Lowes)
11.Chaucer's epic poem Troilus and Criseyde is considered by some to be his best
work. Against what war is this tragic romance set?
(The Trojan War)

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12.Chaucer was strongly influenced by classical and early medieval writings and
even translated one into the English of his day. Which older work did he translate?
(The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius)
13.Who is the first poet of England to occupy the poet's corner?
(Chaucer)
14. Into how many periods can we divide Chaucer's works?
(Three- French, English and Italian)
15.Who called "Chaucer as perpetual fountain of good sense, learned in all sciences"?
(Dryden)
16.The device Chaucer employs in The Canterbury Tales of many characters
gathered together, each telling stories, was used by an Italian author in a work
probably begun sometime in the late 1340's. Who was this Italian poet?
(Dante Alighieri)
17.Who, according to Mathew Arnold, lacks high seriousness?
(Geoffrey Chaucer)
18.Which Chaucerian text paraodies Dante's The Divine Comedy?
The House of Fame)
19.How many legends of good women could Chaucer complete in his The Legend of
Good Women? (9)
20.Who calls Chaucer as "a well of the English undefiled"?
( Spenser)
21.Who has been called as the "The Morning Star of Renaissance"?
(Chaucer)
22."The Peasants Revolt" of 1381 was suppressed by..........
(Richard II)
23.When, in Chaucer's career, was The Book of the Duchess published?
It was the first long work he published, sometime around 1372.
24.Chaucer's long poem The Book of the Duchess had another name, which
was……………………….
(The Dreame of Chaucer)

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39.What colour is the knight wearing when the dreamer first encounters him?
(Black)
40.What kind of poetry is the "complaint" or "compleynt" in Middle English?
(Lyric poetry)
41.What game does the Black Knight play with Fortune?
(Chess)
42.Where does the narrator in The Book of the Duchess find the Black Knight?
(In a flower-filled meadow)
43.What fundamental thing does the narrator not understand about the Black Knight's
story?
(That the Lady White has died)
44.How does the Black Knight describe his lady?
(From the head down)
45.What does Lady Fortune spin?
(Her wheel)
46.What is one of the sources for Chaucer's reference to Lady Fortune?
(Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy)
47.What is shown in the stained glass of the narrator's dream chamber?
(The Trojan War)
Edmund Spenser -Prothalamion
1. Who is called the poet‟s poet?
(Spenser)
2. Who called Spenser the poet‟s poet?
(Charles Lamb)
3. Who is the prince of poets in his time?
(Spenser)
4. What is the specialty of the phrase prince of poets in his time?
(The Inscription of the Grave Stone)
5. Which is the second wedding song of Spenser?
(Prothalamion)

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Edmund Spenser - Epithalamion

1. Which royal dynasty Edmund Spenser celebrates in his epic poem The Fa1erie
Queene?
(Tudor Dynasty)
2. To whom did the poet address his sonnet sequence Amoretti?
(Elizabeth Boyle)
3. What is the rhyme scheme of the Spenserian Stanza?
(ab ab bc bcc)
4. What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene?
(Allegory)
5. To whom Edmund Spenser dedicated the work The Faerie Queene?
(Queen Elizabeth)
6. Under which pseudonym the work The Shepheardes Calender was published in 1579?
(Immerito)
7. To whom did Edmund Spenser dedicate his work The Shepheardes Calender?
( Sir Philip Sidney)
8. In which work of Edmund Spenser the Ape and the Fox serve to satirize the customs
of the court?
(Mother Hubberd's Tale)
9. Name the castle where Spenser lived and finished the first three books of Fairy Queen.
(Kilcolman)
10.Who wrote the introductory Sonnet to Spencer's Fairy Queene?
(Sir Walter Raleigh)
11.Which poem of Spenser was praised by Coleridge for its "Swan-Like Movement"?
(Prothalamion)
12.Spenser's Astrophel-is an pastoral elegy on the death of......
(Sidney)
13.In the complete plan of the Allegory in the Faerie Queene, Spenser designed to have
twelve books in it, but he had completed only........ books.
(6)

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Sir Thomas Wyatt -Remembrance

1."With naked foot stalking in my chamber" What does the phrase "naked foot" suggest?
(vulnerability)
2.Who is the poem “Remembrance” attributed to?
(Sir Thomas Wyatt)
3. What is the central theme of the poem "They Flee from Me"?
(Love and rejection)
4. What is the speaker's attitude towards the women who flee from him?
(Bitter and resentful)
5. What is the poem's tone?
(Melancholic and introspective)
6. What is the poem's structure?
(Ballad)
7."I have seen them gentle, tame, and meek"
What does the speaker mean by "gentle, tame, and meek"?
(submissive and obedient)
9."That sometime did me seek with a naked foot"
What does the phrase "with a naked foot" suggest?
(vulnerability)
10."But now they flee from me, and will not stay"
What does the speaker mean by "will not stay"?
(The women will not stay with the speaker)
11."Ah, cruel fate, that they should flee from me"
What does the speaker mean by "cruel fate"?
(misfortune)
12."That sometime did me seek, and now they flee"
What does the speaker mean by "sometime did me seek"?
(the speaker's attention)

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13."With naked foot stalking in my chamber"

What does the phrase "stalking in my chamber" suggest?
(sneaking around the speaker's room)
14.What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
(AABB CCDD EEFF GG)
15.What is the poem's meter?
(Iambic pentameter)
16.What is the speaker's complaint against the women who flee from him?
(unfaithful and disloyal)
17.What is the poem's use of imagery?
(Vivid and detailed
18.What is the poem's use of metaphor?
(Limited and subtle)
19.What is the speaker's emotional state in the poem?
(Sad and melancholic)
20.What is the poem's historical context?
(The Renaissance)
21.Who is the poem's intended audience?
(The women)
22.What is the poem's language style?
(Formal and ornate)
23.What is the poem's use of alliteration?
(Limited and subtle)
24.What is the poem's structure in terms of stanzas?
(3 stanzas)
25.What is the poem's use of personification?
(Limited and subtle)

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26.What is the speaker's attitude towards love?

(Cynical and disillusioned)
27.What is the poem's use of symbolism?
(Limited and subtle)
28.What is the poem's tone towards the end?
(Resigned and accepting)
29."They flee from me that sometime did me seek"
What does the speaker mean by "They flee from me"?
(rejecting)
Bacon -Essays Of Truth, Of Friendship, Of Studies, Of Adversity, Of
Revenge and Of Ambition
OF TRUTH
1. Bacon‟s Essays were written in -----------------
(1597)
2. Bacon treats an essay as -----------
(Dispersed meditation)
3. “An essay is a compendium of certain brief notes set down rather significantly than
curiously” – True or False
(True)
4. The Essays are thrown more as --------------- to the readers
(Food for thought)
5. Bacon „s Essays are less dissertation to the intellectuals – True or False
(True)
6. Who showed any person on the Earth can be portrayed as the hero of tragedy?
(Shakespeare)
7. Who proved that any subject under the sun can be treated as a subject for an essay?
(Bacan)

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Sir Philip Sydney -An Apologie for Poetrie

1. Who was the friend of Sidney at Oxford?
(Fulke Greville)
2. Who is the friend till the death of Sidney?
(Dyer)
3. Sidney was a great patron of poets – Yes or No?
(Yes)
4. Which work of Sidney was written to beguile a momentary exile from court and to
please his sister?
(Arcadia, 1580)
5. Who is the sister of Sidney?
(The Countess of Pembrooke)
6. Which is the sonnet sequence by Sidney?
(Astrophel and Stella)
7. An Apologie is written in -------------
(1582)
8. An Apologie was published in ---------
(1595)
9. An Apologie is a landmark in the history of English criticism – True or False?
(True)
10. An Apologie was occasioned by a puritan pamphlet --------
(The School of Abuse by Stephen Gosson)
11.An Apologie is spirited defence of poetry against ----------
(Contemporary attacks)
12.An Apologie is the first important theoretical text in English Literary Criticism – Yes
or No?
(Yes)

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81.Why is English superior to other European Language?

(Capable of 3 kinds of rhyme)
82.Which has a divine music?
(Poetry)
83.Which confers immortality?
(Poetry)
The Bible -The Book of Job
1. The Book of Job is part of --------
(Old Testament of the Bible)
2. The Book of Job is one of the five poetical books of the Bible - True or False?
(True)
3. What are the other four poetical books of the Bible?
(Psalms, Proverbs, Eecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon)
4. In the Book of Job the most sublime treatment of the great mystery of human
suffering is given – True or False?
(True)
5. The most of the book is a kind of --------
(Dialogue)
6. The form of the book is --------
(Poetic Drama)
7. The book discuses ------
(Tragedy of human suffering)
8. The book gas ----------- parts
(3)
9. What are the three parts of the book?
a) The Prologue
b) The Poem Proper
c) The Epilogue

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61.Who is the Redeemer?

(The Almighty)
62.The Book of Job is the universal book because it speaks to the universal need, the
agony of the human heart – True or False?
(True)

Christopher Marlowe -Dr. Faustus

1. Marlowe is a great predecessor of --------
(Shakespeare)
2. Marlowe was the son of ----------
(Shoe maker)
3. Marlowe is a member of ----------
(Lard Admirals Company of players)
4. Which is the matures of Marlowe‟s plays?
(Edward - II)
5. Which is the weakest of Marlowe‟s plays?
(The Massacre of Paris)
6. Which play of Marlowe was finished by Nash?
(The Tragedy of Dedo)
7. Marlowe was more a poet than a dramatist – True or False?
(True)
8. What is the unfinished work of Marlowe?
(Hero and Leander)
9. Which poem of Marlowe is claimed to be the greatest as well as the most influential
of Elizabethan poems?
(Hero & Leander)
10.Which line of Marlowe is quoted by Shakespeare in As You Like It?
(“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight”
11.Marlowe died in ----------

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Thomas Kyd -The Spanish Tragedy

1. Thomas Kyd is a seminal force in ---------
(Elizabethan Drama)
2. Kyd is a father of -------
(Revenge play)
3. Kyd introduced ---------- and ----------- to the English Stage.
(Classical rhetoric and blank verse)
4. Which plays of Kyd were the most popular and influential of Elizabethan plays?
a) First part of Hieronimo
b) The Spanish Tragedy
5. The Spanish Tragedy was adopted in -------- and --------- versions.
(German, Dutch)
6. Kyd adopted the academic ------------ to the popular theatre.
(Senecan tragedy)
7. Kyd is the first great English master of ------
(Melodrama)
8. Which play of Kyd was a translation?
(Cornelia)
9. Which plays of Kyd is of doubtful authorship?
(Hamlet)
10.Which is the only typical play of Thomas Kyd?
(The Spanish Tragedy)
11.Which play of Thomas Kyd makes a turning point in a history of tragedy?
(The Spanish Tragedy)
12.It is clear from The Spanish Tragedy that Shakespeare was deeply indebted to Kyd –
True or False?
(True)

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82.Hieronimo‟s madness can be compared with that of ---------------

(Hamlet)
Ben Jonson -Every Man in His Humour
1.Who wrote the play "Every Man in His Humour"?
(Ben Jonson)
2.What is the main theme of the play?
(Human nature and humor)
3.Which character is known for his extreme pride and arrogance?
(Kitely)
4.Who is the protagonist of the play?
(Edward Knowell)
5.What is the name of Kitely's wife?
(Dame Kitely)
6.Who is the clever and witty servant in the play?
(Brainworm)
7.What is the name of the tavern where many of the characters meet?
(The Mermaid
8.Who is the foolish and gullible character in the play?
(Matthew)
9.What is the name of Edward Knowell's father?
(Knowell)
10.Who is the character that is obsessed with his own honor and reputation?
(Kitely)
11.What is the main conflict of the play?
(A clash between different personalities and humors)
12.Who is the character that is known for his hot temper and quick anger?
(Downright)

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LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS AND PEDAGOGY
CONTENTS TOPICS
Indo– European Family and the Place of English
language Old, Middle and Modern English Growth of
History of English Vocabulary from various Foreign Languages, Change in
Language and its Growth Meaning, Influence of The Bible, Shakespeare, Milton
and Dr. Johnson Characteristics of Modern English,
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 Second Language Acquisition
English Language Teaching  Designing Syllabus
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 Materials Production
 Language Testing and Evaluation
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(a) Syntax (b) Semantics
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2. Which is a direct means of communication?

(a) Gesture
(b) Sneeze
(c) Blinking
(d) Hearing
3. Who among the following gave the concepts of ‘Langue’
and ‘Parole’?
(a) Chomsky
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Stephen Greenblatt
(d) Saussure
4. What do you mean by ‘Phoneme’?
(a) It is the biggest unit of sound
(b) It is the smallest unit of sound
(c) It is the loudest level of sound
(d) All of the above
5. In which of the following methods we move from specific situations/rules
to general situations?
(a) Inductive method
(b) Deductive method
(c) Drill method
(d) Discussion method

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6. In which of the following methods does a teacher makes the student

repeat the things so they can learn it?
(a) Discussion method
(b) Drill method
(c) Inductive method
(d) Deductive method
7. Language acquisition occurs only when
(a) The child is given a reward
(b) The child has exposure to the language
(c) The child absorbs the language without conscious attention
(d) The child is taught the rules of grammar
8. The written and spoken language as experienced in everyday life/utterance
in a particular language is referred to as……………….
(a) Pidgin
(b) Creole
(c) Langue
(d) Parole
9. Synchrony is the study of the language
(a) In a given time
(b) Through time
(c) Related to past
(d) Related to future

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10. Which of the following refers to the concept of Diachrony according to

Saussure?
(a) Considers the development and evolution of a language through history
b) Studies language in a given time
(c) Aims at describing a language at a specific point in time
(d) Studies language related to past
11. Which of the following is similar to Chomsky’s concept of competence
and performance?
(a) Dialect and Idiolect
(b) Langue and Parole
(c) Synchrony and Diachrony
(d) Pidgin and Creole
12. The full form of IELTS is……………….
(a) International English Language Testing System
(b) Indian English Language Testing System
(c) International English Learning Testing System
(d) International English Language Testing Scheme
13. Interactive listening refers to…………..
(a) Listening for fun
(b) Listening for curiosity
(c) Listening and responding
(d) Listening to learn moral lessons

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14. The full form for CALL is………………

(a) Computer and language learning
(b) Computer-assisted language learning
(c) Camera assisted language learning
(d) Computer-assisted literature learning
15. What do you mean by Morphemes?
(a) Unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another in a particular
language
(b) The patterns of sounds in a language
(c) Smallest units of meaning in a language
(d) Structure of sentences
16. A grammatically simplified form of a language, typically English, Dutch
or Portuguese, some elements of which are taken from local languages, used
for communication between people not sharing a common language refers to:
(a) Creole
(b) Idiolect
(c) Pidgin
(d) Parole
17. The speech habits peculiar to a particular person is called
(a) Creole
(b) Heteroglossia
(c) Competence
(d) Idiolect

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18. The field of study concerned with the construction of thought processes,
including remembering, decision making, problem solving is called
(a) Pedagogy
(b) Education
(c) Epistemology
(d) Cognitive Development
19.Which of the following deals with the production of sounds by the organs
of speech?
(a) Phonology
(b) Articulatory phonetics
(c) Auditory phonetics
(d) Acoustic phonetics
20. Morphology is the grammar of
(a) Words
(b) Phrases
(c) Clauses
(d) Sentences
21. Allophones are positional variants of
(a) Phonemes
(b) Morphemes
(c) Syllable
(d) Consonant cluster

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22. According to Saussure, langue is the abstract system of language and

parole is its
(a) Substitute
(b) Manifestation
(c) Opposite
(d) Another branch
23. This method does not use any written material like textbooks, etc. It’s a
teaching based on conversations. Name the method.
(a) Communicative Language Teaching
(b) Dogme Language Teaching
(c) Drill method
(d) Computer-assisted language learning
24. A teacher prepares the students with answers to various questions like
what’s your name/ what’s your father’s name, etc. In this method, the
students are habitual of such questions. Name the method.
(a) Expansion drill
(b) Transformational drill
(c) Mechanical drill
(d) Chain drill
25. The full form of TESOL is………………..
(a) Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Language
(b) Teaching of English to Speakers of One Language
(c) Teaching of English to Speakers of Ordinary Language
(d) Teaching of English to Speakers of Language

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26. Who among the following developed the theory of language learning and
acquisition?
(a) Noam Chomsky
(b) Stephen Krashen
(c) N. S. Prabhu
(d) Saussure
27. A teacher teaches the student how to pronounce words. Name the drill
method used by the teacher.
(a) Call and Response drill
(b) Repetition drill
(c) Chain drill
(d) Communicative drill
28. This is a theory in the field of translation studies. It employs the prime
principle of a purposeful action that determines a translation strategy. Name
the theory.
(a) Tata theory
(b) Skopos theory
(c) Translation theory
(d) Language learning and Acquisition Theory
29. It is one of the methods to teach grammar. It is used with learners who
have acquired some English. In this method, we move from particular to the
general. The teacher explains the rule first and then gives examples. Later, the
teacher helps learners to apply the rules by showing pictures, asking them to
do some tasks, etc. Name the method.
(a) Inductive method

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(b) Natural method

(c) Deductive method
(d) Dogme Language Teaching method
30. What does ‘Idioglossia’ means?
(a) It refers to the speech habits of a particular person and the individualized
style of speaking. It can refer to the way you speak, your gestures, or your
unique way while you speak.
(b) It refers to the language of small group/community/ friends. Along with
speech, it can use gestures/ expressions too.
(c) It refers to the language which has structural/ social meaning in society.
(d) It refers to the language spoken by mariners.
31. The concept of TBLL (TASK-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING) was
introduced by
(a) N. S. Prabhu
(b) Saussure
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Aijaz Ahmad
32. It is a response to the Direct method. This method focuses on the English
language need of the Indians. Learners in India need to read English, write it,
speak it, and comprehend it. Teachers lay more emphasis on the habit of
silent reading to improve reading comprehension skills. This method was
proposed by
(a) Stephen Krashen
(b) Dr West
(c) Noam Chomsky

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(d) Saussure
33. Epistemology is the study of
(a) Study of reality
(b) Study of knowledge
(c) Study of things exist in the social world and assumptions about the form
and nature of that social reality
(d) Study of inference
34. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Growth is a biological process
(b) Development is a quantitative process
(c) Education is a goal-oriented process
(d) Learning is a process of behavioural process
35. The best method to study the growth and development of a child is
(a) Psychoanalytic method
(b) Comparative method
(c) Developmental method
(d) Statistical method
36. Which is not a type of teleconferencing?
(a) Audio teleconferencing
(b) Video teleconferencing
(c) TV teleconferencing
(d) Computer teleconferencing
37. Arrange the four basic language skills in the correct order.
(a) Listening, Speaking, Reading Writing
(b) Speaking, Listening, Reading writing

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(c) Reading, Speaking, Listening, Writing

(d) Listening, Writing, Reading, Speaking
38. What does ‘Code Switching’ in language means?
(a) When the speaker alternates between four languages
(b) When the speaker speaks Hindi and English both
(c) When a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language
varieties, in the context of a single conversation
(d) When the speaker alternates between two or more languages only for
official purposes
39. Who gave the concept of ‘Tabula Rasa’?
(a) David Hume
(b) Thomas Hobbes
(c) John Locke
(d) J. E. Moore
40. Which theory puts forth that language was borne of the human need to
express music, poetry and love?
(a) Pooh-Pooh theory
(b) Tata Theory
(c) La-La theory
(d) Yo-He-Ho theory
41. Which among the following refers to the concept of ‘Signifier’ as given
by Saussure?
(a) Concept/meaning of a thing
(b) The sound associated with or image of something
(c) Symbols

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(d) Interpretation of things

42. According to this theory, a child learns language through the environment
around. It is not innate/ inherent at the time of birth. Name it.
(a) Language Acquisition Theory
(b) Behaviourism Theory
(c) Input Hypothesis
(d) Tata Theory
43. Which of the following involves leading a conversation towards a definite
objective?
(a) Analyzing
(b) Synthesizing
(c) Interpreting
(d) Critiquing
44. ___________ is a branch of linguistics that focuseson the production and
classification of the speech sounds.
(a) Phonemics
(b) Phonetics
(c) Semantic
(d) Sociolinguistics
45. SQRRR which is a reading comprehension method by Robinson means
(a) Survey, question, read, recite, and review
(b) Survey, question, review, read, recite
(c) Survey, question, recite, read, review
(d) Survey, question, read, recite, read

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46. Language change takes place ___________

(a) With the lapse of time
(b) According to the needs of society
(c) Due to expansion of business
(d) Due to personal issues
47. Chomsky proposed a revolutionary idea: We are all born with an innate
knowledge of grammar that servesas the basis for all language acquisition. In
other words, for humans, language is a basic instinct. This is known as
(a) Universal approach
(b) Universal ideas
(c) Universal Language
(d) Universal Grammar
48. Who gave the concept of the ‘three circles of English’ known as ‘Outer
circle’, ‘Inner circle’ and ‘Expanding circle’?
(a) Braj Kachru
(b) N. S. Prabhu
(c) Aijaz Ahmad
(d) Gayatri Spivak
49. Which is not true about projects?
(a) It is a purposeful activity
(b) It proceeds the social environment
(c) It is a learner-centred activity
(d) It is a teacher-centred activity

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50.Which of the following languages have evolved from Latin?

(a) Greek and Hebrew
(b) French and Italian
(c) English and Greek
(d) Italian and Greek

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