English Language - Questions & Answers for Competitive Exams | GkSeries

1. The first thing to realise is that language is primarily spoken and not _______

• [A] written
• [B] drawn
• [C] Sketch
• [D] Thought

Answer: Option [A]

2. Language is _______, not Static.

• [A] primary
• [B] evolutionary
• [C] tertiary
• [D] secondary

Answer: Option [B]

3. _______ is a system that contains sounds and alphabets.

• [A] Linguistics
• [B] Speech
• [C] Language
• [D] None of the above

Answer: Option [C]

4. Which animal sounds bow-wow?

• [A] cow
• [B] goat
• [C] dog
• [A] all of the above

Answer: Option [C]

5. The Latin word for Pebble is __________

• [A] Calculus
• [B] Calculate
• [C] Calculator
• [D] None of the above

Answer: Option [A]

6. _______ language was spoken about 3000-3500 years B.C

• [A] Indo Germanic
• [B] Indo European
• [C] Danish
• [D] None of the above

Answer: Option [B]

7. The gradation process presents the change in the vowel sound of the __________.

• [A] Adjective
• [B] Pronoun
• [C] Verb
• [D] Noun

Answer: Option [C]

8. _______ of the English language distinguish three main stages in its developement.

• [A] Historians
• [B] Europeans
• [C] Europeans
• [D] Foreigners

Answer: Option [A]

9. The Norman Invasion Conquest was in the year _______

• [A] 1066
• [B] 1088
• [C] 1089
• [D] 1100

Answer: Option [A]

10. Give the past tense for the word :Drive

• [A] Drove
• [B] Driven
• [C] Drive
• [D] Derive

Answer: Option [A]

11. The Anglo-Saxon verb erian means ___________.

• [A] Plough
• [B] Pluck
• [C] Produce
• [D] Roll

Answer: Option [A]

12. Anglo-Saxon is otherwise called as _______

• [A] New English
• [B] British English
• [C] Old English
• [D] Middle English

Answer: Option [C]