Multiple Choice Questions

English Literature & Linguistics

Q: /f/, and /v/ are called
A) Plosives
B) Affricates
C) Fricatives
D) Trill
Q: The consonant /l/ is called
A) Sibilant
B) Lateral
C) Nasal
D) Semi-vowel
Q: How many nasal sounds are there in English language?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
Q: Semi-vowels are also known as
A) Approximants
B) Lateral
C) Sibilant
D) Trill
Q: The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called:
A) Semi-vowels
B) Laterals
C) Sibilant
D) Trill
Q: __ is a monosyllabic vowel combination of a diphthong and a weak vowel
A) Triaphthong
B) Triaphone
C) Triphthong
D) Triology
Q: According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can be classified into
A) Round vowels & unrounded vowels
B) Front vowels & back vowels
C) High vowels & low vowels
D) Tense vowels & lax vowels
Q: The classification of vowels into round vowels and unrounded vowels is based on
A) The position of the lips
B) The part of the tongue that is raised
C) The height to which the tongue is raised
D) All of the above
Q: The classification of vowels into front vowels, back vowels and central vowels is based on
A) The position of the lips
B) The part of the tongue that is raised
C) The height to which the tongue is raised
D) All of the above
Q: The classification of vowels into half-close vowels and half open vowels is based on
A) The position of the lips
B) The part of the tongue that is raised
C) The height to which the tongue is raised
D) All of the above
Q: Which among the following are bilabial plosive sounds in English
A) /p/ & /b/
B) /m/ & /v/
C) /t/ & /d/
D) /k/ & /g/
Q: Which among the following pairs are Alveolar plosives
A) /p/ & /b/
B) /m/ & /v/
C) /t/ & /d/
D) /k/ & /g/
Q: When we produce /tf/ & /dz/ affricates our lips are:
A) Closed
B) Come together
C) Rounded
D) N.O.T
Q: The plosive, fricatives and affricates combinely gives us how many consonants
A) Seventeen
B) Ten
C) Nineteen
D) Fifteen
Q: When fricatives are produced air escapes through a narrow passage & makes a _ sound
A) Vistle
B) Hissing
C) Musical
D) N.O.T
Q: Affricatives are begin as _ and ends as _
A) Fricative, plosive
B) Forti, Nasal
C) Nasal, Fortis
D) Plosive, fricative
Q: Which of the following is an affricate
A) /b/
B) /m/
C) /tf/
D) N.O.T
Q: Plosives are also called
A) Fricatives
B) Nasal
C) Dental
D) Stops
Q: When Nasal sounds produced __ is completely closed
A) Nasal cavity
B) Oral cavity
C) Glottis
D) A.O.T
Q: During the production of _ sounds, the airstream escaping around on the sides of the tongue
A) Nasal
B) Fricatives
C) Affricates
D) Lateral
Q: Which of the following pair is dental sounds
A) P, B
B) M, V
C) Th, D
D) A.O.T
Q: From /f/ and /v/ _ is a voiced labio-dental
A) /f/
B) /v/
C) (a) & (b)
D) N.O.T
Q: Space between vocal cords known as __
A) Vocal space
B) Nasal cavity
C) Glottis
D) N.O.T
Q: __ short vowel is called cup sounds
A) /ae/
B) /^/
C) /e/
D) /l/
Q: The number of long vowels in English is
A) 6
B) 8
C) 5
D) 9
Q: How long vowels are recognised
A) By dicritic
B) By length mark
C) B.O.T
D) N.O.T
Q: Diphthongs are produced by the combination of __ sounds
A) One vowel
B) Many vowel
C) Three Vowel
D) Two Vowel
Q: In the word 'beard' which diphthong is used
A) /ea/
B) /ua/
C) /ia/
D) /ei/
Q: Triphthongs are composed of
A) Five vowel
B) Two vowel
C) Three Vowel
D) N.O.T
Q: Audiotry phonetics is the study of
A) How sounds are heard
B) Assimilation
C) Production of sound
D) N.O.T
Q: There are __ short vowels in English
A) 9
B) 7
C) 8
D) 5

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