UGC-NET (NTA) Linguistics, June-2020Total Questions: 1001. Which one of the following are symbols that communicate or represent an idea, though the symbols may not picture the actual object?A. IdeolectB. AlphabetC. PhonogramD. IdeogramCorrect Answer: A. Ideolect2. Which one of the following is NOT true for competence?A. It refers to the speaker's knowledge of the languageB. According to Chomsky, linguistics before generative grammar has been preoccupied with performance instead of competenceC. It refers to a system of rules which a speaker masters to be able to produce and understand an indefinite number of sentencesD. It is a non-idealized form of language, focussing on what is being saidCorrect Answer: B. According to Chomsky, linguistics before generative grammar has been preoccupied with performance instead of competence3. Which one of the given sets of verbs selects a 'pleonastic' subject?A. Rain; seem; appearB. Sleep; fall; dieC. Kill; hit; digD. Give; send; putCorrect Answer: C. Kill; hit; dig4. Which.of the following distinctive features can distinguish between four major classes of speech sounds, i.e., consonants, vowels, liquids & glides?A. Vocalic and ConsonantalB. Vocalic and SyllabicC. Obstruent and ContinuantD. Syllabic and ApproximateCorrect Answer: B. Vocalic and Syllabic5. Phonetic transcription implies:A. Narrow transcriptionB. Transcription based on articulatory/ acoustic/auditory propertiesC. Transcription of speech sounds irrespective of their function in a languageD. All of the aboveCorrect Answer: D. All of the above6. An Electropalatograph produces a continuous record of the articulatory process of certain speech sounds, which is useful for studying the:A. Place of articulation of consonant soundsB. Manner of articulation of consonant soundsC. Voice properties of consonant soundsD. Voice properties of vowel soundsCorrect Answer: B. Manner of articulation of consonant sounds7. In order to draw a vowel quadrilateral/vowel space:A. F is plotted on X axis and F, on Y axisB. F₂ is plotted on X axis and F on Y axisC. F₂ is plotted on Y axis and F₂ - F₁ on X axisD. F₁is plotted on Y axis and F₂ - F on X axisCorrect Answer: A. F is plotted on X axis and F, on Y axis8. From a Chomskyian perspective of first language acquisition:A. rules are learnt after being taught explicitlyB. rules are learnt consciously after learning them from the speech of othersC. rules are internalized consciously, after being taught by language teachersD. rules are internalized sub-consciously, after deriving them from the speech of othersCorrect Answer: C. rules are internalized consciously, after being taught by language teachers9. A language is a pro-drop language, if:A. It allows subject pronoun to dropB. It allows the indirect object pronoun to dropC. It allows the direct object pronoun to dropD. It allows the pronoun in a prepositional phrase to dropCorrect Answer: B. It allows the indirect object pronoun to drop10. In the X-bar diagram of the structure, 'The Book of Stories by O'Henry', 'The' is:A. Sister of N single barB. Sister of P double barC. Sister of N double barD. Sister of P Single barCorrect Answer: D. Sister of P Single barSubmit Quiz12345678910Next »
