UGC-NET (NTA) Linguistics, June-2022

Total Questions: 100

41. "The market 'boomed' after the resurgence". In this sentence the word "boomed" is

(a) Primary Onomatopoeia
(b) Secondary Onomatopoeia
(c) Ideophone
(d) Sound symbolic expression
(e) Both ideophone and onomatopoeia
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (b) and (d) only

42. In the pre-machine learning phase of ArtificialIntelligence (AI), which of the followingprogramming languages were popularly used?

(a) Java
(b) Visual Basic
(c) Prolog
(d) Lisp
(e) Perl
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (c) and (d) only

43. Language revitalization involves

(a) Community mobilization
(b) Linguistic landscaping
(c) Language documentation
(d) Knowledge text generation
(e) Language standardization
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given belov:

Correct Answer: C. (c) and (d) only

44. Some of the demographic variables considered in sociolinguistic studies include

(a) Age
(b) Migration
(c) Gender
(d) Field
(e) Tenor
Choose the most appropriate answer from theoptions given below:

Correct Answer: B. (a) and (c) only

45. In Generative Phonology Paul Kiparskyintroduced two ordering relations. They are

(a) Underlying order
(b) Feeding order
(c) Bleeding order
(d) Endocentric order
(e) Co-ordinate order
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (b) and (c) only

46. Important rubrics of 'SPEAKING' are

(a) Gender
(b) Community
(c) Setting
(d) Motivation
(e) End
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (c) and (e) only

47. The sentence "The President could not ratify the treaty" can be labelled as

Correct Answer: C. (a) and (d) only

48. Proto Indo European (PIE) related excavations at Catal Huyuk in Turkey by James Mellart have found evidences of

(a) Hunting
(b) Fertility rites
(c) Mud bricks
(d) Trade
(e) Marriage ceremony
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (a), (b), (c) and (d) only

49. Difference between a dialect and a language is generally made on the grounds of

(a) Individual choice and community preferences
(b) Lexical database and phonological properties
(c) Socio-graphical location and linguistic features
(d) Public opinions and administrative decisions
(e) Historical records and ethnographic evidence
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (b) and (c) only

50. Paul Grice outlined four key categories or maxims of conversation. These are:

(a) Spatiality and dimension
(b) Quality and quantity
(c) Cohesion and coherence
(d) Relation and manner
(e) Information and representation
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (b) and (d) only