Exam Details

Subject applied linguistics
Paper
Exam / Course ma
Department
Organization central university
Position
Exam Date June, 2017
City, State telangana, hyderabad


Question Paper

1. Select the combination of numbers so that letters arranged accordingly will form a meaningful word.

V A R S T E
1 2 3 4 5 6









2. Choose one word out of the given alternatives, which cannot be formed from the letters of the word CONSULTATION.

CONSTANT

NATION

SALUTE

STATION

3. The letters of the word NUMKIPP are in disorder. If they are arranged in proper order, the name of a vegetable is formed. What is the last letter of the word so formed?









4. If you arrange the letters of the word NABMODINT, the name of a game is formed, what are the first and the last letters of the word so formed?

T

B,N



A,T

5. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the third, fifth, eighth and tenth letters of the word 'DISTRIBUTE', which of the following will be the third letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give X as the answer and if more than one such word can be made, give M as the answer.









6. How many are there in the following sequence which are immediately followed by 3 but not immediately preceded by 8953253855687335775365335738

Two

Three

Four

More than four

7. How many even numbers are there in the following sequence of numbers which are immediately followed by an odd number as well as immediately preceded by an even number? 86768932753422355228119

Three

Four

five

six

8. How many are there in the following number series which are exactly divisible by its immediately preceding and also divisible by immediately succeeding numbers? 824517284842282698454832843183









9. Rahul ranked ninth from the top and thirty eighth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?

45

46

47

48

10. In a row of 21 girls, when Monika was shifted by four places towards the right, she became 12th from the left end. What was her earlier position from the right end of the row?

9th

10th

11th

14th

11. In a row of boys, Sandip is seventh from the left and Madhu is twelfth from the right. If they interchange their positions, Sandip becomes twenty-second from the left. How many boys are there in the row?

19

31

33

None of these

12. Satish remembers that his brother's birthday is after fifteenth but before eighteenth of February whereas his sister, kajal remembers that her brother's birthday is after sixteenth but before nineteenth of February. On which day in February is Satish's brother's birthday?

16th

17th

18th

None of these

13. A bus for Hyderabad leaves every thirty minutes from a bus stand. An enquiry clerk told a passenger that the bus had already left ten minutes ago and the next bus will leave at 9.35 a.m. At what time did the enquiry clerk give this information to the passenger?

9.10 a.m.

8.55 a.m.

9.05 a.m.

9.15 a.m.

14. If the seventh day of a month is three days earlier than Friday, what day will it be on the nineteenth day of the month?

Sunday

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

15. If A means B means C means 'divided and D means 'multiplied then18A 12C6D2B5









16. Arrange the following in a meaningful sequence:

1. Consultation

2. Illness

3. Doctor

4. Treatment

5. Recovery









17. Arrange the following in a logical order:

1. Euphoria

2. Happiness

3. Ambivalence

4. Ecstasy

5. Pleasure









18. Arrange the following in a meaningful order, from specific to general:

1. Family

2. Community

3. Member

4. Locality

5. Country









19. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation among Languages, Telugu and Malayalam?

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20. Find the odd one out: 3,5,11,14,17,21

21

17

14

3

SECTION-B

Analytical Aptitude (20 Marks) Direction (question Find out the relationship between the first two words and choose the word from the given alternatives, which bears the same relationship to the third word, as the first two bear.

21. Man: Biography: Nation:

Leader

People

Geography

History

22. Meat: Vegetarian: Liquor

Insane

Introvert

Teetotaller

Foolish

23. Accommodation: Rent: Journey:

Expense

Octroi

Freight

Fare

24. Clock: Time ::Thermometer

Heat

Radiation

Energy

Temperature

25. Car: Garage: Aeroplane:

Port

Depot

Hangar

Harbour

Direction: (Question No. 26-30) Find the odd one out:

26.

Advance: Retreat

Cruel: Kind

joy: delight

Fresh: Stale

27.

Ignore: Notice

Condense: Expand

Chaos Peace

Create produce

28.

Blend: Mix

Allow: Prohibit

Assign: Allot

Vacant: Empty

29.

Abundance: Scarcity

Abduct: Kidnap

Mend Repair

Flaw Defect

30.

Farmer: Field

Warrior: Battlefield

Doctor: School

Sailor: Ship

Direction: (Question No. 31-35) In each of the following questions the first two words (given in italics) have a definite relationship. Choose one word out of the given four alternatives which will show the same relationship with the third word as between the first two.

31. Constitution is related to Amendment in the same way as Book is related to:

Errata

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgement

32. Exercise is related to Obesity in the same way as Water is related to?

Thirst

Alcohol

Drink

purity

33. Kilometre is related to Distance in the same way as Poundal is to?

Density

Acceleration

Momentum

Force

34. Truthfulness is related to Liar in the same way as Loyalty is related to?

Worker

Traitor

Diligent

Faithful

35. Tempest is related to Storm in the same way as Slim is related to?

Fat

Plump

Slender

Beautiful

Direction: The following questions consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words.

36. Liquor: Drink

Bread: Butter

Tea: Beverage

Snuff: Inhale

Water: Sip

37. Optimistic: Pessimistic

Difficult: Impossible

Study: Play

Tolerating: Disgusting

Export: Import

38. Spider: Web

Ink: Pen

Teacher: Student

Cock: Hen

Poet: Poetry

39. Tree: Branches

River: Tributaries

Stream: Delta

Continent: Island

Ocean: Seas

40. Calendar: Date

Time: Hour

City: Pincode

Transport: Bus

Dictionary: Word

Direction: choose the correct option to complete the sentence.

41. Is this a photo of your house? No, It's my

parents house

parent's house

parents' house

parents's house

42. You and Ram ate all of the ice cream by

yourselves

himself

themselves

yourself

43. The exam wasn't difficult, but exam room was really horrible.

himself

herself

myself

itself

44. The decrease profits is due to the bad market.

for

in

of

to

45. She wasn't aware his reaction to the problem.

in

of

to

with Direction: find out which of the following sentence is best in terms of punctuation?

46.

A few years ago, when I started running it was always at night time.

A few years ago when I started running, it was always at night time.

A few years ago when I started running it was always at night time.

A few years ago, when I started running, it was always at night time.

47.

Spain is a beautiful country; the beache's are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

Spain is a beautiful country: the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

Spain is a beautiful country, the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

Spain is a beautiful country; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean

48. We decided to visit: Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy's mountains.

We decided to visit Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italys mountains.

We decided to visit Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy's mountains.

We decided to visit Spain Greece Portugal and Italy's mountains.

Directions Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word gIVen.

49. FORMULATE

Frame

Apply

Contemplate

Regularize

50. TRANSITIONAL

Extreme

Intermediate

Revolutionary

Changed

51. ACCORDANCE

Conflict

Enmity

Quarrel

Agreement

Direction: identify the correctly spelt word from the following.

52.

1. Bouquete

2. Boquet

3. Bouquet

4. Bouquette









53.

1. Embarasment

2. Embarrasment

3. Embarassment

4. Embarrassment









54.

1. Inteligensia

2. Intelligensia

3. Inteligentsia

4. Intelligentsia









55.

1. Lauriate

2. Laurete

3. Lauriat

4. Laureate









Direction: read each sentence given below and find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any will be one of the parts of the sentence. If there is no error, the answer will be i.e. No error. (ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

56. The mother brought the chocolates and distributed them between her five children. No Error









57. They walked besides each other in complete silence. No Error









58. She was taken with surprise when she saw (3)the famous Taj Mahal. No Error









59. The present datas show that/ the death rate has fallen down. No Error









60. This news were broadcasted all over the world from ABC Radio. No Error










61. Which two of the following are official languages of Sri Lanka?

English and Sinhalese

English and Tamil

Sinhalese and Tamil

Sinhalese and Pali

62. 'Brahui' belongs to which language family?

Indo-Aryan

Austro-Asiatic

Dravidian

Sino-Tibetan

63. Where the language isolate 'Burushaski' is spoken?

South India

North East India

Sri Lanka

North Pakistan

64. Which one of the following languages is not spoken in Andaman Nicobar?

Andamanese

Nicobarese

Tulu

None of the above

65. Which of the following languages are widely spoken in Dadra Nagar Haveli?

English

Gujarati

Marathi

Both and

Both and

Only

All the above

66. is the name of

a Script

a Dialect

an Endangered language

a Language Isolate

67. Ashokan inscriptions were wri.tten in

Devanagari

Brahmi

Gurumukhi

Nastaleeq

68. The primary scripture of Sikhism, Guru Granth Sahib is written in

Devanagari

Brahmi

Gurumukhi

Nastaleeq

69. Nepali is a/an language.

Sino Tibetan

Indo-Aryan

Austro-Asiatic

Dravidian

70. Pashto and Dari are the official languages of

Pakistan

Maldives

Bhutan

Afghanistan

71. Which one of the following language families English belongs to?

Celtic

Germanic

Italic

Hellenic

72. Bodo is written in Script.

Devanagari

Brahmi

Gurumukhi

Nastaleeq

73. France, Hungary, Turkey, and Brazil are predominantly

Monolingual

Bilingual

Multilingual

None of the above

74. UNESCO defines six levels of language endangerment from "safe" to "extinct". Arrange the six levels properly from safe to extinct.

Safe, Vulnerable, Definitely endangered, severely endangered, critically endangered, extinct .

Safe, vulnerable, Severely endangered, definItely endangered, critically endangered, extinct

Safe, vulnerable, severely endangered, critically endangered, definitely endangered, extinct

Safe, definitely endangered, severely endangered, critically endangered, Vulnerable, extinct

75. Santali, Mundari, Kharia and Juang are languages.

Indo-Aryan

Dravidian

Sino Tibetan

Austro-Asiatic

76. Which one of the following is not true about Swahili?

It is a Bantu language

It is also known asKiswahili

It is spoken in South India

It is the first language of Swahili people

77. The word order of the majority of the world's languages is/are....

VSO

OSV

SOY

either SVO or SOV

78. The word order of Hindi is predominantly

VSO

SVO

SOY

OSV

79. Which of the following is not a variety of Hindi?

Kanauji

Awadhi

Bundeli

Kurukh

80. Dogri, an Indo Aryan language is widely spoken in

Maharashtra

Gujrat

Jammu and Kashmir

Rajasthan

Direction: Consider the following data from a hypothetical language 'Chi-Lingo' and then answer the questions that follow: (Questions 81 to 90)

1. Chupano uncle'

2. Chupanoge uncles'

3. chinokpano 'your uncle'

4. chintopano 'his uncle'

5. panonipukano 'uncle's book'

6. chudorlo friend'

7. chinodarlo 'your friend'

8. Chinodarloge 'your friends'

9. chintodarlo 'his friend'

10. chupukano book'

11. chinopukano 'your book'

12. chintopukano 'his book'

13. chintopukanoge 'his friends'

14 chupanonidarlo uncle's friend'

81. In Chi-Lingo the word for uncle is

pano

upano

hupano

panoge

82. In Chi-Lingo, the word for book is

upukano

ipukano

Pukanoge

pukano

83. In Chi-Lingo, the word for friend IS

darloge

darlo

nidarlo

nodarlo

84. In Chi-Lingo, the word for uncles is

upano

hupano

panoge

panoni

85. If the word meaning "table" is thrango, then the word, my table, is

chinithrango

chuthrango

chintothrango

chuthrangoge

86. In Chi-Lingo, the corresponding word for "your books" is

chonopukanoge

chonopukano

chinopukano

chinopukanoge

87. Translate the Chi-Lingo word, chintodarlonipukano into English.

your friends' book

my friend's book

his friends book

your friend's book

88. Translate the Chi-Lingo word, chudarlonipano English.

my friend

my friends

my friend's uncle

my uncle's friend

89. In Chi-Lingo the word "his" is

chinto

chintopa

chintodo

chino

90. How would you translate "his uncle's friends" In Chi-Lingo.

chintopanonidarlo

chintopanonidarloge

chintopanodarloge

chintodarlonipanoge

Direction: Consider the following data from a hypothetical language 'Alingua' and then answer the questions that follow: (Questions 91 to 100)

1. titoartino 'they call' 10 higolattoto "he touches"

2. manilatto touch' 11 higoillghato "He will buy"

3. titoamose 'they love' 12 tigoamoseto "she loves"

4. manidinosa live' 13 tigomarlito "she playes"

5. titomarli 'they play' 14 tigoiUdinosa "she will live"

6. manighato buy' 15 higodinosaiga"he lived"

7. manisonta watch' 16 manighatoiga "I bought"

8. titolatto 'they touch' 17 dasosontaiga "you watched"

9. higomarlito playes 18 dasoillartino "she will call"

91. In Alingua the word for "buy" is

ighato

ghato

ghatoiga

nighato .

92. In Alingua the word for "they" is

titoa

titoma

tito

titola

93. How would you translate "she watched" in Alingua?

titosontaiga

titosonta

tigosontaiga

tigosonta

94. How would you translate "He will play" in Alingua?

tigomarli

marlitigo

higomarli

higoillmarli

95. How would you translated "I touched" in

manilattoiga

manilatto

titolatto

higolattoiga

96. How would you translate "maniillartino" in English? He will play

I will play

I called

I played

I will call

97. How would you translate "tigotattoiga" in English?

She touched

They touched

He touched

They watched

98. How would you translate "titoillamose" in English? They will love

They will buy

They loved

They will love

They bought

99. In Alingua the word for "love" is

oamose

amose

moseto

amoseto

100. In Alingua the word for "watch" is

nisonta

sontaiga

sonta

sontaill


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  • anthropology
  • applied linguistics
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  • comparative literature
  • economics
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