UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS-JUNE, 2012 M.A., APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 100
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Section A -Aptitude for Language
Part Identify the odd one from the words given under each group:
1.
A.language B. tongue C. speech D. word

2.
A. cornea B. retina C. vision D. pupil

3.
A. noun B. preposition C. punctuation D. adverb

4.
A. unimportant B. familiar C. insignificant D. trivial

5.
A.run B. walk C.limp D. move


Part II: Find the statement that must be true according to the given information.
6. Nirmala is twelve years old. For three years, she has been asking her parents for a dog. Her parents have told her that they believe a dog would not be happy in an apartment, but they have given her permission to have a bird. Erin has not yet decided what kind of bird she would like to have.
A. Nirmala's parents like birds better than they like dogs.
B. Nirmala does not like birds.
C. Nirmala and her parents live in an apartment.
D. Nirmala and her parents would like to move.
7. When they heard the news of the hurricane, Maya and Julian decided to change their vacation plans. Instead of travelling to the island beach resort, they booked a room ata fancy new spa in the mountains. Their plans were a bit more expensive, but they had heard wonderful things about the spa and they were relieved to find availability on such shott notice.
A.· Maya and Julian take beach vacations every year.
B. The spa is over-priced.
C. It is usually necessary to book at least six months in advance at the spa.
D. Maya and Julian decided to change their vacation plans because of the hurricane.
8. Ten new television shows appeared during the month of September. Five of the shows were sitcoms, three were hour-long dramas, and two were news-magazine shows. By January, only seven ofthese new shows were still on the air. Five ofthe shows that remained were sitcoms.
A. Only one of the news-magazine shows remained on the air.
B. Only one of the hour-long dramas remained on the air.
C. At least one of the shows that was cancelled was an hour-long drama.
D. Television viewers prefer sitcoms over hour-long dramas.

9. On weekends, Mr. Kumar spends many hours working in his vegetable and flower gardens. Mrs. Kumar spends her free time reading and listening to classical music. Both Mr. Kumar and Mrs. Kumar like to cook.
A. Mr. Kumar enjoys planting and growing vegetables.
B. Mr. Kumar does not like classical music.
C. Mrs. Kumar cooks the vegetables that Mr. Kumar grows.
D. Mrs. Kumar enjoys reading nineteenth century novels.
10. Sara lives in a large city on the East Coast. Her younger cousin Marlee lives in the Mid-west in a small town with fewer than 1,000 residents. MarIee has visited Sara several times during the past five years. In the same period oftime, Sara has visited Marlee only once.
A. Marlee likes Sara better than Sara likes MarIee.
B. Sara thinks small towns are boring.
C. Sara is older than MarIee.
D..Marlee wants to move to the East Coast.


Part III: Miscellaneous
11. Group the given figures into three classes where members ofeach class share at least one feature. Condition: each figure shall be used only once.

B.
D.

12. Identify the word that cannot be used to fill in the following sentence: Due to the background nothing can be heared.
A. vOIce B. audio C.phone D. noise
13. Find the correctly spelt word.
A. bouquete B. bouquette C. bouquet D. boqquet
14. Which ofthe following has a grammatical error in it?
A. If! had known. B. This is yesterday.
C. I will have helped him. D. When did you go?


15. Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the given sentence meaningfully complete:
I saw a ofcows in the field.

A. group B. herd C. swarm D. flock
16. The meaning ofthe idiom cry wolf' is
A. to listen eagerly B. to give false alarm
C. to tum pale D. to keep off starvation
17. Rearrange the following words to make a meaningful sentence.
1. at 2. it 3. take 4. once 5. Away

A. 23514 B. 14352 C.32514
D.53214

18. The in the words 'inadequate' represents
A. preposition B. negation C. passivisation D. adjectivilizer
19. The word 'pickle' has
A. 6 letters, 4 sounds B. 4 letters, 6 sounds
C. 6 letters, 6 sounds D. 6 letters, 5 sounds
20. Identify the part of speech ofthe word tall In the sentence John is tall:
A. verb B. adjective C. adverb D. noun
Section General Knowledge of World Languages

21. Approximately, how many languages are spoken all over the world?
A. 6,000 B.9,000 C.4,000 D.l,OOO
22. Approximately, how many people speak the Chinese language?
A. 1 billion B. 1 million C.llakh D. 1 thousand
23. Identify the most popular mother tongue in the world.
A. Hindi B. Russian C. English D. Mandarin

24. The word English has sounds.
A. 7 B.6 C.5 0.4
25. is not a Classical language of India.
A. Telugu B. Sanskrit C. Tamil D. Punjabi
26. Which book has been printed in the maximum number of languages?
A. the Bible B. Hiraka Sutra
C. the Super Book O. the Koran
27. The only religious book ever printed in a shorthand script is
A. the Ramayana B. the Mahabharata
C. the Bible D. Guru Granth Sahib
28. The oldest printed work in the world, which dates back to AD 868, is
A. the Bible B. the Hiraka Sutra
C. the Rainayana D. the Mahabharata
29. Esperanto is
A. anArgot B. trade language
C. an artificial language D. formal language
30. is the special name for playground of
A. cricket B. lawn tennis C. wrestling D. skating
31. A Creole is a/an
A. natural language B. artificial language
C. computer language D. trade language
32. Sounds in a language are generally classified into
A. vowels and consonants B. monophthongs and diphthongs
C. clusters and geminates D. sspirated and unaspirated
33. Etymology means
A. study of word formation B. the correct usage of a word
C. the origin and history of a word D. the scientific study of language

34. Hyponyms are
A. words having similar sense
B. words where the sense of one is included in the sense ofanother
C. words whose meanings are unrelated
D. words with similar pronunciation and spelling

35. In human history
A. writing appeared before speech
B. speech appeared before writing
C. speech and writing appeared together
D. various places had various sequences of speech and writing

36. The katakana is a script used in
A. Japanese B. Chinese C. Vietnamese D. Korean

37. Which ofthe following is a Semitic language?
A. Persian B. Turkish ·C. Arabic D. Urdu

38. Which ofthe following is not a human language?
A. Burushasky B. Basque C. Algonquian D. Jawa

39. English, Hindi, Russian and Greek
A. are genetically related
B. have extensively borrowed from each other
C. are ancient languages
D. military languages ofthe region

40. The number ofsyllables in the word 'behaviouristic' is
A. four B. five C. six D. seven
Section C -Knowledge of Indian Languages

41. Which ofthe following is not a Schedule language?
A. Bengali B. Bodo C. Malayalam D. Tenyidie

42. is not a Dravidian languages.
A. Brahui B.Kurux C. Toda D. Billi
43. Most Indian languages have the word order
A. verb-subject-object B. subject-verb-object
C. subject-obJect-verb D. object-verb-subject
44. The writing system ofTelugu, a Dravidian language is
A. alphabetic B. syllabic C. logographic D. iconic
45. Romanis in Europe speak a language.
A. Indo-Aryan B. Tibeto-Burman C. Dravidian D. Munda
46. Which ofthe following is a feature ofTibeto-Burman languages?
A. preposition B. verb-initial C. tonal D. all of the above
47. In the construction of inflected forms, Proto-Dravidian used only
A. suffixes B. infixes C. prefixes D. simulfixes
48. Which one ofthe following languages has a dual marker?
A. Kashmiri B. Telugu C.Assamese D. Sanskrit
49. Verb PNG markers is a feature of
A. Dravidian languages B. Tibeto-Burman languages
C. Indo-Aryan languages D. All ofthe above
50. Which feature does Kashmiri language exhibit?
A. verb-final B. verb-medial
C. verb-initial D. all of the above
51. Reflexive tan is associated with
A. Malayalam B. Marathi C. Maithili D.Oriya
52. DaM in Hindi is
A. masculine B. feminine· C. neuter D. first two 53. Which language is said to be a relexified Dravidian language?


A. Gujarati B. Marathi C. Sindhi D. Konkani
54. Which one ofthe following is genetically unrelated to the remaining?
A. Oriya B. Marathi C.Assamese D. Mizo

55. Which one is not genetically related to the remaining?
A. Maithili B. Sanskrit C. Kashmiri D. Telugu

56. Paninian grammar was written for
A. Prakrit B. Pali C. Sanskrit D. Apabhramsha
A. honorific pronouns B. non-honorific pronouns
C. both A and B D. none ofthe above

58. The original script of Kashmiri was
A. Sharada B. Devnagari C. Brahmi D. Persian

59. Kumaoni and Garhwali are dialects of
A. Hindi B. Punjabi C. Telugu D. Marathi

60. Kokborok is a tribal language spoken in
A. Assam B. Tripura C. Nagaland D. Andhra Pradesh
Section D -General Knowledge on Indian

61. How many language families are generally held to be there in India?
A. four B. five C. six D. seven
62. Which script is used for Hindi?
A. romani B. nandinagari C. Brahmi D. Devnagari


63. How many languages are listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution?

A.27 B. 21 C.22 D.24
64. Which is the most populous language family ofIndia?
A. Dravidian B. Indo-Aryan C. Tibeto-Burman D. Austro-Asiatic
65.
The four languages viz. Bodo, Maithili, Dogri and Santhali were added to the Eighth Schedule ofthe Indian Constitution in the year

A.2003 B.2004 C.2001 D.2009

66.
Which language family does the Munda group belong to?

A. Austro-Asiatic B. Indo-European
C. Sino-Tibetan D. Austro-Asiatic

67.
Most ancient inscriptions in Indian are found in

A. Tamil B. Telugu C. Sanskrit D. Prakrit

68.
The author of the Sanskrit grammatical treatise Ashtadhyayi was

A. VaSiShtha B. Valmiki C. Patanjali D. Panini

69.
Which of the following is a Tibeto-Burman language?

A. Khasi B. Meiteilon . C. Tulu D. Bagri

70.
Singhalese, the language of Sri Lanka is genetically related to

A. Marathi B. Tamil C. Andamanese D. Nehali

71.
Which of the following Dravidian languages is not spoken in India?

A. Brahui B. Gondi C. Kodagu D. Koya

72.
The Indo-Aryan languages are a sub-branch of

A. the Caucasian family B. theAfro-Asiatic family
C. the Indo-European family D. the Austronesian family

73.
Which of the Indian languages does not have a script of its own?

A. Tenyidie B. Marathi C.Assamese D. Meiteilon

74.
The Tibeto-Burrnan language family does not include?

A. Assamese B. Bodo C.Garo D. Mizo

75.
The concept of"India as a linguistic area" is based on



A. common features found in similar languages
B. commonfeatures found inmostofthelanguages ofageographicalarea
C. inherited features found in languages
D. diffused features found in an area
76. Naga languages belong to the
A. Austro-Asiatic family C. Dravidian family B. Tibeto-Burman family D. Indo-Aryan family
77. Who wrote the Mahabharata?
A. bhavabhuti B. Veda Vyas C. Valmiki D. vaSishtha

78. To which religion is the Pali language related?
A. Hinduism B. Sikhism C. Buddhism D.lainism
79. Where is the Central Institute ifIndian Languages located?
A. Kolkata B. Mysore C. Dehradun D. Cochin
80. Which language has the highest number of speakers in India?
A. Bengali B. Marathi C. Telugu D. Hindi
Section E -Language Problems Set
Problem-l
Consider the hypothetical data given below and answer the following questions:

a.
[minak] hunt'

b.
[mitonak] hunt'

c.
[mitonaket] hunted'

d.
[kalam] sees'

e.
[katolamet] 'they saw'

f.
[somi] blanket'

g.
[somito] 'our blanket' .

h.
[sosomito] 'our blankets'

i.
[sosoti] 'your blankets'

j.
[nuka] 'his horse'

k.
[nunuka] 'his horses'

l.
[smomi] grandfather'



81. What is the word that corresponds to English in this language?
A.min B.mi C. mito D.nak
82. What is the word for 'blankets'
A.so B. soso C. soto D. somi
83. The plural marker in the word 'horses' is
A. nu B.ka C. to D. ti

84. What is the word for
A. so B. ti C. soti D. soso
85. What is the word for
A. nunu B. nuka C. ka D.nu
86. What is the word for
A. mito B. soso C. sam D. somi
87. How would you say 'your grandfathers' in this imaginary language?
A. smoti B. smosmoti C. smomi D. smosmoka
88. What is the word for
A. kal B.lam C. kato D.lamet
89. What is the word for
A. tona B. ak C.onak D. nak



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90. How would you say
A. milamet B. mitomet C.lammi D.lalami
Problem-2
Consider the simplified data from Isthmus Zapotec given below and answer the following questions:
lao [rukaa] ites' lb. [bikaa]
2a. [zukaa] 3a. [ruzoone] 'will write' 2b. [kukaa] 3b. [bizoone] writing'
4a. [ruyubi] 'looks for' 4b. [biyubi] 'looked for'
Sa. [riree] 'goes out' 5b. [biree] 'went out'
6a. [ribani] 'wakes ,6b. [bibani] 'woke
7a. [rijela] 'fin 7b. [bijela]

91. What is the word for in this language?
A.ruk B. kaa C. uka D.ru
92. What is the word for
A. rire B. iree C. ire D.me
93. What does rep resent in this language?
A. the present C. the future B. the present progressive D. the future progressive
94. What does rep resent in this language?
A. the present C. the future B. the present progressive D. the future progressive

95. How will you say 'will wake in this language?
A. kubiba B. rikaa C. zubani D. kaabani
96. How will you say looking for' in this language?
A. zuyubi B. ruyuku C. yubiku D. kuyubi

97.
How is the past tense represented in this language? A.je B.bi C.ni

98.
What is the word for in this language?


A. rije B. ije C. jela
99. In this language the word means
A. will go out B. will look for C. is going out
100. In this language the word 'kubani' means
A. will look for B. will wake up C. is waking up



D.la
D. ela
D. is looking for
D. is running