Part Find the word which does NOT match with the others:
1.
A. bilingual B. trilingual C. polyglot D.linguist

2.
A. superb B. splendid C. great D. superlative

3.
A. cut B. put C. but D. nut

4.
A. pronunciation B. phonology C. syntax D. semantics

5.
A. restart B. renew C. reveal D. regenerate.


Part II: Choose the correct equivalent to replace the bold printed word in below sentences:
6. He corroborated the statement of his brother.
A. confirmed B. disproved C. seconded D. condemned
7. Silence is mandatory for meditation to be effective.
A. necessary B. needed C. compulsory D. essential
8. The young man appears to be quite headstrong.
A. thick-headed B. witty C. robust D. obstinate
9. Even today many people are guided by abstruse moral values.
A. obscure B. impracticable C. dangerous D. inestimable
10. I wrote to him as lately as last week.
A. immediately B. recently C. early D. late
Part III: Correct the following sentences:
11. He dislikes the word dislike, isnIt he?
A. didn't he? B. did he? C. does he? D. doesn't he?
12. Can you tell me why did you not speak the truth?
A. why did not you speak B. that why did you not speak
C. why you did not speak D. why did you not spoke
13. I have got some tea, but I do not have a sugar.
A. some B. less C. any D. more 14. Ramesh is as tall if not, taller than Mahesh.
A. as tall as, if not B. not so tall but as C. not as tall but D. as ifnot
15. They continued to work in the field despite of the heavy rains.
A. even though there is heavy rain B. although heavily rains
C. even though it rained heavily D. in spite the heavy rains
Part IV: Miscellaneous
16. Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
1. Word 2. Paragraph 3. Sentence 4. Alphabets 5. Phrase
A. B. C. 1,3 D.
17. Find the antonym of the word CAPACIOUS.
A. limited B. caring C. foolish D. changeable
18. Find the correctly spelt word.
A. Entrepraneur B. Entrapreneur C. Entrepreneur D. Enterprenuer
19. Choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in direct speech. I told him that he was not working hard.
A. I told to him, "You are not working hard."
B. I said, "You are not working hard."
C. I said to him, "He is not working hard."
D. I said to him, "You are not working hard."
20. The idiom to drive home means
A. to find one's root B. to return to place of rest
C. to emphasise D. back to original position
Section B -General Knowledge of World Languages
21. Swedish is one of the languages of Finland.
A. national B. official C. state D. territorial
22. Hindi is one of the languages of India.
A. national B. official C. state D. territorial
23. "India as a linguistic area" is an article written by
A. M.B.Emeneau B. Bh. Krishnamurti C. Noam Chomsky D. Franklin Edgerton
24. the Sumerian system ofwriting.
A. Cuneiform B. Ideogram C. Pictogram D. Logoform
25. The writing direction ofThai script is
A. Top to Bottom B. Bottom to Top C. Left to Right D. Right to Left
26. a west Germanic language.
A. Danish B. Swedish C. English D. Gothic
27. Brahui belongs to language family.
A. Basque B. Altaic C. Indo-European D. Dravidian
28. Turkish belongs to language family.
A. Basque B. Altaic C. Indo-European D. Dravidian
29. is one ofthe languages spoken in South Africa.
A. Xhosa B. Shona C. Saraiki 1). Igbo
30. After Mandarin, the second most widely spoken language in the world is
A. English B. Hindi C. Spanish D. Arabic
31. Which language is spoken in Austria?
A. Austrian B. German C. Tyrolian D. Basketto
32. Singapore has official languages.
A. three B. two C. four D. one
33. Nim Chimpsky is the name of a which was the subject to the study of animal language acquisition at Columbia University.
A. parrot B. chimpanzee C. monkey D. dog
34. The continent that holds the largest number oflanguages is
A. Africa B. South America C. Asia D. Europe

35. The creator of the most widely used constructed international language, Esperanto IS
A. Johann Martin Schleyer B. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof
C. Antoni Grabowski D. Otto Jespersen
36. the name given to the group of languages that have their roots in Latin.
A. Romance Languages B. Slavic Languages
C. Germanic Languages D. Sinitic Languages
37. What do you call a pronounceable word that is made up of initial letters or parts of several words?
A. Anachronism B.Acronym C. Anagram D. Blends
38. Rose is a of flower.
A. meronym B. hyponym C. synonym D. antonym
39. is one of the language pairs that is developed in the first stage of Google
Translate system.
A. French to English
C. Dutch to English
40. IPA stands for
A. Indian Phonetic Alphabet
C. Indian Phonetic Authorization
B. Hindi to English
D. Russian to English
B. International Phonetic Alphabet
D. International Phonetic Authorization
Section C -Knowledge of Indian Languages
41. What is the full form of MIL?
A. Minor Indic Languages B. Modem Indian Languages
C. Major Indian Languages D. Major Iran Languages
42. CIIL stands for
A. Centre for Indian and Indo-European languages
B. Central Institute ofIndian Languages
C. Centre for Improvement of Indian Languages
D. Central Institute for Indo-European Languages
43. Who among the following is called as the earliest Indian Grammarian?
A. Kalidas B. Panini C. Patanjali D. Jaimini

44. Who authored the book Endangered Languages ofthe Andaman Islands?
A. S.N. Sridhar B. K.V Subbarao C. Yamuna Kachru D. AnvitaAbbi
45. The provision for the linguistic minorities to conserve their language script and culture is glvenm
A. Article 19 B. Article 29 C. Article 39 D. Article 49
46. Which schedule ofthe constitution ofIndia deals with the number of official languages?
A. eighth B. ninth C. fourth D. seventh
47. How many language families are generally held to be there in India?
A. four B. five C. six D. seven
48. What is the official language of Mizoram?
A. Hindi B. Mizo C. English D. Hmar
49. Speakers ofFrench are particularly numerous in
A. Pune B. Mumbai C. Pondicherry D. Kerela
50. Which among the following is one of the first states of India formed on. the basis of language?
A. Andhra Pradesh B. Mumbai C. Karnataka D. Madhya Pradesh
51.
Most Indian languages are

A.SOV B. VSO C.OVS D.VSO

52.
Which ofthe following is a feature of the Tibeto-Burman language family?

A. verb final B. postposition C. tone D. all ofthe above

53.
In the construction of inflected forms, Proto-Dravidian uses only

A. suffixes B. infixes C. prefixes D. circumfixes

54.
Dravidian languages are

A. isolating B. inflexional C. agglutinative D. polysynthetic

55.
Which ofthe following is not a classical language in India? A.Tamil B. Sanskrit C. Kannada D. Hindi




56.
Where did the anti-Hindi agitation take place in the 1960's? A Goa B. Tamil Nadu C. Maharashtra D. Delhi

57.
'Brahmi' is a A language B. script C. state . D. linguist

58.
Devanagari is the name of a

A. variety of Hindi B.language C. script D. a place in India

59.
Which institution is also known as SahityaAkademi? A National Academy of Letters

B. National Academy of Language
C. National Academy for Women
D. National Academy of Linguistics

60.
What does CLM stand for? A Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities


B. Commissioner for Language Minorities
C. Commissioner for Linguistic Majorities
D. Commissioner for Language Majorities
Section D-General Knowledge on Indian Languages
61. Which ofthe following is not an Indo-Aryan language?
A. Bengali B. Assamese C.Oriya D. Santhali
62.
Which is the oldest literary language of India? A Urdu B. Sanskrit C. Pali D. Tamil

63.
Tibeto -Burman languages are A telegraphic languages B. verb medial languages

C. tonal languages D. verb initial languages

64.
Linguistic Survey of India was compiled and edited by A G.A Grierson B. T.B. Macaulay

C. Warring Hastings D. Lord Hastings

65.
Hindi is a/an language. A SOY B.SVO C.OSV D.VOS

66.
Which ofthe following features are found in the Indian languages?

A. compound verbs B. reduplication C. grammatical gender D. all are found

67.
The ergative case is found in

A. Hindi B. Khasi C. Telugu D. none of the above

68.
Esperanto is alan language.

A. programming B. natural C. artificial D. spoken

69.
Which ofthe following is not an endangered language? A.Aimol B. Jarawa C. Kota . D. Tulu

70.
Emperor Ashoka inscribed his messages on the stone pillars in language.

A. Hindi B. Prakrit C. Pali D. Sanskrit

71.
Punjabi is spoken in the state ofPunjab and

A. Uttar Pradesh B. Rajasthan C. Haryana D. Madhya Pradesh

72.
Lotha is spoken in the state of

A. Nagaland B. Mizoram C. Meghalaya D. Tripura

73.
The official language of Brazil is

A. Spanish B. Dutch
C. English D. Portuguese

74.
Which ofthe following statement is not correct?

A. Telugu is spoken in Andhra Pradesh B. Dogri is spoken in Jammu
C. Nishi is spoken in Arunachal Pradesh D. Khasi is spoken in Mizoram

75.
The patriotic song Vande Mataram is a mixture ofwhich ofthe following languages?

A. Hindi and Prakrit B. Sanskrit and Prakrit
C. Sanskrit and Bengali D. Bengali and Prakrit

76.
According to 2001 census, which state has the highest literacy rate?

A. Goa B. Tripura C. Kerala D. Mizoram

77.
Which of the following language was added to the 8th schedule of the constitution of India by the 21 st constitutional amendment?

A. Punjabi B. Bodo C. Tamil D. Sindhi

78.
What is the collective name of ancient Indian texts 'Dhanurved', 'Gandharvavaed', and

A. Vedas B. Upanishadas C. Upvedas D. Vedangas

79.
Who authored 'Gitanjali'?

A. Kalidas B. Mahatma Gandhi C. Rabindranath Tagore' D. Sumitranandan Pant

80.
International Mother Language day is celebrated on


A. 21 st March B. 21 st February C. 31st January D. 31st April
Section E -Language Problems set
Problem-l
Examine the following words from Aztec, a language spoken in southwestern Mexico. Then answer the questions based on the data.
1.
nokali house' 5. mopelo 'your dog'

2.
nokalimes houses' 6. mopelomes 'your dogs'

3.
mokali 'your house' 7. nokwahmili cornfield'

4.
ikali 'his house' 8. mokwahmili 'your cornfield'


81. What is the word for 'cornfield' in Aztec?
A. okwahmili B. wahmili C. kwahmili D. kwah
82. What is the word for "dogs"?
A. mopelomes B. pelomes C. mespelo D. pelos
83. What is the word for
A. mo B.mok C.mop D.mokw
84. Translate "my dog" into Aztec.
A. nopelo B. pelono C. ipelono D. nopelomes
85. Translate the Aztec word "ikwahmili" into English.
A. cornfield B. my cornfield C. your cornfields D. his cornfield
86. Translate the Aztec word "nopelomes" into English. A.mydog B. my dogs C. his dog D. his dogs




87" Translate the Aztec word "mokalimes" into English.
A. my house's B. my houses C. your house's D. your houses
88. The plural marker in Aztec is


A. imes B.omes C.mes D. es
89. Translate "your cornfields" into Aztec.
A. mokwahmilimes B. nokwahmilimes C. mokwahmili D.nokwahmili
90. Ifthe Aztec word for "friend" is "mahkwa", then "my friends" is
A. mahkwas B. nomahkwames C. nomahkwa D. momahkwarnes
Problem-2 Consider the Swahili data given below and answer the following questions.
1.
atanipenda will like 7. [atanipiga] will beat

2.
[atakupenda] will like you' 8. ananipiga] is beating

3.
atawapenda will like them' 9. alinipiga beat

4.
[nitakupenda] will like you' 10. walikupiga 'they beat you'

5.
[nitawapenda] will like them' 11. [tulikulipa] paid you'

6.
[tutarnpenda] will like him/her' 12. [warnetulipa] 'they have paid


91. What is the word for
A. ata B. ali C. at "D.a
92. What is the word for
A. ulipa B. lipa C. ipa D.pa
93.
What is the word for

A.wa B.warn C. warne D. warnet

94.
How do you think a Swahili speaker would say will pay them'

A. utawalipa B. tutawalipa C. tutanilipa D. tutakulipa

95.
The past tense marker in Swahili is

A. uliku B. ulik C. uli D.li

96.
Translate liked you' into Swahili.

A. nulikupenda B. nilikupenda C.nunakupenda D. ninakupenda

97.
Translate will pay them' into Swahili.

A. wataalipa B. tutawalipa


98.
In Swahili, the word 'amekupiga' means

A. s/he has beaten us
C. s/he beat you


99.
In Swahili, the word 'walimpenda' means

A. they have liked him/her
C. they liked him/her


100.
In Swahili, the word 'tunakulipa' means


A. we are paying you
C. we are paying him/her

C. watatulipa D. atawalipa
B. s/he has beaten you
D. s/he beat us
B. they have liked us
D. they liked us
B. we have paid you
D. we have paid him/her