List of practice Questions

Which one of the following languages is a verb-second (V2) language?

In the following truth table, what does X stand for? 


 

Consider the following two statements, S1 and S2 and choose the correct option. 
S1: If X is an adjunct of Y, then Y is an argument of X because the presence of Y in a sentence is necessary for X to occur. 
S2: It is not necessarily true that if Y is an argument of X, then X is Y's adjunct.

A set of raw data is provided in columns P, Q, and R. A list of standard deviations is provided in i), ii) and iii). Choose the appropriate option that correctly matches the data in the columns (P – R) with their standard deviations (i – iii). 
Hint: No calculation is necessary to solve this problem.


 

Given the following phonological rule, which one of the options CANNOT be an output? 


 

Choose the option that correctly matches the type of writing systems (P – S) in column X with the names of writing systems (i – iv) in column Y. 


 

Which of the following statement/s is/are TRUE about tones in Indian languages?
In which of the following options, both languages do NOT exhibit verbal agreement?
Which of the following is/are NOT true about Sign languages?
In William Labov's Martha's Vineyard study, what is/are the sound change/s involved?
Which of the following set/s consist/s of at least two [+continuant] sounds?
Which of the following aspect/s use/s pitch as a primary acoustic correlate?
Which of the following is/are random sampling method/s?
Which of the following writing system/s follow/s right to left writing direction?
Which of the following acoustic characteristics is/are applicable to the vowel /i/?
Which of the following sets depict/s natural class of alveolar consonants?

Given the Hindi and English words below, which one of the options is the reason for their similarity? 


 

Choose the option that correctly matches the names of scholars (P – S) in column X with the fields or approaches (i – iv) in column Y they are primarily associated with. 


 

Language X is in vigorous use, with literature in a standardized form being used by some, though this is not yet widespread or sustainable. Based on the EGIDS scale by Lewis and Simons 2010, what is the status of the language X?
Consider the following two statements and choose the correct option.
S1: Patients with Broca's aphasia have trouble producing speech.
S2: Patients with Wernicke's aphasia have trouble understanding what others say.
Assuming a language has 5 basic colour terms, which one of the following options is predicted by language universals?
Choose the option that demonstrates Grassmann's law of sound change.
Which of the following is/are type/s of affix/es?
What is/are the grammatical feature/s encoded in the English morpheme –s in the sentence 'The director sing-s'?
Evaluate the integral: \[ \int e^x \sec(x) \left( \tan(x) + 1 \right) \, dx \]