Story of English Language

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1. The English language is much younger than ...............

   1. Sanskrit

   2. Greek

   3. Latin

   4. All three. [Ans.(4)]

2. Who were called together the Anglo-Saxons?

• 1. Angle

  2. Saxons

  3. Jutes

  4. All three. [Ans.(4)]

3. The Anglo-Saxons invaded English in the .............

• 1. fifth century

  2. Sixth century

  3. seventh century

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

4. Who gives England its name and language?

• 1. Romans

  2. Indians

  3. Anglo-Saxons

  4. None of these). [Ans.(3)]

5. The term 'English' was derived from the name .................

• 1. Angles

  2. Angels

  3. Triangles

  4. None of these. [Ans.(4)]

6. Chinese is spoken by more than ............. people.

• 1. 8 million

  2. 9 million.

  3. 10 million

  4. 11 million. [Ans.(1)]

7. English is spoken as mother-tongue by more than .............

• 1. 2 million

  2. 3 million.

  3. 4 million

  4. 5 million [Ans.(pending)]

8. The history of English language is just about ........... years old.

• 1. 13 hundred

  2. 14 hundred.

  3. 15 hundred

  4. 16 hundred. [Ans.(3)]

9. Middle English covers ..............

• 1. AD 449-AD 1066

  2. AD 1067-AD 1099

  3. AD 1100-AD 1149

  4. AD 1150-AD 1500. [Ans.(4)]

10. In England, Printing Press was invented in ...........

• 1. 1476

  2. 1486

  3. 1496

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

11. Old English period covers ..................

• 1. AD 449 to AD 1066

  2. AD 459 to AD 1066

  3. AD 469 to AD 1066

  4. AD 479 to AD 1066. [Ans.(1)]

12. The Norman Conquest in England to place in ............

• 1. AD 1056

  2. AD 1066.

  3. (c) AD 1076

  4. AD 1086. [Ans.(2)]

13. In the OE period, the two major influences were .....................

• 1. Latin and Greek

  2. Latin and French

  3. Latin and Scandinavian

  4. Latin and Indian. [Ans.(3)]

14. About ............ Christianity began to spread in English.

• 1. AD 300

  2. AD 400.

  3. AD 500

  4. AD 600. [Ans.(4)]

15. The golden period of Old English literature was the era of ...........

• 1. King Alfred

  2. King Richard-II

  3. King Edward-III.

  4. Queen Elizabeth. [Ans.(1)]

16. Middle English period is accepted to be from ..............

• 1. AD 1150-AD 1500

  2. AD 1250-AD 1500.

  3. AD 1350-Ad 1500

  4. Ad 1450-AD 1500. [Ans.(1)]

17. The printing press was set up by William Caxton at the Westminster Abbsey, English in ..........

• 1. 1466

  2. 1476

  3. 1486

  4. 1496. [Ans.(2)]

18. The first phase of Middle English literature covers the period ............

• 1. AD 950-Ad 1215

  2. AD 1050-Ad 1215

  3. AD 1150-AD 1215

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

19. The second phase of Middle English literature covers the period ...............

• 1. AD 950-AD 1350

  2. AD 1050-AD 1350.

  3. AD 1150-AD 1350

  4. AD 1250-AD 1350. [Ans.(4)]

20. The notable literary figures of the third phase or the second half of the 14th century (AD 1340-AD 1400) are .........

• 1. Chaucer

  2. Gower

  3. Langland

  4. All. [Ans.(4)]

21. Modern English begins from ...............

• 1. AD 1500

  2. AD 1600

  3. AD 1700

  4. AD 1800. [Ans.(1)]

22. The printing technology was introduced in English in ..................

• 1. 1466

  2. 1476.

  3. 1486

  4. 1496. [Ans.(2)]

23. By the ........... the number of the reading public had risen considerably in England.

• 1. 13th and 14th centuries

  2. 15th and 16th centuries.

  3. 17th and 18th centuries

  4. 19th and 20th centuries. [Ans.(3)]

24. .............. was also known as the Augustan Age.

• 1. 15th century

  2. 16th century.

  3. 19th century

  4. 18th century. [Ans.(4)]

25. The British Grammar was written by J.Buchanan in ................

• 1. 1762

  2. 1772

  3. 1782

  4. 1792. [Ans.(1)]

26. ........... has the largest number of native speakers.

• 1. Chinese

  2. English

  3. Hindi

  4. Urdu. [Ans.(1)]

27. In the UK, the USA, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, English is spoken as a ....................

• 1. second language

  2. mother-tongue.

  3. foreign language

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

28. In India, Singapore, Malaysia, Nigeria, Namibia, Botswana, etc., English is spoken as a ..................

• 1. mother-tongue

  2. foreign language.

  3. second language

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

29. English is also used as a ....................... by the Angle-Indian community of India.

• 1. mother-tongue

  2. second language.

  3. foreign language

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

30. In China, Japan, USA, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Eritrea, France, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil etc., English is spoken as a .................

• 1. second language

  2. foreign language.

  3. mother-tongue

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

31. English developed from the speech of the ....................

• 1. Anglo-Saxon

  2. Anglo-Indian.

  3. Anglo-America

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

32. Standard British speech is known as ......................

• 1. AP

  2. RP

  3. IP

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

33. There are ............... main effects of the worldwide spread of English.

• 1. Three

  2. Four

  3. Two

  4. Five. [Ans.(3)]

34. America English differs from British English in the sphere of ................

• 1. Vocabulary

  2. Grammar.

  3. Spelling

  4. All of three. [Ans.(4)]

35. The second effect of the spread of English was the development of 'new Englishes' like ...................

• 1. Indian English, Nigerian English, etc.

  2. Indian English, Sri Lankan English, etc.

  3. Indian English, Pakistani English, etc.

  4. Indian English, Chinese English, etc. [Ans.(1)]

36. About ............ years ago, Latin was a world language.

• 1. 800

  2. 900.

  3. 1000

  4. 1100. [Ans.(1)]

37. With the fall of the Roman Empire, ............. became a language no longer in popular use.

• 1. French

  2. Latin.

  3. Greek

  4. Spanish. [Ans.(2)]

38. In the last few decades of the ............ century, the English Language has seen rapid changes.

• 1. 18th

  2. 19th.

  3. 20th

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

39. Global Standard English will be one common language of the world for use in future.

• 1. International travel and tourism.

  2. Means of communication between governments.

  3. Multinational business organisations.

  4. all the three. [Ans.(4)]

40. In the last decades of the 20th century, the earlier concept of Standard English .............. have been diluted.

• 1. Grammar

  2. Spelling.

  3. Pronunciation

  4. All three. [Ans.(4)]

41. Who wrote the following lines:-

    2. • "Now the leaves are falling fast,

       • Nurse's flowers will not last"

• 1. D.H. Laurence

  2. Wordsworth.

  3. W.H. Auden

  4. None of these. [And.(3)]

42. 'The Canterbury Tales" was written by ....................

• 1. Chaucer

  2. Langland.

  3. Yeats

  4. None of these. [Ans. (1)]

43. 'The Faerie Queen' was written by ..................

• 1. Arnold

  2. Tennyson.

  3. Spenser

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

44. Dr. Faustus was written by ...............

• 1. Christopher Marlowe

  2. Shakespeare

  3. Keats

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

45. Edward-II was written by ................

• 1. Spenser

  2. Marlowe.

  3. Milton

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

46. 'Venus and Adonis' was composed by ...............

• 1. Shakespeare

  2. Milton.

  3. Keats

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

47. 'Hamlet' is a ................

• 1. comedy

  2. tragedy.

  3. farce

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

48. 'King Lear' is a ..................

• 1. novel

  2. drama

  3. poetry

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

49. 'Paradise Lost' was written by .....................

• 1. Dickens

  2. Spenser

  3. Milton

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

50. 'Paradise Regained' was written by ......................

• 1. Milton

  2. Shakespeare

  3. Keats

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

51. 'Mac Flecknoe' was written by :

• 1. Jhone Donne

  2. George Herbert

  3. Dryden

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

52. 'Hydibras' was written by :

• 1. Butler

  2. Dryden

  3. Vaughan

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

53. 'Rape of the Lock' was written by:

• 1. Shelly

  2. Keats

  3. Alexander pope

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

54. Who wrote this line-'To err is human, to forgive is divine'.

• 1. pope

  2. Collins

  3. Gray

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

55. Wordsworth was a:

• 1. Dramatist

  2. Novelist

  3. Poet

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

56. The word drama comes from:

• 1. Latin

  2. Greek

  3. French

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

57. Drama is :

• 1. more popular

  2. less popular

  3. not popular

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

58. The function of words in drama :

• 1. vary

  2. not vary

  3. stable

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

59. External accessory in drama is :

• 1. futile

  2. necessary

  3. not necessary

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

60. A good Dramatist treats his character with :

• 1. partiality

  2. impartiality

  3. brutality

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

61. For a drama exposition is :

• 1. futile

  2. evil

  3. essential

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

62. Tragedy ends with :

• 1. happiness

  2. sorrow

  3. both

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

63. Comedy ends with :

• 1. sorrow

  2. happiness

  3. both

  4. None of these. [Ans. (2)]

64. The principle of contrast is :

• 1. important

  2. unimportant

  3. worthless

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

65. Tragi-comedy is :

• 1. pure tragedy.

  2. pure comedy.

  3. both tragedy & comedy

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

66. Farce is solely to :

• 1. excited agony

  2. excite fear

  3. excite laughter

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

67. Sacred plays were known as :

• 1. tragedy

  2. comedy

  3. miracle plays

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

68. Miracles went out of ecclesiastical hand by the years:

• 1. 1400

  2. 1500

  3. 1300

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

69. Morality plays developed in :

• 1. Middle ages

  2. Ancient days

  3. Modern age

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

70. The first English tragedy by :

• 1. King Lear

  2. Dr. Faustus

  3. Julius Caesar

  4. Gorboduc. [Ans.(4)]

71. 'Hamlet' was written by :

• 1. G.B. Shaw

  2. Wordsworth

  3. Shakespeare

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

72. Othello is a :

• 1. novel

  2. comedy

  3. tragedy

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

73. Dr. Faustus was written by :

• 1. Marlowe

  2. Shakespeare

  3. Sheridan

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

74. Queen Elizabeth reigned from :

• 1. 1548 to 1602

  2. 1558 to 1603

  3. 1550 to 1605

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

75. Murder in the Cathedral was written by :

• 1. Shakespeare

  2. Marlowe

  3. T.S. Eliot

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

76. The greatest achievement of eighteenth century is :

• 1. The rise of story

  2. novel

  3. drama

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

77. Bunyan was born in :

• 1. 1628

  2. 1638

  3. 1648

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

78. The pioneer of the modern novel is :

• 1. Defoe

  2. Bunyan

  3. Fielding

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

79. Daniel Defoe was died in :

• 1. 1751

  2. 1741

  3. 1731

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

80. The father of the modern novel is :

• 1. Bunyan

  2. Defoe

  3. Richardson

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

81. The name of the writer of the 'pamela' is :

• 1. Jane Austen

  2. Defoe

  3. Richardson

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

82. 'Tom Jones' was written by :

• 1. Dickens

  2. Becket

  3. Fielding

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

83. Fielding gave genuine pictures of :

• 1. Birds

  2. Men and Women

  3. plants

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

84. Oliver Goldsmith was born in :

• 1. 1728

  2. 1738

  3. 1748

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

85. 'Pried and Prejudice' was written by :

• 1. Fielding

  2. Goldsmith

  3. Jane Austene

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

86. Scene was made essential element in fiction by :

• 1. Jane Austen

  2. Fielding

  3. Scott

  4. None of these. [Ans. (3)]

87. 'Pick Wick Papers' was written by :

• 1. Dickens

  2. Thackeray

  3. Scott

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

88. David Copperfield was written by :

• 1. George Eliot

  2. Fielding

  3. Dickens

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

89. R.L. Stevension was born in :

• 1. 1840

  2. 1860

  3. 1850

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

90. The novel was made as serious as a heart medium as poetry by :

• 1. Stevension

  2. Thomas Hardy

  3. Becket

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]

91. The romantic adventures in the novels were intoduced by :

• 1. R.L. Stevension

  2. Fielding

  3. Hardy

  4. None of these. [Ans.(1)]

92. D.H. Lawrence was a :

• 1. Indian Novelist

  2. American writer

  3. Caribbean writer

  4. British writer. [Ans.(4)]

93. 'Raj Mohan's Wife' was written by :

• 1. R.N. Tagore

  2. Raja Rao

  3. Bankim Chandra

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

94. Coolies was written by :

• 1. Anita Desai

  2. Kiran Desai

  3. Mulk Raj Anand

  4. None of these. [Ans.(3)]

95. 'Serpent and the Rope' was written by :

• 1. Arundhati Roy

  2. Raja Rao

  3. Kamala Das

  4. None of these. [Ans.(2)]