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This set of History of English Language Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of English Language Set 1
Q1 | Indo European language are believe to derive from a hypothetical language knownas……………..
- proto – indo- european
- germanic
- indo- iranian
- avestan
Q2 | The earliest possible end of Proto- Indo- European linguistic unity is believed to be around
- 3300 b c e
- 3400 bce
- 3000 bce
- 4000 bce
Q3 | ……………..is the language that forms part f the Iranian group
- avestan
- english
- dutch
- german
Q4 | The earliest surviving written evidence of a Greek language is………….
- mycenaean
- avestan
- indic
- germanic
Q5 | In which language most of the ancient Greek poetry and prose were written?
- mycenaean
- greek
- attic
- indic
Q6 | Insular celtic flourished in………….
- england
- ireland
- germany
- france
Q7 | ……………is the last branch of Indo European languages to appear in written form.
- latvian
- danish
- albanian
- lithuvanian
Q8 | The term applied to certain changes in vowel in accented syllables owing to the influence ofneighbouring sounds
- umlaut or mutation
- ablaut
- consonant shift
- vowel shift
Q9 | Most of the important literary works of the Old English period were written in the ……….dialect
- mercian
- kentish
- northumbrian
- west saxon
Q10 | Beowulf was written in ………..dialect
- mercian
- west saxon
- kentish
- northumbrian
Q11 | …………was the dialect of the Jutes who were the earliest settlers in Britain
- kentish
- mercian
- west saxon
- northumbrian
Q12 | Which among are the dialects of Middle English?
- mercian, northumbrian, northern
- west saxon, kentish, east midland
- northern, the midland, the southern
- kentish, midland, mercian
Q13 | The dialect of Middle English in which Chaucer wrote his poems
- east midland
- west midland
- south midland
- central midland
Q14 | During the Middle English period English came under the strong influence of the………..language.
- latin
- french
- german
- greek
Q15 | Identify a word from French language which is common in usage.
- ox
- calf
- sheep
- beef
Q16 | “ It is melancholy to think what English dinner table would have been like had there been noNorman Conquest” Whose words are these
- chomsky
- f t wood
- a c baugh
- macaulay
Q17 | The influence of Renaissance is most clearly seen in the introduction of a large number of …….. and …………… words into English during the early modern English period.
- greek and latin
- french and latin
- greek and german
- german and latin
Q18 | The term Inkhorn term refers to………..words and expressions borrowed indiscriminatelyfrom the classical languages
- french
- latin
- german
- west saxon
Q19 | The Anglican Prayer Book was first issued in………….
- 1456
- 1540
- 1549
- 1500
Q20 | ………….had translated the Bible in 1588
- king james
- coverdale
- tyndale
- purvey
Q21 | The history of the English Bible begins with the work of …………..in 1526
- tyndale
- purvey
- coverdale
- king james
Q22 | Authorized version of Bible was published in…………
- 1600
- 1611
- 1612
- 1687
Q23 | The authorized version of Bible was made according to the suggestions of ……….
- coverdale
- dr johnson
- king james i
- king james ii
Q24 | The vocabulary of the authorized version of the Bible adopted mainly from…..
- kentish
- latin
- french
- anglo saxon
Q25 | “ After reading St. Paul’s epistle to the Hebrews, Homer and Virgil are disgustingly tame tome Milton himself barely tolerable” Who said these words?
- tennyson
- coleridge
- wordsworth
- arnold