History Of English Language Set 2
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This set of History of English Language Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of English Language Set 2
Q1 | Printing was introduced into England in 1476 by …………….
- william bailey
- coverdale
- william caxton
- william jones
Q2 | Which dialect was used by William Caxton for printing ?
- west midland
- east midland
- kentish
- central midland
Q3 | The remarkable changes in the pronunciation of vowels which took place during thetransition from Middle English to Modern English are commonly referred to as the ………
- great vowel shift
- consonant shift
- addition
- mutation
Q4 | The Old English Period has been called the period of …………
- leveled inflections
- lost inflection
- less inflection
- full inflection
Q5 | The Middle English Period has been called the period of ……………
- leveled inflections
- lost inflection
- less inflection
- full inflection
Q6 | The New English Period has been known as……………
- leveled inflections
- lost inflection
- less inflection
- full inflection
Q7 | “ How barbarously we yet write and speak. Your lordship knows, and I am sufficientlysensible in my own English” Whose words are these?
- tennyson
- dryden
- johnson
- wordsworth
Q8 | in the 18th century the need for standardization and regulation of English was summed up inthe word………..
- standardization
- addition
- ascertainment
- regularization
Q9 | Who defined ascertainment as a “settled rule, an established standard.”
- dryden
- tennyson
- swift
- dr. johnson
Q10 | “ A proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue” is the title ofthe letter by ………….
- swift
- dryden
- tennyson
- dr. johnson
Q11 | Dr. Jonhson’s “ A Dictionary of the English Language” was published in ………
- 1765
- 1766
- 1755
- 1789
Q12 | Who is the author of “ A Dictionary of the English Language?
- jonson
- dr. johnson
- swift
- king james
Q13 | Who is the author of the book “Practical Grammar of the English Tongue”
- william jones
- werner
- dr. johnson
- william loughton
Q14 | “The Rudiment of English Grammar” was written by………
- joseph priestley
- william loughton
- werner
- dr. johnson
Q15 | Who is the author of “ The British Grammar”?
- robert lowth
- james buchanan
- loughton
- swift
Q16 | Who of the following announced that many languages came from one old base language?
- sir william jones
- sassetti
- jacob grimm
- joseph greenberg
Q17 | What was the second earliest form of language seen on earth?
- cave drawings
- cuneiform
- english
- indo- european
Q18 | Which f the following words might be of Vicking Descent?
- skate
- crabby
- rate
- a and b
Q19 | Around how many words did Shakespeare invent?
- 20.000
- 9, 000
- 10,000
- 8000
Q20 | During the Middle English period, many words were borrowed from which two languages?
- celtic and old norse
- latin and french
- urdu and iroquoian
- spanish and latin
Q21 | Which Anglo- Irish writer proposed the creation of an English Academy to regulate EnglishUsage and “ascertain” the language?
- jonathan swift
- samuel johnson
- dryden
- oliver goldsmith
Q22 | The Philological society’sNew English Dictionary on Historical Principles, begun in 1879,was eventually published under which title in 1928?
- roget’s thesaurus
- the king’s english
- oxford english dictionary
- webster’s dictionary
Q23 | “The Ecclesiastical History of the English People”, a key source f information about AngloSaxon settlement is the work of ……….
- william jones
- venerable bede
- king james i
- william langland
Q24 | Who is the author of The First English Dictionary?
- dr. johnson
- robert cawdrey
- john wilkins
- thomas sheridon
Q25 | The First English Dictionary “ Table Alphabeticall” was published in…..
- 1608
- 1700
- 1678
- 1604