According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can be classified into__________?

A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
B. Front vowels & back vowels
C. High vowels & low vowels
D. Tense vowels &lax vowels

On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be classified into______________?

A. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
B. Front vowels & back vowels
C. High vowels & low vowels
D. Tense vowels &lax vowels

The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in __________?

A. Complementary distribution
B. Contrastive distribution
C. Non__complementary distribution
D. None of the above.

Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English be classified ?

A. The position of the lips
B. The part of the tongue that is raised
C. The height to which the tongue is raised
D. All the above.

The IPA came into existence in the year__________?

A. 1889
B. 1998
C. 1989
D. 1888

The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at the public schools came to be called____________?

A. Standard english
B. Received pronunciation
C. Standard pronunciation
D. Recognized pronunciation

Which among the following are the main properties of grammar ?

A. To account by its rules for the infinite sentences of a language
B. To be explicit about the grammaticality of sentences
C. To predict all and the only possible grammatical sentences of a language
D. All the above.

The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the ______________________of the same phoneme /l/?

A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Morpheme variants
D. Minimal pairs

The /k/ in ‘kill’ and ‘skill’ are ________________?

A. Allophones
B. Allomorphs
C. Morpheme variants
D. Minimal pairs

The word ‘examination’ is a ____________word?

A. Monosyllabic
B. Disyllabic
C. Try syllabic
D. Polysyllabic