English Language - Questions & Answers for Competitive Exams | GkSeries

13. Which of the following is a dialect?

• [A] Wessex
• [B] Iranian
• [C] Northumberland
• [D] None of the above

Answer: Option [A]

14. Give the Meaning for the Word Knave:

• [A] Girl
• [B] soldier
• [C] Boy
• [D] King

Answer: Option [C]

15. The Anglo-Saxon word gydig was derived by mutation from the word

• [A] Good
• [B] Great
• [C] Giddy
• [D] God

Answer: Option [D]

16. The Canterbury Tales was written by ________

• [A] Spencer
• [B] Chaucer
• [C] Marlowe
• [D] Lyly

Answer: Option [B]

17. __________ began to enter England towards the end of fourteenth century.

• [A] Indo-French
• [B] Europeans
• [C] Parisian French
• [D] Dutch

Answer: Option [C]

18 Renaissance reached England about the year ___________.

• [A] 1300
• [B] 1400
• [C] 1500
• [D] 1700

Answer: Option [C]

19. A greater degree of uniformity was achieved in ______ Period.

• [A] Middle English
• [B] Modern English
• [C] Old English
• [D] Recent English

Answer: Option [A]

20. _______ changes develop slowly and unevenly.

• [A] Phonemes
• [B] Articular
• [C] Linguistic
• [D] None of the above

Answer: Option [C]

21. Puritanism was felt for the first time in England in ___________

• [A] 1567
• [B] 1522
• [C] 1530
• [D] 1545

Answer: Option [A]

22. Under the Manorial system the centre of a 'district' was the Manor house or _______

• [A] Hotel
• [B] House
• [C] Villa
• [D] Bungalow

Answer: Option [C]

23. Which of the following is the chief outcome of Reformation?

• [A] Priniting
• [B] Bible Translation
• [C] Architecture
• [D] None of the above

Answer: Option [B]

24. Shakespeare has used nearly _______ words in his writings.

• [A] 3000
• [B] 80000
• [C] 16500
• [D] 20000

Answer: Option [D]