Languages Quiz - Competitive Exams CUET
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According to Article 343 of the Indian Constitution, which language is the official language of the Union?
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Answer: C. Hindi
What does the idiom 'once in a blue moon' mean?
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Answer: C. Very rarely
Which language family does the Tamil language belong to?
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Answer: B. Dravidian
Which language is known for having the longest alphabet in the world?
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Answer: B. Khmer
What is the term for the process by which a pidgin evolves into a fully developed language with native speakers?
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Answer: C. Creolization
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- How many languages are currently listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
- Which Dravidian language has the oldest continuous literary tradition?
- What does the term 'lingua franca' refer to?
- The Santali language belongs to which language family?
- Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'
- Which language is the national language of Pakistan?
- What is the meaning of the idiom 'to let the cat out of the bag'?
- Which of the following languages is written in the Perso-Arabic script?
- Which language is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu?
- Who authored the 'Ashtadhyayi', a foundational text on Sanskrit grammar?
- In Hindi grammar, what is the gender of the noun 'पुस्तक'?
- Which of the following is a Romance language?
- Which Indo-Aryan language is primarily spoken in Sri Lanka?
- Which language uses the Gurmukhi script?
- What is the official language of Japan?
- The word 'robot' was introduced by which Czech writer?
- Which of the following is NOT a scheduled language of India?
- A word that is opposite in meaning to another word is called:
- Which language has the largest number of native speakers in the world?
- Which language is traditionally known as the 'language of the gods' in India?
- The study of the origin and history of words is called:
- Which of the following is a Dravidian language?
- In English grammar, a word that describes or modifies a noun is called:
- What is the term for a simplified language that develops between groups that do not share a common language, often for trade?
- The Great Vowel Shift was a major historical change in the pronunciation of which language?
- What is the study of the structure and formation of words called?
- In linguistics, what does the term 'phoneme' refer to?
- What is the meaning of the idiom 'to bite the bullet'?
- Which of the following is an example of an agglutinative language?
- A word that has the same spelling and pronunciation as another word but a different meaning is called a:
- The Rosetta Stone was crucial in deciphering which ancient script?
- Which language has the most native speakers in India according to the 2011 Census?
- The term 'phonetics' is concerned with:
- Which of the following languages is written in the Cyrillic script?
- What does the term 'semantics' study in linguistics?
- The Bantu language family is predominantly spoken in which continent?
- In English grammar, what is the term for a word that connects clauses or sentences?
- What is the meaning of the idiom 'to hit the nail on the head'?
- The term 'creole' in linguistics refers to:
- Which script is used for writing the Telugu language?
- Which of the following is a language isolate, meaning it has no proven genealogical relationship to any other language family?
- What is the term for the linguistic variety that is regarded as the standard, most prestigious form of a language?
- Which of the following languages is written in the Devanagari script?
- The term 'morphology' in linguistics primarily deals with:
- Which of the following is a tonal language, where pitch distinguishes word meaning?
- What is the name of the oldest known written language, dating back to around 3200 BCE in Mesopotamia?
- Which language is the official language of Brazil?
- In linguistics, what is a 'sociolect'?
- Which of the following is a characteristic of the Indo-European language family?
- Which of the following is NOT a language family?
- Which of these languages is known for having a trilled 'r' sound that is common in many European languages?
- The term 'orthography' refers to:
- Which of the following languages is an example of a language that uses a syllabary writing system?
- What is the primary function of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)?
- Which of the following is an example of a dead language?
- In linguistics, what does the term 'code-switching' refer to?
- What is the term for a word that is derived from the name of a person or place?
- Which of the following languages belongs to the Uralic language family?
- The term 'lexicon' refers to:
- Which of these languages is known for having a bidirectional script, written from right to left?