Story of English all objective
1. Invention of the printing press happened in.
A. 1576
B. 1456
C. 1476
D. 1566
Answer-: C
2. English used since ad till now is called modern English.
A. 1300
B. 1400
C. 1500
D. 1600
Answer-: C
3. Old English covers ad 449 ad
A. 1156
B. 1056
C. 1066
D. 1077
Answer-: C
4. Middle English covers ad 1150 ad .
A. 1600
B. 1400
C. 1500
D. 1450
Answer-: C
5. Modern English covers ad onwards.
A. 1550
B. 1600
C. 1500
D. 1515
Answer-: C
6. The history of English beging with the coming of the Anglo saxons from to mainland Britain.
A. American
B. China
C. Europe
D. Baltic
Answer-: C
7. The literature of the angle saxons is of types.
A. Three
B. Four
C. Two
D. Five
Answer-: C
8. English language is than sankrit Persian Greek latin etc.
A. Older
B. Much older
C. Younger
D. Much younger
Answer-: D
9. English is not our.
A. Mother tongue
B. Father tongue
C. Official language
D. emotional language
Answer-: A
10. The Anglo saxons were people.
A. Indo european
B. Red indian
C. Persian
D. American
Answer-: A
11. Through English belongs to the ancient Indo european family of languages.
A. Sanskrit
B. Latin
C. Germanic
D. Greek
Answer-: C
12. There are main periods to the history and growth of English language.
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
Answer-: B
13. The English we speak today came from the speech of the.
A. Germains trible
B. American tribes
C. Asian tribes
D. African tribes
Answer-: A
14. Angles saxons and jutes are together called.
A. Angle
B. Saxons
C. Angle saxons
D. None of these
Answer-: C
15. The angle saxons used to live in.
A. North’s west Europe
B. North Europe
C. South Europe
D. West europe
Answer-: A
16. The languages the angle saxons used were.
A. Celtic
B. English
C. French
D. Germanic or teutonic
Answer-: D
17. The Germains invaders were called by the natives of England.
A. Saxons
B. English
C. African
D. American
Answer-: A
18. The word drama came from word.
A. Greek
B. Frence
C. Latin
D. None of these
Answer-: C
19. The scholar gipsy has been written by.
A. Matthew Arnold
B. W. B. Years
C. Robert bridges
D. J. M. Synge
Answer-: A
20. Father of English language is.
A. Shakespeare
B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. John
D. None of these
Answer-: B
21. The Anglo saxons invaded England in the.
A. 5 th century
B. 6 th century
C. 7 th century
D. 8 th century
Answer-: B
22. She language of today reflects centuries of political and social developments.
A. 4 th century
B. 5 th century
C. 6 th century
D. 7 th century
Answer-: B
23. Who were called together the angle saxons.
A. Angle
B. Saxons
C. Jutes
D. All the three
Answer-: D
24. Gave England its name and language.
A. Indians
B. Romans
C. Angle saxons
D. None of these
Answer-: C
25. The history of English language is just about years old.
A. Fifteen hundred
B. Sixteen hundred
C. Seventeen hundred
D. None of these
Answer-: A
26. In the old English period the two major influences were.
A. Latin and frence
B. Latin and Greek
C. Latin and Scandinavian
D. Latin and indian
Answer-: C
27. The gold period of old English literature was the era of.
A. King Alfred
B. King Richard
C. Queen elizabeth
D. None of these
Answer-: A
28. The year 1066 ad is taken to be the end of period.
A. Middle English
B. Old English
C. Modern English
D. Nine of these
Answer-: B
29. About christlanity began to spread in England.
A. 400vad
B. 500 ad
C. 600 ad
D. ad 700
Answer-: C
30. The first phase of middle English literature covers the period.
A. Ad 950-ad 1350 ad
B. Ad 1050-ad 1215
C. Ad 1150- ad 1215
D. Ad1250 – ad 1350
Answer-: C
31. The second phase of middle English literature covers the period.
A. 950- 1350ad
B. 1050- 1350
C. 1150- 1350ad
D. 1250- 1350
Answer-: D
32. Chaucer Gower, England and wyclif are important writers of the.
A. Old English
B. Middle English
C. Modern English
D. None of these
Answer-: B
33. Modern English begins from.
A. 1300 Ad
B. 1400 ad
C. 1500 ad
D. 1600 ad
Answer-: C
34. The printing technology begins from.
A. 1466 ad
B. 1476 ad
C. 1486 ad
D. 1496 ad
Answer-: B
35. The name Augustan’ was given to the early century.
A. 17th century
B. 18 th century
C. 19 th century
D. 20 th century
Answer-: B
36. The british grammar was written by j. Buchanan in.
A. 1760
B. 1762
C. 1764
D. 1766
Answer-: B
37. Is a window to the world.
A. Hindi
B. Urdu
C. English
D. Chinese
Answer-: C
38. Has the largest number of native speakers.
A. English
B. Urdu
C. Chinese
D. Hindi
Answer-: C
39. In the uk the usa Ireland Canada Australia new zealand and south africa English is spoken as a.
A. Foreign language
B. Mother longue
C. Second language
D. None of these
Answer-: B
40. In india Singapore Malaysia Nigeria Namibia Botswana etc. English is spoken as a.
A. Second language
B. Foreign language
C. Mother tongue
D. None of these
Answer-: A
41. English is also used as a by the Anglo indian community of india.
A. Mother tongue
B. Foreign language
C. Second language
D. None of these
Answer-: A
42. In china japan uae Saudi Arabia egypt iraq Eritrea France Germany Switzerland Mexico Brazil etc. English is spoken as a.
A. Mother tongue
B. Foreign language
C. Second language
D. None of these
Answer-: B
43. English devloped from the speech of the.
A. Anglo indian
B. Anglo American
C. Anglo Saxon
D. None of these
Answer-: C
44. Standerd british speech is known as.
A. RP
B. IP
C. AP
D. None of these
Answer-: A
45. American English differs from British English in the sphare of.
A. Spelling
B. Grammar
C. Vocabulary
D. All of these
Answer-: D
46. About years ago latin was a world language.
A. 600
B. 800
C. 700
D. 900
Answer-: B
47. In the last few decades of the centure the English language has rapid changes.
A. 17 th
B. 19 th
C. 18 th
D. 20 th
Answer-: D
48. During the century an intellectual movement swept europe.
A. 14 th
B. 16 th
C. 15 th
D. 17 th
Answer-: C
49. In his poetic words Chaucer did not use.
A. The old English
B. The middle English
C. The modern English
D. None of these
Answer-: A
50. William Wordsworth was a.
A. Dramatist
B. Comedian
C. Poet
D. Novelist
Answer-: C
51. Hamlet is a.
A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Farce
D. None of these
Answer-: C
52. King Lear is a.
A. Comedy
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. None of these
Answer-: C
53. Is called modern father of novel.
A. Richardson
B. Johnson
C. Feilding
D. Dryden
Answer-: A
54. Othello is a.
A. Comedy
B. Novel
C. Tragedy
D. Story
Answer-: C
55. The first English tragedy was.
A. Dr.faustus
B. Gorboduc
C. Julius caesar
D. King lear
Answer-: B