THE SUPERIOR COLLEGE SARGODHA

SUBJECT: DATE: - 06 -2021

TOTAL MARKS: 80 TOTAL TIME: 02:30 HOURS
SUPERIOR PRE-UNI EXAM JUNE, 2021
ROLL NO:

NOTE: Attempt All Questions, All Carry Equal Marks.

1) Genre is associated with

a) Organization of text on the basis of cultural
b) Organization of the text on the basis of culture
and social purposes around the language
c) Organization of text on the basis of need d) Organization of text on the basis of choices
2) According to Halliday Genre is
a) A lower order semiotic concept b) A higher order semiotic concept
c) A collective concept of language use d) Particularity of text
3) _______________ is the sum of the text’s subject matter, its purpose, it’s mode and the type of the text.
a) Genre b) Language
c) Register d) Stylistics
4) Genre deals with the grouping of text on the basis of…
a)on the basis of varieties a) On the basis culture
b) On the basis of use c) On the basis structure
5) The branch of stylistics base on the competence and disposition of the reader is known as
a) Contextualist b) Evaluative
c) Interpretative d) Textualist
6) Hymns are the good example poetic style because of the
a) Effects of phonetics b) Grammatical structure
c) Graphological structure d) Lexical structure
7) The study of the meanings of words that how they can be interpreted in the text is being done at
a) Semantic level b) Graphological level
c) Lexical level d) Grammatical level
8) The patterns of communication used in the particular settings.
a) Register b) Genre
c) Style d) Dialect
9) Register varies with the…..
a) Use b) User
c) Change in culture d) Change In region
10) Language contains two major types of variation
a) Social and cultural b) Contextual and systematic
c) Systematic and internal d) Cultural and regional
11) What is the parameter to specify the context in which language is used
a) Field b) Mode
c) Tenor d) All
12) The ways in which language is used in a given context, by a given person is known as
a) Style b) Register
c) Genre d) Jargon
13) The word ‘ad hoc in legal language is taken from
a) Latin b) French
c) Roman d) English
14) Archaism in legal language is used to
a) To avoid ambiguity b) To explain the ideas
c) To add formality d) To emphasize
15) Theory of register aims to propose relationships between
a) Language function and language form b) User and society
c) Society and region d) Language and user
16) Listing two or more than two items having similar characteristics and sharing same ideas is known as
a) Enumeration b) Doublets
c) Neutralization d) Impersonality
17) Shouldn’t , we’ve, there are the examples of
 a) Modern English b) Informal style
c) Contractions d) Colloquialism
18) Use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing is known as
a) Informality b) Colloquialism
c) Causality d) Style
19) _________is the example of foregrounding in Quran
a)Surah e Baqarah b) Surah e Kausar
c)Surah e Nas d) Surah e Rehman
20) The tongue also is the fire , a world of evil among the parts of body is the example of
a) Metaphor b) Hyperbole
c) Paradox d) Allusion
21) The rule of regular sentence structure is violated for
a) Mentioning the importance of anything b) For making the expression beautiful
c) For breaking the monotony d) For making the text little less formal
22) Recipe can be studied under the heading of
a) Genre b) Method
c) Register d) Procedure
23) Main part of the Newspaper is
a) Headline b) Articles
c) Columns d) Main body
24) ___ is always constant in Newspaper
a) Field b) Mode
c) Tenor d) Style
25) The subject matter of the text is known as
a) Field b) Mode
c) Tenor d) Idea
26) The study of a language above sentence level in a written or spoken language.
a) Discourse b) Context
c) Text d) Field
27) The branch of linguistics concerned with the printed shaped study of written shapes is studied under
a) Graphology b) Graphitic level
c) Print media d) Ads.
28) An optional noun which modifies another noun is known as
a) Attributive noun b) Helping noun
c) Modifier d) Pronoun
29) A newly coined word or an expression is studied under
a) Coinage b) Neologism
c) Morphology d) Inflection
30) Clever and humorous use of words to play with meanings that can have more than one meaning is known as
a) Pun b) Synonyms
c) Sarcasm d) Wit
Sociological perspective focusing on practical , Common sense reasoning people use in their everyday life
31)
is known as
a) Ethnomethodology b) Ethnography
c) Culture d) Sociology
32) : (colon) indicates what during a CA
a) Sound that occurred just before was
b) Further prolongation
prolonged
c) Breath (intake of air) d) Slight pause
33) Interview, commentaries and conversation are part of
a) Discourse Analysis b) Speech events
c) Coherence d) Cohesion
34) In CA , the term ‘Indexicality’ means that
a) The meaning of an utterance depends on the b) Speech acts can be listed and indexed after
context in which it is used transcription
c) Words are constitutive of the social world in
d) People tend to hide the meaning
which they are located
35) In CA transcript , what does the symbol of (.) Stand for
 a) Intake of breath b) Prolonged sound
c) Emphasis on the next word d) Slight pause
36) What is meant by the term adjacency pairs
a) An interviewer and interviewee sitting next to
b) Two linked phrases of conversation
each other
c) Two similar questions asked in rapid
d) A mechanism used to repair a language mistake
succession
37) What do discourse analyst study
b) The way discourses ‘frame’ our understanding
a) Forms of communication other than talk
of social world
c) The rhetorical styles used in written and oral
d) All of the above
communication
38) Spoken language can be
a) Unscripted b) Partially scripted
c) Scripted d) Descripted
39) Paralinguistic features include
a) Pointing b) Volume
c) Nodding and eye rolling d) Tone
40) Which of the following is a scripted following speech
a) A conversation with friends b) A debate
c) A teacher’ direct instruction d) A presenter interviewing
41) What lexical means do lexical style have
a) Informality, Spontaneous characters of
b) Intensive modification of sounds in fluent speech,
speech, interpersonal contact and direct
positioned changes.
involvement in the process of communication
c) The use of special terminology to express
precision , repetition, use of construction d) Familiarity, ellipses, concrete character of speech,
with archaic elements, wide spread interruption and logical inconsistency of the
vocabulary units expressing absence of speech emotiveness and efficacy.
subjective emotional appraisal.
42) What is the aim of communication in official style
a) To exert influence on a public opinion b) To make an interesting dialogue
d) To reach agreement between two contracting
c) To educate people
parties
43) Which of them is not oxymoron
a) Noisy silence b) Amazing Street
c) Virtual reality d) Open secret
44) ‘ I could sleep for a year’
a) Hyperbole b) Metaphor
c) Metonymy d)Personification
45) Which of them is not a characteristic features of colloquial style
a) Informality b) Emotionless
c) Idiomatic expression d) Ellipses
46) Imagery is
b) When an author sets mental pictures or images in
a) When an author compares two things
the readers head using words
c) Pictures presentation d) Descriptive idea
It is a style in spoken English which requires private vocabulary and emphasis on intonation more than wording or
47)
grammar
a) Intimate b) Formal
c) Casual d) Informal
48) It is a language style common among friends , that involve the usual use of ellipses and slangs
a) Formal b) Intimate
c) Casual d) Informal
49) The branch of linguistics that studies the nature and organization of the meanings conveyed by language
a) Semantic b) Phonetics
c) Phonology d) Morphology
50) It usually restates the thesis and leaves the reader something about the topic to think about
a) Conclusion b) Thesis statement
 c) body d) Introduction
51) Variation in a language according to use in specific situations is called
a) Register b) Jargon
c) Diaglossia d) Idiolect
52) Omission of a words or more from a sentence is called
a) Elision b) Ellipses
c) Assimilation d) Analogy
53) The study and analysis of text in regard to their linguistics and literary styles is called
a) Sociolinguistics b) Stylistics
c) Psycholinguistics d) Linguistics
54) Which of the following links literary criticism to linguistics
a) Sociolinguistics b) Stylistics
c) Psycholinguistics d) Historical linguistics
55) The information given about the subject in a sentence is called
a) Infinitive b) Participle
c) Verb d) Predicate
56) Painting, smoking , fishing are the examples of
a) Infinitive b) Gerund
c) Participle d) Verb
57) The opening paragraph of the Newspaper report is usually based upon, answering the
a) Who, what, where, when b) How and they
c) Now and then d) Headline
58) How is the word ‘discourse’ usually defined
a) Language beyond the sentence b) Take turns at speaking
c) Coherence d) Social boundaries
59) What style does not require emotive words
a) Official documents style b) Scientific style
c) Newspaper style d) Letters
60) A sports announcer usually talks with ‘play -by-play’ description that focuses on the
a) Grammar b) Pronunciation
c) Accent d) Action
61) The summary of the whole article is foregrounded through
a) Headline b) Main body
c) Introduction d) Conclusion
62) In newspaper language _________ sentence are frequently used
a) Simple b) Compound
c) Complex d) Imperative
63) _______ is used commonly in Newspaper
a) Neologism b) Coining
c) Arbitrariness d) Enumeration
64) Surah e Rahman is the good example
a) Alliteration b) Assonance
c) Consonance d) Foregrounding
65) Technical vocabulary associated with a specific field or group is called
a) Register b) Jargon
c) Diaglossia d) Idiolect
66) Diachronic studies deal with
a) Linguistics facts along the period of time b) Linguistics facts of a particular occasion
c) Structure of language d) Meaning of a text
67) There are ____ basic skills of a language
a) 2 b) 4
c) 5 d) 6
68) Hereafter, heretofore, hereinafter are the examples of
a) Archaism b) Doublets
c) Enumeration d) Formality
The speaker is involved in one-way communication and is an expert as the audience listens, receives, and
69) does not participate; the speaker's purpose is to inform or persuade and standard English is the grammar
used. Example: speech, lecture, presentation
 a) Formal b) Casual
c) Intimate d) Consultative
70) The intersection of language and society
a) Sociolinguistics b) Sociology
c) Context d) Dialect
71) How is style related to genre
a) Genres are not related to style b) A genre is a type of style
c) A style is a type of genre d) Genres are characterized by different styles
72) What is a coinage
a) It is the second group of archaic words b) It is the category of obsolescent words
c) It is the terminological borrowing d) It is newly invented word or phrase
73) A stylistics device in which emphasis is achieved through deliberate exaggeration
a) Grammatical meaning b) Hyperbole
c) Gender marker d) Graphitic impression
74) What type of literature really relies on an author’s creative style
a) Reference b) Academic Style
c) Fiction d) Journalism

75) On what level we study the way in which individual words and idioms tend to pattern in different linguistic context
on the semantic level in terms of stylistics
a) Grammatical level b) Lexical level
c) Syntactical level d) Morphological level
76) How the linguistic elements work to crate meaningful art is studied under
a) Interpretative stylistic b) Evaluative stylistics
d) Cognit8ve stylistics
c) Discourse stylistics

77) _______ has been intrinsically linked with the teaching of written texts

a) Pedagogical stylistics b) Evaluative stylistics

c) Literary stylistics d) Interpretative stylistics

78) It refers to the use of indicative words or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and
give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the
suspense.
a) Foreshadowing b) Flashback
c) Euphony d) Imagery
79) Eye catching, persuasive , informal are the characteristics of
a) Headline b) Advertisement
c) Recipe d) Persuasive letter
80) Paragraphing, indentation, capitalization, graphitic choices are the part of
a) Layout b) Grammatical structure
c) Outline d) None of these