History of English Language MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. ...............of the English language distinguish three main stages in its development

1. Historians
2. Europeans
3. Philosopher
4. Foreigners

2. After the Norman Conquest, which language became the language of courts and government?

1. Latin
2. Old English
3. Norse
4. French

3. Anglo-Saxon is otherwise called as

1. New English
2. British English
3. Old English
4. Middle English

4. In 1453, ................., the seat of European learning fell to the Turks.

1. Rome
2. Constantinople
3. London
4. Athens

5. In the year, ............., the seat of the European learning, Constantinople, fell into the hands of the Turks.

1. 1643
2. 1453
3. 1673
4. 1667

6. In the year..........., English replaced French as the language of the law courts.

1. 1385
2. 1372
3. 1362
4. 1331

7. It is believed that the original Indo- European has split up into.............distinct language groups.

1. Five
2. Six
3. Seven
4. Eight

8. Italian words also begin to make their appearance in English, especially in connection with music and the arts during the

1. Old English period
2. Middle English period
3. Renaissance
4. Modern period

9. Language is a social phenomenon

1. True Statement
2. False Statement
3. both a and b
4. none of the above

10. Max Muller, German Philologist is associated with

1. Bow -wow theory
2. Gesture theory
3. Ding-Dong theory
4. Pooh-Pooh theory

11. Name the two languages spoken side by side during the Middle English period.

1. English and Norman- French
2. English and Celtic
3. English and Latin
4. English and Scandinavian

12. Primitive Germanic split ultimately into three important branches which are

1. Gothic, Scandinavian and West Germanic
2. Gothic, Celtic and Albanian
3. Spanish, Rumanian and Portuguese
4. Swedish, Danish and Icelandic

13. Renaissance reached England about the year

1. 1300
2. 1400
3. 1500
4. 1700

14. The Anglo Saxon belongs to the................branch of the Indo European languages.

1. Easter Sanskrit
2. Celtic
3. Primitive Germanic
4. Romanic

15. The Authorised Version/ King James Version of the Bible came out in

1. 1604
2. 1640
3. 1611
4. 1620