UGC NET/ JRF December 2005 Question Paper II: Linguistics

The University Grant Commission (UGC) conducts the National Eligibility Test (UGC NET/ JRF) for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship twice in the month of June and December. Here you find question papers from the Linguistics for the benefit of the aspirants. The question paper will help in the practice and thereby further the preparation procedure of the students.

1.The notion of linguistic relativity relates to Linguistics and  _
(A) Political Science  
(B) Philosophy
(C) Psychology  
(D) Anthropology
2.In the sentence Iohn loves Mary, the noun Iohn has:
(A) No case  
(B) A morphological case
(C) Abstract nominative case
(D) Oblique case
3. Match the items of List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes
given below:      
 List - I     List - II
(a) Syllabification    (i)  Semantics
(b) Componential analysis   (ii)  Phonology
(c)Lexi costatistics    (iii)  Morphology
(d) Back formation    (iv)  Historical linguistics
Code(a)  (b)  (c)  (d)   
(A)  (iii)  (iv)  (ii)  (i)   
(B)  (iv)  (i)  (iii)  (ii)   
(C)  (ii)  (i)  (iv)  (iii)   
(D)  (i)  (ii)  (iii)  (iv)   
4. Substantive universals include:  
(A) Object, predicate   
(B) Noun, verb
(C) Distinctive features   
(D) A-over-A principle
5. Phonology, morphology, syntax are:
(A) branch of linguistics
(C) parts of language
(B) levels of linguistics analysis
(D) approaches to linguistic analysis
6.Specialization as a I design feature' of language implies:
(A) Human being can learn special languages
(B) The human brain has a special language organ
(C) Languages are special communicative systems
(D) Human beings have to be trained to learn a language

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