ENG501 Quiz 4 Set 2

Q1. ‘Pidgin’ may even become a/an ------------ language.

1. trending
2. official
3. informal
4. obsolete

Correct answer: official

Q2. Accumulator, habitat and hibernate are formed from ----------- elements.

1. Swedish
2. French
3. German
4. Latin

Correct answer: Latin

Q3. Which field does the word “dynamo” belong to?

1. Histology
2. Biology
3. Chemistry
4. Electricity

Correct answer: Electricity

Q4. What is the origin of the word “Quartz”?

1. German
2. Latin
3. French
4. Swedish

Correct answer: German

Q5. A formal “Proposal for the Publication of a New English Dictionary by the Philological Society” was issued in ------------ .

1. 1857
2. 1855
3. 1858
4. 1850

Correct answer: 1857

Q6. elements have come via Modern Latin into English language.

1. Greek
2. Latin
3. French
4. Swedish

Correct answer: Latin

Q7. Pidgin is a/an -------------------- language.

1. auxiliary
2. ambiguous
3. obsolete
4. candid

Correct answer: auxiliary

Q8. Choose the acronym ‘DVD’with full form.

1. Drugs and Vice Division
2. Direct Virus Device
3. Dynamic Voltage Drop
4. Digital Video Disc

Correct answer: Digital Video Disc

Q9. Pidgins and Creoles are based on many different languages, including --------------.

1. Persion, French, English and Japanese
2. Swahili, Arabic, Malay and Japanese
3. Italian, French, Greek and Japanese
4. Latin, Greek, Spanish and Japanese

Correct answer: Swahili, Arabic, Malay and Japanese