Quiz  /  Animal Morphology Gate & PSU MCQ Questions With Answers

  • 1. 
    Morphology studies ___.

  • sentence formation
  • word formation
  • the meaning of words
  • word pronunciation

  • 2. 
    In the word “creators” (create+ -or + -s), the final morpheme is:

  • an inflectional morpheme
  • a derivational morpheme
  • a lexical morpheme

  • 3. 
    A morpheme is physically realized (pronounced) as one or more morphs. These morphs are called allomorphs.

  • True
  • False

  • 4. 
    Inflectional bound morphemes:

  • can create a new word
  • do not create new words
  • can stand alone as an independent word

  • 5. 
    Bound morphemes are:

  • morphemes that can stand alone as an independent word
  • affixes
  • open class of words

  • 6. 
    The word "taken" is a _____ word.

  • simple
  • compound
  • complex

  • 7. 
    Are all Inflectional Affixes suffixes?

  • Yes
  • No

  • 8. 
    Morphology is NOT:

  • the study of word structure
  • a branch of linguistics
  • the study of meaning

  • 9. 
    Which of the following is a morheme?

  • { s }
  • [ s ]
  • / s /
  • s

  • 10. 
    The word “cat” has:

  • 1 morpheme and 3 phonemes
  • 3 morphemes and 1 phoneme

  • 11. 
    Which type of morphemes consist of a root and an affix?

  • Free Morpheme
  • Bound Morpheme

  • 12. 
    Affixes can be subdivided into ___ and ___.

  • suffixes
  • prefixes
  • roots
  • Both A & B

  • 13. 
    Lexical Morphemes are typically

  • nouns
  • adjectives
  • verbs
  • All of above

  • 14. 
    An infix is a _____.

  • morpheme annexed before a stem
  • morpheme occurring in the middle of a word
  • morpheme occurring in the middle of a stem
  • morpheme occurring in the middle of a base

  • 15. 
    The process of word formation in "easy => ease" is _____.

  • derivation
  • clipping
  • blending
  • back formation

  • 16. 
    The underlined part in "a reserved room" is a(n):

  • derivational suffix
  • inflectional suffix
  • derivational infix
  • none of them

  • 17. 
    Word formation processes in which words are combined are:

  • compounding and blending
  • back-formation and clipping
  • eponyms

  • 18. 
    According to their meaning, morphemes consist of:

  • bases & affixes
  • derivational & inflectional
  • free & bound morphemes
  • root & stem

  • 19. 
    Free morphemes are:

  • morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word
  • affixes
  • morphemes that can stand alone as an independent word

  • 20. 
    Derivational bound morphemes:

  • add grammatical information
  • can create a new word
  • can stand alone as an independent word

  • 21. 
    The original word of "sport" is:

  • sportif
  • sportive
  • disport
  • import

  • 22. 
    Words are meaningful combinations of phonemes.

  • True
  • False

  • 23. 
    Morphemes are:

  • the study of word structure
  • the smallest meaningful units that words are divided into
  • sound units that words are divided into

  • 24. 
    Lexical Morphemes have meaning by themselves while Grammatical Morphemes do not.

  • True
  • False

  • 25. 
    The underlined word in "The president then was Mr. Bill Clinton" is a(n) ______.

  • adjectibe
  • adverb
  • noun
  • pronoun
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