Linguistics | MCQs

Explanation

Tsunami means "Harbour Waves".

World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed annually on November 5 to create awareness about this deadly disaster.

Explanation

یہ سوال پاکستان پوسٹ کے پیپر میں اردو میں پوچھا گیا ہے

Urdu is a word in the Turkish language, it means Army

Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan

The name Urdu was first used by the poet Ghulam Hamadani Mushafi around 1780 

Maulvi Abdul Haq is the father of Urdu

Explanation

Mandarin Chinese has the highest number of native speakers.

It primarily due to China's large population.

While English is widely spoken as a second language.

It is the most common lingua franca globally, it does not have as many native speakers as Mandarin.

Explanation

 a noun phrase has a noun as its Head. Determiners and adjective phrases usually constitute the pre-Head string:

[NP the children]

[NP happy children]

Explanation

30 languages are spoken in Pakistan

while

Five languages have more than 10 million speakers each – 

Punjabi

 Pashto

Sindhi

Saraiki

Urdu.

while

The most widely spoken language in Pakistan is Punjabi (48 % speak), followed by the Punjabi variant Siraiki (10 percent),

2nd Sindhi 12%

Pashto 8%

Balochi 3%

Hindko 2%

Explanation

A diphthong is a complex vowel sound that begins with one vowel and glides into another within the same syllable.

"Toil" contains the diphthong /ɔɪ/ (as in "oil").

Explanation

"Those" refers to "the streets (of Lahore)" mentioned earlier.

It is a demonstrative pronoun used to point out specific things.

Explanation

Talk : Stammer :: Walk : Stagger

Improper writing is called scribbling.

Similarly, improper speaking is called stammering.

ND07-3-2023

Explanation

SLOWLY. آہستہ آہستہ.

Quickly جلدی سے

Explanation

Polygot means a person knows many languages.

Polygot means ایسا شخص جو بہت سی زبانوں پر عبور رکھتا ہو