Affixes are subdivided into

a) prefixes and suffixes

b) morphemes and prefixes

c) phonemes and morphemes

d) lexemes and sememes

e) others

 

58) Which of the following words are international?

a) sky, husband, window Saturday

b) moon, sea, philosophy

c) philosophy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology

d) behaviour, attractive, beautiful

e) cat, dog, water, sky

The English Language contributed to the world languages

a) scientific terms

b) archaic words

c) military terms

d) sport terms

e) biological terms

 

60) Which of the following words are of Indo- European origin?

a) philosophy, politics, telegraph

b) father, mother, sister, brother, widow, foot, ten, water

c) administration, affiliation, window

d) sky, Monday, husband, window

e) presence, behavior, piano

 

Etymological doublets are words which

a) etymologically descend from the same root

b) were borrowed from different languages

c) are synonymous

d) have the same Indo- European roots

e) are international words

 

62) Which of the following pairs are etymological doublets?

a) begin-start, buy- purchase

b) start- finish, hot-cold

c) buy-purchase, sweet-bitter

d) heavy- light, beautiful-ugly

e) skirt-shirt, senior-sir, captain-chieftain, capture-catch