Writing and Scripts

Q. Most of the scripts we have today developed from the ____.

1. Gupta Script
2. Brahmi Script
3. Kutila Script
4. Nagari Script

Q.

Natural Language is structured data. True or false?

Q. One of the earliest inscriptions found in Andhra Pradesh region is from the ____.

1. Bhattiprolu stupa
2. Bavikonda Stupa
3. Sanchi stupa
4. Ramabhar Stupa

Q. Ashoka used the Brahmi to get his message across to the citizens.

1. script
2. poem
3. song

Q. Can a language be written in any script?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe
4. None of the above

Q. Ann said to Jane, "You have a very well paid job."

1. Ann told Jane that she had a very well paid job.
2. Ann told Jane that she has a very well paid job.
3. Ann said to Jane that she has a very well paid job.
4. Ann said to Jane that she had a very well paid job.

Q. Initially, what did humans use in order to make scripts?

1. Words
2. Syllables
3. Pictures
4. Alphabets

Q. Why did people in North India use Bhoja trees for writing?

1. The leaves of Bhoja trees peeled off just like paper and one could easily write on them using ink
2. The leaves of Bhoja trees could be cut to required shapes easily
3. The bark of Bhoja trees peeled off just like paper and one could easily write on them using ink
4. The bark of Bhoja trees could be cut to required shapes easliy

Q. Choose the correct passive form from the given options:
Thousands of kites _________ at the International Kite Festival.

1. Being exhibited
2. Are being exhibited
3. Will exhibit
4. Exhibited

Q. Choose the most suitable passive voice conversions of the given sentences :
We saw you and him.

1. You and he were seen by us.
2. You and him was seen by us.
3. You and he seen by us.
4. You and him were seen by us.

Q. The line "great quantities of fish were caught with the hand" contains an example of?

1. figurative language
2. colorful adjectives
3. passive verb construction
4. oxymoronic impossibilities
5. pastoral analogies

Q. The earliest writing of a long text that survived to our time was written during the rule of ____.

1. Ashoka
2. Krishnadevaraya
3. Harshavardhana
4. Rajendra Chola

Q. Choose the correct statement.

Assertion A] People developed different languages such as English, Sanskrit, Persian and Chinese.

Reason R] A group of people living together may develop their own language.

1. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
   
2. A is true but R is false.
3. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
4. A is false but R is true.

Q. Select the appropriate word that makes the sentence most meaningful:
What do you make ________ all this?

1. to
2. of
3. by
4. for

Q. Match the following.

A] रघु	1] Hindi
B] రఘు	2] Urdu
C] رگھو	3] Telugu
D] Raghu	4] English

1. A->1, B->4, C->2, D->3
2. A->4, B->3, C->2, D->1
3. A->1, B->2, C->3, D->4
4. A->1, B->3, C->2, D->4

Q. What are the uses of language?

1. For planning
2. For organising
3. For communication
4. To create new sentences

Q. You have been away for a while and have just come back to your home town. You meet Gerry, a friend of yours. He asks you a lot of questions:

1. He asked me that I could lend him some money.
2. He asked me if I could lend him some money.
3. He asked me whether I could lend him some money.
4. He asked me if that I could lend him some money.

Q. From the below options, identify the sentence which are in active voice:
1. Sharmi loves to dance.
2. Sharmi was taught dance by the renowned dancer, Padmavathi.
3. Sharmi learnt a lot of nuances in dance from Padmavathi.
4. Sharmi was groomed to be a dancer by Padmavathi.

1. 1 and 3
2. 1, 3 and 4
3. Only 1
4. None of the above

Q. What help us in reading and writing languages?

1. Paper
2. Sounds
3. Syllables
4. Scripts

Q. ‘I am the person who disproved the theory that the sun goes around the earth and proved that the earth’s rotation causes day and night. I wrote the book ‘Aryabhatiyam.’ Who am I?

1. Chanakya
2. None of the above
3. Aryabhatta
4. Galileo