Question

Passage:

in 1476, William Caxton introduced printing press in England. As a result books became cheaper and accessible. This
increased the levels of literacy in England. Also publishing books for masses developed into a very profitable enterprise and
made available texts written in English for the first time. This meant that the English could now read something written in their
language as opposed to Latin. The printing press contributed greatly to the standardization of English. The dialects of English
that were spoken in the areas where the printing houses were located were widely publish and as a result became the English
with spellings and grammar becoming fixed. As a result the first English dictionary was published in 1604.


Q1: Books were written for the first time in English because
(a) English was standardized and books were cheaper
(b) of cheaper mass production of books
(C) of wider literacy with easy access to books -
(d) English was opposed to Latin

Q2: The standardisation of English was facilitated due to the
(a) proliferation of the printing press in England
(b) role of the dialects in the areas of printing houses
(c) wider exposure given to some dialects of English
(d) fixation of spelling and grammar through printing


Q3: What is the term used in the passage to denote orthography
(a) grammar
(b) standardization
(c) spelling
(d) literacy


Q4: A dialect may be explained as the variety of a language specific to
(a) the common rules of grammar
(b) the illiterate speakers of a language
(c) the speech of the elite strata of society
(d) a particular region or a social group


Q5: Find a term in the passage that describes a notion that is is farthest in meaning to a dictionary
(a) lexicon
(b) thesaurus
(c) vocabulary
(d) diction​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.a

2.d

3.a

4.b

5.c

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polagani prem Chand

in Andhra Pradesh state

Krishna district