This document contains information about various topics related to phonetics and phonology. It includes notes on principles of management prepared by Mrs. K. Anitha for the Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research. It also contains 50 objective type questions and answers related to phonetics, phonology, and pronunciation of the English language. The questions cover topics like types of vowels and consonants, phonetic transcription, syllables, stress and intonation patterns.

1. PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
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• MEENAKSHI ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
• (Deemed to be University)
•
• FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & SCIENCE
• Department of Management Studies
UNIT 1
Notes Prepared By
Mrs. K.Anitha MBA M.Phil
Assistant Professor
MEENAKSHI ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
(Deemed to be University)
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & SCIENCE
Department of Management Studies
UNIT 2
Notes Prepared By
Mrs. K.Anitha MBA M.Phil
Assistant Professor
Dr. Protyusha Guha Biswas, MDS.,
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCE
MEENAKSHI ACADEMY OF HIGHER
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
(Deemed to be University under section 3 of UGC act
1956)
Mrs. M. Ponkavithamani
Department of English

2. PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
• OBJECTIVE QUESTION AND
ANSWERS

3. 1. The nucleus of the syllable is the vowel.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Explanation: A syllable is a unit of pronunciation which consists only a vowel or a vowel and a
consonant. The nucleus of the syllable is the vowel; the consonant is its marginal element.
2. What is a consonant called when it is placed at the end of a syllable?
a) Releasing consonant
b) Arresting consonant
c) Dental consonant
d) Alveolar consonant
Answer: b
Explanation: When a consonant is placed at the end of a syllable, it is called an arresting consonant.
When it is placed at the beginning of a syllable, it is called a releasing consonant.
3. What is the structure in the following syllable : pack?
a) CVC
b) CV
c) VCC
d) VC
Answer: a
Explanation: In CVC, C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel. For the word pack, the first
letter p is a consonant. The last two letters c and k are also consonants, but they come together to
make a single sound. Between these two consonants, there’s the vowel a. Hence the structure of the
word would be CVC.

4. QUESTION AND ANSWERS
• 4. f and z are examples of :
a) Bilabial consonant
b) Sibilant consonant
c) Dental consonant
d) Alveolar consonant
• Answer: b
Explanation: A consonant is a letter of the
alphabet which represents a sound that can
only be articulated with a vowel. Sibilant
consonant like f and z are exceptions
which can be pronounced without the help
of a vowel.
•
• 5. Which of the following is a voiceless
sound component?
a) b
b) d
c) c
d) g
ANSWER -C
• 6. According to the place of articulation, which of
these is not a type of consonant?
a) Bilabial
b) Dental
c) Velar
d) Public
• Answer: d
Explanation: According to the place of
articulation, consonants are classified into 9
types. These are Bilabial, Dental, Labio-dental,
Alveolar, Post-alveolar, Palato-alveolar, Palatal,
Velar and Glottal.
•
• 7. Which of these consonants are the one whose
place of articulation is the lower lip and upper
teeth?
a) Bilabial
b) Dental
c) Labio-dental
d) Glottal
• Answer: c

5. 8. According to the placement of the tongue, which of these is not a type of vowel?
a) Cross vowels
b) Front vowels
c) Back vowels
d) Central vowels
Answer: a
9. As per quality, vowels sounds can be differentiated as Monophthongs and Diphthongs.
a) True
b) False
Explanation: Vowel sounds can be differentiated as per their quality as Monophthongs and
Diphthongs. Monophthongs are pure vowels, because they do not change in quality.
Diphthongs are gliding vowels, and they change their quality continually.
10. Which of the following vowels is an example of back vowel?
a) i
b) e:
c) u
d) a
Answer: c
11. Which of these terms refer to the study of speech process?
a) Phonology
b) Phonetic substances
c) Phonetics
d) Semantics
Answer: c

6. • 12. Which of these is not a type of
phonetics?
a) Articulatory
b) Personal
c) Acoustic
d) Auditory
• Answer: b
• 13. Articulatory phonetics is the study
of physical properties of speech sounds.
a) True
b) False
Answer: b
• 14. Which of these terms refer to the
study of hearing and perception of
speech sounds?
a) Articulatory phonetics
b) Acoustic phonetics
c) Auditory phonetics
d) Laboratory phonetics
• Answer: c
• 15. Laboratory phonetics is a branch
which uses instruments to study sounds.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
• 16. What is the term used for ingressive air-sounds
produced?
a) Claps
b) Snap
c) Clicks
d) Beats
• Answer: c
• 17. Which of these refer to the sound features of a
language?
a) Morphemic
b) Phonetic substances
c) Phonetics
d) Syntax
• Answer: b
• 18. What does the phonetic symbol d represent?
a) Voiced bilabial plosive
b) Voiceless palatal plosive
c) Voiced alveolor plosive
d) Voiced dental fricative
Answer: c
19. What is the full form of IPA?
a) Indian Phonetic Alphabet
b) International Phonetic Alphabet
c) International Phonetic Agreement
d) Indian Phonetic Agreement
• Answer: b

7. • 21. The Number of monophthong in English
sound's is
A. 8
B. 24
C. 12
D. 46
Ans : C
Q.22. The Number of diphtongs in English
Sound is
A. 12
B. 8
C. 44
D. 20
Ans:C
Q. 23. Which total number of sounds in
English language is
A. 12
B.8
C. 20
D. 44
Ans: D
Q. 24- Which one of the following is not an
organ of speech?
A. leg
B. Tongue
C. Vocal chord
D. Lips
Ans: A
•
Q. 25. Total Number of consonant sound in English is
A. 12
B. 8
C. 20
D. 24
• Q. 26. We need an air stream mechanism for the
A. Production of Speech
B. Digestion process
C. Blood circulation process
D. Dexidation Process
Ans: A
• Q.27. What is essential to acquire a good
pronunciation in English language?
A. a lot of conscious efforts
B. a lot of systematic efforts
C. a lot of regular practice
D. All the above
Ans: D
Q.28. Our respiratory system consists of
A. Lungs
B. Air Pipe
C. Nostrils
D. All the above
Ans: D
Q..29. The hard convex surface just Behind
the upper front teeth is called
A. soft palate
B. teeth ridge
C. hard palate
D. tongue
Ans C

8. • 30.Diphthong is a
A. Pure vowel sound
B. Pure consonant sound
C. Vowel glides or mixed vowel sounds
D. none of the above
Ans: C
Q.31. The letters a,e,i,o,u in English alphabet are
called
A. Clusters
B. Consonants
C. Vowel
D. Words
Ans: C
Q.32. The Latter of English alphabet other than
vowels care called
A. Word
B. vowels
C. clusters
D. consonants
Ans: D
Q.33. When one sound is given by two consonants,
it is called
A. vowel sounD
B. consonant sound
C. single sound
D. consonant cluster
Ans: D
•
Q.34. which fo the following has /: i /
sound
A. Car
B. seat
C. fit
D. books
Ans: B
Q. 35. which of the following has
/e:/sound
A. but
B. arm
C. about
D. aunt
Ans: C
Q.36. The example of consonant cluster
is
A. sea
b. guard
C. guilty
D. play
Ans: D

9. 37. The following does not belong to the basic
components of speech
A. stress
B. rhythm
C. poem
D. intonation
Ans: C
Q.38. The word "Doctor" has
A. Two syllables with stress on one
B. two syllables with stress on both
C. two syllables with stress on first
D. two syllables with stress on second
Ans: C
Q.39. "The degree of force with which sound or
syllable of a word is uttered" is called
A. intonation
B. stress
C. Rhythm
D. Pause
Ans: B
Q.40. "The Change of pitch of voice " is called
A. stress
B. Rhythm
C. Pause
D. Intonation
Ans: D
Q. 41. The rise and fall of pitch in voice is called
A. Flueny
B. Pause
C. Intonation
D. Stress
Ans: C
Q.42. "The smallest unit of words" is called
A. Phoneme
B. Allophone
C. Juncture
D. Morpheme
Ans: A
Q.43. "The study of articulation, transmission and reception
of speech sound ," is called
A. Linguistics
B. Morphology
C. Phonetics
D. syntax
Ans: C
Q.44. Defective pronunciation in india prevails as
A. There is dearth of books on phonetics
B. No firm rules for pronunciation
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
Ans: C

10. • 45. "Phonetics" is a part of language
study.It is
A. Study of system of sound of language
B. Study of words
C. study of articulation, transmission and
reception of speech sounds
D. None of the above
Ans: C
Q.46. The teacher does not tell or interpret
whether the answer is correct or not in the
A. Testing activity
B. Teaching activity
C. Language game activity
D. Demonstration activity
Ans: A
Q.47. Flow correct pause stress and
intonation is only possible through ther
practice of
A. Comprehesion
B. Oral Exkpresssion
C. Reading
D. Writing
Ans: B
• Q.48. English can be learnt only by
the
A. Practice of applied grammar
B. Practice of speaking
C. study of grammar
D. study of functional grammar
Ans: B
Q.49. The advantage of Rhymes in
the
A. it removes shyness
B.It encourages students to recite
together
C.it Makes the teaching joyful
D.All the above
Ans: D
Q.50. According to phonetic method,
the unit of a word is
A. Sentence
B. Word
C. Sound
D. Letter
Ans: D

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