List of top Questions asked in GATE XH-C1, GATE XH- C3

Given the following phonological rule, which one of the options CANNOT be an output? 


 

Choose the option that correctly matches the type of writing systems (P – S) in column X with the names of writing systems (i – iv) in column Y. 


 

Which of the following statement/s is/are TRUE about tones in Indian languages?
In which of the following options, both languages do NOT exhibit verbal agreement?
Which of the following is/are NOT true about Sign languages?
In William Labov's Martha's Vineyard study, what is/are the sound change/s involved?
Which of the following set/s consist/s of at least two [+continuant] sounds?
Which of the following aspect/s use/s pitch as a primary acoustic correlate?
Which of the following is/are random sampling method/s?
Which of the following writing system/s follow/s right to left writing direction?
Which of the following acoustic characteristics is/are applicable to the vowel /i/?
Which of the following sets depict/s natural class of alveolar consonants?

Given the Hindi and English words below, which one of the options is the reason for their similarity? 


 

Choose the option that correctly matches the names of scholars (P – S) in column X with the fields or approaches (i – iv) in column Y they are primarily associated with. 


 

Language X is in vigorous use, with literature in a standardized form being used by some, though this is not yet widespread or sustainable. Based on the EGIDS scale by Lewis and Simons 2010, what is the status of the language X?
Consider the following two statements and choose the correct option.
S1: Patients with Broca's aphasia have trouble producing speech.
S2: Patients with Wernicke's aphasia have trouble understanding what others say.
Assuming a language has 5 basic colour terms, which one of the following options is predicted by language universals?
Choose the option that demonstrates Grassmann's law of sound change.
What is/are the grammatical feature/s encoded in the English morpheme –s in the sentence 'The director sing-s'?
Which of the following is/are type/s of affix/es?
Who among the following developed the notion of intersubjectivity on which Stanley Fish’s idea of ‘interpretive communities’ rests?
In The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde repeatedly uses the term ‘Bunbury’. It refers to the ________

Which of the following statement(s) aptly describe(s) the novel, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale?

Which of the following novels has/have been written by the novelist who also wrote A Goddess Named Gold?

Which of the following political position(s) is/are advocated in Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’O’s work Decolonising the Mind?