Our MCQ Series would mostly deal with the literature syllabus for the NET/SET. This week, Phonetics was introduced as we may thus get a more widespread audience.
1) The phonetic supra-segmental features are also known as a) frequency features b) prosodic features c) syllabic features d) none of these. The correct option is (b). 'Prosodic' in the present context has nothing to do with the poetic field. Rather, it refers to features such as length, stress, pitch which relate to an utterance longer than a sound segment.
2) Words with weak prefixes are accented on a) the root b) the prefix if it changes the meaning c) the prefix if it does not change the meaning d) none of these. The correct option is (a). A few examples can be a'head, be'low, a'loud. These examples can establish the fact that meaning is not exactly a decisive factor.
3) Words ending in '-ion' have the primary accent on the a) initial syllable b) final/ultimate syllable c) the pen-ultimate syllable d) all of these. The correct option is (c). A few examples can be appli'cation, imagi'nation, conver'sation, compo'sition
Pratima Agnihotri Pune
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