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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'Research Assistant (Linguistics)' And exam conducted in the year 2023. And Question paper code was '170/2023/OL'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was ''. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
B:-Bilinguals
C:-Literate
D:-Hunter gathers
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question95:-Which among the right reasons why many tribal languages in Kerala
are not listed as independent languages in the Census of India after 1961?
A:-Population of speakers is below 10,000
B:-Languages are dialects of Malayalam
C:-Languages are dialects of Tamil
D:-2 and 3
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question96:-Status of language in general can be stated in terms of
A:-Vitality
B:-Literacy
C:-Complexity
D:-Simplicity
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question97:-Which among the dominant reasons for the endangerment of
languages?
A:-No writing system
B:-Not used in all modern domains
C:-Not transmitted from the old generation to the new generation
D:-Not used in the new media
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question98:-Tribal languages in Kerala are typologically
A:-Verb initial
B:-Postpositional
C:-Verb medial
D:-Prepositional
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question99:-Which tribal community given below belongs to the primitive tribal
group of kerala?
A:-Muduga
B:-Cholanaickan
C:-Irula
D:-Eravallan
Correct Answer:- Option-B