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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.
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question34:-Brahui language belongs to the
A:-Indo-Aryan Family
B:-Tibeto-Burman family
C:-Austro-Asiatic family
D:-Dravidian family
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question35:-The study of the changes and developments of the same language at
different periods is
A:-Comparative Linguistics
B:-Historical Linguistics
C:-Contrastive Linguistics
D:-Synchronic Linguistics
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question36:-A linguistic area indicates
A:-share linguistic features within a language family
B:-geographical boundaries of a language family
C:-shared linguistic features across language family
D:-linguistic features separating language families
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question37:-In some languages words typically contain a linear sequence of
morphs and therefore these languages are known as
A:-lsolating
B:-Agglutinating
C:-Inflectional
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question38:-Mutual intelligibility is a criterion used in Linguistics for identifying
A:-Dialect
B:-Register
C:-Pigin
D:-Creole
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question39:-The concept of Diglossia was given by
A:-Charles A. Ferguson
B:-Peter E. Hook