GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) English (XH-C2): Questions 895 - 898 of 2433
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Question 895
Appeared in Year: 2017
Question Match List-Ⅰ List-Ⅱ▾
Match the word with definition: (January paper 3)
List-Ⅰ (Column I) | List-Ⅱ (Column II) |
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(A) Cognate | (i) Rules governing the social use of language |
(B) Etymon | (ii) Words with a common ancestor |
(C) Code switching | (iii) Changing from one language variety to another in discourse |
(D) Pragmatics | (iv) Etymological source of a word |
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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Question 896
Appeared in Year: 2013
Question MCQ▾
Which one of Brecht՚s works was intended to lampoon the conventional sentimental musical but the public lapped up the work՚s sentiment and missed the humour? (June Paper 3)
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | The Mother | |
b. | Man is Man | |
c. | Life of Galileo | |
d. | Three Penny Opera |
Question 897
Appeared in Year: 2013
Question MCQ▾
“I will put myself in poor and mean attire and with a kind of umber smirch my face” . The word umber means: (June Paper 3)
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | A dark brown pigment | |
b. | Yellow paste | |
c. | A dusty yellow or brown pigment | |
d. | Light brown powder |
Question 898
Appeared in Year: 2017
Question MCQ▾
Elizabeth Bishop՚s poems are best remembered for their (January paper 3)
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | Intellectual tenor | |
b. | Conversational intimacy | |
c. | Astringent satire | |
d. | Urban topography |