MCQ Chapter 2 Class 12 Rainbow Story of English Bihar Board English Down the AgesMCQ’s For All Chapters – Rainbow Story of English Class 12th 1. Which language has the maximum number of speakers worldwide?EnglishHindiMandarin ChineseSpanishQuestion 1 of 202. How many people approximately speak English globally?873 million309 million500 million1 billionQuestion 2 of 203. English is approximately how many years old?500 years1000 years1500 years2000 yearsQuestion 3 of 204. Which dialect did English originate from?West MidlandsEast MidlandsSouth EnglishNorthern EnglishQuestion 4 of 205. Old English was used between:AD 449-AD 1066AD 1150-AD 1500AD 1500 onwardsAD 500-AD 1000Question 5 of 206. Middle English is noted for its extensive borrowings from:Sanskrit and LatinFrench and LatinGreek and LatinGerman and LatinQuestion 6 of 207. The Great Vowel Shift occurred during which period?Old EnglishMiddle EnglishModern EnglishNew EnglishQuestion 7 of 208. When was the printing press invented?1066115014761500Question 8 of 209. What was a significant factor for the rise of literacy during the Middle English period?Development of schoolsIntroduction of universitiesInvention of the printing pressAdvent of newspapersQuestion 9 of 2010. Modern English started around:AD 1066AD 1150AD 1476AD 1500Question 10 of 2011. What are the two major divisions of Modern English?Modern and New EnglishOld and Middle EnglishEarly and Late Modern EnglishFormal and Informal EnglishQuestion 11 of 2012. What enriched the English language during British territorial expansion?New grammarBorrowing of local vocabularySimplified syntaxNone of the aboveQuestion 12 of 2013. What term is used to describe the latest period of the English language?Global EnglishCyber EnglishNew EnglishesPostmodern EnglishQuestion 13 of 2014. Which language is considered an International Language?FrenchSpanishEnglishMandarinQuestion 14 of 2015. In which age has English been particularly effective?Stone AgeIndustrial AgeCyber AgeSpace AgeQuestion 15 of 2016. What was Old English characterized by?SimplicityInflectionsBorrowed wordsPrintingQuestion 16 of 2017. Why was the Old English period called the "Dark Age"?Lack of court patronageAbsence of literacyFrequent warsLimited resourcesQuestion 17 of 2018. From which era onwards has English been used in the British Isles?Old EnglishMiddle EnglishModern EnglishNew EnglishQuestion 18 of 2019. Which type of English developed after the British Empire's decline?Post-British EnglishColonial EnglishVarieties like Indian English and American EnglishNone of the aboveQuestion 19 of 2020. What makes English a global language?Its simplicityIts literatureIts role in globalizationIts alphabetQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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