This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Morphology – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Morphology Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Australian acacia plant A) Leaves become fleshy. B) Leaf tips are modified into tendrils. C) Leaves are modified into spines. D) Leaves are short lived, petioles become leaf like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leaves are short lived, petioles become leaf like. 2. Which root/base word means life? A) Aud-. B) Bio-. C) Struct-. D) Dict-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bio-. 3. What is the term for a morpheme that can stand alone as a word? A) Bound morpheme. B) Inflectional morpheme. C) Free morpheme. D) Derivational morpheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free morpheme. 4. What does the prefix "mis-" mean in the word "misspell" ? A) Not. B) Small. C) Bad or wrong. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bad or wrong. 5. Auto is an example of a A) Prefix. B) Root. C) Syllable. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 6. Multifoliate compound leaf (Palmate compound leaf) is found in- A) Rose. B) Tamarind. C) Moringa. D) Silkcotton (Bombax). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silkcotton (Bombax). 7. Which of the following features is exhibited by the cells in the region of meristematic activity? A) Large size. B) Thick cell walls. C) Dense protoplasm. D) Low rate of cell division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dense protoplasm. 8. The prefix PRE means A) After. B) Other. C) Before. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 9. Didynamous (2 long and 2 short stamens) condition is seen in- A) Salvia, Tulsi. B) Datura, mango. C) Litchi, pea. D) Mustard, onion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salvia, Tulsi. 10. Scientist might use a microscope or a telescope.What does scope mean? A) Pick/grab. B) See/look. C) Under/over. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) See/look. 11. A human arm and a whale fin have similar bone structure but the whale fin is used for swimming and the arm is used for reaching and grabbing. What type of structures are these? A) Analogous structures. B) Homologous structures. C) Vestigial structures. D) Fossil structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homologous structures. 12. In castor, the food storing tissue is- A) Testa. B) Cotyledon. C) Tegmen. D) Endosperm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endosperm. 13. This root words means "fear of" A) Claim. B) Act. C) Cred. D) Phobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phobia. 14. Thorn develops from- A) Root. B) Leaf. C) Axillary bud. D) Peduncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axillary bud. 15. Which of the following best describes vestigial structures? A) Structures that are used for the same purpose in different species. B) Structures that have lost their original function. C) Structures that have the same function but different origins. D) Structures that are similar in different species due to common ancestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structures that have lost their original function. 16. A new word formed from the initial letters of other words is called ..... A) Borrowing. B) Acronym. C) Compounding. D) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acronym. 17. Identify the inflectional morpheme in the word 'running'. A) Run. B) -ing. C) Runn. D) -nning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ing. 18. Head of cockroach is formed by the fusion of A) Six segments and triangular in shape. B) Ten segments and trigonal in shape. C) Eleven segments and rectangular in shape. D) Three segments and tetragonal in shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Six segments and triangular in shape. 19. How does comparative morphology contribute to the field of paleontology? A) By analyzing fossilized DNA. B) By examining the chemical composition of fossils. C) By studying the behavior of ancient organisms. D) By comparing the physical structures of fossils. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By comparing the physical structures of fossils. 20. Which prefix means 'Sound'? A) Aud-. B) Bio-. C) Morph-. D) Geo-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aud-. 21. Which prefix means wrong or bad? A) Con-. B) De-. C) Mis-. D) Non-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mis-. 22. What is the study of the structure and form of words in a language? A) Semantics. B) Morphology. C) Phonology. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morphology. 23. What is the meaning of the prefix:ex A) Again, thoroughly. B) In, on, not. C) From, out of, thoroughly. D) Together, thoroughly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From, out of, thoroughly. 24. Spece, spect, spice A) Hear. B) See. C) Taste. D) Say. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) See. 25. A word part added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning is a A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Verb. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefix. 26. A meaningful word part that can change the part of speech or make a word plural. A) Suffix. B) Predicate. C) Prefix. D) Affix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffix. 27. Bagian tubuh burung yang berfungsi untuk terbang adalah ..... A) Bulu. B) Sayap. C) Paruh. D) Kaki. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sayap. 28. What does acceleration mean? A) Increasing in speed. B) Slowing down. C) Dangerous. D) Success. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing in speed. 29. The prefix UNI means A) One. B) Seven. C) Against. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 30. Stem tendrils (climbing in function) develop from axillary bud. Stem tendrils are in all of the following except- A) Cucumber. B) Citrus. C) Pumpkin. D) Watermelon and gravevines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Citrus. 31. The words, such as advertisement (ad) and influenza (flu) are the examples of ..... A) Blending. B) Borrowing. C) Compounding. D) Clipping. E) Acronym. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clipping. 32. Amelia was truthful when asked if she did her homework. What does the word truthful mean? A) Sad. B) Angry. C) Smart. D) Honest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Honest. 33. What does morphology study in linguistics? A) The pronunciation of words. B) The internal structure of words and their formation. C) The historical development of languages. D) The meaning of sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The internal structure of words and their formation. 34. Consider the word antidisestablishmentarianism. How many morphemes does it have? A) 9. B) 5. C) 6. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 35. A person's medical history is ..... , which is one reason why it is kept confidential. A) Interpersonal. B) International. C) National. D) Personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personal. 36. ..... is the morpheme that can be uttered alone with meaning A) Free base. B) Bound morpheme. C) Free morpheme. D) Bound base. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free morpheme. 37. Identify the word-formation process:'brunch' from 'breakfast' and 'lunch'. A) Derivation. B) Acronym. C) Blending. D) Compounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blending. 38. Is this statement true?Free morphemes belong in the open class and all bound morphemes belong in the closed class A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 39. Which words are acronyms? A) NASA, G.P.A. B) P.C., C.E.O. C) Scuba, laser. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scuba, laser. 40. How many spiklets does a rice plant usually have on one tiller? A) 50. B) 20. C) 100-200. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100-200. 41. Type of inflection indicates plural is ..... A) She never tidies her bedroom. B) It is Lala's boardgame. C) My grandpa sharpened the knives. D) I am shouting angrily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My grandpa sharpened the knives. 42. What does the root "pro" mean? A) Act, practice, result of. B) Before, forward. C) One who. D) Relating to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before, forward. 43. One of the following statement is not applicable to Solanaceae- A) Adnation (epipetalous). B) Monocarpellary superior ovary. C) Swollen axile placenta. D) Bicarpellary superior ovary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monocarpellary superior ovary. 44. What does the word profession mean? A) Important topic. B) Words joined togeether using a hyphen. C) The quality of sound, usually in music. D) A job that needs a high level of training and education. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A job that needs a high level of training and education. 45. The original word of "sport" is: A) Import. B) Sportif. C) Sportive. D) Disport. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disport. 46. What do the suffix ER, OR? A) An action; condition; causing a specific action. B) Changes a verb to noun (person). C) Without. D) Out of, from. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changes a verb to noun (person). 47. The morpheme-er in the word 'teacher' is: A) A prefix. B) A derivational morpheme. C) An inflectional morpheme. D) A free morpheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A derivational morpheme. 48. Something that is wonderful is A) Full of wonder. B) To wonder wrongly. C) In a way that is wonder. D) To wonder again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full of wonder. 49. To act directly against; to prevent from affecting A) React. B) Interact. C) Audience. D) Counteract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Counteract. 50. Thermometer comes from the Greek therm meaning "heat" and meter meaning "measure." What does thermometer mean? A) A device used to heat up the body. B) A device used to monitor progress. C) A device used for measuring temperature. D) A device used to measure height. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A device used for measuring temperature. 51. COINING IS UNDER WHAT BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS? A) MORPHOLOGY. B) PHONOLOGY. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MORPHOLOGY. 52. ..... morphemes that stand by themselves as single words A) Derivational bound morphemes. B) Graphemes. C) Free morphemes. D) Bound morphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free morphemes. 53. What is the root of "unbearable" ? A) Bearable. B) Bear. C) Unbear. D) Able. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bear. 54. What is the primary focus of comparative morphology? A) Examining the chemical processes within cells. B) Comparing the physical structures of different organisms. C) Studying the behavior of animals in their natural habitat. D) Analyzing the genetic sequences of different species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comparing the physical structures of different organisms. 55. What does the morpheme '-less' mean? A) Without. B) Full of. C) With. D) Having a lot of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without. 56. Which suffix means a way of doing something? A) -ly. B) -y. C) -ed. D) -ible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ly. 57. The negative [-in] morpheme has four allomorphs:/in-/, /im-/, /il-/, /ir-/ A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 58. What type of structures are the wings of a bat and the wings of a bird? A) Fossil structures. B) Vestigial structures. C) Homologous structures. D) Analogous structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homologous structures. 59. Wings extend beyond the tip of the abdomen in A) Queen bee. B) Female cockroach. C) Male cockroach. D) Drone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Male cockroach. 60. Identify the word-formation process:present +-er = presenter A) Back formation. B) Root creation. C) Blend. D) Derivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Back formation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesMorphology Quiz 1Morphology Quiz 2Morphology Quiz 3Morphology Quiz 4Morphology Quiz 5Morphology Quiz 6Morphology Quiz 7Morphology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books