This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Morphology – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Morphology Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In an experiment, a scientist compares the limb structures of different vertebrates. What is the primary focus of this study? A) Comparative genetics. B) Comparative morphology. C) Comparative physiology. D) Comparative embryology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comparative morphology. 2. Which factor is least likely to affect lead morphology? A) Pressure. B) Temperature. C) Magnetic field. D) Humidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnetic field. 3. What does intravenous injection refer to? A) Applied within layers of the skin. B) Taking place within the veins. C) Administered within the nasal structure. D) Occurring by entering the eyeball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking place within the veins. 4. What is the meaning of the prefix fore-? A) Down. B) Wrongly. C) Again. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before. 5. What is the role of a derivational morpheme? A) To change the grammatical category of a word. B) To indicate the tense of a verb. C) To form compound words. D) To create new root words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To change the grammatical category of a word. 6. Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?A barge can ..... dozens of new cars at one time. A) Deport. B) Portable. C) Transport. D) Teleport. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transport. 7. Willy Nilly is an example of word formation ..... A) Clipping. B) Affixation. C) Suppletion. D) Reduplication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reduplication. 8. Bacterial cells reproduce by this process A) Mitosis. B) Spawning. C) Binary fission. D) Meiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Binary fission. 9. Which of the following word contains only 1 morpheme? A) Against. B) Receive. C) Protest. D) Submit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against. 10. In the experiment in mice, testicular interstitial (Leydig) cells were blocked. What hormone synthesis will stop? A) Insulin. B) Oxytocin. C) Progesterone. D) Testosterone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Testosterone. 11. Which word means to cook before? A) Preheat. B) Undercook. C) Precook. D) Reheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precook. 12. The prefix im-means A) Yes. B) Today. C) Tomorrow. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not. 13. What is the meaning of the prefix:in (en) A) Again, thoroughly. B) In, on, not. C) Together, thoroughly. D) From, out of, thoroughly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In, on, not. 14. From the sentence below, choose the type of inflection.He stood next to me. A) Past Tense. B) Past Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Tense. 15. Free morphemes are: A) Morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word. B) Affixes. C) Morphemes that can stand alone as an independent word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morphemes that can stand alone as an independent word. 16. The root word 'hydra' means: A) Monster. B) Water. C) Horse. D) Prefix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 17. Small organelles that turn genes into proteins A) Nucleus. B) Plasmid. C) Cytoplasm. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ribosomes. 18. Which word means "able to be done" ? A) Nontoxic. B) Passable. C) Movement. D) Misspell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passable. 19. Basal placentation develops when the ovary has- A) Many locules. B) Single ovule in each locule. C) Many ovules. D) Single ovule. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Single ovule. 20. The process of combining the beginning of one word and the end of another word to form a new word is called ..... A) Clipping. B) Borrowing. C) Blending. D) Derivative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blending. 21. Choose the correct morpheme(s) of the word 'dislike'. A) Free. B) Bound. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 22. Whip-like tail that allows bacteria to move A) Pillus. B) Flagella. C) Cytoplasm. D) Cell wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flagella. 23. What is the meaning of the suffix '-scope'? A) Half. B) Look; see. C) Cut. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look; see. 24. Which word means an imaginary way to move across distance or space instantly? A) Deport. B) Portable. C) Automobile. D) Teleport. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teleport. 25. Choose the incorrect match- A) Zygomorphic flowers (Bilateral symmetry)-pea, gulmohur, bean, Cassia. B) Asymmetric (irregular flower)-Canna. C) Inferior ovary-pea. D) Superior ovary / Hypogynous flower-mustard, china rose and brinjal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inferior ovary-pea. 26. Male and female cockroaches can be distinguishedexternally through A) Anal styles in male. B) Anal cerci in female. C) Anal style and antennae in females. D) Both (b) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anal styles in male. 27. What are the functional morphemes in the following sentence '' When he arrived in the morning, the old man had an umbrella and a large plastic bag full of books '' A) When, he, in, the, an, and, a, of. B) Arrived, morning, old, man, had, umbrella, large, plastic, bag books, full. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When, he, in, the, an, and, a, of. 28. What is conversion or functional shift? A) Change position of stress to createa new word or a new grammatical form. B) Combine parts of an existing word (usuallythe first and the final part). C) Convert the grammatical category of a wordinto another without changing its form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convert the grammatical category of a wordinto another without changing its form. 29. Which of the following statements is false about leaf? A) A leaf is said to be simple, when its lamina is entire or when incised, the incisions do not touch the midrib. B) Leaf is the most important vegetative organ for photosynthesis. C) Leaf is not a transpiratory organ. D) A leaf is said to be compound when the incisions of lamina reach upto the midrib breaking into a number of leaflets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leaf is not a transpiratory organ. 30. Buy and Bought are perfect examples of: A) Words in pass. B) Past participle. C) Derivational affixes. D) Inflectional morphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inflectional morphemes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesMorphology Quiz 1Morphology Quiz 2Morphology Quiz 4Morphology Quiz 5Morphology Quiz 6Morphology Quiz 7Morphology Quiz 8Morphology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books