This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Morphology – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Morphology Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the primary function of inflectional morphemes in English? A) To create new words with new meanings. B) To modify a word's tense, number, aspect, mood, or gender. C) To change the word class of a base word. D) To form compound words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To modify a word's tense, number, aspect, mood, or gender. 2. What is the meaning of the prefix:con A) Together, thoroughly. B) Again, thoroughly. C) From, out of, thoroughly. D) In, on, not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Together, thoroughly. 3. Transform means to change ..... Hinit:Think about what tranformers do. A) Across. B) Through. C) Shape/form. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shape/form. 4. Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this? A) The function of these bones is the same in all animals. B) They live in similar environments. C) All organisms resemble humans. D) They have a common ancestor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They have a common ancestor. 5. I can't read my grandfather's note because his handwriting is sloppy and ..... A) Legible. B) Illegible. C) Regular. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illegible. 6. The words, such as brainwash, bookworm, fingerprint, and seasick are the examples of ..... A) Acronym. B) Borrowing. C) Compounding. D) Blending. E) Clipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compounding. 7. What is the meaning of the root word:punct A) To build. B) Pointed, stabbed, or pierced, prompt. C) Alone. D) To place or put:to pause or temporarily halt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pointed, stabbed, or pierced, prompt. 8. Stems in sugarcane and maize develop roots from the lower nodes of the stem meant for additional anchorage of the plant to the soil. Name the type of root best suited from the list below. A) Prop root. B) Pneumatophore. C) Stilt root. D) Haustoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stilt root. 9. A. Cells of root meristematic zone has dense cytoplasm.B. Chrysanthemum, Pineapple and Jasminum are examples of sucker.C. A fleshy bud is called bulbil.D. Root cap is absent in Hydrophytes. A) All are correct. B) All are correct, except B. C) A & B are correct. D) B & C are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All are correct, except B. 10. Compounding is ..... A) A process of letters formation that involves derivation complete word forms into a single compound form. B) A process of food formation that involves meat complete meal forms into a perfect dish. C) A process of word formation that involves combining complete word forms into a single compound form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A process of word formation that involves combining complete word forms into a single compound form. 11. Bound morphemes are: A) Morphemes that can stand alone as an independent word. B) Affixes. C) Open class of words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affixes. 12. Sepal is the member of which whorl in a flower? A) Androecium. B) Calyx. C) Gynoecium. D) Corolla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calyx. 13. Add the correct suffix to the end of the word nation. nation ..... A) -ible. B) -able. C) -ial. D) -ous. E) -al. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) -al. 14. What is the process of forming a new word by doubling an entire free morpheme? A) Reduplication. B) Compounding. C) Clipping. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduplication. 15. Pre- A) Before. B) Again. C) After. D) Once. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 16. What does the morpheme 'mal-' mean? A) Good or right. B) Bad or wrong. C) Neutral or average. D) Helpful or beneficial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bad or wrong. 17. Studying the relationship between organisms by comparing their structures A) Biological evolution. B) Fossil record. C) Comparative anatomy. D) Variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comparative anatomy. 18. What broad type of anaemia does thalassaemia fit into? A) Microcytic hypochromic anemia. B) Macrocytic anemia. C) Normocytic anemia. D) Megaloblastic anemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microcytic hypochromic anemia. 19. In comparative morphology, which of the following structures are considered homologous? A) The wings of a bat and the wings of a butterfly. B) The flippers of a whale and the wings of a bird. C) The legs of a human and the legs of a spider. D) The arms of a human and the wings of a bat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The arms of a human and the wings of a bat. 20. Silicula fruit is A) Achenial. B) Capsular. C) Schizocarpic. D) Multiple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capsular. 21. A bat wing and a butterfly wing are both used for flying but they are made differently. What type of structure is this? A) Homologous structure. B) Analogous structure. C) Vestigial structure. D) Fossil structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogous structure. 22. A variant of a morpheme that does not change its identity A) Allomorph. B) Allophone. C) Allotted. D) Alloy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allomorph. 23. What does the prefix 'multi-' mean? A) One. B) Few. C) Many. D) Several. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many. 24. Keel is characteristic feature of A) Aloe. B) Tomato. C) Tulip. D) Indigofera. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indigofera. 25. Which word means to read again? A) Preread. B) Misread. C) Reread. D) Unread. 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