Exam Details
Subject | comparative literature | |
Paper | ||
Exam / Course | m.phil | |
Department | ||
Organization | central university | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | February, 2013 | |
City, State | telangana, hyderabad |
Question Paper
1.
"Great, this is just what I needed!" is an example of Simile Irony Metaphor Hyperbole
2.
The novel Kocharethi's English translation won The Economist Crossword Book Award 2011 . The Econom ist Crossvord Book Award 2012 Jnanpith Award 2011 Hutch Crossword Book Award2011
3.
Dhamma is associated with Sanskrit Pali Tamil Devnagari
4. Which among the following is considered the first European novel? Harry Potter The Shadow o/the Wind Luces de Bohemia Don Quixote
5.
Pastoral derives from Spanish Latin Greek Germany
6.
Japanese short poetry is called Haiku Noh Samurai None of the above
7.
Who authored Towards an Aesthetics 0/Dalit Literature? Omprakash Valmiki Namdeo Dhasal B.R. Amdedkar Sharankumar Limbale
8.
Bihu dance is associated with the cultural tradition ofA) Meghalaya Nagaland CC) Assam Jharkand
9.
Premchand's Godan deals with Datit conversion problem Contemporary rural peasantry Minority religious issue Hindu nationalism
c
10.
A "tabloid" is associated with Capsule Medicine Muscle Newspaper
11.
Harriet Beecher Stowe is a national ofA) Africa Nigeria America France
12.
Munna Bhai MBBS, a Hindi film, was directed by Rajkumar Hirani Vidhu Vinod Chopra Boman Irani Sunil Dutt
13.
Deconstruction was proposed by Ferdinand de Saussure Jacques Derrida Noam Chomsky David Barsamian
14.
Who among the following is not a diasporic writer? Rohinton Mistry Salman Rushdie Raja Rao Jhumpa Lahiri
15.
Navya Sahitya Movement is associated with Telugu literature Marati literature Kannada literature Tamil literature
16.
In Kalidasa's Abhijnana Sakuntalam, Sakuntala was cursed by Viswamitra Durvasa Jamadagni Dushyanta
17.
The first published English novel by an Indian is
Malgudi Rajmohan wife Untouchable Train to Pakistan
18.
Sitakanta Mahapatra, an eminent Indian poet, hails from Karnataka Tamil Nadu Kerala Odisha
19.
Which of the following is a Kannada Dalit autobiography?
Karukku Ba/uta
Orukeri Upra
20.
Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart portrays the life of Igbo people Agbo people Ibeno people Isoko people
21.
Who is the author ofDeath ofa Discipline? Sisir Kumar Das Susan Bassnett Rene Wellek Spivak
22.
Who among the following was associated with the Civil Rights Movement in America?
Abraham Lincoln Rutherford B. Hayes Martin Luther King. Jr. Woodrow Wilson
23.
Which one of the following is not a Dravidian language? Tam il Kannada Telugu Avadhi
24.
Amhi was a Marathi Dalit periodical run by B.R. Ambedkar Baburao Bagul Kumud Pawde Arjun Dangle
25. Which of the following is not a Hindu purana? Vishunu Purana Brahma Purana Jamba Purana Vaman Purana
26. Who among the following was a greatest Sanskrit grammarian of ancient India?
Abhinava Gupta Panini
Kautilya Katyayana
27. Sudraka, an ancient Indian playwright, belonged to
Gupta period Post-Gupta period
Pallava period Post-Pallava period
28. "Imagined Communities" is a term Benedict Anderson uses for
Diasporic groups Nationhood
Ethnicity Colonised people
29. Mimetic criticism views literary work as .
Personalisation Depersonalisation
Imitation Interpretation
30. Select the matching pair:
Campus novel-Margaret Drabble Travelogue-Macaulay
Diary Writing-Samuel Pepys Periodical Essay-Lamb
31. Select the matching pair:
Girish Karnad-Kannada Kamala Das-Tamil A.K. Ramanujan-Telugu R. Parthasarathy-Malayalam
32. Varun ranks seventh from the top and twenty-eighth from the bottom in his How many students are there in his class?
36 B)35 34 None of the above
33. In a certain code language, the word ROUTINE is written as VMRGFLI. How will the word CRUELTY be written in that code language? A)VOCVZRL B)WPCVZRL C)VPCVZRL D)VPVCZRL
c -J.t
34.
"Sanskritisation" is a concept propounded by S.V. Srinivas Kancha I1iah Gopal Guru M.N. Srinivas
35.
The standard greeting suggested by Alexander Graham Bell for answering a telephone was "Hello" "ala" "Ahoy" "How you do"
36.
According to Guinness Book of World Records 1998, the most recognized English song is "God Save the Queen" "Happy Birthday to You" "Jingle Bells" "Leaving by a Jet Plane"
37.
Find the number of triangles in the given figure:
16
14
38. One of the following is not a cinematic adaptation of a Shakespearean play: Shakespeare in Love Maqbool Kaliyattom Omkara
39.
"Gharibi Hatao" was an election campaign slogan adopted by A.B. Vajpayee Indira Gandhi I.K. Gujral Rajiv Gandhi
40.
A Critical Introduction to Comparative Literature isby Steven Zepetnek Claudio Guillen Susan Bassnett Amiya Dev
41.
The Second Sex isby Simone de Beauvoir Elaine Showlater Judith Butler Julia Kristeva
42.
Life ofPi isanovel by Yann Martel Jack Kerouac Kurt Vonnegut Haruki Murakami
43.
Anxiety ofInfluence isabook by T.S. Eliot Anna Balakian Harold Bloom Van Tieghem
18
15
44. The Rear Window isafilm by Woody Allen Alfred Hitchcock
I
Jean Luc Godard D) Frederico Fellini
45.
Megastar: Chiranjeevi and Telugu Cinema after N. T Rama Rao isby Moinak Biswas S.Y. Srinivas Partha Chatterjee Madhava Prasad'
46.
"There, behind barbed wire, on one side, lay India and behind more barbed wire, on the other side, lay Pakistan. In between, on a bit of earth which had no name, lay Toba Tek Singh." The above lines are by Khushwant Singh Prem Chand Sadat Hasan Manto Jawaharlal Nehru
47.
Poisoned Bread is a volume of modern Dalit literature, translated into English from Telugu Tamil Malayalam Marathi
48.
The Politics ofFriend')hip isabook by Pierre Bourdieu Jacques Derrida Edward Said Emanuel Levinas
49.
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched ofthe Earth explores the following subject: The economic and psychological degradation inflicted by imperialism. The greatness of Western civilization. The greatness of Asian and African civilizations. None of the above.
50.
Which school of thought is Stuart Hall associated with? Deconstruction Psychoanalysis Phenomenology Cultural Studies
M.Phii. (COMPARATIVE LITERATURE) -FEBRUARY 2013
PART-B (25 Marks)
To be answered in the Answer Book.
I. Write an essay on any one of the following: (15 Marks)
Comparative Literature in India.
Margins and Marginalization.
Assess your favourite author in relation to the period/genre.
II. Translate the following passage into a modern Indian language. other than English. (Note: Mention the language) (10 Marks)
Does the Mahatma practice what he preaches? One does not like to make personal reference in an argument which is general in its application. But when one preaches a doctrine and holds it as a dogma there is a curiosity to know how far he practices what he preaches. It may be that his failure to practice is due to the ideal being too high to be attainable; it may be that his failure to practice is due to the innate hypocrisy of the man. In any case he exposes his conduct to examination and I must not be blamed if I asked how far has the Mahatma attempted to realize his ideal in his own case. The Mahatma is a Bania by birth. His ancestors had abandoned trading in favour of ministership which is a calling of the Brahmins. In his own life. before he became a Mahatma. when occasion came for him to choose his career he preferred law to scales. On abandoning law he became half saint and half politician .... When can a calling be deemed to have become an ancestral calling so as to make it binding on a man? Must man follow his ancestral calling even if it does not suit his capacities? .... If everyone must pursue his ancestral calling then it must follow that a man must continue to be a pimp because his grandfather was a pimp .... To me his ideal of following one's ancestral calling is not only an impossible and
impractical one, but it is also morally an indefensible ideal.
c
"Great, this is just what I needed!" is an example of Simile Irony Metaphor Hyperbole
2.
The novel Kocharethi's English translation won The Economist Crossword Book Award 2011 . The Econom ist Crossvord Book Award 2012 Jnanpith Award 2011 Hutch Crossword Book Award2011
3.
Dhamma is associated with Sanskrit Pali Tamil Devnagari
4. Which among the following is considered the first European novel? Harry Potter The Shadow o/the Wind Luces de Bohemia Don Quixote
5.
Pastoral derives from Spanish Latin Greek Germany
6.
Japanese short poetry is called Haiku Noh Samurai None of the above
7.
Who authored Towards an Aesthetics 0/Dalit Literature? Omprakash Valmiki Namdeo Dhasal B.R. Amdedkar Sharankumar Limbale
8.
Bihu dance is associated with the cultural tradition ofA) Meghalaya Nagaland CC) Assam Jharkand
9.
Premchand's Godan deals with Datit conversion problem Contemporary rural peasantry Minority religious issue Hindu nationalism
c
10.
A "tabloid" is associated with Capsule Medicine Muscle Newspaper
11.
Harriet Beecher Stowe is a national ofA) Africa Nigeria America France
12.
Munna Bhai MBBS, a Hindi film, was directed by Rajkumar Hirani Vidhu Vinod Chopra Boman Irani Sunil Dutt
13.
Deconstruction was proposed by Ferdinand de Saussure Jacques Derrida Noam Chomsky David Barsamian
14.
Who among the following is not a diasporic writer? Rohinton Mistry Salman Rushdie Raja Rao Jhumpa Lahiri
15.
Navya Sahitya Movement is associated with Telugu literature Marati literature Kannada literature Tamil literature
16.
In Kalidasa's Abhijnana Sakuntalam, Sakuntala was cursed by Viswamitra Durvasa Jamadagni Dushyanta
17.
The first published English novel by an Indian is
Malgudi Rajmohan wife Untouchable Train to Pakistan
18.
Sitakanta Mahapatra, an eminent Indian poet, hails from Karnataka Tamil Nadu Kerala Odisha
19.
Which of the following is a Kannada Dalit autobiography?
Karukku Ba/uta
Orukeri Upra
20.
Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart portrays the life of Igbo people Agbo people Ibeno people Isoko people
21.
Who is the author ofDeath ofa Discipline? Sisir Kumar Das Susan Bassnett Rene Wellek Spivak
22.
Who among the following was associated with the Civil Rights Movement in America?
Abraham Lincoln Rutherford B. Hayes Martin Luther King. Jr. Woodrow Wilson
23.
Which one of the following is not a Dravidian language? Tam il Kannada Telugu Avadhi
24.
Amhi was a Marathi Dalit periodical run by B.R. Ambedkar Baburao Bagul Kumud Pawde Arjun Dangle
25. Which of the following is not a Hindu purana? Vishunu Purana Brahma Purana Jamba Purana Vaman Purana
26. Who among the following was a greatest Sanskrit grammarian of ancient India?
Abhinava Gupta Panini
Kautilya Katyayana
27. Sudraka, an ancient Indian playwright, belonged to
Gupta period Post-Gupta period
Pallava period Post-Pallava period
28. "Imagined Communities" is a term Benedict Anderson uses for
Diasporic groups Nationhood
Ethnicity Colonised people
29. Mimetic criticism views literary work as .
Personalisation Depersonalisation
Imitation Interpretation
30. Select the matching pair:
Campus novel-Margaret Drabble Travelogue-Macaulay
Diary Writing-Samuel Pepys Periodical Essay-Lamb
31. Select the matching pair:
Girish Karnad-Kannada Kamala Das-Tamil A.K. Ramanujan-Telugu R. Parthasarathy-Malayalam
32. Varun ranks seventh from the top and twenty-eighth from the bottom in his How many students are there in his class?
36 B)35 34 None of the above
33. In a certain code language, the word ROUTINE is written as VMRGFLI. How will the word CRUELTY be written in that code language? A)VOCVZRL B)WPCVZRL C)VPCVZRL D)VPVCZRL
c -J.t
34.
"Sanskritisation" is a concept propounded by S.V. Srinivas Kancha I1iah Gopal Guru M.N. Srinivas
35.
The standard greeting suggested by Alexander Graham Bell for answering a telephone was "Hello" "ala" "Ahoy" "How you do"
36.
According to Guinness Book of World Records 1998, the most recognized English song is "God Save the Queen" "Happy Birthday to You" "Jingle Bells" "Leaving by a Jet Plane"
37.
Find the number of triangles in the given figure:
16
14
38. One of the following is not a cinematic adaptation of a Shakespearean play: Shakespeare in Love Maqbool Kaliyattom Omkara
39.
"Gharibi Hatao" was an election campaign slogan adopted by A.B. Vajpayee Indira Gandhi I.K. Gujral Rajiv Gandhi
40.
A Critical Introduction to Comparative Literature isby Steven Zepetnek Claudio Guillen Susan Bassnett Amiya Dev
41.
The Second Sex isby Simone de Beauvoir Elaine Showlater Judith Butler Julia Kristeva
42.
Life ofPi isanovel by Yann Martel Jack Kerouac Kurt Vonnegut Haruki Murakami
43.
Anxiety ofInfluence isabook by T.S. Eliot Anna Balakian Harold Bloom Van Tieghem
18
15
44. The Rear Window isafilm by Woody Allen Alfred Hitchcock
I
Jean Luc Godard D) Frederico Fellini
45.
Megastar: Chiranjeevi and Telugu Cinema after N. T Rama Rao isby Moinak Biswas S.Y. Srinivas Partha Chatterjee Madhava Prasad'
46.
"There, behind barbed wire, on one side, lay India and behind more barbed wire, on the other side, lay Pakistan. In between, on a bit of earth which had no name, lay Toba Tek Singh." The above lines are by Khushwant Singh Prem Chand Sadat Hasan Manto Jawaharlal Nehru
47.
Poisoned Bread is a volume of modern Dalit literature, translated into English from Telugu Tamil Malayalam Marathi
48.
The Politics ofFriend')hip isabook by Pierre Bourdieu Jacques Derrida Edward Said Emanuel Levinas
49.
Frantz Fanon's The Wretched ofthe Earth explores the following subject: The economic and psychological degradation inflicted by imperialism. The greatness of Western civilization. The greatness of Asian and African civilizations. None of the above.
50.
Which school of thought is Stuart Hall associated with? Deconstruction Psychoanalysis Phenomenology Cultural Studies
M.Phii. (COMPARATIVE LITERATURE) -FEBRUARY 2013
PART-B (25 Marks)
To be answered in the Answer Book.
I. Write an essay on any one of the following: (15 Marks)
Comparative Literature in India.
Margins and Marginalization.
Assess your favourite author in relation to the period/genre.
II. Translate the following passage into a modern Indian language. other than English. (Note: Mention the language) (10 Marks)
Does the Mahatma practice what he preaches? One does not like to make personal reference in an argument which is general in its application. But when one preaches a doctrine and holds it as a dogma there is a curiosity to know how far he practices what he preaches. It may be that his failure to practice is due to the ideal being too high to be attainable; it may be that his failure to practice is due to the innate hypocrisy of the man. In any case he exposes his conduct to examination and I must not be blamed if I asked how far has the Mahatma attempted to realize his ideal in his own case. The Mahatma is a Bania by birth. His ancestors had abandoned trading in favour of ministership which is a calling of the Brahmins. In his own life. before he became a Mahatma. when occasion came for him to choose his career he preferred law to scales. On abandoning law he became half saint and half politician .... When can a calling be deemed to have become an ancestral calling so as to make it binding on a man? Must man follow his ancestral calling even if it does not suit his capacities? .... If everyone must pursue his ancestral calling then it must follow that a man must continue to be a pimp because his grandfather was a pimp .... To me his ideal of following one's ancestral calling is not only an impossible and
impractical one, but it is also morally an indefensible ideal.
c
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