1. Which book won the Booker Prize for 2009?

A. WolfHall

B. New Moon

C. Summertime

D. The Glass Room

2. The autobiographical novella Mother Forest is by

A. Bama

B. Kutty Revathi

C. Vaidehi

D. C. K. Janu

3. The Enchantress OfFlorence is the most recent novel of

A. HanifQureshi

B. Jhumpa Lahiri

C. V.S. Naipaul

D. Salman Rushdie

4. The categories of akam and puram define which poetry?

A. Bhakti poetry

B. Sangam poetry

C. Epic poetry

D. Modem poetry

5. The history of English language teaching in India can be traced back to

A. Macaulay's Minute of 1835

B. India's Independence

C. The Reorganization of States

D. Orientalists vs Anglicists Debates

6. VlRASAM is a revolutionary writers organization based in

A. Chhattisgarh

B. Uttaranchal

C. Arunachal Pradesh

D. Andhra Pradesh

7. The languages Ho, Mundari and Khasi is from which language family

A. Indo-Aryan

B. Austro-Asiatic

C. Dravidian

D. Tibeto-Burmese

8. Buchi Emechetta is a playwright from where?

A. Australia

B. Chile

C. Africa

D. Iceland

9. Who coined the term Vishwasahitya?

A. Rabindranath Tagore

B. Tanguturi Prakasam

C. Bankimchandra

D. Ram Mohan Roy

10. Savitri Heisnam is associated with which performance form?

A. dance

B. theatre

C. vocal music

D. percussion

11. Who among the following has not won the Booker Prize?

A. Arundhati Roy

B. Kiran Desai

C. Aravinda Adiga

D. Jhumpa Lahiri

12. Who has written a treatise on the aesthetics ofDalit literature?

A. Arjun Dangle

B. Gurram Joshua

C. Sharan Kumar Limbale.

D. Sharmila Rege

13. The line "The moan of doves in immemorial elms and murmuring of innumerable bees illustrates which figure of speech

A. metaphor

B. simile

C. alliteration

D. assonance

14. Which film is based on the novel Ice-Candy Man?

A. Fife

B. Water

C. 1947 Earth

D. The Eye in the Sky

15. Who began his inspiring speech with the words"I have a dream..."

A. M.K Gandhi

B. Martin Luther King Jr

C. Subhas Chandra Bose

D. Barrack Obama

16. In India, the first novel in English was written by

A. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

B. Sarojini Naidu

C. Henry Derozio

D. Aurobindo Ghosh

17. Who among the following is considered India's first recorded Dalit poet?

A Gurram Jashua

B. Chokhamela

C. Kusuma Dharmanna

D. Raidas

18. The author ofLajja hails from

A. Sweden

B. Bangladesh

C. India

D. Sri Lanka

19. Tripitaka, the earliest collection ofBuddhist teachings, is written in

A. Brahmi

B.Tm

C. Sanskrit

D. Pali

20. The love story ofVasantsena and Charudutt forms the plot of which play?

A. Meghadutam

B. Mrichhakatikam

C. Kumarasambhavam

D.Mudrarakshasa


21. For evidence of his father's murder, Shakespeare's Hamlet performs a play called

A. Procrastination

B. Murder Most Foul

C. Nunnery

D. Mouse-Trap

22. Ghalib was appointed court poet by

A. Wajid Ali Shah

B. Nawab Sirajudowla

C. Bahadur Shah Zafar

D. Dara Shukoh

23. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad wrote the following book:

A. Midnight's Children

B. India Wins Freedom

C. My Journey

D. Long Walk to Freedom

24. "The Hand of God" refers to a famous controversy in

A. shooting

B. cricket

C. football

D. archery

25. Kathasaritsagara is a collection of stories by

A. Somadeva

B. Kalidasa

C. Gunadhya

D. Bharata

26. Hollywood and/or Bollywood

27. What do you think shapes literature? Experience or/and Aesthetics?
Discuss.

28. Multi-lingualism and the education system in India.

29. Folk culture of India.

30. Feminism and literature

31. The novel in any literary tradition of India.

32. Language debates in post-Independence India

32. "Indian Literature is one written in many languages":
Explain your views on this Sahitya Akademi slogan.

33. Translation and Comparative Literature

34. How can performance(s) be a text for research in Comparative Literature?
Discuss

35. Translate the following passage into a modern Indian language: (Note: Mention the language) (15 Marks)
"There he goes!" said Ramu, taking the flute from his lips and pointing it towards the
hillocks. He was not afraid, for he knew that this tiger was not interested in humans.
"Did you see him?"
"I saw his tail, just before he disappeared. He's a big tiger!"
"Do not call him tiger. Call him Uncle, or Maharaj."
"Dh, why?"
"Don't you know that it's unlucky to call a tiger a tiger? My father always told me so.
But if you meet a tiger and call him Uncle, he will leave you alone."
"I'll try and remember that," said Shyam.
"The King of our forest is dead," said Shyam. "There are no more tigers."
"There must be tigers," said Ramu. "How can there be forests without tigers?"

The river had carried the tiger many miles away from its home, from the forest it had always known, and brought it ashore on a strip of warm yellow sand, where it lay in the sun, quite still, but breathing. There was, however, another smell in the air-a smell that reached back to the time when he was young and fresh and full of vigour-a smell that he had almost forgotten but could never quite forget -the smell of a tigress!