Exam Details

Subject indian diaspora
Paper
Exam / Course m.phil
Department
Organization central university
Position
Exam Date 2016
City, State telangana, hyderabad


Question Paper

1. Alvin Kallicharan, the Indian diasporic cricketer, belongs to which cricket team

A. United Kingdom
B. West Indies
C. Sri Lanka
D. None of the above

2. Where is Aapravasi Ghat located

A. Malaysia
B. Thailand
C. Trinidad
D. Mauritius

3. The Indian American who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc.

A. Sundar Iyer
B. Sundar Pichai
C. Bahadur Singh
D. None of the above
4. Who is Harjit Sajjan

A. Film Star in UK
B. Minister in Canada government
C. Governor of Vancouver
D. Chief Minister of Punjab

5. Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award conferred by the President of India on overseas Indians in which of the following fields:

A. Social and humanitarian causes in India or abroad
B. Philanthropic and charitable work
C. Eminence in one's field or outstanding work
D. All of the above

6. Who has written the book "Curry in the Crown"
A. Shrabani Basu
B. Shrabani Roy
C. Bharati Mukherjee
D. Shompa Lahiri

7. Padmasree Warrior who was appointed as the CEO of NextEV company belongs to which state of India

A. Kerala
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Karnataka

8. What is Veeraswamy's

A. Chettiar moneylending group in Malaysia
B. Restaurant in London
C. Indian sari shop in Tanzania
D. Temple in Singapore

9. Who is the author of"Negotiating Identities: Women in the Indian Diaspora"

A. Steven Vertovec
B. Aparna Rayaprol
C. Movindri Reddy
D. None of the above

10. Who is Vijay Singh

A. Writer from Australia
B. GolfPlayer from Fiji
C. Indian Tennis player
D. Filmmaker in UK

11. What is Hosay

A. Festival of Indian Muslims in Caribbean
B. Fire walking festival of Tamils
C. Food item of Indian diaspora
D. Labour contract

12. Who made the movie Mississippi Masala

A. Gurinder Chadha
B. Karan Johar
C. MiraNair
D. Yasmeen Khan

13. Who regarded the 'indentured labour system' as new system of slavery'

A. Bhikhu Parekh
B. Hugh Tinker
C. Ravindra Jain
D. Johanna Lessinger

14. What does TiE stand for

A. The Indian Entrepreneurs
B. The Indus Entrepreneurs
C. There is Energy
D. The Indian Empowerment

15. Which country receives the highest remittances from its people abroad

A. China
B. Philippines
C. India
D. Bangla Desh

16. Who is the author of the book "Beyond Bollywood: The Cultural Politics of South Asian Diasporic Film"

A. Patricia Oberoi
B. Jigna Desai
C. Anthony Smith
D. None of the above

17. Who was the editor of Hindustani

A. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
B. Manilal Doctor
C. C F Andrews
D. V D Savarkar

18. What is the largest religious group ofIndian diaspora in Norway

A. Muslims
B. Buddhist
C. Sikh
D. Hindus

19. Which of the following factors are responsible for the fact that most nation-states are not ethnically homogeneous?

A. Colonialism
B. Migration
C. Slavery
D. Conquest

20. Who was Aga Khan

A. Muslim priest of Indian origin in South Africa
B. Ismaili community leader in East-Africa
C. Businessman from Pakistan
D. Prime Minister of Kenya

21. Which Indian state is sending the highest number of emigrants to Gulf

A. Kerala
B. Punjab
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Bihar

22.The founder president of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)

A. Abraham George
B. Thomas Abraham
C. Raj Chandra Bose
D. None of the above

23. Who is Bobby Jindal

A. Indian businessman
B. Cricket player in British team
C. Former Governor ofLouisiana in US
D. Celebrity chef ofIndian origin

24. The novel Desirable Daughters is written by

A. Bharati Mukherjee
B. Siddhartha Mukherjee
C. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
D. Anita Desai

25. Who is President of Mauritius

A. Anirudh Jaganath
B. Naveen Ramgoolam
C. Kamla Bissessur
D. Ameenah Gurib

26.
I. Answer any of the following two questions

1. Discuss the various phases in making of Indian diaspora.

2. Describe the representations of diasporic subject in the literature of Indian diaspora.

3. Transnationalism is an inevitable topic of research in the field of diaspora studies. Critically examine.

4. Write Short notes on any two of the following

Dual Citizenship

Twice Displaced Indian Diaspora

Transnationalism

Concept of Third Space

27.
II.Answer any one of the following

1. Formulate a research design on anyone of the following themes:
international migration,

Indian diaspora,

transnationalism,

India's relation with any of the countries where Indian population constitute as significant,

literary representations of Indian diaspora.

2. Formulate a research design on any areas of research on Indian diaspora which you would like to carry out as part of your M.Phil dissertation.


Subjects

  • anthropology
  • applied linguistics
  • centre for english language studies
  • comparative literature
  • dalit adivasi studies & translation
  • economics
  • english
  • gender studies
  • hindi
  • history
  • indian diaspora
  • philosophy
  • political science
  • sanskrit
  • social exclusion & inclusion.
  • sociology
  • telugu
  • translation studies
  • urdu