ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION - 2O2O

M,PhiI.

(COMPARATIVE

LITERA.TLTRE) Time

:

^{2 Hours}

INSTRUCTIONS

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iv)

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_Question Paper _consists

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70 objective questions

in two parts (A & B) for

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(35 + 35) marks.

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PART ^_

A

1) Bibliography given in ^{a reseatch} report:

A) shows vast knowledge ofthe researcher B) ^has no rclevance to research C) helps those interested in fufther research D) all ofthe ^above

2) Networking oflibraries through electronic ^{media is} known as:

A) Inflibnet B) Libinfinet C) Intemet D)

HIML

3) Deductive reasoning ptoceeds fiom:

A)

general to particular B) palticular to ^general

C) one general conclusion to ^another generalconclusion D) one particular conctusion to another particular conclusion

4) The

full

lolm of WYSIWYG, which ^{describes the} display

ofa

document on screen as it

will

actually print, isl

A)

What you state js what _You get C) What you ^{save is} what _{You get} 5) Autonomy in higher education implies

A) Administation C) Finance

B) What you ^{see is} what,'rou ^get D) What you suggest is what _You get lreedom in:

B) Policy-making

D) Curiculum development Read the

followi

^{g passage} qnd snswet questions

!l!L\:

Starting rvith ^a iurmnary ofothers' views may seem to contradict the common advicc that

witetishould

^lead with their o\\'n thesis or claim Although we agee that you shouldn't keep readers in suspense too long about your central argument, we also believe that you neei to ^present that argument ^{as part} ofsome ^larger conversation' indicating ^something about the arguments ofothers that you ^are sLtppofiing' opposing, amending, complicating, or qualiryirg. OIre added benefit ofsummarizing others' views ^{as soon as} you can: you let those-othirs do ^some ofthe work of framing ^and cladfying the ^issue you are lvriting about.

6) What is the usual advice to wrjters?

A) They should ^start with olher writers' claims B) They should never refer to others in their $'titing C) They should ^start with their own ^argument

D) They ^should only write about their conversation with others

7) The main advantage ofpresenting ^{an argument as} recommended by ihe authors is:

A)

It ^shows how clever one is

B) It indicates the larger conve$ation one ^is part

of

C)

It

^lets others do the work ofclarification ^{and framing} D) It crcates suspense in the reader

8J What do ^{the aulhors} discourage $rilers lrom doingl

A) flkinA

too long lo ^get lo one 5 argument B1 Di.ageeing ^{rviLh other.}

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10) Anyone

_

^{after the start}

ofthe

^{play is} not allowed in until the inteNal.

A) aniving B) has anived C) arrives D) anived

11) Assedon

[A]:

Most literary genres are easily identifiable in tems ofstructurc.

Reason [R]: But folk poetry is different, fo. it is defined not only in terms

ofform

but also in terms of its manner of transmission.

A) Both

[A] &

_[R] ^are conect C) Both

[A] &

_[R] ^are not correct

C) Agreeing too much with others

D) Writing about what they think is impofant 9) What does "qualilying" mean in the context?

A) Harsh criticism C) Parody

ofan

argument

15)

HTML

is basicaily used to design:

A) Webpage

B) Website 16) Actjon-research is:

A) Applied research C) Longitudinal research

B) Cornplete a$eement D) Paltial agreement

B)

[A]

^is conect and [R] ^{is not conect} D)

[A]

^{is not corect and}

fRl

^{is conect} 12) Assertion

[A]: In

^{lndia, a large} percentage

of

women cannot take decisions jndependentl),

not even related to their own life.

Reason [R]): ^{In lndia.} a large percentage ofwomen do not have political power.

A) Both

[A] &

_[R] are true and [R] ^{is the} conecr explanation for

[A]

B) Both

[A] &

_[R] are true, bur [R] ^{is not the} conect explanation for

[A]

C) Both

[A] &

_[R] are false D)

[A]

^is

tue,

^but [R] ^{is false}

13)

In

a certain code,

GAMESMAN

is written as AGMEMSAN. How written in that code?

A) IDSCOLSE B) IDCSOLES C) IDSCOLES

would DISCLOSE be

D) IDSCLOSE 1;l) The letters

in

the

first

set

AST: BRU

have

a

certain relationship. On the basis

of

this

rclationship, mark

A)ORW

the right choice for

B)MPU

the secorld

C)MRW

set

NeV

:

_.

D) OPV,i

C) Craphics D) Tables and Frames

B) ^Research io solve immediate problems D) AII ofthe above

17)

IfCLOCK

is written as KCOLC, how would STEPS be written in rhar code?

A)

SPEST

^B)

SPSET

C)

SPETS D)

SEPTS 18) The Kothari Commission's report addresses:

A) Education and national development B) Leaming and adventure

C) Dive15ificalion ol educalion

D) Educalion

and,ociaiiation

in democrdc)

19) Which Article of the

Constitution provides safeguards

to

Naga customary

and

social

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practices against any Act ofthe Parliament?

A)

371

A

B) 371

B c)

371

C

D) 263

20) Which ofthe following is an example ofcircular argument?

A)

God created man in his image and man created God in his own image

B) God is the source ofscripture and scripture is the source

ofour

knowledge

ofcod

C) Some

ofthe

lndians are grcat because India is great D) Rama is great becausg he is Rama

21) The Right to Infomation Act. 2005, makes the provision

oi

A) Dissemination

ofall

^types of infomation by all public authorities to any person B) Establisbment ofCentral, State, Distdct level infoflnation Commission as an appellate

body

C) Transparency and accountability ofpublic authorities D)

Allofthe

above

22)

Ifthe

statement

"All

^{students are}

intelligenf

is true, which

ofthe

following statements are FALSE?

I. No students are intelligent.

lL

Some students are intelligent.

lll.

Some students are not intelligent.

A)

I&II

B)

I& n q TI& tII

^D) I only 23) The pioneer ofthe silenl feature

film

jn lndia \ras:

A) K.A.

Abbas

B) Satyajit

Ray

^{C) B.R.}

Chopn

D) Dada Sahib phalke 24) When

I

^listened to her cogent arguments- all my

_

^wele

_

^{and I} was forced to aglee with

her point

ofview.

A)

senses.

stimulated

B) doubts, confirmed C) friends,

p.ese.t

D) doubrs, dispelled

25) Hjs remarks were

filled

with

_.

^{which sounded}

lofty

^but presented nothing nelv to the audience.

A)

aphorisms

^B)

platitudes

C)

adages

D) symbols

26) Select the pair ofwords which arc rclated to each other in the sarne way as Gelm : Disease.

A) man :

woman

^{B) doctor :} medicine C)

war: deshlction

D) shopkeeper : goods 27) Find the missing number in the sedes:6,

15,_,45,66,91.

A)

25

B)

26

C)

27

D) 28

28) Three

ofthe

following four are alike in a cedain way and so fonn a group. Which is the odd one that does NOT belong to the group?

A)

PN

B)

IK

C)

SU

D)

WY

29) University Grants Commission was established by ^an Act ofParliament in:

A) 1980 B) 1918 C) 1950 D)

1956 30) Community Radio is a service that

caier

to the interest of:

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A)

local

community

B)

education

C)

entertainment

D) news 31) Research that explores new facts through the study ofthe past is called

_

^research.

A) philosophical

B)

historical

^C)

m)'tbological

D) content analysis 32) Which ofthe following ^{is more} interactive and student ceniric?

A) Seminar

^B)

Workshop

C)

Lecture

D) Croup Discussion 33)

lf

E is the son

ofA,

D is the son

ofB,

E is maffied to C and C is the daughter

ofB.

then ho$,

is D related to E?

A)

Brother

^B)

Uncle

^C)

Father-in-law

D) Brother-in-law 34) Conplete the alphanumedc sedes: 28, 4C, 8E, l4H,

_.

A) 22r

B)

20L

C)

22L D) t6K

35)

If

dust is called air, air is called fire,

fire"

is called water, water is called colour, colour is called rain and rain is called dust then where do fishes live?

A)

fire

^B)

water

C)

colour

D) dust

PART - B 36) Choose the dght order as per chronological succession:

L Bemheimer Report

II.

ACLA

State ofthe Discipline Report

III.

Levin Report

IV. Haun Saussy Report V. Creene Repoit

A) X,

V,llr,I,lV

^B)

III, V,I, IV. V

^C)

llr,

^V,

r,ll, rV

^{D) rr, r. TrI,}

V,lV

37) Consider the following statements, and choose the correct option:

I. The notion ofgetu/ or "spirivmind" js an important conceptualization ofHegel.

lI.

Hegel elaboratedgeist inthe Philosoplua ofthe Right.

IIL

Hegel also $rote "On the Jewish Question."

IV. _"On the Jewish Question" ^was published in 1844.

A)

l&l

^B)

r& rv c) n &rrr

^D)

II& IV

38) Consider the following staternents, and choose the best option [A, ^{B, C, or D] that is correct:}

L. Ctitique o:fJudgene

tis

written by Schiller.

IL

^{O11 the} Aesthetic Education of Man is ^.Ntitten by Kant.

lIl.

Critique o:f Purc Rearo, is not written by Fichte.

Iy.

Phenomenolopg ofMrr?d is written by Hegel.

A)r&rr B)III&IV C)r&rr D)n&nl

39) Match the following pairs, and choose the .ight optionl

L

Foucault l.

^"The unconscious is structured like ^a language"

ll. Denida

^2. "Largrage-games"

IIL Lacan

^3.

"Kno*

ledge,?orer"

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ry.

Wittgenstein

A)r2 III B)2t c)34 D)13

4. "There is nothing outside the text"

IV

3

4

2

1

III

4

1

2

ITIIV

A)r234 B)234t c)34t2 D)4123

40) Match the following pairs ofJnanapith awardees with their languages:

1.

Oiya

2. Bengali 3. Marathi 4. Telugu

I.

Sankha Ghosh II. Balchandra Nemade

IIL

Ravud Bharadhirraja IV. Pratihha Rav

41) Which

ofthe

following rvriters combined Persian and Awadhi in verses?

A) Mirza

Ghalib

^{B) Amir}

Khusrau

C) N.M. Rashid

,12) Identiry the correctly ^matched pair:

A) Amitav

Ghosh

All About H.

Hattefl B)

Ar\itaDesai

-

Inheritance

ofLosr

C) Shashi Deshpande _A Bend in the Ganges D) Salman

Rushdie

me Enchantress of Flolerce

43) Identiry the conectly matched pair oftranslators ^and translations:

L A.K.

Ramanujan I.

^The Ramqlana

Il.

Manmathanath

Dutt

^{2. T1'1e} Bhagatttd Gita III. Mohini

Chatteiee

^{3. Speaking oJ} Shira

lV.

Romesh Chandra

Dutt

^{4. The} Mahabharata

D) Jan Nisar Atrihtar

,1,1, Match rhe lollo\\ ing pairs

olcrilics

u ilh lheir imporlanr lheoretical rormut:uion::

I IIT IV A)3421

B)43t2 c)t243 D)2r34

TTT

4

I

3 2

lll.

Mark Schorer IV. Maud Bodkin

I

I. Cleanth Brooks

IL

William Empson

1. Ambiguity 2. Paradox

3. Archetypal pattems in poetry 4. Technique as discovery

IV

3

4 2 l

A)2 B)3

c)l D)4

II I

2 4

3

x-5)

45) Gauri Vishwanathan's

\\otk,

Ma,ek\ o:fCan4rerl, argues that English Studies was used:

I. to legitimize colonialism

II. to strergthen the colonial administration

III.

to satisfy the demands ofChristian Missionaries IV. to

satisi'

the demands ofthe native elite

A)

Only I

& II

are

conect

B) Only

III

is conect C) Only

I

is

correct

D)

All

^are conect 46) Sakharam Binder is a play written by:

A) Arun

Kolatkar

B) Vijay

Tendulkar

C) Badal

Sircar

D) Girish Kamad 47) Which ofthe following is an Urdu novel by Nazir Ahmad Dehlavi?

A\ Barish-e-Sang

B)

lag

ka

Darifa

^C)

Mi/atul-Urus D)

Unrao Jan Ada 48) The concept ofthe "aura" ofan artwork was proposed by:

A) Theodor

Adomo

B) Walter

Benjamin

C)

MikhailBakhtin

D) W.J.T. Mitchell 49) The collection

ofDalit

women's memories

ofpolitical

activism edited by Unnila Pawar and

Meenakshi Moon is titled:

A)

We Were Making

Historf

B) The llteale o:fmy Life C) Sonething Like a

fi/a/ D)

We Also Made Hi:ttory

50) ldentiry the author

ofthe

^quote: "Injustjce anyl\'here ^{is a threat} tojustice every*,herc."

A) Malcolm

X

B) Mafiin Luther King Jr.

C) Amilcar

Cabral

^D) Che Guevara

5l)

M)jthologies is acollection

ofr.ritings

by:

A) Claude

Levi-Strauss

^{B) Roland Barthes}

C) Jean-Paul

Sadre

D) Jacques Lacan

52) Which

ofthe

following is a shoft story by Manto?

A)

"Amarbe1"

^B) "Mughal Baccha"

C) "Hindustan se Ek

Khat"

D) 'l'{aya Qanoon"

53) "The Uncanny" is based on Freud's reading of:

A)

Meonorpho'i'

b5 Fmnz

Kalla

B) Crime and Punifimer?lby Fyodor Dostoevsky C) "The Sandman" by Hoffinann

D) "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen 54) "Poshrodem Blackness" ^{is a} well-known essay by:

A) bell

hooks

B) Comel West

C) ChimamandaNgozi

Adichie

D) Henry Louis cates Jr.

55) Which

ofthe

^{following is a} Gujamti novel by Govardhanran Tripathi?

A) Adha

Gaon B) Vishmriksha

C) Sarasrlatichandra D\ Padln1Nat 56) Raymond Williams ^has popularized the concept ofl

A) Medium ^is the

message

^B) Message is the medium

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C) Medium as the

message

D) Message as the medium 57) "The Crisis of Comparative Literature" ^{is a paper} delivered in 1958 by:

A)

Hary Levin

^{B) Ericlr}

Auerbach

C) Renato

Poggioli

D) Ren6 Weilek 58) The book written by Soren Aabye Kierkegaard that influenced Existentialist thinkers:

A)

^The Concept

of,4tvie\,

B) Fear oncl Trembling

C)

Stages on LiJb's

Way D)

^The Sicknese Unto Death 59) Edward Said's

Orr"r/ar.r

¹ \las first published in the year:

A) 1978 B) 1961 C) 1981 D)

1962

60) In

Moryholog

^{o:f the} Folktale.

\ladinir

Propp identifies

_

^{functions ofthe folk tale.}

A)

21

^B)

31 C)32

^{D) 23}

6l ) Which

oflhe

loilo$ ing ,ra'emenls are Lrue about Ai'tonio Cramsci:

T. He was an

lt!lian

thinker and politician IL He wrote the Prison Notebooks

lII.

He prcposed the theory of"hegemony"

IV. He introduced the concept of"polyphony"

A)r&n B)r,ll&rv c)rr,m&tv D)r,rr&rrr

62) Which

ofthe

following statements are true about Kalidasa:

I. He wrote in Sanskrit

Il.

He \1rcie Mud/arckshasa

IIL His works ale based on the Indian epics and puranas LY. He \\rcte Raghh)amsa

A)I,II,III&IV B)I,II&II] C)I,III&IV D)I,N&IV

63) AJier BabeL Aspects of Language

a

d Trensldllor, is a linguistic oriented text by:

A) Noam

Chomsky

B) Charles

Peirce

^{C) Eugene}

Nida

^D) ceorge Steiner 6,1) Who is the author ofthe Tamil grammatical text Nannool'|

A)

Agathiar

^B)

Tolkappiar

^C)

Nalikimnar

D) Pavananthi Munivar 65) Which ^language did Kabir write ^his

Dorat

in?

A)

Hjndi

B)

Urdu

^C)

Bhojpuri

D) Khari-boli 66) Which movement was initiated by the Alvars ard the Nayanrnars in Tamil Literature?

A)

Romantic

^B)

Classical

^C)

Reformist

D) Bhakhi 67) The "Hornbill Festival," a cLrltural event organized in Tripura, is

prima

ly aboutl

A) Forest

conservation

B) Cultural preservation C) Bird

conservation

D) Tourist celebration b8, l\.4alch rhe follou ing ^pairs:

l. Ramu

Kariat

^{1, Charulata}

III. Saryajjt

Ray

^{2. Chemeen}

IIL

Girish

Kasamvalli

^{3. Samat}

T-st

IV.

Shyam

Benegal

4. Gattasradha

I II III IV A)2t43

B)t234 c)342t D)4312

69) The statement: "Ourjoumey ^js not from comparative literatue to comparative Indian litemture, but from comparative lndian literature to compamtive literature" is associated with:

A) Amiya

Dev

B) Awappa

Paniker

C) Susan

Bassnett

D) SisirKumarDas

70) Steel Nibs are Sprouting:

Ner Dalt Witingfom

South India is a d,ossier

ofwrilings

in:

A) Tamil and

Malayalam

B) Kannada and Telugu C) Tamil and

Telugu

D) Kannada and Malayalam

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