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FOLK LITERATURE MCQs
1. Assertion (A): The content of the myth is not found in isolation.
Reason (R): Appropriation and addition in a creative process is done by all cultures.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation.
(B) (A) is true and (R) is not correct explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) (A) is false (R) is correct explanation.
Ans: B
2. Assertion (A): Festival is a cluster of verbal and nonverbal expressive traditions.
Reason (R): Festival is sponsored by power groups.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is not correct explanation.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct explanation.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: B
3. Assertion (A): Folk speech is embedded in dialects.
Reason (R): Folklore is contextual.
(A) (A) is wrong (R) is correct explanation.
(B) (A) and (R) are wrong.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is correct explanation.
(D) (A) is correct (R) is wrong.
Ans: C
4. Assertion (A): Culture is communication.
Reason (R): It consists of encoder and decoder.
(A) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(B) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is the correct explanation.
Ans: D
5. Assertion (A): Each ballad performance is a unique performance text.
Reason (R): Performance text is governed by context.
(A) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is correct (R) is correct explanation.
(C) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) and (R) are wrong.
Ans: B
6. Assertion (A): Historical Geographical method is employed to find out the stereo-type of a narrative genre.
Reason (R): Stereo-type narrative genres are folklore
(A) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is correct explanation.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
Ans: A
7. Assertion (A): Analytical categories are universal.
Reason (R): Folklore genres are in multiple existences.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is correct explanation.
(C) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
Ans: B
8. Characteristics of Folklore are
I. Version and Variation
II. Tradition
III. Liminality
IV. Universality
Codes:
(A) I and II are correct
(B) II and III are correct
(C) I and IV are correct
(D) III and IV are correct
Ans: A
9. Hermeneutics deals with
(A) Story telling
(B) Textual interpretation
(C) Narrative inquiry
(D) Semiotics
Ans: B
10. According to which theory barbarians are considered as survivals in the stage of development of civilisation
(A) Evolution theory
(B) Myth ritual theory
(C) Migration theory
(D) Psycho analytical theory
Ans: A
11. Arrange the sequence of functions in the fairy tales according to Proppian schema
(A) Interdiction, Violation, Reconnaissance, Absentation
(B) Violation, Interdiction, Absentation, Reconnaissance
(C) Absentation, Interdiction,Violation, Reconnaissance
(D) Reconnaissance, Violation, Absentation, Interdiction
Ans: C
12. Identify the chronological order of these scholars:
(A) Morgan, Lang, Levi-Strauss, Abrahams
(B) Levi-Strauss, Morgan, Abrahams, Lang
(C) Lang, Morgan, Abrahams, Levi-Strauss
(D) Abrahams, Morgan, Lang, Levi-Strauss
Ans: A
13. Find out the chronological order of establishment of folklore studies in India
(A) Gauhati University, Calicut University, Hyderabad University, Mysore University
(B) Hyderabad University, Calicut University, Mysore University, Gauhati University
(C) Calicut University, Mysore University, Gauhati University, Hyderabad University
(D) Mysore University, Gauhati University, Hyderabad University, Calicut University
Ans: D
14. Citation of Books according to MLA style sheet select the right answer
(A) Title of Book, Last name, First name, Publisher, Place of Publication, Year
(B) Last name, First name, Title of book, Place of Publication, Publisher, Year
(C) Year, Last name, First name, Title of Book, Place of Publication, Publisher
(D) Last name, First name, Year, Title of Book, Place of publication, Publisher
Ans: B
15. Geographically arrange the rivers from North to South India
(A) Brahmaputra, Tapti, Tamraparani, Krishna
(B) Krishna, Tapti, Brahmaputra, Tamraparani
(C) Brahmaputra, Tapti, Krishna, Tamraparani
(D) Brahmaputra, Krishna, Tamraparani, Tapti
Ans: C
16. Sequence the four functions of folklore as narrated by William Bascom.
I. Folklore lets people escape from repressions imposed upon them by society.
II. Folklore validates culture, justifying its rituals and institutions.
III. Folklore is a pedagogic device which reinforces morals and values
IV. Folklore is a means of applying social pressure and exercising social control.
Codes:
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) III, I, IV, II
(D) IV, II, I, III
Ans: A
17. Give the chronological order of the books of Alan Dundes
I. Folklore matters
II. Interpreting Folklore
III. Life is like a Chicken Coop Ladder
IV. The morphology of North American Indian Folktales
Codes:
(A) I, III, II, IV
(B) IV, I, III, II
(C) II, IV, I, III
(D) IV, II, III, I
Ans: D
18. Identify the order of concepts according to the pro founders, Derrida, Foucault, Reoccur and Barthes
I. Difference
II. Death of the Author
III. Meta-Archaeology
IV. Narrative Identity
Codes:
(A) I, III, II, IV
(B) I, III, IV, II
(C) IV, II, III, I
(D) IV, I, II, III
Ans: B
19. Sequence the deities Siva, Kamakhya, Visnu, and Surya with the places
I. Kashi
II. Konark
III. Guwahati
IV. Thiruvananthapuram
Codes:
(A) I, III, II, IV
(B) III, I, II, IV
(C) I, III, IV, II
(D) II, IV, I, III
Ans: C
20. Sequence the folk performances associated with the states Punjab, Bengal, U.P. Odisha
I. Baul
II. Ramlila
III. Bhangra
IV. Dalkhai
Codes:
(A) III, I, II, IV
(B) II, III, IV, I
(C) I, IV, III, II
(D) IV, II, I, III
Ans: A
21. Which one is the correct sequence of Folklore theories?
(A) Oral formulate, structural, contextual, functional
(B) Functional, structural, oral formulate, contextual
(C) Structural, functional, contextual, oral formulate
(D) Contextual, oral formulate, functional, structural
Ans: B
22. Which one is not the correct sequence of folklore scholars?
(A) Maria leach, Richard Dorson, Lauri Honko
(B) Franz Boas, Maria Leach, Stith Thompson
(C) Stith Thompson, Maria Leach, Franz Boas
(D) Maria Leach, Antti Aarne, Richard Dorson
Ans: C
23. The stages of the growth of Indian folklore studies have been identified by different periods. Find out correct sequence from the following:
(A) Academic, Missionary, Nationalistic
(B) Missionary, Academic, Nationalistic
(C) Nationalistic, Academic, Missionary
(D) Missionary, Nationalistic, Academic
Ans: D
24. Give the correct sequence of the books in which they appeared
(A) The study of folklore, folklore and folklife, the folktale, contributions to folkloristics
(B) Folklore and folklife, the folktale, the study of folklore, contributions to folkloristics
(C) The folktale, the study of folklore, folklore and folklife contributions to folkloristics
(D) The study of folklore, the folktale, contributions to folkloristics, folklore and folklife
Ans: C
25. The life-cycle ceremonies of all human kind have a sequence in their order. Find out the correct one from the following:
(A) Birth, Puberty, Marriage and Death
(B) Marriage, Birth, Puberty and Death
(C) Puberty, Marriage, Death and Birth
(D) Death, Birth, Puberty and Marriage
Ans: A
26. Which one is the correct sequence?
(A) Film, print, computer, television
(B) Television, film, print, computer
(C) Print, film, television, computer
(D) Television, computer, print, film
Ans: C
27. Which one is the correct group of theories of folklore?
(A) Philological, Contextual, Mass cultural
(B) Folk-cultural, Oral-formulaic, Popular cultural
(C) Cross-cultural, Structural, Existential
(D) Functional, Psychoanalytical, Contextual
Ans: D
28. Sequence the pilgrim places from South to North:
(A) Rishikesh, Varanasi, Ujjain, Srisailam
(B) Varanasi, Rishikesh, Ujjain, Srisailam
(C) Srisailam, Ujjain, Varanasi, Rishikesh
(D) Rishikesh, Ujjain, Varanasi, Srisailam
Ans: C
29. Point out the chronological order of the books of Alan Dundes:
I. Folklore Matters
II. Interpreting Folklore
III. Life is Like a Chicken Coop Ladder: A Portrait of German Culture through Folklore
IV. The Morphology of North American Indian Folktales
Codes:
(A) IV, II, III, I
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) IV, I, II, III
(D) II, I, III, IV
Ans: A
30. Identify the concepts propounded by Derrida, Foucault, Ricour and Barthes in the order of sequence:
I. Difference
II. Death of the Author
III. Meta-Archaeology
IV. Narrative Identity
Codes:
(A) I, III, IV, II
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) IV, III, II, I
(D) IV, II, III, I
Ans: A
31. The concept of myth-ritual is associated with
(i) Rodger Abrahams and Hans Moser
(ii) Bronislaw Malinowski and E.B. Taylor
(iii) Regina Bendex and Alan Dundes
(iv) James Frazer and Mircea Eliade
(A) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iii) are correct
Ans: A
32. C.P. Brown and J.A. Boyle are connected with
(i) Telugu Ballad Poetry
(ii) Assamese Epic Collection
(iii) Naga Oral Literature
(iv) Andhra Epic Collection
(A) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (iv) are correct
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct
Ans: B
33. Emic unit is
(i) Structural feature
(ii) Tale type feature
(iii) Insider’s view
(iv) Outsider’s view
(A) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: B
34. Folkspeech includes
(i) Greeting
(ii) Spoonerism
(iii) Lyrics
(iv) Lamentations
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: A
35. The term ‘morphology’ is borrowed from which discipline and by whom?
(i) Zoology
(ii) Botany
(iii) V.J. Propp
(iv) Alan Dundes
(A) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(B) (iii) and (i) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: A
36. Identify the fixed phrase genres:
(i) Joke
(ii) Proverb
(iii) Curse
(iv) Riddle
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct
Ans: D
37. The concept of Intertextuality refers to what and theoritised by whom?
(i) Text leading to another text
(ii) Text produced as interpretation to text
(iii) Julia Kristeva
(iv) Julius Khrone
(A) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: B
38. Folk medicine have
(i) Version and variation
(ii) Primitive worldview
(iii) Folk medicine repertory
(iv) Oral culture representation
(A) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(C) (i) and (iv) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct
Ans: C
39. Which of the following pair is not correct?
(A) Bengal – Chhau
(B) Uttar Pradesh – Raslila
(C) Gujarat – Nautanki
(D) Maharashtra – Tamasha
Ans: C
40. “What Bengalis did with their pen, the Bhojpuris did with their......”
(A) Sword
(B) Dance
(C) Music
(D) Stick
Ans: D
41. Assertion (A): Ethnography method is ‘an attempt to grasp the native’s point of view and see his world through his eyes’.
Reason (R): Ethnography research is a method of studying cultures in which researches do not immerse themselves in a cultural life of the folk as the folk live because objectivity in observation is far from truth.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) is true.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: C
42. Assertion (A): The feminist folklore scholarship was initiated to identify and validate critically women’s traditions paving the way for the utilization of feminist theory at all levels of data collection and analysis.
Reason (R): Conscious and unconscious gender biases, especially biases against women, have pervaded the discipline of folklore since its inception.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false and (R) is not correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation.
Ans: B
43. Assertion (A): Field work information is gathered with various media: note books, film and video cameras and audio recorders.
Reason (R): Because field work is the first hand observation and documentation of folklore.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false and (R) is correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false and (R) is not the correct explanation.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is the correct explanation.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is not correct.
Ans: C
44. Assertion (A): Gesture is the movement of the body including the face that expresses an idea or emotion.
Reason (R): The study of such movement is called kinesics and considered by folklorists as the paralinguistics of folklore performance.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(B) (A) and (R) is false.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false explanation.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is correct explanation.
Ans: D
45. Assertion (A): The works of linguists such as Roman Jacobson and Peter Bogatyrev served as the basis for the formation of the structural and semantic approach in folklore studies.
Reason (R): The works of linguists such as Sanssure and Chomsky served as the basis for the formation of the ethnography of communication approach in folklore studies.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) is true.
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(D) (A) is true but (R) is false.
Ans: A
46. Assertion (A): Magic is always religious, but religion is not always magical.
Reason (R): Religion is an institutional form and magic is the beliefs and practices of actual believers.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) is false.
(B) (A) false and (R) is the correct explanation of the (A).
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is the correct explanation of the (A).
Ans: D
47. Assertion (A): Indian Folklore itself identifies various folkgroup and assigns them stereotypical characteristics.
Reason (R): The phenomenon is an excellent example of metafolklore.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is not correct.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: A
48. Assertion (A): The true proverb is always a complete sentence, varies slightly in form, and usually expresses some general truth or wisdom.
Reason (R): Such sayings are termed ‘fixed phrase’ kinds of oral folklore and the variation comes in their meanings and uses in practical context.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct (R) is not correct.
(B) (A) is not correct (R) is correct.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is partially correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: D
49. The Proppian analysis of Fairy tales observe the following sequence of functions:
(A) Interdiction, Violation, Reconnaissance, Absentation
(B) Absentation, Interdiction, Violation, Reconnaissance
(C) Violation, Interdiction, Absentation, Reconnaissance
(D) Reconnaissance, Violation, Absentation, Interdiction
Ans: B
50. The evolutionary stages of human society are put in a sequence by the social scientists as
(A) Ancient Society, Medieval Society, Modern Society
(B) Primitive Society, Tribal Society, Feudal Society, Industrial Society
(C) Medieval Society, Modern Society, Post Modern Society
(D) Primitive Society, Medieval Society, Modern Society
Ans: A
Reason (R): Appropriation and addition in a creative process is done by all cultures.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation.
(B) (A) is true and (R) is not correct explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) (A) is false (R) is correct explanation.
Ans: B
2. Assertion (A): Festival is a cluster of verbal and nonverbal expressive traditions.
Reason (R): Festival is sponsored by power groups.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is not correct explanation.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct explanation.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: B
3. Assertion (A): Folk speech is embedded in dialects.
Reason (R): Folklore is contextual.
(A) (A) is wrong (R) is correct explanation.
(B) (A) and (R) are wrong.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is correct explanation.
(D) (A) is correct (R) is wrong.
Ans: C
4. Assertion (A): Culture is communication.
Reason (R): It consists of encoder and decoder.
(A) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(B) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is the correct explanation.
Ans: D
5. Assertion (A): Each ballad performance is a unique performance text.
Reason (R): Performance text is governed by context.
(A) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is correct (R) is correct explanation.
(C) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) and (R) are wrong.
Ans: B
6. Assertion (A): Historical Geographical method is employed to find out the stereo-type of a narrative genre.
Reason (R): Stereo-type narrative genres are folklore
(A) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is correct explanation.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
Ans: A
7. Assertion (A): Analytical categories are universal.
Reason (R): Folklore genres are in multiple existences.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is correct explanation.
(C) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
Ans: B
8. Characteristics of Folklore are
I. Version and Variation
II. Tradition
III. Liminality
IV. Universality
Codes:
(A) I and II are correct
(B) II and III are correct
(C) I and IV are correct
(D) III and IV are correct
Ans: A
9. Hermeneutics deals with
(A) Story telling
(B) Textual interpretation
(C) Narrative inquiry
(D) Semiotics
Ans: B
10. According to which theory barbarians are considered as survivals in the stage of development of civilisation
(A) Evolution theory
(B) Myth ritual theory
(C) Migration theory
(D) Psycho analytical theory
Ans: A
11. Arrange the sequence of functions in the fairy tales according to Proppian schema
(A) Interdiction, Violation, Reconnaissance, Absentation
(B) Violation, Interdiction, Absentation, Reconnaissance
(C) Absentation, Interdiction,Violation, Reconnaissance
(D) Reconnaissance, Violation, Absentation, Interdiction
Ans: C
12. Identify the chronological order of these scholars:
(A) Morgan, Lang, Levi-Strauss, Abrahams
(B) Levi-Strauss, Morgan, Abrahams, Lang
(C) Lang, Morgan, Abrahams, Levi-Strauss
(D) Abrahams, Morgan, Lang, Levi-Strauss
Ans: A
13. Find out the chronological order of establishment of folklore studies in India
(A) Gauhati University, Calicut University, Hyderabad University, Mysore University
(B) Hyderabad University, Calicut University, Mysore University, Gauhati University
(C) Calicut University, Mysore University, Gauhati University, Hyderabad University
(D) Mysore University, Gauhati University, Hyderabad University, Calicut University
Ans: D
14. Citation of Books according to MLA style sheet select the right answer
(A) Title of Book, Last name, First name, Publisher, Place of Publication, Year
(B) Last name, First name, Title of book, Place of Publication, Publisher, Year
(C) Year, Last name, First name, Title of Book, Place of Publication, Publisher
(D) Last name, First name, Year, Title of Book, Place of publication, Publisher
Ans: B
15. Geographically arrange the rivers from North to South India
(A) Brahmaputra, Tapti, Tamraparani, Krishna
(B) Krishna, Tapti, Brahmaputra, Tamraparani
(C) Brahmaputra, Tapti, Krishna, Tamraparani
(D) Brahmaputra, Krishna, Tamraparani, Tapti
Ans: C
16. Sequence the four functions of folklore as narrated by William Bascom.
I. Folklore lets people escape from repressions imposed upon them by society.
II. Folklore validates culture, justifying its rituals and institutions.
III. Folklore is a pedagogic device which reinforces morals and values
IV. Folklore is a means of applying social pressure and exercising social control.
Codes:
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) III, I, IV, II
(D) IV, II, I, III
Ans: A
17. Give the chronological order of the books of Alan Dundes
I. Folklore matters
II. Interpreting Folklore
III. Life is like a Chicken Coop Ladder
IV. The morphology of North American Indian Folktales
Codes:
(A) I, III, II, IV
(B) IV, I, III, II
(C) II, IV, I, III
(D) IV, II, III, I
Ans: D
18. Identify the order of concepts according to the pro founders, Derrida, Foucault, Reoccur and Barthes
I. Difference
II. Death of the Author
III. Meta-Archaeology
IV. Narrative Identity
Codes:
(A) I, III, II, IV
(B) I, III, IV, II
(C) IV, II, III, I
(D) IV, I, II, III
Ans: B
19. Sequence the deities Siva, Kamakhya, Visnu, and Surya with the places
I. Kashi
II. Konark
III. Guwahati
IV. Thiruvananthapuram
Codes:
(A) I, III, II, IV
(B) III, I, II, IV
(C) I, III, IV, II
(D) II, IV, I, III
Ans: C
20. Sequence the folk performances associated with the states Punjab, Bengal, U.P. Odisha
I. Baul
II. Ramlila
III. Bhangra
IV. Dalkhai
Codes:
(A) III, I, II, IV
(B) II, III, IV, I
(C) I, IV, III, II
(D) IV, II, I, III
Ans: A
21. Which one is the correct sequence of Folklore theories?
(A) Oral formulate, structural, contextual, functional
(B) Functional, structural, oral formulate, contextual
(C) Structural, functional, contextual, oral formulate
(D) Contextual, oral formulate, functional, structural
Ans: B
22. Which one is not the correct sequence of folklore scholars?
(A) Maria leach, Richard Dorson, Lauri Honko
(B) Franz Boas, Maria Leach, Stith Thompson
(C) Stith Thompson, Maria Leach, Franz Boas
(D) Maria Leach, Antti Aarne, Richard Dorson
Ans: C
23. The stages of the growth of Indian folklore studies have been identified by different periods. Find out correct sequence from the following:
(A) Academic, Missionary, Nationalistic
(B) Missionary, Academic, Nationalistic
(C) Nationalistic, Academic, Missionary
(D) Missionary, Nationalistic, Academic
Ans: D
24. Give the correct sequence of the books in which they appeared
(A) The study of folklore, folklore and folklife, the folktale, contributions to folkloristics
(B) Folklore and folklife, the folktale, the study of folklore, contributions to folkloristics
(C) The folktale, the study of folklore, folklore and folklife contributions to folkloristics
(D) The study of folklore, the folktale, contributions to folkloristics, folklore and folklife
Ans: C
25. The life-cycle ceremonies of all human kind have a sequence in their order. Find out the correct one from the following:
(A) Birth, Puberty, Marriage and Death
(B) Marriage, Birth, Puberty and Death
(C) Puberty, Marriage, Death and Birth
(D) Death, Birth, Puberty and Marriage
Ans: A
26. Which one is the correct sequence?
(A) Film, print, computer, television
(B) Television, film, print, computer
(C) Print, film, television, computer
(D) Television, computer, print, film
Ans: C
27. Which one is the correct group of theories of folklore?
(A) Philological, Contextual, Mass cultural
(B) Folk-cultural, Oral-formulaic, Popular cultural
(C) Cross-cultural, Structural, Existential
(D) Functional, Psychoanalytical, Contextual
Ans: D
28. Sequence the pilgrim places from South to North:
(A) Rishikesh, Varanasi, Ujjain, Srisailam
(B) Varanasi, Rishikesh, Ujjain, Srisailam
(C) Srisailam, Ujjain, Varanasi, Rishikesh
(D) Rishikesh, Ujjain, Varanasi, Srisailam
Ans: C
29. Point out the chronological order of the books of Alan Dundes:
I. Folklore Matters
II. Interpreting Folklore
III. Life is Like a Chicken Coop Ladder: A Portrait of German Culture through Folklore
IV. The Morphology of North American Indian Folktales
Codes:
(A) IV, II, III, I
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) IV, I, II, III
(D) II, I, III, IV
Ans: A
30. Identify the concepts propounded by Derrida, Foucault, Ricour and Barthes in the order of sequence:
I. Difference
II. Death of the Author
III. Meta-Archaeology
IV. Narrative Identity
Codes:
(A) I, III, IV, II
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) IV, III, II, I
(D) IV, II, III, I
Ans: A
31. The concept of myth-ritual is associated with
(i) Rodger Abrahams and Hans Moser
(ii) Bronislaw Malinowski and E.B. Taylor
(iii) Regina Bendex and Alan Dundes
(iv) James Frazer and Mircea Eliade
(A) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iii) are correct
Ans: A
32. C.P. Brown and J.A. Boyle are connected with
(i) Telugu Ballad Poetry
(ii) Assamese Epic Collection
(iii) Naga Oral Literature
(iv) Andhra Epic Collection
(A) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (iv) are correct
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct
Ans: B
33. Emic unit is
(i) Structural feature
(ii) Tale type feature
(iii) Insider’s view
(iv) Outsider’s view
(A) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: B
34. Folkspeech includes
(i) Greeting
(ii) Spoonerism
(iii) Lyrics
(iv) Lamentations
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: A
35. The term ‘morphology’ is borrowed from which discipline and by whom?
(i) Zoology
(ii) Botany
(iii) V.J. Propp
(iv) Alan Dundes
(A) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(B) (iii) and (i) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: A
36. Identify the fixed phrase genres:
(i) Joke
(ii) Proverb
(iii) Curse
(iv) Riddle
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct
Ans: D
37. The concept of Intertextuality refers to what and theoritised by whom?
(i) Text leading to another text
(ii) Text produced as interpretation to text
(iii) Julia Kristeva
(iv) Julius Khrone
(A) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: B
38. Folk medicine have
(i) Version and variation
(ii) Primitive worldview
(iii) Folk medicine repertory
(iv) Oral culture representation
(A) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(C) (i) and (iv) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct
Ans: C
39. Which of the following pair is not correct?
(A) Bengal – Chhau
(B) Uttar Pradesh – Raslila
(C) Gujarat – Nautanki
(D) Maharashtra – Tamasha
Ans: C
40. “What Bengalis did with their pen, the Bhojpuris did with their......”
(A) Sword
(B) Dance
(C) Music
(D) Stick
Ans: D
41. Assertion (A): Ethnography method is ‘an attempt to grasp the native’s point of view and see his world through his eyes’.
Reason (R): Ethnography research is a method of studying cultures in which researches do not immerse themselves in a cultural life of the folk as the folk live because objectivity in observation is far from truth.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) is true.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: C
42. Assertion (A): The feminist folklore scholarship was initiated to identify and validate critically women’s traditions paving the way for the utilization of feminist theory at all levels of data collection and analysis.
Reason (R): Conscious and unconscious gender biases, especially biases against women, have pervaded the discipline of folklore since its inception.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false and (R) is not correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation.
Ans: B
43. Assertion (A): Field work information is gathered with various media: note books, film and video cameras and audio recorders.
Reason (R): Because field work is the first hand observation and documentation of folklore.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false and (R) is correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false and (R) is not the correct explanation.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is the correct explanation.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is not correct.
Ans: C
44. Assertion (A): Gesture is the movement of the body including the face that expresses an idea or emotion.
Reason (R): The study of such movement is called kinesics and considered by folklorists as the paralinguistics of folklore performance.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(B) (A) and (R) is false.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false explanation.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is correct explanation.
Ans: D
45. Assertion (A): The works of linguists such as Roman Jacobson and Peter Bogatyrev served as the basis for the formation of the structural and semantic approach in folklore studies.
Reason (R): The works of linguists such as Sanssure and Chomsky served as the basis for the formation of the ethnography of communication approach in folklore studies.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) is true.
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(D) (A) is true but (R) is false.
Ans: A
46. Assertion (A): Magic is always religious, but religion is not always magical.
Reason (R): Religion is an institutional form and magic is the beliefs and practices of actual believers.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) is false.
(B) (A) false and (R) is the correct explanation of the (A).
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is the correct explanation of the (A).
Ans: D
47. Assertion (A): Indian Folklore itself identifies various folkgroup and assigns them stereotypical characteristics.
Reason (R): The phenomenon is an excellent example of metafolklore.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is not correct.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: A
48. Assertion (A): The true proverb is always a complete sentence, varies slightly in form, and usually expresses some general truth or wisdom.
Reason (R): Such sayings are termed ‘fixed phrase’ kinds of oral folklore and the variation comes in their meanings and uses in practical context.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct (R) is not correct.
(B) (A) is not correct (R) is correct.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is partially correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: D
49. The Proppian analysis of Fairy tales observe the following sequence of functions:
(A) Interdiction, Violation, Reconnaissance, Absentation
(B) Absentation, Interdiction, Violation, Reconnaissance
(C) Violation, Interdiction, Absentation, Reconnaissance
(D) Reconnaissance, Violation, Absentation, Interdiction
Ans: B
50. The evolutionary stages of human society are put in a sequence by the social scientists as
(A) Ancient Society, Medieval Society, Modern Society
(B) Primitive Society, Tribal Society, Feudal Society, Industrial Society
(C) Medieval Society, Modern Society, Post Modern Society
(D) Primitive Society, Medieval Society, Modern Society
Ans: A
51. Match the following List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) S. K. Chattergee (i) Traditions of Indian Dance
(b) Kapila Vatsayayan (ii) Folk Theatre of India
(c) Hem Barua (iii) Cultural Heritage of India
(d) Balwant Gargi (iv) Folk Songs of India
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
Ans: A
52. Match items of List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Siri (i) Tamil
(b) Khamba Thoibi (ii) Punjabi
(c) Annanmaar Sami Khathai (iii) Manipuri
(d) Dullah Bhatti (iv) Kannada
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (ii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Ans: D
53. Match the following List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Ethnomusicology (i) Study of Folklore
(b) Meta folklore (ii) Description of a culture
(c) Folkloristics (iii) Folklore about folklore
(d) Ethnography (iv) Study of Folkmusic
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Ans: A
54. Match the following List-I with the List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Volkskunde (i) America
(b) Narod (ii) Latin America
(c) Popular antiquities (iii) Russia
(d) Folklore (iv) Germany
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: C
55. Match items of List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Chenda (i) Tamil Nadu
(b) Pena (ii) Punjab
(c) Udukku (iii) Manipur
(d) Dhol (iv) Kerala
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: A
56. Match the List-I with the List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Satyendra (i) Theoretical essays in Indian Folklore
(b) Shyam Parmar (ii) Lok Sahitya Vigyan
(c) Devendra Satyarthy (iii) Bhartiya Lok Sahitya
(d) J. Handoo (iv) Dharti Gati Hai
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Ans: B
Read the passage below and answer the questions (57-60)
……The traditional methods of agriculture are changing. Plough, manure and the traditional well (its simple and fascinating technology) are replaced by the buzzing tractor, chemical fertilizers and the electric powered tube-well. Folk architecture of the villages is disappearing fast and the new cement-steel structures are changing the skyline even in rural India. Utencils of stainless steel, brass and plastic-ware are replacing the traditional earthen, ceramic and bronzeware in the rural homes. The traditional folk decorative designing, which once adorned the domestic surroundings have disappeared. Traditional folk basketry; an important item of Indian material culture, is on its way out. Plastic basketry has not only replaced it but has also killed the art of making such basketry. Folk jewellery, which India has traditionally been proud of and through which Indian folk mind has, for centuries, been expressing the artistic genius of Indian mind in the form of most popular motifs of Indian art, is fast disappearing and unfortunately a good part of it has found its way into the unscrupulous foreign museums. So are our traditional modes of transportation, foods, cookery fishing and embroidery, etc., vanishing or undergoing changes and therefore becoming naturally the concern of a folklorist for various reasons. First, if we do not collect and preserve what ever is left of these vanishing artefacts of our national culture, we shall be losing a big part of our important cultural heritage. Second, without collecting and studying these artefacts we cannot obviously know much about the richness of our material culture. This becomes more important due to the fact that unlike other countries of the world, India has fascinating regional folk cultures which make the area of material culture more important and challenging.
57. The author has empasized on
(A) The richness of our material culture
(B) The aesthetic elegance of our folk art
(C) The concern of the folklorists on the disappearance of traditional technology
(D) The protection of traditional folk culture
Ans: C
58. What are the material traditions through which the Indian folk mind has expressed its artistic genius ?
(A) Idolatory
(B) Terracotta
(C) Jewellery
(D) Foods
Ans: C
59. What was the negative effect of the introduction of plastic basketry?
(A) The replacement of the traditional folk basketry
(B) Folk basket makers became as sellers of plastic utencils
(C) Plastic basketry killed the art of making traditional basketry
(D) All the above
Ans: D
60. What will be the great loss to our national heritage if our folklorists fail to collect and study the material traditions?
(A) We cannot know much about the richness of our material culture.
(B) It will be a loss to the field of folkloristics.
(C) We cannot fill our museums with the precious folk arts and crafts.
(D) We will be deprived to understand India’s fascinating regional folk cultures which make material culture more important and challenging.
Ans: D
61. The first exponent of comparative philosophy and comparative mythology is
(i) German indologists
(ii) T. Benfy
(iii) Orientalists
(iv) Max Weber
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iii) are correct
Ans: A
62. Epic laws are
(i) Laws governing composition of prose narratives.
(ii) Laws defining the structure of folk narratives.
(iii) Laws pertaining to the patterning of events in folklore.
(iv) Laws governing the composition of literary texts.
(A) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (ii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: B
63. In post-modern ethnography
(i) the subject and object divide is merged.
(ii) no hierarchy of relationships
(iii) mono authorship of the text
(iv) boundaries are fixed
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (i) and (ii) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iii) are correct
Ans: C
64. Paul Ricoeur Contributed to
(i) The question of narrative in contemporary historical theory.
(ii) Interpretation theory: Discourse and surplus of meaning.
(iii) The value of narrativity in the representation of reality
(iv) Time and Narrative
(A) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(C) (i) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iii) are correct
Ans: C
65. Hermeneutics deals with
(i) Story telling
(ii) Textual interpretation
(iii) Narrative inquiry
(iv) Language, reflections, understanding and self
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct
Ans: D
66. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Functional 1. Jacob Grimm
b. Historical reconstruction 2. Erich Fromm
c. Historical Geographical 3. William Bascom
d. Psychoanalytical 4. Warren Roberts
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 4 3 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans: C
67. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Motif 1. V. Propp
b. Typology 2. Alan Dundes
c. Function 3. Stith Thompson
d. Motifeme 4. Antti Aarne
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: D
68. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Proverb 1. Validate conduct
b. Riddle 2. Release hostility
c. Myth 3. Sharpen wit
d. Satire 4. Means to instruct
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 4 2 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 4 3 2
Ans: B
69. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Clifford Geertz 1. Performance Studies
b. J.G. Frazer 2. Cultural Studies
c. Richard Bauman 3. Historical Studies
d. Edward Said 4. Post-colonial Studies
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans: A
70. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Lotha 1. Nilgiri Hills
b. Toda 2. Jharkhand
c. Chenchu 3. Nagaland
d. Munda 4. Andhra Pradesh
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 4 1 3 2
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 1 3 2 4
Ans: C
71. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Folklore and Folkloristic 1. National Folklore Support Centre
b. Journal of Indian Folkloristic 2. Folklore Resources and Research Centre
c. South-Indian Folklorists 3. Makbul Islam
d. Indian Folklore Research Journal 4. J.L. Handoo
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans: B
72. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Dynamics of Folklore: Alan Dundes
(B) Folklore and Folklife: Richard Bauman
(C) Verbal Art as Performance: Ben-Amos
(D) Foundations in Sociolinguistics: Dell Hymes
Ans: D
73. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Etymological Study: Word Origin
(B) Paremiological Study: Proverb
(C) Etiological Study: Origination
(D) Ethnological Study: Language
Ans: D
74. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Harmonium: Percussion instrument
(B) Shahanai: Wind instrument
(C) Bansuri: Metal instrument
(D) Chanda: String instrument
Ans: B
75. The book “Singer of Tales” deals with
I. Oral narrative tradition
II. Composition of oral epics by bards
III. Memorization skills of bards
IV. Transmission of oral traditions
Codes:
(A) I and IV are correct.
(B) I and III are correct.
(C) II and III are correct.
(D) II and IV are correct.
Ans: C
76. According to Neil R. Grobman there are three sources of Folklore in Literature:
(A) Indigenous, acquired, borrowed
(B) Verbal, lexical, oral
(C) Traditional, modern, innovative
(D) Myth, legend, proverb
Ans: A
77. According to Malinowski-myths are not viewed by the primitives as mere stories but as revealing
(A) The primitive basis of life
(B) The folk basis of life
(C) The secular basis of life
(D) The sacred basis of life
Ans: D
78. The context of folklore means
(A) The area where folklore event occurs
(B) The situation in which folklore event occurs
(C) The culture in which folklore event occurs
(D) The people among whom folklore event occurs
Ans: B
79. Ritual is a
(A) Social practice both structured and structuring
(B) Typical tradition of the whole nation
(C) Belief acted out in a symbolic action
(D) Historical practice and history producing
Ans: C
80. Oral literature is
(A) Spoken, sung and voiced forms of traditional utterance
(B) Written, sung and non-voiced form of utterance
(C) Telecasted through mass media to create tradition
(D) Orally performed in public sphere
Ans: A
81. Assertion (A): Frany Boas had claimed that tribal narratives mirrored the ethnography of the culture.
Reason (R): His student Ruth Benedict countered with illustrations to show that the folklore often violated the cultural norms as a means of gratifying fantasies and expressing the hostilities of the culture bound.
Codes:
(A) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(C) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct explanation.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: D
Read the passage below and answer the questions (82 – 85):
Verbal art is composed and transmitted verbally, while literature is composed in writing and transmitted in writing. Yet it is obvious that these two traditions have not followed independent courses, but have intermingled and influenced one another. One result has been tales, proverbs, or other forms of verbal art which have been reworked and adapted to literary standards of style and propriety, and are thereafter transmitted by writing or printing. This would include not only the utilization of the materials of folklore but also the use of folktales from other lands for children in our own society. For the lack of a better term, these may be referred to as literary adaptations.
There are instances where materials from written or printed resources have been incorporated into the verbal tradition, and in the course of time have been reworked and modified in accordance with its standards. These we may call folkloriazation.
82. Which is the correct idea?
(A) Verbal art and literature are independent and have their own influences drawn from within.
(B) Verbal art and literature are interdependent and hardly intermingled.
(C) Verbal art and literature have intermingled and not followed independent course.
(D) Verbal art and literature have taken independent course but have intermingled.
Ans: C
83. Influence of verbal art on literature and vice-versa can be seen in
(A) Proverbs
(B) Folktales
(C) Riddles
(D) All the above
Ans: D
84. What is folkloriazation?
(A) Reworked and modified performative forms incorporated into verbal tradition.
(B) Reworked and modified printed sources incorporated into verbal tradition.
(C) Reworked and modified print material entering into written tradition.
(D) Reworked and modified verbal tradition incorporated into printed tradition.
Ans: B
85. Literary adaptations are
(A) Utilization of folklore material through writing and printing
(B) Utilization of folklore material through verbal transmission
(C) Utilization of literary material through print transmission
(D) Utilization of verbal material through oral transmission
Ans: A
86. Assertion (A): Folk drama must use a wide variety of techniques to focus the attention of the audience on the performance.
Reason (R): These include clowning, dancing singing, instrumental music and bombastic speeches etc. All these are highly stylized as well as subtle techniques.
(A) (A) is correct (R) is partially correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is partially correct (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect (R) is partially correct.
Ans: A
87. Assertion (A): Folklore is an echo of the past but at the same time it is also the vigorous voice of the present.
Reason (R): That is why Lenin and Stalin declared that folklore is an aid to understand the hopes and expectations of working masses.
(A) (A) is incorrect (R) is correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is incorrect.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: C
88. Assertion (A): To our perception it seemed that folk culture is given lesser importance in the intellectual arena where classical culture is given primary importance.
Reason (R): But the real Indian cultural life remarkably reveals that both cultures along with the popular culture are found integrated with each other. This is the realistic cultural phenomenon which has been existing from the past to the present.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are not true.
(C) (A) is true but (R) is not true.
(D) (A) is not true but (R) is true.
Ans: A
89. Assertion (A): Contextualist insist that the concept of folklore apply not to a text but to an extent in time in which a tradition is performed.
Reason (R): Therefore emphasis is on rigorous fieldwork i.e. multidimensional paradigm of the context of the event is to be recorded.
(A) (A) is not correct (R) is correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is not correct.
Ans: B
90. Assertion (A): The work of the folklorist is not merely the collection of texts, but also the study of the context of particular performances.
Reason (R): Therefore, the folklorist must attend folk performances, record and observe many of its aspects, hold interviews also, we may or may not take audience into consideration.
(A) (A) is incorrect and (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is partially correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
Ans: B
91. The young Turks emerged through the contextual movement have been mentioned by Dorson following an order. Find out the correct order from the following:
(A) Dan Ben-Amos, Alan Dundes, Robert Georges, Kenneth Goldstein, Roger Abrahams
(B) Roger Abrahams, Dan Ben- Amos, Alan Dundes, Robert Georges, Kenneth Goldstein
(C) Alan Dundes, Roger Abrahams, Dan Ben-Amos, Robert Georges, Kenneth Goldstein
(D) Kenneth Goldstein, Alan Dundes, Robert Georges, Dan Ben-Amos, Roger Abrahams
Ans: B
92. Match items of List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Oicotype (i) Hans Moser
(b) Mytheme (ii) Stith Thompson
(c) Folklorismus (iii) Von Sydow
(d) Motif (iv) Levi Straus
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: B
93. Which one is correctly matched?
(A) Holi : Karnataka
(B) Music Festival : Jalandhar (Punjab)
(C) Rath Yatra : West Bengal
(D) Pushkar Fair : Haryana
Ans: B
94. Which one is not correctly matched?
(A) Mahashivratri : Maharashtra
(B) Onam : Andhra Pradesh
(C) Pongal : Tamil Nadu
(D) Rath Yatra : Puri (Orissa)
Ans: B
95. Match the following List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Another Harmony : New Essays on the Folklore of India (i) Peter J. Claus & D. P. Pattanayak
(b) Folkloristics and Indian Folklore (ii) Lowell Edmunds & Alan Dundes
(c) Oediphs : A Folklore case book (iii) Peter J. Claus & F. J. Korom
(d) Indian Folklore I (iv) Stuart H. Blackburn & A. K. Ramanujan
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: D
26. Assertion (A): ‘Wisdom of many and wit of one’.
Reason (R): Proverbs are the community creation.
(A) (A) is false and (R) is not correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct explanation.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
Ans: D
97. Assertion (A): Set of units arranged in the linear form based on the principle of difference is known as syntagmatic structure.
Reason (R): Syntagmas are formed based on syntax.
(A) (A) is false and (R) is not correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
Ans: C
98. Assertion (A): Dramatis personal are the variable characters that appear in the tale but their functions are constant.
Reason (R): Functions do not form the basic structure of a tale.
(A) (A) is correct explanation but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct explanation.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: A
99. Assertion (A): Survey methodology is the field that studies the sampling and individuals from a population with a view towards marking statistical inferences about the population using the sample.
Reason (R): Statistical inferences are deployed only in ‘case study method’.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
Ans: B
100. Assertion (A): Multiculturalism is study of the ethnic group in a region.
Reason (R): Ethnography is the appropriate method for studying multiculturalism.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is false but (R) is correct explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
Ans: C
List – I List – II
(a) S. K. Chattergee (i) Traditions of Indian Dance
(b) Kapila Vatsayayan (ii) Folk Theatre of India
(c) Hem Barua (iii) Cultural Heritage of India
(d) Balwant Gargi (iv) Folk Songs of India
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
Ans: A
52. Match items of List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Siri (i) Tamil
(b) Khamba Thoibi (ii) Punjabi
(c) Annanmaar Sami Khathai (iii) Manipuri
(d) Dullah Bhatti (iv) Kannada
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (ii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Ans: D
53. Match the following List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Ethnomusicology (i) Study of Folklore
(b) Meta folklore (ii) Description of a culture
(c) Folkloristics (iii) Folklore about folklore
(d) Ethnography (iv) Study of Folkmusic
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Ans: A
54. Match the following List-I with the List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Volkskunde (i) America
(b) Narod (ii) Latin America
(c) Popular antiquities (iii) Russia
(d) Folklore (iv) Germany
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: C
55. Match items of List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Chenda (i) Tamil Nadu
(b) Pena (ii) Punjab
(c) Udukku (iii) Manipur
(d) Dhol (iv) Kerala
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: A
56. Match the List-I with the List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Satyendra (i) Theoretical essays in Indian Folklore
(b) Shyam Parmar (ii) Lok Sahitya Vigyan
(c) Devendra Satyarthy (iii) Bhartiya Lok Sahitya
(d) J. Handoo (iv) Dharti Gati Hai
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Ans: B
Read the passage below and answer the questions (57-60)
……The traditional methods of agriculture are changing. Plough, manure and the traditional well (its simple and fascinating technology) are replaced by the buzzing tractor, chemical fertilizers and the electric powered tube-well. Folk architecture of the villages is disappearing fast and the new cement-steel structures are changing the skyline even in rural India. Utencils of stainless steel, brass and plastic-ware are replacing the traditional earthen, ceramic and bronzeware in the rural homes. The traditional folk decorative designing, which once adorned the domestic surroundings have disappeared. Traditional folk basketry; an important item of Indian material culture, is on its way out. Plastic basketry has not only replaced it but has also killed the art of making such basketry. Folk jewellery, which India has traditionally been proud of and through which Indian folk mind has, for centuries, been expressing the artistic genius of Indian mind in the form of most popular motifs of Indian art, is fast disappearing and unfortunately a good part of it has found its way into the unscrupulous foreign museums. So are our traditional modes of transportation, foods, cookery fishing and embroidery, etc., vanishing or undergoing changes and therefore becoming naturally the concern of a folklorist for various reasons. First, if we do not collect and preserve what ever is left of these vanishing artefacts of our national culture, we shall be losing a big part of our important cultural heritage. Second, without collecting and studying these artefacts we cannot obviously know much about the richness of our material culture. This becomes more important due to the fact that unlike other countries of the world, India has fascinating regional folk cultures which make the area of material culture more important and challenging.
57. The author has empasized on
(A) The richness of our material culture
(B) The aesthetic elegance of our folk art
(C) The concern of the folklorists on the disappearance of traditional technology
(D) The protection of traditional folk culture
Ans: C
58. What are the material traditions through which the Indian folk mind has expressed its artistic genius ?
(A) Idolatory
(B) Terracotta
(C) Jewellery
(D) Foods
Ans: C
59. What was the negative effect of the introduction of plastic basketry?
(A) The replacement of the traditional folk basketry
(B) Folk basket makers became as sellers of plastic utencils
(C) Plastic basketry killed the art of making traditional basketry
(D) All the above
Ans: D
60. What will be the great loss to our national heritage if our folklorists fail to collect and study the material traditions?
(A) We cannot know much about the richness of our material culture.
(B) It will be a loss to the field of folkloristics.
(C) We cannot fill our museums with the precious folk arts and crafts.
(D) We will be deprived to understand India’s fascinating regional folk cultures which make material culture more important and challenging.
Ans: D
61. The first exponent of comparative philosophy and comparative mythology is
(i) German indologists
(ii) T. Benfy
(iii) Orientalists
(iv) Max Weber
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iii) are correct
Ans: A
62. Epic laws are
(i) Laws governing composition of prose narratives.
(ii) Laws defining the structure of folk narratives.
(iii) Laws pertaining to the patterning of events in folklore.
(iv) Laws governing the composition of literary texts.
(A) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (ii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Ans: B
63. In post-modern ethnography
(i) the subject and object divide is merged.
(ii) no hierarchy of relationships
(iii) mono authorship of the text
(iv) boundaries are fixed
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (i) and (ii) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iii) are correct
Ans: C
64. Paul Ricoeur Contributed to
(i) The question of narrative in contemporary historical theory.
(ii) Interpretation theory: Discourse and surplus of meaning.
(iii) The value of narrativity in the representation of reality
(iv) Time and Narrative
(A) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(C) (i) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (iii) are correct
Ans: C
65. Hermeneutics deals with
(i) Story telling
(ii) Textual interpretation
(iii) Narrative inquiry
(iv) Language, reflections, understanding and self
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct
Ans: D
66. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Functional 1. Jacob Grimm
b. Historical reconstruction 2. Erich Fromm
c. Historical Geographical 3. William Bascom
d. Psychoanalytical 4. Warren Roberts
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 4 3 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans: C
67. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Motif 1. V. Propp
b. Typology 2. Alan Dundes
c. Function 3. Stith Thompson
d. Motifeme 4. Antti Aarne
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: D
68. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Proverb 1. Validate conduct
b. Riddle 2. Release hostility
c. Myth 3. Sharpen wit
d. Satire 4. Means to instruct
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 4 2 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 4 3 2
Ans: B
69. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Clifford Geertz 1. Performance Studies
b. J.G. Frazer 2. Cultural Studies
c. Richard Bauman 3. Historical Studies
d. Edward Said 4. Post-colonial Studies
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans: A
70. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Lotha 1. Nilgiri Hills
b. Toda 2. Jharkhand
c. Chenchu 3. Nagaland
d. Munda 4. Andhra Pradesh
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 4 1 3 2
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 1 3 2 4
Ans: C
71. Match the following List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Folklore and Folkloristic 1. National Folklore Support Centre
b. Journal of Indian Folkloristic 2. Folklore Resources and Research Centre
c. South-Indian Folklorists 3. Makbul Islam
d. Indian Folklore Research Journal 4. J.L. Handoo
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans: B
72. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Dynamics of Folklore: Alan Dundes
(B) Folklore and Folklife: Richard Bauman
(C) Verbal Art as Performance: Ben-Amos
(D) Foundations in Sociolinguistics: Dell Hymes
Ans: D
73. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Etymological Study: Word Origin
(B) Paremiological Study: Proverb
(C) Etiological Study: Origination
(D) Ethnological Study: Language
Ans: D
74. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Harmonium: Percussion instrument
(B) Shahanai: Wind instrument
(C) Bansuri: Metal instrument
(D) Chanda: String instrument
Ans: B
75. The book “Singer of Tales” deals with
I. Oral narrative tradition
II. Composition of oral epics by bards
III. Memorization skills of bards
IV. Transmission of oral traditions
Codes:
(A) I and IV are correct.
(B) I and III are correct.
(C) II and III are correct.
(D) II and IV are correct.
Ans: C
76. According to Neil R. Grobman there are three sources of Folklore in Literature:
(A) Indigenous, acquired, borrowed
(B) Verbal, lexical, oral
(C) Traditional, modern, innovative
(D) Myth, legend, proverb
Ans: A
77. According to Malinowski-myths are not viewed by the primitives as mere stories but as revealing
(A) The primitive basis of life
(B) The folk basis of life
(C) The secular basis of life
(D) The sacred basis of life
Ans: D
78. The context of folklore means
(A) The area where folklore event occurs
(B) The situation in which folklore event occurs
(C) The culture in which folklore event occurs
(D) The people among whom folklore event occurs
Ans: B
79. Ritual is a
(A) Social practice both structured and structuring
(B) Typical tradition of the whole nation
(C) Belief acted out in a symbolic action
(D) Historical practice and history producing
Ans: C
80. Oral literature is
(A) Spoken, sung and voiced forms of traditional utterance
(B) Written, sung and non-voiced form of utterance
(C) Telecasted through mass media to create tradition
(D) Orally performed in public sphere
Ans: A
81. Assertion (A): Frany Boas had claimed that tribal narratives mirrored the ethnography of the culture.
Reason (R): His student Ruth Benedict countered with illustrations to show that the folklore often violated the cultural norms as a means of gratifying fantasies and expressing the hostilities of the culture bound.
Codes:
(A) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(C) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct explanation.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: D
Read the passage below and answer the questions (82 – 85):
Verbal art is composed and transmitted verbally, while literature is composed in writing and transmitted in writing. Yet it is obvious that these two traditions have not followed independent courses, but have intermingled and influenced one another. One result has been tales, proverbs, or other forms of verbal art which have been reworked and adapted to literary standards of style and propriety, and are thereafter transmitted by writing or printing. This would include not only the utilization of the materials of folklore but also the use of folktales from other lands for children in our own society. For the lack of a better term, these may be referred to as literary adaptations.
There are instances where materials from written or printed resources have been incorporated into the verbal tradition, and in the course of time have been reworked and modified in accordance with its standards. These we may call folkloriazation.
82. Which is the correct idea?
(A) Verbal art and literature are independent and have their own influences drawn from within.
(B) Verbal art and literature are interdependent and hardly intermingled.
(C) Verbal art and literature have intermingled and not followed independent course.
(D) Verbal art and literature have taken independent course but have intermingled.
Ans: C
83. Influence of verbal art on literature and vice-versa can be seen in
(A) Proverbs
(B) Folktales
(C) Riddles
(D) All the above
Ans: D
84. What is folkloriazation?
(A) Reworked and modified performative forms incorporated into verbal tradition.
(B) Reworked and modified printed sources incorporated into verbal tradition.
(C) Reworked and modified print material entering into written tradition.
(D) Reworked and modified verbal tradition incorporated into printed tradition.
Ans: B
85. Literary adaptations are
(A) Utilization of folklore material through writing and printing
(B) Utilization of folklore material through verbal transmission
(C) Utilization of literary material through print transmission
(D) Utilization of verbal material through oral transmission
Ans: A
86. Assertion (A): Folk drama must use a wide variety of techniques to focus the attention of the audience on the performance.
Reason (R): These include clowning, dancing singing, instrumental music and bombastic speeches etc. All these are highly stylized as well as subtle techniques.
(A) (A) is correct (R) is partially correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is partially correct (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect (R) is partially correct.
Ans: A
87. Assertion (A): Folklore is an echo of the past but at the same time it is also the vigorous voice of the present.
Reason (R): That is why Lenin and Stalin declared that folklore is an aid to understand the hopes and expectations of working masses.
(A) (A) is incorrect (R) is correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
(C) (A) is correct (R) is incorrect.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: C
88. Assertion (A): To our perception it seemed that folk culture is given lesser importance in the intellectual arena where classical culture is given primary importance.
Reason (R): But the real Indian cultural life remarkably reveals that both cultures along with the popular culture are found integrated with each other. This is the realistic cultural phenomenon which has been existing from the past to the present.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are not true.
(C) (A) is true but (R) is not true.
(D) (A) is not true but (R) is true.
Ans: A
89. Assertion (A): Contextualist insist that the concept of folklore apply not to a text but to an extent in time in which a tradition is performed.
Reason (R): Therefore emphasis is on rigorous fieldwork i.e. multidimensional paradigm of the context of the event is to be recorded.
(A) (A) is not correct (R) is correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are not correct.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is not correct.
Ans: B
90. Assertion (A): The work of the folklorist is not merely the collection of texts, but also the study of the context of particular performances.
Reason (R): Therefore, the folklorist must attend folk performances, record and observe many of its aspects, hold interviews also, we may or may not take audience into consideration.
(A) (A) is incorrect and (R) is correct.
(B) (A) is correct and (R) is partially correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
Ans: B
91. The young Turks emerged through the contextual movement have been mentioned by Dorson following an order. Find out the correct order from the following:
(A) Dan Ben-Amos, Alan Dundes, Robert Georges, Kenneth Goldstein, Roger Abrahams
(B) Roger Abrahams, Dan Ben- Amos, Alan Dundes, Robert Georges, Kenneth Goldstein
(C) Alan Dundes, Roger Abrahams, Dan Ben-Amos, Robert Georges, Kenneth Goldstein
(D) Kenneth Goldstein, Alan Dundes, Robert Georges, Dan Ben-Amos, Roger Abrahams
Ans: B
92. Match items of List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Oicotype (i) Hans Moser
(b) Mytheme (ii) Stith Thompson
(c) Folklorismus (iii) Von Sydow
(d) Motif (iv) Levi Straus
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: B
93. Which one is correctly matched?
(A) Holi : Karnataka
(B) Music Festival : Jalandhar (Punjab)
(C) Rath Yatra : West Bengal
(D) Pushkar Fair : Haryana
Ans: B
94. Which one is not correctly matched?
(A) Mahashivratri : Maharashtra
(B) Onam : Andhra Pradesh
(C) Pongal : Tamil Nadu
(D) Rath Yatra : Puri (Orissa)
Ans: B
95. Match the following List-I with List-II
List – I List – II
(a) Another Harmony : New Essays on the Folklore of India (i) Peter J. Claus & D. P. Pattanayak
(b) Folkloristics and Indian Folklore (ii) Lowell Edmunds & Alan Dundes
(c) Oediphs : A Folklore case book (iii) Peter J. Claus & F. J. Korom
(d) Indian Folklore I (iv) Stuart H. Blackburn & A. K. Ramanujan
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: D
26. Assertion (A): ‘Wisdom of many and wit of one’.
Reason (R): Proverbs are the community creation.
(A) (A) is false and (R) is not correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct explanation.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
Ans: D
97. Assertion (A): Set of units arranged in the linear form based on the principle of difference is known as syntagmatic structure.
Reason (R): Syntagmas are formed based on syntax.
(A) (A) is false and (R) is not correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
Ans: C
98. Assertion (A): Dramatis personal are the variable characters that appear in the tale but their functions are constant.
Reason (R): Functions do not form the basic structure of a tale.
(A) (A) is correct explanation but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct explanation.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ans: A
99. Assertion (A): Survey methodology is the field that studies the sampling and individuals from a population with a view towards marking statistical inferences about the population using the sample.
Reason (R): Statistical inferences are deployed only in ‘case study method’.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is correct.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
Ans: B
100. Assertion (A): Multiculturalism is study of the ethnic group in a region.
Reason (R): Ethnography is the appropriate method for studying multiculturalism.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) (A) is false but (R) is correct explanation.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
Ans: C