McqMate
| 1. |
Modern science depends on |
| A. | opinions |
| B. | beliefs |
| C. | facts |
| D. | intuitions |
| Answer» C. facts | |
| 2. |
Methods that are create and speculative are employed by |
| A. | social science |
| B. | humanities |
| C. | physical science |
| D. | natural science |
| Answer» B. humanities | |
| 3. |
Humanities emphasis the role of |
| A. | meaning of human conditions |
| B. | purpose of human conditions |
| C. | goals of human conditions |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» D. all of these | |
| 4. |
The source of all the sciences and social sciences is |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | history |
| C. | psychology |
| D. | astrology |
| Answer» A. philosophy | |
| 5. |
The classical Greek notion of philosophy was |
| A. | to improve our social world |
| B. | to educate its citizens |
| C. | to demarcate the national and social world |
| D. | to understand the world |
| Answer» B. to educate its citizens | |
| 6. |
Literature is primarily a subject of |
| A. | natural sciences |
| B. | social sciences |
| C. | humanities |
| D. | psychology |
| Answer» C. humanities | |
| 7. |
History deals with |
| A. | fancies |
| B. | facts |
| C. | hypotheses of past |
| D. | beliefs |
| Answer» B. facts | |
| 8. |
Founding father of sociology |
| A. | augustie comte |
| B. | emile durkheim |
| C. | max weber |
| D. | karl marx |
| Answer» A. augustie comte | |
| 9. |
Term ideology was coined by |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | terry eagleton |
| C. | destutt de tracy |
| D. | frantz fanan |
| Answer» C. destutt de tracy | |
| 10. |
David Hume was a |
| A. | german scientists |
| B. | british philosopher |
| C. | french sociologist |
| D. | american educationist |
| Answer» A. german scientists | |
| 11. |
Twentieth century literary criticism attempted to keep away from |
| A. | discuss on value |
| B. | discussion on taste |
| C. | discussion on reality |
| D. | discussion on truth |
| Answer» A. discuss on value | |
| 12. |
Positivism laid stress on use of |
| A. | social science method |
| B. | cultural studies |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | spiritual metaphysics |
| Answer» C. natural sciences | |
| 13. |
Cause hypotheses and explanations are the testing ground of |
| A. | natural sciences |
| B. | social sciences |
| C. | literature |
| D. | philosophy |
| Answer» B. social sciences | |
| 14. |
There is relative freedom from subjective biases in study of |
| A. | philosophy |
| B. | literature |
| C. | natural sciences |
| D. | social sciences |
| Answer» D. social sciences | |
| 15. |
What is prominent factor in structuring taste? |
| A. | education |
| B. | family status |
| C. | social class |
| D. | personality |
| Answer» C. social class | |
| 16. |
______ is the belief that human beings possess an innate, natural unchanging identity |
| A. | idealism |
| B. | essentialism |
| C. | constructivism |
| D. | naturalism |
| Answer» B. essentialism | |
| 17. |
Theories which understand reality as constructed within culture through language are called _____ theories. |
| A. | constructivist |
| B. | essentialist |
| C. | idealist |
| D. | pragmatist |
| Answer» A. constructivist | |
| 18. |
The evolved human capacity to classify and represent experiences with symbols, and to act imaginatively and creatively is called. |
| A. | culture |
| B. | subjectivity |
| C. | identity |
| D. | language |
| Answer» A. culture | |
| 19. |
_____ is the verbal expression of culture |
| A. | signs |
| B. | language |
| C. | signals |
| D. | symbols |
| Answer» B. language | |
| 20. |
Capacity that separates humans from other primates |
| A. | emotions |
| B. | mobility |
| C. | communication |
| D. | language |
| Answer» D. language | |
| 21. |
The core idea that man’s language moulds his perception of reality belongs to |
| A. | sapir and whorf |
| B. | saussure and choamsky |
| C. | bloomfield and halliday |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. sapir and whorf | |
| 22. |
The study of the cultural system of signs is called |
| A. | linguistics |
| B. | pragmatics |
| C. | symbolism |
| D. | semiotics |
| Answer» D. semiotics | |
| 23. |
Hignlish is an example of |
| A. | dialect |
| B. | idiolect |
| C. | ethnolect |
| D. | genderlect |
| Answer» C. ethnolect | |
| 24. |
Father of modern linguistics |
| A. | saussure |
| B. | bloomfield |
| C. | halliday |
| D. | chomsky |
| Answer» A. saussure | |
| 25. |
The Social, economic and cultural context in which reality is represented and communicates meaning is called |
| A. | institution |
| B. | society |
| C. | dialogue |
| D. | discourse |
| Answer» D. discourse | |
| 26. |
______ Argued for English as a more neutral language where traditional caste names become irrelevant. |
| A. | ambedkar |
| B. | nehru |
| C. | gandhi |
| D. | raja ram mohan roy |
| Answer» A. ambedkar | |
| 27. |
Narrative is an act of |
| A. | imitation |
| B. | communication |
| C. | imagination |
| D. | expression |
| Answer» B. communication | |
| 28. |
Wimsatt and Robert Pen Warren belong to a group called |
| A. | new critics |
| B. | structuralist |
| C. | post modernist |
| D. | formalist |
| Answer» A. new critics | |
| 29. |
Who wrote Shamela |
| A. | henry fielding |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | samuel richardson |
| D. | daniel defoe |
| Answer» A. henry fielding | |
| 30. |
J.M. Coetzee’s Foe is a retelling of |
| A. | jane eyre |
| B. | wide sargasso sea |
| C. | robinson crusoe |
| D. | joseph andrews |
| Answer» C. robinson crusoe | |
| 31. |
Mary Shelly’s Fankenstein is about the quest of a |
| A. | explorer |
| B. | poet |
| C. | scientist |
| D. | doctor |
| Answer» C. scientist | |
| 32. |
Who wrote wide Sargasso sea |
| A. | jean rhys |
| B. | charlette bronte |
| C. | daniel defoe |
| D. | emile bronte |
| Answer» A. jean rhys | |
| 33. |
The narrative strategies of Hadith are associated with which religion? |
| A. | hinduism |
| B. | judaism |
| C. | jainism |
| D. | islam |
| Answer» D. islam | |
| 34. |
Study of narrative is known as |
| A. | sociology |
| B. | grammatology |
| C. | lexicology |
| D. | narratology |
| Answer» D. narratology | |
| 35. |
The essay ‘Narrative Construction of Reality’ was written by |
| A. | walter scott |
| B. | jerome bruner |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | derek walcott |
| Answer» B. jerome bruner | |
| 36. |
The idea of mimesis was first introduced by _____ & _____ |
| A. | plato and aristotle |
| B. | plato and longinus |
| C. | dryden and longinus |
| D. | socrates of descartes |
| Answer» A. plato and aristotle | |
| 37. |
According to Aristotle _____ is the effect of mimesis |
| A. | monologue |
| B. | catharsis |
| C. | confession |
| D. | confusion |
| Answer» B. catharsis | |
| 38. |
_____ is the direct representation of reality |
| A. | mimesis |
| B. | diegesis |
| C. | reality |
| D. | logos |
| Answer» A. mimesis | |
| 39. |
Indirect representation or re-presentation of reality is known as |
| A. | mimesis |
| B. | narration |
| C. | diegesis |
| D. | description |
| Answer» C. diegesis | |
| 40. |
If On a Winter’s Night Traveler is a novel by |
| A. | salman rushdie |
| B. | italo calvino |
| C. | daniel defoe |
| D. | shakespeare |
| Answer» B. italo calvino | |
| 41. |
Saleem Sinai is a character in |
| A. | midnight’s children |
| B. | one hundred years of solitude |
| C. | if on a winter’s night traveler |
| D. | satanic verses |
| Answer» A. midnight’s children | |
| 42. |
Who prepared the two main modes of thinking Logico Scientific of the narrative |
| A. | jerome bruner |
| B. | roland barthes |
| C. | wayne c. booth |
| D. | italo calvino |
| Answer» A. jerome bruner | |
| 43. |
Dorothy wordsworth is William Wordsworth’s |
| A. | mother |
| B. | sister |
| C. | wife |
| D. | daughter |
| Answer» B. sister | |
| 44. |
Narrative theory focuses on author, text and |
| A. | reader |
| B. | critic |
| C. | narrator |
| D. | critic |
| Answer» A. reader | |
| 45. |
The concept of implied author was first formulated by |
| A. | roland barthes |
| B. | immanuel kant |
| C. | vladimir propp |
| D. | wayne c booth |
| Answer» D. wayne c booth | |
| 46. |
Which of the following is heterodox school of Indian Philosophy? |
| A. | nyaya |
| B. | budhism |
| C. | vaisesika |
| D. | yoga |
| Answer» B. budhism | |
| 47. |
Which school propounded the doctrine of syadavada? |
| A. | jainsim |
| B. | sankhya |
| C. | vedanta |
| D. | yoga |
| Answer» A. jainsim | |
| 48. |
Which one of the following is a means of valid knowledge? |
| A. | tarka |
| B. | anumana |
| C. | smriti |
| D. | pramana |
| Answer» B. anumana | |
| 49. |
Another name for illusion in |
| A. | smrit |
| B. | khyati |
| C. | anumana |
| D. | samvada |
| Answer» B. khyati | |
| 50. |
The prama that is not accepted by the Samkya school is |
| A. | perception |
| B. | inference |
| C. | comparison |
| D. | testimony |
| Answer» C. comparison | |
| 51. |
Which of the Pramanas was accepted by all the schools? |
| A. | perception |
| B. | inference |
| C. | doubt |
| D. | representation |
| Answer» A. perception | |
| 52. |
Which among the following is a type of invalid knowledge? |
| A. | doubt |
| B. | testimony |
| C. | inference |
| D. | tarka |
| Answer» A. doubt | |
| 53. |
The earliest available Indian literature on record are the |
| A. | puranas |
| B. | sasthras |
| C. | vedas |
| D. | itihasas |
| Answer» C. vedas | |
| 54. |
_____was the period of the early settlement of the Aryans in the Indus Valley. |
| A. | epic period |
| B. | sutra period |
| C. | vedic period |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. vedic period | |
| 55. |
Democratization of upanishadic ideas occurred through |
| A. | jainism |
| B. | gita |
| C. | carvaka school |
| D. | nyaya |
| Answer» B. gita | |
| 56. |
Which school accepts only perception as a pramana? |
| A. | carvaka |
| B. | yoga |
| C. | mimamsa |
| D. | vaiseshika |
| Answer» A. carvaka | |
| 57. |
Commentaries on sutras are called |
| A. | kavya |
| B. | sabda |
| C. | bhashya |
| D. | mantra |
| Answer» C. bhashya | |
| 58. |
Materialism does not accept _____ as a primal element |
| A. | air |
| B. | space |
| C. | water |
| D. | earth |
| Answer» B. space | |
| 59. |
The first of the central doctrines of Budhism concerns the ___ noble truths |
| A. | four |
| B. | six |
| C. | eight |
| D. | nine |
| Answer» A. four | |
| 60. |
According to Sankhya School, the unchanging eternal self is called |
| A. | prakriti |
| B. | guna |
| C. | dravya |
| D. | purusha |
| Answer» D. purusha | |
| 61. |
The shared system of structures and conventions and rules in language is called……. |
| A. | parole |
| B. | langue |
| C. | signs |
| D. | pidgin |
| Answer» B. langue | |
| 62. |
______ is the specific utterance that arises out of language to enable communication and production of meaning. |
| A. | langue |
| B. | parole |
| C. | signification |
| D. | sound |
| Answer» B. parole | |
| 63. |
Language is a system of ______ |
| A. | langue |
| B. | parole |
| C. | signs |
| D. | symbols |
| Answer» C. signs | |
| 64. |
The linguistic sign is an ______ link between a significant and signified. |
| A. | affiliatory |
| B. | arbitrary |
| C. | affective |
| D. | attractive |
| Answer» B. arbitrary | |
| 65. |
Language acquires meaning through ______ |
| A. | difference |
| B. | destruction |
| C. | arbitrariness |
| D. | change |
| Answer» A. difference | |
| 66. |
To which game does Saussure compare language? |
| A. | monopoly |
| B. | chess |
| C. | cards |
| D. | carems |
| Answer» B. chess | |
| 67. |
The state or fact of remaining the same under varying aspects or conditions is termed______ |
| A. | identity |
| B. | ethnicity |
| C. | sexuality |
| D. | essentiality |
| Answer» A. identity | |
| 68. |
Subjectivity is not an essence of the individual; it is an effect of _____ |
| A. | nature |
| B. | identity |
| C. | culture |
| D. | individual |
| Answer» C. culture | |
| 69. |
In every discourse _______ is inscribed in the way the values of the dominant party controls representation and communication. |
| A. | culture |
| B. | power |
| C. | reality |
| D. | politics |
| Answer» B. power | |
| 70. |
Structures of power that determine what is written or said, that is, represented are called _____ |
| A. | discourses |
| B. | culture |
| C. | ideologies |
| D. | reality |
| Answer» A. discourses | |
| 71. |
The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices is referred to as ______ |
| A. | ability |
| B. | competence |
| C. | agency |
| D. | acceptance |
| Answer» C. agency | |
| 72. |
The authors of the work Social Construction of Reality. |
| A. | sapir and whorf |
| B. | berger and luckman |
| C. | halliday and bloomfield |
| D. | marx and engel |
| Answer» B. berger and luckman | |
| 73. |
The process whereby every day repeated practices slowly become the norm is called ……. |
| A. | habitualisation |
| B. | institutionalization |
| C. | reification |
| D. | personalization |
| Answer» A. habitualisation | |
| 74. |
A set of beliefs “every body knows” that aim at making the institutionalized structure believable for the individual is called ______. |
| A. | ideology |
| B. | customs |
| C. | symbolic universes |
| D. | beliefs |
| Answer» C. symbolic universes | |
| 75. |
The most widespread group of languages today is ______ |
| A. | afro-asiatic |
| B. | dravidian |
| C. | indo-european |
| D. | balto salvonic |
| Answer» C. indo-european | |
| 76. |
Name an Orientalist who praised Sanskrit for its wonderful structure. |
| A. | james mill |
| B. | max muller |
| C. | william jones |
| D. | shelly |
| Answer» C. william jones | |
| 77. |
“Minute on Education”, formulated by Thomas Babington Macaulay came out in _____. |
| A. | 1857 |
| B. | 1845 |
| C. | 1835 |
| D. | 1850 |
| Answer» C. 1835 | |
| 78. |
The term used by Salman Rushdie for the method of nativising English, making it indigenous. |
| A. | falsification |
| B. | chutnification |
| C. | nativism |
| D. | heteroglossia |
| Answer» B. chutnification | |
| 79. |
The discipline of criticism resists colonial culture through the promotion of native culture including language. |
| A. | nativism |
| B. | orientalism |
| C. | ethnicity |
| D. | integration |
| Answer» A. nativism | |
| 80. |
The Algerian freedom fighter who demanded the end to the violence on the native languages. |
| A. | albert camus |
| B. | frantz fanon |
| C. | jean amrouche |
| D. | richard mimouni |
| Answer» B. frantz fanon | |
| 81. |
In which poem does Derek Walcott subscribe to the idea of bilingualism? |
| A. | “castaway” |
| B. | “names” |
| C. | “a far cry from africa” |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. “a far cry from africa” | |
| 82. |
Scientific method involves generating testable |
| A. | hypothesis |
| B. | facts |
| C. | arguments |
| D. | principles |
| Answer» A. hypothesis | |
| 83. |
Humanities often employs ______ as an important tool in the production and reproduction of meanings of culture, literature and history. |
| A. | narrative imagination |
| B. | reference |
| C. | comparison |
| D. | imagination |
| Answer» A. narrative imagination | |
| 84. |
Philosophy relies on |
| A. | reasoning |
| B. | reasoned arguments |
| C. | experiences |
| D. | argumentation |
| Answer» B. reasoned arguments | |
| 85. |
‘What is history’ is written by |
| A. | i.a. richard |
| B. | roland barthes |
| C. | e.h. carr |
| D. | engel |
| Answer» C. e.h. carr | |
| 86. |
Art of constructing history is called |
| A. | sociography |
| B. | hermeneutics |
| C. | histriology |
| D. | historiography |
| Answer» D. historiography | |
| 87. |
History is a continuous dialogue between the ______ and the ______ |
| A. | past and future |
| B. | present and past |
| C. | present and future |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» B. present and past | |
| 88. |
_______ looks for meanings, orientations and value laden interpretation |
| A. | astrology |
| B. | humanities |
| C. | mathematics |
| D. | ontology |
| Answer» B. humanities | |
| 89. |
Persons who tried to enrich the methods of humanities were _____ and ____ |
| A. | e.h. carr & maxweber |
| B. | h.g. gadmer & wilhem dilthey |
| C. | emile durkhiem & athuser |
| D. | jerome bruner of b.f. skinner |
| Answer» B. h.g. gadmer & wilhem dilthey | |
| 90. |
If we strip literature of _____ we would be wiping off the discipline itself. |
| A. | values |
| B. | expression |
| C. | imagination |
| D. | criticism |
| Answer» A. values | |
| 91. |
______ considered artistic representation of the real world as an imagination of things. |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | descartes |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» A. plato | |
| 92. |
______ considered literature as a sphere separate from politics or ethics. |
| A. | descartes |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 93. |
Aristotle stressed on the ______ value of literary texts |
| A. | moral |
| B. | educational |
| C. | aesthetic |
| D. | religious |
| Answer» C. aesthetic | |
| 94. |
______ opined that there should be a logical gap between the description. |
| A. | david hume |
| B. | bertrand russel |
| C. | saussure |
| D. | chomsky |
| Answer» A. david hume | |
| 95. |
Specific ways of preferred and practiced behaviour in social situation are |
| A. | rules |
| B. | norms |
| C. | habits |
| D. | standard |
| Answer» B. norms | |
| 96. |
According to whom ideology plays an active role in social formation. |
| A. | terry eagleton |
| B. | testutt de tracy |
| C. | f. engel |
| D. | louis althusser |
| Answer» D. louis althusser | |
| 97. |
‘The Rhetoric of fiction’ was written by |
| A. | vladimir propp |
| B. | wayne c. booth |
| C. | italo calvino |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» B. wayne c. booth | |
| 98. |
A narrator who is outside the story is |
| A. | homodiegetic |
| B. | author |
| C. | autodigetic |
| D. | hetrodiegetic |
| Answer» D. hetrodiegetic | |
| 99. |
A heterodiegetic narrator narrating the story of other character from the inside of the story is called |
| A. | homodiegetic |
| B. | heterodiegetic – intradiegetic |
| C. | heterodiegetic |
| D. | autodiegetic |
| Answer» B. heterodiegetic – intradiegetic | |
| 100. |
______ is an example of multiple narrative |
| A. | sherlock holmes |
| B. | as i lay dying |
| C. | lucky jim |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. as i lay dying | |
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