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101. |
Autodiegetic narrator is |
A. | homodiegetic |
B. | heterodiegetic |
C. | author |
D. | reader |
Answer» A. homodiegetic |
102. |
When narrator is a character in the story he/she is known as |
A. | protagonist |
B. | antagonist |
C. | view point character |
D. | chorus |
Answer» C. view point character |
103. |
Fabula and Sjuzet are introduced in literary narratives by |
A. | structuralist |
B. | formalist |
C. | new criticism |
D. | russian formalist |
Answer» D. russian formalist |
104. |
Who studied and analysed the plot structures of folktales? |
A. | victor shaklovsky |
B. | vladimir propp |
C. | frantz fanen |
D. | frantz kafka |
Answer» B. vladimir propp |
105. |
Who is the French critic who argued that literary narratives consist of signs? |
A. | homi k. baba |
B. | roland barthes |
C. | ben okri |
D. | gerard genette |
Answer» B. roland barthes |
106. |
According to Gerard Genette narration in all literary narrative include |
A. | historic |
B. | recit |
C. | narrating |
D. | all the above |
Answer» D. all the above |
107. |
The image of new country dreamt by Francis Bacon |
A. | utopia |
B. | new atlantic |
C. | brave new world |
D. | caligula |
Answer» B. new atlantic |
108. |
The human rights philosopher who argued that the victims of atrocity and opposition tell their stories in the form of testimonies and autobiographies. |
A. | michad ontage |
B. | saul bellow |
C. | julia kristeva |
D. | michael ignatieff |
Answer» C. julia kristeva |
109. |
Who is the founder of deconstruction? |
A. | roland barthes |
B. | jacques derrida |
C. | kent |
D. | saussure |
Answer» B. jacques derrida |
110. |
A work in the physical, printed book the narrative inside it is known as |
A. | text |
B. | sign |
C. | narration |
D. | story |
Answer» A. text |
111. |
_____ is the relationship of one text to others |
A. | textuality |
B. | inner text |
C. | fluid text |
D. | comparative literature |
Answer» A. textuality |
112. |
_____ is the relationship of a text to other text in the genre/type |
A. | intertextuality |
B. | architextuality |
C. | metatextuality |
D. | hypertextuality |
Answer» B. architextuality |
113. |
Epigraphs, prefaces, forwards, etc. that have some connection to the main narrative is known as |
A. | hypertextuality |
B. | para text |
C. | architextuality |
D. | metatextuality |
Answer» B. para text |
114. |
_____ is a construction and it is implied is the work known as implied reader. |
A. | author |
B. | characters |
C. | narrator |
D. | reader |
Answer» D. reader |
115. |
Text on computer screen which can alter their appearance is called |
A. | solid text |
B. | liquid text |
C. | fluid text |
D. | screen play |
Answer» C. fluid text |
116. |
Foe is a novel by |
A. | ben okri |
B. | ama ata aidoo |
C. | j.m. coetzee |
D. | jean rhys |
Answer» C. j.m. coetzee |
117. |
______ is a best example for intertextuality |
A. | wide sargarso sea |
B. | waste land |
C. | new atlantis |
D. | foe |
Answer» B. waste land |
118. |
W.H. Auden has an architextual connection with satires of |
A. | sheridan |
B. | alexander pope |
C. | jonathan swift |
D. | ben johnson. |
Answer» B. alexander pope |
119. |
Who among the following outlined the four periods of the development of Indian Philosophy. |
A. | aurabindo |
B. | dr. s. radhakrishnan |
C. | j. krishnamurthy |
D. | swami vivekananda |
Answer» B. dr. s. radhakrishnan |
120. |
Vaisesika School of Philosophy was founded by |
A. | mahavira |
B. | kanada |
C. | dharmakriti |
D. | yaska |
Answer» B. kanada |
121. |
Through which pramana do we get the knowledge of non-existence |
A. | anitya |
B. | anupalabdhi |
C. | abhini bodha |
D. | bhavana |
Answer» B. anupalabdhi |
122. |
Which school of philosophy deals with the ritualistic aspects of Vedas |
A. | vedanta |
B. | mimamsa |
C. | sankhya |
D. | charvaka |
Answer» B. mimamsa |
123. |
Which school of philosophy was founded by Gotama? |
A. | budhism |
B. | nyaya |
C. | vaisesika |
D. | jainism |
Answer» B. nyaya |
124. |
Astika Schools accepted the authority of |
A. | upanishads |
B. | epics |
C. | vedas |
D. | vedantas |
Answer» C. vedas |
125. |
Yoga school of philosophy was found by |
A. | yogananda |
B. | nagarjuna |
C. | patanjali |
D. | nimbaraka |
Answer» C. patanjali |
126. |
Name of Adi Sankara’s guru |
A. | yogananda |
B. | gaudapada |
C. | namdev |
D. | ramanuja |
Answer» B. gaudapada |
127. |
The Indian word for philosophy is |
A. | vedanta |
B. | darsana |
C. | sastra |
D. | mokshamarga |
Answer» B. darsana |
128. |
_____ is an essential characteristic of valid knowledge |
A. | truth |
B. | avadhi |
C. | apprehension |
D. | smriti |
Answer» A. truth |
129. |
Nyaya school with its science of reasoning is also known as |
A. | dharma sastra |
B. | tarkasastra |
C. | yoga sutras |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» B. tarkasastra |
130. |
The dialectic method propounded by Nagarjuna is known as the |
A. | direct method |
B. | prasanga method |
C. | tharka method |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. prasanga method |
131. |
Thomas Luckmann is a follower of _____ school of sociology. |
A. | naturalistic |
B. | pragmatist |
C. | phenomenological |
D. | existentialist |
Answer» C. phenomenological |
132. |
God or Brahman cannot be the cause of world is suggested by |
A. | naiyayikas |
B. | yoga school |
C. | sankhya school |
D. | sankara |
Answer» C. sankhya school |
133. |
Lack of mutual intelligibility between two language is known as |
A. | mutual intelligibility |
B. | language barrier |
C. | language boundary |
D. | language island |
Answer» C. language boundary |
134. |
The Gate keeper was book written by |
A. | terry eagleton |
B. | e.h. carr |
C. | peter widdowson |
D. | raymon williams |
Answer» A. terry eagleton |
135. |
_____ revolutionized historiography in the 19th century |
A. | voltaire |
B. | leopold von ranke |
C. | hegd and marx |
D. | michel foucault |
Answer» B. leopold von ranke |
136. |
Group of South Asian scholars interested in the post-colonial and post-imperial societies of South Asia in particular and the developing world in general. |
A. | common wealth |
B. | post colonial |
C. | post modern |
D. | subaltern |
Answer» D. subaltern |
137. |
_____ is relatively new field of history |
A. | cultural history |
B. | economic history |
C. | environmental history |
D. | ethnohistory |
Answer» C. environmental history |
138. |
_____ in the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. |
A. | paleography |
B. | genealogy |
C. | numismatics |
D. | family history |
Answer» B. genealogy |
139. |
_____ is a school of Budhism which accepted plurality of realities. |
A. | mahayana |
B. | hinayana |
C. | sautranikas |
D. | vaibhasikas |
Answer» B. hinayana |
140. |
_____ is a quantitative philosophy |
A. | nyaya |
B. | vaisesika |
C. | vedanta |
D. | sankhya |
Answer» D. sankhya |
141. |
______ composed Sankhya Aphorisms |
A. | gotama |
B. | kapila |
C. | patanjali |
D. | sankara |
Answer» B. kapila |
142. |
______ philosophy says that control over Citta gives the power of control over everything. |
A. | nyaya |
B. | sankya |
C. | yoga |
D. | vedanta |
Answer» C. yoga |
143. |
Sociolinguistics can be defined as |
A. | study of language in relation to society |
B. | study of society in relation to language |
C. | interaction of society and linguistics |
D. | study of language and literature |
Answer» A. study of language in relation to society |
144. |
Linguistics competence is a notion proposed by |
A. | bloom field |
B. | chomsky |
C. | saussure |
D. | derrida |
Answer» B. chomsky |
145. |
According to J. Derrida |
A. | test in an entity |
B. | text is a gas |
C. | test is a non existing |
D. | text is discourse |
Answer» B. text is a gas |
146. |
Who proposed seven standards of Textuality |
A. | de beangrande and dressler |
B. | chomsky and bloom field |
C. | derrida and saussure |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. de beangrande and dressler |
147. |
Language of literature is |
A. | cryptic |
B. | delphic |
C. | accurate |
D. | ornamental |
Answer» B. delphic |
148. |
Theory of ______ is perhaps one of the greatest contribution of prague school. |
A. | theory of criticism |
B. | theory of signs |
C. | theory of functional style |
D. | theory of grammar |
Answer» C. theory of functional style |
149. |
Course in General Linguistics was written by |
A. | sapir |
B. | chomsky |
C. | saussure |
D. | bloomfield |
Answer» C. saussure |
150. |
When sign designate the whole word concept is signified and _____ is signifies |
A. | the object |
B. | sound image |
C. | verbal symbol |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. sound image |
151. |
Exponent of reader response theory |
A. | derrida |
B. | lacan |
C. | stanley fish |
D. | r.p. warren |
Answer» C. stanley fish |
152. |
Of ‘Grammatology’ is written by |
A. | harold bloom |
B. | derrida |
C. | paul de man |
D. | roland barthes |
Answer» B. derrida |
153. |
_____ proposed the name narratology to the study of narratives. |
A. | derrida |
B. | roland barthes |
C. | todorov |
D. | tracy |
Answer» C. todorov |
154. |
Which among the following is heterodox school of philosophy |
A. | mimamsa |
B. | lokayata |
C. | sankhya |
D. | vaisesika |
Answer» B. lokayata |
155. |
Five old system of discipline or five rows are the teachings of ____ philosophy |
A. | budhism |
B. | mimamsa |
C. | jainism |
D. | carvaka |
Answer» C. jainism |
156. |
The exponent of each school wrote his own understanding of Vedas and Upanishads in the form of |
A. | mantras |
B. | sutras |
C. | khyati |
D. | bhasyas |
Answer» B. sutras |
157. |
Which of the pramanas is not accepted by Sankhyas? |
A. | perception |
B. | inference |
C. | testimony |
D. | comparison |
Answer» D. comparison |
158. |
Citta-vriti-nirodha can be attained through |
A. | pranayama |
B. | niyama |
C. | pratyahara |
D. | all the above |
Answer» D. all the above |
159. |
Our understanding of reality is based on |
A. | conception |
B. | codes of perception |
C. | interpretation |
D. | description |
Answer» B. codes of perception |
160. |
Who analyzed a set of six actants in narrative |
A. | athuses |
B. | vladimir propp |
C. | a.j. greimas |
D. | wayne c. booth |
Answer» C. a.j. greimas |
161. |
______ codes informs our interpretation of narrative |
A. | proairetic code |
B. | hermaneutic code |
C. | cultural code |
D. | semic code |
Answer» B. hermaneutic code |
162. |
Who proposed the three levels of narrative Historic, Recit and narrating? |
A. | vladimir prop |
B. | gerard genette |
C. | antoni gramci |
D. | roland barthes |
Answer» B. gerard genette |
163. |
New critics argued that |
A. | meaning is inside the text |
B. | meaning lies outside the text |
C. | meaning in created |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. meaning is inside the text |
164. |
Among the given critics who is not in new criticism |
A. | wimsatt |
B. | beardsley |
C. | robert penn warren |
D. | northrop frye |
Answer» D. northrop frye |
165. |
Among the given critics who is not exponent of deconstruction |
A. | f.r. levis |
B. | derrida |
C. | harold bloom |
D. | paul de man |
Answer» A. f.r. levis |
166. |
A text that can be read in form of several different texts is called |
A. | interactive |
B. | multimodal |
C. | intertextual |
D. | fluid text |
Answer» B. multimodal |
167. |
_____ is a collection of shared expectations about such long public habits. |
A. | universe |
B. | institution |
C. | community |
D. | legitimization |
Answer» B. institution |
168. |
_____ is the process by which subjective everyday reality becomes objective reality. |
A. | universalization |
B. | naturalization |
C. | reification |
D. | legitimatization |
Answer» C. reification |
169. |
The word difference was coined by |
A. | j.m. coetze |
B. | derrida |
C. | saussure |
D. | chomsky |
Answer» B. derrida |
170. |
Who is the first western philosopher who attempted a systematic study of society? |
A. | aristotle |
B. | ibn khaldun |
C. | plato |
D. | longinus |
Answer» C. plato |
171. |
In which year the term sociology was coined? |
A. | 1798 |
B. | 1839 |
C. | 1846 |
D. | 1739 |
Answer» B. 1839 |
172. |
The word sociology is made up of two words. These are |
A. | societies and logy |
B. | societies and logista |
C. | socious and logus |
D. | socia and logos |
Answer» C. socious and logus |
173. |
The book sociology is written by |
A. | m. ginsberg |
B. | j.s. mill |
C. | davis and moore |
D. | rosenberg |
Answer» A. m. ginsberg |
174. |
Criticism which seeks a synthesis between the psychological criticism and sociological criticism |
A. | psycholinguistics |
B. | ontological criticism |
C. | new criticism |
D. | eco criticism |
Answer» B. ontological criticism |
175. |
The Golden Bough was written by |
A. | w.h.r. rivers |
B. | morgan |
C. | james frazer |
D. | evans. |
Answer» C. james frazer |
176. |
There are two type of causal explanation namely |
A. | scientific and historical |
B. | positive and negative |
C. | positivist and phenomenologist |
D. | scientific and sociological |
Answer» A. scientific and historical |
177. |
In social sciences empiricism sometimes goes by the name |
A. | negativism |
B. | naturalism |
C. | positivism |
D. | phenomenology |
Answer» C. positivism |
178. |
The process whereby western nations establish their rule in parts of the world away from their home territories |
A. | colonialism |
B. | empiricism |
C. | anti colonialism |
D. | cohabitation |
Answer» A. colonialism |
179. |
Louis Althusser is a |
A. | german philosopher |
B. | american philosopher |
C. | french philosopher |
D. | greek philosopher |
Answer» C. french philosopher |
180. |
Post modern art and thought favours |
A. | reflexivity and self consciousness |
B. | fragmentation |
C. | discontinuity |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» D. all of the above |
181. |
____ involves demystifying a text to reveal internal arbitrary hierarchies and presupposition. |
A. | post modernism |
B. | anti colonialism |
C. | deconstruction |
D. | positivism |
Answer» C. deconstruction |
182. |
The Vaisesika’s atomism agrees with the ____ atomism |
A. | vedanta |
B. | greek |
C. | nyaya |
D. | jaina |
Answer» B. greek |
183. |
The theory of no soul is attributed to |
A. | budhism |
B. | hinduism |
C. | jainism |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. budhism |
184. |
According to Patanjali God is never |
A. | free |
B. | in bondage |
C. | without purpose |
D. | cruel |
Answer» B. in bondage |
185. |
According to Berger and Luckman all knowledge is derived from and maintained by |
A. | search for truth |
B. | social interaction |
C. | education |
D. | philosophy |
Answer» B. social interaction |
186. |
The word which means ‘to insult’ evolved from the perception of the values a ‘n*gger’ stands for |
A. | integrate |
B. | aggravate |
C. | denigrate |
D. | exaggerate |
Answer» C. denigrate |
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