DU PHD in MILLS
Topic:- DU_J18_PHD_MILLS
1) Jonathan Dallimore is associated with ______[Question ID = 19316]
1. Futurism [Option ID = 47256] 2. Structuralist Marxism [Option ID = 47258] 3. Cultural Materialism [Option ID = 47255] 4. Reader-Response Theory [Option ID = 47257]
Correct Answer :- Cultural Materialism [Option ID = 47255]
2) The devotional poets known as „Alwars‟ and „Nayanmars‟ emerged in [Question ID = 19315]
1. Kashmir [Option ID = 47253] 2. South India [Option ID = 47251] 3. Manipur [Option ID = 47254] 4. Rajasthan [Option ID = 47252]
Correct Answer :- South India [Option ID = 47251]
3) The first major modern Malayalam novel was
[Question ID = 19339]
1. C.V. Raman Pillai‟s Marthanda varma [Option ID = 47350] 2. K.M. Panikkar‟s Kerala Simham [Option ID = 47347] 3. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai‟s Chemmeen [Option ID = 47349] 4. Chandu Menon‟s Indulekha [Option ID = 47348]
Correct Answer :- Chandu Menon‟s Indulekha [Option ID = 47348]
4) The first feminist text in Tamil was ______
[Question ID = 19308]
1. Mannil Ciruther [Option ID = 47223] 2. Kothai Theevu [Option ID = 47224] 3. Thunaivi [Option ID = 47226] 4. Paanjali Sabadam [Option ID = 47225]
Correct Answer :- Kothai Theevu [Option ID = 47224]
5) The person who made a film version of Premchand‟s Shatranj Ke Khiladi is ______
[Question ID = 19305]
1. Shyam Benegal [Option ID = 47212] 2. Girish Karnad [Option ID = 47214] 3. Sai Paranjpe [Option ID = 47211] 4. Satyajit Ray [Option ID = 47213]
Correct Answer :- Satyajit Ray [Option ID = 47213]
6) The Last Supper is a subject of which novel?
[Question ID = 19332] 1. Angels and Demons [Option ID = 47322] 2. The Bourne Inheritance [Option ID = 47319] 3. The Da Vinci Code [Option ID = 47320] 4. The Trotternamah [Option ID = 47321]
Correct Answer :- The Da Vinci Code [Option ID = 47320]
7) To mark the 25th Anniversary of the Man Booker Prize for fiction, a special Booker of Bookers Prize was awarded in 1993 to [Question ID = 19342]
1. Amitav Ghosh [Option ID = 47359] 2. V.S. Naipaul [Option ID = 47362] 3. Vikram Seth [Option ID = 47361] 4. Salman Rushdie [Option ID = 47360]
Correct Answer :- Salman Rushdie [Option ID = 47360]
8) The first modern era of Hindi literature is known to be the [Question ID = 19310]
1. Bhartendu period [Option ID = 47234] 2. Dwivedi period [Option ID = 47231] 3. Pragativaad [Option ID = 47233] 4. Chhayavaad [Option ID = 47232]
Correct Answer :- Bhartendu period [Option ID = 47234]
9) The first Chinese translations of poems from the Gitanjali were by ______. [Question ID = 19335]
1. Lu Hsun [Option ID = 47331] 2. Chen Duxiu [Option ID = 47334] 3. Dong Youchen [Option ID = 47333] 4. Zhong Shaoli [Option ID = 47332]
Correct Answer :- Lu Hsun [Option ID = 47331] Chen Duxiu [Option ID = 47334] Dong Youchen [Option ID = 47333] Zhong Shaoli [Option ID = 47332]
10) Jnanesvari is a famous
[Question ID = 19345]
1. Avadhi Commentary of Ramcharitmanas [Option ID = 47371] 2. Marathi exposition of Bhagavad Gita [Option ID = 47373] 3. Autobiography of Marathi saint poet Jnanesvara [Option ID = 47374] 4. Hindi translation of Mahabharata [Option ID = 47372]
Correct Answer :- Marathi exposition of Bhagavad Gita [Option ID = 47373]
11) Meitei is the official language of ------[Question ID = 19307]
1. Arunachal Pradesh [Option ID = 47222] 2. Nagaland [Option ID = 47220] 3. Manipur [Option ID = 47219] 4. Tripura [Option ID = 47221]
Correct Answer :- Manipur [Option ID = 47219]
12) Aayatollah Khomeini had declared a „fatwa‟ on
[Question ID = 19347] 1. Amitav Ghosh for River of Smoke [Option ID = 47382] 2. Salman Rushdie for the Satanic Verses [Option ID = 47381] 3. Salman Rushdie for Midnight’s Children [Option ID = 47380] 4. Arundhati Ray for God of Small Things [Option ID = 47379]
Correct Answer :- Salman Rushdie for the Satanic Verses [Option ID = 47381]
13) Tulsidas wrote the Ramacaritamanas in
[Question ID = 19322]
1. Awadhi [Option ID = 47279] 2. Maithili [Option ID = 47282] 3. Brajbhasha [Option ID = 47280] 4. Hindawi [Option ID = 47281]
Correct Answer :- Awadhi [Option ID = 47279]
14) Who among the following prophets is known as the son of God? [Question ID = 19311]
1. Mahavira [Option ID = 47238] 2. Muhammad [Option ID = 47236] 3. Jesus Christ [Option ID = 47237] 4. Gautam Buddha [Option ID = 47235]
Correct Answer :- Jesus Christ [Option ID = 47237]
15) Who is the author of Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature?
[Question ID = 19325]
1. Aristotle [Option ID = 47291] 2. Erich Auerbach [Option ID = 47292] 3. Plato [Option ID = 47293] 4. Longinus [Option ID = 47294]
Correct Answer :- Erich Auerbach [Option ID = 47292]
16) Who discusses “Reception Aesthetics” in Comparative Literature [Question ID = 19299]
1. Hyppolite Taine [Option ID = 47187] 2. Anna Balakian [Option ID = 47188] 3. Robert Spiller [Option ID = 47189] 4. J.T. Shaw [Option ID = 47190]
Correct Answer :- Robert Spiller [Option ID = 47189]
17) The Pulitzer Prize is administered by [Question ID = 19340]
1. University of Toronto, Canada [Option ID = 47355] 2. Stanford University, USA [Option ID = 47353] 3. Oxford University, UK [Option ID = 47351] 4. Columbia University, USA [Option ID = 47357]
Correct Answer :- University of Toronto, Canada [Option ID = 47355] Stanford University, USA [Option ID = 47353] Oxford University, UK [Option ID = 47351] Columbia University, USA [Option ID = 47357]
18) Akam and Puram are the unique features of [Question ID = 19312]
1. Sangam Literature [Option ID = 47240] 2. Love Poetry [Option ID = 47241] 3. Heroic Poetry [Option ID = 47242] 4. Bhakti Poetry [Option ID = 47239]
Correct Answer :- Sangam Literature [Option ID = 47240]
19) When two or more successive footnotes refer to the same work which one of the following citation term is used? [Question ID = 19304]
1. op.cit [Option ID = 47209] 2. Loc.cit. [Option ID = 47210] 3. et.al [Option ID = 47208] 4. ibid [Option ID = 47207]
Correct Answer :- ibid [Option ID = 47207]
20) Krishna Sobti who was honoured with the Jnanpeeth Award in 2017 was born in [Question ID = 19306]
1. Kashmir [Option ID = 47217] 2. Gujrat,Pakistan [Option ID = 47216] 3. Maharashtra [Option ID = 47218] 4. West Bengal [Option ID = 47215]
Correct Answer :- Gujrat,Pakistan [Option ID = 47216]
21) Evam Indrajit is ______
[Question ID = 19331]
1. A novel by Munshi Prem Chand [Option ID = 47317] 2. A short story by Rabindranath [Option ID = 47315] 3. A play by Girish Karnad [Option ID = 47316] 4. A play by Badal Sarkar [Option ID = 47318]
Correct Answer :- A play by Badal Sarkar [Option ID = 47318]
22) ICSSR stands for [Question ID = 19330]
1. Inter National Council for Social Science Research [Option ID = 47314] 2. Indian Council for Social Science Research [Option ID = 47313] 3. Indian Council for Survey and Research [Option ID = 47311] 4. Indian Council for strategic Research [Option ID = 47312]
Correct Answer :- Indian Council for Social Science Research [Option ID = 47313]
23) What is the relationship between ISBD and cataloguing codes? [Question ID = 19301]
1. ISBD can replace cataloguing rules [Option ID = 47198] 2. They are not related at all [Option ID = 47195] 3. Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic description [Option ID = 47196] 4. ISBD includes cataloguing rules [Option ID = 47197]
Correct Answer :- Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic description [Option ID = 47196]
24) The aesthetician who assigns to „Dhvani‟ a supreme position in poetry and at the same time emphasizes the significance of „Vakrokti‟ is ______[Question ID = 19300]
1. Asvaghoa [Option ID = 47192] 2. Bhoja [Option ID = 47194] 3. Kuntaka [Option ID = 47193] 4. Bhavabhuti [Option ID = 47191]
Correct Answer :- Bhoja [Option ID = 47194]
25) Identify the writer of Kafka on the Shore. [Question ID = 19346]
1. Yukio Mishima [Option ID = 47376] 2. Kobo Abe [Option ID = 47378] 3. Hideo Oguma [Option ID = 47377] 4. Haruki Murakami [Option ID = 47375]
Correct Answer :- Yukio Mishima [Option ID = 47376] Kobo Abe [Option ID = 47378] Hideo Oguma [Option ID = 47377] Haruki Murakami [Option ID = 47375]
26) Identify the Tamil short story writer whose story “Sapa Vimochanam” is cited as a remarkable example of the rendition of the Ahalya episode from the “Balakanda” of the Ramayana, as part of the focus on the subalterns in modern Tamil fiction. [Question ID = 19350]
1. Ku. Pa. Rajagopalan [Option ID = 47391] 2. Mouni [Option ID = 47394] 3. Thi Janakiraman [Option ID = 47392] 4. Pudumaippithan [Option ID = 47393]
Correct Answer :- Pudumaippithan [Option ID = 47393]
27) The methodology of analogical study was advocated by the [Question ID = 19348]
1. American school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47384] 2. Russian school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47385] 3. German school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47386] 4. French school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47383]
Correct Answer :- American school of comparative literature [Option ID = 47384]
28)
[Question ID = 19344]
1. f c a e b d [Option ID = 47368] 2. f c a b d e [Option ID = 47367] 3. c f a e b d [Option ID = 47369] 4. c f a b d e [Option ID = 47370]
Correct Answer :- c f a b d e [Option ID = 47370]
29)
[Question ID = 19343]
1. IV, I, III, II [Option ID = 47364] 2. III, II, I, IV [Option ID = 47366] 3. II, IV, I, III [Option ID = 47365] 4. I, IV, II, III [Option ID = 47363]
Correct Answer :- I, IV, II, III [Option ID = 47363] 30) Which one of the following is not a type of Descriptive Research method? [Question ID = 19302]
1. Survey [Option ID = 47201] 2. Developmental study [Option ID = 47202] 3. Case-Study [Option ID = 47200] 4. Observational Method [Option ID = 47199]
Correct Answer :- Developmental study [Option ID = 47202]
31) Which one of the following references is written as per Modern Language Association (MLA) format? [Question ID = 19329]
1. Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (1996, p. 271). [Option ID = 47307] 2. Aers and Stanley (1996) stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (p. 271). [Option ID = 47309] 3. Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" (271) of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion [Option ID = 47310] 4. Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271). [Option ID = 47308]
Correct Answer :- Aers and Stanley stress "the urgency of recovering [the] cultural context" of fourteenth-century English thought regarding religion (271). [Option ID = 47308]
32) Which of the following words is not an acceptable translation of the term „rasa‟? [Question ID = 19327]
1. Beauty [Option ID = 47302] 2. Desire [Option ID = 47300] 3. Flavour [Option ID = 47301] 4. Truth [Option ID = 47299]
Correct Answer :- Truth [Option ID = 47299]
33) ''Haiku‟ is traditional Japanese
[Question ID = 19317]
1. Poem [Option ID = 47260] 2. One-act play [Option ID = 47261] 3. Fable [Option ID = 47259] 4. Short story [Option ID = 47262]
Correct Answer :- Poem [Option ID = 47260]
34) ''Bezbaroar Kal‟ is considered a distinct literary period in the history of
[Question ID = 19320]
1. Oriya literature [Option ID = 47273] 2. Gujarati literature [Option ID = 47274] 3. Bangla literature [Option ID = 47271] 4. Ahomiya literature [Option ID = 47272]
Correct Answer :- Ahomiya literature [Option ID = 47272]
35) Identify the true statement from the following
[Question ID = 19324]
1. The Neo-classical “movement” in literature had its origins in France and from there it spread to countries like England and Germany. [Option ID = 47290] 2. Neo-classicism was confined to France [Option ID = 47288] 3. Neo-classicism originated in Germany. [Option ID = 47287] 4. Neo-classicism came to England via Germany. [Option ID = 47289]
Correct Answer :- The Neo-classical “movement” in literature had its origins in France and from there it spread to countries like England and Germany. [Option ID = 47290]
36) A critic who compares Valmiki‟s Ramayana and Tulsi Das‟ Ram Charit Manas as literary epics is doing ______
[Question ID = 19314]
1. a Myth study [Option ID = 47247] 2. an Archetypal study [Option ID = 47249] 3. a Synchronic study [Option ID = 47248] 4. a Diachronic study [Option ID = 47250]
Correct Answer :- a Diachronic study [Option ID = 47250]
37) Hermeneutics is the study of [Question ID = 19319]
1. Interpretation [Option ID = 47270] 2. Theory [Option ID = 47269] 3. Spirituality [Option ID = 47267] 4. Linguistics [Option ID = 47268]
Correct Answer :- Interpretation [Option ID = 47270]
38) Which Tamil poet, among the following, wrote a long poem focusing on the episode of the disrobing of Draupathi in the Mahabharata? [Question ID = 19334]
1. Bharathidasan [Option ID = 47329] 2. Vinayagam Pillai [Option ID = 47330] 3. Kannadasan [Option ID = 47328] 4. Subramanya Bharathi [Option ID = 47327]
Correct Answer :- Subramanya Bharathi [Option ID = 47327]
39) Therukkoothu is the folk art form in ______. [Question ID = 19321]
1. Oriya [Option ID = 47275] 2. Tamil [Option ID = 47276] 3. Malayalam [Option ID = 47277] 4. Konkani [Option ID = 47278]
Correct Answer :- Tamil [Option ID = 47276]
40) Who among the following uses the metaphor – a monument in the making – about world literature? [Question ID = 19336]
1. Herder [Option ID = 47338] 2. Tagore [Option ID = 47337] 3. Geoethe [Option ID = 47335] 4. Bankim Chatterjee [Option ID = 47336]
Correct Answer :- Tagore [Option ID = 47337]
41) Who among the following first enunciated the idea of a pre-history of comparative literature in India? [Question ID = 19337]
1. Indra Nath Chaudhary [Option ID = 47340] 2. Sisir Kumar Das [Option ID = 47339] 3. K.M. George [Option ID = 47342] 4. A.K. Ramanujan [Option ID = 47341]
Correct Answer :- Sisir Kumar Das [Option ID = 47339]
42) Who among the following writers was not a part of the Progressive Movement in Indian Literature? [Question ID = 19333]
1. Premchand [Option ID = 47323] 2. K.A. Abbas [Option ID = 47326] 3. Basheer [Option ID = 47324] 4. Nirmal Verma [Option ID = 47325]
Correct Answer :- Nirmal Verma [Option ID = 47325]
43) Ismat Chughtai is a celebrated ____ writer. [Question ID = 19349]
1. Marathi [Option ID = 47390] 2. Hindi [Option ID = 47388] 3. Urdu [Option ID = 47387] 4. Gujarati [Option ID = 47389]
Correct Answer :- Urdu [Option ID = 47387]
44) In An Autobiography: My Experiments with Truth, Gandhi mentions one of these texts as a distinct influence. Identify the text
[Question ID = 19328]
1. Ruskin, Unto This Last [Option ID = 47304] 2. Thoreau, Walden [Option ID = 47303] 3. Arnold, Culture and Anarchy [Option ID = 47305] 4. Carlyle, Sartor Resartus [Option ID = 47306]
Correct Answer :- Ruskin, Unto This Last [Option ID = 47304]
45) In the process of conducting research “Formulation of Hypothesis” is followed by [Question ID = 19303]
1. Analysis of Data [Option ID = 47204] 2. Statement of Objectives [Option ID = 47203] 3. Collection of Data [Option ID = 47206] 4. Selection of Research Tools [Option ID = 47205]
Correct Answer :- Collection of Data [Option ID = 47206]
46) Identify the popular performing art form which is not from India [Question ID = 19326]
1. Kabuki [Option ID = 47297] 2. Jatra [Option ID = 47296] 3. Nautanki [Option ID = 47298] 4. Tamasha [Option ID = 47295]
Correct Answer :- Kabuki [Option ID = 47297]
47) Identify the set that has the correct chronological order [Question ID = 19323]
1. Voltaire, Cervantes, Mark Twain, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47285] 2. Voltaire, Mark Twain, Cervantes, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47286] 3. Cervantes, Voltaire, Mark Twain, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47284] 4. Cervantes, Voltaire, Günter Grass, Mark Twain [Option ID = 47283]
Correct Answer :- Voltaire, Cervantes, Mark Twain, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47285] Voltaire, Mark Twain, Cervantes, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47286] Cervantes, Voltaire, Mark Twain, Günter Grass [Option ID = 47284] Cervantes, Voltaire, Günter Grass, Mark Twain [Option ID = 47283]
48) Which religion does not believe in God as creator of this universe?
[Question ID = 19313]
1. Islam [Option ID = 47246] 2. Christianity [Option ID = 47245] 3. Sikhism [Option ID = 47243] 4. Jainism [Option ID = 47244]
Correct Answer :- Jainism [Option ID = 47244]
49) The tradition of the picaresque novel in Europe was born during the [Question ID = 19318]
1. Medieval period [Option ID = 47263] 2. Neo-classical period [Option ID = 47266] 3. Renaissance period [Option ID = 47264] 4. Romantic period [Option ID = 47265]
Correct Answer :- Renaissance period [Option ID = 47264]
50) Other than Kerala, Malayalam is the official language of …………….. [Question ID = 19309]
1. Lakshadweep [Option ID = 47227] 2. Telangana [Option ID = 47230] 3. Tamil Nadu [Option ID = 47228] 4. Karnataka [Option ID = 47229]
Correct Answer :- Lakshadweep [Option ID = 47227]