cbsenet.nic.in NET Folk Literature Paper III Model Question : Central Board Of Secondary Education

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Exam : National Eligibility Test (NET)
Document Type : Model/Previous Question Paper
Subject : Folk Literature
Date/Year : 10.07.2016 & 28.08.2016

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CBSE Folk Literature Model Question

Time : 2 1/2 hours
Maximum Marks : 150

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Model Questions

1. According to Barre Toelken, Folklore and Biology share the same characteristic feature of
(1) Anonymous
(2) Multiple Existence
(3) Variation
(4) Oracy

2. Indic origin of Diachronic theory was propounded by
(1) Bronislaw Malinowski
(2) Archer Taylor
(3) Theodor Benfey
(4) Von Sydow

3. In which method ethnographers both experience and observe their own and others’ coparticipation within the ethnographic encounter ?
(1) Participant observation
(2) Observation of participation
(3) Non-participant observation
(4) Impersonalised observation

4. The belief that consolidated the clans and allied them with the larger circle of tribe is named by E.B. Tylor as
(1) Totemism
(2) Animism
(3) Henotheism
(4) Polytheism

5. Interpretations of ‘meaning’ are embedded not in the ‘text’ itself but recline in social conditions is the view expressed by the school of thought of
(1) Formalism
(2) Marxism
(3) Structuralism
(4) Post-structuralism

6. According to A.K. Ramanujan, the Indic Oedipus tale was told from the view point of
(1) Daughter
(2) Son
(3) Father
(4) Mother

7. During a time period of more than sixty years, the goal of folklore investigation in England has been the study of
(1) Mythology
(2) Superstition
(3) Survivals
(4) Morphology

8. Which type of research aims at finding a solution for an immediate problem facing a society or an industrial/business organization ?
(1) Applied Research
(2) Descriptive Research
(3) Fundamental Research
(4) Empirical Research

9. In society, the knowledge accumulated in the collective memory becomes the subject matter of
(1) Sociology
(2) Folklore
(3) Psychology
(4) Political Science

10. The non-verbal features that accompany speech act and help in conveying meaning is termed as
(1) Pathos
(2) Parody
(3) Parallelism
(4) Para language

11. The study of the use of linguistic signs in actual situations is known as
(1) Pragmatics
(2) Syntax
(3) Morphemes
(4) Phonemes

12. ‘The smallest element in a tale having a power to persist in tradition’ is called as
(1) Emic
(2) Type
(3) Motif
(4) Mytheme

13. In folklore, a mode of presentation in which a folk utilise conventional artistic techniques to stage actions for others is termed as
(1) Documentation
(2) Competence
(3) Social context
(4) Performance

14. Albert B. Lord to develop the Oral-Formulaic theory, listened to the oral epics from the bards in
(1) Turkey coffeehouses
(2) Bulgaria cafes
(3) Yugoslavia function houses
(4) Austrian operas

15. C. Levis-Strauss is known for his significant contribution in
(1) Structural Analysis of Folktale
(2) Structural Analysis of believe narrative
(3) Structural Analysis of Myth
(4) Structural Analysis of ritual

16. The purpose of morphological analysis is to determine the minimal units in a language to identify the
(1) Verb
(2) Meaning
(3) Noun
(4) Structure

17. Play in which the protagonist is overcome by a combination of social and psychological circumstances is known as
(1) Satirical
(2) Farce
(3) Comedy
(4) Tragedy

18. Folklore to qualify itself to be recognized as Discipline require :
I. Methodology
II. Field Analysis
III. Survey Data
IV. Interpretative Theory
Codes :
(1) I and III are correct. (2) II and IV are correct.
(3) I and IV are correct. (4) II and III are correct.

19. All three approaches to folklore – the mythological, the anthropological and the historicalgeographical – are alike in the use of methodologies of
I. Diachronic
II. Comparative
III. Synchronic
IV. Ethnographic
Codes :
(1) I and II are correct. (2) II and III are correct.
(3) III and IV are correct. (4) IV and I are correct.

20. The basic idea of morphology in Russian wonder-tales is to find out the basic feature of
I. Reduction to one single plot
II. Changing plot structure
III. Following different order in plot
IV. Limitation to seven characters
Codes :
(1) I and II are correct. (2) I and IV are correct.
(3) II and III are correct. (4) II and IV are correct.

21. The role of performance in the study of folklore was advocated by the theories of
I. Functionalism
II. Ethnography of speaking
III. Orientalism
IV. Structuralism
Codes :
(1) I and III are correct.
(2) I and IV are correct.
(3) I and II are correct.
(4) II and III are correct.

22. The Ethnographic research denote
I. Cross cultural study
II. Etic way of ‘writing culture’
III. Cultural study of a community
IV. Emic way of ‘writing culture’
Codes :
(1) I and IV are correct.
(2) I and II are correct.
(3) II and III are correct.
(4) III and IV are correct.

23. According to Joseph Campbell, the Heroes of mythical stories have common features like
I. Miraculous birth
II. Ingenious death
III. Humble origin
IV. Triumphant struggle
Codes :
(1) I and IV are correct.
(2) III and IV are correct.
(3) II and III are correct.
(4) II and IV are correct.

24. The following pairs are the scholars who worked on structuralism :
I. Derrida and Charles Pierce
II. Kenneth Pike and Roland Barthes
III. Alan Dundes and V. Propp
IV. Claude Levi-Strauss and Edmond Leach
Codes :
(1) III and IV are correct.
(2) I and IV are correct.
(3) II and III are correct.
(4) I and II are correct.

25. The basic constituents of Folk Religion are
I. Belief in Scriptures
II. Belief in Spirits
III. Cultural Actions
IV. Ritual Actions
Codes :
(1) I and II are correct.
(2) II and IV are correct.
(3) III and IV are correct.
(4) II and III are correct.

26. The features found in the ‘oppositional’ type of proverbs are
I. Antithetical prevalence
II. Causative equivalence
III. Substitutive metonomy
IV. Absence-Presence dichotomy
Codes :
(1) I and II are correct.
(2) III and IV are correct.
(3) I and IV are correct.
(4) II and III are correct.

27. ‘Folklore as potentially oppositional to the dominant culture’ – is the view of the scholars belonging to the school of thought of
I. Frankfurt tradition
II. Prague school
III. Western Marxism
IV. Western Liberalism
Codes :
(1) I and II are correct.
(2) II and III are correct.
(3) I and III are correct.
(4) III and IV are correct.

28. The main tenets of Diffusion theory are based on the assertion that expressive culture products :
I. Originate at one place.
II. Originate at remote places.
III. Resist auto migration.
IV. Spread through transmission.
Codes :
(1) I and II are correct.
(2) II and III are correct.
(3) III and IV are correct.
(4) I and IV are correct.

29. According to Ferdinand de Saussure the ‘Parole’ signifies
I. Abstract system of signs
II. Actual speech Acts
III. Concrete instances of the use of language
IV. Rules and conventions of speech
Codes :
(1) I and II are correct.
(2) II and III are correct.
(3) III and IV are correct.
(4) II and IV are correct.

30. Hagiographic legends are connected with
I. Godmen
II. Saints
III. Chiefs
IV. Warriors
Codes :
(1) I and II are correct.
(2) II and III are correct.
(3) III and IV are correct.
(4) II and IV are correct.