UGC NET Exam January 2017 Folk Literature Paper-3 Question Paper With Answer Key

FOLK LITERATURE

Paper – III

Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.

1. The concept of ‘Deconstruction’ has a connotation with

(1) Dialectics

(2) Fixation of meaning

(3) Destabilizing meaning

(4) Destruction

Answer: (3)

2. In post colonialism, the concept of populations that are socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony are referred to as 

(1) Diaspora

(2) Subaltern

(3) Proletarians

(4) Migrants

Answer: (2)

3. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from

(1) Ramayana

(2) Mandukya Upanishad

(3) Rigveda

(4) Shatpath Brahmana

Answer: (2)

4. In linguistics, the study of phonological, grammatical and semiotic changes over time of a language is termed as

(1) Applied Linguistics

(2) Synchronic Linguistics

(3) Diachronic Linguistics

(4) Computational Linguistics

Answer: (3)

5. Bamboo Dance is the tribal performing art of

(1) Chenchus

(2) Nagas

(3) Bhils

(4) Mizos

Answer: (4)

6. The popular wall painting art Warli is from the state of

(1) Gujarat

(2) Maharashtra

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4) Uttaranchal

Answer: (2)

7. The author of ‘Heroic Poetry’ is

(1) Archar Taylor

(2) Edmund Leach

(3) C.M. Bowra

(4) R.C. Temple

Answer: (3)

8. The sacred books of the Hindus followed by the Vedic period that record the pantheistic form of worship are known as

(1) Jatakas

(2) Ashtanga Sangraha

(3) Puranas

(4) Asttadhyayi

Answer: (3)

9. The concept of ‘Articulation’ is part of

(1) Mythopoeics

(2) Semiotics

(3) Hermenutics

(4) Phonetics

Answer: (4)

10. Common method used for fortune telling by the spirits or souls of the dead is called as

(1) Necromancy

(2) Onomancy

(3) Astromancy

(4) Lithomancy

Answer: (1)

11. The Parry-Lord Theory is fully tested in the “living laboratory of the non-literate bards” hailing from

(1) Romania

(2) Balgaria

(3) Yugoslavia

(4) Austria

Answer: (3)

12. The concept of ‘Cultural metabolism’ is associated with

(1) E.B. Tylor

(2) Van Gennep

(3) Milton Singer

(4) Stuart Blackburn

Answer: (3)

13. System of production devoted to gaining livelihood from the forest resources is known as

(1) Irrigation and Agriculture

(2) Hunting and gathering

(3) Grazing and Herding

(4) Fishing and Dry farming

Answer: (2)

14. The Theory of structural Functionalism was profounded by

(1) Marcel Mauss

(2) Radcliffe-Brown

(3) Bronislaw Malinowski

(4) Victor Turner

Answer: (2)

15. Ethnic Slur originates due to

(1) Folk customs

(2) Identity formations

(3) Cross group folklore

(4) Ecotype

Answer: (3)

16. Implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics is the feature of

(1) Metaphors

(2) Allegory

(3) Catharsis

(4) Parallelism

Answer: (1)

17. Onam, a festival of Kerala is related to

(1) Vamana

(2) Parvathi

(3) Shiva

(4) Saraswathi

Answer: (1)

18. The main advocates of Diffusion Theory are

I. Carl Wilhelm Von Sydow

II. James Geroge Frazer

III. Theodor Benfey

IV. Axel Olrick

Codes :

(1) I and II are correct

(2) I and III are correct

(3) II and III are correct

(4) I and IV are correct

Answer: (1)

19. Yakshagana of Karnataka is a folk theatre with a unique style of form and includes the following two ethnic genres

I. Bhuta Kola

II. Kombatta

III. Bayalata

IV. Dasavatara

Codes :

(1) I and II are correct

(2) II and III are correct

(3) III and I are correct

(4) III and IV are correct

Answer: (4)

20. Identify from the below ethnic genres a popular theatrical form and a dance form from the North Indian folk traditions

I. Jatra

II. Naqual

III. Tippani

IV. Tamasha

Codes :

(1) II and III are correct.

(2) III and IV are correct.

(3) IV and I are correct.

(4) I and II are correct.

Answer: (1)

21. Identify from the below two of the North Indian folklorists who published on sacred complexes and a folk song tradition respectively

I. Birendra Nath Datta

II. L.P. Vidyarthi

III. Praphulla Datta Goswami

IV. Devendra Sathyarthi

Codes :

(1) II and III are correct.

(2) II and IV are correct.

(3) III and I are correct.

(4) I and IV are correct.

Answer: (2)

22. Identify from the below two of the British folklorists who published on legends from Indian States :

I. W.C. Barnett

II. Lauri Honko

III. Peter J. Claus

IV. R.C. Temple

Codes :

(1) IV and II are correct.

(2) III and IV are correct.

(3) I and IV are correct.

(4) II and III are correct.

Answer: (3)

23. The factors responsible for the evolution of Animism are considered to have been

I. Primitive superstition

II. Primitive psychology

III. Belief in doctrine of souls

IV. Belief in omnipotent God

Codes :

(1) III and IV are correct

(2) IV and II are correct

(3) II and III are correct

(4) I and III are correct

Answer: (4)

24. Claude Levi-Strauss introduced the ‘Alliance Theory’ to explain the phenomenon of 

I. Marriage inside one’s own clan

II. System of endogamy

III. System of exogamy

IV. Marriage outside one’s own clan

Codes :

(1) III and IV are correct

(2) IV and I are correct

(3) I and II are correct

(4) III and I are correct

Answer: (1)

25. In Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche ‘Super Ego’ represents

I. Ethical component

II. Defensive mechanism

III. Idealized self-image

IV. Instructed impulses

Codes :

(1) II and III are correct

(2) I and III are correct

(3) IV and II are correct

(4) III and IV are correct

Answer: (2)

26. Identify the following folklorists who contributed to the Anthropological Study of folklore in North America :

I. Franz Boas

II. Andrew Lang

III. Ruth Benedict

IV. Ruth Finnegan

Codes :

(1) I and II are correct

(2) III and IV are correct

(3) I and III are correct

(4) II and IV are correct

Answer: (3)

27. The study of Ethno poetics constitute

I. Acculturation process

II. Aesthetic structure

III. Oral performances

IV. Oral tradition

Codes :

(1) II and III are correct

(2) III and IV are correct

(3) I and IV are correct

(4) II and IV are correct

Answer: (1)

28. Cartographic method was followed in folklore studies by

I. Stith Thomson

II. Kaarle Krohn

III. Axel Olrik

IV. Benyef Holbek

Codes :

(1) III and IV are correct

(2) I and II are correct

(3) II and III are correct

(4) I and III are correct

Answer: (2)

29. A number of primordial images common to all individuals of a given nation that exist in the collective unconscious of the social group is known in Analytical Psychology as

I. Archetype

II. Transcendental imagination

III. Stereotype

IV. Transcendental meditation

Codes :

(1) II and III are correct.

(2) I and IV are correct.

(3) I and II are correct.

(4) IV and II are correct.

Answer: (3)

30. In folkloristic ‘Ritual’ is the study of

I. Profane actions

II. Behavioural patterns

III. Sacred spaces

IV. Repose behaviour

Codes :

(1) II and III are correct.

(2) I and III are correct.

(3) I and IV are correct.

(4) III and IV are correct.

Answer: (1)

31. Assertion (A) : The art of miniature paintings was introduced to the land of India by the Mughals.

Reason (R) : The Mughal ruler Humayun brought artists from Europe who were specialized in miniature painting.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(2) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(3) (A) is true and (R) is false.

(4) Both (A) and (R) are true.

Answer: (3)

32. Assertion (A) : The use of folklorists’ skills and knowledge for projects of social reform in the communities they study is defined as Applied Folklore.

Reason (R) : Applied folklore is often contrasted with academic research and teaching folklore courses per se.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(3) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(4) (A) is true and (R) is false.

Answer: (2)

33. Assertion (A) : Radcliffe Brown’s functional method to society is based on an organismic model.

Reason (R) : If the functional approach was of value in the natural science of biology, it could be applied equally well in the natural science of society.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(4) (A) is true and (R) is false.

Answer: (1)

34. Assertion (A) : Henry Glassie specifically described folklore as the discipline that recorded the story of events and people that history had forgotten.

Reason (R) : Folklorists can provide a valuable perspective on oral history analysis because of their familiarity with the processes of oral traditions.

Codes :

(1) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(2) (A) is true and (R) is false.

(3) (A) is true and (R) is the correct explanation.

(4) (A) is false and (R) is not correct explanation.

Answer: (3)

35. Assertion (A) : According to Alan Dundes the problems of structural analysis lies in discovering a minimal units combine into traditional pattern. 

Reason (R) : By borrowing Kenneth L. Pike’s terms ‘phoneme and allophone’, Dundes used the terms, ‘motifeme’ and its minimal unit, allomotif to modify the concept of ‘function’ used by propp.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(4) (A) is true and (R) is false.

Answer: (2)

36. Assertion (A) : Ethnopoetic analysis strived to highlight the aesthetic qualities of oratory, particularly among cultures dominated by oral traditions rather than written traditions.

Reason (R) : These studies brought the issue of translation and transcription to the fore and advocated for effective translations of oral narratives from any culture onto the printed page.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(4) (A) is true and (R) is false.

Answer: (1)

37. Assertion (A) : Max Muller’s solar mythology claimed that folklore was devolutionary.

Reason (R) : The primitive man worshipped the sun and the folklore of the present was but a dim reflection or a broken-down myth of the time when the sun was king.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(4) (A) is true and (R) is false.

Answer: (2)

38. Assertion (A) : Krishnattam is the folk theatre of Kerala now performed at Guruvayur temple as a votive performance by a troupe under the management of Guruvayur Devaswom.

Reason (R) : Krishnattam is a cycle of eight consecutive days, presenting the story of Mahabharata.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is true and (R) is false.

(4) (A) is false and (R) is true.

Answer: (3)

39. Assertion (A) : A pilgrimage is a displacement of individuals from their local communities for a temporary time frame.

Reason (R) : The pilgrimage has been described by victor Turner and Edith Turner as a tripartite rite-of-passage experience.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(2) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(3) (A) is true and (R) is false.

(4) Both (A) and (R) are true.

Answer: (4)

40. Assertion (A) : Baudrillard demonstrated the homology between linguistic sign and commodity forms wherein use value, exchange value and sign value converge into a functional syntax.

Reason (R) : Just as words take on meaning according to their position in a differential system of language, so sign values take on meaning according to their place in a differential system of prestige and status.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(4) (A) is true and (R) is false.

Answer: (2)

41. Assertion (A) : Saussure argued for total disconnection of the relationship between the signifier and the signified in a given language.

Reason (R) : Post-structuralists assert their total connection and argued for the existence of direct relationship between signifier and signified.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(2) (A) is false and (R) is true.

(3) (A) is true and (R) is false.

(4) Both (A) and (R) are true.

Answer: (1)

42. Sequence the ideas of propp connected with the concept of ‘Function’ in the fairy tales.

(1) Constant – Define dramatis persona – Follow the sequence – Limited in number

(2) Define dramatis persona – follow the action – variable – limited in number

(3) Unlimited in number – follow the dramatis persona – Define the sequence – Constant

(4) Variable – Follow the constant – Define the number – Limited in actions

Answer: (1)

43. Identify the correct order of concepts associated with the theory of myth-Ritual

(1) Ritual Primacy, Comparative Religion, Sacrificial Rites, Mythology

(2) Survivals, Rituals Primacy, Myth as Narrative, Genre Derivative

(3) Survivals, Myth primacy, Lunar Myths, Ritual Derivative

(4) Mythopoeic age, Myth primacy, Solar Myths, Survivals

Answer: (2)

44. Sequence the lingua-franka of the folk communities that the following scholars worked with

I. Praphulladatta Goswami

II. Vanamamalai

III. Hama Nayak

IV. Kunja Bihari Dash

Codes :

(1) Odia, Tamil, Assamese, Kannada

(2) Assamese, Odia, Kannada, Tamil

(3) Assamese, Tamil, Kannada, Odia

(4) Odia, Kannada, Tamil, Assamese

Answer: (3)

45. Identify the correct functions of Riddle usage

(1) Socialisation, Musical Treat, Gaming, Conflict indecision

(2) Gaming, Debating, Incorporation, Fun Resolution

(3) Pun oration, Incorporation, Gaming, Urban culture

(4) Socialisation, Incorporation, Gaming, Mnemonic culture

Answer: (4)

46. The circuit of culture is a theory devised in 1997 by a group of theorists when studying the Walkman Cassette player. The theory suggests that in studying a cultural text or artefact one must look at five aspects. Identify the correct group.

(1) Prototype, Modelling, Production, Distribution and Demand

(2) Representation, Identity, Production, Consumption and Regulation

(3) Structure, Representation, Production, Supply and Regulation

(4) Presentation, design, identity, consumption, and valuation

Answer: (2)

47. Identify the correct order of concepts associated with the theory of oral literary criticism :

(1) Applied folklore, Ethnography of listening, Ethnography of perception, Ethnography of proprioception

(2) Public folklore, Ethnography of Communication, Ethnography of Opthalmoception, Ethnography of audio ception

(3) Meta folklore, Ethnography of Communication, Ethnography of performance, Ethnography of speaking

(4) Mesofolklore, Ethnography of olfacception, Ethnography of tactioception, Ethnography of Nociception

Answer: (3)

48. Sequence the scholars who are connected with functionalism :

I. Franz Boas

II. Antonio Gramsci

III. Malinowski

IV. William Boscom

Codes :

(1) I, II, III, IV

(2) I, III, II, IV

(3) IV, I, III, II

(4) IV, II, I, III

Answer: (2)

49. Sequence the meaning of – Meta-text, sub-text, co-text and con-text

I. A text describing or explaining another text.

II. Broader environment to which text responds.

III. Accompanying text.

IV. The implicit meaning or theme of a literary text.

Codes :

(1) I, IV, III, II

(2) II, I, III, IV

(3) IV, I, III, II

(4) III, IV, II, I

Answer: (1)

50. The ordering of field research process in performance studies is as follows :

(1) Culture specialists, Active bearers, Field notes, Gate keepers

(2) Field workers, Culture Specialists, Gate keepers, Audio Recording

(3) Gate keepers, Informants, Active bearers, Documentation

(4) Interviews, Culture Specialists, Gate keepers, Informants

Answer: (3)

51. Sequence the Literacy Devices – Anaphora, Climax, Diction, Oxymoron – with the following usage :

I. Contrasting ideas

II. Deliberate repetition

III. Style of speaking

IV. Turning point

Codes :

(1) II, IV, I, III

(2) II, IV, III, I

(3) IV, I, III, II

(4) IV, II, I, III

Answer: (2)

52. Sequence the scholars – Stuart Blackburn, Alf Hiltebeitel, Peter Claus and David Knipe – who worked on South Indian folklore – with their works.

I. Vedic voices – Narratives of a living Andhra Tradition

II. Singing of Birth and Death : Texts in Performance

III. Folk Epics of Tulunadu

IV. The cult of Draupadi : on Hindu Ritual and the Goddess

Codes :

(1) II, IV, III, I

(2) I, IV, III, II

(3) III, II, I, IV

(4) IV, I, II, III

Answer: (1)

53. Sequence the demons – Bhandasura, Rakthabija, Narakasura and Mahishasura – who were killed by the following in Hindu mythology.

I. Tripura Sundari

II. Bhadrakali

III. Satyabhama

IV. Durga

Codes :

(1) II, III, I, IV

(2) III, II, IV, I

(3) I, III, II, IV

(4) I, II, III, IV

Answer: (4)

54. Sequence the mountains – Mandara, Rishyamukha, Meru and Gandhamardan – mentioned in the following episodes of Hindu mythology :

I. Habitat of Sanjeevini plant

II. Churning of milk ocean

III. Dharmaraja’s ascendency to heaven

IV. Abode of Sugreva

Codes :

(1) III, II, IV, I

(2) II, IV, III, I

(3) II, I, III, IV

(4) I, III, IV, II

Answer: (2)

55. Identify the correct group of folk dance forms of the State of Kerala :

(1) Mohiniyattam, Koodiyattam, Devarattam, Thirayattam

(2) Margamkali, Chakyar Koothu, Devarattam, Veedhi Natakam

(3) Kolattam, Chavittu Natakam, Koodiyattam, Karayattam

(4) Koodiyattam, Chakyar Koothu, Therukoothu, Mohiniyattam

Answer: (1)

56. Sequence the concepts with the scholars :

I. Savage mind

II. Route of Diffusion

III. Noble Savage

IV. Alpha-decimal Index System

Codes :

(1) Stith Thompson, Levi-Strauss, Kaarle Krohn, Andrew Lang

(2) Andrew Lang, Levi-Strauss, Kaarle Krohn, Stith Thomson

(3) Levi-Strauss, Kaarle Krohn, Stith Thompson, Andrew Lang

(4) Levi-Strauss, Kaarle Krohn, Andrew Lang, Stith Thomspon

Answer: (4)

57. Identify the folk Epics of – Scandinavia, Greece, Iceland, Persia – in the order of sequence :

I. Volsunga Saga

II. Odyssey

III. Edda

IV. Faramarznama

Codes :

(1) IV, III, II, I

(2) IV, II, III, I

(3) I, II, III, IV

(4) III, I, IV, II

Answer: (3)

58. In Epics, hero is a character which exhibits a great valour. Sequence the Epic hero characters – Gilgamesh, Manas, Beowulf and Vainamoinen – with the cultures mentioned below :

I. Finnish

II. Sumerian

III. Scandinavian

IV. Turkish

Codes :

(1) I, IV, III, II

(2) IV, III, I, II

(3) II, IV, III, I

(4) I, III, IV, II

Answer: (3)

59. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(1) Shadow and persona are constituents of super ego

(2) Shadow and persona are constituents of personal unconsciousness

(3) Shadow and persona are constituents of collective unconscious

(4) Shadow and persona are constituents of ego

Answer: (2)

60. Which one of the following pair is correctly matched ?

(1) Fortune Teller – Play with Riddles

(2) Shaman – Exponent in Folk Games

(3) Bard – Sings Lullabies

(4) Sorcerer – Practices black magic

Answer: (4)

61. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched ?

(1) Roland Barthes – The Birth of the Author

(2) Alan Lomax – World Music Styles

(3) Richard Schechner – Ritual to theatre

(4) Van Gennep – Rites De Passage

Answer: (1)

62. Match the following :

Answer: (3)

63. Match the following :

Answer: (1)

64. Match the following :

Answer: (2)

65. Match the following :

.

Answer: (2)

66. Match the following :

Answer: (3)

67. Match the following :

Answer: (1)

68. Match the following :

Answer: (2)

69. Match the following :

Answer: (1)

70. Match the following :

Answer: (2)

71. Match the following :

Answer: (3)

72. Which one of the following pair is correctly matched ?

(1) Vladimir Propp – Folk songs

(2) Hubert Hermans – Dialogical self

(3) Joseph Combell – Functions of Folklore

(4) William Bascom – Sign and Signifier

Answer: (2)

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow based on the passage : (73 – 75 )

     What humanist and social scientists shared when they studied folklore was an interest in finding out how, why, and which traditional cultural mentifacts, sociofacts, and artifacts developed, varied and were passed on. From observations and records of these materials they hoped to reconstruct something of the unrecorded intellectual life of people of the past and present. The findings of such folklore research are applicable to many fields. Some literary scholars are interested, for instance, in the folk roots of epic and other narrative poetry and in the stylistic or thematic use of folklore in literature. Students of the fine arts may similarly consider the background of their subjects in folk music and folk art. Historians find that oral traditions, although seldom factually accurate, furnish unusual insights into grass-roots attitudes toward historical events. Psychologists have long held that folklore, in common with dreams and other manifestations of fantasy, contains clues to the subconscious. Sociologists may study folklore (especially protest lore) along with other data on group life and behaviour.

73. The folklore research can be suitably applied to

(1) consider the background of folk arts

(2) identify folk roots and folk style in literary writings

(3) to find oral traditions and historical events

(4) analyse psychological manifestations of mind

Answer: (2)

74. The common interest of humanist and social scientists to study folklore

(1) to find how and why of traditional facts

(2) to apply folklore research to many fields

(3) to know the development and variation of traditional facts

(4) to reconstruct unrecorded life of people

Answer: (3)

75. The allied areas for the application of folklore research are

I. group life and behaviour

II. fine arts

III. folk music

IV. narrative and historical events

Codes :

(1) I, II and III

(2) II and III

(3) I and IV

(4) I, III and IV

Answer: (1)

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