TRIBAL AND REGIONAL LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
Read the following passage with attention and answer questions number 1 to 5 :
That very time the wishes of Swamiji started to be fulfilled. He wished to help the women folk of India for long. Although women in India were very pious and having all good traits, yet they were neither very educated nor were they active in the outer world. Swamiji was of the opinion that education is must for them, only then they would be able to address their problems. So, he was very happy when Bagini Nivedita started her work. She had come to India to help women of this country and set up a school for girls.
1. What will be the correct heading of the passage ?
(1) Helping women
(2) Indian women
(3) Women Education
(4) Sanctity of women
2. Whose wishes started to be fulfilled ?
(1) Those of Indian women
(2) Those of Swamiji
(3) Those of Bhagini Nivedita
(4) Those of None
3. Indian women were :
(1) more educated
(2) virtuous
(3) more meritorious
(4) very pious and virtuous
4. It was necessary to impart education to
(1) children
(2) males
(3) Indian females
(4) None
5. Who among the following opened school for girls ?
(1) Bhagini Nivedita
(2) Swamiji
(3) Educated Indian Women
(4) None
6. Who is presently the minister for Human Resource Development in Jharkhand ?
(1) Dr. Louis Marandi
(2) Dr. Neera Yadav
(3) Sri. Sudesh Mahto
(4) Smt. Geeta Shri Oraon
7. What is a ‘Marang Buru’ ?
(1) Waterfall
(2) Forest
(3) Water spring
(4) Mountain
8. What is ‘Masana’ ?
(1) A place where paddy is husked
(2) Dobha
(3) A burial place for dead
(4) A place for installation of stone
9. The dialects Asuri, Birhori and Bhumig belong to which language family ?
(1) Munda family
(2) Dravid family
(3) Aryan language family
(4) None of the above
10. Who are the scholars to have written on Asur ?
(1) Ruben
(2) Elbin
(3) Hutton
(4) All of the above
11. The traditional profession of Malar is
(1) to prepare floral garlands
(2) to make metallic objects like ‘Paila’
(3) to make floral Bouquet
(4) to make bronze utensils
12. Which tribes had migrated to Jharkhand from Rohtas Garh ?
(1) Oraon
(2) Khariya
(3) Munda
(4) All of the above
13. Who was hanged before Ranchi District School on April 16, 1858 ?
(1) Sheikh Bheckhari
(2) Nadir Ali Khan
(3) Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo
(4) Pande Ganapat Rai
14. Maharaja Madra Munda was the ruler of which of the following place ?
(1) Sutiyambe
(2) Korambe
(3) Pithoria
(4) None of the above
15. Among the two statements given below, one is called Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Soharai is a general festival celebrated by all tribals and Sadans.
Reason (R) : Because none of the above communities worship their livestock.
Codes :
(1) (A) and (R) both are true.
(2) (A) and (R) both are false.
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false and (R) is true.
16. Which eminent scholar of language, literature Art and Culture and Historian of Jharkhand has recently passed away on August 14, 2016 ?
(1) Dr. Ram Dayal Munda
(2) Dr. Biseshwar Prasad Keshari
(3) Lakhi Kant Mahto
(4) Acharya Mrityunjay Nath Sharma
17. Bin Bole Jhanjhanaye
Baat Bital Sansanaye
Akhiyan Hi Ghutal, Duniya Biraje
Pahil Piritiya Milal Aaje
Who’s composition is this ?
(1) Parmanand Mahto
(2) Dr. Karamchand Aheer
(3) Dr. B.P. Keshari
(4) Dr. Ram Dayal Munda
18. The synonyms for Sun ‘Bidi’, ‘Bedo’, ‘Beir’ are written in which order according to the language they are picked up from :
(1) Kudukh, Mundari, Nagpuri
(2) Kharia, Kudukh, Kurmali
(3) Kudukh, Khadia, Nagpuri
(4) None of the above
19. Who was the founder ruler of ‘Nagvamsa’ in Chotanagpur ?
(1) Pundrik Nag
(2) Phani Mukut Roy
(3) Mani Makut Roy
(4) Durjan Shal
20. There are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). Give answer by using the codes below :
Assertion (A) : Earlier almost all the social issues were used to resolved in Parha Panchayat.
Reasoning (R) : Because it took long to deliver justice in British court of law.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is wrong.
(4) (A) is wrong and (R) is true.
21. Which among the following aspects of language is true according to eminent French linguist Prof. De Sossure ?
(1) Individual aspect
(2) Social aspect
(3) Universal aspect
(4) All of the above
22. Which among the following is true ?
(1) Language is not the best light.
(2) Language is unable to hold the society together in one thread.
(3) Language is not omnipresent.
(4) Language is over lasting treasure of human being.
23. ‘Gaveshna’ word is presently use to mean :
(1) Want of cow
(2) Search of cow
(3) To undertake research work
(4) None of the above
24. Change of place leads to difference in meaning, which among the following is exact answer ?
(1) Husband’s House = Grihswami
(Pati Grih)
(2) House owner = Sasural
(Grih Pati)
(3) King’s Palace = Mahal
(Raj Grih)
(4) House of State = Ghar Ka Raja
(Grih Rajya)
25. Which one of the following is correct type of sentences ?
(1) Difference pertaining to form.
(2) Difference pertaining to composition and meaning.
(3) Difference pertaining to action and style.
(4) All of the above
26. ‘Goshala’ is an example of
(1) Contraction of meaning
(2) Expansion of meaning
(3) Transference of meaning
(4) None of the above
27. L. Bloomfield is
(1) Ethnologist
(2) Anthropologist
(3) Linguist
(4) None of the above
28. Kh, Cha, Tha, The, Pha are phonetic (varn) of
(1) Alp Pran
(2) Maha Pran
(3) Anunasik
(4) Antastha
29. Match the List – I with List – II and give your answer using the codes given below the list :
30. Which among the following is not true ?
(1) In a syllabic script sign denotes a syllable not an alphabet.
(2) In an alphabetical sign expresses alphabet.
(3) Roman Script is an alphabetical script.
(4) Deonagri is not a syllabic script.
31. “No country can make progress with the help of foreign language.” Who has stated this ?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(3) Lokmanya Tilak
(4) Chakravarti Rajgopalachari
32. To which language family Prakreet, Paali and Apbhransha belong ?
(1) Agneya
(2) Dravidian
(3) Aryan
(4) South-Eastern Asian
33. Which of the following is not correct ?
(1) A group of words which conveys complete meaning is called a sentence.
(2) The smallest complete meaningful unit of a language is called a sentence.
(3) A sentence is not a unit of a language, its unit is rather a group of words or a term.
(4) A complete term (pada) alone in several languages works for the whole sentence.
34. “Aham rashtree sangamani Vasunaam” means language is a power that builds the nation and plays a role of a coordinator. This mantra (richa) is contained in
(1) The Rigveda
(2) The Samveda
(3) The Yajurveda
(4) The Atharveda
35. The smallest meaningful unit of a sentence is called
(1) Rupgram (Rupim)
(2) Dhwani gram
(3) Artha
(4) None of the above
36. Who translated the stories of Rabindra Nath and Tolstoy into Tamil ?
(1) Ranganath
(2) Subramaniyam Bharati
(3) Jagannathan
(4) Dewan
37. Identify the correct group :
38. Identify the correct group :
39. Subramaniyam Bharati and Rajgopalachari are the literary figures of the language :
(1) Telugu
(2) Malayalam
(3) Kannada
(4) Tamil
40. Who is the author of ‘Soundaryalahari’ ?
(1) Kalidas
(2) Gunadhya
(3) Shankaracharya
(4) Dandi
41. During which era (Kal) Hindi literature had all round growth ?
(1) Shringar Kal
(2) Adhunik Kal
(3) Uttar-Madhya Kal
(4) Adi Kal
42. The main theme of the ‘Chitralekha’ written by Bhagawati Charan Varma is
(1) Vices and virtues
(2) Freedom struggle
(3) Communist ideology
(4) None of the above
43. The type of writings written mainly during the era of Samwats 1375 to 1700 is
(1) Veerata parak
(2) Shringar parak
(3) Bhakti parak
(4) Navjagaran parak
44. Which of the following is authored by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar ?
(1) Saket
(2) Urvashi
(3) Andhra Yug
(4) Chitradhar
45. Which of the following book contains a combination of Tamil Grammar and Kavya Shastra ?
(1) Keelkanakku
(2) Pattuppattu
(3) Ettuttogai
(4) Tolakappiyam
46. Who is considered the best among the authors of Bengali Mahabharata ?
(1) Badshah Hussain Shah
(2) Kashi Ram Das
(3) Maladhar Vasu
(4) Krishna Das
47. Who is called the father of modern Assamese prose ?
(1) Hemchandra Barua
(2) Gunabhi Ram Barua
(3) Lakshmi Nath Bejbarua
(4) Padmnath Gosain Barua
48. Who’s translation of ‘Bhagwat Puran’ into Oriya has made it an immortal scripture ?
(1) Sarla Das
(2) Upendra Bhanj
(3) Jagannath Das
(4) Abhimanyu Samant
49. Who was the editor of the periodical ‘Jharkhand’ published since 1937-38 ?
(1) Radhakrishna
(2) Doman Sahu Sameer
(3) Julius Tigga
(4) Badaik Ishwari Prasad Singh
50. Who was the editor of the newspaper “Abua Jharkahnd” ?
(1) Jaypal Singh
(2) Ignes Bek and Ignes Kujur
(3) N.E. Horo
(4) Gopal Das Munjaal
51. Who was the first to term art as an ‘imitation’ ?
(1) Aristotle
(2) Socrates
(3) Plato
(4) Homer
52. Which of the following is the most suitable factor of ‘Kavya hetu’ ?
(1) Pratibha
(2) Vyutapatti
(3) Abhyas
(4) All these three
53. What are the main defects (doshas) of Kavya ?
(1) All the three doshas below
(2) Shabda dosha
(3) Artha dosha
(4) Rasa dosha
54. ‘Rahiman pani rakhiyo, bin pani sab soon
Pani gaye na ubare moti, manus choon’
Which figure of speech (alankar) is in it ?
(1) Sabhang Shlesha alankar
(2) Vakrokti alankar
(3) Punaruktavadabhas alankar
(4) Abhanga shlesh alankar
55. Which rasa is in the following ?
Kahat natat reejhhat Kheejhhat milat Khilat laziyat
Bhare bhaun mein karat hain nainan hee son baat.
(1) Sanyog Shringar
(2) Adbut rasa
(3) Hasya rasa
(4) Viyog shringar
56. Match the following lists and give your answer using the codes given below the lists :
57. Which of the following ‘Chand’ contains 11 matras in odd stages (Visham Charan) and 13 Matras in even stages (Sam Charan) ?
(1) Doha
(2) Sortha
(3) Chaupai
(4) Geetika
58. Which among the following is indicated by ‘Yamataraj Bhansalga” formula ?
(1) Small (Laghu)
(2) Big (Guru)
(3) Chand
(4) Gan
59. Which word is missing in the text given below :
‘Beauty is truth and ______ is beauty. That is all we know on earth and all we need to know.’ – Keats.
(1) Truth
(2) Beautiful
(3) Sweet
(4) Auspicious
60. Among the two statements given below one is called Assertion (A) and the other one is Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : A poet while composing his poetry also uses his intellect along with his emotions.
Reason (R) : Therefore emotions, Intellect and imaginations – all the elements are included in the process of creation.
Use the code given below to find the right answer :
Codes :
(1) (A) and (R) both are false.
(2) (A) and (R) both are true.
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false and (R) is true.
61. Match List –I with List – II and give right answer with the help of codes given below :
62. What is the most prime feature of a saying ?
(1) Sayings depict common sense of a community.
(2) Sayings are mines of village wisdom.
(3) Sayings express observation of the Nature.
(4) One can understand the ideology, knowledge and culture of the people of a particular nation through their ‘sayings’.
63. Find the right answer of the given riddle :
‘Janma Liya Jangal Mein
Aa gaya sajjan ke Ghar
Aatho angon Mein Shringar Kiya
Itne Sunder tan ko
Kutta le jaye Ghasset’
(1) Wood
(2) Flower
(3) Pattal (A Plate made of Dry leaves)
(4) None of the above
64. ‘Karo to Kisi Ka Bhala Karo |
Par Bura Kisi Ka Na Karo ||’
What genre is this ?
(1) Saying
(2) Riddle
(3) Phrase
(4) Child Rhyme
65. According to the three language formula, which among the following order is correct for education ?
(1) Native language – State language – National language
(2) Language at Home – Ancient language – Modern language
(3) Mother tongue – State language – Official language
(4) Mother tongue – National language (Hindi) – International language (English)
66. Austric languages like Santhali, Ho, Khariya etc. are considered to have developed from which language family ?
(1) Dravid Family
(2) Mundari family
(3) Indo European family
(4) None of the above
67. Match List – I with List – II and tick the right answer from the codes given below :
68. Rev. P.O. Boading has done his famous study on which of the following language ?
(1) Kuramali
(2) Kharia
(3) Santhali
(4) Kurukh
69. Which among the following castes has traditional expertise in monkey catching ?
(1) Binjhia
(2) Bedia
(3) Birajia
(4) Birhore
70. Who is the author of the book, “Main Jharkhand Mein Hoon” ?
(1) Bir Bharat Talwar
(2) Biseshwar Prasad Keshari
(3) Balbir Dutt
(4) None of the above
71. Which among the following is a book authored by Raja Upendra Nath Singh ?
(1) Jhoomar Sangeet
(2) Prem Manjari
(3) Aadi Jhoomar Sangeet
(4) Tusu Sangeet
72. The title of the book edited by Jyoti Lal Mahadani is
(1) Panchpargania Nupur
(2) Panchpargania Loka Katha
(3) Panchpargania Nibandh
(4) Panchpargania Bhasha
73. Who among the following is the author of ‘Kursināmā : Mundaon Ka Nrijatiya Itihās’ ?
(1) P.N.J. Poorti
(2) Dr. Mansiddha Badayawood
(3) Kashi Nath Singh Munda
(4) Sem Topno
74. Who has compiled the book ‘Ho Durang Sangrah’ ?
(1) Kanhu Ram Devgam
(2) W.G. Archer
(3) Lako Bodra
(4) Father Dainy
75. Who among the following is the author of ‘Khortha Bhesha Ka Udbhav Aur Vikas’ ?
(1) Chitranjan Mahto Chitra
(2) Dr. Binod Kumar
(3) Dr. B.N. Ohdar
(4) Beerbal Mahto
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