FOLK LITERATURE
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Folklore is precisely
(A) Verbal expressions
(B) Expressive traditions
(C) Material Culture
(D) Popular beliefs
2. What is considered to be the root of society ?
(A) Cultural geography
(B) Cultural anthropology
(C) Folk-cultural background
(D) Folk technology
3. The traditional, unofficial, noninstitutional part of culture is
(A) Literature
(B) Folklore
(C) Poetry
(D) Drama
4. Folklore is “essentially of the people, by the people and for the people” stated by
(A) Theodor H. Gaster
(B) Robert A. Georges
(C) William R. Bascom
(D) George M. Foster
5. The concept of Cultural Hegemony is propounded by
(A) Raymond Williams
(B) Barry Toelken
(C) Antonio Gramsci
(D) Archer Taylor
6. Popular culture means
(A) Non-literature and oral culture
(B) Proletariat and working class culture
(C) Folk and rural culture
(D) Culture cutting across the sections of the populace
7. The concept of ‘Collective Consciousness’ is associated with
(A) Sigmund Freud
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Carl Jung
(D) Max Weber
8. ‘Oral exegesis’ is part of
(A) Mythopoeics
(B) Semiotics
(C) Hermeneutics
(D) Phonetics
9. Proverb is made up of
(A) Dialogue having form and content
(B) Description having a topic and a comment
(C) Debate having explorative experience
(D) Depiction of life narrative
10. Structural-morphological study deals with
(A) the distinctive features of each genre
(B) the “functions” of a folktale
(C) texture and structure of the text
(D) All the above
11. Victor Turner observed certain eruptions of social conflicts tended to recur in a particular patterned way, and they are termed as
(A) Social dramas
(B) Rites of passages
(C) Redressive actions
(D) Ritual integration
12. Tongue-Twisting tales are also known as
I. Chain tales
II. Tall Tales
III. Magic tales
IV. Formula tales
Codes :
(A) I, II and III are correct.
(B) II and IV are correct.
(C) II and III are correct.
(D) I and IV are correct.
13. The Oral formulaic characters
I. Should have an element of repetition
II. Should have a written source
III. Should have an element of novelty
IV. Should have a tradition
Codes :
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) III and IV are correct.
(C) I and IV are correct.
(D) All are correct.
14. According to Propp all fairy tales embody the following basic principles :
I. Functions of characters serve as stable, constant elements in a tale.
II. The number of functions known to the fairy tale is limited
III. The sequence of functions is always identical.
IV. All fairy tales are of one type in regard to their structure.
Codes :
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) II and III are correct.
(C) I and IV are correct.
(D) All are correct.
15. Identify the real qualities of folklore from the following :
I. Form – Oral, performative
II. Tradition – Custom, transmission
III. Existence – Homogeneous, universal
IV. Rite – Life cycle, territorial ceremonies
Codes :
(A) I and IV are correct.
(B) II and III are correct.
(C) I, II and IV are correct.
(D) II, III and IV are correct.
16. The concept of Diaspora is deployed to indicate
I. Network of Localised folk communities
II. Dispersed network of ethnic communities
III. Network of Imagined communities
IV. Globalised network of elite communities
Codes :
(A) I and IV are correct.
(B) II and III are correct.
(C) I and II are correct.
(D) II and IV are correct.
17. In the structural analyses of folktales by Alan Dundes, the abstract units of actions are designated and grouped
as
I. Motifeme
II. Mytheme
III. Lack and Liquidation
IV. Morpheme
Codes :
(A) I and III are correct.
(B) I and IV are correct.
(C) I and II are correct.
(D) II and III are correct.
18. Life-cycle rituals are practiced to denote
I. Socialization process
II. Status transformations
III. Display of power
IV. Exhibition of wealth
Codes :
(A) I and IV are correct.
(B) II and III are correct.
(C) I and II are correct.
(D) I and III are correct.
19. Ritual is
I. Ethnic Slur
II. Belief in Action
III. Social Amusement
IV. Faith in the supernatural
Codes :
(A) I, II and III are correct.
(B) II and IV are correct.
(C) I and III are correct.
(D) I and IV are correct.
20. Super organic theory in folk culture studies is advocated by
I. Marcel Mauss
II. Frank Boas
III. Joel Sheryer
IV. Axil Olrik
Codes :
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) I and III are correct.
(C) II and III are correct.
(D) II and IV are correct.
21. Kenneth Pike attributed characteristic features of ‘Emic’ as
I. Syntax mode
II. Feature mode
III. Distribution mode
IV. Manifestation mode
Codes :
(A) I, II and IV are correct.
(B) I, II and III are correct.
(C) II, III and IV are correct.
(D) I, III and IV are correct.
22. Assertion (A) : Pragmatics in folklore is concerned with the use of lore in social contexts and the ways in which people produce and comprehend meanings.
Reason (R) : Fairytales are not the example for pragmatics in folklore for they do not contain meaningful sequence in the plot structure.
Codes :
(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is not correct explanation.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.
23. Assertion (A) : The fundamentals of any performance analysis require an adequate ethnographic description of speech acts in a given society.
Reason (R) : Therefore, according to performance theory, texts can be interpreted in the etic manner in a given large culture specific system of communication.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is not the correct explanation.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is the correct explanation.
24. Assertion (A) : Interactional recording, possible use of tape recorders and photographic techniques are the parts of participant observation method.
Reason (R) : Folklore study does not warrant for using of such techniques as it is field sensitive.
Codes :
(A) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(B) (A) is false and (R) is not the correct explanation.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is the correct explanation.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is false.
25. Assertion (A) : Among the three major kinds of prose narrations, the folktales are regarded as fiction.
Reason (R) : As such they are not considered as dogma or history, they may or may not have happened and they are not to be taken seriously.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is false.
26. Assertion (A) : According to Stith Thompson, motif is “the smallest element in a tale, having a power to persist in tradition.”
Reason (R) : Therefore motifs change and out of those changes fullfledged narratives are composed.
Codes :
(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is the correct explanation.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is not the correct explanation.
27. Assertion (A) : Propp’s morphology is a description of the tale according to its component parts and the relationship of these components to each other and to the whole.
Reason (R) : The component parts are Dramatis Personae which are the constant actions and functions of variable characters that help in the advancement of the plot.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is false.
28. Arrange the sequence of the content of each function in the fairytales according to Proppian Schema ;
(A) Its brief summary, abbreviated definition in one word, its conventional sign, examples.
(B) Abbreviated definition in one word, its brief summary, examples, its conventional sign
(C) Its conventional sign, abbreviated definition in one word, its brief summary, examples
(D) Its brief summary, its conventional sign, examples, abbreviated definition in one word
29. Sequence the Journals in Folkloristics as per their origin
(A) Journal of American Folklore, Western Folklore, Journal of Folklore Research, The Folklore Journal
(B) Journal of American Folklore, Journal of Folklore Research, The Folk-Lore Journal, Western Folklore
(C) The Folk-lore Journal, Journal of American Folklore, Western Folklore, Journal of Folklore Research
(D) Western Folklore, Journal of American Folklore, Journal of Folklore Research, The Folklore Journal
30. Sequence the development of concepts in Folkloristics
(A) Ethnography of speaking, Emic-etic, Oral Formulaic, Verbal art
(B) Oral Formulaic, Emic-etic, Verbal art, Ethnography of speaking
(C) Verbal art, Oral Formulaic, Emic-etic, Ethnography of speaking
(D) Emic-etic, Oral Formulaic, Verbal art, Ethnography of speaking
31. Identify the sequence of Fieldwork Research Process :
(A) Gatekeepers, Research Site, Documentation, Informants
(B) Research Site, Informants, Gatekeepers, Documentation
(C) Research Site, Gatekeepers, Informants, Documentation
(D) Documentation, Gatekeepers, Informants, Research Site
32. Sequence of conceptual development in Folkloristics is :
(A) Epic laws, Tale type, Oikotype, Archetype
(B) Epic laws, Oikotype, Tale type, Archetype
(C) Epic laws, Archetype, Tale type, Oikotype
(D) Epic laws, Tale type, Archetype, Oikotype
33. Sequence the scholars who are connected with oral formulaic theory :
I. John Miles Foley
II. Albert B. Lord
III. Lauri Honko
IV. Milman Parry
Codes :
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) IV, I, III, II
(D) IV, II, I, III
34. Wolf Gang Meider, Eri Goffman, Alan Lomax and Clifford Geertz are associated sequentially with the following studies :
I. Game analogy of life
II. Folksong style
III. Proverbs
IV. Thick description
Codes :
(A) III, I, II, IV
(B) II, I, IV, III
(C) IV, III, II, I
(D) I, II, III, IV
35. Identify the profounders of the concepts – Metaphysical presence, Meta-Archaeology, Distanciation and writerly text-in order of sequence
I. Derrida
II. Barthes
III. Foucault
IV. Ricour
Codes :
(A) I, III, II, IV
(B) I, III, IV, II
(C) IV, III, II, I
(D) IV, II, III, I
36. Arrange the technique that Levi- Strauss employed for the analysis of myth in sequencial order
(A) Mythic thought – Orchestra score type arrangement – Mythemes – Myth as a story
(B) Myth as a story – Orchestra score type arangmeent –Mythemes – Mythic thought
(C) Mythemes – Mythic thought – orchestra score type arrangement – Myth as a story
(D) Myth as a story – Mythemes – Orchestra score type arrangement – Mythic thought
37. The sequence of processing of dream according to Sigmund Freud is as follows :
(A) Projection, Displacement, Condensation, Rationalisation, Symbolization
(B) Rationalisation, Condensation, Projection, Displacement, Symbolization
(C) Displacement, Projection, Symbolisation, Condensation, Rationalisation
(D) Condensation, Rationalisation, Displacement, Symbolisation, Projection
38. Match the following :
39. Which one of the following pair is correctly matched ?
(A) Traditional and expected way of doing things is …… custom.
(B) Variable and surprised way of doing things is ……. custom.
(C) Modern and expected way of behaviour is ……. custom.
(D) Predictable and probable way of not doing things is ……. custom.
40. Match the following :
41. Match the following :
42. Match the following :
43. Match the following :
44. Which two of the following pairs are correctly matched ?
Codes :
(A) II and III
(B) IV and II
(C) I and IV
(D) I and III
45. Which three of the following pairs are correctly matched ?
Codes :
(A) I, II and IV
(B) II, III and I
(C) I, III and II
(D) II, III and IV
46. Which two of the following pairs are correctly matched ?
Codes :
(A) I and IV
(B) I and II
(C) I and III
(D) II and III
47. Which one of the following statement is correct ?
(A) The subject that studies the nature of signs and the laws governing them is semantics.
(B) The subject that studies the nature of sign and the laws governing them is phonology.
(C) The subject that studies the nature of signs and the laws governing theme is linguistics.
(D) The subject that studies the nature of signs and the laws governing them is semiology.
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow based on the passage (48 – 50) :
Anthropologists and folklorists are perhaps less concerned about the national focus of their research than most scholars. Anthropology teaches one that culture is the property of all humanity. Folklore research has shown that tales, and many other items of folklore, have travelled from culture to culture and across national and linguistic boundaries throughout history. Which each people may leave their special impression on a tale, no one culture can
claim ownership. Questions of origin, even if they could be answered (and they usually cannot) fade into irrelevance when one considers the variable experiences a tale acquires during its life history.
Still, in both the West and in India, there is a tendency to think only in terms of one’s own native folklore. While an
argument can be made for the benefits of the study of folklore in order to encourage the self-awareness of a repressed people and reinforce their sense of pride in their traditions, folklore study is too often limited by nationalism and other provincial feelings. People who approach folklore from this perspective too often fail to reach the real insights that the study of folklore has to offer. Fortunately, in both India and the West, there are also people who are developing an interest in a broader understanding of the aesthetic traditions of other parts of the world. Our American students – including some who are of Indian descent – are happy to have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of the world through the study of Indian culture and folklore.
48. The real insights that folklore study offers are
(A) nationalism and other provincial feelings
(B) broader understanding of the world and culture
(C) aesthetic traditions and opportunity to broaden knowledge
(D) Self-awareness and pride in one’s traditions
49. Which statement is NOT correct ?
(A) Folklore research has shown that tales have travelled from culture to culture
(B) No culture can claim ownership of any tale
(C) American students are not happy to study Indian culture and folklore
(D) Anthropology teaches one that culture is the property of all humanity
50. ‘Question of origin’ of a folklore item fade into irrelevance due to
(A) Variable experiences
(B) National feelings
(C) Indian descent
(D) Repression of feelings
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