UGC NET Folk Literature Solved Question Paper 5

1. Folklore means “of the people, by the people and for the people” is commented by

(A) Stith Thompson

(B) Archer Taylor

(D) George M. Foster

Answers: (C)

2. Grimm brothers denoted ‘oral folk narratives” as

(A) Volkskunde

(B) Landeskunde

(D) Herrenvolk

Answers: (A)

3. Analytical Psychology deals with

(A) Castration Complex

(B) Oedipus Complex

(D) Individual Consciousness

Answers: (C)

4. Ethnography is

(A) The study of social setting of folktale

(B) The study of village architecture

(D) The study of a community

Answers: (D)

5. According to R.M. Dorson, the literary critic establishes relation with folk tradition through three evidences

(A) Biographical, internal, corroborative

(B) History, Geography, narrative

(D) Personal narrative, oral history, corroborative

Answers: (A)

6. Oicotype is

(A) Globalization of tale tradition

(B) Localization of tale tradition

(D) Internationalization of tale tradition

Answers: (B)

7. World Heritage Day is celebrated on

(A) 18 March

(B) 18 May

(D) 18 June

Answers: (C)

8. ‘Brihat Katha Sarit Sagar’ is written by

(A) Vishnu Sharma

(B) Subandhu

(D) Somadev

Answers: (D)

9. ‘Folklore is an echo of the past but at the same time it is also the vigorous voice of the present, stated by

(A) Y. Lotman

(B) Sokolov

(D) Lenin

Answers: (B)

10. Alan Dundes is the author of

I. The Morphology of North American Indian Folktales

II. Savage mind and Myth in primitive psychology

III. Folktales of the Arabs

IV. The Study of Folklore

Codes:

(A) I and III are correct.

(B) II and IV are correct.

(D) I and IV are correct.

Answers: (D)

11. Shamanism is related to

I. Folk music

II. Folk divination

III. Folk healing

IV. Folk art

Codes:

(A) I and II are correct.

(B) II and III are correct.

(D) III and IV are correct.

Answers: (B)

12. Find out the correct Folk Genre group:

(A) Song, Narrative, Wisdom

(B) Material culture, Chant, Lyric

(D) Epic, Riddle, Ethnic Slur

Answers: (D)

13. The characteristics of Folklore are

I. Oracy

II. Multiple existences

III. Context free

IV. Authorial

Codes:

(A) I and II are correct.

(B) II and III are correct.

(D) III and IV are correct.

Answers: (A)

14. Richard Dorson’s classification of Folklore is

I. Oral Folklore

II. Social Folk Custom

III. Material Culture

IV. Performing Folk Arts

Codes:

(A) II and III are correct.

(B) I and IV are correct.

(D) All are correct.

Answers: (D)

15. “Myth is like language. It is a higher level of communication, just as language can be analysed, myth can also be analysed” is the statement of

(A) Alan Dundes

(B) Dell Hymes

(D) Marcel Mauss

Answers: (C)

16. Assertion (A): Millman Parry in order to understand the process of composition and performance in epics studied the Yugoslavian narrative poetry.

Reason (R): Only during rendition by the folk singers, the process of composition can be understood.

Codes:

(A) (A) is false and (R) is correct explanation.

(B) (A) is true and (R) is correct explanation.

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

Answers: (B)

17. Assertion (A): Children folk games according to Marxists represent non-hegemonic structure.

Reason (R): Hegemonic structures reveal hierarchies and children games are not power centric.

Codes:

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

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

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

Answers: (C)

18. Assertion (A): According to Jung, the collective unconscious is universal.

Reason (R): It is shared by all human beings.

Codes:

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

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

(D) (A) is true and (R) is correct explanation.

Answers: (D)

19. Assertion (A): The shadow constitutes the contents of the psyche which a person does not prefer to show.

Reason (R): Because, they are the parts of the self that are strong, presentable and socially acceptable.

Codes:

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

(B) (A) is true and (R) is not correct explanation.

(D) (A) and (R) are false.

Answers: (B)

20. Assertion (A): Meta folklore is folklore about folklore.

Reason (R): Proverbial tales are Meta folklore.

Codes:

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

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

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

Answers: (A)

21. Assertion (A): Max Muller’s concept of Malady of Language is derived from the Christian worldview.

Reason (R): According to Christian theology man is created in the image of God.

Codes:

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

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

(D) (A) is true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).

Answers: (D)

22. Assertion (A): ‘Museum of Man’ is meant for the preservation of artefacts.

Reason (R): Globalisation affects life styles and production of artefacts.

Codes:

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

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

(D) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Answers: (C)

23. Arrange the sequence of concepts in folklore studies:

(A) Active bearers, Oicotype, Oral formulae, Ritual process

(B) Ritual process, Active bearers, Oicotype, Oral Formulae

(D) Oicotype, Ritual process, Active bearers, Oral formulae

Answers: (A)

24. Identify the rivers in the order of geographical origin from north to south

(A) Ganges, Tamraparani, Krishna, Tapti

(B) Ganges, Tapti, Krishna, Tamraparani

(D) Krishna, Ganges, Tamraparani, Tapti

Answers: (B)

25. Arrange the ritual dance forms from South to North:

(A) Theyyam, Bhutakola, Rasaleela, Bihu

(B) Bhutakola, Theyyam, Rasaleela, Bihu

(D) Theyyam, Bhutakola, Bihu, Rasaleela

Answers: (D)

26. Which one is the correct sequence?

(A) Film, print, computer, television

(B) Television, film, print, computer

(D) Television, computer, print, film

Answers: (C)

27. Which one is the correct group of theories of folklore?

(A) Philological, Contextual, Mass cultural

(B) Folk-cultural, Oral-formulaic, Popular cultural

(D) Functional, Psychoanalytical, Contextual

Answers: (D)

28. Sequence the pilgrim places from South to North:

(A) Rishikesh, Varanasi, Ujjain, Srisailam

(B) Varanasi, Rishikesh, Ujjain, Srisailam

(D) Rishikesh, Ujjain, Varanasi, Srisailam

Answers: (C)

29. Point out the chronological order of the books of Alan Dundes:

I. Folklore Matters

II. Interpreting Folklore

III. Life is Like a Chicken Coop Ladder: A Portrait of German Culture through Folklore

IV. The Morphology of North American Indian Folktales

Codes:

(A) IV, II, III, I

(B) I, III, II, IV

(D) II, I, III, IV

Answers: (A)

30. Identify the concepts propounded by Derrida, Foucault, Ricour and Barthes in the order of sequence:

I. Difference

II. Death of the Author

III. Meta-Archaeology

IV. Narrative Identity

Codes:

(A) I, III, IV, II

(B) I, III, II, IV

(D) IV, II, III, I

Answers: (A)

31. Match the following List – I with List – II:

List – I List – II

a. Functional 1. Jacob Grimm

b. Historical reconstruction 2. Erich Fromm

c. Historical Geographical 3. William Bascom

d. Psychoanalytical 4. Warren Roberts

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 2 4 3 1

(B) 4 3 1 2

(D) 1 2 3 4

Answers: (C)

32. Match the following List – I with List – II:

List – I List – II

a. Motif 1. V. Propp

b. Typology 2. Alan Dundes

c. Function 3. Stith Thompson

d. Motifeme 4. Antti Aarne

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 2 1 4 3

(B) 3 2 1 4

(D) 3 4 1 2

Answers: (D)

33. Match the following List – I with List – II:

List – I List – II

a. Proverb 1. Validate conduct

b. Riddle 2. Release hostility

c. Myth 3. Sharpen wit

d. Satire 4. Means to instruct

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 3 4 2 1

(B) 4 3 1 2

(D) 1 4 3 2

Answers: (B)

34. Match the following List – I with List – II:

List – I List – II

a. Clifford Geertz 1. Performance Studies

b. J.G. Frazer 2. Cultural Studies

c. Richard Bauman 3. Historical Studies

d. Edward Said 4. Post-colonial Studies

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 2 3 1 4

(B) 3 2 4 1

(D) 1 4 2 3

Answers: (A)

35. Match the following List – I with List – II:

List – I List – II

a. Lotha 1. Nilgiri Hills

b. Toda 2. Jharkhand

c. Chenchu 3. Nagaland

d. Munda 4. Andhra Pradesh

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 4 1 3 2

(D) 1 3 2 4

Answers: (C)

36. Match the following List – I with List – II:

List – I List – II

a. Folklore and Folkloristic 1. National Folklore Support Centre

b. Journal of Indian Folkloristic 2. Folklore Resources and Research Centre

c. South-Indian Folklorists 3. Makbul Islam

d. Indian Folklore Research Journal 4. J.L. Handoo

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 4 3 2 1

(B) 3 4 2 1

(D) 1 2 3 4

Answers: (B)

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

(A) Dynamics of Folklore: Alan Dundes

(B) Folklore and Folklife: Richard Bauman

(D) Foundations in Sociolinguistics: Dell Hymes

Answers: (D)

38. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Etymological Study: Word Origin

(B) Paremiological Study: Proverb

(D) Ethnological Study: Language

Answers: (D)

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

(A) Harmonium: Percussion instrument

(B) Shahanai: Wind instrument

(D) Chanda: String instrument

Answers: (B)

40. The book “Singer of Tales” deals with

I. Oral narrative tradition

II. Composition of oral epics by bards

III. Memorization skills of bards

IV. Transmission of oral traditions

Codes:

(A) I and IV are correct.

(B) I and III are correct.

(D) II and IV are correct.

Answers: (C)

41. According to Neil R. Grobman there are three sources of Folklore in Literature:

(A) Indigenous, acquired, borrowed

(B) Verbal, lexical, oral

(D) Myth, legend, proverb

Answers: (A)

42. According to Malinowski-myths are not viewed by the primitives as mere stories but as revealing

(A) The primitive basis of life

(B) The folk basis of life

(D) The sacred basis of life

Answers: (D)

43. The context of folklore means

(A) The area where folklore event occurs

(B) The situation in which folklore event occurs

(D) The people among whom folklore event occurs

Answers: (B)

44. Ritual is a

(A) Social practice both structured and structuring

(B) Typical tradition of the whole nation

(D) Historical practice and history producing

Answers: (C)

45. Oral literature is

(A) Spoken, sung and voiced forms of traditional utterance

(B) Written, sung and non-voiced form of utterance

(D) Orally performed in public sphere

Answers: (A)

46. Assertion (A): Frany Boas had claimed that tribal narratives mirrored the ethnography of the culture.

Reason (R): His student Ruth Benedict countered with illustrations to show that the folklore often violated the cultural norms as a means of gratifying fantasies and expressing the hostilities of the culture bound.

Codes:

(A) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.

(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.

Answers: (D)

Read the passage below and answer the questions (47 – 50):

Verbal art is composed and transmitted verbally, while literature is composed in writing and transmitted in writing. Yet it is obvious that these two traditions have not followed independent courses, but have intermingled and influenced one another. One result has been tales, proverbs, or other forms of verbal art which have been reworked and adapted to literary standards of style and propriety, and are thereafter transmitted by writing or printing. This would include not only the utilization of the materials of folklore but also the use of folktales from other lands for children in our own society. For the lack of a better term, these may be referred to as literary adaptations.

There are instances where materials from written or printed resources have been incorporated into the verbal tradition, and in the course of time have been reworked and modified in accordance with its standards. These we may call folkloriazation.

47. Which is the correct idea?

(A) Verbal art and literature are independent and have their own influences drawn from within.

(B) Verbal art and literature are interdependent and hardly intermingled.

(D) Verbal art and literature have taken independent course but have intermingled.

Answers: (C)

48. Influence of verbal art on literature and vice-versa can be seen in

(A) Proverbs

(B) Folktales

(D) All the above

Answers: (D)

49. What is folkloriazation?

(A) Reworked and modified performative forms incorporated into verbal tradition.

(B) Reworked and modified printed sources incorporated into verbal tradition.

(D) Reworked and modified verbal tradition incorporated into printed tradition.

Answers: (B)

50. Literary adaptations are

(A) Utilization of folklore material through writing and printing

(B) Utilization of folklore material through verbal transmission

(D) Utilization of verbal material through oral transmission

Answers: (A)