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PAPER-II
Folk Literature
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) multiple choice questions, each question carrying two (2) marks. Attempt all the questions.

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1. Who is the author of ‘The Folktale’ ?
(A) Alan Dundes
(B) Stith Thompson
(C) V.J. Propp
(D) Robert A. Georges

2. Which is the book written by C. Levi-Strauss ?
(A) Interpreting Folklore
(B) The Golden Bough
(C) Folklore and Anthropology
(D) The Savage Mind

3. Richard Bauman’s theory belongs to which school of thought ?
(A) Structural theory
(B) Contextual theory
(C) Performance theory
(D) Evolution theory

4. Psychoanalytical theory was propagated by
(A) Sigmund Freud
(B) C.G. Jung
(C) Erich Fromm
(D) J. Lacan

5. Who is the author of “Folklore : The Pulse of the People” ?
(A) L.P. Vidyarthi
(B) Mazharul Islam
(C) Birendranath Datta
(D) K.B. Dash

6. Wisdom of many wit of one is
(A) Aphorism
(B) Riddle
(C) Proverb
(D) Palindrom

7. ‘The American Folklore Society’ was founded in
(A) 1875
(B) 1888
(C) 1889
(D) 1898

8. Popular ritual performance of Manipuri is
(A) Lai Haraoba
(B) Bihu
(C) Boita Bandana
(D) Bhangra

9. Burrakatha belongs to which State of India ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Kerala
(D) Karnataka

10. ‘Sangeet’ belongs to which language group ?
(A) Bhojpuri
(B) Braj
(C) Rajasthani
(D) Hariyanvi

11. Which pair is not correct ?
(A) Khayal : Rajasthan
(B) Raslila : Manipur
(C) Mohiniyattam : Andhra Pradesh
(D) Nautanki : Uttar Pradesh

12. Features of Folk Epic are
I. Long Narrative
II. Heroic Narrative
III. Multiple episodic narrative
IV. Orally transmitted narrative
(A) I and II are correct
(B) II and III are correct
(C) I, II & IV are correct
(D) All the above

13. Collective wisdom, wit of one, oral tradition, descriptive – are the features of which following genre ?
(A) Folktale (B) Proverb
(C) Riddle (D) Joke

14. Which pair is correct ?
(A) Syntagmatic : V.J. Propp
(B) Paradigmatic : Richard Schechner
(C) Psychoanalysis : C.G. Jung
(D) Type Motif : Joel Sherzer

15. Which one is the correct group of folk festival ?
(A) Yatra, Rathyatra, Onam
(B) Ugadi, Holi, Baul
(C) Baisakhi, Pongal, Sankranti
(D) Karva Chauth, Moharam, Bishuba, Sankranti