www.ugcnetonline.in University Grants Commission Comparative Literature : Model Question Paper

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University Grants Commission
PAPER-II
Comparative Literature

Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two (2) marks. Attempt all the questions.

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1. The earliest commentator on Bharata’s Natyasastra was
(A) Sankuta
(B) Bha. t . t a Lollata
(C) Ananda Vardhana
(D) Abhinavagupta

2. The expression “metaphysical presence” is a concept found in
(A) Deconstruction
(B) Structuralism
(C) Post-structuralism
(D) New Historicism

3. In her translation theory, J.C. Catford gives primary importance to
(A) the formal equivalence
(B) the dynamic equivalence
(C) the ideational equivalence
(D) the phonological equivalence

4. The first complete translation of Valmiki’s Ramayana into English was made by
(A) Robert Goldman
(B) Sheldon Pollock
(C) R.T.H. Griffith
(D) K.M. Ganguli

5. Yuganta : The End of an Epoch by Irawati Karve is a socioanthropological interpretation of some characters and episodes from
(A) The Ramayana
(B) The Mahabharata
(C) Raghuvamsam
(D) Silappatikaram

6. The diarist known as ‘The Pepys of French India’ is
(A) Ananda Ranga Pillai
(B) Robert Clive
(C) Joseph Dupleix
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh

7. The first major Indian novel in English entitled Rajmohan’s Wife was by
(A) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Michael Madhusudan Dutta

8. Saraswati Chandra by Goverdhanram Tripathi is the greatest novel in
(A) Marathi
(B) Gujarati
(C) Punjabi
(D) Sindhi

9. The author of the statement that “Comparative Literature in India coincides with the rise of modern Indian nationalism” is
(A) Amiya Dev
(B) Swapan Majumdar
(C) Sisir Kumar Das
(D) Ganesh Devy

10. Vidyasagar’s Bhrantivilas is a case of
(A) Influence
(B) Adaptation
(C) Imitation
(D) Rewrite

11. Buddhadeva Basu’s R. yas nga is a recreation of the
(A) Oedipus myth
(B) Sisyphus myth
(C) Orpheus myth
(D) Electra myth

12. Madhusudan’s Meghnadbadh Kavya is an instance of
(A) the impact of Renaissance humanism
(B) the recreation of the Ramayana myth
(C) the impact of the Western epic form
(D) the imitation of a classical model

13. Sashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel is an example of
(A) Adaptation
(B) Analogy
(C) Translation
(D) Influence

14. The abundance of Shakespearean plays in Indian regional literatures in translation is an instance of
(A) Influence
(B) Adaptation
(C) Translation
(D) Reception

15. The recurrence of Greek themes in the Roman plays of Seneca is an instance of
(A) Imitation
(B) Translation
(C) Impact
(D) Appropriation

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