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1. Who wrote Morphology of the Folktale ?


(A) Vladimir Propp (B) Raymond Williams
(C) Edward Said (D) Roman Jakobson

2. Simone de Beauvior's The Second Sex is originally written in which language?


(A) English (B) French
(C) Spanish (D) None of the above

3. Derrida posits that "the _______ of the transcendental signified extends the domain and the play
of signification infinitely."
(A) Absence (B) Presence
(C) Critique (D) Existence

4. Who wrote the Book S/Z ?


(A) Roland Barthes (B) Jacques Derrida
(C) Vladimir Propp (D) None of the above

5. A researcher does "Survey of Literature" to know :


(A) What is already known about the topic?
(B) What concepts and theories have been applied to the topic?
(C) Who are the key contributors to the topic?
(D) All of the above

6. A newly formulated Research Problem should have


(A) Originality (B) Values
(C) Coherence (D) Facts

7. Research in English language which primarily looks at the development of the English language
from Old English to present day use, can be called as _______.
(A) Historical (B) Philological
(C) Phonological (D) None of the above

8. A research study in English concerning itself the sounds of English language can be termed as
a study of _______.
(A) Phonology (B) Morphology
(C) Syntax (D) All the above

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9. While writing a research proposal which of the following is not included in it?
(A) Research Problem
(B) Research Methodology
(C) Tentative Chapterization
(D) Research Inputs necessary from Seniors and Guide.

10. If one is working on Post colonial theory to propound some new theoretical premises, then it is
called _______.
(A) Action research (B) Fundamental research
(C) Typical research (D) None of the above

11. If one is researching on Indian writing in Translation, then it is necessary for him or her to study
and include the following isms?
(A) Post-colonialism (B) Translation studies
(C) Cultural Studies (D) All the above

12. "Criteria of Good Research" is written by


(A) Delta Kappan (B) James Harold Fox
(C) P.V.Young (D) Karl Popper

13. Which of the following statements are true?


(i) In India, all researches done in English Studies are mostly dubious and ambiguous in
nature.
(ii) In India, most researchers in English studies work on Indian writing in English.
(A) Only (i) (B) Only (ii)
(C) Both (i) and (ii) (D) Neither (i) nor (ii)

14. "C." starts for


(A) Chapter (B) Circa (about) Century
(C) Appendix (D) Preface.

15. Assertion (A) : Coleridge contradicts Wordsworth in his “Biographical Literaria”.


Reason (R) : Coleridge says that a language selected & purified would differ no way, from the
language of any other man of common sense.
(A) A is true & R is false (B) Both are false
(C) Both are true (D) A is false & R is true

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English (Sample Questions)

SOLUTIONS

1. (A) Vladimir Propp wrote Morphology of the Folktale which was published in 1928.
2. (B) Simone de Beauvior's The Second Sex was originally written in French.
3. (A) Derrida posits that "the absence of the transcendental signified extends the domain and
the play of signification infinitely."
4. (A) Roland Barthes wrote the book S/Z which was published in 1970.
5. (D) All of the above
6. (A) The first and foremost thing about a Research Problem is its originality.
7. (B) Philology deals with the history of language.
8. (A) Phonology is the study of sounds in a language.
9. (D) Research Inputs necessary from seniors and guide.
10. (B) Any research which develops some theory is called a Fundamental research.
11. (D) All the above
12. (B) James Harold Fox wrote "Criteria for Good Research.
13. (D) There cannot be any assumption like this that all research work in India are dubious and
ambiguous and moreover there is no data to show that In India, most researchers work
on Indian writing in English.
14. (B) "C." stands for Circa (about) century.
15. (C) In his Biographia Literaria, Coleridge contradicts Wordsworth’s theory of poetic diction.
Coleridge gives various arguments. First, he says that a language selected and purified
as Wordsworth wanted, would differ in no way, from the language of any other man of
common sense. So why to insist on the language of rustics? When selection is made,
there remains no differences between the language of prose and that of poetry.

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