Question 1

Name an Orientalist who praised Sanskrit for its wonderful structure.&#10;A)james mill&#10;B)max muller&#10;C)william jones&#10;D)shelly

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William Jones praised Sanskrit for its wonderful structure, notably when he discovered the similarities between Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin, leading to the development of comparative linguistics.

Question 2

&#34;Minute on Education&#34;, formulated by Thomas Babington Macaulay came out in _____.&#10;A)1857&#10;B)1845&#10;C)1835&#10;D)1850

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The "Minute on Education" by Thomas Babington Macaulay was published in 1835. It advocated for the introduction of English education in India.

Question 3

The term used by Salman Rushdie for the method of nativising English, making it indigenous.&#10;A)falsification&#10;B)chutnification&#10;C)nativism&#10;D)heteroglossia

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Rushdie uses the term "chutnification" to describe the process of making English adapt to local conditions, cultures, and nuances, essentially making it indigenous by infusing it with local flavors and contexts, much like the process of creating chutney.

Question 4

The discipline of criticism resists colonial culture through the promotion of native culture including language.&#10;A)nativism&#10;B)orientalism&#10;C)ethnicity&#10;D)integration

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Nativism promotes the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including the preservation of native culture and language, which aligns with the resistance to colonial culture through the promotion of native culture and language.

Question 5

The Algerian freedom fighter who demanded the end to the violence on the native languages.&#10;A)albert camus&#10;B)frantz fanon&#10;C)jean amrouche&#10;D)richard mimouni

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The answer of The Algerian freedom fighter who demanded the...

Question 6

In which poem does Derek Walcott subscribe to the idea of bilingualism?&#10;A)&#34;castaway&#34;&#10;B)&#34;names&#34;&#10;C)&#34;a far cry from africa&#34;&#10;D)none of these

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The answer of In which poem does Derek Walcott subscribe...

Question 7

Scientific method involves generating testable&#10;A)hypothesis&#10;B)facts&#10;C)arguments&#10;D)principles

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The scientific method involves generating hypotheses that are testable through experimentation or observation, distinguishing it from facts, arguments, and principles which are outcomes or elements of the broader scientific process.

Question 8

Humanities often employs ______ as an important tool in the production and reproduction of meanings of culture, literature and history.&#10;A)narrative imagination&#10;B)reference&#10;C)comparison&#10;D)imagination

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Narrative imagination is crucial in humanities as it helps in understanding and interpreting cultural, literary, and historical contexts by creating and analyzing stories and narratives.

Question 9

Philosophy relies on&#10;A)reasoning&#10;B)reasoned arguments&#10;C)experiences&#10;D)argumentation

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The answer of Philosophy relies on&#10;A)reasoning&#10;B)reasoned arguments&#10;C)experiences&#10;D)argumentation...

Question 10

'What is history' is written by&#10;A)i.a. richard&#10;B)roland barthes&#10;C)e.h. carr&#10;D)engel

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"What is History?" is a book written by E.H. Carr. It is a study of historiography that discusses history, facts, the role of the historian, and the nature of historical knowledge.

Question 11

Art of constructing history is called&#10;A)sociography&#10;B)hermeneutics&#10;C)histriology&#10;D)historiography

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The answer of Art of constructing history is called&#10;A)sociography&#10;B)hermeneutics&#10;C)histriology&#10;D)historiography...

Question 12

History is a continuous dialogue between the ______ and the ______&#10;A)past and future&#10;B)present and past&#10;C)present and future&#10;D)all the above

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The answer of History is a continuous dialogue between the...

Question 13

_______ looks for meanings, orientations and value laden interpretation&#10;A)astrology&#10;B)humanities&#10;C)mathematics&#10;D)ontology

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The answer of _______ looks for meanings, orientations and value...

Question 14

Persons who tried to enrich the methods of humanities were _____ and ____&#10;A)e.h. carr & maxweber&#10;B)h.g. gadmer & wilhem dilthey&#10;C)emile durkhiem & athuser&#10;D)jerome bruner of b.f. skinner

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The answer of Persons who tried to enrich the methods...

Question 15

If we strip literature of _____ we would be wiping off the discipline itself.&#10;A)values&#10;B)expression&#10;C)imagination&#10;D)criticism

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The answer of If we strip literature of _____ we...

Question 16

______ considered artistic representation of the real world as an imagination of things.&#10;A)plato&#10;B)aristotle&#10;C)descartes&#10;D)socrates

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The answer of ______ considered artistic representation of the real...

Question 17

______ considered literature as a sphere separate from politics or ethics.&#10;A)descartes&#10;B)aristotle&#10;C)plato&#10;D)kant

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The answer of ______ considered literature as a sphere separate...

Question 18

Aristotle stressed on the ______ value of literary texts&#10;A)moral&#10;B)educational&#10;C)aesthetic&#10;D)religious

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The answer of Aristotle stressed on the ______ value of...

Question 19

______ opined that there should be a logical gap between the description.&#10;A)david hume&#10;B)bertrand russel&#10;C)saussure&#10;D)chomsky

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The answer of ______ opined that there should be a...

Question 20

Specific ways of preferred and practiced behaviour in social situation are&#10;A)rules&#10;B)norms&#10;C)habits&#10;D)standard

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The answer of Specific ways of preferred and practiced behaviour...

Question 21

According to whom ideology plays an active role in social formation.&#10;A)terry eagleton&#10;B)testutt de tracy&#10;C)f. engel&#10;D)louis althusser

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The answer of According to whom ideology plays an active...

Question 22

'The Rhetoric of fiction' was written by&#10;A)vladimir propp&#10;B)wayne c. booth&#10;C)italo calvino&#10;D)plato

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The answer of 'The Rhetoric of fiction' was written by&#10;A)vladimir...

Question 23

A narrator who is outside the story is&#10;A)homodiegetic&#10;B)author&#10;C)autodigetic&#10;D)hetrodiegetic

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The answer of A narrator who is outside the story...

Question 24

A heterodiegetic narrator narrating the story of other character from the inside of the story is called&#10;A)homodiegetic&#10;B)heterodiegetic - intradiegetic&#10;C)heterodiegetic&#10;D)autodiegetic

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The answer of A heterodiegetic narrator narrating the story of...

Question 25

______ is an example of multiple narrative&#10;A)sherlock holmes&#10;B)as i lay dying&#10;C)lucky jim&#10;D)none of these

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The answer of ______ is an example of multiple narrative&#10;A)sherlock...

Deck 4: Humanities and Literature Study