CUET-PG SERIES English
Comparative Literature And Translations Studies
6 previous year questions.
Volume: 6 Ques
Yield: Medium
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2024 Chapter Questions 6 MCQs
01
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Identify the author-translator duo who are correctly matched:
(A) Adheesh Sathaye - Simon Bruni
(B) Elena Ferrante - Ann Goldstein
(C) Han Kang - Deborah Smith
(D) Olga Tokarczuk - Jennifer Croft
(A) Adheesh Sathaye - Simon Bruni
(B) Elena Ferrante - Ann Goldstein
(C) Han Kang - Deborah Smith
(D) Olga Tokarczuk - Jennifer Croft
1
(A), (B), and (D) only
2
(B), (C), and (D) only
3
(A), (C), and (D) only
4
(B), (C), and (A) only
02
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Match the following literary retellings (List-I) with their original versions in (List-II):
| List I | Literary Retellings | List II: Original Versions |
| A | Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad | (I) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| B | Jeanette Winterson's Weight | (II) The Odyssey |
| C | Angela Carter's Queen of Hearts | (III) Through the Looking-Glass |
| D | Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls | (IV) The Iliad |
1
Margaret Atwoodโs The Penelopiad
2
Jeanette Wintersonโs Weight
3
Angela Carterโs Queen of Hearts
4
Pat Barkerโs The Silence of the Girls
03
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Which of the following Comparative Literature concepts signify literary similarity between at least two works that cannot be explained by context?
(A) Comparative poetics
(B) Genetic contact
(C) Typological affinity
(D) Intertextuality
(A) Comparative poetics
(B) Genetic contact
(C) Typological affinity
(D) Intertextuality
1
(A) only
2
(A) and (B) only
3
(C) only
4
(C) and (D)
04
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
The publication and performance of which work made Ngลฉgฤฉ wa Thiongโo believe that his theatre work reached censorship because of its use of the local language and its capability to sway a larger number of people to political action?
1
The Trial of Dedan Kimathi
2
Devil on the Cross
3
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
4
The Black Hermit
05
PYQ 2024
hard
english ID: cuet-pg-
Match the following African novels in List I with the authors in List II:
| List I ( ) | List II ( ) |
| A. Things Fall Apart | I. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| B. Petals of Blood | II. Tayeb Salih |
| C. Season of Migration to the North | III. Ngลฉgฤฉ wa Thiongโo |
| D. Half of a Yellow Sun | IV. Chinua Achebe |
1
(A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
2
(A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
3
(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)
4
(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
06
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Which of the following are the features of the MAT Project in India known as โMANTRA Machine Translation Systemsโ?
(A) Translates English texts to Hindi in specific domains of public administration, agriculture, education, and health.
(B) Provides tools for users in museums and archives.
(C) Project MANTRA-Rajbhasha based on this technology, developed by C-DAC, received funding by the Dept. of Official Languages, Ministry of Home Affairs.
(D) Result being developed by Carnegie Mellon Univ. USA; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad.
(A) Translates English texts to Hindi in specific domains of public administration, agriculture, education, and health.
(B) Provides tools for users in museums and archives.
(C) Project MANTRA-Rajbhasha based on this technology, developed by C-DAC, received funding by the Dept. of Official Languages, Ministry of Home Affairs.
(D) Result being developed by Carnegie Mellon Univ. USA; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad.
1
(A), (B), and (C) only
2
(A), (B), and (D) only
3
(B), (C), and (D) only
4
(A), (C), and (D) only