1. What term refers to the emigration of people from a single homeland to many lands?

Acculturation

Diaspora

Hegemony

International migrants

2. Mr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam is the Prime Minister of which country

Singapore

South Africa

Mauritius

Canada

3. Who is the author of the book 'Imagined Communities'?

Jhumpa Lahiri

Benedict Anderson

Robin Cohen

None of the above

4. 'ThaiPusam' is a Hindu festival famous in Indian diaspora celebrated mainly by which community

Sikhs

Tamils

Gujaratis

All of the above

5. Which year did Mahatma Gandhi return from South Africa to India?

1915

1893

1908

1937

6. In the year 2005, the Government of India introduced the 'OCICard' which refers to:

Oracle Call Interface

Overseas Citizen of India

Open Communication Interface

None of the above

7. The movie 'Bend it Like Beckham' is directed by

Shah Rukh Khan

GurinderChadha

Mani Ratnam

Deepa Mehta

8. The term 'Apartheid' in South Africa refers to:

A system of contract labour

A system of legal racial segregation

Large scale immigration

None of the above

9. Which of the following country is called 'Little India'?

Australia

Mauritius

United States

India

10. 'Brown Man Black Country' is a political autobiography written by

Steven Vertovec

J.M. Nazareth

V.S. Naipaul

None of the above

11. Who is author of the book House for Mr Biswas'

V. S. Naipaul

Salman Rushdie

David Dabydeen

Monica Ali

12. Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre is started by the Government of India to facilitate

Indian Cricket

Indian Culture

NRI marriages

Investments from Indian Diaspora

13. Which is the most popular Indian dance form in Diaspora

Kathak

Kuchipudi

Bharatnatyam

Chau

14. Australian is in news in India recently because

Cricket matches

Beautiful coastline

attacks on Indian Diaspora

Sydney Opera

15. Who is Fatima Meer

Vice-President of Bangladesh

Civil rights activist of Indian Diaspora in-South Africa

Member of House of Lords

Member of Malaysian Parliament

16. What does MIC stand for

Malaysian Indian Congress

Malaysian International Congress

Mauritius Indian Congress

Mozambique International Congress

17. What is the name of a famous street in Chicago which has a lot of Indian shops and restaurants

Gokhale Street

Little India

Mumbai Mall

Gandhi Marg

18. Who is Mahendra Chowdhary

Chief Minister of Haryana

Writer of Indian origin

Former Prime Minister of Fiji of Indo-Fijian descent

Indian Diasporic business man

19. Which city in Canada has the maximum numbers of Indian Diaspora

Toronto

Vancouver

Quebec

Montreal

20. What is Sarnami

devotional songs of Indian Diaspora

religious sect

language spoken by Indian Diaspora in Surinam

Hindu religious festival in Indian Diaspora

21. Naseer Hussain is a famous Cricket player of Indian origin. Which country he played for

England

Australia

West Indies

Bangladesh

22. Where is Brick Lane

Singapore

London

Melbourne

Islamabad

23. What is in Indian Diasporic context in UK

pot to carry water

religious festival

songs

food

24. Who is minister of Overseas Indian Affairs

Pranab Mukherjee

Salman Khursheed

Vayalar Ravi

M Veerappa Moily

25. Which business school is established with support from Indian Diaspora in United
States

Indian School of Business

Management Development Institute

Indian Institute of Management

Amity Management School


26. Discuss the causes and consequences of international migration in the age of globalisation.

27. Write a review of any book of fiction or non-fiction which is based on Indian Diasporic experience.

28. Discuss the different policies formulated by the Government of India towards Indian communities living abroad (Indian diaspora).

29. Indenture system

30. Multiculturalism

31. Globalisation

32. Cultural Assimilation

33. Formulate a research deSign on anyone of the following themes: international migration, indian diaspora, globalisation, India's relation with any of the countries where Indian population constitute as significant, literary representations of Indian diaspora.

34. Formulate a research design on any areas of research on Indian diaspora which you would like to carry out as part of your M.Phil dissertation.