UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, FEBRUARY 2013

M.Phii. TRANSLATION STUDIES

Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 75

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SECTION A General Aptitude for Language, Literature Translation (25 Marks)
1. Select the correct set from the following:
A. Bankim Chandra, Gora Saratchandra, Srikant

Rabindranath, Durgeshnandini
Bankim Chandra, Srikant Saratchandra, Durgeshnandini


Rabindranath, Gora

C.
Bankim Chandra, Durgeshnandini Saratchandra, Srikant

Rabindranath, Gora

D.
Bankim Chandra, Gora Saratchandra, Durgeshnandini


Rabindranath, Srikant

2. Therukoothu is a popular folk art of which state?
A. West Bengal B. Tamil Nadu C. Himachal Pradesh D. Punjab
3. Two-line couplet expressing both pain of loss and separation and beauty of love despite that separation
A. Ghazal B. Rubaiyat C. Qawwali D. Hamd
4. The author of Wings ofFire:
A. Amartya Sen B. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C. Qurratulain Hyder D. Alka Saraogi

5. The book edited by Mona Baker:
A. The Translation Studies Reader B. The Postcolonial Studies Reader
C. A Textbook of Translation D. Encyclopedia ofTranslation Studies
6. Which among the following is not an example of Indian pictorial narrative?
A. Kalamkari B. Kaavad C. Pata-chitra D. Cartoon
7. Vandemataram song first appeared in
A. Durgeshanandini B. Vishvriksh
C. Kapalakundala D. Anandamath

8. Sonnet comprises lines.

A.14 B.18 C.16 D.24
9. Gitanjali is translated by
A. W. B. Yeats B. Debendranath Tagore
C. Rabindranath Tagore D. Ezra Pound

C
10. According to translation represents the "afterlife" of the original
A. Roman lakobson B. Walter Benjamin C. Goethe D. Edwin Gentzler
11. Most famous for his
A. Sarala Dasa B. Sant Tulsidas C. Sant Tukaram D. Sant lnandeva
12. The untouchable is anovel by
A. R.K. Narayan B. Premchand C. Mulk Raj Anand D. RajaRao
13. Which of the following does not mean "to read between the lines"?
A. to interpret B. to discern the meaning
C. to put words in one's mouth D. to construe
14. "Every dog has its ".
A. bone B. night C. meat D. day
15. Antonym of the term 'Abundant':
A. Plentiful B. Scarce C. Ample D. Copious
16. "To take the bull by its horns" means:
A. to confront a problem head-on B. to be courageous
C. to risk life and limbs D. to playa dangerous game
17. Andre Lefevere treats translation as a form of
A. Transferring B. Reading C. Disrupting D. Rewriting
18. "In this business you can not afford to make any mistake and must to be seen lily ".
A. blue B. red c. white D. green
19. "A structure or argument built on shaky grounds"
A. A house of cards B. A house ofmud
C. A house of hollow bricks D. A house on sand
20. The word 'colloquialism' means:
A. formal expression used in official conversation
B. informal expression used in everyday consultation
C. formal expression used in business conversation
D. informal expression used in diplomatic conversation


21. Malgudi is a fictitious town created by
A. RajaRao
C. R.K. Narayan

22. Which is not a member ofthe group?
A. As You Like It
C. A Midsummer Night's Dreron
in his novels and short stories
B. U.R. Ananthronurthy
D. Mulk Raj Anand
B. The Merchant ofVenice
D. Waiting for Godot

23. The South Indian language which is not yet got the status ofthe Classical Language
A. Malayalam B. Tamil C. Kannada D. Telugu
24. "Which translation is basically source-oriented and designed to reveal as much as possible ofthe form and content of the original message?
A. A Formal Equivalence translation
C. A Literary translation

25. Author of Gender in Translation
A. Annie Brisset
C. Mary Snell Hornby
B. A Non-Literary translation
D. A Dynronic Equivalence translation
B. Lori ChambeJ;lain
D. Sherry Simon

SECTION
Questions in Translation on Foundational Topics (25 Marks)

26. In Translation Studies the language ofthe 'original' text is called as:
A. Base Language B. Source Language
C. First Language D. Other Language
27. Who, among the following, has worked on Bible translations and contributed considerably to Translation Studies?
A. Eugine Nida B. Roman Jakobson
C. J C Catford D. Jrones Holmes
28. Identify the wrongly spelt word:
A. Utopian B. Convenient C. Coercion D. Sophesticated
29. 'Back translation' is a strategy in:
A. Translation Evaluation B. Language teaching and testing
C. Decoding D. Translation Analysis

30. A secular icon for the art oftranslation:
A. The Rosetta stone
C. The Eiffel Tower
31. Author ofthe novel The Mother:
A. Anton Chekov
C. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
32. Who is not a translation theorist?
B. The holy Bible
D. The Tower of Babel
B. Maxim Gorky
D. Leo Tolstoy
A. Lawrence Venuti B. T.S. Eliot C. Susan Bassnett D. Sujit Mkuherjee
33. A translator works with a text.
A. free B. bound C. fixed indigenous
34. "No text can be fully translated in all its aspects: perfect homology is impossible between and source". Homology means:
A. Topology B. Unfamiliarity C. Uniformity D. Similarity
35. ____conceptualizes Translation as 'violation':
A. Roland Barthes
C. Wittgenstein Susan Bassneet's work on Translation:
A. Translation Studies
C. In Other Words
37. A witty, humorous. or nonsense poem:
A. Ode B. Satire
38. Intra-lingual translation means:
B. Michel Foucault
D. Umberto Eco
B. Toward a Science ofTranslating
D. A Text Book of Translation
C. Limerick D. Elegy

A. Interpretation of verbal signs by non-verbal sign systems
B. Interpretation ofverbal signs by means of some other language
C. Interpretation ofverbal signs by means ofother verbal signs ofthe same language
D. Interpretation ofnon verbal signs by means ofverbal signs ofa language
39. The great Tamil poet, social reformer and patriot:
A. Rajaji B. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
C. Subramanya Bharathi D. Kamaraj



40. The technical name of the strategy of translation to make the translated text read fluently like any other text in the receptor language
A. Nativization B. Acculturation
C. Naturalization D. Domestication
41. In Translation Studies, translating contemporaneously with the. speaker whose statements are being heard is known as
A. Simultaneous interpretation B. Live translation
C. Speech to speech translation D. Inter-medial translation
42. An example ofscreen translation:
A. Film Adaptation ofa Novel B. Dubbing Subtitling
C. Remaking D. Screen Play Writing
43. One who famously and literally cautioned against translating word for word:
A. Homer B. Alexander Pope
C. Cicero D. Mathew Arnold
44. Who distinguished between metaphrase, paraphrase and imitation? .
A. Roman 10kobson B. lC. Catford C. LA. Richards D. 10hn Dryden
45. Word sense disambiguation is important for:
A. Machine Translation B. Literary Translation
C. Faithful Translation D. Technical Translation
46. "Transference is the process of transferring a Source Language word to a Target Language text as a translation procedure"-This includes
A. Transfusion B. Transliteration C. Transmutation D. Transfiguration
47. A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
A. Metaphor B. Simile C. Metonymy D. SYmbol
48. The following is an essay by Roland Barthes
A. "The Task of the Translator" B. "On Linguistic Aspects of Translation"
C. "What is an Authour?" D. "The Death ofthe Author"
49. is a renowned critic and founding theorist of Post-colonial Studies
A. Umberto Eco B. Bill Ashcroft C. Edward Said D. Louis Althusser


50. Translation Studies as an 'independent discipline' came into existence in:
A. 1960s B. 1970s C. 1980s D. 2000
SECTION -C.
Questions on Comprehension and Analytical Ability (25 Marks)
COMPREHENSION

Read the passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer from the passage:
The pioneers of the teaching of science imagined that its introduction into education would remove the conventionality, artificiality, and backward-Iookingness which were characteristic of classical studies, but they were gravely disappointed. So, too, in their time had the humanists thought that the study of the classical authors in the original would banish at once the dull pedantry and superstition of mediaeval scholasticism. The professional schoolmaster was a match for both of them, and has almost managed to make the understanding of chemical reactions as dull and as dogmatic an affair as the reading of Virgil's Aeneid.
The chief claim for the use of science in education is that it teaches a child something about the actual universe in which he is living, in making him acquainted with the results of scientific discovery, and at the same time teaches him how to think logically and inductively by studying scientific method. A certain limited success has been reached in the first of these aims, but practically none at all in the second. Those privileged members of the community who have been through a secondary or public school education may be expected to know something about the elementary physics and chemistry of a hundred years ago, but they probably know hardly more than any bright boy can pick up from an interest in wireless or scientific hobbies out of school hours. As to the learning of scientific method, the whole thing is palpably a farce. Actually, for the convenience of teachers and the requirements of the examination system, it is necessary that the pupils not only do not learn scientific method but learn precisely the reverse, that is, to believe exactly what they are told and to reproduce it when asked, whether it seems nonsense to them or not. The way in which educated people respond to such quackeries as spiritualism or astrology, not to say more dangerous ones such as racial theories or currency myths, shows that fifty years of education in the method of science in Britain or Germany has produced no visible effect whatever. The only way of learning the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience, and, until the educational or social systems are altered to make this possible, the best we can expect is the production of a minority of people who are able to acquire some of the techniques of science and a still· smaller minority who are able to use and develop them. Adapted from: The Social Function of Science, John D Bernal (1939)
51. According to the author, the 'professional schoolmaster' has:
A. No interest in teaching science
B. Diverts attempts to make education attractive
C. Has been master both science and humanities
D. Has supported only the humanists


mind-or a beetle-we are using a term that we have learned through conversation and public discourse (rooted in natural language). The word might be perceived differently in each of our minds, but we all agree that it signifies something; this allows us to develop language for talking about conceptualizations like color, mood, size and shape. Therefore, the word "mind" cannot be used to refer specifically to some entity outside of our individualized conception, since we cannot see into other people's boxes.
56. Based on the information gained from the excerpt above, we can say that Wittgenstein believes that
A. Mental states are not beyond the behaviours that they produce.
B. Everyone can look into and comprehend others' minds.
C. Mind makes our experiences private.
D. Individual experiences are mutually intelligible.
57. Wittgenstein's method of using "beetle in a box" is an example of using the literary device called
A. Ambiguity, way ofexpressing an intention or meaning in a doubtful or uncertain manner
B. Allegory, way ofusing symbolic representation to express meaning
C. Authorial intrusion, a way in which the author speaks to the reader
D. Amplification, way ofextending a statement to emphasize the meaning
58. According to Wittgenstein, the colour green may look to everyone.
A. Different B. Same C. Vague D. Absurd
59. Ludwig Wittgenstein is
A. Poet B. Musician C. Story teller D. Philosopher
60. The word "discourse" in this write-up means:
A. Public knowledge B. Public conversation
C. Public administration D. Public dispute
61. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear.in order to mislead or withhold information IS
A. To sit on the fence B. To skate on thin ice
C. To beat around the bush D. To fob off
62. "Wild goose chase" is a
A. A futile search B. A high ambition
C. Adventurism D. To play with fire

63. Find the number oftriangles in the given figure:
A.16 B.17 C.9 D.7
64. Five educational films E are to be shown to a group of students. The films are to be shown in a particular order, which confirms to the following conditions: A must be shown earlier than C. B must be shown earlier than D. E should be the fifth film shown. Which among the following is an acceptable order for showing the educational films?
A. B.
C. D. C·
65. Pointing to a photograph of a boy Suresh said, "He is the son of the only son of my mother." How is Suresh related to that boy?
A. Brother B. Uncle C. Cousin D. Father
66. Vincent has a paper route. Each morning, he delivers 37 newspapers to customers in his neighborhood. It takes Vincent 50 minutes to deliver all the papers. If Vincent is sick or has other plans, his friend Thomas, who lives on the same street, will sometimes deliver the papers for him. What we learn from the passage?
A. Vincent and Thomas live in the same neighborhood.
B. It takes Thomas more than 50 minutes to deliver the papers.
C. It is dark outside when Vincent begins his deliveries.
D. Thomas would like to have his own paper route.
67. Window is to pane as book is to:
A. Novel B. Page C. Cover D. Glass
68. Which is the necessary part ofthe term harvest?
A. Autumn B. Stockpile C. Crop D. Tractor
69. Here are some words translated from an artificial language.
gorblflur means fan belt
pixngorbl means ceiling fan
arthtusl means tile roof
Which word could mean "ceiling tile"?
A. Gorbltusl B. flurgorbl C. Arthflur D. Pixnarth

70. Tanaya is older than Sowmya Smrti is older than Tanaya Sowmya is older than Smrti
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
A. False B. True C. Uncertain D. Can not be determined
71. Which ofthe following word does not belong with others?
A. Peninsula B. Bay C. Island ·D. Cape
72. Due to enormous profits involved in smuggling, hundreds of persons have been attracted towards this anti-national activity. Some of them became millionaires overnight. India has a vast coastline both on the Eastern and Western Coast. It has been a heaven for smugglers who have been carrying on their activities with great impunity. There is no doubt, that from time to time certain seizures were made by the enforcement authorities, during raids and ambush but even allowing these losses the smugglers made huge profits. The passage best supports the statement that
A. smuggling hampers the economic development ofa nation.
B. smuggling ought to be curbed.
C. authorities are taking strict measures to curb smuggling.
D. smuggling is fast increasing in our country owing to the quick profit it entails.
73. Identify the misspelling:
A. de-familiarization B. incommensurable C. monoetheism D. verisimilitude
74. Identify the correct spelling:
A. Expereience B. Abbrivation C. Incomprehensible D. Inappropreate
75. If AT=20, BAT=40 then FAT is will be equal to:

A.80 B.120 C.100 ,D.60