EVS ASSIGNMENT -1

1. Ecosystems can be divided into how many types?

Two

2. In the earth ecology, how many segments?

Four

3. What is the main source of energy in the ecosystem?

Sun Light

4. What are ‘bushes’?

Plants

5. Ecosystems are mainly formed by what?

Trees

6. What is the effect of wind energy or rainfall?

Land Erosion or soil erosion

7. What is deforestation?
Cutting down trees

8. What percentage of water is used for agriculture in India?

80%

9. Which serves as a vital resource in industry?

Electricity

10. What is meant by ‘abiotic’?

Lifeless

11. How many breeds of sheep are there in India?

40

12. ‘கவர்ச்சி’ என்றால் என்ன?

ஈர்ப்பு

13. The word “pollution” originated from which language?

Latin

14. The Ganga Action Plan was launched in which year?

1986
15. What percentage of the population in India lives on the Gangetic side?
37%

16. What is the form of ozone?

Oxygen

17. The Air Pollution Prevention and Control Act was enacted in which year?
1981

18. What is the aim of the Merchant Shipping Act for?

Waste entering the sea

19. The Montreal Protocol came into force in which year?

1987

20. The Kyoto Protocol officially came into force in which year?
2005

21. What leads to urbanization?

Population

22. Acidity reduces concentrations.

Calcium

23. Which mountain range is considered to be the young fold mountain range in the world?
Himalayas

24. What is an interview?

Meeting

25. Evaluation means ‘what’?

Calculation

EVS ASSIGNMENT -2

1. Specify the name of the general context expressed by a person:

Macro

2. What is the meaning of lithosphere?

Rock zone

3. Biological components are divided into how many types?

Two
4. What is ‘sediment’?
Sand

5. What percentage of the earth's surface is surrounded by oceans?

71%

6. What is meant by landslide?

Landslide

7. What is meant by ‘dams’?

Water Barrier

8. Which is the fragile skin of the earth?

Sand

9. Which part of the land is dominated by trees?

Forest

10. How many native cattle are there in India?

27

11. How many wildlife sanctuaries are there in India?

448

12. What is regeneration?

Regeneration

13. What causes heat pollution?

Hot Water

14. The Bhopal gas tragedy occurred in the year:

1984

15. ‘Pulicat Lake' is located near which city?

Chennai

16. What does acid rain remove from the soil?

Aluminum (It releases toxic aluminum ions)

17. In what year was the River Act passed?

1956
18. What is the purpose of the Forest Act?
Forest Conservation

19. How many countries have ratified the Montreal Protocol?

197 -as per current information

20. Wildlife conflict is between whom?

Wildlife, Humanbeing

21. What is population growth?

Increase in population

22. Which is home to 25% of aquatic life?

Coral reef

23. The study reveals how many villages in Uttaranchal need rehabilitation.
83

24. The word Lab refers to:

Laboratory

25. What does the word IMPACT mean?

Threat

Translation studies Assignment -1

1. The English word, 'translation' has been derived from the Latin word meaning:
bringing across

2. According to Oxford University's definition, __________ is when the source text and the
translated text look alike in form:
formal equivalence

3. Which of the following is NOT a quality of a good translator?

focus on imagination

4. _________ is a pattern in which we analyse the behaviour, social habits, beliefs, traditions
and customs:
Culture

5. What is literal translation?

transfer words from one language to another
6. In the cinema industry, translators are also engaged through:
dubbing

7. ________ tools are increasingly used to meet global demands:

Computer-Aided Translation

8. Interlingual translation is otherwise known as:

translation proper

9. In Steiner's four periods, the third was marked by:

the publication of the first papers on machine translation

10. In 240 B.C., Homer’s Odyssey was translated by:

Andronicus

11. Wycliffe’s theory called ‘________’ made the Bible central to all life:
dominion by grace

12. _________ translation is the SL to TL translation of similar value:

Horizontal

13. Schleiermacher suggested a separate __________ for translated literature:

sub-language

14. A famous translator from the Victorian period was:

Matthew Arnold

15. 1940s-50s translation theory was ruled by:

translatability

16. Dynamic and Formal equivalence were contributions by:

Eugene Nida

17. Nida's model: Source -> Analysis -> Transfer -> __________ -> Receptor:
Restructuring

18. In Popovic’s definition, form and shape equivalence is:

Stylistic equivalence

19. Nida refers to formal equivalence also as:

gloss translation

20. Translation involves cultural Decoding, Recoding and:

 Encoding

21. Catford’s second type of shift besides level/rank is:

category

22. ________ is the enrichment of source text in translation:

Gain

23. Changing word sequence in a sentence is called:

Structure shift

24. Nida and Taber mention shifts from specific to:

generic

25. The first English translation by a native Tamil scholar in 1915 was by:
T. Tirunavukkarasu

Translation assignment -2

1. According to Oxford University's definition of translation, ___________ is when the source

text and the target text or translated text convey the same sense or perform the same function,
though they have formal differences.
functional equivalence

2. What would be a good tool for a translator to use for his/her work?
dictionaries

3. _______ can be classified as the complex system of communication that humans adapt
varying from various cultural backgrounds.
Language

4. What is Intersemiotic translation otherwise known as?

transmutation

5. In Steiner's four periods in the history of translation, the fourth year was marked by _______ .
a reversion to hermeneutic, almost metaphysical inquiries into translation

6. Wycliffe’s edition of Bible translation was revised by his disciple _______ around 1408.
John Purvey

7. The translator, _________'s Bible translation laid the foundations of Modern German.
Martin Luther
8. The French humanist, _________ was the first writer to formulate a theory of translation.
Etienne Dolet

9. John Dryden in his ‘Preface’ to Ovid’s Epistles (1680) classified translations into three basic
types. Which of the following is NOT a part of this classification?
equiphrase

10. Matthew Arnold’s “On Translating Homer” was a set of three lectures which were infamous
for his fierce attack on __________’s translation of Homer.
Francis Newman

11. The development of communication theory, expansion in the field of structural linguistics and
the phenomenal growth of machine translation are all advancements in the translation field in
the _______ century.
twentieth

12. _______’s Taylorian lecture “On Translation”, delivered in 1931, significantly stresses on the
worth of a translated text.
Hilaire Belloc

13. Eugene Nida’s _____________ details out the role of translation and translator in terms of
‘equivalence’.
Principles of Correspondence

14. J.C Catford’s __________ has drawn broad categories of translation in terms of extent,
levels and ranks.
Translational Shifts

15. Which of the following is a problem of Equivalence?

idioms

16. What is the full form of SL?

Source Language

17. _________, where there is ‘functional equivalence of elements in both original and
translation aiming at an expressive identity with an invariant of identical meaning’.
Stylistic equivalence

18. Dynamic equivalence is based on the principle of _______, i.e. that the relationship between
receiver and message should aim at being the same as that between the original receivers and
the SL message.
equivalent effect
19. André Lefevere had coined the term ‘_______’ to indicate a discipline which concerns itself
with ‘the problems raised by the production and description of translation’.
Translation Studies

20. In Catford's theory, _______ shift refers to a source language item at one linguistic level that
has a target language translation equivalent at a different level.
Level change

21. _______ in translation is the disappearance of certain features in the target language text
which are present in the source language text.
Loss

22. Which of the following is NOT true about gain in translation?

Gain is possible due to the static state of language

23. In Catford's theory, what is Intra-system shift?

refers to the shifts that occurs internally, within the system

24. ‘All Italians are excitable' is an example of a ________.

Social Stereotype

25. _______ translated the full text of Tirukkural and brought it to the reach of the Western
audience.
George Uglow Pope

American lit -1 Assignment -1

1. The ________ was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that kindled a new black
cultural identity.
Harlem Renaissance

2. The _______ was a golden age for African American artists, writers and musicians.
Harlem Renaissance

3. Which of the following is NOT true about Postmodernism?

it goes with the assumed certainty of scientific, or objective, efforts to explain reality

4. One of the most well-known postmodernist concerns is “deconstruction,” a theory for

philosophy, literary criticism, and textual analysis developed by _____
Jacques Derrida

5. The use of non-linear timelines and narrative techniques in a story is known as __________
Temporal Distortion
6. The poem, 'Richard Cory' first appeared in his collection titled, ' ______'.
The Children of the Night

7. Robert Frost’s use of ______ dialect is one of the aspects of his often discussed regionalism.
New England

8. Ezra Pound helped to create the movement he called “________,” which marked the end of
his early poetic style.
Imagism

9. In the poem, 'In a Station of the Metro', The speaker observes the faces of the crowds of
people, which he describes as _________ hanging on the ‘wet, black bough’ of a tree.
petals

10. The poem, 'The Snowman' was written by _________

Wallace Stevens

11. Who among the following writers played a major role in the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes

12. In the poem, 'A Dream Deferred', the dream refers to _______
Dream of racial equality in America

13. The poem, 'Mirror' was probably influenced by an earlier poem written by __________
Sylvia Plath

14. The poem, 'Mr. Edwards and the Spider' talks a __________'s experiences with spiders,
either literally or metaphorically.
preacher

15. Which writer's works of literature were confrontational and awakened audiences to the
political concerns of black Americans?
Amiri Baraka

16. Which of the following works portray a fictionalized retelling of the Salem witch trials that
took place in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692-93?
The Crucible

17. A _____ is a comic dramatic piece that uses highly improbable situations, stereotyped
characters, extravagant exaggeration, and violent horseplay.
Farce
18. The literary piece, 'Something to Remember Me By' was set during the ________
Depression

19. The literary work, 'Separating' was written by _______

John Updike

20. Who is revealed as the primary villain of the play, 'The Crucible'?
Abigail Williams

21. Which of the following works has a theme of story-telling?

This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona

22. In the literary piece, 'Something to Remember Me By', the events of the story are
concentrated on a single character called ______.
Louie

23. The story of 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' revolves around _________

a writer lying on his deathbed, staring out at Mount Kilimanjaro

24. The House on Mango Street' is comprised of 44 short character sketches, or stories called
_______.
vignettes

25. In 'The House on Mango Street', which character illustrates Esperanza’s mother’s advice
about education in action?
Alicia

American lit Assignment - 2

1. It is best to define postmodern literature against the popular literary style that came
previously, known as ________
Modernism

2. The use of characters and events which are decidedly common and non-exceptional
characters is known as __________
Minimalism

3. 'Richard Cory' is a narrative poem by _____

Edwin Robinson

4. Who is Richard Cory?

a wealthy man
5. Which of the following genres of music was popular in Harlem Renaissance?
Jazz

6. Which of the following is NOT true about the poem, 'The Road Not Taken'?
The poet recommends to take the road that is the choice of most travellers

7. Ezra Pound is a noteworthy and influential __________ poet.

Modernist

8. In the poem, 'A Dream Deferred', which of the following is the dream NOT compared to?
a poor man's purse

9. The writer Langston Hughes reached many people through his popular fictional character,
__________.
Jesse Semple

10. Which of the following is NOT true about the poem, 'Mirror'?
the mirror describes its owner's beauty with each passing day

11. By labeling his poems '_________,' Robert Lowell called attention to the inseparable relation
between his life and his art.
verse autobiography

12. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the spider, mentioned in the work, 'Mr.
Edwards and the Spider'?
The venom of the spider is compared to God's forgiveness

13. ‘An Agony. As Now.’ is about the relationship between body and _______
soul

14. Who is the tragic hero of 'The Crucible'?

John Proctor

15. In 'The Crucible', 1600s Salem is a theocratic society based on a ______ belief system.
Puritan

16. A primary character in 'This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona' is _______, who is
also known as 'the storyteller'.
Thomas Builds-the-Fire

17. ‘This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona’ brings out the story and experience of the
_____ people.
Native-American
18. Which of the following is NOT true about a Novella?
It is usually lengthier than a novel

19. Who was a nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, best known for the
founding of the Universal Negro Improvement Association?
Marcus Garvey

20. The literary piece, 'Something to Remember Me By' portrays the characteristics of a
_______
comedy farce

21. 'Separating' is one of 18 stories that the author wrote about the ______ family.
Maple

22. In 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro', Harry and his wife, Helen, are stranded while on safari in
_______.
Africa

23. In 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro', Harry remembers places/people in a series of flashbacks.

Which of the following is NOT one of the flashbacks he experienced.
a library

24. The literary work, 'The House on Mango Street' was written by ________
Sandra Cisneros

25. To break free from her name connotations, Esperanza longs to rename herself
“___________"
Zeze the X

Australian literature Assignment - 1

1. The oldest known human remains in the world are ___________.

Australian

2. The forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families was part of the policy of
__________
Assimilation

3. A north Australian (Yolngu) word describing a song with dance, or ceremonial dance
performance is known as __________.
Bunggul
4. The term 'First Peoples' is often used synonymously for _______ people.
Indigenous

5. ‘Ned Kelly’ fulfilled the theme of _________

tragic heroes

6. The short story, 'Mate' traces the experiences of _________, a man desperately trying to fit in
the small town.
Will Bashford

7. Kate Grenville, in her other works, often examines the issue of __________
the relationship between white colonisers and natives

8. In the short story, 'One Sunday in February, 1942', why did Frank Darragh wonder about the
challenge of the path of celibacy he had chosen?
He sees a woman and her son and their closeness

9. The poem, 'Waltzing Matilda' is based on _____

the strike at Dagworth Station

10. What is the other name of Oodgeroo Noonuccal, a famous protest writer?
Kath Walker

11. Oodgeroo's poetry critiqued the sense of being dispossessed strangers in one’s own land, of
a suppressed indigenous ‘_____’ culture.
Fourth World

12. In traditional Aboriginal culture, _______ is a social activity where all come together to
celebrate sing or dance.
Corroboree

13. Which of the following is NOT associated with the poem, 'Immigrant Voyage'?
set on a plane named Goya

14. In the poem, 'For New England', what is the 'Black North' in reference to?
Protestant Northern Irish people

15. The novel, 'Seven Little Australians' tells the story of the _______ family.
Woolcot

16. Which of the following characters die in the novel, 'Seven Little Australians'?
Judy
17. In Australian mythology, the Djanggawul were three sacred beings, _________.
a brother and two sisters

18. In 'The Wild Colonial Boy', the protagonist spent his time ‘robbing from the rich to feed the
poor’. This is reminiscent of which other literary character?
Robin Hood

19. The literary work, 'The Wild Colonial Boy' is in the form of a _________
Ballad

20. Who wrote 'Seven Little Australians'?

Ethel Turner

21. The generations of children forcibly removed from their families as a result of various
government policies became known as the __________
Stolen Generations

22. In 'Ned Kelly', what place was Ned able to establish where “a hundred friends [were there] to
warn when the traps are coming”?
Kelly Country

23. 'No More Boomerang' is a poem from the first collection of poems published in 1964 titled
“__________.”
We Are Going

24. In the poem, ‘Immigrant Voyage’, the poet establishes the disconnect caused by immigration
through ________
language

25. In the poem, 'For New England', the poet compares the coloniser and the land as the
_______ and _________ respectively.
gazer, object of gaze

Australlia Lit Assignment - 2

1. _________’s national apology speech to the Stolen Generations is a landmark moment in

history
Kevin Rudd

2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of 'Dreamtime'?

Dreamtime is the foundation of Corroboree religion and culture. (Incorrect association;
Corroboree is not a religion)
3. What law is based on traditions and customs of a particular group in a specific region?
Customary

4. In 'Ned Kelly', what did Ned steal to rub the police the wrong way?
a horse

5. The short story, 'Mate' comes under the collection __________

Heritage

6. The short story, 'One Sunday in February, 1942' was penned in the backdrop of the war in
the__________
Battle of Darwin

7. In the short story, 'One Sunday in February, 1942', Frank wishes to send his family to _____
to a relatives place to keep them safe.
Cootamundra

8. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a ballad?

It talks about the struggles of the main character (Ballads often depict stories, but not always
centered on struggles)

9. In the poem, 'Waltzing Matilda', the term ‘Waltzing’ is slang for ___________
travelling on foot

10. In the poem, 'Waltzing Matilda', 'Matilda' refers to a ________

pack

11. In the poem, 'No More Boomerang', the poet gives the message of _______ resulting in
them losing what makes the indigenous people distinct.
the loss of cultural identity

12. In the poem, 'No More Boomerang', the use of the term '______' is to bring out the negative
connotation it has in its association with slavery.
nigger

13. In the poem, 'Immigrant Voyage', which of the following does the expression ‘Hungarians
became Swiss’ restate?
the identity of immigrants

14. In the context of postcolonial literature, what does 'ghetto' mean?

restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group
15. The novel, 'Seven Little Australians' explores which of the following as the main idea?
problems in family bonding

16. Which of the following is NOT true about 'Song Cycles'?

they are written accounts (They are oral traditions)

17. What is a myth?

a traditional story, concerning the early history of a people or explaining a phenomenon, and
typically involving supernatural beings or events

18. In mythology, _______ is system of belief in which humans are said to have kinship or a
mystical relationship with a spirit-being.
Totemism

19. In 'The Aboriginal Song Cycle', what is 'Bralgu'?

Home of the Eternal Spirits and departed ancestors

20. The boy in 'The Wild Colonial Boy' is generally believed to be based on _________
Jack Donahoe

21. Who wrote 'Waltzing Matilda'?

Banjo Patterson

22. Which of the following are a vital part of Aboriginal culture, connecting people to their land?
Songline

23. What were the areas originally set up and governed by different religious denominations for
Aboriginal people to live, known as?
Mish

24. In Australian mythology, what is known as the home of the Eternal Spirits and of departed
ancestors?
Bralgu

25. In the novel, 'Seven Little Australians', What is Judy’s real name?
Helen

Women's writing Assignment - 1

1. __________ is the social, political and philosophical belief in the equality of the two genders.
Feminism
2. ________ feminism focuses on the individual voices and experiences of women from India,
Latin-America, and African-American women.
Postcolonial

3. Famous women writer, Mary Wollstonecraft is associated with ___________.

first wave of feminism

4. Which of the following is NOT true about Patriarchy?

It gives more importance to women than men in systems like family, marriage, motherhood
and capitalism

5. The term, '____________' is from a poem by Coventry Patmore and it refers to the position of
women in a patriarchal society.
Angel in the House

6. The term, 'Écriture Féminine' associated with French feminists Hélène Cixous, literally
means_________.
women’s writing

7. Which of the following is NOT one of the discussed issues in 'A Vindication of the Rights of
Woman'?
Women have to exercise authority over men for their needs

8. Who gave the famous speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Sojourner Truth

9. The Poem “Persephone, Falling” is from the anthology,'__________'.

Mother Love

10. The poem, 'Journey to the Interior' has the central motif of a journey with two meanings – a
physical journey and a _______ journey.
metaphysical

11. Which of the following writers has been referred to as the ‘conscience of the nation’?
Judith Wright

12. According to the poet in 'Request to a Year', what does she ask as a gift from the year?
The attitude of her great-great grandmother

13. Who was famous for the confessional theme in poetry?

Sylvia Plath

14. The poem, 'Persephone, Falling' explores the idea of a ________

 the mother-daughter relationship using Greek mythology

15. The poem 'Medusa' is a companion piece to another poem, '__________' written by the
same poet in his/her collection, 'Ariel'.
Daddy

16. In the poem, 'Request to a Year', the word “request” in the title is an address to the poet’s
muse, the “____________” imploring it to provide her a suitable gift for the new year.
Year

17. In the poem, 'A Sunset of the City', the title is a reference to _______.
the end or the slowing down of life in old age

18. The poem 'Medusa' can be seen as a poem in the form of a _________.
dramatic monologue

19. The poem, 'A Sunset of the City', chronicles the story of the life of ____________
Kathleen Eileen

20. In the poem, 'The Old Playhouse', the poet makes a direct reference by using the word,
'you'. Who is she referring to?
her husband

21. In the play, 'Trifles', the murder victim is physically not present but his absence becomes an
important part of the play. Who is this character?
Mr. Wright

22. In the story, 'Draupadi', the author brings out the idea of how _______ becomes a method to
assert male superiority over the marginalised woman and her body.
rape

23. In 'The Forest', the story of Chenthiru is interlinked to that of the character of _________
from Indian mythology.
Sita

24. In the poem, 'The Old Playhouse', a reference is made to which character of Greek
mythology?
Narcissus

25. In the play, 'Trifles', one of the important symbols used is the _____________.
the canary

Women writting Assignment - 2

1. _________ feminists call for gender justice in terms of equal rights and pay for women.
Liberal

2. Ecofeminists link the oppression of women by men to that of __________ by humans.

Nature

3. _______ is a means to question and challenge notions of women’s representation in texts

that are written by men in a patriarchal society.
Revisioning

4. ________ is celebrated as a foundational figure in feminist thought.

Mary Wollstonecraft

5. __________ refers to simplistic generalisations about gender qualities, differences and roles
of both men and women.
Stereotypes

6. ___________ calls for a more inclusive Gender theory rather than a woman-centric Feminist
theory.
postfeminism

7. The speech, 'Ain't I a Woman' focuses on the ________________ of women of colour.

Double Marginalization

8. In 'A Sunset in the City', the protagonist experiences her own life only through her _______.
family

9. In 'The Old Playhouse', the title is a reference to a ____________.

doll house

10. The term “_________” is both an alternative to and an expansion of the term “feminist.”
womanist

11. In 'Ain't I a Woman', the speaker brings out the example of the female biblical character of
________.
Mary

12. Who wrote 'Persephone, Falling'?

Rita Dove

13. Which of the following Is NOT a characteristic feature of Confessional Poetry?

Epic Style
14. In 'The Old Playhouse', the context of the situation is a ___________.
marriage

15. In the literary piece, 'Medusa' who is the figure of Medusa a reference to?
the poet's spouse

16. The poem, 'Persephone, Falling' is written in the form of a __________ sonnet.
petrarchan

17. The literary piece, '________' is written by a daughter and it is seen as an effigy of the
mother which is to be burnt to exorcise the maternal relationship, leading to the birth of a
healthy self.
Medusa

18. Who wrote the play, 'Trifles'?

Susan Glaspell

19. In the play, 'Trifles', the action in the play is set in the kitchen of the __________ farmhouse.
Wrights’

20. In the story, 'Draupadi', Dopdi and _________ are revolutionaries who murder wealthy
landlords who exploit the tribal folk and keep them away from precious water resources.
Dulna

21. The story of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is often presented as a young woman’s gradual descent
into _________.
psychosis

22. Name the protagonist of the story 'The Yellow Wallpaper'.

unnamed narrator

23. In the story, 'The Forest', the musical instrument, ___________ is a symbol of Sita’s life.
Rudraveena

24. The translator of the story, 'Draupadi', is ____________, a well known figure in the field of
post-colonial studies.
Gayatri Spivak

25. In the story, 'The Forest', __________ offers to be a friend and companion to Sita in her old
age.
Ravana