Name of the University : South Asian University
Degree : M.Phil./Ph.D
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Name of the Subject : Entrance Test for M.Phil./Ph.D. Sociology
Website : sau.int
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Entrance Test for M.Phil./Ph.D. Sociology Question Paper :
Part – A :
1. Apart from Kashmir, which other area was involved in the Great Game between Britain and Russia?
(9) Afghanistan
(b) Tibet
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(c) China
((1) Burma
2. The ‘Great War’ refers to
(a) World War I
(b) World War II
(c) The Vietnam War
((1) The Gulf War
3. What is the Indian diplomat Abhay Kumar known for?
(a) Resolving border disputes
(b) Publishing novels
(0) Composing the South Asian Anthem
(d) Strategic studies
4. Which country does India share its longest border with?
(a) China
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Pakistan
(d) Myanmar
5. Baul music is sung in which language?
(a) Sinhala
(b) Bengali
(c) Nepali
(d) Maithili
Which of the following became the ?rst democratically elected Prime Minister of Nepal?
G. P. Koirala
K. P. Bhattarai
B. P. Koirala
Ganesh Man Singh
Clifford Geertz’s book, Islam Observed is about which two countries?
Egypt and Malaysia
Morocco and Indonesia
Pakistan and Jordan ‘
Indonesia and Oman
The evolutionary move of societies from ‘status to contract’ is associated with which thinker?
James Mill
Henry Maine
Lewis Henry Morgan
GWF Hegel
The concept of negritude is associated with which of the following?
Jomo Kenyatta
Kwame Nkrumah
Leopold Senghor
Julius Nyerere
In the 19th century, to wars with the Chinese imperial State? British imports of which commodity lead
Gold
Silver
Opium
Cotton
Ba’athism as a movement was concerned with the regional uni acation of :
(a) Islamic States
(b) Central Asian Republics
(0) Arab Nations
(d) Non-aligned Countries
Which of the following authors is commonly associated with the literary genre of magic realism?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
V. S. Naipaul
R. K. vNarayan
Virginia Woolf
Developing nations are most cynical about Western ecological morality because it
(a) Is not accompanied by money
(b) Is in a different language
(0) Places the environmental burden on developing countries, while Western countries have become developed at the expense of their own environment already
(d) None of the above are reasons why developing nations are cynical about Western ecological mortality
Which of the following statements concerning the Indian resistance to British colonialism is most accurate?
Following the defeat at Plassey, the Princer States were unified into a single opposition force under Siraj-ud-daula
‘ Following Plassey, there was no resistance to British control of India The greatest opponent of British colonialism in India was the resurgent Mughal Empire
Indian princes continued to ?ght with each other despite the evergrowing power of the British Raj The book, A Farewell to Arms was written by
Charles Dickens
Ernest Hemingway
Thomas Hardy
Aldous Huxley
ELIGIBILITY:
Papers are invited from scholars across disciplinary backgrounds including the arts, social sciences and humanities. Professionals and practitioners engaged in areas of visuality are also welcome to submit their work (visual arts, audio-visual materials for exhibition and screening along with written notes).
Young scholars enrolled in Mphil /PhD and MA programs with research components at recognized universities and research organizations are invited to submit abstract too. We also welcome contributions from individuals who are currently not enrolled in any university provided not more than one year has passed since their graduation from at least an MA programme.
SUBMISSION FORMAT:
Abstract: 500 words; font should be Calibri point 11; 1.5-line spacing; no references and no footnotes;
Papers: no more than 7,000 words including footnotes and references; font should be Calibri point 11; 1.5-linespacing.
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** Abstracts and papers must be submitted as MS Word documents via email;
** The name of the file should be: Your Name + Institutional Affiliation + Date;
** Thesubjectoftheemailshouldbe:VisualSouthAsiaConference2017.
** For those interested in submitting media-based work, along with the abstract, please send a synopsis of the work, along with a media sample and/or 5-minute trailer.
** All abstracts/ synopsis and samples should be sent to the Coordinators –Visual South Asia Conference:vsa2017@du.ac.bd.