Question 1

The source of all the sciences and social sciences is

Accepted Answer

A)  philosophy
B)  history
C)  psychology
D)  astrology A

Question 2

Hignlish is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  dialect
B)  idiolect
C)  ethnolect
D)  genderlect C

Question 3

Father of modern linguistics

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A)  saussure
B)  bloomfield
C)  halliday
D)  chomsky A

Question 4

There is relative freedom from subjective biases in study of

Accepted Answer

A)  philosophy
B)  literature
C)  natural sciences
D)  social sciences

Question 5

Twentieth century literary criticism attempted to keep away from

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A)  discuss on value
B)  discussion on taste
C)  discussion on reality
D)  discussion on truth

Question 6

Positivism laid stress on use of

Accepted Answer

A)  social science method
B)  cultural studies
C)  natural sciences
D)  spiritual metaphysics

Question 7

_____ is the verbal expression of culture

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A)  signs
B)  language
C)  signals
D)  symbols

Question 8

David Hume was a

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A)  german scientists
B)  british philosopher
C)  french sociologist
D)  american educationist

Question 9

The core idea that man's language moulds his perception of reality belongs to

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A)  sapir and whorf
B)  saussure and choamsky
C)  bloomfield and halliday
D)  none of the above

Question 10

The classical Greek notion of philosophy was

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A)  to improve our social world
B)  to educate its citizens
C)  to demarcate the national and social world
D)  to understand the world

Question 11

Term ideology was coined by

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A)  louis althusser
B)  terry eagleton
C)  destutt de tracy
D)  frantz fanan

Question 12

Humanities emphasis the role of

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A)  meaning of human conditions
B)  purpose of human conditions
C)  goals of human conditions
D)  all of these

Question 13

Capacity that separates humans from other primates

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A)  emotions
B)  mobility
C)  communication
D)  language

Question 14

______ is the belief that human beings possess an innate, natural unchanging identity

Accepted Answer

A)  idealism
B)  essentialism
C)  constructivism
D)  naturalism

Question 15

What is prominent factor in structuring taste?

Accepted Answer

A)  education
B)  family status
C)  social class
D)  personality

Question 16

The Social, economic and cultural context in which reality is represented and communicates meaning is called

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A)  institution
B)  society
C)  dialogue
D)  discourse

Question 17

The evolved human capacity to classify and represent experiences with symbols, and to act imaginatively and creatively is called.

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A)  culture
B)  subjectivity
C)  identity
D)  language

Question 18

Theories which understand reality as constructed within culture through language are called _____ theories.

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A)  constructivist
B)  essentialist
C)  idealist
D)  pragmatist

Question 19

The study of the cultural system of signs is called

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A)  linguistics
B)  pragmatics
C)  symbolism
D)  semiotics

Question 20

Modern science depends on

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A)  opinions
B)  beliefs
C)  facts
D)  intuitions

Exam 1: Science, Humanities, and Language Studies