HOLY CROSS COLLEGE OF SASA

Km.9 ,Sasa Davao City

ENGLISH

TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF LITERATURE

Name:_________________________________Score:_________________Rating:__________

Course:___________________________ Date and Schedule of Exam:_______________

Instructor:______________________________ Permit No:_______________

TEST I. Encircle the letter that corresponds the correct answer.

1. In what year does the Vedas Collections of Sanskrit hymns was written based on older
oral versions ?
a. 1920-200 BCE
b. 1200-900 BCE
c. 1400-800 BCE
d. 1100-800 BCE
2. What are the 4 Hindu legitimate goals in life ?
a. Dharma, artha, karma, moksha
b. Dharma, artha, Ramayana, Mahabharata
c. Upanishads,karma,moksha, Ramayana
d. Dharma,artha,karma,moksha,nala
3. Who is the father of modern India ?
a. Mahatma Gandhi c. Fakhuruddin Ali Ahmed
b. Rabindranath Tagore d. Jaya Shankar
4. In what year does India literacy was doubled ?
a. 1990 and 1992 c. 1960 and 1950
b. 1950 and 1988 d. 1970 and 1987
5. Where does India Civilization grew up ?
a. Indus Valley c. Peninsular India
b. Australia d. Syria
6. ______________________ a book of sacred hymns.
a. The Yajur Veda
b. The Atharva Veda
c. The Rig Veda
d. Ramayana
7. What do you call a belief that the soul repeatedly goes through a cycle of being born into
a body ,dying and being reborn again in a new body ?
a. Karma b. Hinduism c. Reincarnation d. Krishna
 8. What do you call a force that determines the quality of each life, depending on how well
one behaved in past life ?
a. Reincarnation b. Hinduism c. Karma d.PANINI
9. What is a Sanskrit Literature ?
a. Used in religious context by priesthood
b. Oral tradition produced the Vedic holy text
c. Stylized form of lyrical folk song and notable exponents
d. A force that determines the quality of life ,depending on how well one behaved in
past life
10. In what year does PANINI produced his Sanskrit Grammar?
a. 400 BC
b. Second Century AD
c. 300 BC
d. 200 BC

TEST II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write True if the statement expresses a facts .If,
otherwise underline the word that make it False. Write the correct answer next to its
corresponding number.

_________________1. More than 400 languages are spoken in India

_________________ 2. Kshatriyas : priest ,the highest caste
_________________ 3.India is federal system with parliamentary form of government.
_________________4. Fakhuruddin Ali Ahmed, the father of modern India.
_________________5. Macualay established English- language schooling of Indians
_________________6. The Sama Veda contains magic spells and other folk knowledge.
_________________7. Ramayana,Sanskrit for Great Story ,is one of the great epic
poems of Ancient India.
_________________8. The Krishna (song of God)is continued in Mahabharata.
_________________9. The Upanishads which means the inner or mystic teaching that
were passed down from (guru)teacher to disciple (student)
_________________10.The way to get Moksha is to not create any karma.

TEST III. Essay. Answer the question briefly and concisely.

1. In the history of Indian Literature falls into 2 periods ,discuss each periods.
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 Answer Key

TEST I. Multiple Choice

1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. A

TEST II. TRUE OR FALSE

1. 400,200
2. Kshatriyas,Brahmins
3. True
4. Fakhuruddin Ali Ahmed,Mahatma Gandhi
5. True
6. The Sama Veda,The Atharva Veda
7. Ramayana,Mahabharata
8. Krishna,Bhagavad Gita
9. True
10. True