Kerala SET 2018 Feb Question Paper Syriac

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1. Specific words of institution are absent in the anaphora of ----
A) St James B) Theodore
C) Nestorios D) Mar Addai and Mar Mari

2. The churches of West Syriac tradition in Kerala use the anaphora of St James
A) Revised by Jacob of Edessa
B) Revised by Bar Hebreaus
C) Revised by Michael the Great
D) Revised by Addai and Mari

3. ‫ܬ‬ means the prayer of ----
A) Thanksgiving B) Epiclesis
C) Anamnesis D) Blessing

4. ----- contains the office for all the feasts of the liturgical year of the West Syriac
tradition
A) Shihmo B) Thaksa C) Penqitho D) Hudro

5. The anaphora of ----- is the oldest anaphora
A) St Peter B) MorSharar
C) Addai and Mari D) St James

6. ----- is the keyword used for epiclesis prayer In the anaphora of St. James
A) ‫ܪ‬ B) ‫ܬ‬ C) ‫ܪ‬ D)

7. is a synonym for
A) ‫ܕ‬ B) ‫ܙܘܘ‬
C) ‫ܘܬ‬ D) ‫ܪܟ‬

8. What is meant by ?
A) Baptism B) Blessing C) Betrothal D) Burial

9. Match the name of the Syriac poet with the syllabic pattern for which they are
famous
i) Mar Aprem a. 7+7
ii) Mar Jacob of Serugh b. 5+5
iii) Mar Balai c. 12+12

A) i-a, ii-c, iii-b B) i-a, ii-b, iii-c
C) i-b, ii-c, iii-a D) i-c, ii-a, iii-b

10. ----- is a genre which goes back to ancient Mesopotamia, for which we have
examples both in Sumerian and Akkadian
A) Mimro B) Madrosho C) Bovutho D) Sugitho

11. ----- provided the inspiration for the Byzantine syllabic hymn ‘Kontakion’
A) B) ‫ܪ‬ C) ‫ܬ‬ D)

12. ----- is the Syriac who poet wrote ‫ܪ‬ against the teachings of Mani,
Marcion and Bardaisan
A) Balai B) Abdisho C) Ephrem D) Cyrillona

13. is
A) Verse homily B) Odes of Solomon
C) Syriac Gospels D) Dialogue poem

14. For which literary genre are both Jacob of Serugh (West Syriac) and Narsai (East
Syriac) famous?
A) B) ‫ܪ‬ C) ‫ܬ‬ D)

15. Syriac poetry falls into two main categories, stanzaiac and non-stanzaic verse; the former
is known under the general title of -----
A) B) ‫ܪ‬ C) ‫ܬ‬ D)

16. literally means -----
A) Discourse B) Voice C) Ladder D) Instruction

17. The poem ‘The Cherub and the Thief’ belongs to -----
A) ‫ܪ‬ B) C) ‫ܬ‬ D)

18. In Ephrem’s Hymns on Faith the last five hymns (nos 81-85) are grouped together
under which suggestive title?
A) ‫ܬ‬ B) ‫ܬ‬
C) D) ‫ܬ‬

19. Which poet is the first to introduce Tetra Syllabic poems?
A) Bardaisan B) Arius
C) Mani D) Harmonius

20. To which author the renowned East Syrian scholar and poet Abdisho Bar Brika of
Soba is a junior contemporary?
A) Bar Hebraeus B) Narsai
C) Jacob of Serugh D) Philexenus of Mabbug

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21. Who wrote ‫ܕܐܬ ܘܬ‬ ̈ ?
A) Bardaisan B) Philip C) Aristotle D) Ephrem

22. A knowledge of which language is essential for the study of Aristotelian philosophy
among the Arabs?
A) Greek B) Hebrew C) Persian D) Syriac

23. Panchathanthra stories in Syriac are known as -----
A) Aesop’s fables B) Bidpay
C) Kalilah and dimnah D) Budh

24. “The History of Alexander the Great” by Pseudo-Callisthenes was translated into
Syriac from ----
A) Latin B) Greek C) Persian D) Arabic

25. Which six volume work of Job of Edessa discusses metaphysics, psychology, medicine,
chemistry, physics, mathematics, meteorology and astronomy?
A) The Book of Scholion B) The Cave of Treasurs
C) The Book of Union D) The Book of Treasures

26. The first Syriac author who paid serious attention to Greek philosophy is
A) Jacob of Edessa B) George Kiraz
C) Sergius of Reshina D) Tamcke

27. The Abbasid capital ‘Bagdad’ had several eminent physicians who were -----
A) East Syrians B) West Syrians
C) Greeks D) Jews

28. What is the other name for Tatian’s Diatessaron?
A) ̈ ‫ܢ‬ ‫ܐܘ‬ B) ̈ ‫ܢܕ‬ ‫ܐܘ‬
C) ‫ܢܕ‬ ‫ܐܘ‬ D) ‫ܬ‬

29. Who replaced the Harmony of the Four Gospels with the Separate Gospel Book in
the Syrian Church?
A) Bar Quros B) Rabula
C) Cyril D) Nestorious

30. Which author composed Scholia on the Old Testament?
A) John of Dalyatha B) Jacob of Serugh
C) John of Ephesus D) Jacob of Edessa

31. is -----
A) Genesis B) Exodus
C) Deuteronomy D) Numbers

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32. The first printed edition of the Syriac New Testament was published by -----
A) Edward Pococke B) Thomas Erpenius
C) John Windmanstetter D) W. Wright

33. ‫ܬ ܕ‬ means
A) Separate gospels B) Gospel of the mingled
C) New Testament D) Greek New Testament

34. Which author wrote a commentary on the Book of Psalms (Psalter)?
A) John of Dara B) Daniel of Salah
C) John of Ephesus D) John the Elder

35. The concepts of ̈ &‫ܐ‬ as two stages of spiritual life are found in -----
A) Acts of Thomas B) Odes of Solomon
C) Demonstrations D) Book of steps

36. Who is the author of the book “The Book of Holy Hierotheos”?
A) Stephan Bar Sudhaili B) Michael Rabo
C) Babai, the Great D) Shubhalamaran

37. The period of proto monasticism is -----
A) 5th & 6th cent. B) 3rd & 4th cent.
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C) 7 & 8 cent. D) 9th cent.

38. According to Aphrahat ‫ܬ‬ ‫ ܕ‬is -----
A) love B) justice C) prayer D) mercy

39. Bar Hebreaus’ contribution to the field of monastic literature is found in his Book ----
A) Ktobo d yawno B) Ktobo d HewatHekamto
C) Ktobo d Boboto D) Ktobo d TegratTegroto

40. Who is the author of “Liber Gradum”?
A) Philoxenus B) Ananisho
C) Sergius of Reshaina D) Unknown

41. Read the statements and choose the correct answer
a) The Indian Syriac writer Jacob Thekkeparampil won the Aram prize
b) The Indian Syriac writer Immanuel Thelliyil won the Aram prize
c) The Indian Syriac writer Curien Kanimparambil won the Aram prize

A) The statements a, b and c are correct
B) The statements a, b and c are incorrect
C) The statements a & b are incorrect and c is correct
D) The statements a is correct and b & c are incorrect

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42. What is the title of Van der Ploeg’s famous book on the Syriac Manuscripts in India?
A) Manuscripts of Malankara Syrians
B) Syriac Manuscripts of Kerala
C) Christians of Malabar and their Syriac Heritage
D) The St Thomas Christians in India and their Manuscripts

43. The following quotation is from ----
“Rev. Father P.T. Geevarghese, M.A., who has read through the whole work in detail
with me, made innumerable suggestions of value, and helped me to understand the
oriental view of Syriac Grammar as no other has done ---- and had it been for his
modesty I should have included his name with my own on the title- page”

A) Nöldeke B) Brockelmann
C) Theodore H Robinson D) Coakely

44. Which is the research centre of M.G. University, Kottayam that awards M.A. and
Ph.D.in Sryiac language?
A) ThrisaiShubho, Pampakkuda
B) SEERI, Kottayam
C) Old Seminary, Kottayam
D) M.T. Seminary, Kottayam

45. Kuravilangadu is famous for the Syriac inscription on a ----
A) Door B) Altar C) Bell D) Wall

46. Which family in Kerala owns a large collection of Syriac manuscripts?
A) Panickar B) Pulikottil C) Vattasseril D) Konat

47. Who is the author of Syro-Chaldaic Grammar?
A) Fr Gabriel of St Joseph B) Fr Thomas Arayathinal
C) Fr Abraham Konat D) Fr Mathew Uppani

48. Which author’s grammar book contains Syriac material in both the East syriac and
the West syriac scripts?
A) Andrew Kalapurackal B) Thomas Arayathinal
C) Konat Abraham Malpan D) Archbishop Mar Ivanios

49. We get information about the transfer of relics of St Thomas from India to Edessa
from the writings of ----
A) Cosmos Indicopleustes B) Panthenus
C) Eusebius D) St Ephrem

50. The practice of writing Syriac in Malayalam scripts is known as ----
A) Seva B) Kushaya C) Karshon D) Rukaka

51. What is the literal meaning of the word “Thubden”?
A) Intercessory prayer B) Again
C) Blessed one D) Supplication

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52. What is the translation of the Syriac inscription found on the Persian cross in
KottayamValiyapally?
A) May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ
B) Through you we shall strike down our enemies
C) Cross is the token of peace; cross is the sign of victory; it is the cross in which
we are saved and in which we all glory
D) Beneath your wings protect us, Lord Halleluia

53. Penquitho published in India is from -----
A) Trichur B) Kottayam
C) Aluva D) Pampakkuda

54. Mar Narsai Press is situated in ----
A) Kunnamkulam B) Thrikkunnath Seminary
C) Angamaly D) Trichur

55. Who is the author of Syriac-English-Malayalam Dictionary?
A) Kalapurackal Anthreos Malpan
B) Kaniyamparambil Kurien
C) Immanuel Thelly
D) John Kunnath

56. Who are the two Indians who translated the complete Peshitta into Malayalam?
A) Mani Kathanar and Konat Mathan Malpan
B) Kaniyamparambil Kurien and Mathew Uppani
C) Philipose Ramban and Immanuel Telliyil
D) Thomas Kayyalaprambil and Andrew Kalapurackal

57. The second Syrian immigration to India in A.D. 825 was under the leadership of -----
A) Sabarisho B) Thomas of Cana
C) Mar Sapor D) Mar Proth

58. In which text is there an account of the Apostle Thomas’ mission to India?
A) Gospel of Thomas B) Acts of Thomas
C) Diatessaron D) Old Syriac Gospels

59. The Persian Cross that has an inscription in Pahlavi script is situated in ------
A) Niranam B) Kottayam C) Muttuchira D) Pala

60. Who is the Indian Syriac scholar who wrote the Gospel of Mathew in Syriac poetry?
A) Mathew Uppani B) Mathew Ulakamthara
C) CurienKaniyamparambil D) C.P. Chandy

61. Out of the seven Syriac Churches of Kerala how many belong to the West Syriac
tradition?
A) 4 B) 2 C) 3 D) 5

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62. The year 1653 is important in the history of St.Thomas Christians of India due to
A) Synod of Diamper B) Coonan Cross Oath
C) Padrvado D) Double jurisdiction

63. The Madras High court Verdict of 1772 is associated with the origin of the
A) Malabar Independent Syrian Church
B) Jacobite Church
C) Mar Thoma Church
D) Chaldean Church

64. Which king of Cochin brought 52 Christian families of merchants to Thrissur in 1813?
A) MathandaVarma B) Pazhassi Raja
C) TippuSulthan D) ShaktanThampuran

65. The faithful of the Maronite Church live mainly in -----
A) Syria B) Egypt C) Jerusalem D) Lebanon

66. Which Church in the 18thand 19thcenturies was ruled by the Padroado Bishops and by
the Propaganda bishops?
A) Marthoma Syrian church B) Malankara Othodox Syrian Church
C) Syro Malabar church D) Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church

67. Bar Hebraeus was raised to the dignity of ‘‘Maphrian of the East’’ by the Patriarch
Ignatius III in the -----
A) Church of the East B) Syriac Orthodox Chruch
C) Maronite Church D) Melkite Church

68. Which of the following significant events took place in the year 1599 A.D.?
A) Diamper Synod B) Coonan Cross
C) Arrival of Rocos D) Arrival of Mar Gregoris

69. Who undertook an ecumenical dialogue with the Muslim Caliph?
A) Timothy I B) Timothy II
C) IshoYabh II D) IshoYabh III

70. Who became the Metropolitan of Mabbug in 485 A.D.?
A) John B) Marutha C) George D) Philoxenos

71. Where in China is the bilingual Chinese-Syriac monument dated to 781 A.D.?
A) Alopen B) Sian C) Peeking D) Shanghai

72. The persecution of Syriac people under Ottoman Turkey, culminating in the 1915
massacre, is known as the year of which one of the following?
A) ‫ܪ‬ B) C) D) ‫ܨ‬

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73. Which denomination came into being on 20 September 1930?
A) Syro Malankara Catholic Church
B) Malabar Independent Syrian Church
C) Mar Thoma Syrian Church
D) Malankara Orthodox Syrian church

74. Who was appointed as the First Maphrian by the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of
Antioch in 629 A.D. in the city of Tagrit?
A) Barslibi B) BarHebraeus
C) MurimattathilBava D) Marutha

75. Who is the first Latin Bishop of Angamaly?
A) Alexis Dom Menesis B) Francis Roz
C) Joseph Sebastiani D) Anjilimoottil Ittithomman

76. What is the name of the Persian Bishop who is believed to be drowned in the sea by
the Portuguese in 1653?
A) Mar Abraham B) Mar Thoma I
C) Mar Ahatallah D) Mar Baselios

77. Who is last the Persian Bishop who ruled the Syriac Christians of India?
A) Mar Abraham B) Mar Sapor
C) Mar Yaballah D) Mar Joseph

78. When the Church of the East officially accepted the Nicene Creed?
A) 420 A.D. B) 410 A.D. C) 343 A.D. D) 396 A.D.

79. Mar Yabhalaha III, a Mongol, became Patriarch of the Church of the East in ---- A.D.
A) 1262 B) 1191 C) 1218 D) 1281

80. The independent Christian kingdom in Malabar was known as -------
A) Jacob Swaroopam B) Diamper
C) Villarvattom D) Kodungalloor

81. Match the following publications to the place form where they are published

i) Parole de l’Orient a. Kottayam
ii) CSCO b. Kasliik
iii) Harp c. Rome
iv) OCP d. Louvain

A) i-b, ii-d, iii-a, iv-c B) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d
C) i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a D) i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a

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82. Read the following statements:
(1) In manuscripts the opening words of the text are called Chrestomathies
(2) In manuscripts the closing remarks of the scribe at the end of the text are
called Incipit.

A) Statement 1 is correct but 2 is false
B) 1 and 2 are false
C) Statement 2 is correct but 1 is false
D) 1 and 2 are true

83. From Beth Mardutho website at www.bethmardutho.org one can download
Syriac fonts called
A) Unicode B) Universe C) Masoretic D) Meltho

84. Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage was first published in the
year A.D ------
A) 2017 B) 1994 C) 2011 D) 2000

85. Who is the author of ‘SyriacStudies: A Classified Bibliography’?
A) John Healy B) Sebastian Brock
C) Paul Bedjan D) Alain Desreumaux

86. Name of the institute that developed Syriac computer fonts is ------
A) Beth Mardutho B) SEERI
C) Araam D) Oxford

87. The founder of Beth Madrutho, the Syriac institute is ------
A) Gabriel Khouri-Sarkis B) Shafiq Abouzayd
C) Gregoris Yohanna Ibrahim D) Geroge Anton Kiraz

88. The author of ‘Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum’ is
A) Sebastian Brock B) William Wright
C) Cyril Moss D) Anton Baumstark

89. Nöldeke’s Grammar is an example of a
A) Elementary Grammar B) Reference grammar
C) Beginner’s grammar D) Modern Syriac grammar

90. Who is the author of Thesaurus Syriacus?
A) R. Payne Smith B) Jessie Payne Smith
C) Costaz D) Brokelmann

91. The original language of AphremBarsum’s “The Scattered Pearls. A History
of Syriac Literature and Sciences” is
A) Syriac B) Arabic C) English D) Turoyo

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92. Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” was translated into Syriac in the
A) 20th century B) 21st century
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C) 18 century D) 19th century

93. Maulban, Turabdianian, Surath are:
A) Dialects of Aramaic
B) Syriac fonts
C) Syriac grammatical terminologies
D) Modern Syriac dialects

94. The famous French comic “Tin Tin in America” was translated into Syriac by
A) George Kiraz B) Sebastian Brock
C) Behnam Keryo D) Paulos Gabriel

95. The mimre of Narsai were edited and published in 1905 by
A) A. Mingana B) David Lane
C) K. Mc. Vey D) Paul Bedjan

96. ‘Bibliotheca Orientalis’ which is a survey of Syriac literature based on the
riches of the Vatican library was written by
A) Rahamani B) Dolabani
C) J. Assemani D) TomaAudo

97. The ‘Peshitta Institute’ is situated in
A) Leiden B) Paris
C) Rome D) Damascus

98. Carl Brockelmann’s Lexicon Syriacum was revised and translated into English by
A) Jennifer B) George Kiraz
C) Michael Sokoloff D) Andrea Schimdt

99. W.P. Hatch is associated with the work
A) The Heirs of the Ancient Aramaic Heritage
B) The Ancient Aramaic Heritage
C) Bibliotheca Orientalis
D) Album of Dated Syriac Manuscripts

100. Who is the author of Leshono Suryoyo First Studies in Syriac which is an
elementary Syriac grammar text?
A) J.F. Coakley B) J.F. Healey
C) T. Mauaoka D) T. Robinson

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101. Match the following with the correct Syriac equivalent
i) 222 a. ‫ܪ‬
ii) 333 b.
iii) 111 c.
iv) 444 d. ‫ܬ‬

A) i-b, ii-d, iii-a, iv-c B) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d
C) i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a D) i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a

102. The division of Syriac into East and West was completed by--- century A.D.
A) 4th B) 5th C) 1st D) 9th

103. The Syriac word ͽ ܰ σmeans
Ύܰ
A) He killed us B) She killed us
C) He killed me D) He kills us

104. Which state of noun is used after numerals?
A) Emphatic B) Construct
C) Absolute D) Ablative

105. ---- is the Syriac term for the conjugation used to join together sentences and
sometimes words.
A) B)
C) ‫ܐ‬ D)

106. Syriac is included in the ----- family of language.
A) Indo-European B) Arian
C) Dravidian D) Semitic

107. ----- are dots, used to distinguish words of the same letters but different meaning.
A) nuqzeraurebhe B) mhagyana
C) mbatlana D) marhtana

108. ‫܀‬......... ܵ ܼ : ܿ ܵ ܼ ܿ ‫ ܀‬.......... : ܵ ܼ ܿ
A) ܵ ‫ܿܘ‬ B) ܵ ܼ ܿ C) ܼܵ ܿ D) ‫ܿ ܼ ܵ ܘܐ‬
109. The present West Syriac vowel system was devised by
A) Jacob of Serugh B) Jacob of Edessa
C) Job of Edessa D) John of Sedre

110. ‫܀‬ ‫ ܬܪ‬: ‫܀ ܬܪ‬...... : ‫܀‬ ‫ܬ‬: ‫ܬ‬
A) B) C) D) ‫ܬ‬

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111. Who convoked and presided over the Synod at Diamper?
A) Rocos B) Menezes C) Ros D) Abraham

112. is a dot placed above a letter to indicate
A) Doubling B) Soft pronunciation
C) Hard pronunciation D) Silent letter

113. The names of empires, mountains, rivers and months are always used in ----- gender
in Syriac language
A) Feminine B) Masculine C) Common D) Neutral

114. The vowel ͕΍͗‫ܪ‬
ܳ ܳ is -----
A) ◌ܶ B) ◌ܰ C) ◌ܺ D) ◌ܽ

115. The vowels used in the West Syriac are:
A) Combination of dots B) Greek capital letters
C) Hebrew vowels D) Phoenician vowels

116. ̈ ‫ܬ‬ is
A) Preposition B) Vowel sound
C) Vowel D) Diacritical point

117. The root form of the verb is
A) B) C) D)

118. In Syriac ‘‫ ’܀‬indicates
A) Semi-colon B) Coma
C) End of a stanza D) Lesser break

119. The orthographical specialty by which certain letters are not pronounced is called:
A) Occultation B) Substitution
C) Assimilation D) Metathesis

120. Codicology is the study of which discipline?
A) Canon Law B) Codex (Manuscript)
C) Inscriptions D) Biography

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