NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam. (Cancelled) June 2024 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

1. Which among the following is not a type meaning in a poem as defined by I.A. Richards in Practical Criticism?

Correct Answer: (b) Form
Solution:

Among the given options form is not a type of meaning in a poem as defined by I.A. Richards in Practical Criticism. Richards developed the theory of the four kinds of meaning in language: sense, tone feeling and intention.
Hence option (b) is correct.

2. What is the correct sequence of various periods of English Literature?

A. Caroline Age
B. Jacobean Age
C. Restoration Age
D. Commonwealth Period
E. Augustan Age
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (c) B, A, D, C, E
Solution:

The correct sequence of various periods of English Literature will be:
Jacobean Age – (1603- 1625)
Caroline Age - (1625 - 1642) sometimes 1649.
Commonwealth period (1649-1660)
Restoration Age - (1660 - 1700)
Augustan Age - (1700-1745)
Hence, Option (c) is correct.

3. Which of the following works is not written by Chinua Achebe?

Correct Answer: (d) Weep not, Child
Solution:

Among the given options Weep not, Child is not written by Chinua Achebe, it was written by Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, while rest of the works in the options are written by Achebe. Hence option (d) is correct.

4. Name the British poet who wrote Sohrab and Rustum:

Correct Answer: (c) Matthew Arnold
Solution:

Sohrab and Rustum is written by Matthew Arnold. It tells how tow celebrated warriors' father and son' are set against one another neither knowing the other's identity. It is a narrative poem based on Ferdowsi's Persian epic Shahnameh.
Hence, Option (c) is correct.

5. hat is the correct chronological sequence of famous dramatists in order of their birth?

A. William Congreve
B. John Dryden
C. William Wycherley
D. George Bernard Shaw
E. John Millington Synge
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (a) B, C, A, D; E
Solution:

The correct chronological sequence of famous dramatists in order of their birth will be:
John Dryden - (1631 to 1700)
William Wycherley - (1641 to 1716)
William Congreve - (1670 to 1729)
G. B. Shaw - (1856 to 1950)
John Millington Synge - (1871 to 1909)
Hence, option (a) is correct.

6. From the following writers, who are known for Magic Realism?

A. R.K. Narayan
B. Salman Rushdie
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
E. Mulk Raj Anand
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (c) B and D only
Solution:

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was the pioneer in the writing style known as magic-realism which combines a realistic narrative with fantasy. Rushdie's magic-realism often blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy, challenging conventional notions of what is possible.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

7. Who among the following African writers observed that "O my body, make of me always a man who questions"?

Correct Answer: (b) Frantz Fanon
Solution:

Among the given African writers, Franz Fanon, a post-colonial writer observed that "O my body, make of me always a man who questions"? He perceived colonialism as a form of domination whose necessary goal for success was the reordering of the world of indigenous people.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

8. Which among the following writers once remarked that "I awoke one morning and found myself famous"?

Correct Answer: (c) Lord Byron
Solution:

This particular quote was given by Lord Byron in his poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. It describes the travels and reflections of a young man disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry and looking for distraction in foreign lands. Hence, option (c) is correct.

9. What is the correct chronological order of the works of John of Milton?

A. Paradise Lost
B. Paradise Regained
C. Lycidas
D. Comus
E. L' Allegro
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

The correct chronological order of the works will be:
Comus (1634) Lycidas (1637), L' Allegro (1645) Paradise Lost (1667) and paradise Regained (1671) Note:- There is no harmony hetween the required answer and asked question.

10. Match List-I with List-II

  List-I (Poem)  List-II (Poet)
 A. To His Coy Mistress I. Rudyard Kipling
 B. The Scholar Gypsy  II. Andrew Marvel
 C. Still I Rise III. Matthew Arnold
 D. If IV. Maya Angelou

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
Solution:

The correct match will be:
To His Coy Mistress - Andrew Marvel
The Scholar Gypsy - Matthew Arnold
Still I Rise - Maya Angelou
If - Rudyard Kipling
Hence, option (a) is correct.