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

Total Questions: 100

21. Who among the following was not associated with the Yale School?

Correct Answer: (b) Terry Eagleton
Solution:

The Yale School is a colloquial name for an influential group of literary critics, theorists and philosophers of literature that were influenced by Jacques Derrida's philosophy of Deconstruction. The group included high profile literary scholars such as Shoshana Felman, Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller and Harold Bloom.
Hence, Option (b) is correct.

22. Which is the latest edition of Chicago Manual of style?

Correct Answer: (c) 17th edition
Solution:

The Chicago Manual of style (17th edition) covers a variety of topics from manuscript preparation and publication to grammar, usage, and documentation and as such, it has been lovingly dubbed the "editor's bible". Hence, option (c) is correct.

23. Match List-I with List-II

 List-I (Dramatist)  List-II (Theatrical form/Technique)
 A. Martin Esslin  I. The Theatre of cruelty
 B. Bertolt Brecht II. Dream Play
 C.  Antonin Artaud III. Estrangement effect
 D. August Strindberg IV. The Theatre of the Absurd

Choose the correct answer given below:

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

The correct match will be:
The Theatre of Cruelty - Antonin Artaud (A form of experimental theatre) Dream Play - August Strindberg
Estrangement -Effect - Bertolt Brecht
The Theatre of the Absurd - Martin Eslin

24. Who among the following was not associated with Cockney School of poetry?

Correct Answer: (d) William Blake
Solution:

Among the given option, William Blake was not associated with Cockney School of Poetry. The term came in the form of hostile reviews in Blackwood Magazine in 1817. Its primary target was Leigh Hunt, but John Keats and William Hazlitt were also included. Hence, option (d) is correct.

25. Patrick White, the Australian novelist, was a recipient of which of the following prizes:

A. Australian of the Year (1973)
B. Pulitzer Prize (1965)
C. Booker Prize (1955)
D. Nobel Prize in Literature (1973)
E. Perkins Prize in Narrative (1992)
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (b) A and D only
Solution:

Patrick White, the Australian novelist was a recipient of Australian of the Years (1973) and Nobel Prize in Literature (1973).
Hence, Option (b) is correct

26. Which of the following popular Indian words have been incorporated in Oxford Dictionary in the recent past?

A. Chai
B. Bhaijaan
C. Jugaad
D. Kamaal
E. Namaste
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (b) A, C, E, only
Solution:

Among the given options, Chai, Jugad and Namaste have been incorporated in Oxford Dictionary in the recent past.
Hence, Option (b) is correct.

27. Choose the correct chronological sequence in which the following works were published:

A. Vicar of Wakefield
B. Life of Johnson
C. Johnson's Dictionary
D. Liver of the poets
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence will be:
Johnson's Dictionary (1755)
Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
Lives of the Poets (1779-81)
Life of Johnson (1791)
The Life of Nelson
Hence, option (b) is correct.

28. What is the correct sequence of the following novels of Amitav Ghosh in order of their year of publication?

A. The Hungry Tides
B. The Shadow lines
C. The Sea of Poppies
D. The Calcutta
E. The Circle of Reason
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct sequence of the given novels of Amitav Ghosh in order of their year of publication will be: The Circle of Reason (1986), The Shandow Lines (1988), The Calcutta Chromosome (1995), The Sea of Poppies (2008).
Hence, option (b) is correct.

29. Choose the correct statements with regard to the binary pair langue and Parole introduced by Ferdinand de Saussure

A. Langue is translated as speech and parole as language.
B. Langue is the internal structure of a language; not language itself.
C. Parole is the event of language.
D. Parole and language are a set of vocabulary only.
E. There is no distinction between Parole and Langue.
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

Langue and Parole is a theoretical linguistic dichotomy distinguished by Ferdinand De Saussure in Course in General Linguistics. Among the given options, statement (C) and (B) is correct.

30. Which of the following writers remarked that "You are your best thing"?

Correct Answer: (a) Toni Morrison in Beloved
Solution:

The given remark took place in the work Beloved by Toni Morrison, when a male character Paul D tells the main female character Sethe, "You are your bests things.
Hence, option (a) is correct