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

Total Questions: 100

31. Arrange the following works in order of their year of publication.

A. Orientalism
B. Nation and Narration
C. Black skin White Masks
D. Decolonising
E. The location of Culture
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

The correct sequence will be:
Orientalism (1798), Black Skin White Masks (1952), Decolonizing the Mind (1986) Nation and Narration (1990), and the Location of Culture (1994). Note:- The correct sequence will be (A) (C) (D) (B) (E). There is no harmony between the required answer and the given question.

32. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following works in order of their publication?

A. Arun Joshi's The Foreigner
B. Ved Mehta's Face to face
C. Khuswant Singh's I shall not Hear the Nightingale
D. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's Inqilab
E. G.V. Desani's All About H. Hatterr
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

All about H. Hatterr (1948)
Face to Face (1957)
The Foreigner (1958)
Inqilab (1958)
I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale (1968)
There is no proper match at all.

33. Under whose presidency was PEN (an international association of poets, playwrights, editors, essayists and novelists) founded by Mrs. Dawson-Scott in 1921?

Correct Answer: (a) John Galsworthy
Solution:

Under John Galsworthy's presideney PEN (an international association of poets, play wrights, editors, essayists and novelists) was founded by Mrs. Dawson-Scott in 1921.
Hence, Option (a) is correct.

34. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following Dalit Women writers in order of their birth?

A. Urmila Pawar
B. Bama
C. Meena Kandasamy
D. Gogu Shyamala
E. Kumud Pawde
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence will be: Kumud Pawde, Urmila Pawar, Bama, Gogu Shyamala and Meena Kandasamy.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

35. Chronologically arrange the following texts in order of publication.

A. Betty Friedan's the Feminine Mystique
B. Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex
C. Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own
D. Germaine Greer's the Female Eunuch
E. Adrienne Rich's Of Woman Born
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The Second Sex (1949), A Room of One's Own (1929), The Female Eunuch (1970) of Woman Born (1976).
Hence, option (b) is correct.

36. Which work of John Keats is dedicated to Thomas Chatterton?

Correct Answer: (b) Endymion
Solution:

Endymion is a poem by John Keats, first published in 1818 and it was dedicated to Thomas Chatterton. It received scathing criticism after its release especially by John Wilson Croker.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

37. Who among the following was not associated with the Movement Poetry?

Correct Answer: (a) Charles Kingsley
Solution:

The term Movement Poetry was first coined by J.D. Scott in 1954. The members were : Philip Larkin Kingsley Amis, Thom Gunn, Elizabeth Jennings, Robert Conquest, John Wain and Donald Davie etc.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

38. Match List-I with List-II

  List-I (Term)  List-II (Definition)
 A. Aporia I. Technical term in structuralist theory that implies 'utterance'
 B.  Econce II. Formal eulogy in prose or verse to glorify people, object or ideas
 C. Enocmium III. The Writing or study of the lives of the saints
 D. Hagiography IV. A term used in theory of deconstruction to indicate conflict between rhetoric and thought

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct match will be:
Aporia - A term used in theory of Deconstruction to indicate conflict between rhetoric and thought.
Econce - Technical term in Structuralist theory that implies utterance. Encomium - Formal eulogy in prose or verse to glorify people, objects or ideas. Hagiography - The writing or study of the lives of the saints.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

39. What is the chronological sequence of the novels of Bhabani Bhattacharya in order of their publication?

A. A Goddess Named Gold
B. Music for Mohini
C. Shadow from Ladakh
D. So Many Hungers
E. He who Rides A Tiger
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence will be:
A Goddess Named Gold (1960)
Music for Mohini (1952)
Shadow form Ladakh (1966)
So Many Hungers (1947)
He Who Rides A Tiger (1954)
Hence, option (a) is correct.

40. What is the full-form of APA?

Correct Answer: (b) American Psychological Association
Solution:

The full form of APA is:
American Psychological Association.
Hence, option (b) is correct.