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

Total Questions: 100

71. Which of the following statements is not true about Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea?

Correct Answer: (c) Action of the novel takes place in South Africa
Solution:

Among the given statements about Wide Sargasso Sea, the incorrect statement is action of the novel takes place in South Africa.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

72. Which out of the following will allow you to avoid plagiarism?

Correct Answer: (c) Giving credit to the original author in an-text citation and in the list of works cited.
Solution:

"Giving credit to the original author in an in text citation and in the list of works citied" allows to avoid plagiarism.
Hence option (c) is correct.

73. Arrange the following American poets in order of their birth

A. Emily Dickinson
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Robert Frost
D. Henry David Thoreau
E. Walt Whitman
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The chronological sequence of the given American poets in order of their birth will be: Ralf Waldo Emerson (1803), Henry David Thoreau (1817), Walt Whitman (1819), Emily Dickinson (1830) and Robert Frost (1874).
Hence, option (a) is correct.

74. The Two Nations is the subtitle of :

Correct Answer: (b) Benjamin Disraeli's Sybil
Solution:

The Two Nations is the subtitle of Benjamin Disraeli's Sybil published in 1844. It traces the plight of the working classes of England.
Hence option (b) is correct.

75. Which of the following writers pioneered the Australian Aboriginal Movement?

A. David Malouf
B. Kevin Gilbert
C. Oodgeroo Noonucal
D. Jack Davis
E. Judith Wright
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (b) B, C, D, only
Solution:

The pioneered writers of the Australian Aboriginal Movement were : Kevin Gilbert, Oodgeroo Noonucal and Jack Davis.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

76. Out of the following, which bibliographical entry follows the style prescribed in MLA Handbook (9th edition)?

Correct Answer: (a) Habib, M.A.R. Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History. Blackwell Publishing, 2000
Solution:

According to MLA Handbook (9th edition), the correct bibliographical entry: Habib, M.A.R. Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History. Blackwell publishing, 2008.
Hence option (a) is correct.

77. P.B. Shelley's Adonais laments the death of :

Correct Answer: (a) John Keats
Solution:

Adonais is a pastoral elegy written by P.B. Shelley on the death of John Keats in 1821, and widely regarded as one of Shelley's best-known works. Hence, option (a) is correct.

78. Identify the text from which the following lines have been taken.

"Therefore compare we the poet with the historian and with moral philosopher; and if he beyond them both, no other skill can match him."

Correct Answer: (d) Defense of Poesie
Solution:

The above given text has been taken from Defense of Poesie, literary criticism by Sir Philip Sidney, written above 1582 and published posthumously in 1595. Hence, options (d) is correct.

79. Arrange the following literary theories/ movements in chronological order of their emergence:

A. Cultural Studies
B. Postmodernism
C. Feminism
D. Surrealism
E. Reception Theory
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct chronological order of the given literary theories/movements according to their emergence is: Feminism, Surrealism, Cultural Studies, Postmodernism, Reception Theory.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

80. Who coined the term "Phallogocentric"?

Correct Answer: (b) Jacques Derrida
Solution:

In critical theory and Deconstruction, Phallogocentrism is a neologism coined by Jacques Derrida to refer to the privileging of the masculine (Phallus) in the construction of meaning.
Hence option (b) is correct.