NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam. December 2022 ENGLISH (Shift-I)

Total Questions: 100

61. Which among the following are written by Roland Barthes.

A. Allegories of Reading
B. Mythologies
C. The Pleasure of the Text
D. Some Versions of Pastoral
E. What is an Author?
Choose the correct options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) B and C
Solution:

Roland Gerard Barthes and a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician. His works engaged in the analysis of a sign systems, mainly derived from western popular culture. Mythologies and The Pleasure of the Text are the works written by Roland Barthes while other works are written by-
• Allegories of Reading - Paul de Man.
• Some Versions of Pastoral – William Empson
• What is an Author? - Michel Foucault.
Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

62. Which of the following are correctly matched.

A. Jonathan Culler - Culture and Society
B. Raymond Williams – Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
C. Terry Eagleton - Criticism and Ideology
D. Walter Benjamin – Illuminations
E. Stanley Fish – The Implied Reader
Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: (b) C and D
Solution:

Terry Eagleton – Criticism and Ideology.
Walter Benjamin – Illuminations
These two matches are correct.
Other works are:
Raymond Williams - Culture and Society
Jonathan Culler - Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction.
Wolfgand Iser - The Implied Reader.
Hence, option (b) is the correct.

63. Which among the following are true in the context of methods and methodologies in literary research?

A. Both are identical in nature.
B. Methods are concerned with how one conducts a given piece of research.
C. Methodologies are concerned with how one conducts a given piece of research.
D. Methodologies are concerned with the perspectives one brings to bear on one's work.
E. Methods are concerned with the perspectives one brings to bear one's work.
Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: (d) B and C
Solution:

In the context of methods and methodologies in literary research the following are true :
• Methods are concerned with how one conducts a given piece of •research. Methodologies are concerned with the perspectives one brings to bear on one's work.
Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

64. According to the English Subject Centre report, skills needed for postgraduate work in English include:

A. Searching skills in libraries
B. Editorial skills
C. Bibliographic skills
D. Peer management skills
E. IT skills
Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: (d) A, B, C and E
Solution:

According to the English subject centre report, skills needed for postgraduate work in English including-
• Searching skills in libraries
• Editorial skills
• Bibliographic skills
• IT skills
Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

65. Which of the following are possible ways of turning a topic into an argument?

A. An argument for or against an existing critic (or critical position) in relation to the author or group of works one is studying.
B. An argument about the value of a new theoretical approach to a text or set of texts.
C. An argument about some historical or literary-historical aspect of literature. D. An argument showing how a particular theme or concept is not all related to a group of texts.
E. An argument about the significance of only well-known author/work. Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: (a) A, B and C
Solution:

The possible ways of turning a topic into an argument are :
• An argument for or against an existing critic (or critical position) in relation to the author or group of works one is studying.
• An argument about the value of a new theoretical approach to a text or set of texts.
• An argument about some historical or literary historical aspects of literature. Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

66. Match List-I with List-II.

  List-I  List-II
 A. Sri Aurobindo I. The Old Playhouse and Other Poems
 B. Kamala Das II. Calcutta :A Long Poem
 C. P. Lal III. A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields
 D. Toru Dutt IV. Savitri

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct matches are:

  List-I  List-II
 A. Sri Aurobindo  IV. Savitri
  B. Kamala Das  I. The Old Playhouse and other Poems
  C. P. Lal  II. Calcutta : A Long Poem
  D. Toru Dutt  III. A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields

67. Match List-I with List-II.

  List-I  List-II
 A. Walt Whitman I. Howl
 B. A.D. Hope II. A Far Cry From Africa
 C. Derek Walcott III. Beat! Beat! Drums!
 D. Allen Ginsberg IV. Australia

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct matches are:

   List-I  List-II
 A. Walt Whitman III. Beat! Beat! Drums!
 B. A.D. Hope IV. Australia
 C. Derek Walcott II. A Far Cry From Africa
 D. Allen Ginsberg I. Howl

68. Match List-I with List-II.

    List-I List-II
 A. Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. I. Othello
 B. When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions! II. King Lear
 C. I am a man more sinned against than sinning III. Macbeth
 D. But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve, For daws to peck at. I am not what I am IV. Hamlet

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct matches are:

    List-I List-II
 A. Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. III. Macbeth
 B. When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions! IV. Hamlet
 C. I am a man more sinned against than sinning. II. King Lear
 D. But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve, for daws to peck at. I am not what I am. I. Othello

69. Match List-I with List-II.

    List-I  List-II
 A. You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away - man is not a piece of fruit.  I. Man and Superman
 B. Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.  II. A Doll’s House
 C. Nobody thinks, nobody cares. No beliefs, no convictions and no enthusiasm. Just another Sunday evening. III .  Death of a Salesman
 D. Our home has been nothing but a playoom. It have been your doll-wife, just as at home I was papa’s doll-child; and here the children have been my dolls IV. Look Back in Anger

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
Solution:
  List-I  List-II
 A. You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away, a man is not a piece of fruit. III. Death of a Salesman
 B. Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. I. Man and Superman
 C. Nobody thinks, nobody cares. No beliefs, no convictions and no enthusiasm. Just another Sunday evening. IV. Look Back in Anger.
 D. Our home has been nothing but a playroom. I have been your doll-wife, just as at home I was Papa’s doll-child; and here the children have been dolls II. A Doll’s House

70. Match List-I with List-II.

  List-I  List-II
 A. Anthropology I. Edward Soja
 B. Postmodern Geography II. Martin Heidegger
 C. Diaspora Space III. Claude Levi-Strauss
 D. Dasien IV. Avtar Brah

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct match of List-I with List-II is: (A)-(III), B-(I), C-(IV), D-(II)

 List-I List-II
 A. Anthropology I. Claude Levi-Strauss
 B. Postmodern Geography II. Edward Soja
 C. Diaspora Space III. Avtar Brah
 D. Dasien IV. Martin Heidegger