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

Total Questions: 100

81. Arrange the works in chronological sequence.

A. The Theatre of Revolt by Robert Brustein
B. The Theatre of the Absurd by Martin Esslin
C. The Playwright as Thinker by Eric Bentley
D. Modern American Drama by C.W.E. Bigsby
E. Modern Drama in Theory and Practice by L.N. Styan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence of the given works is: C, B, A, E and D.
• The Playwright as Thinker by Eric Bentley (1946).
• The Theatre of the Absurd by Martin Esslin (1961).
• The Theatre of Revolt by Robert Brustein (1964).
• Modern Drama in Theory and Practice by J.L. Styan (1981).
• Modern American Drama by C.W.E. Bigsby (2000).
Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

82. Choose the correct chronological sequence in which the following texts were published.

A. Madness and Civilization
B. The Archaeology of Knowledge
C. The Language of the Self : The Function of Language in Psychoanalysis
D. The Birth of the Clinic
E. Culture and Anarchy
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence of the given published work is:
• Culture and Anarchy (1869) by Matthew Arnold.
• Madness and Civilization (1961) by Michel Foucault.
• The Language of the Self: The function of language in Psychoanalysis (1968) by Jacques Lacan.
• The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969) by Michel Foucault.
• The Birth of the Clinic (1973) by Michel Foucault.
Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

83. Choose the correct chronological sequence in which the following theories appeared.

A. Structuralism
B. Psychoanlyasis
C. Ecocriticism
D. Orientalism
E. New Criticism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence of the given theories is: B, E, A, D, C. • Psychoanlaysis by Sigmund Freud.
• New Criticism by John Crowe Ransom.
• Structuralism by Wilhelm Wundt.
• Orientalism by Edward Said.
• Ecocriticism by William Rueckert.
Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

84. Arrange the works in the chronological sequence.

A. Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy
B. Thomas Browne's The Anatomy of Melancholy
C. Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan
D. Walter Pater's Studies in the History of the Renaissance
E. P.B. Shelley's Defense of Poesie
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The chronological sequence of given works and their writer is: B, C, E, A, D. • Thomas Browne's The Anatomy of Melancholy.
• Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan.
• P.B. Shelley's Defense of Poesie.
• Matthew Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy.
• Walter Pater's Studies in the History of the Renaissance.
Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

85. Arrange the works in chronological sequence.

A. Structuralist Poetics
B. Course in General Linguistics
C. The Pursuit of Signs
D. The Pleasure of the Text
E. The Implied Reader
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order of the given works is: B, D, E, А, C.
• Course in General Linguistics (1916) by Ferdinand dr Saussure.
• The Pleasure of the Text (1973) by Roland Barthes.
• The Implied Reader (1974) by Wolfgang Iser.
• Structuralist Poetics (1975) by Jonathan Culler.
• The Pursuit of Signs (1981) by Jonathan culler.
Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

86. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The Book The Theatre of Revolt was written by Robert Brustein Statement II: The Book The Theatre of Revolt is written in the context of French Revolution.
In the light of the statements given below choose the correct answer given below:

Correct Answer: (c) Statement I is true and Statement II is false
Solution:

In the light of the given statements, statement I is true and statement II is false.
• The Theatre of Revolt was written by Robert Brustein.
• In this book Brustein argues that the roots of the Modern theatre may be found in the soil of rebellion cultivated by eight outstanding playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O'Neill and Jean Genet.
Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

87. Given below are two statements:

Statement I : Constantin Stanislavski collaborated with Anton Chekhov to stage dramas on stage.
Statement II : The book My Life in Art was written by Constantin Stanislvaski. In the light of the statements given above choose the correct answer given below:

Correct Answer: (b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
Solution:

In the light of the given statements, both the statement I and statement II are absolutely correct. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

88. Given below are two statements.

Statement I : Human bodies, like those of other living organisms, are only 'sexed' from a particular narrow perspective.
Statement II : Most of the reproductions that we undertake in our lifetimes has nothing to do with 'sex'.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer given below:

Correct Answer: (a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
Solution:

In the light of the given statements, both the statement I and statement II are absolutely correct.
Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

89. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion (A): Co-operative learning activities are those in which students must work together in order to complete a task or solve a problem.
Reason (R): These techniques are used to identify a weak learner and to separate him/her from the rest of the members of the group for taking special care of him/her.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (c) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
Solution:

In the light of the given statements, statement (A) is correct but (R) is not correct. The assertion is correct but the reason is false.
• In Cooperative Learning, students work together in small groups on a structured activity.
Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

90. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion (A): In second language learning, in the same classroom setting, some students progress rapidly through the initial stages of learning a new language while others struggle making very slow progress.
Reason (R) : Some learners never achieve a native-like command of a second language.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Solution:

In the light of the given statements, both the Assertion and Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.