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

Total Questions: 100

31. Which one of the following is false about V.S. Naipaul?

Correct Answer: (b) He won the Booker Prize for his novel A House for Mr. Biswas.
Solution:

Among the given options, option (b) is false because V.S. Naipaul won the Booker Prize in 1971 for his novel In a Free State, he got the Nobel Prize in literature in 2001 and won the Somerset Maugham Award for work Miguel Street.
Thus, option (b) will be correct answer

32. Which one of the following is false?

Correct Answer: (b) An ideal literary researcher should not cast himself back into another age.
Solution:

Among the given options, option (B) is not true that an ideal literary researcher should not cast himself back into another age, because it is obvious that a researcher has to go and peep into the past age for comparative study. Thus, option (b) will be correct answer.

33. Which of the following is true in the context of New Criticism?

Correct Answer: (c) The distinctive procedure for a New Critic is explication.
Solution:

New- Criticism insisted on the intrinsic value of a work of art and focused attention on the individual work alone as an independent unit of meaning. It is a style of criticism that emphasizes the close reading of texts as a self-contained piece of work, capable of producing independent meaning, without the accompaniment of any philosophical, historical or biographical context surrounding the text. The distinctive procedure for a new critic is explication. Thus, option (c) will be correct answer.

34. The pamphlet The Power of Love (1643), proclaiming the importance of brotherhood as a means of achieving a radical change in social relationships was written by_________.

Correct Answer: (b) William Walwyn
Solution:

The pamphlet The Power of Love (1643), proclaiming the importance of brotherhood as a means of achieving a radical change in social relationships was written by William Walwyn. It appeared in London in September 1643. Thus, option (b) will be correct answer.

35. Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning attempeted to draw a distinction between two kinds of 'truth'. Which are these?

Correct Answer: (a) Theological Truth and Scientific Truth
Solution:

Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning attempted to draw a distinction between two kinds of truth, first is theological truth and another is scientific truth. According to him, the study of nature came to be less about changing traditional attitudes and beliefs and more about stimulating the economy. Thus, option (a) will be correct answer.

36. "I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables, and in Coffee-Houses." To whom do you attribute this famous statement?

Correct Answer: (b) Joseph Addiso
Solution:

This particular statement is attributed to Joseph Addison. It is all about the trends going on in 18th and early 19th century. The importance was given to rationality rather than emotions in this age.
Thus, option (b) wilł be correct answer.

37. Dr. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was published in_______.

Correct Answer: (c) 1755
Solution:

Dr. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was published on 15th. April 1755 until the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary. 173 years later, it was viewed as the pre-eminent English dictionary.
Thus, option (c) will be correct answer.

38. An Essay on the Principles of Human Action was written by_______.

Correct Answer: (d) William Hazlitt
Solution:

An Essay on the Principles of Human Action was written by William Hazlitt. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization.
Thus, option (d) will be correct answer.

39. Which of the following is false about Frederick Douglass?

Correct Answer: (d) He wrote Up From Slavery.
Solution:

Frederick Douglas was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator and writer. He worked tirelessly to make sure that emancipation would be one of outcomes of war. He recruited African - American men to fight in the U.S. Army, including two of his own sons. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York.
Thus, option (d) will be correct answer.

40. The phrase "structure of feeling" is attributed to________.

Correct Answer: (c) Raymond Williams
Solution:

Raymond Williams coined the notion "structure of feeling" in the 1970s to facilitate a historical understanding of affective elements of consciousness and relationships. Since then, the need to understand emotions, moods and atmospheres as historical and social phenomena has only become more acute in an era of social networking.
Thus, option (c) will be correct answer.