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

Total Questions: 100

41. "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" is written by

A. John Donne
B. John Milton
C. Adrienne Rich
D. Sylvia Plath
E. Robert Frost
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A and C only
Solution:

A Valediction Forbidding Mourning is a poem by Adrienne Rich where she talks about expressing herself through the frozen language of others; with the same title, John Donne wrote and used one of his famous conceits to depict the steadfast nature of his love. It was written for Donne's wife Anne.
Thus, option (a) will be correct answer.

42. Which of the following two poems are linked with each other in terms of form?

A. "The Last Ride Together"
B. "Ulysses"
C. "Upon Appleton Houses: To my Lord Fairfax"
D. "To Penshurst" E. "The Waste Land"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) C and D only
Solution:

Upon Appleton House is composed by Andrew Marvell. It has been analyzed into six sections, the poem is written in 97 stanzas, each of eight lines that are octosyllabic in iambic tetrameters forming couplets.
To Penshurst by Ben Jonson talks about the ancestral estate Penshurst place, which comprises the building, gardens and forests, belonging to Sir Philip Sidney in the same way as Ben Jonson did in Upon Appleton Houses: To my Lord Fairfax.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

43. which of the following poems are written by Alexander Pope?

A. The Dunciad
B. Moral Essays
C. Grongar Hill
D. Cooper's Hill
E. Absalom and Achitophel
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A and B only
Solution:

The Dunciad is a landmark, mock-heroic narrative poem by Alexander Pope, published in three different versions at different times from 1728 to 1743; Moral Essays is a series of four poems on ethical subjects by Alexander Pope while Grongar Hill is located in the Welsh Country of Carmarthenshire and was the subjeot of loco-descriptive poem by John Dyer. Absalom and Achitophel is a satirical poem by John Dryden.
Hence, option (c) will be correct answer.

44. Identify the plays originally written by Vijay Tendulkar from the following:

A. The Cyclist and His Fifth Woman
B. Scandal in Fairyland
C. The Vultures and Encounter in Umbugland
D. Sakharam Binder
E. Fire and the Rain
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A, C and D only
Solution:

The Fire and the Rain is a play by Girish Karnad, based on the myth of Yavakri; while Sakharam Binder is a play by Vijay Tendulkar written in Marathi. The Cyclist, His Fifth Woman, The Vultures and Encounter in Umbugland are written by Vijay Tendulkar.
Thus, option (C) will be correct answer.

45. Identify the plays written by Asif Currimbhoy from the following :

A. princes
B. The Captives
C. An Experiment with Truth
D. Angkor
E. Dance Like a Man
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Asif Currimbhoy, an Indian playwright wrote The Captives, An Experiment with Truth and Angkor. The Captives is a social play that depicts the relation between the Indian Muslim and Pakistani Muslim while An Experiment with Truth is a play by Asif Currimbhoy on the life and assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and Angkor is a TV play by Asif Currimbhoy.
Thus, option (b) will be correct answer.

46. Which of the following are the plays written by Robert Greene?

A. The Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First
B. Alphonsus
C. A Moon for he Misbegotten
D. The Old Wives' Tale
E. King of Aragon
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (c) B and E only
Solution:

Alphonsus, King of Aragon (1588-91) is a play by Robert Greene, while A Moon for the Misbegotten is a play by Eugene O'Neill. The Old Wives' Tale and King Edward the First are written by George Peele.
Thus, option (c) will be correct answer.

47. Which of the following two plays were written by W.B. Yeats?

A. The Land of heart's Desire
B. Time and the Conways
C. The Silver Tassie
D. The Countess Cathleen
E. The Plough and the Stars

Correct Answer: (b) A and D only
Solution:

The Land of Heart's Desire is a play by Irish poet and dramatist W.B. Yeats, while The Silver Tassie is a four-act Expressionist play about the first World War, written between 1927 and 1928 by Sean O'Casey. The Countess Cathleen is a verse drama by W.B. Yeats in blank verse, while The Plough and the Stars is a fouract play by Sean O'Casey.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

48. Which among the following are true in the context of Chinua Achebe?

A. He wrote Arrow of God and Things Fall Apart.
B. His "Novelist as Teacher" is a seminal essay in the context of African Literature.
C. The name of the tribe he depicted in Things Fall Apart is lgbo D. He is a Kenyan born American literature.
E. He wrote the essay "An Abolition of English Department."  Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A, B and C only
Solution:

Arrow of God and Things fall Apart are the novels by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart is the debut novel of Achebe, first published in 1958. Achebe's The Novelist as Teacher shows how to build confidence in his people that makes them as proud of their culture as any other. The name of the tribe Achebe depicted in Things fall Apart is Igbo. Thus, option (c) will be correct answer.

49. Identify the correct ones among the following:

A. The apologie for poetrie was written by Sir Philip Sidney.
B. Sir Philip Sidney wrote the Apologie for Poetrie as a counterblast to Stephen Gosson's The School of Abuse.
C. Stephen Gosson wrote the school of abuse in the euphuistic style.
D. Sidney's style was characterised by neoclassical restraint.
E. Sidney and Gosson wrote their critical treatise in the eighteenth century. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Sir Philip Sidney's An Apology for Poetry also known as The Defence of Poetry was written in 1579-80. It was a response to Stephen Gosson's School of Abuse." It is about the role of society. For Sidney, poetry is not merely a part of civilization, it is a civilized and civilizing art form. To Sidney, poetry is an art of imitation for specific purpose, it is imitated to teach and delight. Poetry is simply a superior means of communication and its value depends on what is communicated.
Thus, option (a) will be correct answer.

50. Which of the following works have NOT been written by Thomas Carlyle?

A. Of heroes and hero-worship
B. The French Revolution
C. Of human bondage
D. The hour and the man
E. Hudibras
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

Of Heroes and Hero-Worship, written by Thomas Carlyle is based on the high regard, entirely proper in his view, that ordinary people have for the great figures of their history while The French Revolution is a narrative history in three volume, written by Carlyle; Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham and The Hour and the Man is a collection of mystery story by Robert Barr.
Hudibras is a vigorous satirical poem written in mock heroic style by Samuel Butler and published in three parts in 1663. 64 and 1678.
More than one work is not written by Thomas Carlyle hence, NTA has dropped this question.