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

Total Questions: 100

81. Find the Chronological order of publication of the given works :

A. Rajmohan's wife
B. A Bend in the Ganges
C. Kanthapura
D. Untouchable
E. Distant Drum
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order of the publication of the given works is : A, D, C, B, Е.
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Rajmohan's Wife (1864) is the first published novel in English by an Indian.
• Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable (1935) deals with untouchability prevelent in Indian Society at that time.
• Raja Rao's Kanthapura (1938) is one of the finest novels to come out of mid-twentieth century India which deals with Gandhi's Struggle for independence from the British Rule.
• Manohar Malgonkar's novel A Bend in the Ganges (1964) deals with freedom struggle in India and ends with the partition riots in Punjab.
• Distant Drum (1974) is a book by Manohar Malgonkar.
Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

82. Find the chronological order of publication of Charles Dickens' novels :

A. Oliver twist
B. Dombey and Sons
C. Pickwick Papers
D. Bleak House
E. David Copperfield
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

The chronological order of publication of Charles Dickens' novels will be as : (C) Pickwick Papers - 1836
(A) Oliver Twist - 1838
(B) Dombey and Sons - 1848
(E) David Copperfield (1850)
(D) Bleak House (1852)
• So, it should be C, A, B, E, D.
• None of the given options has the combination.
Hence, NTA has dropped this question.

83. Find the chronological order of publication of the given works :

A. Boswell's Life of Johnson
B. Hobbes's Leviathan
C. Pepys's Diary
D. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
E. Locke's Human Understanding
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct Chronological order to the given works is: B, C, D, E, A.
• Hobbes' Leviathan (161)
• Pepys' Diary (1664)
• Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
• Lock's Human Understanding (1689)
• Boswell's Life of Johnson (1791)
• Hence, the correct answer is option (a).

84. Find the chronological order of publication of the given works :

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 to publication of the given works is : B, D, E, A, С.
• Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in Generul Linguistics was published in 1916 (French).
• Roland Barthes' The Pleasure of the Text was published in 1973 (French).
• Wolfgang Iser's Implied Reader was published in 1974.
• Jonathan Culler's Structuralist Poetics was published in 1975.
• Jonathan Culler's The Pursuit of Signs was published in (1981).
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

85. Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): From a sociolinguistic point of view, mainstream SLA studies remain asocialthe social import of learning to interact through language remains hidden.
Reason (R) : A sociolinguistic perspective focusses on the linguistic system as well as on a concern with specific items of pragmatic and discourse development and rejects the tendency of looking at language as a set of norms, at language diversity and ideologies.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

In the light of the above statements, the statement given in assertion is absolutely correct while the reason is not correct.

86. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : In extensive reading, the teachers play the main role.
Reason (R) : The aim of extensive reading is to enrich learners knowledge.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

In the light of the above Statements, assertion is not correct while the reason is absolutely correct.
• In extensive reading, the teacher does not play the main role instead the readers/ students have to be very active.
• The aim of extensive reading is to enrich learner's knowledge.
Hence, the correct answer is option (d).

87. Given below are two statements :

Statement I : "Anagenesis" is the final part of the drama just after the climax in which there is resolution for any conflicts left in the plot.
Statement II : "Anagenesis" is the turning point of the play where audience observes unpredictable change in the play.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

In the light of the above statements, Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
• "Anagenesis" is not the final part of drama instead it is a mechanism in which one species evolves into another by evolutionary changes within a lineage.
• "Anagnorisis" is the turning point of the play where audience observes unpredictable change in the play.
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

88. Given below are two statements :

Statement I: It is true that there is an analogy between the works of an author and the experiences of his life.
Statement II : The works may be seen as an incomplete translation of the life. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

In the light of the above statements both the statements are absolutely correct. • It is true that there is an analogy between the work of an author and the experiences of his life.
• The work may be seen as an incomplete translation of the life.
Hence, the correct answer is option (a).

89. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Things acquire a rational signification, and not only one of simple usage, because an other is associated with my relations with them.
Statement II: In designating a thing, I designate it to the other.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

In the light of the above statements, both the statements are absolutely correct.

90. Given below are two statements :

Statement I: The poststructuralists' genre critics suggest that the way to 'de-essentialize' genre is to re-cast it in terms of discourse.
Statement II: But while the poststructuralist move toward dialectical exchange and ideology is both useful and necessary, conceiving of genre primarily in terms of discourse reveals certain limitations that are intrinsic to poststructuralism's basic approach to discourse and to the relationship envisioned between discourse and subjectivity.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

In the light of the above statements regarding Post Structuralism, both the statements are incorrect.