NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam. December 2023 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

51. Which of the following assertions is/are not true in the context of culture industry?

(A) The term 'culture industry' was used by the Frankfurt school to describe the operations
(B) The dominant capitalist class instils its values and beliefs in the minds of the working-class people.
(C) The word 'industry' signifies the production of cultural products for mass consumption.
(D) The authentic culture arising from the working class is preserved and protected.
(E) The mass culture thus produced induced activism and critical thinking among the youth.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) (D) and (E) Only
Solution:

The Authentic Culture arising from the working class is preserved and protected, this statement is not true and statement (e) is also incorrect. Hence, option (d) is correct.

52. What does aptly define minor literature, according to Giles Deluze?

Correct Answer: (b) Deterritorialisation of language
Solution:

In Critical theory, deterritorialization is the process by which a social relation, called a territory, has its current organization and context altered, mutated or destroyed.
Hence, option (b) is correct answer.

53. Chronologically arrange the following works of Sri Aurobindo in accordance with their year of publication:

(A) The Hour of God
(B) The Mother
(C) The Life Divine
(D) The Future Poetry
(E) The Synthesis of Yoga
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

NTA has dropped this question because of some discrepancies in it.

54. Which among the following statement is not true about NEP-2020?

Correct Answer: (c) The Policy recommends that English language should be the only medium of instruction at elementary level
Solution:

NEP-2020 (The National Education Policy of India), which was started by the Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020, outlines the vision of new education system of India. The new policy replaces the previous National Policy on Education, 1986. There is no such recommendations that English language should be the only medium of instruction at elementary level.
Hence, option (c) is correct answer.

55. Match List-I with List-II.

 List-I (Story) List-II (Author)
 A. "A Simple Heart" I Joseph Conrad
 B. "An Outpost of Progress" II Gustave Flaubert
 C. "Six Feet of the Country" III R.K. Narayan
 D. "A Horse and Two Goats" IV Nadine Gordimer

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

A Simple Heart is Gustave Flaubert's first short-story published in the book Three Tales. An Outpost of Progress is a short story by Joseph Conrad while Six Feet of the Country is a short-story by Nadine Gordimer and the last one, A Horse and two Goats is a collection of short stories by R.K. Narayan.
Hence, option (b) is correct answer.

56. Arrange the following in the chronological order of the dates of publication:

(A) Michel Foucault's The Order of Things
(B) M.K. Gandhi's Hind Swaraj or The Indian Homerule
(C) Stephen Greenblate's The Swerve : How the World Bесаme Мodern
(D) Donna Harraway's When Species Meet
(E) Tony Bennett's Formalism and Marxism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The Chronological order of the dates of publication:
M.K. Gandhi's Hind Swaraj or The Indian Homerule (1909), Michel Foucault's The Order of Things (1966), Tony Bennett's Formalism and Marxism (1979), Donna Harraway's When Species Meet (2006) and Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve: How the World became Modern (2011).
Hence, option (b) is correct.

57. Arrange the following in the chronological order of the date/year of publication:

(A) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Mistress of Spices
(B) Anand Giridhardas's India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking
(C) V.S. Naipaul's India: A Wounded Civilisation
(D) Bharati Mukherjee's Desirable Daughters
(E) Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order is C, E, A, D, B: A Wounded Civilization (1977) by Naipaul; Midnight's Children (1981) by Rushdie; The Mistress of Spices (1997) by Chitra Banarjee; Desirable Daughters (2002) by Bharti Mukherjee; India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking (2011) by Anand Girdhardas.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

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

Assertion (A): Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.
Reason (R) : This is mainly because of several different though related meanings have emerged at particular moments throughout its long history.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Solution:

Both statement and reason are correct because here culture has been described in a broad sense and reason is justifying this statement.
Hence, option (a) is correct answer.

59. Use of broader principles of research underscored by philosophical rationales is termed as:

Correct Answer: (d) Research Methodology
Solution:

Use of broader principles of research underscored by philosophical rationales is termed as Research Methodology. It is a structured and scientific approach used to collect, analyze and interpret quantitative or qualitative data to answer research questions or test hypotheses. Hence, option (d) is correct.

60. Which among the following is not a character from Jane Austen's novel persuasion?

Correct Answer: (c) Miss Crawford
Solution:

Among the given options, Miss Crawford is not a character of Jane Austen's Persuasion. It was the last novel of Austen. She was focused on Landed Gentry novels.
Hence, option (c) is correct.