NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam. December 2023 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

61. Which among the following are the titles of the periodicals?

(A) Dickens' Household Worlds
(B) S.T. Coleridge' Friend
(C) Richard Steele's Guardian
(D) Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis
(E) Leigh Hunt's Indicator
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Among the given options, The Metamorphosis by Kafka is a Post-Colonial work and rest of the works are the titles of the periodicals.
Hence, option (c) is correct answer.

62. Which of the following qualities of heroic treatment was not needed in the plays of the University Wits?

Correct Answer: (d) Lives of common figures
Solution:

There was no need of lives of common figures in the plays of the University Wits. They were Marlowe, Greene, Nash, Peele and Kyd, Lyly, Lodge. Hence, option (d) is correct.

63. What is not true about D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers?

(A) Sons and Lovers is a semi-autobiographical novel.
(B) It is a psychological study of the familial and love relationships of a working-class English family
(C) The film adaptation of the novel was directed by Jack Cardiff.
(D) The storyline traces three generations of Brangwen family.
(E) The novel narrates the story of Paul Morel whose love for his beloved overshadows the affectionate bond with his mother.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Lawrence's Sons and Lovers examines the emotional dynamics of the Morel family and charts the gradual decline of middle son, Paul Morel, as he navigates tensions between his romantic life and his family life. The description of the three generations of Brangwen family is mentioned in "The Rainbow" by Lawrence.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

64. 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, assertion and reason are correct because discourse are cultural and social practices and it is used for communication and to construct knowledge and truth according to Michel Foucault.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

65. Which of the following novels of Thomas Hardy was first published in an abridged form as Hearts Insurgent?

Correct Answer: (b) Jude the Obscure
Solution:

"Jude the Obscure" was the novel of Thomas Hardy and it was first published in an abridged form as Hearts Insurgent. Later, it created controversy because of incestuous relationship.
Hence, option (b) is correct answer.

66. A portmanteau is:

Correct Answer: (b) A work that results from blending two or more words or part of words.
Solution:

A portmanteau is a word, blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others.
Hence, option (b) is correct answer.

67. Which among the following writers remarked that "I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavour"?

Correct Answer: (a) Henry David Thoreau
Solution:

The statement is given by Henry David Thoreau, a leading transcendentalist who is well-known for his book Walden and essay Civil Disobedience. Hence, option (a) is correct.

68. Which of the following is true about Arthur Miller's plays?

(A) After the Fall is a semi-autobiographical play.
(B) Incident of Vichy deals with Nazi prosecution of the Jews.
(C) The Price anticipated economic crash.
(D) The Creation of the World is not serio-comic re-writing of the story of Jesus.
(E) The Crucible user a specific setting to consider the responsibilities of artist. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

After the Fall is a Miller's personal play and it was criticized for being too similar to Miller's actual life because Maggie's suicide is similar to the accidental overdose death of Miller's former wife Monroe, while The Price is a two-act play about family dynamics.
Hence, option (c) is correct answer.

69. What is the correct order of publication of the novels of

(A) Great Expectations
(B) Hard Times
(C) Oliver Twist
(D) David Copperfield
(E) A Tale of Two Cities
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

The correct order of publication of the novels of Charles Dickens are: Oliver Twist (1837 to 1839 in serialized form)
⇒ David Copperfield (1850)
⇒ Hard Times (1854)
⇒ A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
⇒ Great Expectations (1861)
Hence, option (b) is correct answer.

70. The term 'gynocriticism' refers to :

Correct Answer: (d) Production and analysis of writings by women on women
Solution:

• The term Gynocriticism was introduced by Elaine Showalter in Towards a Feminist Poetics (1979) which refers to a kind of criticism with woman as writer/producer of textual meaning, as against woman as reader (Feminist Critique).
• In short we can say it is a kind of criticism in which there is a production and analysis of writings by women on women.
Hence, the correct answer is option (d).