NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam December 2024 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

1. Which of the following texts has been written by Rabindranath Tagore?

Correct Answer: (b) Chandalika
Solution:

Among the given options, Chandalika has been written by Rabindranath Tagore. It is a story about a chandal girl from the lowest untouchable caste who falls in love with a beautiful monk after giving him some water.
Hence, option (b) correct.

2. Arrange the following novels of D. H. Lawrence in chronological order of their year of publication:-

A. Women in Love
B. The White Peacock
C. Sons and Lovers
D. The Rainbow
E. The Trespasser
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order of the given novels (Publication) will be-
• The White Peacock (1911)
• The Tresspasser (1912)
• Sons and Lovers (1913)
• The Rainbow (1915)
• Women in Love (1920)
Hence, option (c) is correct.

3. Choose the correct sequence of the following works of Pablo Neruda in chronological order:-

A. Spain in the Heart
B. Works and Book of Twilights
C. The Inhabitant and His Hope
D. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
E. The Trying of Infinite Man
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct sequence of the given works of Pablo Neruda in chronological order will be-
• Works and Book of Twilights (1923)
• Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924)
•  The Trying of Infinite Man (1926)
• The Inhabitant and His Hope (1926)
• Spain in My Heart (1937)
Hence, option (d) is correct.

4. Arrange the following works in the chronological sequence of their year of publication:

A. Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy
B. Thomas Browne's The Anatomy of Melancholy
C. P.B. Shelley's Defence of Poetry
D. Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan
E. Walter Pater's Studies in the History of the Renaissance
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence will be-
• The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
• Leviathan (1651)
• The Defence of Poetry (1840)
• Culture and Anarchy (1869)
• Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873)
Hence, option (d) is correct.

5. In which of the texts, the following lines occur?

"Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind,
What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never failing vice of fools."

Correct Answer: (a) An Essay on Criticism
Solution:

These given lines are from Alexander Pope's poem An Essay on Criticism. The poem highlights the idea that pride is the primary factor that clouds human judgement and leads people astray particularly those considered foolish.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

6. Whịch among the following novels is not written by Mary Shelley?

Correct Answer: (a) The Lost Woman
Solution:

Among the given options, The Lost Woman (1983) is composed by Patricia Beer while Frankenstein (1818), The Last Man (1826) and Faulkner (1837) are written by Mary Shelley.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

7. Arrange the following in the chronological order of their year of publication.

A. Deconstruction and Criticism
B. Multiculturalism: Roots and Realities
C. Literary Theory and the Claims of History
D. The Western Canon
E. An Appetite for Poetry
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order of their year of publication will be- •Deconstruction and Criticism by Harold Bloom (1979)
• An Appetite for Poetry (1989) by Frank Kermode
• The Western Canon (1994) by Harold Bloom
• Literary Theory and the Claims of History (1997) by Satya P. Mohanty. •Multiculturalism : Roots and Realities (2002) by C. James Trotman.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

8. Who said "The introduction of foreigner does not necessarily destroy the nation, they merge in it"?

Correct Answer: (d) M. K. Gandhi
Solution:

This quote is given by Mahatma Gandhi and appeared in his book Hind Swaraj where he discusses India's ability to assimilate different cultures due to its inherent National Unity.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

9. "There is nothing outside the text" is a statement by:

Correct Answer: (b) Jacques Derrida
Solution:

"There is nothing outside the text" is a statement by the philosopher Jacques Derrida. In French Language, Derrida wrote, "II n'y a pas de hors-texte" Hence, option (b) is correct.

10. The line "Thou still unravished bride of quietness" presents which of the following rhetorical figures?

Correct Answer: (b) Apostrophe
Solution:

The line "Thou still unravished bride of quietness "presents rhetorical figure Apostrophe.
Hence, option (b) is correct.