NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam December 2024 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

11. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

  LIST-I (Theorist)  LIST-II (Concept/Quote)
A. Mikhail Bakhtin  I. "Archeology of the Human Sciences"
 B. Michael Foucault II. "Text can be either readerly or writerly"
 C. Roland Barthes  III. "Dialogue as the intrinsic feature of language"
 D. Sigmund Freud IV. "Dreams end the unconscious"

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A-III, В-I, C-II, D-IV
Solution:
  LIST-I (Theorist)  LIST-II (Concept/Quote)
 A. Mikhail Bakhtin III. "Dialogue as the intrinsic feature of language"
 B. Michael Foucault I. "Archeology of the Human Sciences"
 C. Roland Barthes  II. "Text can be either readerly or writerly"
 D. Sigmund Freud  IV. "Dreams end the unconscious"

12. Identify the statements which are correct.

A. The term 'Hanneur' is often associated with the poetry of Baudelaire.
B. The term 'Habitus' is associated with Pierre Bourdieu.
C. Michael Foucault is associated with the concept of 'Modernity: An Unfinished Project'
D. Frantz Fanon is associated with the term 'Imagined Community'
E. The term 'Thich Description' is associated with Clifford Mentz.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

Due to some discrepancies, NTA has dropoed this question.

13. Functional Communicative Approach in English Language Teaching is in opposition to the:

Correct Answer: (d) Structural Approach
Solution:

Functional Communicative Approach in English Language Teaching is in opposition to the Structural Approach.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

14. Arrange the following works of Francis Bacon in the chronological order of their year of publication:

A. Advancement of Learning
B. De Augmentis Scientiarum
C. Novum Organum
D. The New Atlantis
E. History of Henry VII
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order will be-
• Advancement of Learning (1605)
• Novum Organum (1620)
• History of Henry (VII) (1622)
• De Augmentis Scientiarum (1623)
• The New Atlantis (1626)
Hence, option (a) is correct.

15. In which year was Raja Rao's Kanthapura published?

Correct Answer: (a) 1938
Solution:

Raja Rao's Kanthapura was published in 1938. It was Rao's first novel and is considered his best-known work. It is the story of a South Indian village named Kanthapura. The novel is narrated in the form of a Sthala Purana by an old woman of the village.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

16. Who amongst the following was not a member of the Bloomsbury Group?

Correct Answer: (d) W.B. Yeats
Solution:

The bloomsbury group was a group of British artists, writers and intellectuals is the early 20th century. The group was known for its reaction against Victorian social norms and members of this group-Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Lytton Strachey, Roger Fry. J.M. Keynes and E.M. Forster.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

17. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

  LIST-I (Term)   LIST-II (Meaning)
 A. Antonomasia I. Writings or Statements of doubtful or spurious authorship.
 B. Antiphrasis II. A figure of speech in which some defining word or phrase is substituted for a person's proper name.
 C. Apocrypha III. A narrative of miraculous deeds of God or Hero.
 D. Aretalogy IV. Ironic or humorous use of words in senses opposite to the generally accepted meanings.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Antonomasia is a figure of speech that is a phrase of epithet instead of person's name. It can also be used to describe a person with a quality associated with a famous person.
Example - "The bard of Avon" for Shakespeare.
• Antiphrasis : Ironic or humorous use of words in senses opposite to the generally accepted meanings.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

18. Identify the correct options from the following statements:

A. Ecocriticism has often explained the 'human and non-human webs of interrelation.'
B. In Ecocriticism, human accountability to the environment is part of the text's ethical orientation.
C. Ecocriticism foregrounds the notion of an interplay between environment and the body.
D. There is only one wave of Ecocriticism.
E. Ecocriticism has not tackled the issue of gender.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Ecocriticism has often explained the human and non-human webs of interrelation and in it human accountability to the environment is part of the text's ethical orientation. Ecocriticism foregrounds the notion of an interplay between environment and the body.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

19. Arrange the following texts in chronological order of their year of publication:

A. Coolie
B. The Big Heart
C. The Village
D. Two Leaves and a Bud
E. Seven Summers
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order will be-
• Coolie (1936).
• Two Leaves and a Bud (1937)
• The Village (1939)
• The Big Heart (1945)
• Seven Summers (1951)
Hence, option (d) is correct.

20. Who is the author of English in India : its Present and Future published in 1964?

Correct Answer: (c) V. K. Gokak
Solution:

V.K. Gokak is the author of English in India : Its Present and Future, published in 1964. Gokak was an Indian writer in the Kannada language and got Padma Shri Award.
Hence, option (c) is correct.