NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam December 2024 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

41. Identify the poet who has composed the following lines:

"Ganga was sunken, and the limp leaves
Waited fro rain, while the black clouds
Gathered far distant, over Himavant.
The Jungle crouched, humped in silence."

Correct Answer: (b) T.S. Eliot
Solution:

"Ganga was sunken, and the limp leaves
Waited for rain, while the black clouds
Gathered far distant, over Himavant.
The jungle crouched, humped in silence."
The above lines have been composed by Thomas Stearns Eliot in the poem The Waste Land (1922). Не was highly influenced by Indian mythologies and religious concepts of Indian culture. He took many references from Sanskrit Vedas and Upnishads in his works.
So, the correct answer is option (b).

42. Identify all the Australian Aboriginal Writers out of the following:

A. Kim Scott
B. Peter Carey
C. Oodgeroo Noonuccal
D. Kevin Gilbert
E. Derek Walcott
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A, C and D only
Solution:

Aboriginal- It derives from the Latin word 'ab' (from) and 'origine' (origin, begining). The word was used in Australia to describe the original inhabitants of the land as early as 1789. Since colonization, it has been employed as the common name to refer to both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Kevin Gilvert, Kim Scott and Oodgeroo Noonuccal (original name-Kath Walker) are the Australian Aboriginal writers.
So, the correct answer is option (c).

43. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

  LIST-I (Author)  LIST-II (Text)
 A. Henry Miller I. The Grapes of Wrath
 B. John Steinbeck II. No Name in the Street
 C. James Jones III. Tropic of Cancer
 D. James Baldwin IV. From Here to Eternity

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct matches are :
Henry Miller - Tropic of Cancer (1934)
John Steinback - The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
James Jones - From Here to Eternity (1951)
James Baldurin - No Name in the Streets (1972)
So, the correct answer is option (b)

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

A. Fraser's Magazine
B. The Spectator
C. The Westminster Review
D. The Quarterly Review
E. Edinburgh Review
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order is-
Edinburgh Review- 1802
The Quarterly Review- 1809
The Westminster Review- 1823
The Spectator- 1828
Fraser's Magazine- 1830
So, the correct answer is option (c).

45. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

  LIST-I (Text)  LIST-II (Author)
 A. My Days with Gandhi I. D.K. Roy
 B. Among the Great II. N.K. Bose
 C. Life of Sri Aurobindo III. Krishna Kripalani
 D. Rabindranath Tagore IV. A.B. Purani

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct matches are-

  LIST-I (Text)  LIST-II (Author)
 A. My Days with Gandhi (1953)  II. N.K. Bose 
 B. Among the Great (1945) I. D.K. Roy
 C. Life of Sri Aurobindo (1958) IV. A.B. Purani
 D. Rabindranath Tagore III. Krishna Kripalani

So, the correct answer is option (d).

46. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

  LIST-I (Author)  LIST-II (Text)
 A. Basudev Sunani I. Karukku
 B. Om Prakash Valmiki II. Weave of My Life
 C. Bama III. Cast Out
 D. Urmila Pawar IV. Joothan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct matches are-

 LIST-I (Author) LIST-II (Text)
 A. Basudev Sunani III. Cast Out (2008)
 B. Om Prakash Valmiki IV. Joothan (1997)
 C. Bama I. Karukku (19920
 D. Urmila Pawar II. Weave of My Life (2008)

So, the correct answer is option (b).

47. "O Sir, content you'.

I follow him to serve my turn upon him. We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly followed."
The above lines were spoken by which of the following characters?

Correct Answer: (b) Iago
Solution:

"O sir, content you'.
I follow him to serve my turn upon him. We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly followed".
The above lines were spoken by lago to Roderigo in Elizabethan era playwright William Shakespeare's play Othello (1603).

48. Which of the following statements are correct about 'Litotes'?

A. It contains an understatement for emphasis.
B. It is not opposite of hyperbole.
C. It is used with laconic intentions.
D. It is used with ironic intentions.
E. It is used in dramatic context.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) A, C and D only
Solution:

Litotes : Litotes is a Greek work which means "simple", a kind of figure of speech which directs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. It contains a brief emphasis, ironic and laconic intentions. So, the correct answer is option (d).

49. Chronologically arrange the following works according to the year of publication.

A. Gauri Viswanathan's Masks of Conquests.
B. Meenakshi Mukherjee's the Twice Born Fiction.
C. G. N. Devy's After Amnesia
D. M.K. Naik's A History of Indian English Literature
E. Harish Trivedi's Colonial Transactions
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological arrangement
is-

  Author     Work Year
 Meenakshi Mukherjee The Twice Born Fiction1971
 M.K. Naik A History of Indian English Literature1982
 Gauri Vishwanathan Masks of Conquests1989
 Harish Trivedi Colonial Transactions1995

So, the correct answer is option (d).

50. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

  LIST-I (Text) LIST-II (Author)
 A. Bodies that matter I. Barbara Johnson
 B. A World of Difference II. Judith Butler
 C. A Literature of their Own III. Camille Paglia
 D. Vamps and Tramps IV. Elaine Showalter

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct matches are-

   Text Year Author
Bodies That Matter 1993 Judith Butler
 A World of Difference 1987 Barbara Johnson
 A Literature of Their Own 1977 Elaine Showalter
 Vamps and Tramps 1994 Camille Paglia

So, the correct answer is option (c).