NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam December 2024 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

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

A. Orientalism
B. Black Skin, White Masks
C. Masks of conquest
D. The Wretched of the Earth
E. "Can the Subaltern Speak?"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

The correct chronological order and their publication
Black Skin, White Masks (1952) by Frantz Fanon
The Wretched of the Earth (1961) by Frantz Fanon.
Orientalism (1978) by Edward Said
Can the Subaltern Speak? (1985) by Gayatri C. Spivak
Masks of Conquest (1989) by Gauri Viswanathan.

62. Arrange the following steps of 'Decision making' in the research process:

A. The choice of a research topic or theme.
B. Data collection
C. Analysis and interpretation of data.
D. Formulating the research problem.
E. Conceptualization and operationalization
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The steps of decision making in the research process: the choice of a research topic or theme, formulating the research problem, conceptualization and operationalization, data collection, and analysis and interpretation of data.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

63. Who has written The Life Divine?

Correct Answer: (c) Sri Aurobindo
Solution:

The Life Divine (1939) is written by Sri Aurobindo. It is Sri Aurobindo's principal philosophical work in which he presents a theory of spiritual evolution.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

64. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

  LIST-I (Poet)   LIST-II (Poem)
 A. Edmund Spenser I. "Whose List to Hunt"
 B. Philip Sidney  II. "So Cruel Prison how could Betide"
 C. Thomas Wyatt III. "The Faerie Queene"
 D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey  IV. "The Defense of Poesy"

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct matches will be -

  Poet   Work  Publication Year
 Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene 1590–96
 Philip Sidney The Defense of Poesy 1595
 Thomas Wyatt Whose List to Hunt 1557
 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey So Cruel Prison How Could Betide 1557

Hence, option (b) is Correct.

65. Which of the statements given below are true?

A. The centre for contemporary Cultural Studies was established in Berkley in 1960.
B. Jurgen Habermas traces the rise of the public sphere to the rise of print culture.
C. Paul Gilroy introduced the concept of the Black Atlantic.
D. Adorno praises the alien nature of avantgarde modernist art such as the atonal music of Schoenberg.
E. Chutnification was a term used by Edward Soja.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Correct Answer: (b) B, C and D only
Solution:

The true statements are :
Jurgen Habermas traces the rise of the public sphere to the rise of print culture, Paul Gilroy introduced the concept of the Black Atlantic, and Adorno praises the alien nature of avant-garde modernist art such as the atonal music of Schoenberg.

66. Identify the correct statements concerning the respective genre:

A. An epistle is a literary genre in the form of letter.
B. Epigraph is an inscription on funeral monument.
C. Epigram is a short, pithy poem wittily expressed.
D. Epitaph is a formal statement in the beginning of a literary work
E. Epyllion is a short poem in the meter of an epic poetry.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct statements concerning the respective genre : An Epistle is a literary genre in the form of letter, Epigram is a short, pithy poem wittily expressed, and Epigram is a short poem in the meter of an epic poetry.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

67. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

  LIST-I (Author)  LIST-II (Text)
 A. Kamla Markandeya I. The Grip of Change
 B. P. Sivakami  II. The Enchanted Fruit
 C. Anita Desai III. Possession
 D. Raj Lakshmi Debi IV. Cry, the Peacock

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct match will be -

   Author  Literary Work Year
 Kamla Markandeya  Possession 1963
 P. Sivakami The Grip of Change 2006
 Anita Desai Cry, The Peacock 1963
 Raj Lakshmi Devi The Enchanted Fruit 1876

Hence, option (a) is correct.

68. "Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need." Who has composed the above lines?

Correct Answer: (c) Emily Dickinson
Solution:

"Success is counted sweetest
By those who never succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need"
The given lines were composed by Emily Dickinson in
her poem, Success is Counted Sweetest.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

69. Identify the correct statement on about 'Langue' and 'Parole' below:

A. Langue is the abstract language system, the grammar of a language.
B. Parole is the language actually produced by its users following langue.
C. Langue is the language actually produced by its users following Parole.
D. Parole is the abstract language system, the grammar of a system.
E. Langue and Parole are not related to one language as concepts.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A and B only
Solution:

The correct statement about Langue and Parole; Langue is the abstract language system, the grammar of a language, and Parole is the language actually produced by its users following langue.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

70. The incorrect works cited entries according to MLA Handbook, 9th edition are:

A. Jacobs Alan. The Pleasures of Reading in the Age of Destruction. Oxford UP. 2011.
B. Charon, Rita, et al. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine. Oxford UP, London, 2017.
C. Sabau, Ana. "The Perils of Ownership", American Review, vol. 10, no.2.2007, PP.1-27.
D. Riddle, Julie. "Shadow Animals." The Georgia Review, 67.3, pp. 424-47.
E. Copeland, Edward. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austin Cambridge UP, 1997, 131-48.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) B, D and E only
Solution:

The incorrect works cited entries according to MLA handbook, 9th edition are : • Charon, Rita, et al. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine. Oxford UP, London, 2017.
• Riddle, Julie. "Shadow Animals." The Georgia Review, 67.3, pp. 424-47.
• Copeland, Edward. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austin Cambridge UP, 1997, 131-48.
Hence, option (c) is correct.