NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam December 2024 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

81. From which poem are the following lines extracted?

"Once more the storm is hauling and half hid
Under this cradle-hood and coverlid,
My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle.
But Gregory's wood and one bare hill."

Correct Answer: (c) "A Preyer for My Daughter"
Solution:

"Once more the storm is hauling and half hid
Under this cradle-hood and coverlid,
My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle.
But Gregory's wood and one bare hill."
The above lines have been extracted from the poem A Prayer for My Daughter by William Butler Yeats, written in 1919. It is a well-wishes for Anne, daughter of Georgie Hyde-Lees and W. B. Yeats.
So, the correct answer is option (c).

82. Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

  LIST-I (Novel)  LIST-II (Novelist)
 A. The Childhood of Jesus I. L.P. Hartley
 B. The Go-Between  II. Evelyn Waugh
 C. Brideshead Revisited  III. J.M. Coetzee
 D. The Catcher in the Rye IV. J.D. Salinger

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct matches are-

   LIST-I (Novel)  LIST-II (Novelist)
 A. The Childhood of Jesus (2013) III. J.M. Coetzee
 B. The Go-Between (1953) I. L.P. Hartley
 C. Brideshead Revisited (1945) II. Evelyn Waugh
 D. The Catcher in the Rye (1951) IV. J.D. Salinger

So, the correct answer is option (b).

83. Identify the ones which are matched correctly.

A. Barbara Christian : "The Race for Theory"
B. Alfred W. Crosby : " Unhiding the Hidden"
C. Paul Carter : "Naming Place"
D. Graham Huggan : "Ecological Imperialism"
E. Thomas B Macaulay: "Minutes on Indian Education"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The essay, The Race for Theory was written by Barbara Christian, published in 1987 in the academic Journal Cultural Critique.
• Naming No Man's Land : Postcolonial Toponymies, known as Naming Place is a practice-based exploration of the politics and poetics of replacing colonial place names with indigenous ones. It is written by Paul Carter.
• Minutes on Indian Education was written by Thomas Babington Macaulay for Lord William Bentinck, governor general of British India.
• Ecological Imperialism is a book by Alfred W. Crosby.
• Among the Hidden is a work of Margaret Peterson Haddix.
So, the correct answer is option (b).

84. Who among the following illustrated the works of Thomas Gray and Robert Blair?

Correct Answer: (b) William Blake
Solution:

William Blake was commissioned to illustrate the work of Thomas Gray and Robert Blair.
So, the correct answer is option (b).

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

A. Nation and narration
B. The Dialogic Imagination
C. Anthropology and the colonial Encounter
D. Discourse on Colonialism
E. Orientalism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:
 Publication Year    Book Title   Author
1950 Discourse on Colonialism Aimé Césaire
 1973 Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter Talal Asad
 1978 Orientalism Edward Said
 1981 The Dialogic Imagination Mikhail Bakhtin
 1990 Nation and Narration Homi K. Bhabha

86. What does deductive method of reasoning refer to?

Correct Answer: (a) From general to particular
Solution:

Deductive reasoning is a logical method that involves moving from broad concept to specific results. It is frequently compared to inductive reasoning. Which begins with particular intances and draws general conclusions. Deductive reasoning is often referred to as deductive logic or top-down reasoning.
So, the correct answer is option (а).

87. From the statements given below, what is true about the Gothic Novel?

A. It appeared in 14th Century American Literature.
B. It often uses the medieval form of architecture as setting.
C. It is a form of baroque art.
D. It represents a style of mosaic and fresco wall painting.
E. It aims at evoking chilling terror by exploiting mystery and a variety of horrors.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) B and E only
Solution:

The true statement about the Gothic Novel: It often uses the medieval form of architecture as setting and it aims at evoking chilling terror by exploring mystery and a variety of horrors. Gothic horror fiction, sometimes called Gothic (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The first work to call itself Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Tornado, later subtitled A Gothic Story.
Hence, option (D) is correct.

88. Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is a:

Correct Answer: (b) Romantic Comedy
Solution:

William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is a Romantic comedy. It is read like a series of witty exchanges, or repartee. Shakespeare uses language in many different ways, including puns, verbal figures and elaboration of commonplaces.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

89. Which of the following novels deal with the theme of apartheid?

A. Purple Hibiscus
B. July's People
C. Cry, the Beloved Country
D. The Mimic Men
E. My Son's Story
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

July's People (1981) by Nadine Gordimer, Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton and My Son's Story (1990) by Nadine Gordimer, deals with the theme of apartheid.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

90. Which of the following is not matched correctly?

Correct Answer: (d) Tilottama Ranjan: Poems of Govindagraj
Solution:

Option (d) is not correctly matched. Poems of Govindagraj is not written by Tilottama Ranjan, instead of Ram Ganish Gadicari. He used the pen name Govindagraj for his poetry.
Hence, option (d) is correct.