NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam. June 2023 ENGLISH (Shift-I)

Total Questions: 100

1. Arrange the correct chronological sequence of the publication of the following texts:

A. Essay of Dramatic Poesy
B. A Room of One's Own
C. Culture and Anarchy
D. The Lives of the Poets
E. "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A, D, E, С, В
Solution:

The correct chronological sequence of the publication of the given texts will be: A. "Essay of Dramatic Poesy" (1668)
D. "The Lives of the Poets" (1779)
E. "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads" (1800)
C. "Culture and Anarchy" (1869)
B. "A Room of One's Own" (1929)
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

2. Given below are two statements. One is labeled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R.

Assertion (A) : The experience of homosexuality in a homophobic culture is not the same for the whites and blacks.
Reason (R): Sexuality and sexual identity is experienced differently by the whites and blacks.
In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Solution:

Homophobia is a culturally conditioned response to homosexuality and attitude towards homosexuals widely across cultures and it is often seen that for whites and blacks, sexuality and sexual identity play different roles. Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

3. Saussure delivered his series of lectures on general linguistics, later published after his death as Course in General Linguistic, at the University of________.

Correct Answer: (c) Geneva
Solution:

Saussure was a Swiss linguist, he delivered his series of lectures on general linguistics, later published after his death as Course in General Linguistics at the University of Geneva. He is known for semiology, langue and parole, signified and signifier, synchrony and diachrony.
Hence, option (c) will be correct answer.

4. Noam Chomsky is known for his______.

Correct Answer: (a) Generative grammar
Solution:

Noam Chomsky, an American theoretical linguist is known for his Generative Grammar, which is the label for the linguistic theory. It is based on the principle that all humans are born with an innate capacity for language.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

5. Which among the following books is NOТ written by Edward Said?

Correct Answer: (c) Image-Music-Text
Solution:

Among the given books, "Image-Music-Text" is not written by Edward Said, it was written by Roland Barthes on the structural analysis of narrative and on issues in literary theory. The World, the Text and the Critic, emphasizes on a form of criticism that is fundamentally oppositional and antithetical to the hegemonic culture, it is written by Edward Said, while The Question of Palestine is written by Said. It traces the fatal collision between two people in the Middle East. Hence, option (c) will be correct answer.

6. Arrange the correct chronological sequence of the publication of the following texts:

A. "September 1, 1939"
B. "The Collar"
С. Верро
D. Paradise Lost
E. Seeing Things
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence of the publication of the given texts will be: B. The Collar (1633)- a poem by George Herbert
D. Paradise Lost (1667) - by John Milton
С. Верро (composed in 1817 and published 1818) - by Lord Byron.
A. September 1, 1939 - Published in 1939 in the New Republic by W.H. Auden E. Seeing Things (1991) - a poetry collection by Seamus Heaney.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

7. Match List-I with List-II

  LIST-I  LIST-II
A. Egotistical sublime I. Matthew Arnold
 B. Willing suspension of disbelief II. Joseph Addison
 C. Touchstone III. John Keats
 D. Pleasures of the Imagination IV. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The term Egotistical Sublime was given by John Keats when he was criticizing. William Wordsworth, while Willing Suspension of Disbelief was given by S.T. Coleridge.
Touchstone method has been mentioned in The Study of Poetry by Matthew Arnold and the last one Pleasures of the Imagination was given by Joseph Addison.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

8. Thomas Love Peacock authored the essay_________.

Correct Answer: (c) "Four Ages of Poetry"
Solution:

Among the given options, The Four Ages of Poetry is an essay by Thomas Love Peacock.it stimulated Shelley to write The Defence of Poetry.
Hence, option (c) will be correct answer.

9. Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning was dedicated to

Correct Answer: (a) King James I
Solution:

Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning was dedicated to king James (I). In this work, Bacon visualizes a great synthesis of knowledge and rationality.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

10. Which of the following concepts are associated with the writings of Jean Baudrillard?

A. Hyperreality
B. Bricolage
C. Rhizome
D. Simulacra
E. Dispositif
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (d) A and D
Solution:

'Hyperreality' is a post-modern conception, coined by Jean Baudrillard, and it was defined by him as the generation by models of a real without origin or reality. 'Simulacra' are copies that depict things that either had no original, or that have an original. It was given by Jean Baudrillard.
Hence, option (d) will be correct answer.