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

Total Questions: 100

31. A.K. Ramanujan, the famous Indian English poet, was also a________.

A. photographer
B. translator
C. painter
D. classical singer
E. teacher at the University of Chicago

Correct Answer: (d) B and E
Solution:

A.K. Ramanujan, the famous Indian English poet, was also a translator and teacher at the university of Chicago. His poems are remembered as enigmatic works of startling originality, sophistication and moving artistry.
Hence, option (d) will be correct answer.

32. The name of the Goddess in Kanthapura is:

Correct Answer: (a) Kenchamma
Solution:

The name of the Goddess in Kanthapura is Kenchamma. She protects the villagers from famine and diseases. According to village lore, the Kenchamma Hill near Kanthapura is red because the goddess Kenchamma fought off an evil demon there, and the blood from the battle soaked the hill.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

33. Who among the following is an Australian Aboriginal poet?

Correct Answer: (b) Kath Walker
Solution:

Kath Walker is an Australian Aboriginal poet. In 1987, Kath Changed her name to Oodgeroo of the Noonuccal tribe in protest at the Australian Bicentennial celebration. She is well-known for her poetry.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

34. Arrange the correct chronological sequence of events that affected literary criticism and theory.

A. Man's First Flight to the Moon.
B. End of the World War II.
C. Martin Luther King Jr's 'I Have a Dream' Speech.
D. Russian Revolution.
E. India's Independence
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence of events that affected literary criticism and theory are as follows:
D. Russian Revolution (1917-23)
B. End if the World war (II) (1945)
E. India's Independence (1947)
C. Martin Luther King Jr's 'I have a dream' speech (1963)
A. Man's First flight to the Moon (1969)
Hence, option (d) will be correct answer.

35. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood," was published in 1807.
Statement II : In "Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood," Wordsworth sums up his philosophy of childhood.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Solution:

Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood was published in 1807. It sums up that life on earth is a dim shadow of an earlier, purer existence, dimly recalled in childhood and then forgotten in the process of growing up.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

36. Arrange the following playwrights chronologically in accordance with the years of their birth.

A. Asif Currimbhoy
B. Gurcharan Das
C. Nissim Ezekiel
D. Gieve Patel
E. Cyrus Mistry
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Playwrights chronologically in accordance with the years of their birth:
C. Nissim Ezekiel (16 December 1924- 9 January 2004)
A. Asif Currimbhoy (1928-1994)- an Indian playwright
D. Gieve Patel (18 August 1940 - till now)
B. Gurcharan Das (3 Oct. 1943 till now)
E. Cyrus Mistry (11 March, 1956)

37. Some of the following poets adorned the Oxford Professor of Poetry Chair:

A. James Fenton
B. margarent Atwood
C. Seamus Heaney
D. Anne Sexton
E. Paul Muldoon
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

James Fenton, Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon adorned the Oxford Professor of Poetry chair.
Hence, option (c) will be correct answer.

38. Which two of the following dramatists have won the Sultan Padamsee Award?

A. Mahesh Dattani
B.Gurcharan Das
C. Girish Karnad
D. Cyrus Mistry
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (b) B & D
Solution:

Gurcharan Das won the Sultan Padamsee Award for his first play Larins Sahib, while Cyrus Mistry got the Sultan Padamsee Award for Doongaji House in 1978.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

39. The Kothari Commission suggested

Correct Answer: (b) that English be studied as a library language with the aim of getting the knowledge of science and technology, commerce and trade by reading standard books in English.
Solution:

The Kothari Commission was appointed by the Government of India to overhaul the Indian Education sector. It was formed on 14th July 1964. It was formed under the chairmanship of Daulat Singh Kothari.
Option (b) is correct explanation about the Kothari Commission.

40. Which of the following works of Milton seeks to adapt the form of Greek tragedy?

Correct Answer: (a) Samson Agonistes
Solution:

Milton's work Samson Agonistes seeks to adapt the form of Greek tragedy. It combines Greek tragedy with Hebrew Scripture. It his introduction, Miltion discusses Asistotle's definition of tragedy and sets out his own paraphrase of it to connect it to Samson Agonistes.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.