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

Total Questions: 100

41. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following English non-fictional prosewriters according to their years of birth?

A. Joseph Addison
B. Francis Bacon
C. Charles Lamb
D. Virginia Woolf
E. Matthew Arnold
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Francis Bacon (22 January 1561-9 April 1626) was essayist of the Elizabethan age; Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician, while Charles Lamb is best-known for his essays, most famously collected as The Essays of Elia. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was an English poet and cultural critic; while Vriginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer. Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

42. Who among the following is an early Tudor poet?

Correct Answer: (b) John Skelton
Solution:

Among the given options, John Skelton is an early Tudor poet, writing during the reigns of Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII and finally for Henry VIII.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

43. Given below are two statements:

Statement 1: Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative qualities of someone or something?
Statement 2: Criticism can be theoretical, practical, impressionistic, affective, prescriptive, or descriptive.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer given below:

Correct Answer: (d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true.
Solution:

In the given question, statement (1) talks about the function of criticism, how it works and clearly shows that it a positive and negative analysis of something, while second statement shows what type of criticism we can apply.
Hence, option (d) will be correct answer.

44. Which of the following fictional works form a trilogy by Mulk Raj Anand?

A. Village
B. Private Life of an Indian Prince
C. Across the Black Waters
D. The Sword and the Sickle
E. The Road
Choose the correct answer from the given below:

Correct Answer: (b) A, C and D
Solution:

Mulk Raj Anand wrote a fictional trilogy including The Village, Across the Black Waters and The Sword and the Sickle. The Village was first published in 1939, Across the Black Waters was published in the same year, while the Sword and the Sickle was published in 1942.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

45. Match List I with List II

  List-I  LIST-II
 A. Antonio Gramsci I. Popular Culture
 B. Pierre Bourdieu II. Hegemony
 C. Dick Hebdige III. Cultural capital
 D. Raymond Williams IV. Subculture

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Antonio Gramsci is known for Hegemony, a kind of dominance. It may be cultural dominance, it may be physical dominance and so on. Pierre Burdieu's concept of Cultural Capital refers to the collection of symbolic elements such as skills tastes, posture clotting, mannerisms, material belongs etc. Dick Hebdige is known for Subculture, while Raymond Williams defined Popular Culture as beliefs, practices and objects that comprise a social structure.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

46. Who among the following was NOT a member of the Beat Generation?

Correct Answer: (d) Rita Dove
Solution:

The Beat Generation was a movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era. The members were Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac and Gregory Corso. Hence, option (d) will be correct answer.

47. Arrange the correct chronological sequenec in which the following texts were published:

A. Tess of the D' Urbervilles
B. Kim
C. The Old Wives' Tale
D. The Time Machine
E. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy was published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891, The Time Machine is a post-apocalyptic science-fiction novella by H.G. Wells, published in 1895. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling was published in 1901; The Old Wives Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, published in 1908, and the last one А Portrait of the Artist as a young Man by James Joyce, was published in 1916.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

48. Donna Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto" underscores the notion that-

Correct Answer: (a) the boundaries between animal, human and machine are breaking down.
Solution:

Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto underscores the notion that the boundaries between animal, human and machine are breaking down. In it, the concept of Cyborg represents a rejection of rigid boundaries, notably those separating human from animal and human from machine.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

49. Facts about the Frankfurt School include the following:

A. It was founded in Frankfurt in 1925.
B. Adorno and Horkheimer were its two members.
C. The School established the term 'Critical Theory'.
D. It has strong ties with the thinkers of the Moscow Linguistic Circle.
E. It was forced into exile with the ascendency of Nazisms in Germany.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) B, C and E
Solution:

The Frankfurt School (1923) refers to a group of German - American theorists who developed powerful analyses of the changes in Western capitalist societies that occurred since the classical theory of Marx. Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer were its two members. The School established the term 'Critical Theory'.
Hence, option (d) will be correct answer.

50. Which of the following is NOT written by Margaret Atwood?

Correct Answer: (b) The Stone Angel
Solution:

Among the given options, The Stone Angel is not written by Margaret Atwood, it was a novel by Canadian writer Margaret Laurence; The Edible Woman is the first novel by Margaret Atwood, published in 1969, while Surfacing and The Handmaid's Tale was written by Margaret Atwood.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.