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

Total Questions: 100

61. The character who discusses the relative merits of French drama and Enlgish drama in Essay of Dramatic Poesy is:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

The character who discusses the relative merits of French drama and English drama in Essay of Dramatic Poesy is Lisideius and Neander. Actually, there was a debate going on among four characters about Ancient, Modern and French drama.
Hence, option (a & b) will be correct answer.

62. Seven Types of Ambiguity was published in the year________.

Correct Answer: (d) 1930
Solution:

Seven Types of Ambiguity is a work of literary criticism by William Empson, published in 1930. It was a key foundation work in the formation of the New Criticism school. It occurs because of a cleft in the mind of the writer due to having two opposite meanings of the word he uses. Hence, option (d) will be correct answer.

63. What does Pierre Bourdieu imply by the term 'habitus' in his sociological studies?

Correct Answer: (c) A person's posture, speech and the mental habit of perception, classification, appreciation, feeling and action.
Solution:

Pierre Bourdieu applied the term habitus which refers to a subjective but not individual system of internalised structures, schemes of perception, conception and action common to all members of the same group or class. Hence, option (c) will be correct answer.

64. Who among of the following are known as Cambridge Critics?

A. Arthur-Quiller Couch
B. F.R. Leavis
C. George Saintsbury
D. I.A. Richards
E. William Empson
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Cambridge Critics was a group of critics who influenced English literary studies from the mid-1920s and who established an intellectually rigorous school of critical standards in the field of literature. The leaders were I.A. Richards and F. R. Leavis of the University of Cambridge and Richard's pupil William Empson.
Hence, option (d) will be correct answer.

65. The concept of the public sphere plays a particularly important role in the work of_________.

Correct Answer: (a) Jürgen Habermas
Solution:

According to Jurgen Habermas, The Public Sphere is a realm of our social life in which something approaching public opinion can be formed.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

66. Statement I : The book The Life of the Drama was written by Eric Bentley.

Statement II : The book The Life of the Drama highlights the lives of certain seminal twentieth century dramatists.
In the light of the statements given above, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
Solution:

The book The Life of the Drama was written by Eric Bentley. The book is studded with common sense about theatre, so the statement II is not true. Hence, option (c) will be correct answer.

67. Lewis Grassic Gibbon's A Scots Quair comprises the following books:

A. Sunset Song
B. Brothers and Sisters
C. Cloud Howe
D. Men and Wives
E. Grey Granite
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Lewis Grassic Gibbon's A Scots Quair Comprises Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

68. Arrange the correct chronological sequence of the publication of the following Indian books of poems:

A. Time to Change
B. Banaras and Other Poems
C. Savitri
D. The Golden Threshold
E. Anthropocene: Contagion,Consolation Climate Change,
Choose the correct answer from the option given below :

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

The Golden Threshold (1905) was the first collection of poems by Sarojini Naidu, "Savitri: A Legend and a symbol (1947) is the poetic work of Sri Aurobindo, while Ezekiel's A Time to Change (1952) is a poem Banaras and other Poems is written by Kedarnath Singh.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.

69. A structured interview consists of

Correct Answer: (a) a series of pre-determined questions.
Solution:

A structured interview consists of a series of pre-determined questions. It is a type of interview in which the interviewer asks a predetermined set of questions the each candidate in order to gather data that can be objectively analyzed.
Hence, option (a) will be correct answer.

70. Who among the following aruged that children learn language based on behaviorist reinforcement principles by associating words with meaning?

Correct Answer: (b) B.F. Skinner
Solution:

B.F. Skinner argued that children learn language, based on behaviorist reinforcement principles by associating words with meaning: He was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author and social philosopher.
Hence, option (b) will be correct answer.