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

Total Questions: 100

71. Which of these plays feature the rehearsal of a play within the body of the main play?

A. William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
B. Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author
C. Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
D. Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi
E. Vijay Tendulkar's Silence! The Court is in Session
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (b) B and E
Solution:

• Luigi Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author" and Vijay Tendulkar's "Silence! The Court is in Session" feature the rehearsal of a play within the body of the main play.
• Hence, the correct answer's option (b).

72. Which of the following were written by Thomas Love Peacock?

A. Headlong Hall
B. Nightmare Abbey
C. Imaginary Conversations
D. The Spirit of the Age
E. Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (a) A and B
Solution:

• From the given books, only (A) & (B) are written by Thomas Love Peacock.
• "Headlong Hall" (1816) and "Nightmare Abbey" (1818) were written by Thomas Love Peacock.
• Imaginary Conversations (1824) by Walter Savage Landor.
• The Spirit of the Age (1825) by William Hazlitt.
• "Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare" (1808) by Charles Lamb.
Hence, the correct answer is option (a).

73. Which of the following books is NOT written by Raymond Williams?

Correct Answer: (c) Culture and Imperialism
Solution:• "Keywords : A Vocabulary of Culture and Society" (1976) by Raymond Williams.
• "Culture and Society : 1780-1950" (1958) by Raymond Williams.
• "Culture and Imperialism" (1993) by Edward Said.
• The Country and the City (1973) by Raymond Williams.
Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

74. Which of these are part of Aeschylus 'Oresteia Trilogy'?

A. Agamemnon
B. The Libation Bearers
C. Antigone
D. Oedipus at Colonus
E. Electra
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A and B
Solution:

• Oresteia is a trilogy of tragic dramas by the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus in 5th century BCЕ.
• The three book of this trilogy are : Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; and the Eumenides.
• "Antigone", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Electra" were written by Sophocles. Hence, the correct answer is option (a).

75. Who among the following is the author of the collection of stories named Reginald in Russia?

Correct Answer: (a) Hector Hugh Munro 'Saki'
Solution:

• "Reginald in Russia and other Sketches" (1910) is a collection of stories by Edwardian author Hector Hugh Munro 'Saki'.
• Hector Hugh Munro is better known by the Pen name Saki.
• The collection includes a story that follows Reginald, a recurring character in Saki's writing, to the frosty burgs of early twentieth-century Russia.
Hence, the correct answer is option (a).

76. In the context of 'nature-nurture' debate in Linguistics, there is a view that there must be an innate core of abstract knowledge about language. form, which pre-specifies a framework for all natural human languages and is currently known as 'Universal Grammar'. Among the following, who is the linguist proposing this view?

Correct Answer: (b) Noam Chomsky
Solution:

In context of 'Nature-hunter' debate in Linguistics, there is a view of linguist Noam Chomsky that there must be an innate core of abstract knowledge about language form, which pre-specifies a framework for all natural human languages and is currently known as "Universal Grammar".
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

77. Which of the novelists have been correctly matched with their works?

A. Thomas Hardy - The Return of the Native
B. Charles Dickens - The History of Henry Esmond
C. Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
D. George Eliot - Northanger Abbey
E. Charlotte Bronte - The Professor
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

• The correctly matched novelists with their works are A, C and E.
• The Return of the Native (1878) by Thomas Hardy.
• The History of Henry Esmond (1852) - William Make peace Thackeray.
• Mrs. Dallowày (1925) - Virginia Woolf
• Northanger Abbey (1817) - Jane Austen
• The Professor (1857) - Charlotte Bronte
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

78. Match List I with List II

  List-I  List-II
 A. Purushottam Lal 1. Speaking of Siva
 B. Adil Jussawalla 2. The Man of Dharma and the Rasa of Silence
 C. A.K. Ramanujan 3. Rough Passage
 D. R. Parthasarathy 4. Missing Person

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Codes :

 A B C D
 (a) 1 4 2 3
 (b) 4 3 2 1
 (c) 3 4 1 2
 (d) 2 4 1 3
Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:

The correct match of list I with list II is A-II, B-IV, C-I, D- III.

  List-I   List-II
 A. Purushottam Lal 2. The Man of Dharma and the Rasa of Silence
 B. Adil Jussawalla 4. Missing Person
 C. A.K. Ramanujan 1. Speaking of Siva
 D. R. Parthasarathy 3. Rough Passage

79. Arrange the chronological sequence in which the following poems of Louis McNeice were published :

A. "Sunday Morning"
B. "Bagpipe Music"
C. "Star-Gazer"
D. "Entirely"
E. "Prayer Before Birth"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

• Chronological sequence of poems of Louis McNeice in term of publican year is: A, B, D, E, C.
• "Sunday Morning"
• "Bagpipe Music" (1938)
• "Entirely" (1941)
•"Prayer Before Birth" (1944)
•"Star-Gazer" (1963)
Hence, the correct answer is option (a).

80. Find the chronological sequence of John Milton's publications :

A. "Paradise Lost"
B. "Lycidas"
C. "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity"
D. "On Shakespeare"
E. "Paradise Regained"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

• The correct chronological order of the publication of Milton's pomes is C, D, P, A, E.
• "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" (Written in 1629 and published in 1645)
• "On Shakespeare" (composed in 1630 published in 1632 in Shakespeare's 2nd Folio)
• "Lycidas" (1637-38)
•"Paradise Lost" (1667)
• "Paradise Regained" (1671)
Note:
As per the publication of the poems, the correct combination should be- D, B, C, A, E but most appropriate as per the given options is option (D)- C, D, B, A, E is correct.