NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2024 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 70

1. Arrange the works of Thomas Carlyle in the chronological order of publication :

(A) Periods of European Culture
(B) Specimens of German Romance
(C) Heroes and Hero Worship
(D) German Literature
(E) Revolution of Modern Europe
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(a) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
(b) (B), (D), (A), (E), (C)
(c) (C), (D), (A), (B), (E)
(d) (E), (B), (C), (A), (B)

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

Solution:

The correct chronological order of Thomas Carlyle's works and publication :
# Specimens of German Romance.
# German Literature.
# Periods of European Culture.
# Revolution of Modern Europe.
#Heroes and Hero Worship.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

2. Match List-I with List-II

	(List-I)		(List-II)
(A)	Tughlaq	(I)	V.K. Gokak
(B)	The Goddess Speaks	(II)	M.V. Rama Sarma
(C)	My Forest	(III)	Girish Karnad
(D)	Towards Marriage	(IV)	V.D Trivedi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(b) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(c) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(d) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

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

Solution:

The correct math will be :
# Tughlaq-Girish Karnad
# The Goldess Speaks-V.K. Gokak
# My Forest-V.D. Trivedi
# Towards Marriage-M.V. Rama Sarma
Hence, option (a) is correct.

3. Stephen Dedalus appears as a character in :

(A) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
(B) Mrs. Dalloway
(C) The Voyage Out
(D) Ulysses
(E) To the Light House
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) (C) and (D) Only
(b) (A) and (D) Only
(c) (B) and (C) Only
(d) (C) and (E) Only

Correct Answer: (b) (A) and (D) Only

Solution:

Stephen Dedalus appears as a character in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) by James Joyce.
# Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce.
Stephen Dedalus is James Joyce's literary alter ego, appearing as the protagonist and antihero of his first, semi-autobiographical novel of artistic existence.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

4. Which of the following poems are not by Robert Frost?

(A) "An Old Man's Winter Night"
(B) "The Grindstone"
(C) "The Smile"
(D) "Under the Balcony"
(E) "The New Remorse"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) (D) and (E) Only
(b) (C) and (E) Only
(c) (C) and (D) Only
(d) (A) and (B) Only

Correct Answer: (a) (D) and (E) Only

Solution:

Under the Balcony and The New Remorse, these two poems are not written by Robert Frost and rest of the poems is written by him. He is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry. Frost is known for his realistic depictions of rural like and his command of American Colloquial Speech. Under the Balcony and The New Remorse are written by Oscar Wilde.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

5. Match List-I with List-II.

	List-I		List-II
(A)	The Wind Flower	(I)	1970
(B)	Enchantment and Sorrow	(II)	1947
(C)	Tin Flute	(III)	1975
(D)	Garden in the Wind	(IV)	1984

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(b) (A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
(c) (A)-(1), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(d) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

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

Solution:

The correct match will be:
The Wind Flower- (1970) by Gabrielle Roy
Enchantment and Sorrow-(1984) by Gabrielle Roy
Tin Flute-(1945) by Gabrielle Roy
Garden in the Wind-(1975) by Gabrielle Roy.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

6. Which of the following is not known as a 'War Poet' in English Literature?

(a) Rupert Brooke
(b) Siegfried Sassoon
(c) Wilfred Owen
(d) John Maxfield

Correct Answer: (d) John Maxfield

Solution:

John Maxfield is not known as a War Poet in English Literature. Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Issac Rosenberg, Ivor Gurney, David Jones, John McCrae and Alan Seegar. These all are related to War Poetry.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

7. Who is the author of A Course in General Linguistics?

(a) Roman Jackobson
(b) C.S. Peirce
(c) Ferdinand de Saussure
(d) Julia Kristeva

Correct Answer: (c) Ferdinand de Saussure

Solution:

A Course in General Linguistics (1916) by Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure. It was published after the death of Saussure. It is generally regarded as the starting point of structural linguistics, an approach to linguistics that was established in the first half of the 20th Century by the Prague linguistic circle. One of Saussure's translators, Roy Harris, summarized Saussure's contribution to linguistics and the study of the whole range of human sciences. Saussure's notable ideas are structural linguistics, Semiology, Langue and Parole, Signified and Signifier, Diachrony and Synchronic, Linguistic Sign, Semiotic arbitrariness, Laryngeal theory.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

8. Which of the following is not among the University Wits?

(a) John Lyly
(b) Thomas Norton
(c) Thomas Nash
(d) George Peele

Correct Answer: (b) Thomas Norton

Solution:

Thomas Norton is not among the University Wits. The term University wits was coined by George Saintsbury. The term refers to group of English playwrights and pamphleteers who were educated at Oxford or Cambridge Universities in the late 16th Century. The group's work helped to lay the foundation for the theatrical Renaissance in Elizabethan England. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Robert Greene (1558-1592) and Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) are from Cambridge University. John Lyle (1554-1606), Thomas Lodge (1559-1625) and George Peele (1556- uncertain) are from Oxford University. Thomas Kyd is also sometimes included in the group though he did not attend either Oxford or Cambridge.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

9. Arrange the following in the chronological order of their publication :

(A) Studies in the History of the Renaissance by Walter Pater.
(B) The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
(C) Unto this Last by John Ruskin
(D) The Making of England by John Richard Green
(E) On the Origin of Species by Charles Robert Darwin
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
(b) (B), (E), (C), (A), (D)
(c) (C), (D), (E), (A), (B)
(d) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

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

Solution:

The correct chronological order and their publication.
The French Revolution (1837) by Thomas Carlyle. On the Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Robert Darwin
Unto this Last (1860) by John Ruskin.
Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1837) by Walter Pater.
The Making of England (1882) by John Richard Green.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

10. Match List-I with List-II.

	(List-I)		(List-II)
(A)	The New India	(I)	J. Krishnamurti
(B)	This Matter of Culture	(II)	Ved Mehta
(C)	East of Home	(III)	V.V. John
(D)	Light Luggage	(IV)	S antha Rama Rau

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(b) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(c) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(d) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

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

Solution:

The correct match will be :
The New India (1978) by Ved Mehta
This Matter of Culture (1992) by J. Krishnamurti
East of Home (1950) by Santha Rama Rau.
Light Luggage (1969) by V.V. John.
Hence, option (a) is correct.