NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2024 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

91. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below :

Some have maintained that a stable and tranquil state of health is not really a pleasure, on the grounds that the presence of health cannot be felt except through external stimulus. The Utopians (who have considered the matter thoroughly) long ago rejected this opinion. On the contrary, they nearly all agree that health is crucial to pleasure. Since pain is inherent in diseases, they argue, and pain is the bitter enemy of pleasure, just as disease is the enemy of health, then pleasure must be inherent in quiet good health. You may say pain is not the disease itself, simply an accompanying effect; but they argue that makes no difference since the effect is the same either way. For whether health is itself a pleasure or is merely the cause of pleasure (as fire is the cause of heat), the fact remains that those who have stable health must also have pleasure.

 What according to the Utopians, is the worse enemy of pleasure?

Correct Answer: (c) Pain
Solution:

According to the Utopians, the worse enemy of pleasure is Pain.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

92. Which of the following Figure of Speech could be appropriately read in the last sentence of the passage?

Correct Answer: (a) Synecdoche
Solution:

Synecdoche, figure of speech could be appropriately read in the last sentence of the passage.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

93. According to the Utopians, what is the nature of relation between health and pleasure?

Correct Answer: (b) Health is crucial to pleasure
Solution:

According to the Utopians, Health is crucial to pleasure is the nature of relation between health and pleasure.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

94. What is the nature of prose used in the passage?

Correct Answer: (c) Argumentative prose
Solution:

Argumentative prose is the nature of prose used in the passage.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

95. What does the first line of the passage say about external stimulus?

Correct Answer: (a) External stimulus is necessary condition for the experience of health
Solution:

External stimulus is necessary condition for the experience of health, this is the essence that talks about external stimulus.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

96. The comparison of gun to a pen in the poem signifies:

Correct Answer: (b) that the act of writing can be as lethal as using a weapon
Solution:

The comparison of gun to a pen in the poem signifies: that the act of writing can be as lethal as using a weapon.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

97. Comprehension :

Read the following passage/poetry carefully and answer the questions given below: Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; Snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound: When the spade sinks into gravelly ground My father, digging. I look down This his straining rump among the flower beds Bends low, comes up twenty years away Stooping in rhythm through potato drills Where he was digging. The coarse boot nested on the leg, the shaft Against the inside knee was levered firmly. He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep To scatter new potatoes that we picked, Loving their cool hardness in our hands.

What do you understand about the Worldview of the speaker as articulated in the poem?

Correct Answer: (c) The physical and mental work need to be treated at an equal level
Solution:

The physical and mental work need to be treated at an equal level, this is the worldview of the speaker as articulated in the poem.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

98. Which of the following statements suitably describes the speaker's attitude towards his father work?

Correct Answer: (a) The speaker admires his/her father's hard work and dedication
Solution:

The speaker admires his/her father's hard work and dedication, this is the statement that suitably describes the speaker's attitude towards his father's work.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

99. In the line "when the spade sinks into gravelly ground" which figure of speech has been used?

Correct Answer: (a) Alliteration
Solution:

In the line "when the spade sinks into gravelly ground" Alliteration, figure of speech has been used.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

100. What is the nature of the setting in the poem?

Correct Answer: (a) The setting is rural and serene
Solution:

The nature of the setting in the poem is rural and serene.
Hence, option (a) is correct.