NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2024 ENGLISH

The line "Drop drop, slow tears" is the example of Spondee. A spondee is a material foot consisting of two long syllables, as determined by syllable weight is classical meters, or two stressed syllables in modern meters.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

The correct match will be:
# Trochee-Stressed syllable followed by unstressed.
# Dactyl-One stressed followed by two unstressed syllables.
# Spondee-Two stressed syllables.
# Iambics-Unstressed followed by stressed syllable.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

The correct match will be :
# Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern- John Dryden
#  The Pleasures of Imagination-Joseph Addison
# The Function of Criticism-T.S. Eliot
# The Imagination-I.A. Richards
Hence, option (b) is correct.

Women's studies is focused and built upon : # Feminist critique of knowledge and the shift from liberal feminist views to more socialist and radical views of gender roles and culture. Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class and disability.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

The correct sequence of literary texts and their publication:
# The Rape of the Lock (1712-1714)
# Windsor Forest (1713)
# The Dunciad (1728)
# Essay on Man (1733-1735)
# Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot (1735)
Hence, option (b) is correct.

The correct sequence of literary magazines and their origin or first appearance. # The Edinburgh Review-(1802–1919) by William Blackwood, Gilbert Stuart.
# The Quarterly Review (1809–1967) by John Murray.
#Blackwood's Magazine (1817-1980) by William Blackwood.
# The London Magazine (1732) by Isaac Kimber.
# The Westminster Review (1823–1914) by Jeremy Bentham.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

Thomas Carlyle is the author of French Revolution (1837). It is a historical account that combines narrative history with a dramatic style. Carlyle examines the causes, events and consequences of the Revolution, emphasizing the social upheaval and the clash between the aristocracy and the common people. He portrays key figures like Louis XVI, Robespierre, and Danton and Captures the Chaos and fervor of the period.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

The famous book History of Dramatic English Literature was written by William Ward. It was published in 1875. A.C. Bradley was an English literary scholar, best remembered for his work on Shakespeare, he wrote Shakespearean Tragedy (1904).
Hence, option (a) is correct.

The plays which are based on the Biblical stories are known as mystery plays. The mystery plays and miracle plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in churcles as tableaux with accompanying antiphonal song. Hence, option (b) is correct.

The correct chronological order and their publication.
#The Lady of the Last Minstrel (1905)
#Jane Eyre (1847)
# Mary Barton (1848)
# Henry Esmond (1852)
#Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)
Hence, option (c) is correct.