NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2025 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

21. Who has coined the phrase "Bricolage"?

Correct Answer: (a) Claude Levi Strauss
Solution:

The phrase "Bricolage" has been coined by Claude Levi Strauss in his book "The Savage Mind" |(1962). "Bricolage" refers to a process of improvisation using available materials and ideas.

22. The study of how human beings acquire language and how we use language to speak understand is called:

Correct Answer: (d) Psycholinguistics
Solution:

The study of how human beings acquire language and how we use language to speak and understand is called Psycholinguistics.
The main ways to study how people acquire and use language are-
1. Language acquisition
2. Language comprehension
3. Language production
4. Second Language acquisition

23. Arrange the following statements in a chronological order:

A. Nissim Ezekiel founded Quest, a general intellectual review associated with liberal democratic politics.
B. The Illustrated Weekly of India sponsored a short story competition and began publishing contemporary Indian English poetry.
C. The Writers workshop began to publish volumes of poetry.
D. C. R Mandy became editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) D, B, А, C
Solution:

D. C. R Mandy became editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India -1951
B. The Illustrated Weekly of India sponsored a short story competition and began publishing contemporary Indian English poetry.
A. Nissim Ezekiel founded Quest, a general intellectual review associated with liberal democratic politics - 1954
C. The Writers workshop began to publish volumes of poetry - 1958.

24. Match List-I with List-II

    List-I        List-II
 A. John Gross I. A history of English prose Rhythm
 B. Wendy Martin II. The Oxford Book of Essays
 C. George Saintsbury III. Essays by Contemporary American Women
 D. Richard A Lalham  IV. Analyzing prose

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
Solution:
     List-I            List-II
 A. John Gross II. The Oxford Book of Essays
 B. Wendy Martin III. Essays by Contemporary American Women
 C. George Saintsbury I. A history of English prose Rhythm
 D. Richard A Lalham IV. Analyzing prose

25. Choose the correct events corresponding with their year

A. The official languages commission submitted its report in 1936.
B. The first ELTI was established in Allahabad in 1954.
C. The central institute of English and foreign languages was estáblished in Hyderabad in 1958.
D. National policy on Education come in 1960.
E. The NEP and POA came in 1956.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) B, C and E only
Solution:

The correct events corresponding with their year are-
B. The first ELTI was established in Allahabad in 1954.
C. The Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages was established in Hyderabad in 1958.
E. The NEP and POA came in 1956.

26. If the glide is distinct enough to be heard, the vowel + glide will be treated as

Correct Answer: (c) A sequence of two vowels
Solution:

If the glide is distinct enough to be heard, the vowel + glide will be treated as a sequence of two vowels.

27. Which bibliography is concerned with the does analysis of individual copies of book in the light of our knowledge of how books were produced in literary research?

Correct Answer: (b) Analytical bibliography
Solution:

Analytical bibliography is concerned with the close analysis of individual copies of book in the light of our knowledge of how books were produced in literary research. Scholars use this method to examine specific pieces of information to understand the material history of the book.

28. Name the theory which assumes that "culture is not separate from nature, and the there is no hierarchy of actants such that the human is more privileged".

Correct Answer: (a) Actor network theory
Solution:

"Culture is not separate from nature, and that there is no hierarchy of actants such that the human is more privileged". This concept is called Actor Network Theory, developed by Bruno Latour and Michael Callon.

29. Match List-I with List-II

   List-I (Novel)    List-II (Subtitle)
 A. Silas Marner I. The Modern Prometheus
 B. Sybil II. The Parish Boy's Progress
 C. Frankenstein III. The Two Nations
 D. Oliver Twist IV. The Weaver of Raveloe

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (d) A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
Solution:
    (Novel)    (Subtitle)
 A. Silas Marner IV. The Weaver of Raveloe
 B. Sybil III. The Two Nations
 C. Frankenstein  I. The Modern Prometheus
 D. Oliver Twist II. The Parish Boy's Progress

30. Arrange the following steps of material collection according thierarchy given by Delia da Sousa Correa and W. R. Owens in the Handbook to Literary Research:

A. Identify your nearest major research library
B. Visit your own university library
C. Identify what is available online
D. Visit your nearest major research library
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

In the Handbook to Literary Research, the correct steps of material collection are-
• Identify what is available online
• Visit your own university library
• Identify your nearest major research library
• Visit your nearest major research library.