NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2025 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

41. Choose the statements given by Virginia Woolf about women :

A. "She is born stupid and can do nothing but stupidity."
B. "She dominates the lives of kings and conquerors in fiction."
C. "She pervades poetry from cover to cover she is all but absent from history." D. She criticized Shakespeare for being harsh and rude to his female characters in his plays.
E. "(I)n real life she could hardly read, could scarcely spell, and was the property of her husband".
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

Correct Answer: (b) B, C and E only

Solution:

Virginia Woolf is known as a prominent figure among feminist writers. Her famous works are A Room of One's Own, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse etc.
She stated about women and talked about their rights in society. Among the given statements, (B), (C) and (E) are related to her.

42. The term "Trace", which refers to the trace of the other, has been borrowed by Jacques Lacan from:

(a) Jacques Derrida
(b) Immanuel Levinas
(c) Sigmund Freud
(d) Christopher Norris

Correct Answer: (b) Immanuel Levinas

Solution:

In Jacques Lacan's use of "trace" in relation to "the trace of the other", the term is mostly taken from Immanuel Levinas, a philosopher. The ethical encounter with the irreducible alterity of the other is emphasized in Levinas' philosophy, and the "trace" is the permanent mark left by this encounter, which comes before and underlies all knowledge and self-identity.

43. Choose the correct statements amongst the following:

А. Масaulay was the practical man of affairs, helping and rejoicing in the progress of his beloved country.
B. Ruskin was like a Hebrew prophet just in from desert, and the burden of his message was, "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion!"
C. Arnold was much like the cultivated Greek, his voice was soft, his speech suave, but he left the impression that you must be deficient in culture.
D. Newman was like the best French prose writers in expressing his thought with such naturalness and apparent ease that, without thinking of style, we received exactly the impression which he meant to convey.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

Correct Answer: (d) C, D and E only

Solution:

Among the given statements, (A), (C) and (D) are correctly relevant and true.

44. Match List-I with List-II

List-I	List-II
A. Collocation	I. A term borrowed in the 1960s from mathematics into linguistics by Noam Chomsky
B. Inflected	II. A term for the contrast between positive and negative in sentences, clauses, and phrases
C. Polarity	III. A habitual association between particular words
D. Generative	IV. A term in which a word takes various form to show its grammatical role

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

Solution:

List-I	List-II
A. Collocation	III. A habitual association between particular words
B. Inflected	IV. A term in which a word takes various form to show its grammatical role
C. Polarity	II. A term for the contrast between positive and negative in sentences, clauses, and phrases
D. Generative	I. A term borrowed in the 1960s from mathematics into linguistics by Noam Chomsky

45. Arrange the following stages of first language acquisition schedule in its' chronological order:

A. The two word stage
B. Telegraphic speech
C. the one word stage
D. Cooing
E. Babbling
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

Correct Answer: (d) D, E, C, A, В

Solution:

The given stages of first language acquisition schedule in its chronological order will be-
• Cooing - The earliest stage (from birth to 6 months)
• Babbling - Following cooing (around 6-12 months)
• The One-Word Stage - Around 12-18 months
• The Two-Word Stage - Between 18-24 months
• Telegraphic speech - The stage, from 24-36 months.
These above stages belong to the children.

46. Arrange the following works chronologically:

A. The heart of Hindustan
B. Occasional speeches and Writings
C. Eastern Religions and Western Thought
D. Dhamnutpada
E. The principal Upanishads
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

Solution:

The arrangement of the given works chronologically will be-
• The Heart of Hindustan (1931) - S. Radhakrishna
• Eastern Religions and Western Thought (1939) - S. Radhakrishna
• Dhammapada (In Modern English translation "Dhamnutpada") - Eknath Eshwaran
• The Principal Upanishads (1953) - S. Radhakrishna
• Occasional Speeches and Writings (1969) - S. Radhakrishna

47. Who prepared the first blueprint on English education in India in 1792?

(a) William Carey
(b) Charles Grant
(c) Lord Minto
(d) William Pitt

Correct Answer: (c) Lord Minto

Solution:

Charles Grant prepared the first blueprint on English education in India in 1792.-

48. Arrange the following novels in a chronological order as per their years of publication:

A. The Serpent and the Rope
B. Two Leaves and a bud
C. A bend in the Ganges
D. So Many Hungers
E. Waiting for the Mahatma
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

Solution:

Chronological order of the novels as per their years of publication-
B. Two Leaves and a Bud (1937) by Mulk Raj Anand
D. So Many Hungers (1947) by Bhabani Bhattacharya
E. Waiting for the Mahatma (1955) by R.K. Narayan
A. The Serpent and the Rope (1960) by Raja Rao
C. A Bend in the Ganges (1964) by Manohar Malgoankar

49. Identify the set of poems written by W.B. Yeats.

(a) "The Second Coming", Death of Sohrab", "Lapis Lazuli", "Easter 1916"
(b) "The Home Coming", Among School Children", "Byzantium", When You are Old"
(c) "Sailing to Byzantium", Leda and the Swan", "The Second Coming", "The House of Life"
(d) "No Second Troy", Lapis Lazuli", "Easter 1916, When You are Old"

Correct Answer: (d) "No Second Troy", Lapis Lazuli", "Easter 1916, When You are Old"

Solution:

"No Second Troy", Lapis Lazuli", "Easter 1916, When You are Old" are the set of poems written by W.B. Yeats. While in option (a), "The Death of Sohrab" is written by Arnold, in option (b), "The Home Coming" is written by Rabindranath Tagore and in option (c), "The House of Life" is written by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.