NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2025 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

51. Who has designed "Panopticon" and used the term as "a new mode of obtaining power of mind over mind"?

Correct Answer: (b) Jeremy Bentham
Solution:

Jeremy Bentham has designed "Panopticon" and used the term as "a new mode of obtaining power of mind over mind" in a series of letters collectively entitled "Panopticon" or the "Inspection-House" (1791).

52. Match List-I with List-II

     List-I      List-II
 A. Surprised by Sin: the Reader in "Paradise Lost" I. Louise Rosenblatt
 B. Five Readers Reading II. Stanley Fish
 C. The Reader, the Text, the Poem III. Walter J Slatoff
 D. With Respect to Readers IV. Norman Holland

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) A-II, В-IV, C-I, D-III
Solution:
    List-I    List-II
 A. Surprised by Sin: the Reader in "Paradise Lost" (1967) II. Stanley Fish
 B. Five Readers Reading (1975) IV. Norman Holland
 C. The Reader, the Text, the Poem (1978) I. Louise Rosenblatt
 D. With Respect to Readers (1970) III. Walter J Slatoff

53. Read the following statements carefully and find out the correct ones:

A. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde and Legend of Good Women.
B. John Milton wrote the Masque of Comus, Astophel and Stella and Paradise Lost.
C. S. T. Coleridge composed the Rime of Ancient Mariner, Christable and The Curse of Kehama.
D. Shakespeare wrote Two Gentlemen of Verona, Rape of Lucrece and Troilus and Cressida.
E. Alexander Pope's works include Dunciad, the Rape of the Lock and Epistle. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (b) A, D and E only
Solution:

The correct statements are-
A. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote "The Canterbury Tales", "Troilus and Criseyde" and "Legend of Good Women".
D. Shakespeare wrote "Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Rape of Lucrece" and "Troilus and Cressida."
E. Alexander Pope's works include "Dunciad", "The Rape of the Lock" and "Epistle".

54. Who has described his criticism as a "byproduct" of his "private poetry-workshop" and as "a prolongation of the thinking that went into the formation of my own verse"?

Correct Answer: (d) T. S Eliot
Solution:

T.S. Eliot has described his criticism as a "by-product" of his "private poetry-workshop" and as "a prolongation of the thinking that went into the formation of my own verse".

55. Arrange the following books in chronological order:

A. G. N, Shuster's the English Ode from Milton to Keats
B. Paul H. Fry's The Poet's Calling in the English Ode
C. John Heath-stubbs' The Ode
D. Carol Maddison's Appollo and the Nine: A History of the Ode
E. G. M. Foley's Oral Traditional Literature
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A, D, C, B, E
Solution:

Chronological order of the following books-
A. G. N, Shuster's The English Ode from Milton to Keats (1940)
D. Carol Maddison's Appollo and the Nine: A History of the Ode (1960)
C. John Heath-stubbs' The Ode (1969)
B. Paul H. Fry's The Poet's Calling in the English Ode (1980)
E. G. M. Foley's Oral Traditional Literature (1986)

56. In how many volumes George Eliot's Middle march was first published?

Correct Answer: (b) Eight separate volumes
Solution:

George Eliot's Middle march was first published in eight separate volumes. It is often praised for its psychological depth, social insight and realism. Middle march was described by the novelist Virginia Woolf as "One of the few English novels written for grown up people". It is set in the fictional English Midlands town of Middle march.

57. Jacques Derrida's "Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression" is related to

Correct Answer: (a) Archival method
Solution:

Jacques Derrida's "Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression" is related to Archival Method. It critically analyzes the concept of the archive, its historical origins and the psychological drives, like the death drive, that influence its formation and preservation. He draws from Freud's theory of repression, suggesting that the archive is not just about storage, but about memory, trauma and suppression.

58. For Arnold Culture is :

A. The ability to know what is best;
B. The ability to know what is worst
C. The mental and spiritual application of what is best
D. The pursuit of what is best
E. The pursuit of what is worst
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) A, C and D only
Solution:

Mathew Arnold, particularly in his work "Culture and Anarchy" defined culture is the ability to know what is best, the mental and spiritual application of what is best and the pursuit of what is best. He defines culture in terms of the ability to discern and pursue what is best, both in terms of intellect and morality.

59. Match List-I with List-II

  List-I (Work)   List-II (Author)
 A. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India I. Romesh Chander Dutt
 B. The Slave Girl of Agra II. Dadabhai Naoroji
 C. Love songs and Elegies III. Rabindranath Tagore
 D. Gora IV. Manmohan Ghosh

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
Solution:
  List-I (work)    List-II (Author)
 A. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India II. A critical analysis of British econoic policies in India by Dadabhai Naoroji
 B. The Slave Girl of Agra I. A historical novel by Romesh Chander Dutt
 C. Love Songs and Elegies IV. A collection of poems by Manmohan Ghosh
 D. Gora III. A novel by Rabindranath Tagore

60. Since the publication of Samuel Johnson's "Preface to Shakespeare" in 1765, which of the Unities have been regarded as optional device, available as needed by playwrights in England to achieve special effects of dramatic concentration?

Correct Answer: (c) Unities of place and time
Solution:

Since the publication of Samuel Johnson's "Preface to Shakespeare" in 1765, the Unities of place and time have been viewed as optional device, available as needed by playwrights in England to achieve special effects of dramatic concentration.