NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2025 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

71. Match List-I with List-II

    List-I  List-II
 A. Thinking About Women I. Betty Friedan
 B. The Female Eunuch II. Mary Ellman
 C. The Dialectic of Sex III. Shulamith Firestone
 D. The Feminine Mystique  IV. Germaine Greer

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
Solution:
   List-I   List-II
 A. Thinking About Women II. Authored by Mary Ellman
 B. The Female Eunuch  IV. Written by Germaine Greer
 C. The Dialectic of Sex III. Written by Shulamith Firestone
 D. The Feminine Mystique I. Edited by Betty Friedan

72. Who said that "Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets; Johnson was the Vergil, the pattern of elaborate writing"?

Correct Answer: (b) John Dryden
Solution:

The quote "Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets; Jonson was the Vergil, the pattern of elaborate writing" was spoken by John Dryden. John Dryden (1631-1700) was a highly influential English poet, playwright, literary critic and satirist. He is considered as a dominant figure in 17th century English literature and played a significant role in shaping literacy criticism during his time.

73. Arrange the following commissions, committees, and events, which were important in the context of the history of English in India, in chronology;

A. Gokak Committee Report
B. Acharya Ramamurti Commission
C. All India language conference
D. Kothari commission
E. The official language Act
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The chronological order of the commissions, committees and events-
C. All India Language Conference
E. The Official Language Act
D. Kothari Commission
A. Gokak Committee Report
B. Acharya Ramamurti Commission

74. Who has written, "The two pillars upon which a theory of criticism must rest are an account of value and an account of communication"?

Correct Answer: (b) I. A. Richards
Solution:

I. A. Richards wrote, "The two pillars upon which a theory of criticism must rest are an account of value and an account of communication".

75. Match List-I with List-II

   List-I   List-II
 A. Thick description I. Jacques Derrida
 B. Transcendental Signified II. I A Richards
 C. Vehicle, Tenor  III. Bertolt Brecht
 D. Alienation Effect IV. Clifford Geertz

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
Solution:
   List-I   List-II
 A. Thick description IV. Clifford Geertz
 B. Transcendental Signified I. Jacques Derrida
 C. Vehicle, TenorII. I A Richards
 D. Alienation Effect III. Bertolt Brecht

76. Arrange the following statements chronologically in order of their appearance in Aristotle's Poetics:

A. The plot is "the end at which tragedy aims".
B. Regarding the plot, "A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end".
C. The plot of the tragedy should have a Unity. "the component incidents must be so arranged that if one of the be transposed or removed, the unity of the whole is dislocated and destroyed".
D. The character in question must occupy a mean between these extremes: he must be a man "who is not pre-eminently virtuous and just yet it is through no badness or villainy of his own that he falls into the misfortune, but rather through some flaw in him".
E. The function of the poet is to narrate "events such as might occur... in accordance with the laws of probability or necessity".
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Arrangement of the following statements chronologically in order of their appearance in Aristotle's Poetics-
A. The plot is "the end at which tragedy aims".
B. Regarding the plot, "A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end".
C. The plot of the tragedy should have a Unity, "the component incidents must be so arranged that if one of them be transposed or removed, the unity of the whole is dislocated and destroyed".
E. The function of the poet is to narrate "events such as might occur... in accordance with the laws of probability or necessity".
D. The character in question must occupy a mean between these extremes: he must be a man "who is not pre-eminently virtuous and just yet it is through no badness or villainy of his own that he falls into the misfortune, but rather through some flaw in him".

77. According to the 1991 census, ________ languages are considered scheduled languages.

Correct Answer: (b) 18
Solution:

According to the 1991 census, 18 languages are considered as scheduled languages.

78. Choose the correct statements.

A. Miller's play The Crucible was first written in verse.
B. The American Dream is play by Edward Albee about the absurd situation and immediate realities.
C. The American Dream is novel by Lonesco about the problems of a middle aged professional.
D. Miller's play The Price is set in a baroque palace in eastern Europe teasing social and metaphysical sophistication that debates not only the responsibility of the writer but the extent to which reality is composed of a series of performed gestures.
E. Miller's play The Price explores the extent which we retrospectively invent our own history.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) A, B, and E only
Solution:

The correct statements are-
A. Miller's play The Crucible was first written in verse.
B. The American Dream is play by Edward Albee about the absurd situation and immediate realities.
E. Miller's play The Price explores the extent which we retrospectively invent our own history.

79. Arrange the following works of criticism chronologically:

A. More than Cool Reason
B. Death is the Mother of Beauty
C. Margins of Discourse
D. Meter in English: A Critical Engagement
E. The Rule of Metaphor
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronology will be-
The Rule of Metaphor (1975) - Paul Recoeur
Margins of Discourse (1978) - Barbara Herrstein Smith
Death is the Mother of Beauty (1987)- Mark Turner
More than Cool Reason (1989) - George Lakoff and Mark Turner.
Meter in English: A Critical Engagement (1996)- David Baker
Note: The correct chronology is (E, C, B, A, D), but the commission has an agreement with (E, A, C, B, D)
Hence, option (d) is correct.

80. Choose the correct match of play and playwright.

A. Hali-Rabindranath Ragore
B. Tiger Claw-Lakhan Deb
C. The Flute of Krishna - PA Krishnaswami
D. Nalini-Gurucharan Das
E. Hayavadana-Girish Karnard
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

Lakhan Deb is one of the playwrights who has specialized in historical themes. He has composed two plays, "Tiger Claw" (1967) and "Murder at the Prayer Meeting".
"The Flute of Krishna" (1950) is written by PA Krishnaswami, while "Hayavadana" is written by Girish Karnard.