NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam June 2025 ENGLISH

Total Questions: 100

81. Match List-I with List-II

   List-I  List-II
 A. Cynthia's Revels I. Thomas Middleton
 B. The Maid's Tragedy II. Ben Jonson
 C. Women Beware Women III. Thomas Dekker
 D. The Shoemaker's Holiday IV. Beaumont and Fletcher

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct match will be-

   List-I    List-II
 A. Cynthia's Revels II. a play by Ben Jonson
 B. The Maid's Tragedy IV. a play by Beaumont and Fletcher
 C. Women Beware Women I. a tragedy by Thomas Middleton
 D. The Shoemaker's Holiday III. Thomas Dekker (play)

82. Arrange the following works of Feminism in chronological order:

A. The Female Imagination
B. The Madwoman in the Attic
C. A Literature of their Own
D. Women's Oppression Today : Problems in Marxist Feminist Analysis
E. Revolution in Poetic Language
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

"Revolution in Poetic Language (1974)" by Julia Kristeva
"The Female Imagination (1975)" by Patricia Meyer Spacks
"A Literature of their Own (1977)" by Elaine Showalter
"The Madwoman in the Attic (1979)" by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar. "Women's Oppression Today: Problems in Marxist Feminist Analysis (1983 revised ed. 2013)" by Lise Vogel.

83. Who, amongst the following attempted to reconcile discrepancies between various classical authors such as Plato and Aristotle, as well between philosophy and poetry?

Correct Answer: (c) The Neo-Platonists
Solution:

The Neo-Platonists attempted to reconcile discrepancies between various classical authors such as Plato and Aristotle, as well as between philosophy and poetry. They interpreted their works and synthesizing their ideas within a broader spiritual or mystical framework.

84. Who described Raja Rammohun Roy as 'the inaugurator of the modern age in India'?

Correct Answer: (a) Rabindranath Tagore
Solution:

Rabindranath Tagore described Raja Rammohun Roy as 'the inaugurator of the modern age in India' to highlights his pioneering role in social, religious and intellectual reform.

85. Arrange the following works of Criticism chronologically:

A. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
B. A History of Gay Literature: The Male Traditions
C. History of Sexuality
D. New Lesbian Criticism: Literary and Cultural Readings
E. Bodies that Matter
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological sequence will be-
• History of Sexuality by Michael Foucault (1976)
• Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity - is a 1990 book by the post structuralist gender theorist and philosopher Judith Butter.
• New Lesbian Criticism: Literary and Cultural Readings - book by Sally Rowena Munt, published in 1992.
• Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex - book by Judith Butter, published in 1993.
• A History of Gay Literature: The Male Traditions by Gregory Woods, published in 1998.

86. Who among the following is considered as "the father of South African English poetry"?

Correct Answer: (b) Thomas Pringle
Solution:

Thomas Pringle (1789-1834) was a Scottish writer, poet and abolitionist known as the 'father of South African poetry', he was the first successful English language poet and author to describe South Africa's scenery native peoples and living conditions.

87. Who among the following Mughal rules carried out an experiment for newborn babies to be raised in silence, only to find that the children produced no speech at all?

Correct Answer: (a) Akbar
Solution:

Mughal Emperor Akbar carried out an experiment where newly born babies were raised in silence in a place called the 'Gung Mahal' (dumb-house) to prove his theory that language is a learned process rather than innate. The experiment aimed to demonstrate that without exposure to spoken words, children would not develop the ability to speak, which was the outcome, observed.

88. Who developed the concept of the cultural circuit which is important to the study of the interactions of culture and memory in oral History research method?

Correct Answer: (d) Graham Dawson and AI Thomson
Solution:

The concept of the cultural circuit is theorized by Graham Dawson and AI Thomson, describes 'the dynamic process by which individual experiences and memories are shaped and transformed within broader public discourses and cultural contexts and how these narratives, in turn, influence those very public discourses. It emphasizes that oral histories are not isolated personal accounts but are intricately woven into the cultural circuit, a cycle of creation dissemination and reception of meaning that highlights the interplay between personal memory and collective understanding.

89. Erziehungsroman is a term which signifies:

Correct Answer: (d) German Term signifies 'Novel of Education'
Solution:

An Erziehungsroman is a German term for an "education novel" or "novel of upbringing", focusing on the pairing and formal schooling of a character, particularly their academic or intellectual development. It is a variation of the broader Bildungsroman (novel of formation) genre and highlights the processes of acquiring knowledge and achieving maturity through education and life experiences.

90. Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct ones :

A. Patrick white, Christina stead and Robertson Davies are the famous Australian novelists.
B. The notion of "civilized barbarity" was anticipated in H. Rider Haggard's 1887 novel Allan Quatermain, in which "Civilization" is said to be "only savagery silver-gilt".
C. Novels like French Lieutenant's Woman, Midnight's Children and Waterland deconstruct traditional notions of history and subjectivity.
D. O'Brian's Country Girls trilogy and McGahern's The Dark which were banned in Ireland were published during 1950s.
E. The trauma of the midcentury year accounts for the prevalence of dystopian elements in novels like A clockwork Orange, Lanark and the Handmaid's Tale.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

B.The notion of "civilized barbarity" was anticipated in H. Rider Haggard's 1887 novel Allan Quatermain through the quote "Civilization is only savagery silver-gilt" which reflects a critique of the superficial veneer of colonial civilization hiding underlying brutality. This phrase captures a central theme of the novel, where the author explores the complex and hypocritical nature of colonial civilization, aligning with the concept of civilized barbarity.
C. Novels such as John Fowles "The French Lieutenant's Woman", Salman Rushdie's "Midnight Children" and Graham Swift's "Waterland" are classic examples of how contemporary literature, particularly postmodernism, deconstructs traditional notions of history and subjectivity.
E. The anxieties and trauma of the mid-20th century directly influenced the dystopian elements in "A clockwork Orange", "Lanark" and the Handmid's Tale, reflecting societal fears about authoritainism, loss of individuality and the failure of social and political system that emerged after World War II.