NTA UGC NET/JRF Re-Exam June 2024 ENGLISH (Shift-I)

Total Questions: 100

1. Arrange the following detective novels of Agatha Christi in the correct chronological order of their publiçation.

A. Death on the Nile
B. Murder in the Orient Express
C. Sparkling Cyanide
D. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
E. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

• The correct sequence of Agatha Christi's novels will be-
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
• Death on the Nile (1937) (Crime novel)
• Sparking Cyanide (1945)
Hence, option (d) is correct.

2. Arrange the following texts in the correct chronological order of their publication

A. The Pilgrm's Progress
B. Beowulf
C. Endymion
D. The Faerie Queene
E. Paradise Lost
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct chronological order of their publications :
• Beowulf (700-1000 AD)
• The Faerie Queene (1590 (Book I-III), 1596 Book (IV-VI))
• Paradise Lost (1667)
• The Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
• Endymion (1818)
Hence, option (c) is correct.

3. Arrange the following texts of critical theory in the correct chronological order of their publication.

A. Michel Foucault's The Archaeology of Knowledge
B. Roland Barthes' Mythologies
C. Jacques Derrida's of Grammatology
D. Jacques Lacan's Ecrits
E. Jean-Francois Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition: A report on knowledge Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct sequence of critical theory an their publication:
•  Roland Barthes' Mythologies (1957)
• Jacques Lacan's Ecrits (1966)
• Jacques Derrida's of Grammatology (1967)
• Michel Foucault's The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969)
Jean Francois Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition : A Report on Knowledge (1979) Hence, option (c) is correct.

4. Who among the following stated that "true philosopher and the true poet, and a beauty which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both?

Correct Answer: (c) Ralph Waldo Emerson
Solution:

"The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both". The given lines were composed by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his book-length essay Nature, published by James Munroe and Company in 1836. In this essay put forth the foundation of transcendentalism. Hence, option (c) is correct.

5. Identify the plays that John Fletcher wrote in collaboration with.Francis Beaumont:

A. The Faithful Shepherdess
B. The Loyal Subject
C. Cupid's Revenge
D. The Pilgrim
E. The Maid's Tragedy
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

Cupid's Revenge (1615) and The Maid's! Tragedy (1619) were written in collaboration with John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont. And others plays :
•  The Faithful Shepherdess (1609) by John Fletcher.
•  The Loyal Subject (1647) by John Fletcher.
•  The Pilgrim (1647) by John Fletcher.
•  The Loyal Subject (1647) and The Pilgrim (1647) were published by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont's Folio of 1647. The Beaumont and Fletcher Folios are two large Folios collections. The first was issued in 1679.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

6. Which among the following novelists remarked that "falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult Examine your words well, and you will find that even when have no motive to be false, it is a very hard thing to say the exact truth even about your own immediate feelings?"

Correct Answer: (b) George Eliot
Solution:

"Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult ... Examine your words well, and you will find that even when you have no motive to be false, it is a very hard thing to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings - much harder than to say 8th fine about them which is not the exact truth".
The given lines were composed by George Eliot in his first novel Adam Bede (1859). It was published pseudonymously. Eliot described the novel as "a country story full of the breath of cows and scent of hay".
Hence, option (b) is correct.

7. Which of the following parameters are emphasised in MLA Handbook's (9th Edition) chapter titled' "Principles of Inclusive Language"?

A. Avoid negatively experiences. judging other's
B. Use a dictionary to check for offensive terms.
C. Extensive use of pronouns.
D. Any format for capitalization and styling.
E. Make references to identity relevant sources.
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The parameters are emphasised in MLA Handbook's (9th Edition) chapter titled "Principles of Inclusive Language".
◆ Avoid negatively judging other's experiences.
◆ Use a dictionary to check for offensive terms.
◆ Make references to identity relevant sources.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

8. Who among the following defined taste as "that faculty of the soul, which discerns the beauties of an author pleasure, and the imperfection with dislike?"

Correct Answer: (a) Joseph Addison
Solution:

"That faculty of the soul, which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike?"
The given lines were composed by Joseph Addison, in his Essay, Moral and Humorous : Also Essay on Imagination and Taste (1839).
Hence option (a) is correct.

9. Which of the following statement are true about Bhavabhuti's Uttararamacharita?

A. The time space of the play is divided into broad sections/acts.
B. The first act of the play deals only with the birth and childhood of Rama.
C. it is a play based on the Ramayana.
D. Its theme has been derived from the last canto of the Ramayana.
E. In the second act of the play, Sita takes refuge in the hermitage of the sage Visvamitra.
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The following statements are true about Bhavabhuti's Uttararamacharita:
◆ The time-space of the play is divided into two broad sections/acts.
◆ It is a play based on Ramayana.
◆ Its theme has been derived from the last Canto of the Ramayana. Uttararamacarita is a Sanskrit Play in seven acts in the Nataka style by Bhavabhuti. It depicts the later life of Hindu God Rama. Hence, option (d) is correct.

10. Which of the following citations of an article published in a journal is in the correct format according to MLA Handbook (9th Edition)?

Correct Answer: (d) Boggs, Colleen Glenney. "Public Reading and the Civil War Draft Lottery." American Periodicals vol, 26 no. 2, 2016, pp. 149-66
Solution:

Boggs, Collen Glenney. "Public Reading and the Civil War Draft Lottery." American periodicals, vol. 26, no. 2, 2016, pp. 149-66.
It is an article published in a journal is in the correct format according to MLA Handbook (9th Edition). Hence, option (d) is correct.