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

Total Questions: 100

71. Match the List-I with List -II

  List I  List II
 A The Language Instinct I. Steven Pinker
 B Reflection of Language  II. Noam Chomsky
 C Variety of language serving a specialized  function in a multilingual III. Creole/ Creolization
 D Existence of a common variety of language for people from different IV. Diglossia

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct match will be :
■ The Language Instinct (1994) Steven Pinker.
■  Reflection of Language serving a specialized function in a multilingual community + Diglossia.
■ Reflections on Language (1975) by Noam Chomsky.
■ Variety of Language Serving a Specialized Function in a Multilingual Community + Diglossia.
■ Existence of a common variety of language for people from different cultures Creale / Crealization.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

72. Arrange the following plays by Shakespeare in order of their production/publication.

A. Twelfth Night
B. The Taming of the shrew
C. Much Taming of the shrew
D. Romeo and Juliet
E. The Winter's Tale
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct sequence of Shakespeare's plays and their publication-
■ The Taming of the Shrew (1590-1592)
■ Romeo and Juliet (1597)
■ Much Ado about Nothing (1598-1599)
■ Twelfth Night (1601-1602)
■ The Winter's Tale (1609-1611)
These all are published in first folio 1623.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

73. Which one of the following English novel received Sahitya Academy Awards for the year 2023?

Correct Answer: (a) Requiem in Raga Janki by Neelum Saran Gour
Solution:

Requiem in Raga Janki by Neelum Saran Gour, received Sahitya Academy Awards for the year 2023.
It is published in 2018-
• All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy, received Sahitya Academy Award in 2022, Published in 2018.
• The Blind Lady's Descendants by Anees Salim, received Sahitya Academy in 2018 and published in 2014.
• Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry, received Sahitya Academy Awards in 2015 and published in 2012.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

74. Match the List-I with List -II

  List I Term  List II Meaning
 A Catastrophe I. The introductory part of a play or narrative poem
 B Epitasis II. The final action that completes the unraveling of the plot in a play especially a tragedy.
 C Protasis III. The Dramatic complication that immediately precedes the climax of the play.
 D Catastasis IV. The part of the play that develops the main action and that lends to the

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct match will be:

  List I Term    List II Meaning
Catastrophe The final action that completes the unraveling of the plot in a play especially a tragedy.
 Epitasis  The part of the play that develops the maim action and that lends to the
 Protasis The introductory part of a play or narrative poem
 Catastasis The Dramatic complication that immediately precedes the climax of the play.

75. Plato viewed poetry as-

A. An imitation of reality
B. Self-subsistent entity
C. Distant from reality
D. Manifestation of reality
E. Life as experience in reality
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Plato viewed poetry as-
• An imitation of reality
• Distant from reality According to Plato's theory of mimesis (imitation) the arts deals with illusion and they are imitation of an imitation. Thus, they are twice removed from reality. As a moralist, Plato disapproves poetry because it is immoral, as a philosopher he disapproves it because it is based on falsehood. Hence, option (a) is correct.

76. The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music by Friedrich Nietzsche-

A. Examines the origins and development of poetry, specifically Greek tragedy.
B. Argues that Socratic rationalism and optimism led to the death of Greek tragedy.
C. Examines the origin of music and dance in ancient Greece.
D. Argues that Greek tragedy arose out of the fusion of Apollonian and Dionysian elements.
E. Argues that the music is the spirit of tragedy.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A, B, D only
Solution:

The Birth of tragedy from the Spirit of Music by Friedrich Nietzsche-
• Examines the origins and development of poetry, specifically Greek tragedy. •Argues that Socratic rationalism and optimism led to the death of Greek tragedy.
• Argues that Greek tragedy arose out of the fusion of Apollonian and Dionysian elements.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

77. Who made the following statements in defense of Santarasa "the eight rasas are like eight gods, and the sant is like their highest centre Siva"?

Correct Answer: (d) Abhinavgupta
Solution:

Abhinavgupta's statements in Defense of Santarasa. "The eight rasas are like eight gods and the sant is like their highest centre Siva." Abhinavgupta who champions the Dhanipaddati elaborates the system of Rasa and traced Rasa to its very roots and analysed the psychological process of it.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

78. Akkarmashi (The Outcaste) is an autobiography of which one of the following Dalit Writers?

Correct Answer: (b) Sharankumar Limbale
Solution:

Akkarmashi (The Outcaste) 1984 by Dalit writers Sharan Kumar Limbale. It is an autobiography. The English translation has been published by the Oxford University press with the title The Outcaste, Limable's critical work Towards as Aesthetics of Dalit Literature 2004 is considered amongst the most important works on Dalit literature.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

79. Match the List -I with List -II

  List I  List II
 A   Langue  I.   Meaning conveyed
 B   Parole II.   Socially shared language
 C   Signifier III.   Speech
 D   Signified IV.   Word

Choose the correct answer the from options given below:

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

The correct match will be:

   List I    List II
  A  Langue   Socially shared language
 B   Parole   Speech
 C   Signifier   Word
 D   Signified  Meaning conveyed

Hence, option (a) is correct.

80. Arrange the following plays in order of their publication.

A. Death of a salesman by Arthur Miller
B. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
C. Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
D. The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill
E. Twelve Angry Man by Reginald Rose
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The sequence of plays and their publication:
• The Iceman Cometh (1939) by Eugene O'Neill.
• The Glass Menagerie (1944) by Tennessee Williams.
• Death of a Salesman (1949) by Arthur Miller.
• Twelve Angry Man (1954) by Reginald Rose
• Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1962) by Edward Albee.
Hence, option (d) is correct.