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

Total Questions: 100

91. Direction: 91 to 95

All round me are words and words, and words, They grow on me like leaves, they never seem to stop their slow growing From within .... But I tell myself, words are a nuisance, beware of them, they can be so many things, a Chasm whe. running feet must pause, to look, a sea with paralyzing waves, a blast of burning air or, А knife most willing to cut your best Friend's throat ... words are a nuisance, but. They grow on me like leaves on a tree, They never run to stop their coming, from a silence, somewhere deep within......

A major theme of the poem can best be summarized as:

Correct Answer: (b) The growth/flow of words cannot be restricted
Solution:

A major theme of the poem can best summarized as :
"the growth/flow of words can not be restricted."
Hence, option (b) is correct.

92. Which one of the following is not a metaphor employed in the poem

Correct Answer: (d) A throat
Solution:

"A throat" is not a metaphor employed in the poem.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

93. The poem is most similar in style and form to

Correct Answer: (b) Open verse
Solution:

The poem is most similar in style and form to "open verse".
Hence, option (b) is correct.

94. Which one of the following lines indicates the destructive character of words?

Correct Answer: (b) A blast of burning air or.
Solution:

"A blast of burning air or," lines indicates the destructive character of words.

95. Which one of the following poetic devices is used in the opening of the poem?

Correct Answer: (b) Anaphora
Solution:

Anaphora is a poetic device used in the opening line of the poem. Anaphora is a figure of speech in which words repeated at the beginning of successive clause, phrase, or sentence.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

96. Direction : (96 to 100)

I believe implicitly that the child is not born mischievous in the bad sense of the term. If parents would behave themselves whilst the child is growing, before it is born and after, it is a well known fact that the child would instinctively obey the law of truth and the law love... And believe me, from my experience of hundreds I was going to say thousands - of children, I know that they have perhaps a finer sense of honour than you or I have.

The greatest lessons of life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children. Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom come the out of the mouth of babes. I believe it. I have noticed it in my experience that if we would approach babes in humility and innocence, we would learn wisdom from them.

I have learned this one lesson - that what is impossible with man is child's play with God and if we have faith in that divinity which presides on the destiny of the meanest of his creation, I have no doubt that all things are possible and in that final hope, I believe and pass my time and Endeavour to obey His will. If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children; and if they will grow up in their natural innocence, we won't have to struggle, we won't have to pass fruitless, idle resolutions, but we shall to from love to love and peace to peace, until at last all the corners of the world are covered with that peace and love for which, consciously or unconsciously, the whole world is hungering.

Which 'will of God' is the author referring to in the line, "I believe and pass my time and Endeavour to obey his will"?

Correct Answer: (d) To turn towards children in humility and innocence to learn wisdom
Solution:

Will of God is the author referring to in the line, I believe and pass my time and endeavour to obey His Will: To turn towards children in humility and innocence to learn wisdom.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

97. What according to the passage, is needed to spread peace and love in the world?

Correct Answer: (b) Preservation of natural innocence
Solution:

Preservation of natural innocence is needed to spread peace and love in the world.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

98. Which phrase rightly encapsulates the central message of the passage?

Correct Answer: (b) For even the wisest can learn incalculably much from children.
Solution:

For even the wisest can learn incalculable much from children, is rightly encapsulates the central message of the passage.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

99. What kind of passage is this?

Correct Answer: (b) Persuasive
Solution:

This is a persuasive passage. A persuasive passage is a piece of writing that attempts to convince the reader to accept a point of view of take a specific action. Persuasive passage are often structured around a central point and supported by logical arguments and factual evidence.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

100. hat does 'a real war' signify in the phrase "a real war against war".

Correct Answer: (d) A war against self-conceit and prejudices
Solution:

"A real war", signify in the phrase "a real war again war":
A war against self-conceit and prejudices.
Hence, option (d) is correct.