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

Total Questions: 100

31. What does 'an eponymous' character mean?

Correct Answer: (b) An eponymous character gives his or her name to the title of the work
Solution:

"An eponymous character gives his or her name to the title of the work, hero of the work. An eponymous character is a character in a book, play or film that has the same name as the title.
For example : Macbeth, Don Quixote and so on. The Victorian era is named after Queen Victoria, who is considered the eponymous Queen Victoria.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

32. According to Dhananjaya there are five elements of the plot, parallel with the five stages of the action, from these respectively arise the five junctures (Samdhi). What is the correct sequence of these junctures?

A. Avamarsa
B. Mukha
C. Pratimukha
D. Upasamhrti
E. Gurbha
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

According to Dhananjaya, there are five elements of the plot, parallel with the five stages of the action, from these respectively arise the five junctures (Samdhi).
The correct sequence of these junctures :
• Mukha
• Pratimukha
• Gurbha
• Avamarsa
• Upasamhrti
Hence, option (b) is correct.

33. Who among the following called John Dryden as the father of English Criticism and affirmed that modern English prose began with Dryden's Essay of Dramatic Poesy?

Correct Answer: (c) Samuel Johnson
Solution:

Dr. Samuel Johnson called John Dryden "as the father of English Criticism" and affirmed that modern English Prose began with Dryden's Essay of Dramatic Poesy.
Dryden's Essay of Dramatic Poesy was likely written during the Great Plague of London and published in 1668. Dryden's claim in this essay was that poetic drama with English and Spanish influence is a justifiable art from when compared to traditional French poetry.
John Dryden was England's first official Poet Laureate, that defends English drama and argues that it is a legitimate form of poetry.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

34. Arrange the following children's books in the correct chronological order of their publications:

A. J.K. Rowling - The Goblet of fire
B. Philip Pullman - Northern Lights
C. C.S Lewis - The Lion Witch, and the Wardrobe
D. J.R.R. Tolkien's - the Hobbit
E. William Golding's -Lord of the Flies
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

The correct sequence of Children's books and their publication.
• J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (1937)
• C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
• William Golding's Lord of the Flies (1954)
• Philip Pullman's Northern Lights (1955)
• J.K. Rowling's The Goblet of Fire (2000)
Note: This particular question has been dropped by NTA due to some discrepancies.

35. Which of the following works are categorised under Science-fiction?

A. Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
B. Wendy Mass's A Mango-Shaped Space
C. Umberto Eco's Travels in Hyper Reality
D. Frank Schwatzing's The Swarm
E. Kuzuo Ishiguro's Never Let me go
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

• Wendy Mass's A Mango-Shaped Space (2003) (Realistic fiction).
• Umberto Eco's Travels in Hyper Reality (1975) (Science fiction).
• Kuzuo Ishiguru's Never Let me Go (2005), (Science fiction).
Hence, option *) is correct.
Note: This particular question has been dropped by NTA due to some discrepancies.

36. Match the List-I with List -II

  List I (Post Colonial Writer)  List II (Text)
 A Ngugi Wa Thiong' O I. Toward the African Revolution
 B Aime Cesaire II. There Was a Country
 C Frantz Fanon III. The Language of Languages
 D Chinua Achebe IV. Discourse on Colonialism

Chooser the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct match will be :
• Ngugi Wa Thiong's The Language of Languages (2023).
• Aime Cesaire's Discourse on Colonialism (1950).
• Frantz Fanon's Toward the African Revolution (1964).
• Chinua Achebe's There was a Country (2012).
Hence, option (b) is correct.

37. Which of the following statement are correct?

A. The term 'Performativity' was coined by Derrida
B. The idea of 'meme' was originally coined by Richard Dawkings.
C. The term 'The Culture industry' was coined by Adorno And Horkheimer.
D. The term 'Womanism' was coined by Alice Walker.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) B, C, E only
Solution:

The correct statements are :
• The idea of "meme" was originally coined by Richard Dawkigs.
• The term "The Culture industry" was coined by Adorno and Horkheimer.
• The term "Womanism" was coined by Alice Walker.
• The term "Ideological State Apparatus" was coined by Louis Althussor.
• The term "performativity" was coined by John L. Austin.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

38. Match the List-I with List -II

  List I (Cultural Critic/Theorist)  List II (Work)
 A Raymond Williams I. Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
 B Herbert Marcuse II. Preface to Film
 C Fredric III. One Dimensional Man
 D Richard Hoggart IV. The Uses of Literacy

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

The correct match will be :
• Raymond Williams' Preface to Film (1954).
• Herbert Marcuse's One Dimensional Man (1964).
• Fredric Jameson's Postmodernism, or the Culture Logic of Late Capitalism (1989).
• Richard Hoggart's The Use of Literacy (1957)
Hence, option (c) is correct.

39. Which statement among the following rightly defines an 'epithet'?

Correct Answer: (b) An adjective/adjectival phrase used to define a characteristic quality or attribute of some person or thing.
Solution:

Epithet→ An adjective/adjectival phrase used to define a characteristic quality or attribute of some person or thing. In literature, the term is considered an element of poetic diction, something that distinguishes the language of poetry from ordinary language.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

40. A' palindrome is________.

Correct Answer: (c) A word or sentence which reads the same both ways.
Solution:

A "Palindrome" is a word or sentence which reads the same both ways. The word 'Palindrome' was introduced by English poet and writer Henry Peacham in 1638. It is a word, that reads the same backwards as backwards, madam or nurses.... Hence, option (c) is correct.