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

Total Questions: 100

71. Which among the following is not a novel written by Jean Rhys?

Correct Answer: (d) Golden Child
Solution:

Golden Child (2019) is not written by Jean Rhys. It is a literary novel by Trinidadian author Claire Adam.
Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) written as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847).
Quarter (1928), Voyage in the Dark (1934), Good Morning, Midnight (1939), these all are written by Jean Rhys.
Hence, option (d) is correct.

72. Match the List -I with List -II

  List I(Author)   List II(Text)
 A. Sally Morgan I. Karobran
 B. Monica Clare II. Caprice-A Stockman's Daughter
 C. Nugi Garimara (Doris Pilkington) III. My Place
 D. Alexis Wright IV. Plains of Promise

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct match will be:
• Sally Morgan → My Place (1987) (an autobiography)
• Monica Clare → Karobran
• Nugi Garimara (Doris Pilkington) → Caprice - A Stockman's Daughter (1991). • Alexis Wright → Plains of Promise (1997).
Hence, option (b) is correct.

73. Who among the following did not belong to 'Angry Young Men' Generation of British playwrights/novelists?

Correct Answer: (d) J.B. Priestley
Solution:

J.B. Priestley did not belong to Angry Young Men generation of British playwrights/novelists. The Angry Young Men was a group of mostly working and middle class British playwrights and novelists who became prominent in the 1950s. The group's leading figures included John Osborne and Kingsley Amis; other popular figures included John Braine, Alan Sillitoe, Colin Wilson and John Wain. The phrase was originally coined by the Royal Court Theatre's press officer in order to promote Osborne's 1956 play Look Back in Anger. Hence, option (d) is correct.

74. How many knights feature is Edmund Spenser's the Faerie Queene?

Correct Answer: (b) 12
Solution:

12 Knights are featured in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Book I-III were first published in 1590, republished in 1596 together with books IV-VI. It is the work in which Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian stanza. The text is primarily an allegorical work. The poem follows several knights as a means to examine different virtues. The poem is dedicated to Elizabeth I who is represented in the poem as the Faeric Queene Gloriana, as well as the Character Belphoebe.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

75. What was the name of the first ship to transport indentured labourers from India to Trinidad and Tobago in 1845?

Correct Answer: (b) Futtle Rozack
Solution:

The first ship to transport indentured laborers from India to Trinidad was the Fatel Razack, in 1845. The ship arrived on May 30, 1845, carrying 225 Indian indentured workers. The arrival of these workers marked the beginning of a new era of economic development for Trinidad, which was then a British colony. Trinidad and Tobago celebrates Indian arrival Day on May 30 to commemorate this event.
Hence, option (b) is correct.

76. Who among the following was known as 'The Lady of Christ's during his college days at Cambridge?

Correct Answer: (c) John Milton
Solution:

John Milton (1608-1674) was known as The Lady of Christ's during his college days at Cambridge, perhaps because of his fair complexion, delicate features, and auburn hair.
John Milton, who studied at Christ College, Cambridge, starting in 1625 at the age of 16.
Milton wrote Lycidas (1637) in the memory of Edward King, who died at the age of 25.
Milton's most important Prose work : Areopagitica (1644). It is a foundation in the philosophy of the freedom of speech.
Milton was a civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse, in 12 books. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden.

77. Arrange the following novels in the correct chronological order of their publication

A. So many Hungers
B. All About H Hatter
C. Music for Mohini
D. Waiting for the Mahatama
E. Kanthapura
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order of novels and their publication.
• Kanthapura (1938) by Raja Rao
• So Many Hungers (1947) by Bhabani Bhattacharya.
• All About H. Hatter (1948) by G.V. Desani.
• Music for Mohini (1964) by Bhabani Bhattacharya.
• Waiting for the Mahatama (1955) by R.K. Narayan.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

78. Arrange the following Indian writers in the correct chronological order of their birth

A. R.K. Narayan
B. Raja Rao
C. Sir Aurobindo
D. K.S. Venkataramani
E. Sarojini Naidu
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct sequence of Indian writers and their birth:
• Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950)
• Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)
• K.S. Venkataramani (1891-1952)
• R.K. Narayan (1906-2001)
• Raja Rao (1908-2006)
Hence, option (c) is correct.

79. Who among the following friends of Everyman, the main protagonist of the best-known Morality play, Everyman, stays with him when he leaves the world to face Death?

Correct Answer: (c) Good Deeds
Solution:

Good Deeds is the friend of Every man, the main protagonist of best-known morality play, Every man stays with him when he leaves the world to face death.
The Somonyng of Every man or Every man, is a late 15th century morality play by an anonymous English author. It is possibly a translation of the Dutch play Elckerlijc (Every man). The play is the allegorical accounting of the life of Every man, who represents all mankind.
Hence, option (c) is correct.

80. The first regular English tragedy Gorboduc contains 5 acts; while the first 3 acts were written by Thomas Norton, identify the author who wrote the remaining 2 acts-

Correct Answer: (c) Thomas Sackville
Solution:

The first regular English tragedy Gorboduc contains 5 acts : While the first 3 acts were written by Thomas Norton, and remaining 2 acts were written by Thomas Sackville. The Tragedie of Gorboduc, or Ferrex and Porrex is an English play from 1561. It was first performed at the Christian celebration given by the Inner Temple in 1561. They play is notable for several reasons:
It was first verse drama in English to employ Blank Verse for its political subject matter.
Hence, option (c) is correct.