UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam, December-2019 ENGLISH (SOLVED PAPER-II)

Total Questions: 67

31. Who among the following are associated with the 'Jazz Age'?

Correct Answer: (a) Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald
Solution:

The 'Jazz Age' was a period in the 1920 and 1930, in which Jazz music and dance styles rapidly gained nationwide popularity in the United State. Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald are associated with Jazz Age.

32. In which one of the following Middle English poems is Hector a character?

Correct Answer: (a) Troilus and Cressida
Solution:

Troilus and Cressida is an epic poem by Geoffrey Chaucer which retells in middle English the tragic story of the lovers Troilus and Cressida set against a backdrop of war during the Siege of Troy. 'Hector' is a character in this poem.

33. In the UNESCO definition a 'Pamphlet' is an unbound publication that is not a periodical and contains:

Correct Answer: (a) No fewer than 5 and no more than 48 pages
Solution:

UNESCO defines a pamphlet as 'a non periodical printed publication of at least 5 but not more than 48 pages, exclusive of the cover pages, published in a particular country and made available to the public.

34. Given below are two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) :

Assertion (A): Many modern British writers infused their works with an extreme sense of uncertainty, disillusionment and despair.
Reason (R): The Waste Land ends in a flurry of random allusions.
In the light of the above two statements choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Solution:

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

35. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of publication of the following poems?

Correct Answer: (d) Paradise Lost-The Dunciad - Alastor - Lamia
Solution:

The correct chronological order of publication of the poems is as following-Paradise Lost (1667) - The Dunciad (1728) - Alastor (1816) - Lamia (1820).

36. Which two of the following are autobiographical narratives?

(1) Kanthapura
(2) Meatless Days
(3) Prison and Chocolate Cake
(4) The God of Small Things
The correct option is:

Correct Answer: (b) (2) and (3)
Solution:

'Meatless Days' and 'Prison and Chocolate Cake' are autobiographical narratives. Meatless Days is a searing memoir of life in the newly created country of Pakistan. Meatless Days is an autobiography of Sara Suleri Goodyear. 'Prison and Chocolate Cake' is an autobiography of Nayantara Sehgal, an Indian writer and member of Nehru - Gandhi family.

37. Which two of the following works were published after 1947?

(1) The Dark Room
(2) Mr. Sampath: A Painter of Malgudi
(3) Seven Summers
(4) The Big Heart
Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: (b) (2) and (3)
Solution:

'Mr. Sampath: A Painter of Malgudi' and 'Seven Summers' are the following works were published after 1947. 'Mr. Sampath: A Painter of Malgudi' is novel by R.K. Narayan, published in 1949. 'Seven Summers' is a novel by Mulkraj Anand, published in 1951.
* Seven Summers first drafted when Mulkraj Anand was a student at London University but not published till 1951.

38. Who among the following has written a series of poems entitled,, 'Very Indian Poems in Indian English'?

Correct Answer: (c) Nissim Ezekiel
Solution:

'Very Indian Poems in Indian English' is written by Nissim Ezekiel. The poem written in a very light is an 'Indian Poem' because the poet looks at the world around him through the eyes of a typical middle class Indian.

39. Who made the remark: "Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree"?

Correct Answer: (b) Ezra Pound
Solution:

'Ezra Pound' made the remark - "Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree."

40. Which one of the following observations of 'Lost Generation', a term coined by Gertude Stein is correct?

Correct Answer: (b) The American expatriates in Europe after the First World War
Solution:

Many prominent American writers of the decade following the end of World War I, disillusioned by their war experiences and alienated by what they perceived as the crashness of American culture and its puritanical repression are often tagged as the 'Lost Generation'.