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

Total Questions: 67

51. Which arrangement of D.H. Lawrence's novels is in the correct chronological sequence?

Correct Answer: (b) Sons and Lovers - The Rainbow - Kangaroo - The Plumed Serpent
Solution:

Correct arrangement of D.H. Lawrence's novels are as following-
Sons and Lovers - The Rainbow - Kangaroo - The Plumed Serpent.

52. Which two names from R.M. Ballantyne's Coral Island are repeated in William Golding's reworking of the same text as Lord ofthe Flies?

(A) Ralph
(B) Roger
(C) Jack
(D) Simon
The correct option is:

Correct Answer: (b) (A) and (C)
Solution:

The 'Coral Island : A Tale of the Pacific Ocean' is a novel written by Scottish author R.M. Ballantyne. It was the inspiration for William Golding's dystopian novel 'Lord of the Flies' (1854). Character Ralph and Jack appears in this novel.

53. Which of the following set of characters in Charles Dickens' novels is in the right chronological order?

Correct Answer: (c) Nathaniel Winkle - Mrs. Mann - David Copperfield - Mr. Bounderby
Solution:

Following set of characters in Charles Dickens' novels is in the right chronological order-
Nathaniel Winkle - Mrs. Mann - David Copperfield - Mr. Bounderby.

54. Who said the following? "Discursive practices are not purely and simply modes of manufacture of discourse. They take shape in technical ensembles, in institutions, in behavioural schemes, in types of transmission and dissemination, in pedagogical forms that both impose and maintain them"

Correct Answer: (b) Michel Foucault
Solution:

Michel Foucault said the statement "Discursive practices are not purely and simply modes of manufacture of discourse. They take shape in technical ensembles, in institutions, in behavioural schemes, in types of transmission and dissemination, in pedagogical forms that both impose and maintain them."

55. Match the characters with the play:

 

 

Correct Answer: (b) (A)-(ii), (B)-(iv), (C)-(iii), (D)-(i)
Solution:

William Shakespeare's following plays are correctly matched with character-

 (A) Donalbain – (ii) Macbeth
 (B) Claudio – (iv) Measure for Measure
 (C) Nerissa – (iii) Merchant of Venice
 (D) Goneril – (i) King Lear

 

56. Who among the following proposed that the English language is 'man made', not 'woman made'?

Correct Answer: (c) Dale Spender
Solution:

'Man Made Language' 1980 is a book by Australian feminist writer Dale Spender. She proposed that the English language is 'man made' not 'woman made'. In it she examines numerous areas of sexism as it appears in nature and in the use of the English language with particular focus on the way men and women talk and listen differently in couples and in mixed or single sex group.

57. Match the author with the text:

Correct Answer: (b) (A)-(iii), (B)-(iv), (C)-(ii), (D)-(i)
Solution:

Correctly matched author with the text is as following-

 Author Text
 (A) Rita Kothari (iii) Translating India
 (B) Probal Dasgupta (iv) The Otherness of English
 (C) Braj B. Kachru (ii) The Indianization of English
 (D) Baljinder K. Mahal (i) The Queen's Hinglish

58. Which of the following characters in Shakespeare's Love's Labour Lost over uses formal Latinate diction?

Correct Answer: (a) Holofernes
Solution:

Holofernes a school master in Shakespeare's 'Love's Labour Lost' over uses formal Latinate diction. 'Love's Labour Lost' is one of William Shakespeare's early comedy.

59. Match the periodicals with their writers/contributors

Correct Answer: (c) (A)-(ii), (B)-(iii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(i)
Solution:

Correctly matched the periodicals with their writers/contributors is as following-

 Author Text
 (A) Rita Kothari (iii) Translating India
 (B) Probal Dasgupta (iv) The Otherness of English
 (C) Braj B. Kachru (ii) The Indianization of English
 (D) Baljinder K. Mahal (i) The Queen's Hinglish

60. Which of the following books carried the additional title Sermon on the Sea?

Correct Answer: (c) Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule by Gandhi
Solution:

Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is a book written by Mohan Das K. Gandhi in 1909. The book was banned in 1910, by British Government in India as a seditious text. This book carried the additional title 'Sermon on the Sea'.