UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam. December 2020/June 2021 ENGLISH-II (Shift-I)

The correct sequence of the language areas of the human brain in the order in which they involve in hearing, understanding and saying a word is-
Posterior speech cortex → Arcuate Fasciculus→ Anterior speech cortex → Motor cortex.
Posterior speech cortex: Wernicke area, region of the brain that contains motor neurons involved in the comprehension of speech.
Arcuate fasciculus: Its key function is to connect Broca's and Wernick's areas, which are involved in producing and understanding language. Anterior speech cortex: Broca's area, or the Broca area is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere, usually the left, of the brain with function linked to speech production.
Motor cortex: The motor cortex is the region of the cerebral cortex involved in the planning, controling and execution of voluntary movements.
Thus, option (d) is appropriate answer.

The right chronological sequence of the publication of the following books is-

Hence option (c) is correct answer.

The correct chronological order of literary theory is (3→2→4-+1).
Negritude - Term coined in the 1930s by Afro-Martiniquan French poet and politician Aime Fernand Cesaire, Senegalese poet and politician Leopold Senghor and Leon Damas of French Guiana.
R. Barthes used the terms Lisible (readerly) and Scriptible (Writerly) to distinguish, respectively, between texts that are straight forward and demand no special effort to understand and those whose meaning is not immediately evident and demand some effort on the part of the reader. He used the term Scriptible in his book S/Z (1970).
Paratext is a term coined by the French literary critic Gerard Genette. The term appears for the first time in Genette's Introduction a 'I', architexte' (1979). Gynesis- Gynesis a term coined by the American feminist theorist Alice Jardine in her book 'Gynesis : Configurations of Woman and Modernity' (1985).

In the light of above statement the most appropriate answer is option (b). Both statement I and statement II are incorrect because Literary Researches also have specific materials for investigation and scientific tools for researching a conclusion and formulating a theory like scientific researches. Scientific researches are studies that should be systematically planned before performing them. Research is the systematic investigation into study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and sources.
Literary research consists of critical interpretations of an author's work to not to the exclusion of biography and editing of texts. "Literary Research" means finding something new within a literary work (theory, term etc). Hence the correct answer in option b.

From the given two statements, option (c) statement (I) is correct but statement (II) is incorrect. 'Linguists' is one who studies language, linguists study every aspects of language, including vocabulary, grammar, the sound of language and how words evolve over times. Linguist being primarily interested in the scientific study of language, approach language dispassionately. Statement (II) is incorrect because all linguists are not necessarily polyglots who bring their own biases to language study. Hence the correct answer is option (c).

The term 'Theatre of Absurd' is coined by 'Martin Esslin' in his book of the same name 'Theatre of Absurd'. Such theatre seeks to represent the absurdity of human existence in a meaningless universe by bizarre or fantastic means. Important features of the Theatre of the Absurd' are
(1) Presentation of futile actions devoid of any goal.
(2) Lacking in conflicts and dramatic tensions.
(3) Presenting players in a stasis or drift without definite roles.
Hence correct answer is option (b) include (B, D, E only).

Girish Karnad was an Indian actor, film director Kannada writer, worked is south Indian cinema and Bollywood. He is known to have used elements form the Yakshagana Tradition' in his theatre.
Yakshagana, dance-drama of South India, associated most strongly with the state of Karnataka. It is performed in open air by all male groups. It emerged in the 16th century with its roots in Sanskrit Literature. He was a recipient of the 1998 'Jnanpith Award. He was awarded 'Padma Shri' and 'Padma Bhushan' by the Government of India and own four film fare awards.
Hence the correct answer is option (b).

The appropriate match of writer with their Book

Thus, option (a) is appropriate answer.

University of Birmingham in UK university saw the first institutional incorporation of cultural studies. Dennis Dworkin writes that "a critical moment" in the beginning of cultural studies as a field was when Richard Hoggart used the term in 1964 in founding the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) at the University of Birmingham.
Incorporation refers to the free borrowing and modification of cultural elements and occurs when people of different cultures maintain contact as well as political and social self-determination. Thus, option (c) is appropriate answer.

Pierre de Ronsard (poet) wrote a poem that served to inspire W.B. Yeats to write his own poem "When You Are Old". Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet or as his own generation in France called him "a prince of poets". Major theme in, "When You Are Old" are love, rejection and time. It is bittersweet poem that reveals the complexities of love. Thus, the correct option is (b).