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

Total Questions: 100

21. Given below are two statements

Statement I : Language is not a reliable tool of communication, says deconstruction, but argues in favour of a theory of sign as a self-sufficient union of signifier and signified.
Statement II: Deconstruction claims that language is non-referential since it refers neither to the things in the world nor to our concepts of things but only to the play of signifiers.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Correct Answer: (d) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Solution:

In light of the above statements statement I is not correct while statement II is correct. Deconstruction claims that language is non-referential since it refers neither to the things in the world nor to our concepts of things but only to the play of signifiers. Post-structuralist thinker Jacques Derrida is known as father of deconstruction. Derrida states that deconstruction is an "antistructuralist gesture" because structures were to be undone, decomposed, desedimented," Thus option (d) is correct.

22. Who wrote a postmodern reworking of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations without altering the original title?

Correct Answer: (b) Kathy Acker
Solution:

Kathy Acker wrote a postmodern reworking of Charles Dicken's 'Great Expectations' without altering the original title Kathy Acker's Great Expectations moves her narrator through time, gender and identity as it examines our era's cherished beliefs about life and art.
Kathy Acker was an American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist and postmodernist. Thus, appropriate answer is option (b).

23. Which character in Hamlet utters the line: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"?

Correct Answer: (d) Marcellus
Solution:

The line "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark". This line is spoken by Marcellus in Act I, scene IV (67), as he and Horatio debate whether or not to follow Hamlet and the ghost into the dark night. Thus, appropriate answer is option (d).

24. Who is the author of "The Typology of Detective Fiction"?

Correct Answer: (b) Tzvetan Todorov
Solution:

Tzvetan Todorov is the author of "The typology of detective fiction". In 'The Typology of Detective fiction' Tzvetan Todorov deals with the way the genre of detective fiction works within the parameters of certain rules. Tzvetan Todorov is Bulgarian-French literary theorist and historian of ideas whose concerns in dozens of books ranged from fantasy in fiction to the moral consequences of colonialism, fanaticism and the Holocaust. Thus, option (b) is correct.

25. Arrange the following in their chronological order:

A. English replaces Persian as official language of the Company
B. Arrival of Charles Grant in India
C. Universities established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras
D. Construction of Fort William in Calcutta
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Correct Answer: (c) D, B, А, C
Solution:

Chronological order of landmark in Indian Education system during British rule-
D. Construction of Fort William in Calcutta (1800-01)
B. Arrival of Charles Grant in India (1813)
A. English replaces Persian as official language of the Company (1833)
C. Universities established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (1857)

26. Match List I with List II

List I: TextList II: Author
 A. The Lie of the Land I. Alok Mukherjee
 B. Masks of Conquest II. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
 C. Rethinking English III. Gauri Viswanathan
 D. This Gift of English IV. Svati Joshi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) A- II, В - II, С- IV, D-I
Solution:

The appropriate match of texts with their authors.

     Text      Author
 A. The Lie of the Land (1992) II. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
 B. Masks of Conquest (1989) III. Gauri Viswanathan
 C. Rethinking English (1991) IV. Svati Joshi
 D. This Gift of English (2009) I. Alok Mukherjee

Thus, correct answer is option (b).

27. What was the centre set up for studying culture at the University of Birmingham called?

Correct Answer: (a) Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies
Solution:

The Birmingham School, better known as the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, was a research center at university of Birmingham. It is founded by Richard Hoggart in 1964, the school played a major role in the development of cultural studies not only in Britain, but across the globe. Hence, option (a) is correct answer.

28. The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is:

Correct Answer: (a) lexeme.
Solution:

The set of inflected forms taken by a single word is lexeme. A lexeme is a unite of lexical meaning that underlies a set of words that are related through inflection. Thus, option (a) is correct answer.

29. In which book of Paradise Lost Goes Milton refer to "Agra and Lahore of Great Mogul"?

Correct Answer: (d) Book XI
Solution:

'Book XI' in 'Paradise Lost' Milton refers to "Agra and Lahore of Great Mogul" in 1670, because the massive Lahore Fort builts. Lahore reached the peak of its architectural glory during the rule of the Mughals. Thus the correct option is (d).

30. Which of these countries does Montaigne's essay, "Of Cannibals," focus on primarily?

Correct Answer: (b) Brazil
Solution:

"Of cannibals" is an essay, one of those in the collection essays by Michel de Montaigne, describing the ceremonies of the Tupinamba people in Brazil. He reported about how the group ceremoniously ate the bodies of their dead enemies as a matter of honor. In "Of Cannibals", Montaigne discusses the apparent opposition between primitive and civilized societies. Thus, appropriate answer is option (b).