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

Urvashi Butalia's 'The other side of silence'(1998) primarily seek 'to understand the partition as something more than a political divide' and 'to foreground a personal history of the partition'.
'The Other Side of Silence' is the product of more than seventy interviews conducted with survivors of the partition, is being used as an academic text in some Indian University. Uravashi Butalia (born 1952) is an Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist. She isknown for 'women's voices from Kashmir'. Thus appropriate answer is option (a)

"You have hissed the mystery lectures" is an example of Spoonerism. A spoonerism is a speech error in which the speaker switches the initial consonants of two consecutive words. If you say "bunny phone" instead of "funny bone" 'you have hissed all my mystery lectures' can be corrected as 'you have missed all my history lectures'. Thus, correct option is (d).

Mass Media plays a crucial role in shaping how we view the world. Intensive use of Mass Media has resulted in the world to appear smaller and closer. It also promotes the distribution of goods and services. The fundamental objectives of Mass Media are to inform, educate and entertain the masses. Thus, the true feature of Mass Media is it usually has a central, single source'.

'Rabindranath Tagore' and 'Bob Dylan' are songwriters who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali) 'because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse by which, with consummate skill, he has made his thought, expressed in his own English word, a part of the literature of the west.
The Swedish Academy awarded Dylan in 2016, the Nobel Prize in Literature for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. Thus, the correct answer is option (c).

The correct chronological sequence of poets and their relation to English literary history are:-The Cavalier poets → The Lake poets → The Imagist poets → The Movement poets.
Cavalier Poets- The cavalier poets were a group of writers from the 17th century in England who supported Charles I during the English Civil War. The Lake Poets- William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge and Robert Southey are known as Lake school poets. They belong to 19th century.
The Imagist poets- Ezra Pound is noted as the founder of Imagism, the movement was rooted in ideas first developed by English philosopher and poet T.E. Hulme. It started in early 20th century.
The Movement Poets- The Movement was a term coined in 1954 by J.D. Scott, literary editor of 'The Spectator' to describe a group of writers- Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Donald Davie, John Wain and so on.
Thus, the correct option is (a).

'Count Dracula' fictional character is believed to be based on the 15th century real-life character, Vlad the Impaler, 'Vlad the Impaler' was a medieval prince whose bloodthirsty acts inspired the world's most famous vampire 'Bran Stoker's Dracula.

Chinua Achebe wrote the short story "The Voter". 'The voter discusses the theme of corruption, loyality, guilt, power, greed and tradition. It tells also about old customs and monetary bribes colliding to rig a local village election, which looks at the relationship between African culture while exposing the conflict between traditional African beliefs and the modernism introduced by British colonialism.
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet and critic who is regarded as the dominant figure of modern African literature. Thus, the appropriate answer is option (b).

In 'New Bearing in English Poetry' (1932) he (F.R. Levis) attacked English late Victorian poetry and proclaimed the importance of the work of T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and G.M. Hopkins. Emphasizing wit and the play of intellect rather than late Romantic sensuousness. If 'New Bearing in English Poetry' leavis's dismissal of most late romantic poetry (like, Milton and Shelley) and his welcoming of the modernist. Thus, the correct option is (b).

Susan Sontag (16 Jan 1933-28 Dec 2004) was an American writer, film maker, philosopher, teacher and political activist. She is best known for her essays on modern culture. 'The World as India' is a lecture on Literary Translation in which she argues that English can be only common 'unifying language' of|| India. In her essay, she states, "Just because it is alien, foreign, it can become the unifying language of a permanently diverse people. The only language that all Indians might have in common not only is, it has to be, English." Thus, the correct answer is option (d).

'Personal Estimate' and 'Historic Estimate' are fallacious evaluations of poetry according to Matthew Arnold's
'The Study of Poetry' Matthew Arnold (24 Dec 1822- 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic. 'The Study of Poetry' was perhaps Arnold's most famous piece of essay on literary criticism.
'The Historic Estimate' places the historical context above the value of the art itself. 'The Personal Estimate' on the other hand depends on the personal taste, the likes and dislikes of the reader which affects his judgment of poetry. Arnold says that both these estimates tend to be fallacious.
Thus, the correct answer is option (c).