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

Total Questions: 100

1. By which two of the following processes, according to Michel Foucault, does power operate?

(i) By right rather than technique
(ii) By normalization rather than law
(iii) By control rather than punishment
(iv) By repression rather than agreement
Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: (b) (ii) and (iii)
Solution:

In his essay 'Discipline and Punish’ (1975), Michel Foucault operates by normalization rather than law and control rather than punishment. He laid out his thoughts on how the elite in the society dominate and control the rest of society.

2. Which of the following books is written by an Englishman in universal Latin, is further added to by the Flemish Peter Giles, is revised by the Dutch Erasmus, is printed at Louvain in 1516, later at Paris, still later at Basle, where it was illustrated by two woodcuts from the hand of the German Holbein?

Correct Answer: (c) Utopia
Solution:

'Utopia' is a work of fiction and socio political satire by Thomas More. This book was written in Latin and is further added to by the Flemish Peter Giles, is revised by the Dutch Erasmus, is printed at Louvain in 1516. The first edition contain a woodcut map of the Island of Utopia.

3. Which edition of the Lyrical Ballads was the first one to have the Preface by Wordsworth?

Correct Answer: (b) 1800
Solution:

'The Lyrica! Ballads' was a collaborative work of S.T. Coleridge and William Wordsworth. The first edition of this volume was published in 1798 with four poems of S.T. Coleridge and 19 by William Wordsworth. The second volume was published in 1800 in which Wordsworth included 'Preface' or 'Preface to The Lyrical Ballads'.

4. "The great English novelists are Jane Austen, George. Eliot, Henry James and Joseph Conrad." Which one of the following critical texts begins with the above assertion?

Correct Answer: (c) F.R. Leavis, The Great Tradition
Solution:

Critical text - "The great English novelist are Jane Austen, George Eliot, Henry James and Joseph Conrad" begins in - Frank Raymond Leavis's - "The Great Tradition". This book is a literary criticism published in – 1948.

5. Match the books with the writers:

  Book Title   Author(s)
  A. The Madwoman in the Attic iv. Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
  B. The Wretched of the Earth i. Frantz Fanon
  C. Shakespearean Negotiations ii. Stephen Greenblatt
  D. Is There a Text in Class? iii. Stanley Fish

Choose the correct option from those given below:

 A B C D A B C D
 (a) iii iv i ii (b) i ii iii iv
 (c) iv i ii iii (d) ii iii iv i
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:

Correctly matched the books with the writer in option (c).

 A The Madwoman in the Attic iv Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
 B The Wretched of the Earth  i Frantz Fanon
 C Shakespearean Negotiations ii Stephen Greenblatt
 D Is There a Text in This Class? iii Stanley Fish

6. What, in sum, is Sidney's point in the following?

"Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor what so ever else may make the too-much-loved earth more lovely. Her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden." (Philip Sidney)

Correct Answer: (a) Works of art are superior to the natural world they represent
Solution:

In ‘Apologie for Poetrie' (1580-81) written by Sir Philip Sidney, the text - "Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor what so ever else may make the too-much-loved earth more lovely. Her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden." As such, the poets 'making' or production is superior to nature. So sum of this text is option (a) Works of art are superior to the natural world they represent.

7. Which of the following novels by Iris Murdoch tells the story of an ageing theatre celerity who withdraws into a life of seclusion and writes a diary/journal/ novel?

Correct Answer: (c) The Sea, the Sea
Solution:

'The Sea, the Sea' is a novel by Iris Murdoch, published in 1978. This novel is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs.

8. Who wrote a guide called How to Write a Doctoral Thesis: The Humanistic Subjects, considered equal in standard to the American MLS Handbook or the Chicago, Manual of Style?

Correct Answer: (c) Umberto Eco
Solution:

Umberto Eco's wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, published in English for first time. Не published this book in 1977 entitled - How to Write a Doctoral Thesis: The Humanistic Subjects.

9. Which of the following propositions refers to the recommendations of Charles Grant?

Correct Answer: (c) The introduction of English as the medium of instruction in a Western system of education that included literature, natural sciences and mechanical inventions.
Solution:

The introduction of English as the medium of instruction in a Western system of education that included literature, natural sciences and mechanical inventions is refers to the recommendations of Charles Grant. Charles Grant served as chairman of the British East India Company and as a member of parliament.

10. In which of Anita Desai's novels does an insane wife kill her husband?

Correct Answer: (c) Cry, The Peacock
Solution:

'Cry, The Peacock' is the first novel by Anita Desai published in – 1963. In this novel Anita Desai portrays the psychic tumult of a young and sensitive married girl Maya who is haunted by a childhood prophecy of a fatal disaster. She kills her husband Gautama.