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

Total Questions: 100

81. Who is the author of the essay, The Rational of the Copy-Text?

Correct Answer: (b) W. W. Greg
Solution:

The Rational of the Copy-Text' is an essay by W.W. Greg (1949).

82. Why did T.S. Eliot assert that Virgil, not Homer, is the poet of Europe?

Correct Answer: (a) There are some initial moral concerns in Virgil
Solution:

There are some initial moral concerns in Virgil that's reason T.S. Eliot assert that Virgil, not Homer, is the poet of Europe. Hence option (a) is correct.

83. Which of the following combinations correctly defines the phonological system of Indian English in relation to Standard English?

A. Absence of aspirated consonants
B. Simplified vowel system
C. Similar international pattern
D. Presence of voiced aspirated consonants
Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: (b) B and D
Solution:

Option (b) and (d) correctly defines the phonological system of Indian English in relation to Standard English - simplified vowel system and presence of voiced aspirated consonants. Hence option (b) is correct.

84. What was Gramsci's term for cultural consensus supporting capitalism?

Correct Answer: (d) Hegemony
Solution:

Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Marxist intellectual and Politician who can be seen as the perfect example of the synthesis of theoretician and politician. Hegemony was Gramsci's term for cultural consensus supporting capitalism. Hegemony is the political, economic or military predominance or control of one state over other.

85. The medieval English university organized its studies based on the seven liberal arts Three of these, The trivium, referred to the study of

Correct Answer: (d) grammar, logic, rhetoric
Solution:

The medieval English University organized its studies based on the seven liberal arts. Three of these, The trivium, referred to the study of - grammar, logic, rhetoric.

86. What term used by Ferdinand de Saussure corresponds to Noam Chomsky's term 'performance'?

Correct Answer: (b) Parole
Solution:

Ferdinand de Saussure used the term - Parol in corresponds to Noam Chomsky's term "performance". Parole typically when it is translated means - speech. Saussure, on the other hand, intended for it to mean both the written and spoken language as experienced in everyday life.

87. Which of the following sociologists' ideas on the practice of receiving and giving gifts are used by J. Hillis Miller to reinforce her arguments in the essay, Critic as Host?

Correct Answer: (c) Marcel Mauss
Solution:

Joseph Hillis Miller is an important humanities and literature scholar. He was among the pioneer in introducing phenomalogy and deconstruction to Anglo-American audience. Sociologists Marcel Mauss's ideas on the practice of receiving and giving gifts are used by J. Hillis Miller to reinforce her arguments in the essay - Critic as Host.

88. What does 'Harlem Renaissance' refer to?

Correct Answer: (b) The flourishing of African American literature in the 1920s and 1930s
Solution:

A period of remarkable creativity in literature, music, dance, painting and sculpture by African-Americans, from the end of the First World War 1917 to the early 1930s. So Harlem Renaissance refers to - The flourishing of African American literature in the 1920s to 1930s.

89. Comprehension:

It is an axiom in mental philosophy, that we can think of nothing which we have not perceived. When I say that we can think of nothing, I mean we can imagine nothing, we can reason of nothing, we can remember nothing, we can foresee nothing. The most astonishing combinations of poetry, the subtlest deductions of logic and mathematics, are no other than combinations which the intellect makes of sensations according to its own laws. A catalogue of all the thoughts of the mind, and of all their possible modifications, is a cyclopedic history of the universe.

According to the passage given, which of the following correctly captures the meaning of 'a cyclopaedic history of the universe'?

Correct Answer: (a) The knowledge about the universe from its beginning to its possible end
Solution:

Option (a) The knowledge about the universe from its beginning to its possible end' correctly capture the meaning of 'a cyclopaedic history of the universe'.

90. According to the writer, perception is the basic epistemology. Which one of the following is the other accepted epistemology?

Correct Answer: (c) Inference
Solution:

Epistemology' is the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity and scope, and the distinction between justified believe and opinion. It is a branch of Philosophy, Language, Experience and Simile is accepted in epistemology whether 'Inference' is not. Inference is an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning. An inference is an educated guess.