UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam, June-2020 ENGLISH (Shift-I)

Total Questions: 100

81. Arrange the following in the chronological order of publication:

A. Crome Yellow
B. Sons and Lovers
C. Mrs Dalloway
D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) B, D, A, C
Solution:

•  'Sons and Lovers (1913)
• 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' (1916)
• 'Crome Yellow' (1921)
• 'Mrs Dalloway' (1925)

82. Arrange the following women novelists in the chronological order (by date of birth):

A. Anne Bronte
B. Jane Austen
C. Ann Radcliffe
D. Fanny Burney
E. Maria Edgeworth
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) D, C, E, B, A
Solution:

• Fanny Burney - 1752
• Ann Radcliffe - 1764
• Maria Edgeworth – 1768
• Jane Austen - 1775
• Anne Bronte - 1820

83. Arrange the following authors in the chronological order of the birth:

A. Oscar Wilde
B. William Langland
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. John Dryden
E. Alexander Pope
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) B, C, D, E, A
Solution:

• William Langland - (1332)
• Geoffrey Chaucer - (1343)
• John Dryden – (1631)
• Alexander Pope - (1688)
• Oscar Wilde - (1854)

84. Arrange the following plays in their chronological order:

A. The Country Wife
B. Cymbeline
C. The Spanish Tragedy
D. The Rivals
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

• 'The Spanish Tragedy- or 'Hieronimo is Mad Again' is an Elizabethan tragedy written by Thomas Kyd, between 1582 and 1592.
• 'Cymbeline' is a play by Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain, was first performed in 1623.
• 'The Country Wife' is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley.
• 'The Rivals' is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, first performed on 17 January, 1775.

85. Arrange the following plays in the chronological order of publication:

A. All for Love
B. Venice Preserved
C. The School for Scandal
D. The Country Wife
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) D, A, В, С
Solution:

• 'The Country Wife' is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley.
• 'All for Love' is a 1677 heroic drama by John Dryden.
• 'Venice Preserved' is an English Restoration play written by Thomas Otway, in 1680s.
• 'The School for Scandal' is a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, first performed on 1777.

86. Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion A: Research methods are a range of tools that are used for different types of inquiry.
Reason R: The tools used in research are products of the situations in which they are applied.
In light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
Solution:

Research methodology is a way to systematically solve the research problem. It is the logic behind the methods we use in the context of our research.

87. Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion A: Signs are never neutral or innocent.
Reason R: In all cases signs are organized into systems that convey some meaning.
In light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Solution:

Sign is a kind of motion, action or movement of the hand that means something. It is an indicator or marker for something very specific, very concrete and in general, unambiguous in meaning.

88. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Consumption is an outcome of self-interest and a maximization of personal pleasure.
Statement II: There are strong correlations between social status and such things as housing styles, musical tastes and food preferences.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Solution:

Both of the statements are true.

89. Given below are two statements:

Statement I : The Orientalists in British India were not sympathetic towards India's ancient learning.
Statement II : William Jones thought that in "imagination", "ratiocination" and "philosophy", Indians were by no means inferior to Europeans.
In light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The terms Orientalism and Oriantalist first took on a markedly political meaning when they were used to refer to those English Scholars in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

90. Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion A: The introduction of English in India was primarily for the benefit and consolidation of British power.
Reason R: English catered to the social and economic aspirations of the emerging middle class and urban elites in India.
In light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
Solution:

The introduction of English in India was primarily for the benefit and consolidation of British power. This statement is true with the reference of British colonization over Indian Sub Continent.