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

Total Questions: 100

1. Match List I with List II

Correct Answer: (d) (A)-(ii), (B)-(iii), (C)-(iv), (D)-(i)
Solution:

'A Valediction of Weeping" is a dramatic monologue from 'love poems' of John Donne. In which the poet, after careful analysis, talks about the love between him and his beloved. 'The Garden' is poem by Andrew Marvell. 'The Retreat' by Henry Vaughan describes a speaker's desire to escape from the past where he was a younger, purer and generally happier human being. 'The Collar' is a poem by George Herbert, published in 1633.

2. How does Christ respond to the Grand Inquisitor's accusations in Brothers Karamazov?

Correct Answer: (b) He kisses the Grand Inquisitor on his lips
Solution:

'The Brothers Karamazov' is a novel by Fyodar Dostoevsky, that was first published in 1880. The Grand Inquisitor is a poem (a story within a story) inside the novel - The Brother Karamazov. Ivan explains his prose poem 'The Grand Inquisitor', in 16th century, Christ arrives apparently reborn on earth. In Book V. Pro and Contra and Chapter V Christ Kisses the Grand Inquisitor on his lips.

3. "Nice day again isn't it?" This sentence is an example of:

Correct Answer: (c) Phatic communication
Solution:

Phatic communication or small talk is a conversation for its own sake. This term was coined by Bronislaw Malinowski. It is an informal type of discourse that does not cover any functional topics of conversation or any transactions that need to be addressed.

4. Which agency among the following made a distinction between the teaching of English as a skill and the teaching of English literature?

Correct Answer: (d) The Education Commission, 1964-66
Solution:

The Education Commission, 1964-66 or The Kothari Commission, was appointed by the Government of India to overhaul the Indian education sector. Main feature of this commission was it tried to cover every field and aspect of the entire educational. This commission made a distinction between the teaching of English as a skill and the teaching of English literature.

5. A deconstructive reading of a text shows that

(A) a text is to be read always in a context
(B) there is nothing except the text
(C) a text may betray itself
(D) a text may possess an ascertainable meaning
(E) there is an endless postponement of meaning
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) (B), (C) and (E) only
Solution:

The philosophical term deconstruction originates in the 1960s by Jacques Derrida, one of the most well known philosopher and literary theorist. In deconstructive reading of a text shows that (a) There is nothing except the text (b) a text may betray itself (c) there is an endless postponement of meaning.

6. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion (A): No piece of research will be the first of its kind
Reason (R): The reliability of progress in knowledge is dependent on the honesty of the researchers.
In the 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:

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

7. Match List I with List II

Choose the correct answer from the options
given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A-(iv), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(ii)
Solution:

Option (c) is correctly matched the institution and its locations.
(A) The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute-Pune.
(B) Indian Institute of Advanced Study - Shimla
(C) National Library of India - Kolkatta
(D) Nehru Memorial Museum and Library-New Delhi.

8. Which two of the following are non-fictional works by Peter Ackroyd?

(A) Escape from Earth
(B) The Great Fire ofLondon
(C) The English Ghost
(D) English Music
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) (A) and (C) only
Solution:

Peter Ackroyd, British novelist, critic biographer and scholar. 'Escape from Earth' and 'The English Ghost' arę non-fictional works by Peter Ackroyd.

9. Who was Milton's model when he recast the first edition (1667) of Paradise Lost in 10 books to 12 books of the second edition (1674)?

Correct Answer: (c) Virgil
Solution:

'Virgil' was Milton's model when he recast the first edition (1667) of Paradise Lost in 10 books to 12 books of the second edition. Virgil's Aeneid is divided into 12 books. Books 1-6 Aenea's journey to Latium in Italy and Books 7-12, the war of Latium.

10. Which two of the following poems by Seamus Heaney come under his Bog Poems?

(A) "Personal Helicon"
(B) "Punishment"
(C) "The Early Purges"
(D) "Tollund Man"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) (B) and (D) only
Solution:

Heaney's bog poems ostensibly represent his human protest against violence embedded in the cruel images of ritual killings and they establish his name as a laureate of peace. Punishment' and 'Tollund Man' come under his Bog Poems. 'Tollund Man' is a poem in which the speaker promises a pilgrimage to Aarhus in Danemark where a mummy of an unnamed victim was found preserved in a bog.