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

Total Questions: 100

11. Who among the following refutes Plato's charge that poets are liars, by arguing that the poet "nothing affirms, and therefore never lieth"?

Correct Answer: (b) Philip Sidney
Solution:

Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier, who was remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. He refutes Plato's charge that poets are liars by arguing that the poet "nothing affirms and therefore never lieth", Philip Sidney stated this - "The poet nothing affirms and therefore never lieth" in his well known Defense of Poesie.

12. Which of the following statements is correct in relation to Shakespeare's works?

Correct Answer: (b) The 'quartos' appeared during his lifetime and the Folio edition appeared posthumously
Solution:

The 'quartos' appeared during his life time and the Folio edition appeared posthumously, this statement is correct in relation to Shakespeare's works. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. William Shakespeare's work was compiled in Folio by John Hemings and Henry Condell, after his death. The first folio was published in 1623. It contains 36 plays.

13. Which of the following journals deals with the analysis of only theoretical concepts?

Correct Answer: (c) boundary 2
Solution:

'Boundary 2' is a quarterly peer reviewed academic journal of the 20th century modern theory, literature and culture. This journals deals with the analysis of only theoretical concepts.

14. In which short story does the narrator witness a consumptive young man named Mr. Shaynor recreate "The Eve of St. Agnes" in a trance?

Correct Answer: (b) Rudyard Kipling's "Wireless"
Solution:

'Wireless' is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1902, and was later collected in Traffics and Discoveries, originally published in 1902. In this short story the narrator witnesses a consumptive young men named Mr. Shaynor recreate 'The Eve of St. Agnes' in a trancе.

15. Match List I with List II

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

Correctly matched option Author with Autobiography/Memoir is option (d). Pablo Neruda - Memoirs
Graham Greene - A Sort of Life
Doris Lessing - Under My Skin
Vladimir Nabakov - Speak Memory.

16. Arrange the following in the chronological order of publication

(A) Modern English Usage
(B) Proposals for Perfecting the English Language
(C) Usage and Abusage
(D) An American Dictionary of the English Language
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Correct chronological order of publication is option (c) Proposal for perfecting the English Language : Thomas Cooke, An American dictionary of the English Language : Noah Webster in 1828. Modern English usages: Henry Watson Fowler in - 1926. Usage and Abusage : Eric Partridge in - 1942

17. Who among the following called the 'Poetasters', "The rhyming friends"?

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

The question remains cancelled and marks awarded to all.

18. Which two of the following edited the defining work of third wave feminism, This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color?

(A) Audre Lorde
(B) Barbara Smith
(C) Gloria Anzaldua
(D) Cherrie Moraga
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

'This Bridge Called My Back : Writings by Radical Women of Color' is a feminist anthology edited by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldua first published in 1981 by Persephone Press.

19. What does the titular Setebos in Robert Browning's "Caliban upon Setebos" refer to?

Correct Answer: (b) The brutal god in whom Caliban believes
Solution:

'Caliban upon Setebos' is a poem written by the British poet Robert Browning, and published in his 1864 Dramatis Personea Collection. It deals with Caliban, a character from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' and his reflection on Setebos, the brutal god he believes in.

20. Match List I with List II

 Key Author/Linguist ID Work
A Ferdinand de Saussure (i) "Two Aspects of language and two types of Aphasic Disturbances"
B Edward Sapir (ii) Of Grammatology
C Jacques Derrida (iii) A Course in General Linguistics
D Roman Jakobson (iv) Language

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Option (c) is correctly matched with authors and their works.

 Key Author/Linguist ID Work
 A  Ferdinand de Saussure (iii)  A Course in General Linguistics
 B  Edward Sapir (iv)   Language
 C  Jacques Derrida (ii)  Of Grammatology
 D  Roman Jakobson  (i)  "Two Aspects of language and two types of Aphasic Disturbances"