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

Total Questions: 100

21. Who wrote the essay "Naipaul's India and Mine" (1984) as a reply to V.S. Naipaul's An Area of Darkness?

Correct Answer: (b) Nissim Ezekiel
Solution:

Nissim Ezekiel wrote the essay 'Naipaul's India and Mine' (1984) as a reply to V.S. Naipaul's - 'An Area of Darkness'. He was an Indian Jewish poet, editor and art critic.

22. Which of the following is true in relation to Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene?

Correct Answer: (b) A letter addressed to Sir Walter Raleigh was appended to the 1590 edition of the poem
Solution:

'The Faerie Queene' is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. The Faerie Queene' is divided into seven books with the first six books containing 12 cantos each. The seventh book has only two cantos. It is addressed to Spenser's friend and court superior Sir Walter Raleigh, the letter explains Spenser's intentions in the poem.

23. In his "Self-Reliance" which two qualities does Emerson refer to as "the Chancellors of God"?

(A) Truth
(B) Cause
(C) Spirit
(D) Effect
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

'Self Reliance' is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. 'Cause' and 'Effect' are two qualities that Emerson refers to as 'the Chancellors of God'.

24. Arrange the following critical works in the chronological order of publication:

(A) "Preface to Lyrical Ballads"
(B) A Defence of Rhyme
(C) "Life of Cowley"
(D) "Frontiers of Criticism"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

'A Defence of Rhyme' (1503) by Samuel Daniel, 'Life of Cowley' (1779-1781) by Samuel Johnson, 'Frontiers of Criticism' is a lecture given by T.S. Eliot, at the university of Minnesota in 1956. Hence option (c) is correct in the chronological order of publication.

25. Which one of the following captures accurately the view of Frankfart School of Critical Theory?

Correct Answer: (b) The_culture industries engender passivity and conformity among their mass audiences
Solution:

The Frankfart School, known more appropriately as critical theory, is a philosophical and sociological movement spread across many universities around the world. The culture industries engender passivity and conformity among their mass audiences captures accurately the view of Frankfart School of Critical Theory.

26. Arrange the following in the chronological order of their publication:

(A) Past and Present
(B) Leviathan
(C) Unto This Last
(D) The Life of Samuel Johnson
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct chronological order of the publication is 'Leviathan' (1651), 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791), 'Past and Present' (1852) and 'Unto This Last' (1860). 'Leviathan' is a mythical creature with the form of a sea serpent in Judaism, 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson, 'Past and Present' is a book by Thomas Carlyle and 'Unto This Last' is an essay and book on economy by John Ruskin.

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

Assertion (A): English today is not only the language we teach but also the subject that enables its learners to become subtle and tough minded readers. Reason (R): Students are encouraged to think and analyze the historical and ontological status of the texts they read, and how best to read them.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

28. Which one of these essays by Ezra Pound defines an Image as "that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time?

Correct Answer: (a) "A Retrospect"
Solution:

"A Retrospect" Pound's "A Retrospect" published in 1918 is a collection of his essay on poetry. In "A Retrospect" Pound presents his beliefs about what makes good poetry. The essay begins with the three principles of imagism. He defines "image" as an intellectual and emotional complex in on instant of time.

29. Which two poems in the following list are Odes Written in the Horatian manner?

(A) Ben Jonson, "To the Immortal Memory and Friendship of that Noble Pair, Sir Lucius Cary and Sir H. Morison"
(B) Andrew Marwell, "Upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland"
(C) Alexander Pope, "Ode on Solitude"
(D) Alfred Tennyson, "Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The two poems – "Upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland" by Andrew Marwell and Alexander Pope's "Ode on Solitude" are ode that written in the Horatian Manner. The Horatian Ode is simply a stanzaic form in which all stanzas are structured in the same pattern at the direction of the poet.

30. Which two of the following are the interludes in John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga (1922)

(A) To Let
(B) Indian Summer of a Forsyte
(C) Awakening
(D) In Chancery
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

'The Forsyte Saga', sequence of three novels linked by two interludes by John Galsworthy as published in 1922. 'The Forsyte Saga' consisted of the novel 'The Man of Property' (1906) the interlude "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" (1918) the novel 'In Chancery' (1920), the interlude "Awakening" (1920) and the novel 'To Let' (1921).