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

Joyce Cary's 'The Horse's Mouth' considered by many to be his masterpiece, is part of a trilogy of novels. 'To Be a Pilgrim' and 'Herself Surprised' two titles belong to this trilogy.
'The Horse's Mouth' (1944) is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer Joyce Cary, the third in his First Trilogy, whose first two books are 'Herself surprised' and 'To Be a Pilgrim'.

MCMXIV (1914) is a poem written by English poet Philip Larkin. It was first published in the book 'The Whitsun Weddings' in 1964.
The poem, a single sentence spread over four stanzas, begins by describing what is seemingly a photograph and goes on to reflect on the momentous changes in England that would result from the First World War.
'MCMXIV' is one of Philip Larkin's best loved poems, completed in May 1960, the poem was published in Larkin's 1964 volume 'The Whitsun Weddings'.

Metaphor differs from simile in that a comparison in metaphor is implicit whereas in simile it is explicit.
Metaphor is a figure of speech for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide identify hidden similarities between two different ideas.
e.g. All the world's stage
And all the men and women merely players. (Metaphor)

The question remains cancelled and marks awarded to all.

Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Culture is characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and art....... The culture derives from 'French' term, which in turn derives from the Latin 'colure' which means to tend to the earth and grow or cultivation and nature. Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage what we believe is right or wrong, how we sit at the table, how we behave with loved ones.

'On the Origin of Species' and 'A Tale of Two Cities' were published in the year 1859.
'On the Origin of Species' published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin. The book presented a body of evidence that the diversity oflife.
'A Tale of Two Cities' (1859) is an historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of French Doctor, Manette, his 18 year-long imprisonment.

'The Library of Babel' is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges has its epigraph from 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'.
Borges narrator describes how his universe consists of an enormous expanse of adjacent. Though the order and content of the books are random and apparently completely meaningless, inhabitants believe that the book contain every possible ordering.
Though the east majority of the books in this universe are pure gibberish. The narrator notes that the library must contain all useful information.
The story repeats the theme of Borges 'The Total Library' which in turn acknowledge the earlier development of this theme.

'Gítanjali' (1910) is written by Rabindranath Tagore, he was a Bengali poet, writer, composer, philosopher and painter. It was published in English (1912). 'Gitanjali' or 'Song Offerings' is a collection of poems translated by the author Rabindranath Tagore from the original Bengali. This collection won the Noble Prize for Tagore in 1913.
'The Sceptred Flute' (1943) is the flute song of India. It is written by Indian poet and activist Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949).
'The Unfinished Man' (1959) is written by Nissim Ezekiel. Although 'The Unfinished Man' marks а positive advance over the early poems in terms of quality.
'Jejuri' is a series of poems written by Indian poet Arun Kolatkar. It was first published in opinion literary quarterly in 1974.

'Alexander Baumgarten' coined the term 'Aesthetics'. The first use of term aesthetic in something like its modern sense is commonly attributed to Alexander Baumgarten in 1735.
Aesthetics or esthetics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as philosophy of art.
It examines subjective and sensory-emotional value or sometimes called judgements of sentiment and taste.

The Education Commission (1948) was of the view that "use of English......... divides the people into two nations, the few who govern and the many who are governed.
The Government of India appoints the Radhakrishnan Commission on 4th November 1948 under the chairmanship of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. It has guided the development of university education in India in the post-independence period.