UGC NTA NET PAPER-II ENGLISH -AUG 2024 (HELD ON 21.08.2024)- SHIFT 2

Q.51 The term “abstract poem-

A. Was coined by Edith Sitwell

B. Refers to a poem in which words are chosen for their aural quality

C. refers to a poem in which words are chosen for imagery and symbolism

D. was coined by W.H. Auden.

E. refers to a poem in which words are not specifically used for their sense meaning.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, C, Donly

2. A, B, E only

3. A, C, E only

4. C, D, E only

Explanation:

The term “abstract poem” was coined by Edith Sitwell (A).

Abstract poems focus on the aural quality of words (B).

The term also implies that words are not specifically used for their sense meaning (E).

Hence, 2 is the correct answer as C and D do not accurately define abstract poetry.

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Q.52 In ‘The Post Modern Condition’ Lyotard announced the eclipse of all grand narratives. The one whose death be above all sought to declare was

1. Hegelian Spirit

2. Christian Redemption

3. Keynesian Equilibrium

4. Classical Socialism

Explanation:

Lyotard critiques grand narratives, particularly Classical Socialism, which emphasizes overarching ideologies.

This critique aligns with postmodernist skepticism of universal truths and frameworks.

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Q.53 Chronologically arrange the Rudiom playwrights in order of their birth

A. Asif Currimbhoy

B. Nissim Ezekiel

C. Cyrus Mistry

D. Mahesh Dattani

E. Gurcharan Das



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, D, E, C, B

2. D. B. C. E. A

3. A. E. D. B. С

4. B. A, E, C, D

Explanation:

Chronological order based on birth years:

Nissim Ezekiel (1924)

Asif Currimbhoy (1928)

Gurcharan Das (1943)

Cyrus Mistry (1956)

Mahesh Dattani (1958)

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Q.54 Who among the following women writers wrote the first female Dalit autobiography?

1. Sharmila Rege

2. Urmila Pawar

3. Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble

4. Meena Kandasamy

Explanation:

Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble authored “Majhya Jalmachi Chittarkatha”, widely considered the first female Dalit autobiography.

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Q.55 Who wrote the poem “Poem in Praise of Menstruation”?

1. Gloria Steinem

2. Seamus Heaney

3. Francis Thompson

4. Lucille Clifton

Explanation:

Lucille Clifton’s poetry often celebrates the body and natural cycles, including menstruation.

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Q.56 Akkarmashi (The Outcaste) is an autobiography of which one of the following Dalit writers?

1. Annabhau Sathe

2. Sharankumar Limbale

3. Anand Teltumde

4. Baby Kamble

Explanation:

Akkarmashi, or The Outcaste, is a seminal autobiography by Sharankumar Limbale that addresses caste discrimination.

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Q.57 Three satirical stories by W.M. Thackeray portraying unhappy marriage and exploitation of one partner by the other, are titled as

1. Men’s Wives

2. Wives’ Husbands

3. Wife and Husband

4. Wife without a Husband

Explanation:

Thackeray’s “Men’s Wives” contains satirical depictions of marriage and relationships.

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Q.58 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST -I (Text)

A. Critique of Judgement

B. The Phenomenology of Spirit

C. Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego

D. The Role of the University in the New Reich



LIST -II (Author)

I. Martin Heidegger

II. Sigmund Freud

III. Immanuel Kant

IV. G.W.F. Hegel



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

2. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

3. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

4. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Explanation:

A. Critique of Judgment → Immanuel Kant (III)

B. The Phenomenology of Spirit → G.W.F. Hegel (IV)

C. Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego → Sigmund Freud (II)

D. The Role of the University in the New Reich → Martin Heidegger (I)

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Q.59 In his work, The Dialogic Imagination, Mikhail Bakhtin

A. Develops theory of Polyphony.

B. postulates that language in imaginary

C. postulates that language evolves dynamically.

D. argues that language gets affected by the culture that produces it as it helps to shape that culture

E. Develops theory of imaginative language.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B. D, E only

2. A, C, D only

3. A, B, D only

4. C. D, E only

Explanation:

Bakhtin develops the theory of Polyphony (A), postulates the dynamic evolution of language (C), and explains how culture shapes language (D).

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Q.60 Phonetics refers to –

A. Production of speech sounds

B. Reception of speech sounds

C. Transmission of speech sounds

D. Pattern of speech sounds

E. Word formation



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A and C only

2. B and D only

3. D and E only

4. A and D only

Explanation:

Phonetics involves the production (A) and transmission (C) of speech sounds.

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Q.61 Arrange the following Black American writers chronologically (in order of their birth)?

A. Maya Angelou

B. Toni Morrison

C. Alice Walker

D. Langston Hughes

E. E. James Baldwin



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. D, A, E, C, B

2. D, E, A, B, C

3. E, A, D, B, C

4. E, A, B, C, D

Explanation:

Langston Hughes (1902),

James Baldwin (1924),

Maya Angelou (1928),

Toni Morrison (1931),

Alice Walker (1944).

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Q.62 Sequence the following works of Dostoyevsky in the order of their publication:

A. Notes from Underground

B. Crime and Punishment

C. The Idiot

D. The Brothers Karamazov

E. Poor Folk



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, C, E, A, D

2. E, A, B, C, D

3. A, B, C, D, E

4. C. A. D. B. E

Explanation:

Chronological order: Poor Folk (E), Notes from Underground (A), Crime and Punishment (B), The Idiot (C), The Brothers Karamazov (D).

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Q.63 Arrange the following novels by Chima Achebe in order of their publication.

A. A Man of the People

B. Things Fall Apart

C. Arrow of God

D. Anthills of Savannah

E. No Longer at Ease



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. C, B, E, D, A

2. B, C, E, A, D

3. B, E, C, A, D

4. A, B, D, E, C

Explanation:

Things Fall Apart (B) (1958),

No Longer at Ease (E) (1960),

Arrow of God (C) (1964),

A Man of the People (A) (1966),

Anthills of Savannah (D) (1987).

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Q.64 Who among the following were associated with Metaphysical Society founded in 1869 by Sir James Knowles?

A. Robert Browning

B. T. H. Huxley

C. Alfred Tennyson

D. Mathew Arnold

F. William Gladstone



Choose the correct answer from the options given below

1. A, B and C only

2. B, D and E only

3. C, D and E only

4. B, C and E only

Explanation:

Members include T.H. Huxley (B), Alfred Tennyson (C), and William Gladstone (E).

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Q.65 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I

A. The Language Instinct

B. Reflections of Language

C. Variety language serving period function in a multilingual community

D. Existence of a common variety of language for people different cultures.



LIST II

I. Steven Pasker

II. Noam Chomsky

III. Creole Creolization

IV. Diglossia



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III

2. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

3. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

4. A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

Explanation:

The Language Instinct (A) → Steven Pinker (I)

Reflections of Language (B) → Noam Chomsky (II)

Creole and Creolization (C) → Diglossia (IV)

Common variety of language (D) → Creolization (III)

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Q.66 Who among the following American writers was the first Black American to become the U.S. Port Laureate and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress?

1. Kyra Davis

2. Meri Nana-Ama Domquah

3. Rita Francis Dove

4. Lucille Clifton

Explanation:

Rita Dove was appointed the first Black U.S. Poet Laureate in 1993.

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Q.67 Plato viewed poetry as-

A. An imitation of reality

B. Self-subsistent entity

C. Distant from reality

D. Manifestation of reality

E. Life as experience in reality



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A and C only

2. B and D only

3. D and E only

4. A and E only

Explanation:

Plato viewed poetry as an imitation (A) and as distant from reality (C).

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Q.68 A manuscript having an overlap with earlier pagers by the same authors or by some of the pe authors is termed as

1. Plagiarism

2. Self Plagiarism

3. Intertextuality

4. Multiple references

Explanation:

Overlap of content by the same author(s) is termed self-plagiarism.

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Q.69 Which one of the following is NOT a screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors

1. The Boys from Syracuse

2. Angoor

3. De Dooni Char

4. Love in a Wood

Explanation:

Love in a Wood is unrelated to Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors.

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Q.70 Which of the following assumption is not use with regard to Lacan’s concept/theory of standpoint

A. It assumes that social position can provide privileged perspective on some relations and Knowledge

B. It argues that those who are marginalized or oppressed may have access to insights and Perceptions that dominant group lacks

C. It refers to a situation in which the oppressed class is destined to love the class consciousness

D. It suggests that the perspectives of those on the margins of society cannot help to understand social dynamics.

E. The theory is based on the idea that social contradictions and political struggle can shape counter-hegemonic norms.



Choose the correct answer from the options given belon

1.A and C only

2.D and E only

3.B and C only

4.C and D only

Explanation:

Standpoint theory does not assert that the oppressed class is destined to lose class consciousness (C) or that marginalized perspectives lack value (D).

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Q.71 Which among the following is said to be the first fiction magazine (created by Hugo Gernsback)?

1. Tune and the Conways

2. Henceforward

3. New Worlds

4. Amazing Stories

Explanation:

Hugo Gernsback founded Amazing Stories, the first dedicated science fiction magazine.

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Q.72 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST-I Postcolonial term

A. Othering

B. Ecological Imperialism.

C. Colonial Desire

D. Third Space



LIST II Coined Employed by

I. The term employed by Robert Young

II. Coined by Gayatri Spivak

III. Coined by Alfred W. Crosby

IV. Coined by Homi K. Bhabha



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

2. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

3. A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

4. А-II, В-III, C-I, D-IV

Explanation:

Othering (A) → Gayatri Spivak (II)

Ecological Imperialism (B) → Alfred W. Crosby (III)

Colonial Desire (C) → Robert Young (I)

Third Space (D) → Homi K. Bhabha (IV)

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Q.73 Which of the following assertions/assumptions are not true regarding cultures of space!

A. Space is about power to control access, representation and use

B. Space is simply land or built-up area.

C. The Space influences social relations and communities.

D. Space is socially constructed through social relations.

E. Space has nothing to do with everyday activities of people.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B and C only

2. E and D only

3. B and E only

4. A and E only

Explanation:

Space is not merely land or built-up area (B), and it influences everyday activities (E).

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Q.74 Identify the name of the essayist who made the following assertion:

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if will be content to begin with doubts, he shall and in certainties”

1. Richard Hooker

2. Sir Francis Bacon

3. Sir Richard Steele

4. Joseph Addison

Explanation:

The statement is from Francis Bacon’s essay Of Truth.

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Q.75 Which of the following is not a Dalit narrative written by Perumal Murugan?

1. Tirukkural: The Book of Desire

2. Poonachi

3. One Part Woman

4. Pyre

Explanation:

Tirukkural is a classical Tamil text and not authored by Perumal Murugan.

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Q.76 Greek word ‘polis’ refers to-

A. Social Structure

B. Political Structure

C. Legal Structure

D. City State

E. Barbarians



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B and D only

2. A and B only

3. B and C only

4. D and E only

Explanation:

The Greek term polis primarily refers to a city-state, which was the fundamental political unit in ancient Greece. It denotes both the geographical entity and the political community.

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Q.77 Which one of the following novels by EM. Forster is about “homosexual love?

1. Howards End

2. A Room with a View

3. Maurice

4. Where Angels Fear to Tread

Explanation:

Maurice by E.M. Forster is a groundbreaking novel exploring homosexual love, written in 1913-1914 but published posthumously in 1971.

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Q.78 The key principles of research design brought together in material on measurement principles, sampling and case study, survey and experimentation is termed at

1. Research Methodology

2. Research Methods

3. Research Techniques

4. Research Designs

Explanation:

Research methods encompass various tools and techniques, including measurement, sampling, and case studies, used to conduct studies systematically.

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Q.79 Things as They Are at The Adventure of Caleb Williams was written as a call to end…

1. The abuse of workers by the industrialists

2. The abuse of masses by the Church

3. The abuse of power by a tyrannical government

4. The abuse of tenants by the landlords

Explanation:

William Godwin's The Adventures of Caleb Williams highlights the injustices of tyrannical governance and critiques the abuse of power in society.

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Q.80 The salient tendencies of Hellenistic Philosophy are:

A. Cynicism

B. Epicureanism

C. Stoicism

D. Surrealism

E. Expressionism



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B and D only

2. A, B and C only

3. A, D and E only

4. A, B and E only

Explanation:

Hellenistic philosophy is characterized by its focus on practical ethics and includes major schools like Cynicism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism.

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Q.81 Who among the following were not associated with Kit-Cat Club?

A. George Etherege

B. Richard Steele

C. Samuel Johnson

D. William Congreve

E. Joseph Addison



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B and D only

2. B and E only

3. A and C only

4. D and E only

Explanation:

George Etherege and Samuel Johnson were not part of the Kit-Cat Club, a group of influential Whigs in the early 18th century.

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Q.82 Who said that an author has no claim to original thought but only to apt presentation of what was already being thought by others?

1. Alexander Pope

2. Ezra Pound

3. Max Muller

4. Harold Bloom

Explanation:

Alexander Pope, in his works, often emphasized the importance of expressing timeless truths rather than striving for originality.

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Q.83 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST-I (Event)

A. International year of the World’s Indigenous People

B. Australian Parliament formally apologized to the stolen generation

C. formal end of White Australian Policy

D. The first National Sorry Day



LIST-II (Year)

I. 1995

II. 1993

III. 1973

IV. 2008



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

2. А-III, В-I, С-II, D-IV

3. A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

4. A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

Explanation:

A: International Year of the World’s Indigenous People → 1993

B: Australian Parliament apologized → 2008

C: Formal end of White Australian Policy → 1973

D: First National Sorry Day → 1995

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Q.84 Arrange the works of Toni Morrison in the order of chronology of their publication.

A. Jazz

B. Beloved

C. In Bluest Eve

D. Song of Solomon

E. Tar Baby



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A. E, C, D, B

2. D. C. E. B. A

3. C. D, E. B. A

4. E. D. A, B, C

Explanation:

The Bluest Eye → 1970

Song of Solomon → 1977

Tar Baby → 1981

Beloved → 1987

Jazz → 1992

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Q.85 Which text is considered to be the first book of poetry published by an Aboriginal author?

1. Tracey Moffatt’s Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

2. David Unaipon’s Native Legends

3. Oodegroo Noonucal’s We Are Going

4. Doris Pilkington Garimara’s Caprice: A Stockman’s Daughter

Explanation:

Oodegroo Noonucal’s We Are Going (1964) is the first book of poetry published by an Aboriginal author.

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Q.86 Chronologically arrange the fictional writings of R.K. Narayan in order of their publication?

A. The Vendor of Sweets

B. The Bachelor of Arts

C. The English Teacher

D. The Guide

E. The Financial Expert



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1.A, D, B, E, C

2.C, B, D, A, E

3.B, C, E, D, A

4.E, A, B, C, D

Explanation:

The Bachelor of Arts → 1937

The English Teacher → 1945

The Financial Expert → 1952

The Guide → 1958

The Vendor of Sweets → 1967

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Q.87 In Long Revolution. Raymond Williams conducted a long-range study of 350 canonical writers drawn from the Oxford Introduction to English Literature for the period….

1. 1789-1950

2. 1764-1939

3. 1450-1914

4. 1470-1920

Explanation:

The study covers the period 1470-1920.

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Q.88 Chronologically arrange the fictional writings of Margaret Atwood?

A. Edible Woman

B. The Handmaid’s Tale

C. The Blind Assassin

D. Lady Oracle

E. The Robbers Bride



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, C, A, E, D

2. D. B. C. A.E

3. E. A, D, C, B

4. A. D. B. E. C

Explanation:

The Edible Woman → 1969

Lady Oracle → 1976

The Handmaid’s Tale → 1985

The Robber Bride → 1993

The Blind Assassin → 2000

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Q.89 Which of the following assertions is not true with respect to cultural intermediaries?

1. The term ‘cultural intermediaries” was introduced by the French cultural theorist Pierce Bourdieu.

2. Cultural intermediaries mediate between the production of cultural events and its consumers.

3. Promotional materials do not constitute cultural intermediaries.

4. Fan Clubs are cultural intermediaries

Explanation:

Promotional materials do constitute cultural intermediaries as they play a role in bridging producers and consumers.

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Q.90 Kai Po Che is the screen adaptation of which one of the following novels by Chetan Bhagat?

1. The 3 Mistakes of My Life

2. Five Point Someone

3. Half Girlfriend

4. Two States

Explanation:

The movie Kai Po Che (2013) is based on Chetan Bhagat’s The 3 Mistakes of My Life.

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Q.91 Which one of the following plays mock the Restoration drama of Dryden and Thomas Otway?

1. The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay

2. Tom Thumb by Henry Fielding

3. The Critic by R.B. Sheridan

4. The Rehearsal by George Villiers

Explanation:

The Rehearsal by George Villiers parodies the bombastic and extravagant style of Restoration drama, especially targeting the heroic plays of John Dryden and others.

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Q.92 The Latin epic Aeneid by Virgil?

A. Incorporates various legends of Aeneas nod makes him the founder of Roman greatness

B. Relates the story of the legendary founding of Rome.

C. Relates the story of the legendary founding of Lavinium.

D. Recounts the story of Aeneas journey in the first 6 books of the epic, and these 6 books are patterned after Homer’s Odyssey.

E. Recounts the story of Aeneas journey in the last 6 bools of the epic, and these & books are patterned after Hour’s Оdyssey



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, C and D only

2. A, B and D only

3. A. D and E only

4. A. C and E only

Explanation:

The Aeneid incorporates Aeneas' journey (A), describes the founding of Lavinium (C), and the first six books are modeled after Homer’s Odyssey (D). The founding of Rome (B) is implied but not directly the subject of the epic.

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Q.93 Which of the following is considered to be the first Indian novel in English?

1. Bankimchandra Chatterjee’s Rajamohan’s Wife

2. Toru Dutt’s The Young Zamindar

3. K.K. Sinha’s Somjogita

4. K.K. Sinha’s The Star of Sikri

Explanation:

Rajamohan’s Wife (1864) is considered the first Indian novel written in English by Bankimchandra Chatterjee.

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Q.94 Who made the following statements in defense of Säntarasa “the eight rasas are like eight gods, and the sänt is like their highest center Siva”?

1. Bharat

2. Anandavardhan

3. Dandin

4. Abhinav Gupta

Explanation:

Abhinavagupta, a prominent scholar, defended Shantarasa as a supreme rasa, likening it to Shiva, the highest center among the gods.

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Q.95 Who among the following is not associated with lesbian and gay studies?

A. Jane Rule

B. Jonathan Dollimore

C. John Wain

D. Elizabeth Jennings

E. Richard Dyer



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A and E only

2. C and D only

3. B and C only

4. D and E only

Explanation:

John Wain and Elizabeth Jennings are not associated with lesbian and gay studies. Jane Rule, Jonathan Dollimore, and Richard Dyer are significant contributors to this field.

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Q.96 The property of research to replicate the same results using the same technique is termed as

1. Validity

2. Reliability

3. Relevance

4. Coherence

Explanation:

Reliability refers to the consistency of research results when replicated under similar conditions.

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Q.97 Chronologically arrange the following works in order of their publication.

A. Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso

B. Martin Luther King’s 95 Theses at Wittenberg

C. The first Book of Common Prayer by Thomas Crammer

D. Thomas More’s Utopia

E. Machiavelli’s The Prince



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. E, D, B, A, C

2. A. C. B. E. D

3. E, B, C, A, D

4. D. A. B. C.E

Explanation:

The Prince (1513)

Utopia (1516)

95 Theses (1517)

Orlando Furioso (1516–1532)

Book of Common Prayer (1549)

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Q.98 Arrange the following partition based film in order of their release/production.

A. Garm Hawa

B. Tamas

C. Khamosh Pani

D. Chinnamul

E. Subarnarekha



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. D. E. A. B. C

2. E. D. B.A. C

3. A, B, D, E. C

4. A. D. E. B, C

Explanation:

The correct chronological order is:D (Chinnamul, 1950),E (Subarnarekha, 1965),A (Garm Hawa, 1973),B (Tamas, 1988),C (Khamosh Pani, 2003).

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Q.99 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST-I Disability Narrative

A. A Room Called Earth

B. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

C. Time to Dance

D. Almond: A Novel



LIST- II Writer

I. Won Pyung Son

II. Padma Venkaraman

III. Medeleine Ryan

IV. Gabrielle Zevin



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1.A-II. B-III. C-I. D-IV

2.A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

3.A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

4.A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III

Explanation:

Madeleine Ryan wrote A Room Called Earth.

Gabrielle Zevin is the author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.

Padma Venkatraman authored Time to Dance.

Won Pyung Son wrote Almond: A Novel.

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Q.100 Who said that language is a system of signs whose parts can and must be considered in their synchronic solidarity?

1. Saussure

2. Bloomfield

3. Roman Jakobson

4. Sigmond Freud

Explanation:

Ferdinand de Saussure stated that language is a system of signs, emphasizing the synchronic approach (studying language as a system at a particular time).

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Q.101 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I Concept/Theory

A. Polysystem Theory

B. Relevance Theory

C. Skopos Theory

D. Covert Translation



LIST II Developed by

A. Ernest August Gutt

B. Hans J. Vermeer

III. Itamar Enen Zohar

IV. Juliane House



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

2. A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

3. A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II

4. A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

Explanation:

Itamar Even-Zohar introduced Polysystem Theory.

Ernst-August Gutt developed Relevance Theory.

Hans J. Vermeer is associated with Skopos Theory.

Juliane House introduced Covert Translation.

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Q.102 Women in Love is a sequel to which one of the following novels by D.H. Lawrance?

1. Lady Chatterley’s Lover

2. The White Peacock

3. Sons and Lovers

4. The Rainbow

Explanation:

Women in Love (1920) is a sequel to The Rainbow (1915).

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Q.103 Which one of the following statements about ‘Booker Prize’ is not correct?

1. A prestigious British award given annually to a full-length novel

2. Eligible writers shall belong to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Countries

3. It was established in 1968 by Booker McDonald, a multinational company

4. It was established to provide a counterpart to the Prix Goncourt in France.

Explanation:

The Booker Prize was established in 1969 by Booker, McConnell Ltd., not in 1968 or by a "multinational company."

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Q.104 Sherlock Holmes, the greatest of all fictional detectives, made his first appearance in which one of the following novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1. Strand Magazine

2. Study in Scarlet

3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

4. The Care-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Explanation: A Study in Scarlet (1887) was Holmes' first appearance.

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Q.105 The term “Collective Unconsciousness”

A. Was introduced by Sigmund Freud

B. introduced fry Card Jung

C. Contains archetypes or universal primordial images and ideas.

D. contains stereotypes and individual experiences stored in unconscious.

E. is used to describe the unconscious common to humanity as a whole that originates in the inherited structures of the brain.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A. C. E only

2. B. C. E only

3. B, D, E only

4. C. D. E only

Explanation:

Jung introduced the concept, which includes archetypes (universal images) and the unconscious common to humanity.

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Q.106 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I

A. Heteroglossia

B. Homosociality

C. Mathnavi

D. Morology



LIST II

I. Deliberate foolishness nonsense for effect

II. Diversity of languages used in Epics

III. Same-sex relationships which are not necessarily sexual

IV. Long narrative epic or heroic poem in rhyming couplets



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1.A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

2.А-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

3.A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

4.A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

Explanation:

A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

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Q.107 Friendship’s Garland (1871) is a sequel to which one of the following works by Mathew Amold?

1. Culture and Anarchy

2. Essays in Criticism

3. On the Study of Celtic Literature

4. Literature and Dogma

Explanation:

It is a sequel to Culture and Anarchy.

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Q.108 Terms “Social fact” and “collective consciousness’ in the context of language were used by

A. Franz Boas

B. Bloomfield

C. Emile Durkheim

D. Noam Chomsky

E. Saussure



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. C and E only

2. A and B only

3. B and C only

4. D and B only

Explanation:

Emile Durkheim and Ferdinand de Saussure used these terms in the context of language and society.

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Q.109 Arrange the following plays by Shakespeare in order of their production publication.

A. Twelfth Night

B. The Taming of the Shrew

C. Much Ado About Nothing

D. Romeo and Juliet

E. The Winter’s Tale



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. D. C. B.A.E

2. B. D. A. E. C

3. A, D, C, B.E

4. B. D. C. A. E

Explanation:

The Taming of the Shrew (1590–1592)

Romeo and Juliet (1595)

Much Ado About Nothing (1598–1599)

Twelfth Night (1601–1602)

The Winter’s Tale (1610–1611).

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Q.110 The term “Post-modernism’ was used in 1917 by German philosopher Rudolf Pannwitz to describe:

1. Nihilism of 20th century’s western culture

2. Communism as a system of Governance

3. Decline of Oligarchies

4. Epistemic Violence

Explanation:

He referred to the nihilism in 20th-century Western culture.

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Q.111 Who among the following wrote that “Poetry is not a branch of authorship: it is ‘the stiff of which one life is made’. The rest is ‘mere oblivion, a dead letter: for all that is worth remembering in life, is the poetry of it.”

1. Mary Shelley

2. Charles Lamb

3. William Hazlitt

4. S.T. Coleridge

Explanation:

William Hazlitt emphasized the intrinsic value of poetry as the essence of life.

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Q.112 Arrange the following plays in order of their publication.

A. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

B. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

C. Who is Afraid of Virginia Wolf? By Edward Albee

D. The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neil

E. Twelve Angry Man by Reginald Rose



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, D, E, B, C

2. A. C. B. E. D

3. D. C. B. A. E

4. D. B, A, E, C

Explanation:

The Iceman Cometh (1946)

The Glass Menagerie (1947)

Death of a Salesman (1949)

Twelve Angry Men (1954)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962).

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Q.113 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I

A. Language

B. Parole

C. Signifier

D. Signified



LIST II

I. Meaning conveyed

II. Socially shared language

III. Speech

IV. Word



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-II. B-III, C-IV, D-I

2. A-I, B-IV, C-III. D-II

3. A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

4. A-IV, B-III, С-II, D-I

Explanation:

A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

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Q.114 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST 1 Australian Aboriginal Text

A. Wahngin Country

B. Plains of Promise

C. My Place

D. Nor Meeting Mr. Right



LIST II Author

I. Alexis Wright

II. Jack Davis

III. Anita Heiss

IV. Sally Morgan



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

2. A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II

3. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

4. А-III. В-II, C-I, D-IV

Explanation:

A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

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Q.115 M.H. Abram’s The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition

A. Describes 18th century English Literature as ‘mirror’

B. Describes 19th century English Literature as “Lamp”

C. Describes 19th century English Literature as ‘mirror.

D. The metaphor of ‘mirror’ is used to describe literature as a cool intellectual reflection of outward realities,

E. the metaphor of ‘mirror” is used to describe literature as an illumination shed by artists upon their inner and outer worlds.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. C, D, E only

2. C. D, A only

3. A. B. D only

4. A. B. E only

Explanation:

18th-century literature (mirror reflecting outward reality).

19th-century Romanticism (lamp illuminating inner and outer worlds).

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Q.116 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I Work

A. On a Muggy Night in Mumbai

B. The Golden Gate

C. The Boyfriend

D. Love and Longing in Bombay



LIST-II Author

I. R. Raj Rao

II. Mahesh Duttani

III. Vikram Chandra

IV. Vikram Seth



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

2. A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

3. A-I. B-II, С-IV, D-III

4. А-III. В-I, C-II, D-IV

Explanation:

A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

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Q.117 Which among the following texts are not written by Mary Wollstonecraft?

A. The Wrongs of Man

B. Vindication of the Rights of Man

C. Thoughts on the Education of Sons

D. Vindication of the Rights of Woman

E. The Wrongs of Woman



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B and D only

2. B and E only

3. D and E only

4. A and C only

Explanation:

The Wrongs of Man and Thoughts on the Education of Sons are not hers.

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Q.118 Who among the following are writers of wordless graphic narratives?

A. Roy Fuller

B. Orijit Sen

C. Anthony Hecht

D. George Mathew Appupen

E. George Monbiot



Choose the correct answer from the options given below;

1. A and C only

2. B and C only

3. B and D only

4. D and E only

Explanation:

Orijit Sen and George Mathew Appupen are known for graphic narratives.

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Q.119 Neo-Platonism was founded by-

A. Plato

B. Plotinus

C. Porphyry

D. Aristotle

E. Pythagoras



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A and B only

2. C and D only

3. B and C only

4. D and E only

Explanation:

Plotinus and Porphyry are key figures in Neo-Platonism.

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Q.120 Big Daddy is a fictional character in –

1. The novel Ninety Eighty Four by George Orwell

2. The play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee William

3. The play Look back in Anger by John Osborne

4. The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Explanation:

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams features Big Daddy.

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Q.121 Absalom, Absalom! Is-

1. A novel by William Faulkner

2. A satirical poem by John Dryden

3. A drama by G.B. Shaw

4. A poem by P.B. Shelley

Explanation:

It is a novel written by William Faulkner.

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Q.122 Which one of the following English novels received Sahitya Academy Awards for the year 20232

1. Requiem in Raga Janki by Neelum Saran Gour

2. All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

3. The Blind Lady’s Descendants by Anees Salim

4. Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry

Explanation:

Requiem in Raga Janki by Neelum Saran Gour received the award.

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Q.123 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST -I Term

A. Catastrophe

B. Epitasis

C. Protasis

D. Catastasis



LIST -II Meaning

I. The introductory part of a play or narrative poem

II. The final action that completes the unravelling of the plot in a play, especially a tragedy

III. The dramatic complication that immediately precedes the climax of the play.

IV. The part of the play that develops the main action and that lends to the catastrophe



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I

2. A-IV, B-II, C-L D-III

3. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

4. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

Explanation:

A-II: Catastrophe refers to the final resolution in a tragedy.

B-IV: Epitasis develops the main action of a play.

C-I: Protasis introduces the play.

D-III: Catastasis refers to the complication that comes before the climax.

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Q.124 Which research treats physical and social world as objects based on standardized data?

1. Empirical

2. Action

3. Quantitative

4. Qualitative

Explanation:

Quantitative research relies on standardized numerical data.

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Q.125 Chronologically arrange the following in order of their publication/occurrence?

A. Caxton printed Malory’s Morte D’Arthur

B. Establishment of Caxton’s printing press

C. Gutenberg printed Bible in Mainz, Germany

D. Caxton’s History of Troy, fust book printed in English.

E. First translation of the Christian Bible into English by John Wycliff.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, E, D, C, A

2. C. B. E. A. D

3. E, C, D. B. A

4. D, A, B, C, E

Explanation:

Chronological order:

E: Wycliffe’s Bible translation.

C: Gutenberg’s printing of the Bible.

D: History of Troy.

B: Establishment of Caxton’s press.

A: Morte D’Arthur.

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Q.126 Chronologically arrange the Anglo-Indian writers in order of their birth?

A. Sarojini Naidu

B. Michael Madhusudan Dutta

C. Manmohan Ghose

D. Henry Derozio

E. Toru Datt



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. C, E, A, B, D

2. D. B. E, C, A

3. B, D, C, E, A

4. A. E. B. D. E

Explanation:

D (Henry Derozio) was born in 1809.

B (Michael Madhusudan Dutta) was born in 1824.

E (Toru Dutt) was born in 1856.

C (Manmohan Ghose) was born in 1869.

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Q.127 Chronologically arrange the novels of Salman Rushdie in order publication?

A. Fury

B. Midnight’s Children

C. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

D. The Moor’s Last Sigh

E. Grimus



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B. C. A. D. E

2. E, B. D. C. A

3. A. E. B. C, D

4. D, C, B, E, A

Explanation:

E (Grimus) was his first novel, published in 1975.

B (Midnight's Children) followed in 1981, and it won the Booker Prize.

D (The Moor’s Last Sigh) was published in 1995.

C (The Ground Beneath Her Feet) was published in 1999.

A (Fury) was published in 2001.

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Q.128 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I Poem

A. Night of the Scorpion

B. Unfinished Poem

C. The Looking Glass

D. To a Friend Far Away



LIST II Indian Poet

I. Kamala Das

II. A. K. Ramanujan

III. Eunice De Souza

IV. Nissim Ezekiel



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

2. A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

3. A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

4. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

Explanation:

A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

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Q.129 Who wrote the book The History of European Languages?

1. Alexander Murrey

2. A.S. Diamond

3. William Jones

4. Bloomfield

Explanation:

The History of European Languages was written by Alexander Murray, a Scottish philologist.

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Q.130 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST Rhyme

A. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

B. Wee Willie Winkie

C. Mary had a Little Lamb

D. Old Mother Hubbard



LIST II Author

I. William Miller

II. Jane and Ann Taylor

III. Sarah Catherine Martin

IV. Sarah Josepha Hale



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-I, В-III, С-II, D-IV

2. A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

3. A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

4. A-II. B-I, C-IV, D-III

Explanation:

A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

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Q.131 Which one of the following plays by Henrik Ibsen was described as an open sewer?

1. A Doll’s House

2. An Enemy of the People

3. Ghosts

4. The Wild Duck

Explanation:

Ghosts (1881) was called an "open sewer" because of its controversial themes, including incest, venereal disease, and the effects of past sins.

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Q.132. Who among the following wrote “Plan of a Novel”?

1. E.M. Forster

2. D.H. Lawrence

3. Jane Austen

4. Thomas Hardy

Explanation:

Jane Austen wrote Plan of a Novel in 1816, in which she humorously discusses her intentions for writing novels and her thoughts on the literary world.

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Q.133 Wittgenstein’s statement, Limits of language defines limits of thought’, means,-

A. The structure of language defines its meaning.

B. intended meaning defines structure of language.

C. That which can be defined meaningfully, can be thought.

D. Structure and meaning are independent of each other.

E. Thought precedes language.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A and C only

2. A and B only

3. D and E only

4. C and D only

Explanation:

Wittgenstein believed that language is the limit of our thoughts; we cannot think about things that cannot be described.

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Q.134 John Dryden’s Of Dramatick Poesy: An Essay is written in the form of a dialogue between Eugenius, Crites, Lisideius and Neander, where Neander represents.

1. Alexander Pope

2. John Dryden

3. Sir Robert Howard

4. Charles Sackville

Explanation:

In Of Dramatick Poesy: An Essay, Neander represents Dryden's own views on drama and literary criticism.

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Q.135 Hypothesis made during or after the research work is over, is known as:

1. Inductive Hypothesis

2. Deductive Hypothesis

3. Null Hypothesis

4. Internal Hypothesis

Explanation:

A deductive hypothesis is one formulated based on the existing theory and observations, which is tested after the research is conducted.

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Q.136 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I Author

A. Wole Soyinka

B. Nadine Gordimer

C. Derek Walcott

D. J.M. Coetzee



LIST II Nobel Prize Year

I. 1991

II. 1993

III. 2003

IV. 1986



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

2. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

3. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

4. A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

Explanation: A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

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Q.137 The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music by Friedrich Nietzsche-

A. Examines the origins and development of poetry, specifically Greek tragedy.

B. Argues that Socratic rationalism and optimism led to the death of Greek tragedy.

C. Examines the origin of music and dance in ancient Greece.

D. Argues that Greek tragedy arose out of the fusion of Apollonian and Dionysian elements.

E. Argues that the music is the spirit of tragedy.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, D only

2. A, C, E only

3. B, D, E only

4. B, C, D only

Explanation:

Nietzsche’s work explores how A (Greek tragedy originated in poetry and music), B (Socratic rationalism led to the death of Greek tragedy), and D (Greek tragedy emerged from the fusion of Apollonian and Dionysian elements) are key aspects of his theory.

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Q.138 From which book of John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost the epigraph of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein taken when Adam asks God:

“Did I request thee, maker from my clay to mould me man? Did I solicit thee, From darkness to promote me?”

1. Book I

2. Book II

3. Book X

4. Book XII

Explanation:

The epigraph that Mary Shelley uses in Frankenstein is taken from Book X of Milton’s Paradise Lost where Adam questions God about his creation.

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Q.139 Place the following works in ascending order of their publication year.

A. Diamond Dust by Anita Desai

B. Breast-Giver by Mahashweta Devi

C. Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka

D. Dream on Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott

E. Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A. B. C. D. E

2. E. D. C. B. A

3. D. B. C. A. E

4. B, C, A, D, E

Explanation:

E. Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus was published in 1957.

D. Dream on Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott was published in 1970.

C. Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka was published in 1975.

B. Breast-Giver by Mahashweta Devi was published in 1978.

A. Diamond Dust by Anita Desai was published in 1998.

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Q.140 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I Novel

A. Delinquent Chacha

B. Tales from Firozsha Baag

C. Beethoven Among the Cows

D. A Thousand Faces of Night



LIST II Novelist

I. Rohinton Mistry

II. Ved Prakash Mehta

III. Gita Hariharan

IV. Advani Pillars



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-I. B-III, C-II, D-IV

2. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

3. A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I

4. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Explanation: A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

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Q.141-145 Comprehension:

Leaning into the afternoons

I cast my sad nets

towards your oceanic eyes.

There in the highest blaze my solitude lengthens and flames

its aims turning a drowning man’s.

I send out red signals across your absent eyes

that smell like the sea or the beach by a lighthouse.

You keep only darkness, my distant female

from your regard sometimes the coast of dread emerges.

Leaning into the afternoons I fling my sad nets

to that sea that thrashed by your oceanic eyes

The birds of night peck at the first stars

that flash like my soul when I love you

The night gallops on its shadowy mare

Shedding blue tassels over the land



Question141 The phrases ‘oceanic eyes’ and ‘absent eyes are the examples of –

1. Parallelism

2. Consonance

3. Anaphora

4. Dissonance

Explanation:

Parallelism involves the use of similar grammatical structures or phrases for emphasis or effect. The phrases "oceanic eyes" and "absent eyes" are parallel because both describe the eyes using an adjective-noun structure, highlighting their similar function and enhancing the poetic effect.

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Q.142 What does the phrase ‘red signals sent out’ signify?

1. Passion/zest for life

2. Distress and desperation of speaker

3. Threatening signals

4. Hopefulness and warmth

Explanation:

The "red signals" in the poem symbolize the speaker's emotional turmoil, distress, and yearning for connection. The color red is often associated with urgency, danger, or alarm, suggesting that the speaker is in a state of emotional desperation.

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Q.143 What is the central theme of the poem?

1. Search for self

2. Love and longing

3. Self-fulfilment

4. Fate and destiny

Explanation:

The poem revolves around deep feelings of love, longing, and emotional isolation. The speaker seems to be reaching out to someone they love but cannot connect with, symbolized through images like "sad nets," "drowning man," and "absent eyes."

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Q.144 Identify the type of imagery used in the poem?

1. Natural Imagery

2. War Imagery

3. Urban Imagery

4. Metaphysical imagery

Explanation:

The poem is filled with natural imagery, referencing elements of the sea ("oceanic eyes," "sea," "beach by a lighthouse"), night ("birds of night," "shadowy mare"), and other natural phenomena ("blaze," "tassels"). These elements convey the emotional and physical environment the speaker is immersed in.

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Q.145 Identify the mood of the poem –

1. Sombre

2. Sarcastic

3. Exhilarating

4. Nostalgic

Explanation:

The mood of the poem is somber and melancholic, expressed through words like "sad nets," "drowning," and the general tone of longing and emotional isolation. The speaker’s emotional state is one of despair and solitude.

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Q.146-150 Comprehension:

Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight. Certainly they are to be repressed, or at the least well guarded for they cloud the mind, they lease friends. And they check with business, whereby business cannot go on currently. They dispose Kings to tyranny, husbands to jealously, wise men to irresolution and melancholy. They are defects, not in the heart, but in the brain: for they take place in the stoutest natures, as in the example of Henry the seventh of England. There was not a more suspicious man, nor a more stout. And in such a composition they do small inst. For commonly they are not admitted. But with examination, whether they be likely or not. But in fearful natures they gain ground too fast. There is nothing that makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not to keep their suspicions in smother. What would men have? Do they not think they will have their own ends, and be truer to themselves than to them? Therefore there is no better way to moderate suspicions, than to account upon such suspicions as true, and yet to bridle them as false. For so far a man ought to make use of suspicions, as to provide, as if that should true that he suspects, yet it may do him no hurt. Suspicions that the mind of itself gathers are but buzzes, but suspicions: that are artificially nourished, and put into men’s heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have strings. Certainly, the best mean to clear the way in this same wood of suspicion, is frankly to communicate them with the party that he suspects. For thereby he shall be sure to know more of the truth of them than he did before, and withal shall make that party more circumspect not to give further cease of suspicion. But this would not be done to men of base natures, for they, if they find themselves once suspected, will never be true. The situation says, suspicion gives license to faith; as if suspicion did gives passport to faith; but it ought rather to kindle it to discharge itself.



146 Which among the following is true in the context of given paragraph?

1. Henry the Seventh ruled ruthlessly for long time.

2. Suspicion is a stepping stone to faith.

3. Suspicion kills the layer of human spirit.

4. Rulers should supress suspicion of all forms.

Explanation:

The passage suggests that suspicion, if handled wisely, can lead to greater trust or faith. It emphasizes how suspicion should be addressed and dealt with by seeking more knowledge, which can strengthen trust or understanding.

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Q.147 What tone does the passage predominantly convey?

1. Nostalgic and sentimental

2. Urgent and alarmed

3. Detached and reflective

4. Suspenseful and dramatic

Explanation:

The tone of the passage is detached and reflective. The author analyzes suspicion objectively, discussing its effects on individuals and relationships with a sense of intellectual reflection and calm detachment.

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Q.148 What helps in eliminating suspicion?

1. Physical Stout

2. Discussion and knowledge

3. Observation

4. Eternal alliance

Explanation:

The passage suggests that suspicion can be eliminated through open communication and gaining knowledge. By discussing suspicions openly with the party involved, one can clarify doubts and prevent misunderstandings.

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Q.149 What is the primary theme of the paragraph?

1. The challenges of maintaining supremacy

2. The importance of personal relationships

3. Perspectivising suspicion

4. To contrast between fearful and stout people

Explanation:

The paragraph focuses on understanding and managing suspicion. It discusses how suspicions arise and suggests methods for addressing and eliminating them by considering different perspectives, such as engaging in open communication.

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Q.150 What does the word ‘guarded’ signify?

1. To protect

2. To possess

3. To keep under control

4. Militaristic exercise

Explanation:

In the context of the passage, "guarded" refers to the need to keep suspicions under control or restrained. The idea is to manage or suppress suspicions rather than letting them affect one's actions or thoughts.

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