UGC NTA NET PAPER II ENGLISH (21.08.2024) -Shift-1

Q.51 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Diaspora Writer)

A. Vikram Seth

B. V.S. Naipaul

C. Salman Rushdie

D. Jhumpa Lahiri



LIST II (Work)

I. Knife

II. The Lowland

III. The Masque of Africa

IV. From Heaven Lake



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

3.A-III, В-II, C-IV, D-I

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

Explanation:

A (Vikram Seth) is associated with From Heaven Lake (IV).

B (V.S. Naipaul) is associated with The Masque of Africa (III).

C (Salman Rushdie) is associated with Knife (I).

D (Jhumpa Lahiri) is associated with The Lowland (II).

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Q.52 Who among the following invented ‘inscape’ and ‘instress’?

1. I.A. Richards

2. W.K. Wimsatt

3. William Faulkner

4. G.M. Hopkins

Explanation:

Gerard Manley Hopkins introduced the concepts of inscape (unique inner essence) and instress (force that holds the essence together in a pattern).

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Q.53 Which text among the following is the sequel to Louisa Mary Alcott’s novel, Little Women?

1. Little Men

2. Good Wives

3. Jo’s Boys

4. An Old-fashioned Girl

Explanation:

Little Men is the direct sequel to Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. It tells the story of the children at Jo’s school, the Plumfield Estate School.

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Q.54 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Comedy)

A. The Man of Mode

B. The Country Wife

C. The Old Bachelor

D. The Provoked Wife



LIST II (dramatist)

I. Sir John Vanbrugh

II. William Congreve

III. William Wycherley

IV. Sir George Etherege



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Explanation:

The Man of Mode by Sir George Etherege is a classic Restoration comedy.

The Country Wife by William Wycherley critiques hypocrisy in relationships.

The Old Bachelor by William Congreve is his first play.

The Provoked Wife by Sir John Vanbrugh explores marriage issues.

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Q.55 Which of the nineteenth century novel portray disabled characters in them?

A. Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment

B. Flaubert’s Madame Bovary

C. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

D. Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol

E. Melville’s Moby-Dick



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, D, E only

2. B, D, E only

3. C, B. E only

4. A, D, B only

Explanation:

Crime and Punishment features Marmeladov's disabled daughter, Sonia.

Christmas Carol has Tiny Tim as a disabled character.

Moby-Dick includes Captain Ahab, who has a prosthetic leg.

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Q.56 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Prize/Recognition)

A. Booker Prize

B. Pulitzer Prize

C. Nobel Prize

D. Poet Laureate



LIST II (Officially Started in the Year)

I. 1917

II. 1901

III. 1668

IV. 1968



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. Α-ΙΙ. В-ІІI. 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-I, C-II, D-III

Explanation:

Booker Prize began in 1968 for outstanding fiction.

Pulitzer Prize began in 1917 for excellence in journalism and literature.

Nobel Prize started in 1901 across multiple disciplines.

The title of Poet Laureate dates back to 1668.

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Q.57 Arrange the following campus novels in the correct chronological order of their publication.

A. J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace

B. Macolm Bradbury’s The History Man

C. Mary McCarthy’s The Groves of Academe

D. Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited

E. Philip Roth’s The Human Stain



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. E. B. C. D. A

2. D, C, B, A, E

3. A, D, E, C, B

4. B. A, D, E, C

Explanation:

The correct chronological order of publication:

Brideshead Revisited (1945).

The Groves of Academe (1952).

The History Man (1975).

Disgrace (1999).

The Human Stain (2000).

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Q.58 Who among the following did not belong to Angry Young Men’ generation of British playwrights/novelists?

1. Amis Kingsley

2. John Osborne

3. Colin Wilson

4. J.B. Priestley

Explanation:

J.B. Priestley was part of an earlier literary generation. The "Angry Young Men" included writers like Amis, Osborne, and Wilson.

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Q.59 Arrange the following works of Raymond Williams in the correct chronological order of their publication-

A. Keywords

B. Culture and Society

C. The Long Revolution

D. The Country and the City

E. Modern Tragedy



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A. C. B. E. D

2. B. C. E. D. A

3. C. B. D. A, E

4. E. A. D. B. C

Explanation:

The correct chronological order of Raymond Williams' works:

Culture and Society (1958).

The Long Revolution (1961).

Modern Tragedy (1966).

The Country and the City (1973).

Keywords (1976).

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Q.60 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Books/Collection of Poems)

A. The Idylls of the King

B. Dramatic Lyrics

C. Sonnets from the Portuguese

D. Poems and Ballads



LIST II (Poet)

I. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

II. A.C. Swinburne

III. Alfred Tennyson

IV. Robert Browning



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. А-III. В-II, C-I, D-IV

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

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

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

Explanation:

A (The Idylls of the King): Alfred Tennyson (III).

B (Dramatic Lyrics): Robert Browning (IV).

C (Sonnets from the Portuguese): Elizabeth Barrett Browning (I).

D (Poems and Ballads): A.C. Swinburne (II).

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Q.61 Arrange the following Indian writers in the correct chronological order of their birth-

A. R.K. Narayan

B. Raja Rao

C. Sri Aurobindo

D. K.S. Venkataramani

E. Sarojini Naidu



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, A, E, C, D

2. D. E, C, B, A

3. C. E, D, A, B

4. A, B, C, E, D

Explanation:

The correct chronological order of birth:

Sri Aurobindo (1872).

Sarojini Naidu (1879).

K.S. Venkataramani (1891).

R.K. Narayan (1906).

Raja Rao (1908).

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Q.62 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Cultural Critic/Theorist)

A. Raymond Williams

B. Herbert Marcuse

C. Fredric Jameson

D. Richard Hoggart



LIST II (Work)

I. Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism

II. Preface to Film

III. One Dimensional Man

IV. The Uses of Literacy



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. А-І, В-II, C-III, D-IV

2. A-III, В-I, C-IV, D-II

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

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

Explanation:

Raymond Williams co-wrote Preface to Film.

Herbert Marcuse authored One Dimensional Man, critiquing capitalist society.

Fredric Jameson wrote Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, a key text in postmodern theory.

Richard Hoggart is known for The Uses of Literacy, an influential work on cultural studies.

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Q.63 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Woman Novelist)

A. Fanny Burney

B. Anne Bronte

C. Pearl Buck

D. Nadine Gordimer



LIST II (Novel)

I. Agnes Grey

II. The Good Earth

III. My Son’s Story

IV. Evelina



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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:

Fanny Burney’s Evelina is an epistolary novel.

Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey depicts the struggles of a governess.

Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth explores Chinese peasant life.

Nadine Gordimer’s My Son’s Story focuses on apartheid in South Africa.

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Q.64 Which of the following works are categorised under Science-fiction?

A. Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

B. Wendy Mass’s A Mango-Shaped Space

C. Umberto Eco’s Travels in Hyper Reality

D. Frank Schwatzing’s The Swarm

E. Kuzuo Ishiguro’s Never Let me Go



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, C, E only

2. B, C, D only

3. B, C, E only

4. A, B, C only

Explanation:

Wendy Mass’s A Mango-Shaped Space has elements of speculative fiction.

Umberto Eco’s Travels in Hyper Reality deals with simulations, bordering on science-fiction.

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go explores human cloning and dystopian themes.

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Q.65 How the words from a language other than English are written in a research paper?

1. Bold letters

2. In Italics

3. Underlined

4. Capital letters

Explanation: The MLA Handbook and other citation guides specify that non-English words are italicized in research papers to distinguish them from the main text.

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Q.66 According to MLA Handbook, the mechanics of prose refers to technical questions that writers must follow. These include:

1. Spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization

2. Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, style of numbering

3. Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, content

4. Spelling, capitalization, style of numbering, linguistics

Explanation: Mechanics of prose, as defined in MLA, refers to consistent application of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and numbering to ensure clarity and uniformity in writing

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Q.67 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Dalit Writer)

A. Lal Singh Dil

B. Urmila Pawar

C. Tulsi Ram

D. Devanur Mahadeva



LIST II (Language)

I. Hindi

II. Kannada

III. Punjab

IV. Marathi



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Explanation:

Lal Singh Dil wrote in Punjabi.

Urmila Pawar is a Marathi writer.

Tulsi Ram authored works in Hindi.

Devanur Mahadeva is a prominent Kannada writer.

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Q.68 Which of the following works are Graphic Narratives?

A. The Feast of Roses by Indu Sundaresan

B. Bhimayana by Srividya Natarajan and S. Anand

C. Munnu: A Boy from Kashmir by Malik Sajad

D. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

E. This Side, That Side: Restorying Partition by Vishwajyoti Ghosh



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, C, E only

2. A, B, C only

3. D, C, E only

4. A, D, C only

Explanation: Bhimayana, Munnu, and This Side, That Side are graphic narratives.

The Feast of Roses and A Fine Balance are traditional novels.

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Q.69. Who among the following English translators of the Bible was burnt to death for his beliefs. However, he is remembered for his careful and important work on translation?

1. John Wycliffe

2. William Tyndale

3. Miles Coverdale

4. King James

Explanation: William Tyndale was executed for translating the Bible into English, defying church authorities.

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Q.70 Which statements are true about Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales?

A. The General Prologue describes the meeting of twenty-nine pilgrims in the Tabard Inn.

B. “The Parson’s Tale” is the introductory tale that deals with seven virtues

C. The Canterbury Tales is written in prose and verse of various metres

D. Only twenty-three pilgrims tell stories and there are only twenty four stories told altogether.

E. “The Prioress’ Tale” tells about the murder of a mother by a child.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B. D. E only

2. A, C, D only

3. A, D, E only

4. A, B, E only

Explanation:

The General Prologue introduces 29 pilgrims.

The tales are written in a mix of prose and verse.

23 pilgrims narrate 24 tales.

The Parson’s Tale is not an introductory tale but a moral sermon.

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Q.71 Who among the following was not associated with Bloomsbury Group?

1. Virginia Woolf

2. John Maynard Keynes

3. Lytton Strachey

4. Edmund Husserl

Explanation: Husserl was a German philosopher and not part of the Bloomsbury Group.

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Q.72 Who among the following called John Dryden as the father of English Criticism and affirmed that modern English prose began with Dryden’s Essay of Dramatic Роesу?

1. Alexander Pope

2. Jonathan Swift

3. Samuel Johnson

4. Charles Lamb

Explanation: Samuel Johnson praised Dryden for establishing modern English prose and critical standards.

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Q.73 Match the List-I with List-II

LISTI (Term)

A. Epigram

B. Epigone

C. Diegesis

D. Elision



LIST II (Definition)

I. An inferior or derivative follower of a more distinguished writer

II. The Slurring or suppression of a vowel sound or syllable

III. A short poem with a witty turn of thought or a wittily condensed expression in prose.

IV. A term used in modern narratology to designate the narrated events as a level distinct from that of the narration



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. А-II, В-III, C-I, D-IV

2. A-IV, B-II, С-II, D-I

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

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

Explanation:

Epigram: A short poem or prose piece with a witty or concise thought.

Epigone: A less distinguished follower or imitator of a well-known writer.

Diegesis: A narratological term for events in the story distinct from their narration.

Elision: The omission of a vowel or syllable in speech or poetry.

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Q.74. How many Knights feature in Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene?

1. 10

2. 12

3. 13

4. 11

Explanation: Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene features 12 knights, each representing a virtue. The poem’s unfinished structure only partially covers their stories.

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Q.75 What was the name of the first ship to transport indentured laborers from India to Trinidad and Tobago 1845 ?

1. Duchess of Argyle

2. Futtle Rozack

3. Bangalore

4. Duke of Bedford

Explanation: Duchess of Argyle was the first ship to transport indentured laborers from India to Trinidad and Tobago in 1845.

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Q.76 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Theatre)

A. Abbey Theatre

B. Theatre of the Absurd

C. Hope Theatre

D. Theatre of Silence



LIST II (Leading figure/Founder)

I. Martin Esslin

II. W.B. Yeats

III. Jean Jacques Barnard

IV. Philip Henslowe



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

2. А-ІІ, В-ІІІ, С-1, D-IV

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

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

Explanation: Abbey Theatre: Founded by W.B. Yeats.

Theatre of the Absurd: Popularized by Martin Esslin.

Hope Theatre: Associated with Philip Henslowe.

Theatre of Silence: Conceptualized by Jean Jacques Barnard.

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Q.77. Who among the following was known as “The Lady of Christ’s during his college days at Cambridge?

1. Richard Lovelace

2. Alexander Pope

3. John Milton

4. Sir John Suckling

Explanation: John Milton was called "The Lady of Christ’s" due to his delicate features and youth during his time at Christ’s College, Cambridge.

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Q.78 Sir Thomas Brown’s longest work, Vulgar Errors, is about-

1. The mistaken beliefs of the poorly educated

2. Vulgarity prevailing in Aristocratic class

3. Vulgar beliefs and practices of the time

4. Use of vulgar language in literary works

Explanation: Thomas Browne’s Vulgar Errors (or Pseudodoxia Epidemica) addresses common misconceptions and superstitions.

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Q.79 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Term)

A. Culture Industry

B. Anxiety of Influence

C. Cultural Materialism

D. Dialogism.



LIST II (Critic/Theorist)

I. Raymond Williams

II. Adorno and Horkheimer

III. Mikhail Bakhtin

IV. Harold Bloom



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. А-І. В-III. C-II. D-IV

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

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

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

Explanation:

Culture Industry: Adorno and Horkheimer.

Anxiety of Influence: Harold Bloom.

Cultural Materialism: Raymond Williams.

Dialogism: Mikhail Bakhtin.

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Q.80 According to Dhananjaya, there are five elements of the plot, parallel with the five stages of the action, from these respectively arise the five junctures (Samdhi). What is the correct sequence of these junctures?

A. Avamarsa

C. Mukha

D. Pratimukha

D. upasamhrti

E. Gurbha



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. D. B. A. E. C

2. B, C, E, A, D

3. A, E, D, B. С

4. C, D. B. A. E

Explanation:

The sequence of the five junctures (Samdhi) is:

Mukha (beginning),

Pratimukha (progression),

Garbha (climax),

Avamarsa (falling action), and

Upasamharati (conclusion).

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Q.81 The poetic line(s), “There is one great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead” appear in …………….

1. Biographia Literaria

2. The Prelude

3. Excursion

4. Lyrical Ballads

Explanation: The line appears in William Wordsworth’s poem Excursion.

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Q.82 Which among the following statements are true about Panchatantra?

A. Panchatantra is a descendant of Hitopdesha.

B. It is a manual for the instructions of the sons of a king in the principles of good conduct.

C. The first book deals with the adventures of a tortoise, deer and a cow.

D. Tantrakhyayika is one of the oldest redactions of Panchatantra.

E. Panchatantra is divided into five parts.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, C only

2. A. C, D only

3. B, D, E only

4. A, C, E only

Explanation:

Panchatantra is a manual of instruction in good conduct for young princes.

Tantrakhyayika is an early version of Panchatantra.

It is divided into five parts.

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Q.83 Which among the following is not a state of human mental disposition as posited by Jacques Lacan?

1. The Historical Order

2. The Imaginary Order

3. The Symbolic Order

4. The Real

Explanation: Lacan’s three orders are the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real. The “Historical Order” is not part of his framework

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Q.84 Alexander Pope’s famous quote, “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” appears in which one of the following works?

1. Essay on Criticism

2. The Dunciad

3. Essay on Man

4. The Rape of the Lock

Explanation: The famous line "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing" appears in Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism.

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Q.85 Who among the following published a series of essays titled The New Criticism?

1. John Crowe Ransom

2. William K. Wimsatt Jr.

3. Monroe C. Beardsley

4. Allen Tate

Explanation: John Crowe Ransom introduced the term New Criticism in his essays.

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Q.86 Who among the following writers were associated to Harlem Renaissance?

A. Leslie Janison

B. Stephan King

C. Alain Locke

D. Langston Hughes

E. Zora Neale Hurston



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, C only

2. B, C, D only

3. C, D, E only

4. D, A, E only

Explanation: Alain Locke, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston were prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Q.87 Which among the following are not the genuine sources of the sublime as cited by Longimus?

A. Creation of imaginative feelings

B. The command of “full-blooded” or robust ideas.

C. The inspiration of “vehement emotion”

D. Nobility of spontaneity.

E. The general effect of dignity and elevation.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B and C only

2. A and D only

3. C and E only

4. B and E only

Explanation: Longinus did not include “creation of imaginative feelings” or “nobility of spontaneity” as sources of the sublime.

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Q.88 Which of the following wrote fall under the category of LGBTQ+?

A. Making is Connecting by David Gauntlett

B. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peter

C. Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

D. Nothing Ever Just Disappears by Diarmuid Hester

E. Safe Space by Alyssa Huynh



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, C only

2. B, C, D only

3. C, D, E only

4. E, D, A only

Explanation: Works like Detransition, Baby and Red, White and Royal Blue represent LGBTQ+ themes.

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Q.89 Arrange the following novels in the correct chronological order of their publication-

A. So Many Hungers

B. All About H. Hatter

C. Music for Mohini

D. Waiting for the Mahatma

E. Kanthapura



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, E, D, C, A

2. A, D, B. E, C

3. E, A, B, C, D

4. C, D, A, B, E

Explanation:

Chronology: Kanthapura → So Many Hungers → All About H. Hatter → Music for Mohini → Waiting for the Mahatma.

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Q.90 Arrange the following plays of G.B. Shaw in the correct chronological order of their publication:

A. Pygmalion

B. Man and Superman

C. Arms and the Man

D. Too True to be Good

E. Saint Joan



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, C, A, E, D

2. C. B. A, E, D

3. A. C. B, D, E

4. B, A, C, D, E

Explanation:

Chronology: Arms and the Man → Man and Superman → Pygmalion → Saint Joan → Too True to Be Good.

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Q.91 Which statement among the following rightly defines an epithet’?

1. An adjective/adjectival phrase that condemns the protagonist of a story/novel.

2. An adjective/adjectival phrase used to define a characteristic quality or attribute of some person or thing.

3. An adjective/adjectival phrase suited for inscription on a tomb or memorial.

4. A rhetorical figure by which the same word or phrase is repeated at the end of successive lines.

Explanation: An epithet is a descriptive term expressing a characteristic.

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Q.92 Arrange the following works of “Black British writers in the correct chronological order of their publication.

A. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s No Place Like Home

B. Mike Phillips’s London Crossings: A Biography of Black Britain

C. Ekow Eshun’s Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa

D. George Lamming’s The Pleasures of Exile

E. Caryl Phillips’s The European Tribe



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. D. A, E, C, B

2. D, E, A, B, C

3. A. B. C. D. E

4. B. C. A. E. D

Explanation:

Chronology: The Pleasures of Exile → The European Tribe → No Place Like Home → London Crossings → Black Gold of the Sun.

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Q.93 Who among the following is the author of I know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

1. Toni Morrison

2. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

3. Ama Ata Aidoo

4. Maya Angelou

Explanation: Maya Angelou wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a seminal autobiography.

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Q.94 Who among the following coined the term ‘Stream of Consciousness’?

1. Virginia Woolf

2. Marcel Proust

3. May Sinclair

4. James Joyce

Explanation: May Sinclair coined the term Stream of Consciousness to describe narrative techniques in modernist literature.

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Q.95 Which periodical was started by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele after closing of the Spectator in 17122

1. Tatller

2. Guardian

3. Gentleman’s Magazine

4. Athenian Mercury

Explanation: After closing The Spectator in 1712, Addison and Steele launched The Guardian in 1713 to continue their efforts in moral and literary commentary.

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Q.96 Who among the following are the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature?

A. Orhan Pamuk

B. Somerset Maugham

C. Harold Pinter

D. Margaret Atwood

E. Herta Muller



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, C only

2. A, C, D only

3. C, D, E only

4. A, C, E only

Explanation: Orhan Pamuk, Harold Pinter, and Herta Müller are Nobel laureates in literature. Somerset Maugham and Margaret Atwood have not received the Nobel Prize.

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Q.97 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Retellings)

A. Shyam: An Illustrated Retelling of the Bhagavata

B. War of Lanka

C. Ahalya’s Awakening

D. Ajaya: Epic of the Kaurava Clan



LIST II (Author)

I. Anand Neelakantan

II. Kavita Kane

III. Devdutt Pattanaik

IV. Amish Tripathi



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Explanation:

 Shyam by Devdutt Pattanaik (A-III)

 War of Lanka by Amish Tripathi (B-IV)

 Ahalya’s Awakening by Kavita Kane (C-II)

 Ajaya by Anand Neelakantan (D-I).

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Q.98. Who among the following stated that “true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both?"

1. Edgar Allan Poe

2. Philip Sidney

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. John Keats

Explanation: Emerson’s philosophy unites truth and beauty as core pursuits for both poets and philosophers.

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Q.99 Arrange the following works by South Asian writers in the correct chronological order of their publication:

A. Kartograpgy by Kamala Shamsie

B. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

C. The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

D. Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee

E. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, C, D, E

2. A. C. B. E. D

3. E, D, C, A, B

4. A. D. B, E, C

Explanation: Kartography (2002), Desirable Daughters (2002), The Namesake (2003), The Inheritance of Loss (2006), The Last Queen (2021).

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Q.100 Who among the following is the author of The Implied Reader and The Act of Reading?

1. Roland Barthes

2. Wolfgang Iser

3. Stanley Fish

4. Hans Robert Jauss

Explanation: Iser wrote The Implied Reader and The Act of Reading, key texts in reader-response theory.

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Q.101 Which among the following is not a play written by Eugene O’Neill?

1. Anna Christie

2. Strange Interlude

3. The Plough and the Stars

4. All God’s Chillun Got Wings

Explanation: The Plough and the Stars is by Sean O’Casey, not Eugene O’Neill.

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Q.102 Arrange the following texts in the correct chronological order of their publication –

A. The Pilgrim’s Progress

B. Beowulf

C. Endymion

D. The Faerie Queene

E. Paradise Lost



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A. B. D. C. E

2. B. D. A, E, C

3. B, D, E, A, C

4. D. B. E, A, C

Explanation: Chronological order: Beowulf (c. 8th century), The Faerie Queene (1590), Paradise Lost (1667), The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678), Endymion (1818).

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Q.103 Arrange the following works in the correct chronological order of their publication-

A. Ahmed Ali’s Twilight in Delhi

B. Chaman Nahal’s Azadi

C. Manohar Malgaonkar’s Distant Dream

D. Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable

E. K.A. Abbas’ Tomorrow is Ours: A Novel of the India of Today



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. D. A. E, C. В

2. A. C. B. E. D

3. D. B, C, A, E

4. E, A, D, B, C

Explanation: Untouchable (1935), Twilight in Delhi (1940), Tomorrow is Ours (1943), Distant Dream (1969), Azadi (1975).

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Q.104 What was the immediate motivation for Philip Sidney to write Apologie for Poetrie as a defense of poetry?

1.Emphasis on history in Holilnshed’s Chronicles

2.Philosophical questions raised in Thomas More’s Utopia

3.Attack on poetry in The School of Abuse by Stephen Gosson

4.Exposure of human foibles and failings in Erasmus’s In Praise of Folly.

Explanation: Sidney wrote An Apology for Poetry in response to Gosson’s criticism of poetry.

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Q.105 What is the title of Mary Wollstonecraft’s autobiographical novel?

1.Maria; or, the Wrongs of Woman

2.Mary: A Fiction

3.Wives and Daughters

4.The well of Loneliness

Explanation: This is Mary Wollstonecraft’s autobiographical novel.

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Q.106 Which of the following statements are correct?

A. “Diegesis’ is a term used by Plato to mean ‘statement’, and by Aristotle to mean “narration”.

B. Foucault’s term “Biopolitics” refers to the attempts of the government to rationalise the Problems.

C. “Hypertext’ is a term that refers to ‘second-degree’ literature made up of works which allude to or derive from hypotext.

D. 'Desiring Machines' Is a concept introduced by Antonio Gramsci

E. “Dream Work’ is a psychoanalytical term to describe the mechanism that transforms raw material of a dream to its manifest content.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1.A, B. D only

2.B, C, D only

3.C, D, E only

4.B, C, E only

Explanation: Foucault's Biopolitics (B), Hypertext alluding to Hypotext (C), and Dream Work from Freud’s psychoanalysis (E) are accurate descriptions.

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Q.107 Which statements rightly define or describe ‘utopia’ and ‘dystopia’?;

A.Sir Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) is an essay in four books.

B.Sir Thomas More was the first to apply “Utopia’ to literary genre when he named his imaginary republic Utopia

C.Thomas More’s Utopia was originally written in English.

D.Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World are dystopian/anti-Utopian texts.

E.More’s Utopia was translated into French, German and Spanish by Ralph Robinson.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1.A. C and D only

2.C and E only

3.B and D only

4.D and E only

Explanation: Thomas More coined "Utopia" for his work, and Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World are dystopian classics.

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Q.108 Which among the following is not a novel written by Jean Rhys?

1.Quartet

2.Good Morning, Midnight

3.Voyage in the Dark

4.Golden Child

Explanation: Golden Child is not by Jean Rhys. The other three works are hers.

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Q.109 Arrange the following children’s books in the correct chronological order of their publications:

A. J.K. Rowling – The Goblet of Fire

B. Philip Pullman – Northern Lights

C. C.S. Lewis- The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

D. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit

E. William Golding’s – Lord of the Flies



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1.D, E, C, B, A

2.E. D. B, C. A

3.C, D, E, A, B

4.A, B, D, E, C

Explanation: Chronological order: The Hobbit (1937), Lord of the Flies (1954), The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950), Northern Lights (1995), The Goblet of Fire (2000).

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Q.110 Identify the plays that John Fletcher wrote in collaboration with Francis Beaumont:

A.The Faithful Shepherdess

B.The Loyal Subject

C.Cupid’s Revenge

D.The Pilgrim

E.The Maid’s Tragedy



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1.C and E only

2.A and D only

3.B and C only

4.D and E only

Explanation: Fletcher and Beaumont collaborated on Cupid’s Revenge and The Maid’s Tragedy. Other works listed were by Fletcher alone.

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Q.111 Which among the following critics stated that, “The object of study in literary science is not literature but “literariness”, that is, what makes a given work a literary work?”

1.Viktor Shklovsky

2.Roman Jakobson

3.Cleanth Brooks

4.Allen Tate

Explanation: Roman Jakobson, a key figure in Russian Formalism and Structuralism, asserted that the object of study in literary science is not literature itself but “literariness,” which makes a given work distinctively literary.

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Q.112 Which of the following statements are correct?

A.The term ‘performativity’ was coined by Derrida

B.The idea of ‘meme’ was originally coined by Richard Dawkings.

C.The term ‘The culture industry’ was coined by Adorno and Horkheimer.

D.The term ‘Ideological State Apparatus’ was coined by Bakhtin

E.The term ‘Womanism’ was coined by Alice Walker.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1.A, B, C only

2.D, E, A only

3.B, C, D only

4.B, C, E only

Explanation:

B: Richard Dawkins coined the term ‘meme’ in The Selfish Gene.

C: Adorno and Horkheimer introduced ‘The culture industry’ in their work Dialectic of Enlightenment.

E: Alice Walker coined the term ‘Womanism’ in In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens.

A and D are incorrect: ‘Performativity’ was coined by J.L. Austin, and ‘Ideological State Apparatus’ was coined by Louis Althusser.

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Q.113 Who among the following writers have played a significant role in the Australian Aboriginal Movements?

A. Judith Wright

C. Oodegeroo Noonuccal

D. Jack Davis

E. David Malouf

F. Kevin Gilbert



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B. C. E only

2. A, B, C only

3. B. C, D only

4. D, E, B only

Explanation: Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Jack Davis, and David Malouf are significant figures in the Australian Aboriginal movements. Judith Wright is a white Australian poet known for her environmental and activist concerns, but she is not an Aboriginal writer.

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Q.114 Who among the following was not associated with Lake School of Poetry?

1. S.T. Coleridge

2. Robert Southey

3. William Blake

4. William Wordsworth

Explanation: The Lake School of Poetry primarily included William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, and Robert Southey. William Blake, although a contemporary, was not part of this group.

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Q.115 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Quote)

A. Happiness is but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.

B. Be still when you have nothing to say, when genuine passion moves you, say What you’ve got to say, and say it hot.

C. Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.

D. Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess.



LIST II (Novelist)

I. D.H. Lawrence

II. Charles Dickens

III. Thomas Hardy

IV. Graham Greene



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. А-ІI, В-ІІІ, C-I, D-IV

2. A-IV, B-II, С-III, D-I

3. А-III, В-1, C-IV, D-II

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

Explanation:

A (Thomas Hardy): "Happiness is but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain" is from The Mayor of Casterbridge.

B (D.H. Lawrence): The quote aligns with Lawrence’s philosophy of passion and expression.

C (Graham Greene): His religious existentialism often reflects the theme of eternity.

D (Charles Dickens): Known for reflecting on societal virtues and vices.

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Q.116 Identify the historical plays not written by Shakespeare:

A. Henry the Third

B. Richard the Third

C. Richard the Second

D. Henry the Fifth

E. Richard the Fifth



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A and C only

2. C and E only

3. D and B only

4. A and E only

Explanation: Shakespeare did not write Henry the Third or Richard the Fifth. The other plays—Richard the Third, Richard the Second, and Henry the Fifth—are Shakespearean historical plays.

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Q.117 A ‘palindrome’ is …………………

1. A recantation in song or verse

2. A play on words by alteration of letters.

3. A word or sentence which reads the same both ways.

4. A sequence of clauses or sentences which have a symmetrical structure.

Explanation: A palindrome is a sequence that reads the same backward as forward (e.g., "madam" or "racecar").

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Q.118 Which statement among the following rightly defines ‘an invective’?

1. Denunciatory, abusive or vituperative speech or writing

2. Eulogising speech, writing or act of a person

3. Speech or writing that establishes the belief in God

4. Speech or writing that is essentially appreciative of a person.

Explanation: An invective is a form of vehement or insulting language used to denounce someone or something.

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Q.119 Which of the following stories deal with the theme of partition?

A. Thanda Gosht

B. Gharwali

C. Jila-Watan

D. Lajwanti

E. Rudali



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B and D only

2. B, C and E only

3. A, C and D only

4. A, C and E only

Explanation: Thanda Gosht by Saadat Hasan Manto, Jila-Watan, and Lajwanti by Rajinder Singh Bedi deal with partition themes. Rudali and Gharwali focus on other social issues.

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Q.120 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Linguistic/Grammatical term)

A. Portmanteau word

B. Philology

C. Phatic Language

D. Phantom word



LIST II (Meaning/Definition)

I. Study of the historical development of languages over time

II. Used for establishing an atmosphere and the communication of feelings rather than of ideas

III. A word formed by combining two or more words

IV. A word that exists through the error of scribe, printer or lexicographer



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

3. А-ІІІ. В-II, C-IV, D-I

4. А-І, В-II, C-II, D-IV

Explanation:

A: A portmanteau word combines two words (e.g., "brunch").

B: Philology studies the historical development of languages.

C: Phatic language establishes social connections rather than conveying information.

D: A phantom word is created through errors.

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Q.121 Which of the following definitions/statements are correct?

A. The term ‘nation language’ was coined by Derek Walcott

B. ‘Poetic justice’ is a term invented by Thomas Rhymer to convey the idea that evil is punished and virtue is rewarded.

C. The term “neo-colonaialism’ was coined by Ngugi Wa Thiong’ O.

D. Nihilism is a word invented by Turgenev in his novel Fathers and Sons.

E. Caxton, in preface to Molory’s Le Morte d’ Arthur listed the nine heroes of late medieval literature



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, D, E only

2. A, B, C only

3. B. C. D only

4. A, C, D only

Explanation:

B: ‘Poetic justice’ was introduced by Thomas Rymer.

C: Ngugi Wa Thiong’O coined the term “neo-colonialism.”

D: Turgenev coined “Nihilism” in Fathers and Sons.

A and E are incorrect as Derek Walcott coined ‘nation language’ and Caxton did not reference the nine heroes in that context.

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Q.122 The first regular English tragedy Gorboduc contains 5 acts; while the first 3 acts were written by Thomas Norton, identify the author who wrote the remaining 2 acts-

1. Thomas Kyd

2. John Lyly

3. Thomas Sackville

4. Nicholas Udall

Explanation: Thomas Sackville co-authored Gorboduc with Thomas Norton, writing the last two acts of this early English tragedy.

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

LIST I (Author)

A. Sally Morgan

B. Monica Clare

C. Nugi Garimara (Doris Pilkington)

D. Alexis Wright



LIST II (Text)

I. Karobran

II. Caprice- A Stockman’s Daughter

III. My Place

IV. Plains of Promise



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

2. А-III, В-I, C-II, D-IV

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

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

Explanation:

A (My Place): Sally Morgan’s autobiographical account.

B (Karobran): Monica Clare’s semi-autobiographical work.

C (Caprice—A Stockman’s Daughter): Nugi Garimara (Doris Pilkington).

D (Plains of Promise): Alexis Wright’s novel exploring Indigenous identity.

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Q.124 Who among the following friends of Everyman, the main protagonist of the best-known Morality play, Everyman, stays with him when he leaves the world to face Death?

1. Beauty

2. Knowledge

3. Good Deeds

4. Strength

Explanation: In the morality play Everyman, all other allegorical companions abandon Everyman except Good Deeds, which symbolizes his virtuous actions.

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Q.125 While documenting, when is a block quotation used in prose?

1. If a quotation runs in more than four lines.

2. If a quotation runs in more than five lines.

3. If a quotation runs in more than three lines.

4. If a quotation runs in more than two lines.

Explanation: According to MLA guidelines, a block quotation is used in prose for quotes longer than four lines.

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Q.126 Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Post Colonial Writer)

A. Ngugi Wa Thiong’ O

B. Aime Cesaire

C. Frantz Fanon

D. Chinua Achebe



LIST II (Text)

I. Toward the African Revolution

II. There Was a Country

III. The Language of Languages

IV. Discourse on Colonialism



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Explanation:

A (The Language of Languages): Ngugi Wa Thiong’O.

B (Discourse on Colonialism): Aime Cesaire.

C (Toward the African Revolution): Frantz Fanon.

D (There Was a Country): Chinua Achebe.

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Q.127 Which of the following citations of an article published in a journal is in the correct format according to MLA Handbook (9th Edition)?

1. 2016. Boggs, Colleen Glenney, “Public Reading and the Civil War Draft Lottery.” American Periodicals, vol. 26, no. 2, 2016, pp. 149-66

2. “Public Reading and the Civil War Draft Lottery.” American Periodicals, vol. 26, no. 2, 2016, P. 149-66.

3. Boggs, Colleen Glenney, American Periodicals. “Public Reading and the Civil War Draft Lottery.” Vol. 26, no. 2, 2016, P. 149-66

4. Boggs, Colleen Glenney. “Public Reading and the Civil War Draft Lottery.” American Periodicals, vol. 26, no. 2, 2016, pp. 149-66.

Explanation: This is the correct MLA 9th edition citation format.

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Q.128 Arrange the following detective novels of Agatha Christi in the correct chronological order of their publication.

A. Death on the Nile

B. Murder in the Orient Express

C. Sparkling Cyanide

D. The Mysterious Affair at Styles

E. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. E. B. D. A. C

2. D. A, E, B, C

3. E. D. A. C. В

4. D, E, B, A, C

Explanation:

Chronological order of publication:

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)

Murder on the Orient Express (1934)

Death on the Nile (1937)

Sparkling Cyanide (1945).

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Q.129 Arrange the following philosophers/theorists in the correct chronological order of their birth-

A. Simone de Beauvoir

B. Walter Benjamin

C. Jean Baudrillard

D. Mikhail Bakhtin

E. Roland Barthes



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B. D, A, E, C

2. A. B. E. C, D

3. D. A, B, C, E

4. E, C, A, B, D

Explanation:

Chronological order of birth:

Walter Benjamin (1892),

Mikhail Bakhtin (1895),

Simone de Beauvoir (1908),

Roland Barthes (1915),

Jean Baudrillard (1929).

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Q.130 Which among the following statements are true about ‘The Autobiography of An Unknown Indian?

A. It is an autobiographical text written by Nirad C. Chaudhary

B. It is a text of partition literature.

C. Unabashed Anglophilia of the author made this work controversial.

D. It was published in 1951.

E. It primarily raises the question of communal conflicts.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, C, D only

2. B. D, E only

3. C. B, A only

4. A. B. E only

Explanation: Nirad C. Chaudhuri’s The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (1951) reflects on colonial and post-colonial identity and includes his admiration for British culture (Anglophilia).

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Q.131 Arrange the following works of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the correct chronological order of their publication.

A. Mr. Gandhi and Emancipation of Untouchables

B. The Annihilation of Caste

C. The Problem of the Rupee: Its Origin and its Solution

D. Federation Versus Freedom

E. Buddha and his Dhamma



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A. B. D, E, C

2. C, B, A, D, E

3. C, B, D, A, E

4. B, C, A, D, E

Explanation: Chronological order of Ambedkar’s works:

The Problem of the Rupee: Its Origin and Its Solution (1923).

The Annihilation of Caste (1936).

Federation Versus Freedom (1945).

Mr. Gandhi and the Emancipation of Untouchables (1947).

Buddha and His Dhamma (1957).

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Q.132 Which of the following parameters are emphasised in MLA Handbook’s (9th Edition) chapter titled, “Principles of Inclusive Language”?

A. Avoid negatively judging other’s experiences.

B. Use a dictionary to check for offensive terms.

C. Extensive use of pronouns.

D. Any format for capitalization and styling.

D. Make references to identity relevant sources.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. C, D and E only

2. B, C and A only

3. A, B and E only

4. A. D and E only

Explanation: MLA emphasizes avoiding judgment, using dictionaries for offensive terms, and making references to relevant sources when discussing identity.

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Q.133 Which among the following novelists remarked that “falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult… Examine your words well, and you will find that even when you have no motive to be false, it is a very hard thing to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings?”

1. Charles Dickens

2. George Eliot

3. William Makepeace Thackeray

4. Thomas Carlyle

Explanation: George Eliot made this remark, reflecting her belief in the complexities of truth and self-awareness in human behavior.

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Q.134 Who among the following defined taste as “that faculty of the soul, which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike?”

1. Joseph Addison

2. Samuel Johnson

3. Richard Steele

4. Daniel Defoe

Explanation: Addison defined taste in his writings as part of his contributions to aesthetics and literary criticism.

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Q.135 Which of the following statements are true about Bhavabhuti’s Uttararamacharita?

A. The time-space of the play is divided into two broad sections/acts.

B. The first act of the play deals only with the birth and childhood of Rama.

C. It is a play based on the Ramayana.

D. Its theme has been derived from the last canto of the Ramayana.

E. In the second act of the play, Sita takes refuge in the hermitage of the sage, Visvamitra.



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B, D, E only

2. A. B. E only

3. B, C, D only

4. A, C, D only

Explanation: Bhavabhuti’s Uttararamacharita is based on the Ramayana, focusing on the final canto and the themes of exile and redemption.

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Q.136 What does an eponymous’ character mean?

1. An eponymous character is essentially devilish in nature

2. An eponymous character gives his or her name to the title of the work

3. An eponymous character is intriguing in nature

4. An eponymous character is superfluous in the plot

Explanation: An eponymous character is a character after whom the title of a literary work is named. For example, Hamlet is the eponymous character of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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Q.137 Arrange the following texts of critical theory in the correct chronological order of their publication.

A. Michel Foucault’s The Archaeology of Knowledge

B. Roland Barthes’ Mythologies

C. Jacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology

D. Jacques Lacan’s Ecrits

E. Jean-Francois Lyotard’s – The Postmodern Condition: A report on Knowledge



Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. D. E, B, C, A

2. A, B, C, D, E

3. B, D, C, A, E

4. B, C, D, E. A

Explanation:

B (Mythologies): 1957.

D (Ecrits): 1966.

C (Of Grammatology): 1967.

A (The Archaeology of Knowledge): 1969.

E (The Postmodern Condition): 1979.

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Q.138 The poem “France: An Ode” is written by-

1. William Wordsworth

2. S.T. Coleridge

3. William Blake

4. Robert Southey

Explanation: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote France: An Ode in 1798, expressing both his initial admiration and subsequent disillusionment with the French Revolution.

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Q.139 In his work, The Postmodern Condition, Jean Francois Lyotard announced the eclipse of all grand narratives and sought to declare the death of-

1. Keynesian Equilibrium

2. Christian Redemption

3. Classical Socialism

4. Hegelian Spirit

Explanation: In The Postmodern Condition, Jean-Francois Lyotard critiques grand narratives, including the Hegelian Spirit, which represents a teleological view of history.

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Q.140 Who among the following observed that “the artistic critic, like the mystic, is an antimonium always?”

1. Walter Pater

2. Oscar Wilde

3. Edgar Allan Poe

4. E.M. Forster

Explanation: " The Critic as Artist " is an essay by Oscar Wilde, containing the most extensive statements of his aesthetic philosophy. 

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Q.141 – 145 Comprehension:

All round me are words, and words and words,

They grow on me like leaves, they never

Seem to stop their slow growing

From within… But I tell my self, words

Are a nuisance, beware of them, they

Can be so many things, a

Chasm where running feet must pause, to

Look, a sea with paralyzing waves,

A blast of burning air or,

A knife most willing to cut your best

Friend’s throat … words are a nuisance, but.

They grow on me like leaves on a tree,

They never run to stop their coming,

From a silence, somewhere deep within…



141 A major theme of the poem can best be summarized as:

1. Words may exist independent of human existence

2. The growth/flow of words can not be restricted

3. Words can grow on trees

4. Words originate from nature

Explanation: The poem reflects how words grow uncontrollably, from within and beyond human attempts to contain them.

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Q.142 Which one of the following poetic devices is used in the opening line of the poem?

1. Foregrounding

2. Anaphora

3. Metonomy

4. Hyperbole

Explanation: The opening line employs anaphora, the repetition of the word "words" to create emphasis and rhythm.

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Q.143 Which one of the following is not a metaphor employed in the poem?

1. A knife

2. A sea

3. A tree

4. A throat

Explanation: While the poem uses metaphors like a knife, a sea, and a tree, “a throat” is not a metaphor; rather, it is literal within the context of being cut by a knife.

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Q.144 Which one of the following lines indicates the destructive character of words?

1. Seem to stop their slow growing

2. A blast of burning air or,

3. They grow on me like leaves on a tree

4. From a silence, somewhere deep within

Explanation: This line indicates the destructive power of words, comparing them to an overwhelming and harmful force.

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Q.145 The poem is most similar in style and form to-

1. Occasional verse

2. Open verse

3. Sonnet

4. Ode

Explanation: The poem’s lack of rhyme and regular meter categorizes it as open verse, reflecting its free-flowing style.

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Q.146-150. Comprehension:

I believe implicitly that the child is not born mischievous in the bad sense of the term. If parents would behave themselves whilst the child is growing, before it is born and after, it is a well- known fact that the child would instinctively obey the law of truth and the law of love….



And believe me, from my experience of hundreds I was going to say thousands of children. I know that they have perhaps a finer sense of honour than you or I have. The greatest lessons of life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children. Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouth of babes. I believe it. I have noticed it in my experience that if we would approach babes in humility and innocence, we would learn wisdom from them. I have learned this one lesson that what is impossible with man is child’s play with God and if we have faith in that Divinity which presides on the destiny of the meanest of His creation, I have no doubt that all things are possible and in that final hope, I believe and pass my time and endeavour to obey His will. If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children; and if they will grow up in their natural innocence, we won’t have to struggle, we won’t have to pass fruitless, idle resolutions, but we shall go from love to love and peace to peace, until at last all the corners of the world are covered with that peace and love for which, consciously or unconsciously, the whole world is hungering.



146 Which phrase rightly encapsulates the central message of the passage?

1.Only a fool learns from his own mistakes, the wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

2.For even the wisest can learn incalculably much from children.

3.It is a wise child that knows its father.

4.A burnt child dreads the fire.

Explanation: The central theme is the wisdom that can be gained from children’s natural innocence and purity, as emphasized in the passage.

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Q.147 What kind of a passage is this?

1. Expository

2. Persuasive

3. Descriptive

4. Analytical

Explanation: The passage is persuasive as it encourages the reader to value children’s wisdom and innocence to achieve peace and love.

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Q.148. What according to the passage, is needed to spread peace and love in the world?

1.Society should be socially disciplined

2.Preservation of natural innocence

3.Organise multi-lateral conferences and seminars on peace and love across the world.

4.Studies on peace and love should be introduced at school and college.

Explanation: The author emphasizes maintaining the natural innocence of children as the foundation for spreading peace and love worldwide.

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Q.149. What does a real war’ signify in the phrase “a real war against war”.

1. A war with your elders and parents

2. A socio-cultural war

3. A political war

4. A war against self-conceit and prejudices

Explanation: The “real war” is metaphorical, referring to overcoming personal biases and prejudices to create a more peaceful world.

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Q.150 Which will of God is the author referring to in the line. “I believe and pass my time and endeavour to obey His will”?

1. To stoop before the grown ups and the learned men for guidance.

2. To have faith in the Divinity and follow the commandments blindly as laid down in the scriptures.

3. To believe and spend time praying and following rituals properly.

4. To turn towards children in humility and innocence to learn wisdom.

Explanation: The author advocates learning from children with humility, as they possess innate wisdom that adults often overlook.

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