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UGC NET June 2023 English (Shift-I) — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET June 2023 English (Shift-I) (UGC NET) — each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Use it as an answer key, or practise the full paper below.

Arrange the correct chronological sequence of the publication of the following texts: · Ans: A
Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). · Ans: A
Saussure delivered his series of lectures on general linguistics, later published after his death as Course in General Linguistics, at the University of _______. · Ans: C
Noam Chomsky is known for his _______. · Ans: A
Which among the following books is NOT written by Edward Said? · Ans: C
Arrange the correct chronological sequence of the publication of the following texts: · Ans: A
Match List I with List II: · Ans: A
Thomas Love Peacock authored the essay _______. · Ans: C
Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning was dedicated to · Ans: A
Which of the following concepts are associated with the writings of Jean Baudrillard? · Ans: D
The author of The Golden Bough, a text that influenced Eliot's poetry and criticism substantially, is: · Ans: B
Which two of the following plays have been written by Edward Albee? · Ans: C
Who among the following has written the play Angels in America? · Ans: D
Mention the year in which Political Shakespeare edited by Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield was published. · Ans: D
Who among the following built the Red Lion in Stepney in 1567? · Ans: C
Which three of the following plays were written by the Sanskrit dramatist Bhasa? · Ans: B
Match List I with List II: · Ans: C
Which three of the following plays have been written by Nissim Ezekiel? · Ans: D
From which novel of Charles Dickens are the following lines extracted? "I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left… · Ans: A
An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers (1744) was the first major biography published by _______. · Ans: C
Thomas Hobbes's philosophical tract Leviathan was first published in _______. · Ans: C
Match List I with List II: · Ans: D
The cultural theorist Stuart Hall has written the following: · Ans: A
Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
Which of the following is true about Religio Laici? · Ans: B
Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). · Ans: C
In which novel of Jane Austen is Captain Frederick Wentworth a character? · Ans: D
Some of the following terms are integral to New Criticism: · Ans: C
Adam in Adam Bede of George Eliot is a _______. · Ans: C
Ted Hughes' Wodwo is · Ans: A
A.K. Ramanujan, the famous Indian English poet, was also a _______. · Ans: D
The name of the Goddess in Kanthapura is: · Ans: A
Who among the following is an Australian Aboriginal poet? · Ans: B
Arrange the correct chronological sequence of events that affected literary criticism and theory. · Ans: D
Given below are two statements. · Ans: B
Arrange the following playwrights chronologically in accordance with the years of their birth. · Ans: C
Some of the following poets adorned the Oxford Professor of Poetry Chair: · Ans: C
Which two of the following dramatists have won the Sultan Padamsee Award? · Ans: B
The Kothari Commission suggested · Ans: B
Which of the following works of Milton seeks to adapt the form of Greek tragedy? · Ans: A
What is the correct chronological sequence of the following English non-fictional prose writers according to their years of birth? · Ans: B
Who among the following is an early Tudor poet? · Ans: B
Given below are two statements. · Ans: D
Which of the following fictional works form a trilogy by Mulk Raj Anand? · Ans: B
Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
Who among the following was NOT a member of the Beat Generation? · Ans: D
Arrange the correct chronological sequence in which the following texts were published: · Ans: A
Donna Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto" underscores the notion that · Ans: A
Facts about the Frankfurt School include the following: · Ans: D
Which of the following is NOT written by Margaret Atwood? · Ans: B
Who among the following has written Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque? · Ans: D
Who among the following are called Edwardian Novelists? · Ans: C
Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
Which two of the following plays were written by Ben Jonson? · Ans: C
Which of the following works have been authored by Thomas Carlyle? · Ans: A
Which among the following is true about corpus linguistics? · Ans: C
The 'Name of the Father' is a term made famous by _______. · Ans: B
Some of the following are significant texts of Victorian criticism. Identify them. · Ans: B
Name the play during the performance of which the Globe Theatre was burned down in 1613. · Ans: B
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" names the following figures: · Ans: B
The character who discusses the relative merits of French drama and English drama in Essay of Dramatic Poesy is: · Ans: A
Seven Types of Ambiguity was published in the year _______. · Ans: D
What does Pierre Bourdieu imply by the term 'habitus' in his sociological studies? · Ans: C
Who among the following are known as Cambridge Critics? · Ans: D
The concept of the public sphere plays a particularly important role in the work of _______. · Ans: A
Given below are two statements. · Ans: C
Lewis Grassic Gibbon's A Scots Quair comprises the following books: · Ans: B
Arrange the correct chronological sequence of the publication of the following Indian books of poems: · Ans: B
A structured interview consists of · Ans: A
Who among the following argued that children learn language based on behaviourist reinforcement principles by associating words with meaning? · Ans: B
Match List I with List II: · Ans: A
Which of the following are written by William Faulkner? · Ans: C
Who among the following wrote about Charlotte Bronte that her mind contained 'nothing but hunger, rebellion, and rage'? · Ans: B
Match List I with List II: · Ans: A
Identify the works written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan: · Ans: C
What is the correct sequence of the following texts authored by Raymond Williams? · Ans: B
The Movement poets included: · Ans: B
What is the correct chronological sequence of the following texts? · Ans: B
Which of the following methods is used to study the diversity of human cultures in their particular cultural settings? · Ans: D
Arrange the correct chronological sequence in which the following texts were published: · Ans: C
Which of the following playwrights have collaborated in writing the satire Three Hours after Marriage? · Ans: B
Match List I with List II: · Ans: D
The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas is written by _______. · Ans: B
The full form of MLAT is · Ans: C
Purdah is a collection of poems by · Ans: B
Which of the following works are written by John Dennis? · Ans: B
The debate on 'the condition of England question' was initiated by _______. · Ans: C
Name the book in which Peter Brook makes a study of late 1940s theatre. · Ans: A
Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
Who proposed the idea that the mind at the time of birth is like a blank slate or tabula rasa? · Ans: A
The person described in the poem · Ans: A
The person described in the poem is · Ans: C
The third line of the poem suggests something about · Ans: B
The person described in the poem is sympathetic to · Ans: C
The poem uses · Ans: A
In the context of the above passage, what does 'literary canon' imply? · Ans: C
What kind of value judgement did practical criticism as a radical movement promote or promulgate? · Ans: D
"The methodology of practical criticism seeks coherence in images, themes and patterns of language." What could be the implication of this statement? · Ans: C
In the context of the above passage, close reading implies · Ans: D
The purpose of I.A. Richards' 'practical criticism' was to · Ans: B

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