UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-29 (JUNE-2012-III)

UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-29 (JUNE-2012-III)

61. (a) “Interlanguage” is a term we owe to M.A.K. Halliday.
(b) Interlanguage develops an autonomous and self-contained grammatical system
(c) It is a distinct stage in a learner’s progress in the study of a second language.
(d) It owes nothing at all either to the learner’s native or target / second language.
(A) (d) is correct.
(B) (b) is correct.
(C) (a) and (c) are correct.
(D) (c) and (d) are correct.

62. In a classic statement that inaugurated Feminist thought in English, we read :
“A woman writing thinks back through her mothers”. Where does this occur ?
(A) Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own
(B) Kate Millet’s Sexual Politics
(C) Gertrude Stein’s Three Lives
(D) Mary Hiatt’s The Way Women Write.

63. Identify the correctly matched pair of translators and translations.
(I) A. K. Ramanujan (a) The Ramayana
(II) Manmathanath Dutt (b) The Bhagavad Gita
(III) Mohini Chatterjee (c) Speaking of Shiva
(IV) Romesh Chandra Dutt (d) The Mahabharata
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
(A) (c) (d) (b) (a)
(B) (d) (c) (a) (b)
(C) (d) (a) (b) (c)
(D) (b) (a) (d) (c)

64. Assertion (A) : In The Power and the Glory, Greene shows how the Whisky Priest transcends his weakness for drink and his human fears, moving towards martyrdom.
Reason (R) : Transcendence in Greene’s novels is generally an outcome of love for humanity, but pride is also an essential ingredient in the Priest’s character.
(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).

65. Which of the following statements on John Dryden is incorrect ?
(a) John Milton and John Dryden were contemporaries.
(b) Dryden was a Royalist, while Milton fiercely opposed monarchy.
(c) Dryden wrote a play on the Mughal Emperor Humayun.
(d) Dryden was appointed the Poet Laureate of England in 1668.
(A) (a) is incorrect.
(B) (d) is incorrect.
(C) (c) is incorrect.
(D) (b) and (c) are incorrect.

66. “Like walking, criticism is a pretty nearly universal art; both require a constant intricate shifting and catching of balance; neither can be questioned much in process; and few perform either really well. For either a new terrain is fatiguing and awkward, and in our day most men prefer paved walks and some form of rapid transportsome easy theory or overmastering dogma.” (R.P.Blackmur, “A Critic’s Job of Work”)
(a) Blackmur compares walking with criticism because he considers both to be “arts” of a similar kind that call for attention to detail and utmost care.
(b) Blackmur admits that some people do however manage to be good critics and good walkers.
(c) Critics prefer tried and tested approaches for much the same reason as Walkers would look for paved walks and rapid transport.
(d) Blackmur does not quite give us the equivalents of “Some paved walks and some form of rapid transport” in order to press his comparison.
(A) (a) and (d) are correct.
(B) (a) and (c) are correct.
(C) only (d) is correct.
(D) only (b) is correct.

67. The world dominated by cold and hypocritical materialists is represented by William Blake in the mythological figure of __________ .
(A) Urizen 

(B) Albion
(C) Geryon 

(D) Satan

68. Identify the correctly matched group :
(A) Third Space – Wolfgang Iser
Hybridity – Edward Soja
Reception aesthetics – Ferdinand de Saussure
Langue – Homi Bhabha
(B) Third Space – Ernst Bloch
Hybridity – Edward Said
Reception aesthetics – Eve K. Sedgwick
Langue – G. S. Frazer
(C) Third Space – Edward Soja
Hybridity – Homi Bhabha
Reception aesthetics – Wolfgang Iser
Langue – Ferdinand de Saussure
(D) Third Space – G. S. Frazer
Hybridity – Eve K. Sedgwick
Reception aesthetics – Edward Soja
Langue – Edward Said

69. Which of the following can be best described as : (i) the first statement of Bernard Shaw’s idea of Life Force; (ii) a play dealing with a woman’s pursuit of her mate; and (iii) a play whose third act called “Don Juan in Hell” is both unconventional and hilarious ?
(A) The Devil’s Disciple
(B) Man and Superman
(C) Candida
(D) Arms and the Man

70. Identify the untrue statement on the CONTACT ZONE below :
(A) “The contact zone” is a space where disparate cultures meet, clash and grapple with each other.
(B) In Postcolonial societies “contact” suggests the historical moment when settler and indigenous cultures first met.(C) The idea of the Contact Zone was first proposed and defined by Mary Louise Pratt’s Imperial Eyes : Travel Writing and Transculturation (1992)
(D) It is believed that the Contact Zone was largely instrumental in spearheading nationalist movements across the world.

71. Name the novel in which
I. the protagonist is a war veteran called Tayo.
II. Tayo returns from World War II, thoroughly disillusioned and haunted by his violent actions of war time.
III. Tayo seeks consolation and counsel from old Betonie.
IV. The protagonist realizes the importance of harmonizing humanity and the universe.
(A) Beloved
(B) Ceremony
(C) Daisy Miller
(D) Enter, Conversing

72. One of the following poems in Men and Women is addressed to Elizabeth Barrett Browning by the poet. Identify it.
(A) “In Three Days”
(B) “By the Fireside”
(C) “One Way of Love”
(D) “One Word More”

73. Match List-I with List-II according to the codes given below :
List – I                                      List – II
I. Tennessee Williams       1. Emperor Jones
II. Eugene O’Neill             2. A Streetcar Named Desire
III. Lorraine Hansberry   3. After the Fall
IV. Arthur Miller               4. A Raisin in the Sun
   I II III IV
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 2 1 4 3

74. Match the correct pair :
I. Theatre of Cruelty 1. Safdar Hashmi
II. Theatre of the Oppressed 2. Georg Kaiser
III. Expressionist Theatre 3. Jerzy Grotowsky
IV. Agitprop 4. Augusto Boal
  I II III IV
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 3 4 2 3
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 4 1 3 2

75. Bertolt Brecht’s Epic Theatre
(a) turns the spectator into an observer
(b) wears down the spectator’s capacity for action
(c) relies on argument
(d) presents man as a process
(A) (a) and (d) are correct; (b) and (c) are incorrect.
(B) (a), (c) and (d) are correct; (b) is wrong.
(C) (b) and (d) are correct; (a) and (c) are incorrect.
(D) (a), (b) and (c) are correct; (d) is incorrect.