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UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-15 41. Identify the correct statements on Langue and Parole below : 1. Langue is the abstract language system, the grammar of a language. 2. Parole is the language actually produced by its user following langue. 3. Langue is the language actually produced by its users following parole. 4. Parole is the abstract language system, the grammar of a system. (A) 1 and 3 are correct. (B) 1 and 2 are correct. (C) 2 and 3 are correct. (D) 2 and 4 are correct. 42. In Monica Ali’s Brick Lane which among the following characters has ‘a face like a frog’ ? (A) Nazneen (B) Chanu (C) Hasina (D) Karim 43. ‘The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, Check’ring the eastern clouds with streaks of light; And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels From forth day’s path and Titan’s burning wheels.’ (Romeo and Juliet II 3, 1 – 4) The speaker describes- (A) The Setting Sun (B) The Return Home of a Drunkard (C) The Drawing of a New Day (D) The Rising Sun 44. ‘How nob

UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-14 31. This periodical was started in 1709 with a motive ‘to expose the false arts of life, to pull the disguise of cunning, vanity and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse and our behaviour.’ The founder of the periodical wrote under the pseudonym of Isaac Bickerstaff. The periodical described above is- (A) The Tatler (B) The Spectator (C) The Critical Review (D) The Rambler 32. Arrange the following in the order in which the details of a research article / essay appear in your bibliography. (A) Page numbers, the title of the essay, the title of the journal, volume & issue numbers, year of publication (B) The title of the essay, page numbers, the title of the journal, volume and issue numbers, year of publication (C) The title of the journal, the title of the essay, page numbers, volume and issue numbers, year of publication (D) The title of the essay, the title of the journal, volume & issue numbe

UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-13 21. In Aristotle’s Poetics we read that it is the imitation of an action that is complete and whole, and of a certain magnitude….having a beginning, a middle, and an end’. What is ‘it’ ?  (A) tragedy (B) epic (C) poetry (D) farce 22. According to Matthew Arnold, ‘touchstones’ help us test truth and seriousness that constitute the best poetry. What are the ‘touchstones’ ? (A) The purple passages of lyric poetry (B) Passages from ancient poets (C) The lines and expressions of the great masters (D) Passages of epic strength and vigour 23. ‘An extremely simplified form of language used for oral, verbal contact among a community whose members speak different languages but do not share a common language in order to fulfill the essential needs of communication.’ Which of the following is best described by this definition ? (A) Creole (B) Pidgin (C) Dialect (D) Lingua franca 24. What do the prosodic features of a language tell us ? (A) The speaker’

UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-12 11. Raskolnikov murders the old lady : I. to get her money and achieve his ambition in life. II. to achieve his political goal as an extremist and a nihilist III. to prove his superiority over other young men of the time. IV. All of the above Find the correct combination according to the code : (A) I and II are correct. (B) I and III are correct. (C) II and III are correct. (D) I, II and III are correct. 12. In his preface to The Order of Things, Foucault mentions being influenced by a Latin American writer and his work. Choose the correct answer : (A) Marquez – “The Solitude of Latin America” (B) Borges – “Chinese Encyclopaedia” (C) Juan Rulfo – Pedro Paramo (D) Alejo Carpentier– “On the Marvelous in America” 13. Here is a list of Partition novels which have ‘violence on the woman’s body’ as a significant theme. Pick the odd one out : (A) The Pakistani Bride (B) What the Body Remembers (C) Train to Pakistan (D) The Ice-Candy Man 14. Match th

UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-11 1. Which of the following book by V.S.Naipaul is subtitled The Caribbean Revisited ?  (A) In a Free State (B) A Bend in the River (C) The Middle Passage (D) An Area of Darkness 2. ‘Fluency’ in language is the same as (A) the ability to put oneself across comfortably in speech and/or writing. (B) the ability to command language rather than language commanding the user. (C) glibness (D) accuracy 3. Which of the following statements on Pathetic Fallacy is NOT TRUE ? (A) This term applies to descriptions that are not true but imaginary and fanciful. (B) Pathetic Fallacy is generally understood as human traits being applied or attributed to non-human things in nature. (C) In its first use, the term was used with disapproval because nature cannot be equated with the human in respect of emotions and responses. (D) The term was originally used by Alexander Pope in his Pastorals (1709). 4. Identify the correctly matched group :                 List

UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-10 41. Whom did Keats regard as the prime example of ‘negative capability’ ? (A) John Milton (B) William Wordsworth (C) William Shakespeare (D) P.B. Shelley 42. Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities begins with the sentence (A) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (B) It was the brightest of times, it was the darkest of times. (C) It was the richest of times, it was the poorest of times. (D) It was the happiest of times, it was the saddest of times. 43. The works of Gerard Manley Hopkins were published posthumously by (A) Edwin Muir (B) Edward Thomas (C) Robert Bridges (D) Coventry Patmore 44. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence ? (A) A Poison Tree – The Deserted Village – The Blessed Damozel – Ozymandias

UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-9 31. “Kubla Khan” takes an epigraph from (A) Samuel Purchas’ Purchas His Pilgrimage (B) Hakluyt’s Voyages (C) The Book Named the Governour (D) Sir Thomas More’s Utopia 32. Which of the following author– theme is correctly matched ? (A) The Battle of the Books - Tribute to “The rude forefathers of the hamlet”. (B) The Rape of  the Lock -  Quarrel between  ancient and modern authors. (C) Gray’s  “Elegy” -  Accumulation of wealth and the consequent loss of human lives and values. (D)  The Deserted  Village -  Quarrel  between two  families caused by Lord Petre. 33. Which among the following titles set a course for academic literary feminism ? (A) Nostromo (B) From Ritual to Romance (C) A Room of One’s Own (D) A Dance to the Music of Time 34.