African American / African Literature Previous Year UGC-NET English

Which among the following are correct?

[A] George lamming – Barbados

[B] Ben Okri – Nigeria

[C] Fred D Aguiar – Australia

[D] Wilson Harris – Guyana

[E] Zulfikar Ghose – India

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, C and D only

[2] B, C and D only

[3] C, D and E only

[4] A, B and D only

Answer: [4] A, B and D only

Derek Alton Walcott in the poem ‘The sea is history’ makes a parallel between

[1] Evolution of mankind and nature

[2] Evolution of human history and religion

[3] Evolution of paganism and Christianity

[4] Evolution of Christianity and slavery of the blacks

Answer: [4] Evolution of Christianity and slavery of the blacks

Which among the following are true in the context of Chinua Achebe?

A) He wrote Arrow of God and Things Fall Apart.

B) His “Novelist as Teacher” is a seminal essay in the context of African Literature

C) The name of the tribe he depicted in Things Fall Apart is Igbo

D) He is a Kenyan born American litterateur.

E) He wrote the essay “An Abolition of English Department.”

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, C and D only.

2) A, B and E only.

3) A, B and C only.

4) B, C and D only.

Answer: 3) A, B and C only.

Gaiutra bahadur is a ______ writer.

[1] Mauritian

[2] Fijian

[3] Trinidadian

[4] Guyanese

Answer: [4] Guyanese

Which among the following is appropriate about Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s article “literature in schools”?

[A] The article discusses the relevance and adequacy of the present education system

[B] It advocates teaching of European texts and literature to the students of the third world countries

[C] It reflects negatively upon the literature taught to the Kenyan students in national schools

[D] It argues that cultural imperialism distorts people’s vision of history

[E] It observes that European teachers are better equipped to teach literature to the Kenyan students

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B and C only

[2] C, D and E only

[3] B, C and D only

[4] A, C and D only

Answer: [4] A, C and D only

Who wrote the short story, “The volter”?

[1] Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[2] Chinua Achebe

[3] Ngugi wa Thiongo

[4] Wole Soyinka

Answer: 2

Who wrote the Labyrinth of Solitude?

[1] Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[2] Gabriela Mistral

[3] Jorge Luis Borges

[4] Octavio Paz

Answer: 4

Which of the following did Owuor Anyumba, Taban Lo Liyong and Negugi Wa Thiongo object to be in 1968?

(a) The primacy of English literatures and cultures.

(b) The centrality of Africa in the Department of English.

(c) The primacy of orature in the syllabus

(d) The focus on the study of the historic continuity of English Literature

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] (a) and (d) only

[2] (a) and (c) only

[3] (b) and (c) only

[4] (c) and (d) only

Answer: 1

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I(Plays)

(a) Madmen and Specialists

(b) The Sea at Dauphin

(c) The Trial of Dedan Kimathi

(d) An Echo in the Bone

List-II(Playwrights)

I. Dennis Scott

II. Wole Soyinka

III. Derek Walcott

IV. Ngugi wa Thiong’s

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

[1] (a)-II; (b)-III; (c)-I; (d)-IV

[2] (a)-II; (b)-III; (c)-IV; (d)-I

[3] (a)-III; (b)-I; (c)-IV; (d)-II

[4] (a)-III; (b)-IV; (c)-II; (d)-I

Answer: 2

Who among the following has used lines from the Shakespearean play Othello to critique racism in one of his poems?

[1] Edward Braithwaite

[2] Franz fanon

[3] Derek alton Walcott

[4] Ngugi wa thiong’o

Answer: [3] Derek alton Walcott

Match List I with List II

LIST I (Output Device) LIST II (Description)

A) The Famished Road I. Buchi Emecheta

B) The Bride Price II. Nadine Gordimer

C) Half of a Yellow Sun III. Ben Okri

D) The Lying Days IV. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Answer: 1) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

Which of the following novels is written by Patrick White?

1) Cry, the Beloved Country

2) The Vivisector

3) The Handmaid’s Tale

4) The Stone Angel

Answer: 2) The Vivisector

Which among the following are correct?

A) JM Coetzee – South Africa

B) Margaret Atwood – Canada

C) Philip Roth – Australia

D) Orhan Pamuk – Turkey

E) Graham Swift – New Zealand

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B and C

2) A, B and D

3) B, C and E

4) B, D and E

Answer: 2) A, B and D

Match List I with List II

LIST I LIST II

A) Munira I. Things Fall Apart

B) Nnu Ego II. Petals of Blood

C) Ikemefuna III. July’s People

D) Maureen IV. The Joys of Motherhood

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Answer: 1) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Character) List – II (Novel)

(A) Sethe (I) The Handmaid’s Tale

(B) Okonkwo (II) Beloved

(C) Offred (III) Things Fall Apart

(D) Winston Smith (IV) Nineteen Eighty-Four

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

(3) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(1), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

Answer: (1) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)