Indian Poems Previous Year UGC-NET English

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Indian Poems PYQs English UGC-NET

1. Identify the correct ones among the following:

[A] Arun Kolatkar uses colloquial speech in his poems
[B] Kolatkar envisions abstract qualities to paint a picture of life of his own kind
[C] The poem “Boatride” by Kolatkar talks about a ride in the Ganges
[D] “Private Poems in Public Garden” is composed by Dilip Chitre
[E] “In Ethiopia” is a poem on Africa by Arun Kolatkar

1)A, B and C only
2)B, D and E only
3)A, B and D only
4)C, B and E only

2. Which two of the following are the earliest colonial publishing initiatives that apply to India?

(a) Andrew Lang Colonial Book Series
(b) Murray Colonial and Home Library Series
(c) Colonial Library Series by Macmillan
(d) Colonial Library Series by Chatto & Windus

1)(a) and (b) only
2)(a) and (c) only
3)(b) and (c) only
4)(b) and (d) only

3. Match List I with List II:

List I (Poets)

[A] Yasmine Gunaratne

[B] Imtiaz Dharker

[C] Agha Shahid Ali

[D] Eunice de Souza

List II (Works)

[I] Postcard from Kashmir

[II] Advice to Women

[III] Postcard from God

[IV] This Language, This Woman

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

4. Tolkappiyam is a book of grammar and poetics written in the _____ language.

1)Telugu
2)Tamil
3)Kannada
4)Malayalam

5. Which of the collections of poems are NOT written by Meena Alexander?

[A] River and Bride
[B] Articulate Silence
[C] Raw Silk
[D] Stone Roots
[E] A Time to Change

1)A and B only
2)B and D only
3)C and E only
4)B and E only

6. Find out the correct sequence of the publications of the following books:

1)India: An Area of Darkness: India: A Wounded Civilization: India: A Million Mutinies Now: A House for Mr. Biswas
2)A House for Mr. Biswas: India: A Million Mutinies Now: India: An Area of Darkness: India: A Wounded Civilization
3)A House for Mr. Biswas: India: An Area of Darkness: India: A Wounded Civilization: India: A Million Mutinies Now
4)India: A Wounded Civilization: A House for Mr. Biswas: India: An Area of Darkness: India: A Million Mutinies Now

7. Which of these graphic narratives depict political crisis?

[A] Amruta Patil – Kari
[B] Joe Sacco – Footnotes in Gaza
[C] Art Spiegelman – Maus
[D] Sarnath Banerjee – Corridor
[E] Phoebe Gloeckner – The Diary of a Teenage Girl

1)A, B and C only
2)C, D and E only
3)B and C only
4)B, C and D only

8. Gaiutra Bahadur wrote an autobiographic novel titled:

1)An Era of Darkness
2)Dauka Puran
3)The Coolie Woman
4)Rama’s Banishment

9. Identify the novels that were published in the 1980s and the 1990s:

[A] Red Earth and Pouring Rain
[B] The Circle of Reason
[C] The Ghosts of Vasu Master
[D] Miguel Street
[E] The Siege of Babylon

1)B, C, D and E only
2)A, B and C only
3)B, A and D only
4)A, C and E only

10. Match List I with List II:

List I (Poets)

A) Rabindranath Tagore

B) Muhammad Iqbal

C) Nissim Ezekiel

D) Imtiaz Dharker

List II (Works)

I. Purdah and Other Poems

II. The Unfinished Man

III. The Child

IV. The Secrets of the Self

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

11. “Tribute to Papa” is a book of poems written by:

1)Kamala Das
2)Mamta Kalia
3)Suniti Namjoshi
4)Meena Alexander

12. Match List I with List II:

List I (Authors)

A) Sri Aurobindo

B) Kamala Das

C) P. Lal

D) Toru Dutt

List II (Works)

I. Other Poems

II. Calcutta: A Long Poem

III. A Sheaf Gleaned in French

IV. Savitri

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

13. Which three of the following plays have been written by Nissim Ezekiel?

A) Savaksa
B) Marriage-Poem
C) Nalini
D) Mister Behram
E) Sleepwalkers

1)A, B & D
2)B, C & D
3)A, C & D
4)B, C & E

14. Arrange the correct chronological sequence in which the following texts were published:

A) Two Virgins
B) The Painter of Signs
C) Shadow from Ladakh
D) A Bend in the Ganges
E) To Whom She Will

1)A, B, C, D, E
2)D, B, E, C, A
3)E, D, C, A, B
4)C, D, E, A, B

15. Identify the poem written by Kamala Das from which the following lines have been taken:

“My man, my sons, forming the axis while I, wife and mother insignificant as a fly climbed the glass panes of their eyes.”

1)‘The Latest Toy’
2)‘The Old Playhouse’
3)‘An Introduction’
4)‘A Widow’s Lament’

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16. “An Introduction” by Kamala Das is:

1)A short story on the theme of people’s rights and freedom
2)An introduction to her autobiography My Story
3)An essay on the theme of gender rights
4)A poem of resistance and protest

17. Which among the following writers are popular for partition narratives?

(A) Krishna Sobti
(B) Shashi Deshpande
(C) Saros Cowasjee
(D) Bharti Mukherjee
(E) Rahi Masoom Raza

1)(A), (B) and (C) Only
2)(B), (C) and (D) Only
3)(A), (C) and (E) Only
4)(C), (D) and (E) Only

18. Chronologically arrange the following works of Sri Aurobindo in accordance with their year of publication:

(A) The Hour of God
(B) The Mother
(C) The Life Divine
(D) The Future Poetry
(E) The Synthesis of Yoga

1)(B), (D), (C), (A), (E)
2)(A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
3)(E), (C), (D), (A), (B)
4)(C), (A), (D), (B), (E)

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