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UGC-NET PYQs
1. Which of the following are true in the context of Jonathan Swift?
A) He was born in Dublin and studied at Kilkenny Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin
B) He co-authored a book with Samuel Johnson
C) He was ordained in the Church of Ireland in 1695
D) He was a member of Kit-Cat Club
E) He wrote the sensational novel Lady Audley’s Secret
B) He co-authored a book with Samuel Johnson
C) He was ordained in the Church of Ireland in 1695
D) He was a member of Kit-Cat Club
E) He wrote the sensational novel Lady Audley’s Secret
2. Match List I with List II (Jonathan Swift works)
List I (Passages)
A) “When I found myself on my feet, I looked about me, and must confess I never beheld a more entertaining prospect…”
B) “There is likewise another great advantage in my scheme, that it will prevent those voluntary abortions…”
C) “Having to no purpose used all peaceable endeavors, the collected part of the semen…”
D) “Sweeping from butchers’ stalls, dung, guts, and blood…”
List II (Works)
I) A Description of a City Shower
II) Gulliver’s Travels
III) A Modest Proposal
IV) A Tale of Tub
3. Which of the following novels of Thomas Hardy was first published in an abridged form as “Hearts Insurgent”?
4. Match List I (Novels) with List II (Subtitles)
List I (Novels)
A) The Castle of Otranto
B) Tess of the d’Urbervilles
C) Frankenstein
D) Vanity Fair
List II (Subtitles)
I) A Pure Woman
II) The Modern Prometheus
III) A Novel without A Hero
IV) A Gothic Story
5. Arrange the following Thomas Hardy novels in chronological order of publication:
A) Jude the Obscure
B) Tess of the D’Urbervilles
C) Under the Greenwood Tree
D) A Pair of Blue Eyes
E) Far From the Madding Crowd
B) Tess of the D’Urbervilles
C) Under the Greenwood Tree
D) A Pair of Blue Eyes
E) Far From the Madding Crowd
6. Find the chronological order of Thomas Hardy’s poetry publications:
A) “Channel Firing”
B) “The Darkling Thrush”
C) “In Time of the Breaking of Nations”
D) “He Never Expected Much”
E) “A Trampwoman’s Tragedy”
B) “The Darkling Thrush”
C) “In Time of the Breaking of Nations”
D) “He Never Expected Much”
E) “A Trampwoman’s Tragedy”
7. From which novel is this excerpt taken?
“So the baby was carried in a small deal box, under an ancient woman’s shawl, to the churchyard that night, and buried by lantern-light, at the cost of a shilling, and a pint of beer to the sexton, in that shabby corner of God’s allotment where He lets the nettles grow, and where all unbaptized infants, notorious drunkard, suicides and others of the conjecturally damned are laid”
8. Which of the novelists have been correctly matched with their works?
A) Thomas Hardy – The Return of the Native
B) Charles Dickens – The History of Henry Esmond
C) Virginia Woolf – Mrs. Dalloway
D) George Eliot – Northanger Abbey
E) Charlotte Bronte – The Professor
B) Charles Dickens – The History of Henry Esmond
C) Virginia Woolf – Mrs. Dalloway
D) George Eliot – Northanger Abbey
E) Charlotte Bronte – The Professor
9. Arrange the correct chronological sequence in which the following texts were published:
A) Tess of the D’Urbervilles
B) Kim
C) The Old Wives’ Tale
D) The Time Machine
E) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
B) Kim
C) The Old Wives’ Tale
D) The Time Machine
E) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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