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UGC-NET PYQs
1. Which of the following authors have been correctly matched with their works?
[A] Malcolm Bradbury – The History of Man
[B] William Golding – Rites of Passage
[C] Seamus Heaney – Darkness Visible
[D] Brian Friel – Dancing at Lughnasa
[E] Molly Keane – The Norman Conquests
[B] William Golding – Rites of Passage
[C] Seamus Heaney – Darkness Visible
[D] Brian Friel – Dancing at Lughnasa
[E] Molly Keane – The Norman Conquests
2. Which of the following terms describes a novel of fashionable high life in 19th-century English literature?
3. Which of the following fictional characters is believed to be based on the 15th century real-life character, Vlad the Impaler?
4. Which of the following is a dead language?
5. Which book by J.G. Ballard is about a virus that freezes anything it comes in contact with?
6. Which of the following are novels by David Lodge?
(a) The British Museum is Falling Down
(b) The Seven Sisters
(c) Changing Places
(d) Nice Work
(e) Empire of the Sun
(b) The Seven Sisters
(c) Changing Places
(d) Nice Work
(e) Empire of the Sun
7. Which of the following statements are true in the context of Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones (1749)?
[A] Tom Jones is comic and moralistic.
[B] Tom and Jones are the main characters of Tom Jones.
[C] Tom is caught poaching in neighbor’s game preserve.
[D] The History of Tom Jones is the full title of Tom Jones.
[E] All of the above
[B] Tom and Jones are the main characters of Tom Jones.
[C] Tom is caught poaching in neighbor’s game preserve.
[D] The History of Tom Jones is the full title of Tom Jones.
[E] All of the above
8. Given below are two statements about Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat (1889):
Statement I: Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat (1889) is humorous and journalistic in form.
Statement II: It is about three young men and their dog on a holiday.
Statement II: It is about three young men and their dog on a holiday.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer:
9. Which of the following are correct?
[A] Roddy Doyle – The Barrytown Trilogy
[B] Abraham Stoker – Confessions of an Irish Rebel
[C] C. S. Lewis – The Chronicles of Narnia
[D] Brendan Behan – Dracula
[E] Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl
[B] Abraham Stoker – Confessions of an Irish Rebel
[C] C. S. Lewis – The Chronicles of Narnia
[D] Brendan Behan – Dracula
[E] Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl
10. Which of the following are novels of Irvine Welsh?
[A] The Acid House
[B] Trainspotting
[C] Beside the Ocean of Time
[D] Filth
[E] Maris Belfrage
[B] Trainspotting
[C] Beside the Ocean of Time
[D] Filth
[E] Maris Belfrage
11. When was Haruki Murakami’s Men Without Women published?
12. Match List I with List II
List I (Authors)
[A] Malcolm Bradbury
[B] David Lodge
[C] Kingsley Amis
[D] C. P. Snow
List II (Works)
[I] Masters
[II] Lucky Jim
[III] The History Man
[IV] Changing Places
13. Under the Net (1954) is written by
14. Anglo-Irish relations in the 20th century have been represented in which of the following novels?
[A] Elizabeth Bowen – The Last September
[B] May Sinclair – The Divine Fire
[C] J.G. Farrell – Troubles
[D] J.G. Farrell – The Siege of Krishnapur
[E] Jeffery Farnol – Black Bartlemy’s Treasure
[B] May Sinclair – The Divine Fire
[C] J.G. Farrell – Troubles
[D] J.G. Farrell – The Siege of Krishnapur
[E] Jeffery Farnol – Black Bartlemy’s Treasure
15. Which of these are correct combinations of the works by Doris Lessing and their respective themes?
[A] The Golden Notebook deals with Johor travelling to Rohonda
[B] The Good Terrorist is about a doomed love affair
[C] Shikasta is about a planet, which is cut-off due to the advance influence of civilization
[D] Alfred and Emily explores the life of her parents
[E] The Grass is Singing draws from her experiences in Africa
[B] The Good Terrorist is about a doomed love affair
[C] Shikasta is about a planet, which is cut-off due to the advance influence of civilization
[D] Alfred and Emily explores the life of her parents
[E] The Grass is Singing draws from her experiences in Africa
16. Identify the correct combination among the following:
[A] Demons – Novel
[B] Landlady – Novella
[C] The Crocodile – Short-story
[D] A Writer’s Diary – Essay
[E] Mary Stuart – Translation
[B] Landlady – Novella
[C] The Crocodile – Short-story
[D] A Writer’s Diary – Essay
[E] Mary Stuart – Translation
17. Who wrote these lines?
“Should poets’ bicycle-pump the human heart
or squash it flat?
Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart:
Girls aren’t like that”
or squash it flat?
Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart:
Girls aren’t like that”
18. In which year was R. L. Stevenson’s Treasure Island published?
