UGC NET English 2022 Question Paper & Answers
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UGC NET English 2022 (December 2022 cycle, Paper 2)
120 Mins 200 Marks
100Questions
200Max Marks
Sample questions from UGC NET English 2022 (December 2022 cycle, Paper 2)
1"When nature prompted and no law denied
Promiscuous use of concubine and bride;
Then Israel's monarch after Heaven's own heart,
His vigorous warmth did variously impart
To wives and slaves."
From which poem are these lines taken?
- A) Absalom and Achitophel : A Poem
- B) MacFlecknoe
- C) A Song for St. Cecilia's Day
- D) Alexander's Feast
Answer: A
2Which of the following poems is written by Oliver Goldsmith?
- A) A Deserted Village
- B) A Deserted Villa
- C) The Deserted Village
- D) A Deserted City
Answer: C
3Tribute to Papa is a book of poems written by
- A) Kamala Das
- B) Mamta Kalia
- C) Suniti Namjoshi
- D) Meena Alexander
Answer: B
4Which of the following poems is not written by Sylvia Plath?
- A) Lady Lazarus
- B) Ariel
- C) Daddy
- D) To Ariel
Answer: D
5Robert Burns was born in
- A) Scotland
- B) England
- C) Ireland
- D) America
Answer: A
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Official PYQ
UGC NET English 2022 (June 2022 cycle, Paper 2)
120 Mins 200 Marks
100Questions
200Max Marks
Sample questions from UGC NET English 2022 (June 2022 cycle, Paper 2)
1Identify the one that has not been paired correctly.
- A) Criticism in Wilderness - Geoffrey Hartman
- B) Madness and Civilization - Roland Barthes
- C) Poetry and Repression - Harold Bloom
- D) Strangers to Ourselves - Julia Kristeva
Answer: B
2Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution made the provision for use of English, alongside Hindi, for official purposes, for fifteen years?
- A) Article 351
- B) Article 344
- C) Article 343
- D) Article 348
Answer: C
3What is meant by "Corporate author" in research?
- A) A writer who belongs to a corporate company
- B) A writer who writes on matters of corporate affairs
- C) A work produced by an institution, an association or a government agency
- D) A renowned author
Answer: C
4Which of the following theorists identifies "metonymy" and "metaphor" as two fundamental structures of language?
- A) Ferdinand de Sassure
- B) Roland Barthes
- C) J.L. Austin
- D) Roman Jacobson
Answer: D
5Which of the following is not true about "Lyrical Ballads"?
- A) It is a manifesto of Romantic poetry
- B) It turns English Poetry away from the social and intellectual sophistication of the seventeenth and the eighteenth century poetry
- C) It takes poetry out of the confines of reason and intellect to the unravished and unspoilt beauties of nature
- D) It is very particular about the form and structure of a poem
Answer: D
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