UGC NET English 2023 Question Paper & Answers
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Official PYQ
UGC NET English 2023 (December 2023 cycle, Paper 2)
120 Mins 200 Marks
100Questions
200Max Marks
Sample questions from UGC NET English 2023 (December 2023 cycle, Paper 2)
1Match List - I with List - II.
List I(Term) List II(Coined by) A. Heteroglossia B. Structures of Feeling C. Ambiguity D. DiscourseÂ
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A) A - III, B - II, C - I, D - IV
- B) A - I, B - IV, C - III, D - II
- C) A - IV, B - II, C - I, D - III
- D) A - II, B - IV, C - III, D - I
Answer: A
2Prose romances preceded the emergence of novel as a popular literary genre, Which texts among the following fall under the category of Prose Romance?
- A) The Pilgrim's Progress and The Spectator
- B) Oroonoko and The Fair Jilt
- C) Pamela and Clarissa
- D) Amelia and Ferdinand, Count Fathom
Answer: B
3In Antonio Gramsci's definition of intellectual, which is the correct option?
(A) Every social group joining the world of production creates organically a strata of intellectuals.
(B) Intellectuals give homogeneity and awareness of a social group's function in all the fields.
(C) Intellectuals do not work for consolidating the power of a social group.
(D) The category of ecclesiastics is organically bound to the bourgeoisie.
(E) The monopoly held by the ecclesiastics in the superstructural domain was not exercised without a contestation.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A) (A), (B) and (C) Only
- B) (B), (C) and (D) Only
- C) (A), (B) and (E) Only
- D) (C), (D) and (E) Only
Answer: C
4Match List - I with List - II.
List I(Text) List II(Author) A. The Collaborator B. The Garden of Solitude C. Roll of Honour D. The Half MotherÂ
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A) A - IV, B - III, C - I, D - II
- B) A - I, B - II, C - III, D - IV
- C) A - II, B - III, C - IV, D - I
- D) A - III, B - I, C - II, D - IV
Answer: A
5Which of the following assertions is/are not true in the context of culture industry?
(A) The term 'culture industry' was used by the Frankfurt School to describe the operations of mass media.
(B) The dominant capitalist class instils its values and beliefs in the minds of the working-class people.
(C) The word 'industry' signifies the production of cultural products for mass consumption.
(D) The authentic culture arising from the working class is preserved and protected.
(E) The mass culture thus produced induces activism and critical thinking among the youth.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A) (D) and (A) Only
- B) (E) and (B) Only
- C) (B) and (C) Only
- D) (D) and (E) Only
Answer: D
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Official PYQ
UGC NET English 2023 (June 2023 cycle, Paper 2)
120 Mins 200 Marks
100Questions
200Max Marks
Sample questions from UGC NET English 2023 (June 2023 cycle, Paper 2)
1Which among the following is true about Religio Laici?
A. John Dryden wrote Religio Laici.
B. Religio Laici strongly criticized the Anglican Church.
C. Religio Laici means 'A Layman's Faith'
D. Religio Laici was published in 1690.
E. Religio Laici was a philosophico-religious prose treatise.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A) A, B and C
- B) A and C
- C) A and D
- D) D and E
Answer: B
2Who among the following are called Edwardian Novelists?
A. George Eliot
B. Arnold Bennett
C. H. G. Wells
D. Edward Morgan Forster
E. Robert Louis Stevenson
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A) A, B and C
- B) A, C and D
- C) B, C and D
- D) B. D and E
Answer: C
3Ted Hughesâ Wodwo is
- A) a volume named from the wild men of the woods of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
- B) a volume named after the elves of the masque of The Tempest.
- C) a volume named after the central character of Pearl.
- D) a volume named after the name of the monster of Beowulf.
Answer: A
4Match List I with List II.
LIST I LIST II (A) Graham Greene (B) Daniel Defoe (C) George Orwell (D) Doris LessingÂ
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A) A - IV, B - I, C - II, D - III
- B) A - IV, B - III, C - I, D - II
- C) A - II, B - IV, C - I, D - III
- D) A - III, B - IV, C - I, D - II
Answer: B
5Identify the works written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan:
A. Richelieu
B. St Patrick's Day
C. The Duenna
D. The Citizen of the World
E. Irene
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A) A & B
- B) C & D
- C) B & C
- D) A & E
Answer: C
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