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UGC NET Paper-II English Syllabus consists of: 

Drama
Poetry
Fiction & short story
Non-Fictional Prose
English in India: history, evolution, and futures
Literary Criticism
Research Methods, and Materials in English
Language: Basic concepts, theories, and pedagogy.
English in Use
Cultural Studies
Literary Theory post World War II.

UGC NTA NET JRF English Previous Papers Questions
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1. 'Jindiworobak' movement relates to :
2. The plan of Arthurian stories has influenced the composition of Tennyson’s :
3. The total number of poems in Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnets’ is :
4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason
(R):
Assertion (A) : Chaucer describes ‘Madame Eglentyne’ Thus: ‘She was so charitable and so piteous, she wolde wepe. If that ‘she sawe a mous caught in a trappe’ Reason (R) : On her ‘broche of gold full shene’ was written Amor Vincit Omnia.
In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?
5. Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following novels?
6. That there are levels and grades of powerlessness in societies entertaining ‘a mythical norm’ is indicated
1. by the overall tone and tenor of the passage.
2. by the suggestion that ‘a mythical norm’ is responsible for the unequal distribution of power among people.
3. by referring to ‘other distortions around difference’.
4. by referring to white women who narrow down oppression directed only at white women.
(a) 4 is correct.
7. The Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex is the other title of
8. The poet who said, 'My poems are not about violence, but vitality', is:
9. At whose behest does the Redcrosse Knight undertake his quest in The Faerie Queene?
10. 'He is not fully recognized at home; he is not recognized at all abroad. Yet I firmly believe that the poetical performance of ….is, after that of Shakespeare and Milton, undoubtedly most considerable in our language.' To whom does Matthew Arnold refer in the above statement?
11. The correct pair is:
12. Whom did Keats regard as the prime example of ‘negative capability’?
13. Who is the twentieth century poet, a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature who rejected the label “British” though he has always written in English rather than his regional language?
14. A content word is not a function word.
2. A content word has lesser meaning than a function word.
3. A content word has no function.
4. A content word bears lexical meaning whereas a function word just about means functionally.
Which of these statements are correct ?
15. The theatre of cruelty is associated with :
16. Arrange the following groups of English writers in chronological order :
17. The book, ‘The Religion of Man’ is written by :
18. Name the theorist who divided poets into “strong” and “weak” and popularized the practice of misreading :
19. The term ‘International Fallacy’ is first used by :
20. The correct pair is:
21. Which Chaucerian text parodies Dante’s ‘The Divine Comedy’?
22. To whom is Chaucer referring when he says ‘He knew the tavern well in every town’?
23. The most important of the ‘evolutionists’ during the Victorian period was:
24. The author of ‘The Progress of the Soul’ is :
25. ‘How noble in reason How infinite in faculty In form and moving how express and admirable In action how like an angel In apprehension how like a God ' What does Hamlet marvel at in this passage?