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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. The correct pair is:
2. 'Essays of Elia' are :
3. What does the term ‘episteme’ signify?
4. Who among the following was Geoffrey Chaucer’s contemporary?
5. “Fancy” deals with :
6. In which of these plays does Edward Albee use the ‘success’ myth?
7. Match the poem with the opening lines:
A. “Ode to Psyche” (i) “My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk.”
B. “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
(ii) “No, no, go not to Lethe, neither twist Wolf’s-bane, tightrooted, for its poisonous wine.”
C. “Ode to a Nightingale”
(iii) “Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,”
D. “Ode on Melancholy”
(iv) “O Goddess hear these tuneless numbers, wrung By sweet enforcement and remembrance dear,” Code:
8. Which of the following statements about The Canterbury Tales is true?
9. 'Linguistic freedom' is:
10. “A trivial comedy for serious people” was the subtitle for :
11. The main idea of ‘The Dunciad’ was taken from:
12. The Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood – The University Wits- The Rhymers’ Club- The Scottish Chaucerians.
The right chronological sequence would be
13. Who of the following is not a university wit?
14. Which novel has a nameless narrator?
15. Harold Pinter ‘s first four plays are :
16. Who distinguished between “the literature of Knowledge” and “the literature of Power”?
17. The macabre element in drama was introduced by :
18. ‘The Plough and the Stars’ was written by :
19. Periphrasis, which is a roundabout way of speech/writing, is also known as…
20. Identify the period during which the Puritans under the rule of Oliver Cromwell and his Commonwealth shut down all English theatres on religious and moral grounds:
21. “The good thing about words, “Hanif Kureishi remarks in “Loose Tongues”, is that their final effect is incalculable. […..] You can never know what your words might turn out to mean for yourself or for someone else; or what the world they make will be like. Anything could happen.
The problem with silence is that we know exactly what it will be like.” Kureishi, in sum, suggests:
(i) There is always some risk involved in writing/speaking.
(ii) It is better to avoid using words than to risk miscommunication.
(iii) Words being predictable, are always open to misinterpretation.
(iv) The unpredictable, in deed, is the strength of words.
Determine the correct combination according to the code:
Code:
22. The world dominated by cold and hypocritical materialists is represented by William Blake in the mythological figure of_____
23. Match the following lists :
List-I List-II
(Phrases from poems) (Titles of poems)
I. “Sound of stick 1. “Byzantium” upon the floor”
II. “Hade’s bobbin 2. “Sailing to bound in mummy Byzantium” cloth”
III. “With beauty like 3. “Coole and a tightened bow” Ballylee, 1931″
IV. “A tattered coat 4. “No Second Troy” upon a stick” The right combination according to the code is :
Code :
I II III IV
24. A ‘curtal sonnet’ consists of :
25. Heroic quatrain is :