UGC NET 2018 Paper 2 English Prev Year Paper (22-Dec-2018) (Shift 1)

Question 1

What is peculiar about the reference in the following to some poets' names in the plural?"It is a freezing, bleak day in January, and I am looking for poetry. I see a few Chaucers, a few Shakespeares, and a hardcover, three-dollar History of Modern Poetry published in 1987."

Accepted Answer

Synecdochic use; names for their respective works.

Answer

Unusual; awkward metaphors no longer in use.

Answer

Standard reference to more texts of one poet/author.

Answer

Usually refer to biographies of the poets in question.

Question 2

Ah, what a trifle is a heart,If once into love's hands it come!All other griefs allow a partTo other griefs, and ask themselves but some;They come to us, but us love draws;He swallows us and never chaws;By him, as by chain'd shot, whole ranks do die;He is the tyrant pike, our hearts the fry.John Donne, 1633Which sentence best paraphrases line 5 of the passage above?

Accepted Answer

Emotions can damage us, but none as severely as love.

Answer

Distress comes in many forms, but none lasts as long as heartache.

Answer

Love tends to grab us and never let go.

Answer

Unbidden pain afflicts us, but we are lured by love.

Question 3

Which of the following acts werenotpassed during the Victorian Era?

Accepted Answer

The Women's Suffrage Act

Answer

A series of Factory Acts

Answer

The Custody Act

Answer

The Married Women's Property Rights Act

Question 4

In imitation of which classical poet did Samuel Johnson write his London and The Vanity of Human Wishes ?

Accepted Answer

Juvenal

Answer

Horace

Answer

Homer

Answer

Tasso

Question 5

Match the plays to their setting:(a)Krapp's Last Tape(i)A country road; A tree.(b)Happy Days(ii)Bare interior; Two small windows high up; grey light.(c)Waiting for Godot(iii)Expanse of scorched grass forming a low mound; blinding light.(d)Endgame(iv)A late evening in future; white light.

Accepted Answer

(a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iv)

Answer

(a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)

Answer

(a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (iii), (d) - (i)

Answer

(a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)

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(a)	Krapp's Last Tape	(i)	A country road; A tree.
(b)	Happy Days	(ii)	Bare interior; Two small windows high up; grey light.
(c)	Waiting for Godot	(iii)	Expanse of scorched grass forming a low mound; blinding light.
(d)	Endgame	(iv)	A late evening in future; white light.