British Literature – Previous Year Questions
441 questions from past UGC NET English papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
Topic-wise mock tests
- Which of the following dramas belong to the Theatre of the Absurd? A. The Birthday Party B. Endgame C. Mrs Warren's Profession D. Rhinoceros E. Riders to the Sea
- Which of the following are plays by Harold Pinter? A. Family Voices B. A Moon for the Misbegotten C. The Room D. No Man's Land E. Krapp's Last Tape
- Arrange the following books on drama in chronological order: A. Robert Brustein, The Theatre of Revolt B. Martin Esslin, The Theatre of the Absurd C. Eric Bentley, The Playwright as Thinker D. C. W. E. Bigsby, Modern Am…
- Statement I: The Theatre of Revolt was written by Robert Brustein. Statement II: It was written in the context of the French Revolution.
- Who, after watching A Midsummer Night's Dream, called it 'the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life'?
- Samuel Pepys's claim to fame rests on his:
- Who founded the journal Scrutiny in 1932?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Play by Aristophanes List II: Target / subject A. Acharnians I. Government by women B. Clouds II. Those engaged in the war C. Lysistrata III. The new philosophical inquiry D. Wasps IV.…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Character List II: Play A. Doll Common I. Twelfth Night B. Malvolio II. The Alchemist C. Mortimer III. The Duchess of Malfi D. Bosola IV. Edward II
- Match List I with List II: List I: Quotation List II: Play A. 'There's no art / To find the mind's construction in the face' I. Hamlet B. 'The time is out of joint' II. Richard III C. 'The better part of valour is discr…
- Statement I: Theatre was more popular in eighteenth-century England than ever before. Statement II: Theatre around London enjoyed court patronage.
- Who wrote The Steele Glas (1576)?
- Sir David Lyndsay's Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis is:
- Who is the most famous diarist in English?
- Which of the following statements about Fielding's Tom Jones (1749) are true? A. It is comic and moralistic. B. Tom and Jones are its two main characters. C. Tom is caught poaching on a neighbour's game. D. Its full tit…
- Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is written in:
- Who wrote 'Abt Vogler'?
- What is the predominant emotion in Browning's 'Cristina'?
- Which of the following statements about the dramatic monologue are correct? A. It allows reciprocal dialogue with the speaker. B. Nineteenth-century poets fully exploited the form. C. Robert Langbaum's The Poetry of Exp…
- Which character–novel pair is correct?
- Who is a major advocate of oral history?
- Eugenics is illustrated in the writings of: A. John Osborne B. George Bernard Shaw C. Eugene O'Neill D. Harold Pinter E. Arthur Miller
- Which novel is set against religious persecution in Mexico?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Poet List II: Poem A. Stephen Spender I. 'Cargoes' B. W. H. Auden II. 'Consider' C. John Masefield III. 'Adlestrop' D. Edward Thomas IV. 'The Pylons'
- Statement I: Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat is humorous and journalistic in form. Statement II: It narrates the holiday of three young men and their dog.
- Which of the following author–work pairs are correct? A. Roddy Doyle – The Barrytown Trilogy B. Bram Stoker – Confessions of an Irish Rebel C. C. S. Lewis – The Chronicles of Narnia D. Brendan Behan – Dracula E. Eoin Co…
- Which of the following author–work pairs are correct? A. Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man B. William Golding – Rites of Passage C. Seamus Heaney – Darkness Visible D. Brian Friel – Dancing at Lughnasa E. Molly Keane –…
- Which of the following are works by Irvine Welsh? A. The Acid House B. Trainspotting C. Beside the Ocean of Time D. Filth E. Mavis Belfrage
- Who coined the term 'The Movement'?
- Which of the following novels use magic realism? A. The Shadow Lines B. One Hundred Years of Solitude C. Midnight's Children D. Beloved E. Kanthapura