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
- Match List I with List II: List I: Essay List II: Essayist A. 'The Tory Fox-Hunter' I. Francis Bacon B. 'What I Believe' II. Joseph Addison C. 'The Death of the Moth' III. E. M. Forster D. 'Of Ambition' IV. Virginia Woo…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Character List II: Novel A. Winston Smith I. Sons and Lovers B. Paul Morel II. Ulysses C. The 'whisky priest' III. Nineteen Eighty-Four D. Leopold Bloom IV. Decline and Fall E. Paul Pe…
- Whose poem inspired Yeats's 'When You Are Old'?
- Which of the following are novels by Ian McEwan? A. Atonement B. The Man with Two Left Feet C. The Child in Time D. The Rachel Papers
- Which novel has an epigraph from the Katha Upanishad?
- Statement I: At the end of both acts of Waiting for Godot, Vladimir questions the Boy from Godot. Statement II: Estragon says, 'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful!'
- Which of the following are features of the Theatre of the Absurd? A. A central role for God B. Futile, goalless actions C. Situations pointing to life's meaningfulness D. An absence of conventional conflict and dramatic…
- Which of the following are stage directions in Pinter's The Birthday Party? A. The living-room of a house in a seaside town B. A garbage pail beside the porch steps C. Light from an upstairs bedroom D. Stanley hangs the…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Playwright List II: Play A. Sean O'Casey I. I'm Talking About Jerusalem B. Dylan Thomas II. The Winslow Boy C. Terence Rattigan III. Juno and the Paycock D. Arnold Wesker IV. In the Sh…
- Arrange the following plays in chronological order: A. Serjeant Musgrave's Dance B. The Playboy of the Western World C. Look Back in Anger D. Man and Superman
- Who was the first editor of The Cornhill Magazine?
- Arrange the following periodicals in chronological order: A. The Spectator B. The Tatler C. The Rambler D. The Critical Review
- Arrange the following journals in chronological order: A. The Tatler B. The Examiner (Leigh Hunt's) C. Defoe's The Review D. The Spectator
- In which magazine did Charles Lamb's essays under the pseudonym 'Elia' appear?
- Which journal was launched at Bowling Green State University in the late 1960s?
- In which two plays does the blind seer Tiresias appear? A. Oedipus the King B. Agamemnon C. Antigone D. Oedipus at Colonus
- Who instruct Faustus in the dark arts?
- Which statement about the printing of Shakespeare's plays is correct?
- Spenser's letter to Sir Walter Raleigh explaining The Faerie Queene was:
- Arrange the following plays in chronological order: A. The Tempest B. All for Love C. Volpone D. The School for Scandal
- Match List I with List II: List I: Poet List II: Poem A. John Donne I. 'The Retreat' B. Andrew Marvell II. 'A Valediction: Of Weeping' C. George Herbert III. 'The Garden' D. Henry Vaughan IV. 'The Collar'
- Arrange the following prose works in chronological order: A. Carlyle, Past and Present B. Hobbes, Leviathan C. Ruskin, Unto This Last D. Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson
- When Milton recast Paradise Lost from ten books into twelve in 1674, whose model did he follow?
- Which two of the following are Defoe's historical narratives? A. History of the Rebellion B. A Meditation upon a Broomstick C. A Journal of the Plague Year D. Memoirs of a Cavalier
- Which two of the following are odes in the Horatian manner? A. Jonson, 'To the Immortal Memory… of Sir Lucius Cary and Sir H. Morison' B. Marvell, 'An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland' C. Pope, 'Ode on S…
- In which act of The Way of the World does the 'proviso scene' between Mirabell and Millamant occur?
- In Browning's 'Caliban upon Setebos', Setebos is:
- Match List I with List II: List I: Novel List II: Character A. Barnaby Rudge I. Miss La Creevy B. Little Dorrit II. Dolly Varden C. Nicholas Nickleby III. Mrs Boffin D. Our Mutual Friend IV. Mrs Flintwinch (Affery)
- Mr Pumblechook is a character in:
- Which two of the following were published in 1859? A. On the Origin of Species B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland D. Silas Marner