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 two of the following are section titles in De Quincey's The English Mail-Coach? A. The Glory of Mobility B. The Vision of Sudden Death C. The Glory of Motion D. The Vision of Unexpected Truth
- Which two of the following poems are dramatic monologues? A. Tennyson, 'Ulysses' B. Larkin, 'Church Going' C. Carol Ann Duffy, 'Medusa' D. Katherine Philips, 'A Married State'
- Which two of the following poems are by Robert Browning? A. 'Locksley Hall' B. 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' C. 'The Lady of Shalott' D. 'Two in the Campagna'
- Arrange the following novelists in order of birth: A. Anne Brontë B. Jane Austen C. Ann Radcliffe D. Fanny Burney E. Maria Edgeworth
- In which novel is Harold Skimpole a character?
- Which Sherlock Holmes story refers to a significant event in English history?
- Arrange the following novels in chronological order of publication: A. Crome Yellow B. Sons and Lovers C. Mrs Dalloway D. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Which two of the following texts are associated with literary feminism? A. Jamaica Kincaid, A Small Place B. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper C. Jane Austen, Emma D. Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
- In Waiting for Godot, who says 'Astride of a grave and a difficult birth'?
- Which game do the characters play in Act II of The Birthday Party?
- Which of the following is most appropriately true of Pinter's plays?
- Which Larkin poem deals with the trauma of a rape victim?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Line List II: Yeats poem A. 'Monuments of unageing intellect' I. 'Leda and the Swan' B. 'In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart' II. 'Adam's Curse' C. 'So mastered by the brute blo…
- Which of Heaney's bog poems contains the line 'Murdered, forgotten, nameless, terrible'?
- The lives of which writers were the subject of novels by Anthony Burgess? A. Milton B. Marlowe C. Shelley D. Keats
- Match List I with List II: List I: Novelist List II: Novel A. Thomas Pynchon I. G. B. Howard Jacobson II. V. C. Anthony Burgess III. J D. John Berger IV. M/F
- Which novel contains a questionnaire for the reader?
- Which two events are described in Pepys's Diary? A. The Plague in London B. The Great Fire of London C. The War of the Spanish Succession D. The Essex Rebellion
- Which two writers inspired the periodical essay? A. Robert Burton B. François Rabelais C. Francis Bacon D. Michel de Montaigne
- Arrange the following periodicals in chronological order: A. The Critical Review B. The Monthly Review C. The Gentleman's Magazine D. The Rambler
- Which journal publishes articles exclusively on critical theory?