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 history plays are NOT by Shakespeare? A. Henry the Third B. Richard the Third C. Richard the Second D. Richard the Second E. Henry the Fifth F. Richard the Fifth
- Who was called 'the Lady of Christ's' at Cambridge?
- Which of the following plays did Fletcher write with Francis Beaumont? A. The Faithful Shepherdess B. The Loyal Subject C. Cupid's Revenge D. The Pilgrim E. The Maid's Tragedy
- Match List I with List II: List I: Comedy List II: Dramatist A. The Man of Mode I. Sir John Vanbrugh B. The Country Wife II. William Congreve C. The Old Bachelor III. William Wycherley D. The Provoked Wife IV. Sir Georg…
- Sir Thomas Browne's longest work, Pseudodoxia Epidemica or Vulgar Errors (1646), deals with:
- Which periodical did Steele (with Addison) start after The Spectator closed?
- What is the title of Mary Wollstonecraft's autobiographical novel?
- 'There is / One great society alone on earth: / The noble Living and the noble Dead' occurs in:
- 'France: An Ode' was written by:
- Who was NOT one of the Lake Poets?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Work List II: Poet A. Idylls of the King I. Elizabeth Barrett Browning B. Dramatic Lyrics II. A. C. Swinburne C. Sonnets from the Portuguese III. Alfred Tennyson D. Poems and Ballads I…
- Which novelist wrote: 'Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult'?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Novelist List II: Novel A. Fanny Burney I. Agnes Grey B. Anne Brontë II. The Good Earth C. Pearl S. Buck III. My Son's Story D. Nadine Gordimer IV. Evelina
- Who said that 'the artistic critic, like the mystic, is an antinomian always'?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Quotation List II: Novelist A. 'Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.' I. D. H. Lawrence B. 'Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion…
- Who coined the terms 'inscape' and 'instress'?
- Who was NOT a member of the Bloomsbury Group?
- Who first applied 'stream of consciousness' to literature?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Prize / office List II: Year begun A. Booker Prize I. 1917 B. Pulitzer Prize II. 1901 C. Nobel Prize III. 1668 D. Poet Laureate (UK) IV. 1968
- Arrange the following books in chronological order of publication: A. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire B. Northern Lights C. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe D. The Hobbit E. Lord of the Flies
- Arrange the following plays by Shaw in chronological order: A. Pygmalion B. Man and Superman C. Arms and the Man D. Too True to Be Good E. Saint Joan
- Match List I with List II: List I: Theatre List II: Associated figure A. Abbey Theatre I. Martin Esslin B. Theatre of the Absurd II. W. B. Yeats C. Hope Theatre III. Jean-Jacques Bernard D. Theatre of Silence IV. Philip…
- Who was NOT one of the 'Angry Young Men'?
- Which is NOT a novel by Jean Rhys?
- Arrange the following Agatha Christie novels in chronological order: A. Death on the Nile B. Murder on the Orient Express C. Sparkling Cyanide D. The Mysterious Affair at Styles E. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- Which of the following won the Nobel Prize in Literature? A. Orhan Pamuk B. Somerset Maugham C. Harold Pinter D. Margaret Atwood E. Herta Müller
- Who composed the poem 'The Phoenix and the Turtle'?
- Name the poet who composed the following poems: A. 'A Hymn to God the Father' B. 'Elegy on Mistress Bulstrode' C. 'Hymn to God my God, in my Sickness' D. 'A Valediction: of Weeping'
- 'My love is of a birth as rare / As 'tis for object strange and high; / It was begotten by despair / Upon impossibility.' Name the poem.
- Who composed 'A Red, Red Rose'?