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
- In which year was Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty' composed?
- Who is the author of the pandemic fiction The Last Man?
- Choose the correct order of publication of Thomas Carlyle's works: A. The French Revolution: A History B. 'Signs of the Times' C. Chartism D. 'Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question' E. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and…
- Arrange the following texts chronologically on the basis of date of publication: A. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein B. Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own C. Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman D. Germaine Gre…
- Which of the following is NOT among the 'positive evils' of Walter Scott as a novelist?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Work List II: Character A. Martin Chuzzlewit I. John Durbeyfield B. The Doctor's Dilemma II. Harry C. Tess of the d'Urbervilles III. Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington D. The Family Reunio…
- Which of the following statements about Rudyard Kipling are true? A. He was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay. B. He received the Nobel Prize in 1907. C. The Jungle Books comprise four collections. D. The stories are o…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Author List II: Work A. Nigel Dennis I. 'Technique as Discovery' B. George Orwell II. The Gay Science C. Mark Schorer III. Cards of Identity D. Friedrich Nietzsche IV. Down and Out in…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Author List II: Work A. Ann Radcliffe I. The Deserted Village B. Oliver Goldsmith II. The Romance of the Forest C. A. C. Swinburne III. The Vision of Judgment D. Lord Byron IV. The Sis…
- Arrange the following texts in chronological order: A. George Eliot, Middlemarch B. Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier C. Virginia Woolf, Night and Day D. E. M. Forster, A Passage to India E. Joseph Conrad, Heart of Dark…
- Arrange the following works of D. H. Lawrence in order of publication: A. The Rainbow B. Kangaroo C. Women in Love D. Sons and Lovers E. The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
- Which of the following texts is NOT based on disability?
- Which of the following statements are NOT true? A. Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell, won the 2023 International Booker Prize. B. The Booker Prize is awarded for the best sustained work of f…
- Choose the two statements that aptly describe Renaissance humanism: A. It prepared man for eternal life. B. It was anthropocentric. C. It was more theological. D. It rejected the distinction between the noumenal and the…
- Which of the following statements are true of liberal humanism? A. Language is not constitutive of reality. B. There is no fixed or absolute truth. C. The mind is empty and inquiry into art is objective. D. Language sha…
- Indicate the correct chronological order of the following literary works: A. Beowulf B. Divina Commedia C. Summa Theologica D. Le Morte d'Arthur E. The Canterbury Tales
- Which of the following characteristics of She Stoops to Conquer is NOT correct?
- Which of the following was the immediate predecessor of drama proper?
- Prose romances preceded the emergence of the novel. Which texts fall under the category of prose romance?
- Name the poet who composed the following poems: A. 'The Divine Image' B. 'Holy Thursday' C. 'The Little Boy Lost' D. 'The Little Boy Found'
- According to Greek mythology, who is Psyche in Keats's 'Ode to Psyche'?
- Identify the poet of the following poems: 'The Skylark', 'The Badger', 'The Gypsy Camp', 'First Love'.
- Which of the following poems was not composed by P. B. Shelley?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Character List II: Novel A. Christophine I. Wuthering Heights B. Zillah II. Wide Sargasso Sea C. Estella III. Things Fall Apart D. Ekwefi IV. Great Expectations
- Which of the following statements are true about Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights? A. It was published in 1847. B. It was published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. C. Lockwood and Catherine Linton are the main narrators…
- Which of the following is not a character in Jane Austen's Persuasion?
- Which of Thomas Hardy's novels was first serialised in abridged form as Hearts Insurgent?
- Which two cities are referred to in Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities?
- What is the correct order of publication of the following novels of Charles Dickens? A. Great Expectations B. Hard Times C. Oliver Twist D. David Copperfield E. A Tale of Two Cities
- Match List I with List II: List I: Novel List II: Subtitle A. The Castle of Otranto I. A Pure Woman B. Tess of the d'Urbervilles II. The Modern Prometheus C. Frankenstein III. A Novel without a Hero D. Vanity Fair IV. A…