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
- Arrange the following poems of Thomas Hardy in chronological order: A. 'Channel Firing' B. 'The Darkling Thrush' C. 'In Time of "The Breaking of Nations"' D. 'He Never Expected Much' E. 'A Trampwoman's Tragedy'
- Which novel by D. H. Lawrence led to the obscenity trial and acquittal of Penguin Books?
- Arrange the following poems of Louis MacNeice in chronological order: A. 'Sunday Morning' B. 'Bagpipe Music' C. 'Star-gazer' D. 'Entirely' E. 'Prayer Before Birth'
- Which poet, an admirer of Lawrence from an early age, wrote in a letter that after reading Sons and Lovers he felt ready to die?
- Which of the following poetry collections were NOT written by Philip Larkin? A. The North Ship B. The Less Deceived C. The Whitsun Weddings D. Death of a Naturalist E. Responsibilities
- Who wrote Lear, an adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear?
- Which is Beryl Bainbridge's first novel?
- Who was a famous seventeenth-century diarist?
- With which of the following periodicals was Joseph Addison associated? A. The London Magazine B. The Spectator C. The Gentleman's Magazine D. The Tatler E. The Rambler
- Which of the following periodicals were founded or edited by Charles Dickens? A. North and South B. The Newcomes C. Household Words D. The Way We Live Now E. All the Year Round
- Who among the following was NOT an original member of Johnson's Literary Club?
- Who wrote Out on Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century?
- Who among the following is an early Tudor poet?
- During a 1613 performance of which play did the Globe Theatre burn down?
- Which two of the following plays were written by Ben Jonson? A. Flowers for Latin Speaking B. The Devil Is an Ass C. Sappho and Phao D. The Woman in the Moon E. The Staple of News
- Who built the Red Lion playhouse in Stepney in 1567?
- Which of the following statements about Religio Laici are true? A. John Dryden wrote Religio Laici. B. It strongly criticises the Anglican Church. C. Religio Laici means 'A Layman's Faith'. D. It was published in 1690.…
- Which of Milton's works adapts the form of Greek tragedy?
- Which playwrights collaborated on Three Hours after Marriage? A. John Gay B. John Dryden C. Alexander Pope D. William Congreve E. John Arbuthnot
- Which of the following are works by Richard Brinsley Sheridan? A. Richelieu B. St Patrick's Day C. The Duenna D. The Citizen of the World E. Irene
- Statement I: Wordsworth's 'Ode: Intimations of Immortality' was published in 1807. Statement II: It sums up his philosophy of childhood.
- Arrange the following in chronological order of publication: A. W. H. Auden, 'September 1, 1939' B. George Herbert, 'The Collar' C. Lord Byron, Beppo D. John Milton, Paradise Lost E. Seamus Heaney, Seeing Things
- From which novel is the passage in which Pip leaves the ruined place hand in hand with a companion and 'saw no shadow of another parting' taken?
- In which Jane Austen novel does Captain Frederick Wentworth appear?
- What is Adam in George Eliot's Adam Bede?
- Which of the following writers are called Edwardian novelists? A. George Eliot B. Arnold Bennett C. H. G. Wells D. E. M. Forster E. Robert Louis Stevenson
- Match List I with List II: List I: Author List II: Work A. George Meredith I. The Virginians B. George Eliot II. Scenes of Clerical Life C. Charlotte Brontë III. Evan Harrington D. W. M. Thackeray IV. The Professor
- Arrange the following novels in chronological order: A. Tess of the d'Urbervilles B. Kim C. The Old Wives' Tale D. The Time Machine E. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Which of the following figures are named in 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'? A. Ezra Pound B. Michelangelo C. Valerie Eliot D. Hamlet E. Walt Whitman
- Who wrote Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque?