Indian Writing in English – Previous Year Questions
226 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: Author List II: Work A. Cornelia Sorabji I. Between the Twilights B. Krupabai Satthianadhan II. The Hindoo Wife C. Raj Lakshmi Debi III. Nectar in a Sieve D. Kamala Markandaya IV. Sagu…
- Which of the following is a short story by the International Booker winner Geetanjali Shree?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Author List II: Novel A. Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi I. Almost Single B. Advaita Kala II. Love Over Coffee C. Amrit Shetty III. The Zoya Factor D. Anuja Chauhan IV. The Lost Flamingoes…
- Which of the following statements about writers of the Indian diaspora are correct? A. Bharati Mukherjee's novels present a split diasporic subject. B. Rohinton Mistry belongs to the Parsi community, which left Persia t…
- Statement I: M. N. Srinivas's The Remembered Village gives ethnographic detail of Rampura near Mysore. Statement II: It stresses the importance of economic freedom for mass upliftment.
- Which of the following Booker-winning novels have been made into films? A. Life of Pi B. The Remains of the Day C. Milkman D. The Sellout E. The Inheritance of Loss
- Which of the following pairs are correct? A. Kalidasa – Amoghavarsha B. Bhavabhuti – Uttararamacharita C. Bhasa – Urubhanga D. Rajashekhara – Rajatarangini E. Somadeva – Kathasaritsagara
- Uttararamacharita, based on Valmiki's Ramayana, was written by:
- The Vachana movement in Kannada literature stood for:
- Which of the following books were written by Nirad C. Chaudhuri? A. The Continent of Circe B. The Principal Upanishads C. A Passage to England D. Our New Rulers E. The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
- Match List I with List II: List I: Text List II: Year A. The Empire Writes Back I. 1990 B. Nation and Narration II. 1993 C. Culture and Imperialism III. 1989 D. The Twice Born Fiction IV. 1971
- Women of Palestine (1982) and Indian Women in Struggle (1980) deal with:
- Which postcolonial critics drew on Lacan, Foucault and Derrida in critiquing Eurocentrism? A. Homi K. Bhabha B. Gayatri Spivak C. Abdul JanMohamed D. Edward Said E. Aimé Césaire
- Rama's Banishment, edited by Vijay Mishra, deals with the history of the Fiji Indians over a period of:
- Match List I with List II: List I: Author List II: Work A. Perumal Murugan I. The Adivasi Will Not Dance B. Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar II. The Weave of My Life C. Baby Kamble III. One Part Woman D. Urmila Pawar IV. The Pr…
- Dev Virahsawmy's Toufann is an adaptation of which Shakespeare play?
- Which Article of the Constitution allowed English to be used alongside Hindi for official purposes for fifteen years?
- Which of the following poetry collections are NOT by Meena Alexander? (A) River and Bridge (B) Articulate Silences (C) Raw Silk (D) Stone Roots (E) A Time to Change
- Which of the following is NOT part of Amitav Ghosh's Ibis trilogy?
- Which of the following novels were published in the 1980s or 1990s? A. Vikram Chandra, Red Earth and Pouring Rain B. Amitav Ghosh, The Circle of Reason C. Githa Hariharan, The Ghosts of Vasu Master D. V. S. Naipaul, Mig…
- Subramani's The Fantasy Eaters (1988) is a:
- Match List I with List II: List I: Naturalist List II: Book A. Salim Ali I. Wild Beauty B. Jim Corbett II. The Fall of a Sparrow C. Kailash Sankhala III. Nights and Days: My Book of Indian Wildlife D. M. Krishnan IV. My…
- Which of the following author–title pairs are correct? A. The Boyfriend – Juliette Banerjee B. Nude Therapy – Margaret Chatterjee C. The Other Woman and Other Stories – Dina Mehta D. The Yankee and the Yogi – B. G. Sidh…
- Which sequence of Naipaul's books is in chronological order?
- Naipaul's The Writer and the World is:
- What is the title of Gaiutra Bahadur's book about her great-grandmother's indenture?
- Which of the following belong to science fiction or speculative fiction? A. Vandana Singh, The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet B. Tehmina Durrani, Blasphemy C. Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses D. Priya Sarukkai Cha…
- Which concepts are associated with Bhartrhari's theory of sphota? A. Rasa B. Alankara C. Dhvani D. Vakrokti E. Shabda-Brahman
- In which language is the Tolkappiyam written?
- Who wrote 'Three Women's Texts and a Critique of Imperialism' (1985)?