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English · UNIT 08

Reading Comprehension – Previous Year Questions

169 questions from past UGC NET English papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.

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  1. In terms of Indian poetics (rupaka, metaphor), the poem is an example of:
    Answer: A. Paramparita rupaka (consequential metaphor), where one superimposition causes a… English · December 2023
  2. What is the gender of the addressee in the poem?
    Answer: B. Masculine English · December 2023
  3. What is the upameya (the object compared) in the poem?
    Answer: A. The addressee English · December 2023
  4. What is the upamana (the standard of comparison) in the poem?
    Answer: D. A summer's day English · December 2023
  5. Which statement shows the relationship of upameya with upamana in the poem?
    Answer: A. The upameya is superior to the upamana English · December 2023
  6. It is easier to find words for ideas than for forces because:
    Answer: B. Forces are embedded in ideas English · December 2023
  7. Why does the author say that 'the tension must be conveyed and must be sustained'?
    Answer: C. Because tension is often an important clue to the meaning of a poem English · December 2023
  8. What is possible in the analysis of a poem if the forces are included in the ideas?
    Answer: A. The ideas can be defined easily English · December 2023
  9. Which of the following is NOT correct in relation to a poem?
    Answer: B. Forces can be discussed in terms of ambiguity English · December 2023
  10. What does the term 'logical connectives' mean?
    Answer: C. The statement of logical form in addition to logical context English · December 2023
  11. Which one of the following statements is true?
    Answer: B. The poem is concerned with humans' propensity to go to war despite the catastro… English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  12. The last line, 'Breed, crowd, encroach, expand, expunge yourself, die out', contains which figurative device?
    Answer: C. Alliteration English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  13. What is the meaning of 'putrescent'?
    Answer: A. Decomposed English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  14. In the context of the overall content, the title 'Apostrophe to Man' is:
    Answer: B. ironic and satirical English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  15. What does 'detestable' mean in the poem?
    Answer: B. Contemptible English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  16. 'Everyday life' as a theory deals with:
    Answer: B. Events that are mundane and steeped in banality English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  17. In the passage, de Certeau's theory of everyday life offers a site of ___ the dominant.
    Answer: B. resisting English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  18. What is the meaning of 'quotidian'?
    Answer: C. Daily practices English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  19. Which of the following is NOT related to the meaning of 'interstice'?
    Answer: A. Monolithic English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  20. Why is everyday-life study regarded as a science of the 'small'?
    Answer: D. Because it deals with events that are part of our mundane processes and practic… English · June 2023 (Shift 2)
  21. The person described in the poem is:
    Answer: C. a believer English · June 2023 (Shift 1)
  22. The person described in the poem is sympathetic to:
    Answer: C. disabled dogs and wounded birds English · June 2023 (Shift 1)
  23. The poem uses:
    Answer: A. cartographic and nature images English · June 2023 (Shift 1)
  24. The third line of the poem suggests something about:
    Answer: A. the complexion of the person English · June 2023 (Shift 1)
  25. The person described in the poem:
    Answer: A. is alive English · June 2023 (Shift 1)
  26. 'The methodology of practical criticism seeks coherence in images, themes and patterns of language.' What is the implication of this statement?
    Answer: C. Practical criticism evaluates texts by a purely literary mode of inquiry, witho… English · June 2023 (Shift 1)
  27. The purpose of I. A. Richards's 'practical criticism' was to:
    Answer: B. usher in an objective approach to the study of texts English · June 2023 (Shift 1)
  28. In the context of the passage, what does 'literary canon' imply?
    Answer: C. A selection of literary texts established as part of a great tradition English · June 2023 (Shift 1)
  29. What kind of value judgement did practical criticism promote?
    Answer: D. Evaluating value in terms of universal truths English · June 2023 (Shift 1)
  30. In the context of the passage, close reading implies:
    Answer: D. reading a text by focusing on its words and technical aspects English · June 2023 (Shift 1)