UGC NET Paper 2 — English
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11 questions shown from 2023 in 17th Century.
"What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallowed Reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid?" These lines are...
"When nature prompted and no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then Israel's monarch after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives an...
Who wrote the popular instruction manual for fishermen titled The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation?
Samuel Pepys' claim to fame rests on his
The pamphlet The Power of Love (1643) proclaiming the importance of brotherhood as a means of achieving a radical change in social relationships was written by.
Which of the playwrights have been correctly matched with their works? A) William Wycherly - The Rivals B) Ben Jonson - Volpone, or the Fox C) William Congreve - The Country Wife D...
John Bunyan authored the following: A) The Pilgrim's Progress B) Grace Abounding C) Short View D) The Holy War E) Thoughts on Education Choose the correct answer from the options g...
Choose the correct chronological sequence in which the following texts were written. A) Lycidas B) Hero and Leander C) Masque of Comus D) Paradise Lost E) The Waste Land
Find the chronological order of the writers in terms of the period they belonged to: A) Richard Steele B) Charles Lamb C) John Dryden
Arrange the works in the chronological order of the staging/ publication of the following plays: A) A Woman Killed with Kindness B) John Bull's Other Island C) The Double Dealer D)...
Find the chronological order of publication of the given works: A) Boswell's Life of Johnson B) Hobbes's Leviathan C) Pepys's Diary D) Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress E) Locke's Human...