UGC NET Paper 2 — English

Name the British poet who wrote Sohrab and Rustum :

Three satirical stories by W.M. Thackeray portraying unhappy marriage and exploitation of one partner by the other, are titled as -

Who said that an author has no claim to original thought but only to apt presentation of what was already being thought by others?

Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Poem) A. To His Coy Mistress B. The Scholar Gypsy C. Still I Rise D. If List - II (Poet) I. Rudyard Kipling II. Andrew Marvel III. Matthew...

The poetic line "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" appears in :

What is the correct order of publication of the novels of Charles Dickens? (A) Great Expectations (B) Hard Times (C) Oliver Twist (D) David Copperfield (E) A Tale of Two Cities Cho...

Who among the following was not a proponent of Oxford Movement?

Choose the correct statements amongst the following: A. Macaulay was the practical man of affairs, helping and rejoicing in the progress of his beloved country. B. Ruskin was like...

Match List I with List - II. List - I (Novel) (A) The Castle of Otranto (B) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (C) Frankenstein (D) Vanity Fair List - II (Subtitle) (I) A Pure Woman (II) Th...

Choose the correct statements. A. English literature was first offered as a subject of study at King's College, London in 1831. B. English was first offered as a subject of study i...

Which of the following novels of Thomas Hardy was first published in an abridged form as Hearts Insurgent?

Which among the following statements are true about Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights? (A) This novel was published in 1847. (B) Emily Bronte published this novel under the pseudony...

Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Original name) A. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson B. Mary Ann Evans C. Eric Arthur Blair D. Samuel Langhorne Clemens List - II (Penname / Pseudony...

Who among the following were associated with Metaphysical Society founded in 1869 by Sir James Knowles? A. Robert Browning B. T.H. Huxley C. Alfred Tennyson D. Mathew Arnold E. Wil...

Which among the following are the titles of the periodicals? (A) Dickens' Household Words (B) S.T. Coleridge' Friend (C) Richard Steele's Guardian (D) Franz Kafka's The Metamorphos...

Sherlock Holmes, the greatest of all fictional detectives, made his first appearance in which one of the following novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

Which of the following statements is not true about Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea ?

The Two Nations is the subtitle of :

The line - "He who works for sweetness and light united, works to make reason and the will of God prevail", occurs in:

Who among the following were associated with Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood?

Arrange the following works of Thomas Hardy in order of their publication: A. The Trumpet Major B. The Hand of Ethelberta C. Tess of the D'Urbervilles D. The Woodlanders E. The Ret...

Arrange the following works of Thomas Hardy in order of their publication: A. The Trumpet Major B. The Hand of Ethelberta C. Tess of the D' Urbervilles D. The Woodlanders E. The Re...

"The Princess: A Medley" by Tennyson is

In which year was R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island published?

What did Matthew Arnold imply by the term "Hebraism" in his Culture and Anarchy?

"So the baby was carried in a small deal box, under an ancient woman's shawl, to the churchyard that night, and buried by lantern-light, at the cost of a shilling, and a pint of be...

Which of the following works of Browning are pure dramas?

Which of the following two poems are linked with each other in terms of form?

Which of the following works have NOT been written by Thomas Carlyle?

Which of the following works have been written by Thomas Carlyle? A) Of Heroes and Hero-Worship B) The French Revolution C) Of Human Bondage D) The Hour and the Man E) Hudibras

Which of the following works have NOT been authored by John Stuart Mill? A) Subjection of Women B) Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform C) Past and Present D) Explorations E) On Libert...

Which of the following are correctly matched? A) John Keble - On the Healing Power of Poetry

Arrange the following poets in accordance with their years of birth. A) Rudyard Kipling B) Robert Browning C) John Masefield D) A) E) Housman E) John Donne

Find the chronological order of publication of the given works: A) Darwin's Origin of Species B) Macaulay's "Essay on Milton" C) Stevenson's Treasure Island D) Browning's "Pauline"

Find the chronological order of the writers in terms of their years of birth: A) Jane Austen B) Henry Fielding C) James M. Barrie D) Richard Doddridge Blackmore E) William Makepeac...

Find the chronological order of publication of Charles Dickens's novels: A) Oliver Twist B) Dombey and Sons C) Pickwick Papers D) Bleak House E) David Copperfield

Find the chronological order of publication of Charles Dickens's novels: A) Oliver Twist B) Dombey and Sons

Arrange the works in chronological sequence: A) Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy B) Thomas Browne's The Anatomy of Melancholy C) Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan D) Walter Pater's Stud...

Choose the correct answer from the options given below: C) Pickwick Papers D) Bleak House E) David Copperfield