UPKAR'S UGC NET/JRF/SET ENGLISH (Paper - II & III)

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by  Dr. B. B. Jain

UPKAR'S
UGC
NET/JRF/SET
ENGLISH
(Paper - II & III)

By
DR. B. B. JAIN
M. A., Ph. D.
(Retd.) Professor and Head
Department of English Studies and Research
Agra College, Agra

Revised & Enlarged Edition

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PREFACE

This book has been specially written for the candidates preparing for the UGC-NET/JRF/SET
and other competitive examinations of the same level. It covers the latest revised and updated
syllabus and pattern of papers prescribed by the UGC for Paper-II and Paper-III for the above
noted examinations. The Book consists of two parts. Part-I deals with Paper-II and Part-II with
Paper-III. Though there is not much change in the syllabus, the structures of the Papers,
specially of Paper-III, have been completely changed. The new structures will come into force
with effect from the ensuing examination. As such the candidates preparing for this examination
on the old patterns of the papers may come to disappointment. This book has been prepared
strictly according to the new structures of the papers.

Part-I: This part covering Paper-II covers all the Literary Ages in the History of English
Literature in the Objective Questions-Form from the Pre-Chaucerian Age to the Modern Age,
together with the American, Indo-Anglian and Greek, Latin and other non-British English
Literature of European countries. It also has two chapters on Literary Theory and Criticism and
Rhetoric and Prosody in the Objective Questions-form as required by the UGC. All types of
Objective Questions, such as Multiple-Choice Questions, True or False Type, Matching-Type
and Assertion-Reasoning Type Questions have been given in each chapter of the book. Answers
to all the questions have been given at the end of each chapter.

A special feature of this part of the book, which makes it distinct from other books written within
the same parameters, is that in it each Literary Age has been introduced with a brief but highly
informative survey of the Age together with its broad features, its important historical and
literary events and a genre-wise complete list of the important authors and their works. Thus this
part is both a Chronological as well as an Objective-Type History of English Literature at the
same time.

Part-II: Covering Paper-III

The New Structure of the Paper

The Paper is divided into four Sections:

Section I: Comprehension of a given Passage

Under this Section a passage in Prose or Poetry will be given and 5 Questions of 5 marks each
will be asked on the given passage. The candidate will be required to
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answer each question in upto 30 words each. Thus this Section will carry 5 x 5 = 25 marks.

Section II: Very Short Questions and Answers

Under this Section 15 Questions of definitional or informative type will be asked. Each question
will carry 5 marks. There will be no internal choice, and the candidate will be required to
answer all the 15 Questions, each question in upto 30 words. Thus, this Section will carry 15 x
5 = 75 marks. In this book 140 such questions and their answers, covering the entire history of
English Literature, have been given.

Section III: Elective/Specialization Choice

There are five Elective/Specialization choices proposed under this Section, and the candidate is
free to choose any one of them. The most popular choice (Elective V) prescribed in the syllabi
of practically all the universities is one on Literary Theory and Criticism. Therefore this
Elective choice has been thoroughly dealt with in this book from the Elizabethan Age to the
present day in the chronological order. More than ninety such questions and their answers have
been given in this book. The candidate will be required to attempt only 5 Questions, each
carrying 12 marks. Each question will be required to be answered in upto 200 words. There
will be no internal choice. Thus, this Section will carry 5 x 12 = 60 marks.

Section IV: Essay-Writing

Under this Section the candidate will be required to write an essay on any one literary topic in
upto 1000 words. Internal choice will be provided in this Section. The Essay will carry 40
marks. Thirty Full-length Essays have been given in this book.

Two Model Papers have been given at the end of the book.

I am confident that this book will meet all the requirements of the candidates according to the
latest syllabus and structure of the Paper.

—Dr. B. B. Jain
CONTENTS

- Previous Year's Solved Paper

Part-I : Paper-II

Pages
Chapter 1: The Period upto Chaucer.

— The Age at a Glance 2
— Important Events of the Age 3
— Major Authors of the Age 4
— Important Works of the Major Authors 4
— Multiple-Choice Questions 6
— True or False Type Questions 9
— Type Questions 10
— Assertion-Reasoning Type Questions 10
— Answers 11

Chapter 2: The Age of Shakespeare.

— The Age at a Glance 12
— Important Events of the Age 13
— Major Authors of the Age 14
— Important Works of the Major Authors 14
— Multiple-Choice Questions 17
— True or False Type Questions 21
— Matching-Type Questions 21
— Assertion-Reasoning Type Questions 22
— Answers 22

Chapter 3: Jacobean to Restoration Period.

— The Period at a Glance 23
— Important Events of the Period 23
— Major Authors of the Period 24
— Works of the Major Authors 24
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— Multiple-Choice Questions 27
— True or False Type Questions 30
— Matching-Type Questions 31
— -Reasoning Type Questions 31
— Answers 32

Chapter 4: The Augustan Age.

— The Age at a Glance 33
— Important Events of the Age 35
— Major Authors of the Age 37
— Important Works of the Major Authors 38
— Multiple-Choice Questions 40
— True or False Type Questions 43
— Matching-Type Questions 44
— Assertion-Reasoning Type Questions 44
— Answers 45

Chapter 5: The Romantic Period.

— The Age at a Glance, 46
— Important Events of the Age 47
— Major Authors of the Age 49
— Important Works of the Major Authors 50
— Multiple-Choice Questions 53
— True or False Type Questions 57
— Matching-Type Questions 57
— Assertion-Reasoning Type Questions 58
— Answers 58

Chapter 6: The Victorian Period.

— The Age at a Glance 59
— Important Events of the Age 60
— Major Authors of the Age 62
— Important Works of the Major Authors 62
— Multiple-Choice Questions 66
— True or False Type Questions 70
— Matching-Type Questions 71
— Assertion-Reasoning Type Questions 71
— Answers 72
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Chapter 7: The Modern Age.

— The Age at a Glance 73
— Important Events of the Age 74
— Major Authors of the Age 75
— Important Works of the Major Authors 77
— Multiple-Choice Questions 82
— True or False Type Questions 85
— Matching-Type Questions 86
— Assertion-Reasoning Type Questions 86
— Answers 87

Chapter 8: American, Indo-Anglian and Other Non-British Literatures

(1) American Literature 88
— Multiple-Choice Questions 88
— Answers 92
(2) Indo-Anglian Literature 92
— Multiple-Choice Questions 92
— Matching-Type Questions 95
— Answers 95
(3) Greek, Latin and Other Non-British Literatures 96
— Multiple-Choice Questions 96
— Matching-Type Questions 98
— Answers 98

Chapter 9: Literary Theory and Criticism.

Multiple-Choice Questions 99
Matching-Type Questions 102
Answers 103

Chapter 10: Rhetoric and Prosody.

— Multiple-Choice Questions 104
— Answers 106

- Now Test Yourself 107-132

Test Paper 1 107
Test Paper 2 112
Test Paper 3 117
Test Paper 4 122
Test Paper 5 128
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Part-II: Paper-III

Section I: Comprehension of Prose and Poetry Passages

Prose Passages

Passage 1 3
Passage 2 4
Passage 3 5
Passage 4 6
Passage 5 7
Passage 6 8
Passage 7 9
Passage 8 10
Passage 9 11
Passage 10 13

Poetry Passages

Passage 11 14
Passage 12 15
Passage 13 16
Passage 14 17
Passage 15 18
Passage 16 19
Passage 17 20
Passage 18 21
Passage 19 22
Passage 20 23

Prose and Poetry Passages for Practice

Prose Passages from 1 to 15 25-40
Poetry Passages from 16 to 30 40-54

Section II: Short Questions and Answers

1. What is Renaissance? 55
2. What is Reformation? 55
3. What is Humanism? 55
4. Why are the Poets called ‘Votes’? 55
5. What is the significance of Lang land's The Vision of Piers the Plowman? 55
6. What is Tottel's Miscellany? 55
7. How does Sidney defend Poetry? 55
8. What is Arnold's view of the Future of Poetry? 55
9. What is Wordsworth's Definition of Poetry? 55
10. What is Arnold's view of Morality in Poetry? 56
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11. What is meant by Keats's concept of 'Negative Capability'? 56
12. On what grounds does Shelley call the Poets 'Unacknowledged Legislators
of the World’? 56
13. What is meant by 'Poetic Justice’? 56
14. What is meant by 'Poetic Licence’? 56
15. What is an Epic? 56
16. Define an Epic 56
17. What is a Mock Epic? 56
18. What is a Sonnet? 56
19. What is an Ode? 56
20. What is a Pindaric Ode? 56
21. What is a Lyric? 57
22. What is an Idyll? 57
23. What is a Pastoral? 57
24. What is an Elegy? 57
25. What is a Pastoral Elegy? 57
26. What is a Ballad? 57
27. What is Satire? 57
28. What is Drama? 57
29. What is a Miracle Play? 57
30. What is a Mystery Play? 57
31. What is a Morality Play? 57
32. What is an Interlude? 58
33. What is a Tragedy? 58
34. Give Aristotle's Definition of Tragedy 58
35. What is meant by Catharsis? 58
36. What is meant by Hamartia? 58
37. What is meant by Peripeteia? 58
38. What is meant by Catastrophe? 58
39. What is meant by Recognition in a Tragedy? 58
40. What is meant by Soliloquy? 58
41. What is a Melodrama? 58
42. What is a Tragi-Comedy? 58
43. What is meant by Denouement? 58
44. What is a Comedy? 59
45. What is a Romantic Comedy? 59
46. What is a Comedy of Humours? 59
47. What is a Comedy of Manners or Restoration Comedy? 59
48. What is a Sentimental Comedy? 59
49. What is a Farce? 59
50. What is a Masque? 59
51. What is a Poetic Play? 59
52. What is a Chronicle or Historical Play? 59
53. What is a Dramatic Monologue? 59