List of top Questions asked in CUET (PG)

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I (Author)} & \textbf{List-II (Novel)} \\ \hline \text{(A). Allen Sealy} & \text{(I). The Calcutta Choromosome} \\ \hline \text{(B). Salman Rushdie} & \text{(II). The Everest Hotel} \\ \hline \text{(C). Amitav Ghosh} & \text{(III). The Golden Gate} \\ \hline \text{(D). Vikram Seth} & \text{(IV). Grimus} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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"Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned."
Which form of poetry would the afore-mentioned lines be classified as? Choose the most appropriate answer.

Which of the following options are correct with regard to Postmodernism?
(A). Focus on classical themes of heroism
(B). Promotes the idea of multiple perspectives
(C). Challenges grand narratives
(D). Focus on metafiction and intertextuality
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Arrange the following Jnanpith Awardees in the order in which they received the award (beginning with the earliest):
(A). Amitav Ghosh
(B). Mahadevi Verma
(C). Nilamani Pookan
(D). Girish Karnad
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Ecocriticism?

Identify correctly the themes and ideas that are explored in Modernist literature:
(A) Fragmentation and Disillusionment
(B) Rejection of traditional narrative forms
(C). A focus on the representation of the alienated self
(D). The linearity of time
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Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \text{Genre} & \text{Definition} \\ \hline \hline \text{(A). Sonnet} & \text{(I). A long verse narrative on a serious subject} \\ \hline \text{(B). Lyric} & \text{(II). A formal and sustained lament in verse} \\ \hline \text{(C). Epic} & \text{(III). A poem uttered by a single speaker who expresses his thoughts or emotions} \\ \hline \text{(D). Elegy} & \text{(IV). A poem of fourteen lines} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Arrange the following elements of a story in chronological order as they typically occur in the plot structure, from the earliest to the latest:
(A). Exposition
(B). Climax
(C). Rising Action
(D). Resolution
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Which of the following is NOT true about the Enlightenment Age?

Which of the following elements of drama was termed as mythos by Aristotle ?

Who among the following is associated with the Gothic?

Arrange the following in the correct chronological order of the year of their birth, beginning with the earliest.
(A). Toru Dutt
(B). Jhumpa Lahiri
(C). R.K. Narayan
(D). Anita Desai
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Which of the following is the most appropriate statement about a 'heroic couplet'?

"Sethe", he says, "me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some more kind of tomorrow."
Which figure of speech is used here? Choose the most appropriate answer.

Who is considered the 'compiler' of the Vedas?

Arrange these Indian writers in chronological order with reference to their year of birth, starting with the earliest:
(A). Ismat Chugtai
(B). Gurdial Singh Rahi
(C). Harivansh Rai Bachchan
(D). Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
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Which ONE of the following authors is not from the Caribbean region?

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \text{Writer} & \text{Nationality} \\ \hline \hline \text{(A). Arvind Adiga} & \text{(I). Canada} \\ \hline \text{(B). R. K. Narayan} & \text{(II). USA} \\ \hline \text{(C). Rohinton Mistry} & \text{(III). Australia} \\ \hline \text{(D). Jhumpa Lahiri} & \text{(IV). India} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Sequence these Nobel Prize winners in chronological order of they having received the award:
(A). T.S. Eliot
(B). Samuel Beckett
(C). Bob Dylan
(D). W.B. Yeats
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Which of the following is an ancient book of grammar?

Arrange the following literary periods/movements in chronological order, beginning with the earliest:
(A). Restoration age
(B). Art for Art's Sake
(C). Age of Sensibility
(D). Harlem Renaissance
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Which of the following are American transcendentalist writers?
(A). Ezra Pound
(B). T.S. Eliot
(C). Ralph Waldo Emerson
(D). Henry David Thoreau
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Which of the following is NOT a work by R. K. Narayan?

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I (Literary Genre)} & \textbf{List-II (Text)} \\ \hline \text{(A). Fiction} & \text{(I). Prometheus Unbound} \\ \hline \text{(B). Poetry} & \text{(II). Moll Flanders} \\ \hline \text{(C). Drama} & \text{(III). On the Subjection of Women} \\ \hline \text{(D). Non-fiction} & \text{(IV). Intimations of Immortality} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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