UGC - NET and Gujarat SET (English): Online Question Papers

UGC / CBSE - NET and Gujarat SET (English): Online Question Papers

This blog is for those students/scholars/teachers who are preparing for UGC (now CBSE) NET (English Literature) examination. The students of the Department of English, M.K. Bhavnagar University have prepared these online tests. All those who appear in this online test will get their grades with right answers in email. Scroll down for important links to know more about NET exam dates, notification and paper pattern.

You are requested to inform on dilipbarad (at) gmail (dot) com for grade-sheet after appearing in the test.

Please give correct email id, if you want to receive correct answers of these quizzes.

Click on these links to practice online test on previous years' UGC NET and GSET question papers:

1. English Paper II - Sept.13/12

2. English Paper III - Sept/13/12

3. English Paper II - J3013

4. English Paper III - J3013

5. English Paper II - Dec 2013

6. English Paper II - June 2014
7. English Paper III - Dec 2013
8. GSET English Paper II - Sept 2016
9. GSET English Paper III - Sept 2016
10. NET English Paper 2 - Jan 2017 (New)
11. NET English Paper 3 - Jan 2017 (New)
12. GSET English Paper II - 2002 (New)
13. GSET Eng P-II Aug- 17/12 (New)
14. GSET Eng P - III Aug - 2017 (New)

* Practice more quizzes*

Quizzes on Literary Theory and Criticism:

1. Quiz on Criticism, Plato's Objection and Aristotle's Poetics
2. Quiz on John Dryden's Essay on Dramatic Poesie
3. Quiz on Northrop Frye's The Archetypal Criticism
4. Quiz on Computer Assisted Literary Criticism and Digital Humanities
5. Quiz on I.A. Richards's The Figurative Language
6. Quiz on Matthew Arnold's The Study of Poetry
7. Quiz on T.S. Eliot's Tradition and Individual Talent
8. QuizonDerridaandDeconstruction

Quizzes on Literature in English:

1. Quiz on the History of Renaissance Literature
2. Quiz on The Twentieth Century English Literature
3. Quiz on T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'
4. Quiz on Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger
5. Quiz on Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code
6. Quiz on Chetan Bhagat's One Night at the Call Center
7. Quiz on Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse
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Please do not hesitate to write on above given email id, if you face any problem and report errors and omissions.

UGC NET, SET (SLET): Reading Resources: Books, Websites, Blogs

Reading resource and Information about CBSE - NET (UGC) and SET (CBSE-UGC) (English)

For official announcements of rules, exams, results etc, rely only on this website: https://cbsenet.nic.in/cms/public/home.aspx and for Gujarat State: www.gujaratset.ac.in

Download NET 2018 notification (This link will be updated very soon)

Download Information Booklet NET 2018 (This link will be updated very soon)

(Practice Online - Previous years' UGC NET Question papers)

Click here to download Syllabus

Paper 1 - Syllabus

Paper 2 - English Syllabus

1. Histories of English Literature

• A History of English Literature - Arthur Compton-Rickett
• English Literature - William J. Long
• The History of English Literature - Edward Albert
• A Short Oxford History of English Literature. Andrew Sanders
• Indian Writing in English - K R S Iyengar

2. Companion Series by Oxford (http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/p2p/endecaSearch.do)

3. Companion Series by Cambridge(http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/series/series_display/item3936923/Cambridge-Companions-to-Literature/?site_locale=en_GB)

4. A Very Short Introduction - a series by OUP(http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/category/academic/series/general/vsi.do#.UYNmQqKW9gE)

5. The New Critical Idiom - a series by Routledge(http://www.routledge.com/catalogs/the_new_critical_idiom_series/)

6. M.H. Abram's A Glossary of Literary Terms: Download here: https://mthoyibi.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/a-glossary-of-literary-terms-7th-ed_m-h-abrams-1999.pdf

• This site has very rich information and study material on 250 authors, 3000 full books, 4000 short stories, periods and movements, quotes and quizzes: http://www.online-literature.com/
• This seems to be good website in future: http://www.netenglishliterature.com/
• This also seems promising site: http://ugcenglish.com/
• Prof. Sachin Ketkar's blog has a very informative list for the same:  http://sachinketkar.blogspot.in/2009/11/books-and-websites-for-ugc-net-slet.html
• This website has a collection of good resources on the literary text pertaining to syllabus of M.K. Bhavnagar University: www.exmaenglish.dilipbarad.com
• This is very informative on VIctorian age and literature: http://www.victorianweb.org/

• LIKE this FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/UGC-NETSET-English-Literature/177594589031488
• http://www.slideshare.net/dilipbarad/workshop-ugc-net-slet > Presentation of Literary Theory and Criticism

• These websites (though not preferred choice) may be of some help (suggested to be browsed on the go on mobile devices, a good time pass ones):
• www.cliffsnotes.com
• www.sparknotes.com
• www.gradesaver.com
• www.enotes.com

7. List of Books Useful for NET / SET Preparation

(Caution: These books are not reviewed and so do not guarantee about its quality. These books are available and can be useful for startup on preparation for NET / SET examination.)

1.     NET / GSET (English). Pub: University Granth Nirman Board, Gujarat State Patnagar Yojno Bhavan,Behind Gujarat College Compound, Old Shardamandir Cross Road, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad – 380006 Fax:26569074 - Phone: 26424268. Rs. 375/- Order online

2.     An Objective Approach to English Literature for NET, JRF, SLET and Pre-Ph.D. Registration Test - Ivan K. Masih,K. K. Narayan,Pandey Om Prakash,Rahmat Jahan,Neeraj Kumar. Publisher: Atlantic, New Delhi. Price: 394/- Buy online

3.     Popular Master Guide: UGC NET/SLET – English Literature – H.S.Bhatia. Published by R. Gupta’s: Ramesh Pub house, New Delhi. Price: 390/-. info@rameshpublishinghouse.com. 011-23261567/23275224.

4.     Cosmos Bookhives’s UGC NET/SLET – Paper II – English Literature – Dr. B K Sawlashwa. Price: 400 Rs. booksforall@bookhivesindia.com; indiamart.com/cosmosbookhive. 0124-4001086/1087/88.

5.     Trueman’s Specific Series UGC NET/SLET – English Literature – B P. Panigrahi. Pub by Dainik Pub Company. Price 475 Rs. dainikbooks@yahoo.com. 011-23278083, 011-30122482

6.     Upkar’s UGC – English Lit. – paper II – B B Jain. Price 80 Rs. publisher@upkar.in, 0562-4031570/2530966

7.     Jawahar/English/UGC-NET-ENGLISH-A-CRITICAL-HANDBOOK-OF-LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH UGC NET ENGLISH: A CRITICAL HANDBOOK OF LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Edited by :Shubhamoy Das

Publisher: Jawahar Publishers & Distributors Rs. 327/-

8.     Objective type questions on literature in English for UGC NET  (Paperback) by Bhim S. Dahiya. Rs. 250. Publisher: CEE BEE Publisher (2011) Purchase online

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