List of top Questions asked in CUET (PG)- 2026

Arrange the following essays in the chronological order of their year of publication: A. “The Death of the Author”, B. “Tradition and Individual Talent”, C. “What is an Author?”, D. “Gender Trouble”.
Which of the following statements are correct? A. In Poetics, Aristotle defines poetry as an imitation. B. Imitation has been coined from the word ‘imagism'. C. Imitation is mimesis in Greek. D. In imitation the speaker is always an urban, witty and tolerant man. E. Imitation is used to define the nature of literature and other arts.
Identify the type of couplet: “The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.”
Given below are two statements: Assertion (A): Raymond Williams says that culture is only in fine arts and museums. Reason (R): Raymond Williams asserts that culture is a whole way of life. Choose the most appropriate answer.
Arrange the following lines in the similar order as these appeared in William Wordsworth's “Daffodils”: A. Which is the bliss of solitude, B. In vacant or in pensive mood, C. They flash upon the inward eye, D. For oft, when on my couch I lie.
Who created the fictional world of Malgudi?
Match List-I with List-II. List-I: A. Orientalism, B. Hybridity, C. Intersectionality, D. Anxiety of Authorship. List-II: I. Homi K. Bhabha, II. Edward Said, III. Sandra Gilbert & Susan Gubar, IV. Kimberle Crenshaw.
Arrange Mulk Raj Anand's following fictional works in the chronological order of their publication: A. The Old Woman and the Cow, B. The Sword and the Sickle, C. Untouchable, D. Seven Summers.
Given below are two statements: Assertion (A): Long narrative romances in prose were written by Greek writers as early as the second and third centuries AD. Reason (R): Long narrative romances dealt with separated lovers, who, after perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes, are happily reunited at the end. Choose the most appropriate answer.
Rabindranath Tagore's Chandalika is a:
Match List-I with List-II: A. The Outcaste, B. Truth about Me, C. My Story, D. Freedom in Exile; I. The Dalai Lama, II. Kamala Das, III. A. Revathi, IV. Sharan Kumar Limbale.
Which of the following statements are correct? A. Blank verse consists of lines of iambic pentameter. B. In blank verse, all the lines are rhymed. C. In blank verse, the lines are unrhymed. D. John Milton used blank verse in his Paradise Lost. E. Blank verse is called blank because the lines are unrhymed.
Bakha is the protagonist of:
Arrange the following in chronological order of their publication: A. Vallabhbhai Patel's For a United India: Speeches, B. Rajendra Prasad's India Divided, C. J.B. Kripalani's The Gandhian Way, D. Abul Kalam Azad's India Wins Freedom.
Who wrote the following lines: “My mother only said Thank God the Scorpion picked on me and spared my children.”
Which of the following statements are correct? A. Girish Karnad is known for his comic play Tughlaq. B. Girish Karnad is an actor, director and a playwright. C. Tughlaq is a historical play. D. Tughlaq is written on the life of Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq. E. Tughlaq was banned in Bombay for sometime.
Match List-I with List-II: A. So Many Hungers, B. Combat of Shadows, C. Voices in the City, D. A Silence of Desire; I. Manohar Malgonkar, II. Bhabani Bhattacharya, III. Anita Desai, IV. Kamala Markandaya.
Given below are two statements: Assertion (A): Biography and memoir are different. Reason (R): Biography is written by the subject about himself or herself while memoir is a day-to-day record of the events in one's life written for personal use and satisfaction. Choose the most appropriate answer.
Which Indian poet wrote: “Why not let me speak in any language I like? The language I speak becomes mine, its distortions, its queerness All mine, mine alone ...”
Which of the following statements are correct? A. Jonathan Swift's Robinson Crusoe is a tragic work. B. Swift's The Battle of the Books is a satire upon both the parties in controversy. C. Swift's Tale of a Tub is a satire on humanity. D. Swift's Gulliver's Travels shows his bitterness against fate and society. E. Swift's Tale of a Tub is a satire on the churches of the day.
Arrange the following works in the chronological order of their year of publication: A. The English Teacher, B. The Financial Expert, C. Mr. Sampath, D. Waiting for the Mahatma.
Match List-I with List-II: A. Matthew Arnold, B. John Milton, C. P.B. Shelley, D. Thomas More; I. Lycidas, II. Adonais, III. Utopia, IV. Culture and Anarchy.
Who wrote “... to weep at every page, not for what he sees, but for what he sees, he sees. For me it's like a book of prayers”?
Given below are two statements: Assertion (A): In a dramatic monologue, a single person utters a speech that makes up the whole poem. Reason (R): The speaker in a dramatic monologue interacts with one or more other people, but we know of the author's presence only from the clues in the discourse of the single speaker. Choose the most appropriate answer.
Which of the following statements are correct? A. William Golding's Lord of the Flies was published in 1645. B. William Golding was awarded Nobel Prize for literature. C. Robinson Crusoe and Brave New World are William Golding's most notable works. D. Golding's Lord of the Flies is described as a dystopia. E. Nineteen Eighty Four is another dystopian work written by William Golding.