Model Test Paper-I (2012) BA Part-II English Literature

Short Answer type Questions:

Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 Q.8 Q.9 Q.10 Examine critically the theme and message of Wordsworths poem The world is too much with us. What does Kolatkar describe about Chaitanya? I love not man the less, but nature more. Explain. What is allegorical purpose of Coleridges Christabel? Comment on the appropriateness of the title of the poem Enterprise Why does Nova leave her husbands house? Why does Radha find everything gay and bright? Explain the poets appeal to the West Wind. Why does Blake find London a place of unhappy people?

How the chimney-sweepers cry Every blackening church appalls And the hapless soldiers sigh Runs in blood down palace walls. Or, Why stares she with unsettled eye? Can she the bodiless dead espy? And why with hollow voice cries she, Off, woman off! This hour is mine, Though thou her guardian spirit be, Off, woman off! its given to me.

Long Answer type Questions 1. 2. 3. Write a critical appreciation of the poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Briefly explain it as a pastoral elegy.
Is A Dolls House about womens rights? Compare and contrast the portrayal of women characters in the play. Examine the supernatural elements depicted in Christabel Part-I. Discuss Enterprise as a metaphor for human condition and human predicament. Arun Kolatkars poems prescribed for you oscillates between faith and skepticism. Do you agree? Write a critical appreciation of the poem Ode to the west wind. Night of the Scorpion is a poem not merely about superstition explore the various aspects which the poem unfolds? Bring out the qualities of William Blacks Landon. Write a critical appreciation of words worths Solitary Reaper.

Do you think that Chandalika is a tragedy of self-consciousness over-reaching its limits?

Model Test Paper-II (2011) BA Part-II English Literature

Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 Q.8 Q.9 Q.10 Q.11 Q.12 Q.13 Q.14 What was the name of the Haveli which features in the novel Inside the Haveli? What happens to Blue after the departure of the Broron more? What, according to R.K. Narayan are the abuses of Book-lending? What were the three questions asked by the King? What is a prcis and what is the ideal length of it? Uses of Note making. I am glad you are bringing new ideas into the Haveli said Manj. How far is she correct in her estimation of Geeta? The old man and the sea is a novel not merely about loveliness. The fish and Santiago are tied together both literally and figuratively comment. Write a very short not on realism in Inside the Haveli. What according to Swift are the two evils responsible for the corruption of the English Language. Why does an author, according to R.K. Narayan, need his own written books? Who was Pagli? Why was she so called? What was the color of the horse named Blue?

Essay type questions; Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 Q.8 Q.9 Q.10 How do Gandhiji method and nation reflect his universalism? The Regugee is a story of endurance and fortitude backed by an assertion for human dignity. There are many good fisherman and some great ones. But there is only one you. Bring out the Character of Santiago in the light of the above statement. Write a note on the theme of Rama Mehtas Inside the Haveli. Draw a character Aketch of Nambi on the basis of the story Under the Banyan tree. How, according to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Gandhian outlook be helpful in solving tensions within and between Nations? Who was Pari? How did she came in the Haveli? Draw a portrait sketch of Geeta as depicted in the novel Inside the Haveli. The Socio religious million in under the Banyan Tree is essentially Indian in spirit comment. How can a happier world order be evolved, according to Radhakrishnan?