Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
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(i) Discuss Ustad Mangu in "The New Constitution" as a representative of Common Indians.
(ii) Is Rosen, in "Take Pity", secretly in love with Eva but does not have the courage to express his
feelings.
(iii) Feudalism has fallen on evil days. Discuss with reference to "Duchess and the Jeweller".
(iv) How does the swallow in Oscar Wild's "The Happy Prince" fare as a friend.
(v) Discuss Chekhov's "The Bear" as a farce.
7. Year 2007 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) When any why does Giovanni in his address to Beatrice, call Dr. Rappaccini "Your awful father"?
(ii) "Sahib Behadur where do you wish to be taken", says Ustad Mangu with "undisguised irony".
Elaborate irony in this remark.
(iii) Towards the end of the story, the mayor calls the Happy Prince, "Little better than a beggar". Why?
(iv) Why is the robber in "Something to Talk About" compelled to remark while addressing Bishop, "you
might be one of us yourself"?
(v) Why is Clarice in "Smoke-Screens" so impatient about describing her brother?
8. Year 2007 (Group II)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Giovanni is no more than a pawn on the chess board of Dr. Rappaccini's research. Comment.
(ii) The Duchess is more loathsome than the jeweller. Comment. (The Duchess and the Jeweller)
(iii) The French soldier feels grandeur of the desert with all its force and fascination. Comment. (A
Passion in the Desert)
(iv) Discuss Popova as an unreal and fake prude. (The Bear)
(v) What is your true estimation of the character of Primrose? (Smoke-Screens)
9. Year 2008 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Prove how Manto was, between the lines, criticising all those who were praising India Act, 1935 (The
New Constitution)
(ii) Poison works through Giovanni's system slowly but surely. How? (Rappaccini's Daughter)
(iii) Why does Eva turn down every offer of help of Rosen's (Take Pity)
(iv) Popova makes a mere show as a mourner. Elaborate. (The Bear)
(v) Briefly compare and contrast characters of Uncle James and Philip. (The Boy Comes Home)
10. Year 2008 (Group II)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Popova catches our attention by not only what she says but by what she does. Comment. (The Bear)
(ii) Giovanni falls in Rappaccini's net involuntarily but with disastrous results. Elaborate. (Rappaccini's
Daughter)
(iii) Eva stands out as a person who can endure hardships for the sake of female glory. Elaborate. (Take
Pity)
(vi) It is the Panther and not the Soldier who wins in the trial of love. Comment. (A Passion in the
Desert)
(v) Lucy fails not only as a mother but also as a wife. Elaborate. (Smoke-Screens)
11. Year 2009 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What kind of change Ustad Mangu was expecting from the New Act of 1935?
(ii) Describe briefly the effect of romantic love on the adolescent mind of Small boy. (Araby)
(iii) Why does Grace Paley fail to write a story in keeping with the sensibilities of her father's times? (A
Conversation with My Father)
(iv) How did Lisby come to know of Simon Byrne's love for her? (The Little Willow)
(v) Discuss the play "The Bear" by Anton Chekhov as a farce.
12. Year 2009 (Group II)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What did make the happy prince weep in "The Happy Prince"?
(ii) Write a note on Eva's character in "Take Pity".
(iii) Why did the boss make no reply? (The Fly)
(iv) How did Simon disclose his love for Lisby? (The Little Willow)
(v) What happens when Primrose declares to marry an ugly man? (Smoke-Screens)
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(ii) Draw a character sketch of the Duchess in "The Duchess and the Jeweler".
(iii) Discuss the title of the play "Smoke Screens"
22. Year 2014 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) Critically analyze the ending of "Rappaccini's Daughter".
(ii) "Take Pity" critiques the idea of male superiority. Give your own opinion.
(iii) Discuss the element of humour and absurdity in "The Bear".
PAPER QUESTION THREE
(Modern Essays)
1. Year 2004 (Group I)
Attempt any TWO of the following questions.
(i) D.H. Lawrence in "Whistling of Birds" shows his fascination for sound and colour. Elaborate.
(ii) There is irony and humour in "The Beauty Industry" by Huxley. Discuss.
(iii) Discuss the real problems of a bachelor. ("The Bachelor's Dilemma" by Herbert Gold)
(iv) Write an essay on tolerance. ("Tolerance" by E.M. Forster)
2. Year 2004 (Group II)
Answer any TWO of the following questions.
(i) "There are certain things that our age need, and certain things that it should avoid". Elaborate.
("Science and Values" by Bertrand Russell)
(ii) Make a comparison between Yeats' grandfather and grandmother. ("My Grandfather" by W.B. Yeats)
(iii) In what different ways people gossip and to what effect? ("Gossip" by Francine Prose)
3. Year 2005 (Group I)
Answer any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Explain the rationale of Pakistan as it is explained in Liaquat Ali Khan's "Pakistan and the Modern
World".
(ii) Give an account of the disaster occurred on August 9, 1945 at Nagasaki.
(iii) What kind of character Stephen Leacock draws of the tailor in his essay "My Tailor"?
(iv) Write down the different nourishing qualities of different vitamins as mentioned in Dr. Kenneth
Walker's essay, "The Vitamins".
(v) Write a note on Tolerance.
4. Year 2005 (Group II)
Answer any THREE of the following questions.
(i) There is depiction of Nature in "Whistling of Birds". Explain.
(ii) How does Yeats remember different relations especially that of grandfather in his essay "My
Grandfather"?
(iii) What kind of hosts were Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as mentioned in "Hosts and Guests"? Explain.
(iv) What is the dilemma of a bachelor as depicted in Herbert Gold's "The Bachelor's Dilemma"?
(v) What Lewis Thomas in his essay, "To Err is Human" says about the lower animals and computers?
Explain.
5. Year 2006 (Group I)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) To Liaqat Ali Khan, demand for Pakistan was the most reasonable and entirely practicable. Explain.
(ii) How was it easy to deceive the grandfather in "My Grandfather"?
(iii) Even great depression could not beat down American women's habit of make-up. Explain with
reference to "The Beauty Industry".
(iv) What according to Max Beerbohm is good guestship?
(v) How does the bachelor fare in American society?
6. Year 2006 (Group II)
Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Discuss Winter as a general who has been beaten and retreating. ("Whistling of Birds")
(ii) Gloria Emerson's "Take the Plunge" is a candid account of writer's hopes and fears. Discuss.
(iii) What has the tailor in "My Tailor" to hide?
(iv) How does human body compare with a China Jar? ("Beauty Industry")
(v) How did the writer feel and behave when he discovered while in the bus that he had no money on
him? ("On Saying Please")
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(ii) Describe the destruction caused by nuclear bomb in "Nagasaki, August 1954".
(iii) "It is easy to see fanaticism in others but difficult to spot in oneself". Discuss with reference to
Tolerance by Forster.
22. Year 2014 (Group II)
Attempt any TWO questions.
(i) "Take the Plunge" deals with human desire to do something unusual. Discuss. (Take the Plunge)
(ii) The rebuilding of civilization is arduous and impossible without tolerance. Discuss. (Tolerance)
(iii) Discuss the difference between hosts and guests (Host and Guest)
PAPER QUESTION FOUR
(Poetry)
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