ULEI8101 — ENGLISH - I

Time: Three hours Max.Marks:100

SECTION — A

1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate (5X2=10 Marks)

This Diwali will ____( see/seen) green crackers taking centre-stage _____ (with/of) the country's
fireworks hub, Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi town, rolling out the eco-friendly _____ (variety/varieties)
which have reduced emission of harmful chemicals and low sound in line with the Supreme
Court order.

After a gloomy 2018 in the wake of the apex court banning the conventional crackers_____
(in/on) pollution grounds, the industry which provides livelihood _______ (of/to) eight lakh
people in and around this arid town, over 550 km from Chennai, is hopeful of meeting the
demand for green crackers in the coming season.

2. Write the answer for the following in 200 words

a. Write an Autobiography of a two thousand rupees note.

b. Write an Autobiography of smart phone.

3. Write a story analyzing the pictures given below (2xl0=20 Marks)

a.

b. .
 SECTION — B (6X5=30 Marks)

4. Annotate any SIX of the following lines taken from the texts

a. “Sempula Peyal Neer Pola. Anbudai Nenjam Thaam Kalanthanave”.

b. “my blood turned cold like the moon”.
c. “The vicious encounters of supposed normality. Bought you to your
desperate knees”.
d. “Being the burning type he burned properly at the cremation”.
e. “Love at first sight may be a stark fact”.
f. “But One hundred years later, the Negro is still not free”.
g. “Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Do I wish that the
Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian? God forbid”.

SECTION — C (3X10=30 Marks)

5. a. Explain how Kamala Das subverts the dominance of a patriarchal society by giving voice
to women’s experience.

(OR)
b. Discuss the state of being a transgender as discussed in the poem “Transgender” by
Olivia Kent.

6. a. According to Nirad C. Chaudhuri is Marriage a curse or a blessing in Hindu Society?

(OR)
b. “Why do we disagree” — Discuss the speech of Swami Vivekananda in Parliament of
the World's Religions at Chicago.

7. a. Discuss the theme of the short story “The Rat” written by Ashoka Mitran.

(OR)
b. Sketch the character of Julia Vassilyevna of “A Nincompoop”.