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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) Addl. DEGREE EXAMINATION,

DECEMBER 2015.

LITERARY FORMS

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

PART A — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

1. What are the qualities of a lyric?

2. What are the different kinds of elegy?

3. Write a note on Tragi-comedy?

4. What is an One-act play?

5. Write a note on social novels.

6. Write a note on Science fiction.

7. Give four examples for the personal essay.

8. What are the differences between a biography and an

autobiography? Give two examples for each.
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PART B — (4  15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

9. Write an essay on the salient features of an epic.

10. Write an essay on Tragedy.

11. Explain the aspects of the regional novel with suitable

examples.

12. Trace the origin and growth of the essay form.

13. Comment on the features of a short-story.

14. Write an essay on the Psychological novels.

15. Write an essay on the different kinds of the Ode.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) (Addl. Degree)

DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2015.

ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following in about 300 words each.

1. Comment on Sidney’s use of the Philomela myth in his

poem “The Nightingale”.

2. Write a note on the theme of the poem “When to the

sessions of Sweet Silent Thought”.

3. Why does Donne call the subtle wreath of hair around his
arm as his ‘outward soul’?

4. What are the blessings bestowed by God to man as

mentioned in the poem “The Pulley”?

5. Why does Bacon say that “Ambition is like Choler”; in his

essay “Of Ambition”?

6. What does Thomas More say about work in “Utopia”?

7. State the reasons for the execution of Gaveston in the

play Edward II.

8. Justify the title of the play The Alchemist.

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SECTION B — (4  15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR questions.

9. What are the salient features of Spenser’s “Prologue to

the Fairie Queene”?

10. Attempt a critique of Thomas Nashe’s poem “A Litany in

time of Plague”.

11. Discuss Andrew Marvell’s poem “To his Coy Mistress” as

a metaphysical poem.

12. Analyze Bacon as an essayist with reference to the essays

prescribed.

13. Attempt an analysis of Thomas More’s Utopia.

14. Examine the bravery of Edward II as depicted in the play

Edward II.

15. Write an esay on the plot structure of the play, The

Alchemist.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) (Addl.Degree) DEGREE

EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2015.

RESTORATION LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following in about 300 words each.

1. How does Dryden portray the creation of the universe in

the beginning of his poem ‘‘A song for St.Cecilia’s Day’’?

2. Comment on the theme of ‘‘L’ Allegro’’.

3. How does Collins personify evening in ‘‘Ode to Evening’’?

4. Write a note on the tone of the poem ‘‘The Castaway’’.

5. How was Sir. Roger received by his workers at home?

6. Explain how Fanny Goodwill finds her real parents in

Joseph Andrews.

7. Why does hady Sneerwell plot with Joseph surface to

separate Maria and Charles surface in the play
The School for Scandal?

8. Explain “The paths of glory lead but to the grave”.

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SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following in about 500 words each.

9. Analyze the elements of parody and satire in the

portrayal of Atticus in ‘‘An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot’’.

10. Write a critique of the poem ‘‘Il Penseroso’’.

11. Discuss ‘‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’’ as an

elegy.

12. How does Blake contrast the lamb and the tyger in his
poems ‘‘The Lamb’’ and ‘‘The Tyger’’.

13. Discuss Joseph Andrews as a picaresque novel.

14. Comment on Sir Roger’s visit to the West minister Abbey.

15. Sketch the character of Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to

Conquer.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) Addl. DEGREE EXAMINATION,

DECEMBER 2015.

ROMANTIC LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following, not exceeding 150 words.

1. Write a note on the theory of poetic diction.

2. How does Gray describe himself in his Elegy?

3. Critically analyse Burns’. “Highland Mary”.

4. Consider “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” as a typical

ballad.

5. Write the salient features of the “Ode to the West Wine”.

6. Discuss Keats as a sensuous poet with particular

reference to the “Ode to a Nightingale”.

7. Write the autobiographical element in The Vicar of

Wakefield.

8. Write the moral purpose of the novel Emma.

SECTION B — (4  15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following, not exceeding

400 words each.
9. Write an essay on the historical novel.
10. Discuss “The Tyger” as a song of Experience.
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11. Write a note on Wordsworth’s attitude to Nature with

special reference to “Ode on Intimations of Immorality”.

12. Discuss the central theme of “Ode on a Grecian Urn”.

13. Write a note on Shelley’s myth-making and

personification.

14. Sketch the character of Dr. Primrose.

15. How did the Nubian slave save the life of king Richard in
The Talisman?

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) (Addl. Degree) DEGREE

EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2015.

VICTORIAN LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions given below

each not exceeding 150 words.

1. Write the critical appreciation of ‘‘Ulysses’’.

2. How does W.B. Yeats symbolize the journey of the soul in

‘‘sailing to Byzantium’’?

3. Write the social condition of the Victorian Age.

4. Write Arnold’s Religious and literary criticism as

revealed in ‘‘The study of Poetry’’.

5. How does Paul launch into life in Sons and Lovers?

6. Write a note on the circumstances leading to the death of

Tess.

7. Sketch the character of Maurya.

8. Write a note on the wit and satire in Pygmalion.

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SECTION B — (4  15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following.

9. Write an essay on political and economic condition of

Victorian Age.

10. Critically analyse ‘‘Wreek of Deutschland’’.

11. Discuss Eliot’s social criticism in ‘‘The Waste Land’’.

12. Elucidate Eliot’s views on the relationship between

tradition and individual talent.

13. Consider Hardy as a Pessimist with special reference to

Tess of the D’urbervilles.

14. Compare and contrast pickering and Higgins.

15. Justify the title ‘‘The Importance of Being Earnest’’.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English/Addl.Degree) DEGREE

EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2015.

INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following.

1. How does Nehru praise the history of India?
2. Discuss ‘An Introduction’ as an autobiographical poem.
3. Critically analyse “Heaven of freedom”.
4. Write a note on the blend of humour and Satire in
The English Teacher.
5. Justify the title A Handul of Rice.
6. Write Anita Desai’s social criticism in Fire on the
Mountain.
7. Discuss Tendulkar’s dramatic techniques.
8. Write the importance of the opening scene in Tughlaq.
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Write a note on Vivekananda’s address at the parliament
of world religions.

10. Consider Ezekiel as an Indian writer in English with

special reference to ‘Night of the Scorpion’.
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11. Write the novelistic techniques in Untouchable.

12. Write a note on R.K. Narayan’s art of characterization

and descriptive power.

13. Write an essay on Kamala Markandaya’s depiction of the

joint handful family in A Handful of Rice.

14. Sketch the character of Ila Das.

15. Silence! The Court is in Session is a blend of farcical and

serious elements – Elucidate.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English)/Addl. DEGREE EXAMINATION,

DECEMBER 2015.

SHAKESPEARE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

PART A — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following.

1. Describe the different pairs of lovers in A Midsummer

Night’s Dream.

2. Compare and contrast Helena and Hermia.

3. What role does Gaunt play in Richard II?

4. How does Henry IV react after seeing the body of

Richard II?

5. Give an account of Portia’s devotion to Brutus.

6. Examine The Winter’s Tale as a pastoral play.

7. Comment on the clowns in Shakespeare’s plays.

8. How did the Shakespearean stage contribute to his

success?

PART B — (4  15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following.

9. Examine A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a typical

Shakespearean comedy.

10. Assess Richard II as a historical play.

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11. Discuss the supernatural elements in Julius Caesar.

12. Sketch the character of Brutus.

13. Bring out the significance of the last scene of

The Winter’s Tale.

14. How does Shakespeare depict Hermione in The Winter’s

Tale?

15. Account for the popularity of Shakespeare’s stagecraft.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) (Addl. Degree) DEGREE

EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2015.

MODERN AND POST-MODERN LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

PART A — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following.

1. How does W.B. Yeats pray for his daughter?

2. What is the central idea in Seamus Heaney’s ‘‘Death of a

Naturalist’’?

3. What role does Dr. Rank play in A Doll’s House?

4. Describe Godot.

5. Bring out the significance of love in Mrs. Dalloway.

6. What does Murray Leinster mean by ‘‘Sidewise in Time’’.

7. What is Salman Rushdie’s message in Midnight's

Children?

8. Give an account of any one world famous speech.

PART B — (4  15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following questions.

9. Attempt a critical study of ‘‘The Journey of the Magi’’.

10. How does W.H. Auden deplict the ‘‘unknown citizen’’?

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11. Examine A Dolls House as a feminist play.

12. Justify the title of Midnight’s Children.

13. Account for the popularity of Animal Farm.

14. Explain the backdrop of Murray Leinster’s Sidewise in

Time.

15. State the world famous speech you like and also explain
why you like it.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A.(English)/B.A. (English) Addl. DEGREE EXAMINATION,

DECEMBER 2015.

AMERICAN AND COMMONWEALTH LITERATURES

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

PART A — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following.

1. What are Marianne Moore’s views on derivative poetry?
2. What is the central theme of the poem ‘‘Mirror’’?
3. Discuss the Yeatsian presence in the poem ‘‘Like an Old
Proud King in a Parable’’.
4. What was Derek Walcott's-reflection on Africa in the
poem ‘‘A Far Cry from Africa’’?
5. What are some comparisons between ‘Bliss’ and
Mrs. Dalloway?
6. Write a short note on the theme of The Blind Assassins.
7. Sketch the character of Brutus Jones.
8. What are the motives for the murders in ‘‘Blood
Relations’’?

PART B — (4  15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following.

9. Discuss the themes, motifs and symbols in Whitman’s

poem ‘‘Crossing Brooklyn Ferry’’.

10. Write an essay on the agony of the African mother in

Refugee Mother and Child”.
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11. Critically analyse Jean Arasanayagam’s poem in the

Month of July”.

12. ‘‘The American Scholar’’ is a document of

transcendentalism” — Discuss.

13. What salient qualities of Hemingway as a novelist are

revealed in the novel The Old Man and the Sea?

14. Discuss the narrative techniques Sharon Pollock’s Blood

Relations.

15. Write an essay on O’Neill’s symbolism.

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) (Addl. Degree) DEGREE

EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2015.

ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

1. (a) Answer the following accordingly : (4  1 = 4)

(i) I like signing in the bath.
This is a —————— phrase.
(adjective, adverb, noun)
(ii) Shut the window.
This is a —————— sentence.
(declarative, interrogative, exclamatory,
imperative).
(iii) Punctuate the following :
carols wants to visit paris italy germany and
china.
(iv) Besides robbing the poor child, he also
murdered her.
(Change into a compound sentence)
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(b) Insert suitable articles. If no article is needed put ‘X’.

(8  12 = 4)
Today I have ————— job interview at —————
financial company. —————— company has
offices all over —————— world. I’m not sure that
I have —————— skills to get hired. I hope so.
—————— company’s office is on ——————
main street. That’s —————— same street my
friend works on .
2. (a) Make notes on the following passage : (4)
A daily walk is the best of all exercises. Other mode
of exercise like tennis, hockey or swimming cannot
be availed of by everyone. The chief advantage that
walking has over other modes of exercise is that it
costs nothing. It is always taken in the open so that
the lungs get a plentiful supply of pure and fresh
air. A walk outside a town is very refreshing and
makes one feel active and happy. Other advantage
is that one can have a companion to talk to. In other
modes of exercise one has no chance of carrying on a
pleasant conversation during a course of exercise.
One should notice the difference in one’s health and
spirits, if walking with the friend regularly for
sometime were tried.
(b) Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with
the correct tense forms of the verbs given in
brackets : (8  12 = 4)
(i) Our teacher —————— (say) only a few
words at the party.
(ii) His speech was interesting because he
—————— (talk) a few stories.
(iii) He —————— (tell) me that he was going
away.
(iv) The old man —————— (lay) under a tree
all night.
(v) They —————— (hang) the notorious
criminal yesterday.

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(vi) He —————— (promise) his wife that he

would buy her a sari.
(vii) The teacher —————— (make) us finish all
the exercises.
(viii) I —————— (get) my cousin to post the
letter.
3. Write a paragraph of 250 words on any ONE of the
following topics : (8)
(a) Internet and its uses.
(b) Environmental pollution.
4. Answer any ONE of the following : (8)
(a) Write a letter to your younger brother who is
entering college life, going him advice to how he
should behave in the college.
(b) Write a letter to the Principal of your college
pointing out some of the difficulties you and other
students have experienced in the college.
5. Answer any ONE of the following : (8)
(a) You are the President of the College Union. Write a
report about your inauguration of the College
Union.
(b) Write a field report on the visit you had made
recently to be submitted to the Principal.
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable words given in the
brackets : (8)
(a) There were few crimes during the —————— of
Alauddin Khilji. (rein, reign)
(b) I shall go to Kashmir during the summer —————
(vocation, vacation)
(c) The police tried to —————— a confession from
the assassin. (rest, wrest)
(d) The six o’clock train in the morning for Lucknow
does not —————— me. (suit, suite)

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(e) Is your uncle a member of the Legislative

—————— of Uttar Pradesh. (council, counsel)
(f) They have —————— the original plan. (altar,
alter)
(g) On the —————— of the mountain, we felt
completely exhausted. (descent, dissent)
(h) The medicine was injected into the —————— for
quick relief. (vain, vein)

7. Answer the following : (8)

(a) (i) A person who knows everything. ( 12 + 1
2 = 1)
(omnipresent, omniscient, altruist, truist)
(ii) A study of ancient things.
(Etymology, Anthropology, Ethnology,
Archaeology)
(b) Choose the word which is correctly spelt. (1)
(i) centanary
(ii) cantenary
(iii) centenary
(iv) centenery
(c) Write opposites of the following words : (4  1
2 = 2)
(i) save
(ii) painful
(iii) quick
(iv) deposit
(d) Write the synonyms of the following word : ( 12 + 1
2 = 1)
(i) steamer
(ii) flourish
(iii) distinct
(iv) opium
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(e) Rewrite the following in proper word order to form a

meaningful sentence. (1 12 )
Counsel the Court of Mr. Chatterjee a senior is
High.
(f) From negative of the following sentence : (1 12 )
Mr. Nazir will go to Chennai tomorrow.

8. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions : (8  1 = 8)

(a) I shall be back —————— a week.
(b) The hare hid —————— the bushes.
(c) The flags waved —————— our heads.
(d) The traveller was resting —————— a tree.
(e) We went —————— the school.
(f) She quietly walked —————— the room.
(g) The dog runs —————— the road.
(h) He climbed —————— the tree.

PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following.

All questions carry equal marks.

9. (a) Rewrite the following sentences into passive voice : (4)

(i) Where did he sell the fruits?
(ii) Help the poor.
(iii) We are playing cricket.
(iv) The king punished the guilty.
(b) Rewrite the following into active voice. (4)
(i) The ball is touched by her.
(ii) The letters have been typed by Rani.
(iii) They will have been cheated by him.
(iv) Was lunch prepared by her?
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(c) Change the following accordingly : (4)

(i) Alexander was the bravest of all kings.
(Into Comparative and Positive degrees)
(ii) Sita is as good as Priya.
(Into Comparative and Superlative degrees)
(d) Change the following as directed : (3)
(i) Take medicine regularly. You will get better.
(Into Compound sentence)
(ii) He bought the library which belonged to his
uncle.
(Into Simple sentence)
(iii) He owed his success to his father.
(Into Complex sentence)

10. Make a precise of the following passage and give a

suitable title : (15)
We all know what we mean by a ‘‘good’’ man. The ideally
good man does not drink or smoke, avoids bad language,
converses in the presence of men only exactly as he would
if there were ladies present, attends church regularly and
holds the correct opinion on all subjects. He has a
wholesome horror of wrong-doing and realizes that it is
our painful duty to castigate sin. He has a still greater
horror of wrong thinking, and considers it the business of
the authorities to safeguard the young against those who
question the wisdom of the views generally accepted by
middle-aged successful citizens. Apart from his
professional duties, at which he is assiduous, he spends
much time in good works : he may encourage patriotism
and military training ; he may promote industry, sobriety
and virtue among wage earners and their children by
seeing to it that failures in these respects receive due
punishment; he may be a trustee of a university and
prevent an ill-judged respect for learning from allowing
the employment of professors with subversive ideas.
Above all, of course, his ‘‘morals’’ in the narrow sense
must be irreproachable.

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11. Write an essay of 400 words on any ONE of the following :

(15)
(a) Necessity is the mother of invention.
(b) As you sow, so you reap.

12. Read the following passage carefully and answer the

questions given below : (15)
The place is on the Gomo-Daltongajline. Trains stopped
at this station once upon a time. The expense of having
trains stop was perhaps too much. Now one sees a stray
cow or goat in the station room in the residential quarters
and porter's shanties. The billboard says ‘‘Kuruda
outsationa, Abandoned’’, arrived here, the train slows. It
gasps as it climbs. It climbs Kuruda hill bit by bit right
from here. It is a low hill. After a while the train enters a
ravine. On both sides of the half-mile ravine there are
blasted stones. There's a bamboo thicket on the hill and
occasionally the bamboo bends in the wind and bits the
train. Then the train descends and it gathers speed. Now
the station is Tohri. The busiest station in this area. The
junction of many bus routes. Tohri is also a coal halt. The
train picks up coal is to be found almost above ground.
But Tohri's real benefactors are the timber brokers. It is
a sal-growing area. Sal-logs arrive night and day by
‘ruck’.
They are split in sawmills and sent in every direction.
Tohri's bustle is an experience after the silence of
Kuruda.
It is an experience to watch the train move on the hilltop
from distant villages. The villagers see this everyday, yet
their amazement never ends. The train goes on, the
engine gasps; how the ravine swallows the train. If you
run you can see where it will split it out. There were
some elephants seen one day at the top of the hill. The
elephants stopped as they ate the bamboo. From a
distance they looked like toy elephants. After the train
passed on they ran off trumpeting, trunks raised.

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The village of Kuruda is a good way behind the station,

there are two hills, one beyond the wide meadow. If it had
been a bit closer the villagers might have started living in
the abandoned brickbuilt house.
For people who live in villages like Kuruda, life holds few
breaks other than annual festivals. So their eyes are
charmed by the scenes on the top of Kuruda hills.
(a) Why didn't trains stop at Kuruda?
(i) because it was a small village
(ii) because cows and goats lived there
(iii) because the villagers did not want it
(iv) because it was very expensive
(b) The trains slowed at Kuruda because
(i) it was an abandoned station
(ii) the trains had to climb from there
(iii) there were cows and goats on the track
(iv) it used to stop at Kuruda
(c) The railway track from Kuruda to Tohri consisted of
(i) a steep ascent
(ii) a steep descent
(iii) a steep ascent and then a descent
(iv) a steep descent and then as ascent
(d) What was the main factor that made Tohri the
busiest station in the area?
(i) it was the junction of many bus routes
(ii) Tohri was a coal belt
(iii) the timber trade
(iv) trains stopped there

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(e) ‘Now the ravine swallows the train’ means

(i) the ravine causes train accidents
(ii) the trains becomes invisible when it enters the
ravine
(iii) there are bamboos on either side of the tracks
(iv) the train goes only up to the ravine
(f) Why do the villagers look at the train in
amazement?
(i) because there is nothing else exciting in their
lives
(ii) because they have never seen a train before
(iii) because the train does not stop at Kuruda
(iv) because the train disappears into the ravine
(g) The villages did not occupy the abandoned railway
buildings because
(i) they were brickbuilt
(ii) they belonged to the railways
(iii) there were cows and goats in the buildings
(iv) the buildings were for away
(h) Give a suitable title for the passage.

13. (a) Give one word substitution for the following : (10)
(i) One who can speak two language
(ii) One who thinks only of himself
(iii) A government by the one
(iv) A life history written by oneself
(v) A grass eating animal
(vi) A study of the body
(vii) Murder of an infant
(viii) An animal who preys on other animals
(ix) A study of ancient things
(x) One who is unmarried

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(b) Match the words in column A with their meanings

in column B and rewrite : (10 × 12 = 5)
Column A Column B
(i) blest (1) inborn
(ii) gorgeous (2) understand
(iii) wallet (3) fate
(iv) innate (4) hopefulness
(v) helpmate (5) purse
(vi) aromatic (6) blessed
(vii) destiny (7) sad
(viii) comprehend (8) friend
(ix) dejected (9) beautiful
(x) optimism (10) sweet-smelling

14. Read each sentence to find out whether there is error in

any underlined part. If any, write the alphabet of your
choice next to the question number. If there is no error
then put E. (10 × 1 12 =15)
(a) A number of students have
a b
passed in the examination and won prizes. No error.
c d e
(b) I was used to play football a lot
a b c
when I was at school. No error.
d e
(c) All the equipment in this factory was imported
a b c
from the U.S. No error.
d e

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(d) We must defend our hardly won freedom and values

a b c
at all costs. No error.
d e
(e) He has been spreading a gossip about some of
a b c
my relatives. No error.
d e
(f) The demand for durable goods such as cars and
a b c
home appliances were unchanged last month.
c d
No error.
e
(g) We were on a holiday in Bangalore last week.
a b c d
No error
e
(h) Walking into the room the young girl found a
a b c
cat under the table. No error.
d e
(i) The house he lived in with all its old furniture
a b c
have been sold. No error.
d e
(j) The players won't arrive and start their
a b
practice tomorrow isn't it? No error.
c d e

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15. Use any TEN of the following in sentences of your own :

(10 × 1 12 =15 )
(a) carry on
(b) fell through
(c) gets on with
(d) look after
(e) packed up
(f) hung ap
(g) get back
(h) come across
(i) get through
(j) fill in
(k) catch up
(l) drop in
(m) hold in
(n) go off
(o) set off.

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DE–2205 Sub. Code

35/111

DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) (Additional) DEGREE

EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2015.

INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following questions.

1. What are the concepts of mass communication?

2. Write about the features of mass media.

3. What do you mean by journalism?

4. What is the use of news agencies?

5. What are the functions of television?

6. Write a note on the influences of radio and its

programmes in mass communication.

7. List some of the disadvantages of mass media in modern

society.

8. How do you foresee the future of mass communication?

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SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following.

9. What is mass communication? And explain its types.

10. Write an essay on the significance of mass

communication.

11. Explain the functions of a journalist.

12. Describe the role and importance of newspaper

departments in mass communication.

13. Comment on the features of broadcasting journalism.

14. Explain how the government takes measures to regulate

mass media and its programme.

15. Give some reasons for the importance of establishing

mass communication training institution.

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