Calicut University 2008 B.Com Computer Science Modern prose and Drama - Question Paper
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SECOND YEAR B.Com. (NON-CONVENTIONAL) B.Sc./B.C.A DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2008
Part IEnglish
Paper IIMODERN PROSE AND DRAMA
(Private / SDE Candidates)
[2005 admissions]
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 100 Marks
I. Write an essay on any one of the following in not more than 350 words :
(a) What are the arguments presented by Plomer to prove that What m&ny people think necessary is not necessary at all ?
(b) Bring out the humour in Churchills presentation of his life at Harrow.
(1 x 15 = 15 marks)
II. Write an essay on any one of the following in not mote than 350 words :
(a) Rainas concept of war undergoes a change after her encounter with Bluntschli. Elucidate.
(b) Compare the characters of Raina and Louka.
(1 x 15 = 15 marks)
III. Answer six of the following in a paragraph of about 120 words each, choosing three from each section:
Section A
(a) Nene.
(b) Personification in Fifteen Years.
(c) Shaws speech in the Town Hall at Dover.
(d) Rosemarys vanity.
Section B
(e) Loukas engagement.
(f) Sergius attitude to higher love.
(g) The snobbery of Raina.
(h) Rainas chocolate cream soldier.
(6 x 5 = 30 marks)
Turn over
IV. Answer any ten of the following questions in not more than two sentences each, choosing five from each section:
(a) What does Plomer say about the Public Call Office ?
(b) How rich were Rosemary and her husband ?
(c) Why was Churchills name almost at the bottom of the roll call list ?
(d) In what way did Nicola and Jacopo help the narrator ?
(e) Why did Plomer buy a car in South Africa ?
(f) For how many years did Shaw speak on Socialism ?
Section B
(g) According to Catherine, Raina has an abominable character. What is it ?
(h) Why is the fugitive in the Serbian Army ?
(i) Why was Catherine installed an electric bell ?
(j) Who has the soul of a servant ? Why ?
(k) What comment does Petkoff make on the habit of bathing ?
(1) What does Raina accuse Nicola of ?
(10 x 2 = 20 marks)
V. Annotate four of the following choosing two from each section :
(a) When we said Quit India we meant it to apply to English men as well as their language.
(b) It was like something out of a novel by Dostoevsky, this meeting in the dusk....
(c) And machines do not like me. When I touch them, they tend to break-down, get jammed, catch fire or blow up.
(d) You were born to be a servant. I was not.
(e) That is very nice of you. I see that you are a gentleman.
(f) Well, it came into my head.... that perhaps we only had our heroic ideas because we are so fond of reading Byron and Pushkin.....
(4 x 5 = 20 marks)
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