Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) 2010 B.A Hindi - ENGLISH LANGUAGE Poetry, Prose, Fiction and Language Component [DE Revised SIM Scheme] - Question Paper
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First Year B.A./B.Com. Examination, May/June 2010 (DE - Revised SIM Scheme)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Poetry, Prose, Fiction and Language Component
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Max. Marks : 90
Time : 3 Hours
Instructions : 1) Read the instructions carefully.
2) Answer all questions without omitting any Section.
SECTION - A
I. Annotate four of the following : (4x4=16)
a) Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,
Some Cromwell, guiltless of his countrys blood.
b) Husbands at church door she had five Without other company in youth.
c) One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
d) All is if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my great Task-masters eye.
e) This casket Indias glowing gems unlocks And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
f) But out alack ! he was but one hour mine,
The region cloud hath masked him from me now.
g) The sea of faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earths shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
h) Such thought to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here in this happy dell.
SECTION - B
II. Answer any two of the following in not more than a page and a half
each : (2x9=18)
a) What are your impressions of Belinda in Popes poem ?
b) Bring out the contrast between Ulysses and Telemachus.
c) How does Arnold describe the world around him in Dover Beach ?
d) How does Wordsworth associate the death of Lucy with the ennobling influence of nature in human life ?
SECTION - C
III. Answer any two of the following in not more than a page and a half
each : (2x9=18)
a) Explain critically Dr. Heideggers experiment.
b) Describe the incidents which led to the tribulations and humiliations of the Loisels.
c) What are Bacons views on studies ?
d) How does Dickens contrast fact and fancy through Sissy and Bitzer ?
SECTION - D
IV. Answer any two of the following in not more than a page and a half
each : (2x9=18)
a) What is the significance of the seven commandments introduced by Snowball and Napoleon to the farm animals ?
b) Write a note on Boxer.
c) What is the role of Squealer in Animal Farm ?
d) Discuss Animal Farm as a political satire on the Russian Revolution.
SECTION - E
V. a) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
It is in their attitude towards children that the Englishman and the Russian are poles apart. In an English family discipline is the order of the day. A favourite English proverb is spare the rod and spoil the child. This saying was almost elevated into a gospel by Dr. Arnold, who built up public school system on the basis of corporal punishment, side by side with Latin, football
and the Bible.
i) Who built up the public school system ? 2
ii) What is the favourite English proverb mentioned in the passage ? 2
iii) In what are the Englishman and the Russian poles apart ? 2
b) Choose one of the following and expand the idea in not more than
a page : (1x5=5)
i) Make hay while the sun shines.
ii) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
iii) Honesty is the best policy.
iv) Little drops of water make a mighty ocean.
i) Greek and Latin
ii) Body and soul
iii) Kith and Kin
iv) Hue and Cry.
d) Change the voice of one of the following :
i) A new bridge has been built across the river
(1x1=1)
ii) The students sang a song.
e) Provide synonyms for two of the following :
(2x1=2)
i) Ability
ii) Feeble
iii) Lazy
iv) Kind.
f) Provide antonyms for two of the following :
(2x1=2)
i) Bright
ii) Wisdom
iii) Bad
iv) Punctual.
g) Provide one word substitute for two of the following :
(2x1=2)
i) A person who loves his own county
ii) One who goes on a journey to a holy place
iii) A period of two weeks
iv) A person whose wife is dead.
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