Kurukshetra University 2008 Post Graduate Diploma Journalism (Oriya) English A - Question Paper

BAE/A08

ENGLISH

Paper-A

Time : Three Hours)

Note : All questions arc compulsory.

I. (a) Explain with reference to (he context :

I'rom rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be. Much pleasure then from thee much more must flow. And soonest our best men with thcc dogo.

Rest of their bones and souls delivery.

OR

Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads ' Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corncr of a temple with doors all shut ? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee!

(b) There is another reason why umouchability cannot disappear by a stratagem, legal or rational. As has already been pointed out, the Hindu social order is based on the principle of graded inequality. It may not be an exaggeration to say that not many people understand the significance of this principle. The social system based inequality stands on a different footing from a social system based on graded inequality. The former is a weak system which is not capable of self-preservation. The later, on the other hand, is capable of self-preservation.

OR

But meantime a thouglu-a rather painful thought-has begun to come into my mind at intervals. It is this. If Todd owes me a dollar and has forgotten it, it is possibleindeed it is theoretically probablethat there must be men to whom I owe a dollar which I have forgotten. There may be a list of them. The more 1 think of it the less I like it. because I am quite sure that if I had once forgotten a dollar, 1 should never pay it. on this side of the grave.    4+4*8

2. Attempt any five of the following questions :

(i)    How does Milton regret the loss of his light* ?

(ii)    What do you understand by City of Palm trees ?

(iii)    What is meant by old proud pageant of man* ?

(iv)    What docs the poet say about Lassi in The Patriot ?

(v)    What is the theme of the poem 'When you arc old ?

(vi>    Explain the phrase, dark nocturnal secret.

(vii)    What docs the lover say about holding his beloved's hand ?

(viii)    Explain the metaphor of ship used in the poem Crossing the Bar.

OR

Did Ma Parker ever cry ?

The old man bought a small bowl of noodles. What did he do with it ?

(iii)    What are the three questions of (he king ?

(iv)    Why was Della nervous before Jim's arrival ?

(v)    How has the world become a single whole, a unity ?

(vi)    What became the symbol of India to the children of Japan ?

(vii)    Who will turn against us in case of a nuclear war ?

(viii)    How are females discriminated against in case of basic facilities ?    $

3.    (a) How docs the poet justify the ways of God to man

in the poem On His Blindness ?

OR

Explain 'Good fences make good neighbours' with reference to the poem "Mending Walls.

(b) Of the two who made the greater sacrificcJim or Della ? Justify your answer.

OR

Explain how Sherlock Holmes manages to get Culverton Smith arrested.    9+9=18

5. Do as directed. Attempt any five.

(i)    Use round' as a noun and as an adjective in two¹ different scntcnccs.

(ii)    Make adjcctivcs : child, gloiy.

(iii)    If I had a typewriter. I ................(type) it myself.

(iv)    Make one scntcncc of Its................(Fill in the blank

with right form of the verb)

(v)    He became...............Union leader. (Fill in the blank

with article)

(vi)    Write one sentence of dircci form of narration.

(viii He presented me a beautiful pen. (Change the wrtv)

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