B.Com-ENGLISH 3rd Sem ENGLISH LANGUAGE(Bangalore University, Bangalore-2010)

III SEMESTER B.COM EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (PART-A)

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS.


1.Answer any five of the following in a paragraph each: (5x5=25)

1. Explain the differences in the food habits of the people of the eighteenth and twenty first century.
2.What do you understand about the stability of married life in Russia where the story 'The Avenger' takes place?
3. Discuss Tagore's views on rituals and blind worship in his poem
4. what was the anti-climax of lady Hurtmore's story in the lesson 'The Portrait'?
5.Write about the most memorable tribute paid by the people of India to Gandhiji.
6.Why does the old pensioner glorify his past?
7.What kind of a person is James? How does he compare with his wife Emily?

2. Write an essay on any two of the following in about a page and a half each (2x 10=20)
1. Desmond Morris views on food habits is in sharp contrast to what the health gorus believe in. Substantiates.
2.Bring out the qualities of a good story teller with reference to Mr. Bigger in The Portrait.
3.Next Please is a poem of expectations and disappointments. Discuss.
4.Discuss the significance of Uncle James dream in the play "The Boy Comes Home".