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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G.DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
FIRST SEMESTER APRIL 2017
EL 1055 ENGLISH THROUGH INDIAN REFLECTIVE WRITINGS
Date: 29-04-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
SECTION A
I Answer any TEN of the following in about 50 words each: (10x3=30)
1. Why is the tailor disappointed with the author?
2. What is the tailor's opinion about young servants?
3. What is Gandhi's expectation of a woman?
4. Explain 'Superweeds'.
5. Why does the author feel that the monk appeared a bit out of place
among the celebrities?
6. Comment on the social background against which the story
Another Community is set.
7. How does the postmaster drive away his loneliness in the village?
8. Consider Arjun tree as a symbol.
9. What is the purpose of the lady's visit to the town in Gifts?
10. How does the girl in the kitchen react on hearing the sound of the airplane?
11. Bring out the significance of the Kitchen in the Indian context.
12. How is man's life different from that of Nature's? Explain.
SECTION B
II Answer any FIVE of the following in about 100 words each:
13. Describe Ved Mehta's visit to Hardwar.
14. Why does the author say that the Tibetans have a talent for survival? Give reasons.
15. Describe how Ratan took care of the postmaster when he fell ill.
16. Assess critically Ezekiel's views on the Indian urban culture?
17. How does Kamala Das feel nostalgic about her native place in the poem
Hot Noon in Malabar?
18. Describe the treatment meted out to the national bird.
19. Who, according to Gandhi, is the nobler of the two, man or woman? Why?
20. Write a character sketch of Prince Abhijit.
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SECTION C
III Answer the following in about 250 words each: (3x15=45)
21. How did the fears of the hero in Another Community come true? Discuss.

Why does the author call the benefit dinner as "commodification of one's own suffering"?
Explain.
22. What is the human body compared to in the poem Is This the End? Explain the comparisons.

How does Vaidehi portray the problems of Indian women in the poem Girl in the Kitchen?
Discuss.
23. List down the causes for water scarcity and suggest means of procuring abundant water to
solve the needs of Chennai population.

Discuss the impact of globalization on Indian agriculture and farming.