M.A. (Semester II) (CBCS) Examination, 2017
ENGLISH (Paper IV) Elective
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Day Date: Tuesday, 02-05-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 10.30 AM to 01.00 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Rewrite the following sentences by choosing the correct
alternatives from those given below:
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According to Gardiner, happiness is
a personal affair, not an affair of time, place or condition
the right of some people
the first right of the poor man
out of reach of every common man
Name the film company of Madhavi's father which he started in
Kolhapur after leaving Pune.
Suyog Chitra
Prabhat Chitra
Chalat Chitra
Arun Chitra
How were Kamala's parents?
They were dissimilar and horribly mismatched.
They were perfectly matched.
They were similar but mismatched.
They were totally uneducated.
According to G.V. Karandikar, there are only two divisions of
human beings as
insiders and those who are on the boundary line
insiders and back siders
outsiders and those who are on the boundary line
insiders and outsiders
A. G. Gardiner started his career as a
Journalist Lawyer Doctor Poet
The autobiography Nach Ga Ghuma begins with the reference to
Madhavi's marriage with Narendra Katkar
Ramabai's Sati performace
Ranjit Desai's birthday
Both a and c above
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When Kamala's father got married in 1928, whose influence was
there on the Indian social mind?
G. K. Gokhale Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru Lokmanya Tilak
What is the profession of G. V. Karandikar's perfect friend who
makes no mistakes?
Professor Engineer Doctor Social servant
What is a painted face according to A. G. Gardiner?
It is an indication of good health
It is a thing which can't be avoided
It is artistically bad and spiritually worse
It is always a welcome sight
10) When was the autobiography Nach Ga Ghuma published?
1989 1988 1990 1991
11) Where did Kamala face the colour discrimination and humiliating
treatment during her schooling?
Calcutta Bombay Malbar Madras
12) Who, according to G.V. Karandikar, is the English writer who did
not erase his words once written?
John Milton William Shakespeare
Dr. Samuel Johnson William Wordsworth
13) What is the subject on which A. G. Gardiner writes his essay on?
Putting on shoes The force of habit
Hating something Common failing of indecision
14) What is G.V. Karandikar's description of a man?
A man is an animal who likes to give an advice to others
A man is an animal who does not accept the advice of others
A man is an animal who does not like to give an advice to
others
A man is an animal who always obeys others
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What do you think is the importance of the opening scene of Nace
Ga Ghuma?
Comment on the character of Antukaka from the essay Tari Pan
Bare?
How does A. G. Gardiner explain that a man is a little bundle of
habits?
Describe Kamala's relations with her parents.
Narrate an incident of the writer's slipping over from a banana
skin.
What aspect of modern life does A. G. Gardiner satirize in his
essay, A Painted Face?
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Bring out the importance of the title Nach Ga Ghuma as a
woman's autobiography?
Describe Kamala's relations with her great grandmother.
Q. 3 Write short notes on any two of the following: 08
The role of translation as a shaping force in the development
of world culture.
Study of influence of one literary text on the other as a
method of comparative study.
Correlation between comparative literature and translation
studies.
Answer any two of the following questions in brief: 06
Who, according to A. G. Gardiner, is the true story?
What are G. V. Karandikar's views on the people who are
always correct and make no mistakes at all?
Describe Madhavi's Desai's social work in Kowad.
Q.4 Compare and contrast the lives of Kamala Das and Madhavi Desai in
a male dominated Indian Society.
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OR
Do you agree with the view the Nach Ga Ghuma and My Story are
records of women's subjugation in a patriarchal Indian Society?
Illustrate your answer.
Q.5 Explain how Gardiner and Karandikar present a galaxy of characters
representing colourful models of human nature through their essays.
Give suitable examples.