M.A. (Semester (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
English (Paper II)
INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Choose the correct alternative:
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In the poem In Real Time epigraph is used from the poem of
Suvir Kaul
James Merrill
Daniel Hall
G. M. Hopkins
The phrase „Behind the door marked DANGER‟ occurs in the poem
By Exiles
A Pastoral
Arabic
In Real Time
The line "We shall meet again, in Srinagar" occurs in the poem
A Country Without a Post Office
A Pastoral
Arabic
By Exiles
Which of the following statements about the poem "A Pastoral" is true
It ends with the line tear our shirts for tourniquets‟.
The voice of the bird returns in Autumn
The speaker in the poem is killed in the car accident near the cemetery
In the cemetery there are graves with no names
When the Muezzin died, the city was robbed of every
Man
Priest
Poet
Call
The epigraph from the poem of Zbigniew Herbert is used in the poem
The Floating Post Office
A Pastoral
Arabic
In Real Time
Age Shahid Ali was born on
4th February, 1949
4th January, 1949
4th March, 1949
4th December, 1949
The line „And then we saw the boat being rowed through the fog of occurs in
A Pastoral
The Floating Post Office
Arabic
The Correspondent
Which of the following poem begins with the line "There‟s no way back to your country"?
A Pastoral
The Correspondent
Arabic
The Floating Post Office
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SLR-HW-9
10) The poem „By Exiles‟ refers to one of the famous writers named
William Wordsworth
Shakespeare
Oscar Wild
William James
11) The line „The Koran prophesied a fire of men and occurs in the poem
In Real Time
In Arabic
By Exiles
A Pastoral
12) Name the Arabic word which means „witness‟.
Shahir
The bird
The poet
Shahid
13) Which of the following poem begins with a question?
The Floating Post Office
Arabic
In Real Time
A Pastoral
14) Which of the following work of Ali is published posthumously?
Call Me Ishmael Tonight
Rooms Are Never Finished
The Country Without A Post Office
The Beloved Witness
Q.2
Answer any seven of the following questions in brief:
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What are the types of help that Swami Vivekananda mentions in his essay?
What is the Karma?
Which year is regarded as the zero point of the Kaliyuga calendar?
What do calendars indicate in Indian context?
What is the method adopted by the exiles to recollect their homeland?
How does Osho state the difference between friendship and love?
What is the importance of M. K. Gandhi‟s ideas?
What is the purpose of Salman Rushdie behind writing the essay „An Imaginary Homeland‟?
What is philosophy about the friendship?
Q.3
a)Answer any two of the following questions in brief
08
Write about any two major trends in Indian English poetry.
What is the importance of myths? How it helps the Indian dramatists while writing plays in English?
What is an Evaluating Essays?
b)Write short notes on the following. (Any two)
06
Use of myths in any two Indian plays in English
Symbolism in Indian English Poetry
Critical essay
Q.4
Answer any one of the following questions:
14
Comment on the plot of Vasavadutta.
Write an essay on the setting of Vasavadutta.
Q.5
"Rama Mehata‟s Inside the Haveli is a story of women from a women‟s perspective" Explain.