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
Rewrite the following sentences choosing the correct alternative.
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Shahid Suhrawardy's poem Fragment is unmistakably
Spenserian
Prufrockian
Wordsworthean
Shakespearean
The line "Tired, tired, my mind melts in the sun" occurs in the poem
A Little Distance
An Old Woman
Fragment
Crossing of Rives
R. Parthasarathy has been chained by
English language
Tamil language
Telgu language
His mother tongue
In the poem House of a Thousand Doors, Meena Alexander writes about her
Grandfather
Great grandfather
Mother
Grandmother
The poet Arun Kolatker says that old women stick to people like a
Gum
Burr
Resin
Flea
Who saved the life of young boy while drowning in the river?
Fisher-girl
Fisherman
Boatman
A soldier
Who moaned "Why didn't I die instead of Naranappa? Why doesn't death come to me"?
Praneshacharya
Bhagirathi
Chandari
Anasuya
Which of the following statements is not true?
Naranappa died of fever
Chandari tells Praneshacharya about the death of Naranappa
Praneshacharya tells Garudacharya about the death of Naranappa
Garudacharya tells Lakshmanacharya the news of Naranappa's death
Who said that a Brahmin is not lost because he takes a low caste prostitute?
Praneshacharya
Chandari
Durgabhatta
Sitadevi
10) is known as a riddle-man in the novel Samskara.
Praneshacharya
Putta
Shripati
Garudacharya
11) Which of the following statements is not true?
Mala meets Ravi on the day Deepak sees her mother.
Mala gives the impression that she is interested in Ravi.
Mala dances with Ravi with the permission of his fiancée.
Ravi invites Mala to his hotel for a drink that night
12) Mala cannot love anyone because
Child sexual abuse has turned her into a frozen women
She hates all men
She sees her uncle in every man
She does not think any man worth loving
13) Mala celebrates as her freedom day.
28th February
29th February
30th September
29th September
14) Which of the following statements about Mala is not true?
Mala keeps on telling lies to her mother and her friends
She loves reading magazines like Femina and Cosmopolitan
She was with Deepak on Holi
She is fine when she is at home
Q.2
Answer any seven of the following questions in brief:
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What advice did Karim Khan give to the cotton revenue collector regarding his stay in the marble palace?
What is the story of Babur's death narrated in Empire and Soul?
Why did Imam ask Amitav Ghosh to forget about his herbs and medicines?
Why does Amitav Ghosh say that the thickness of the Indian political skin is reserved wholly for the touch of the diasporic Indian?
What is the theme of the poem "Homecoming"?
Explain the lines:
"And you are reduced to so much small change in her hand."
Write about the imagery used in the poem Crossing of Rivers.
Bring out the significance of the title A Little Distance.
Q.3

Answer any two of the following questions in brief
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What is symbolism? How is it used in modern Indian English poetry?
Write about any two trends in Indian English drama.
What are the salient features of Indian English novel?

Write short notes on the following. (Any two)
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Describe the life of an Egyptian in Baghdad.
Write in brief about Khamees the Rat.
Bring out the significance of the title "The Hunger of Stones".
Q.4
Answer any one of the following questions:
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"The play Thirty Days in September deals with the theme of child sexual abuse in Indian society." Discuss.
Comment on the relationship between Mala and Deepak.
Q.5
Discuss U. R. Anantamurthy's Samskara as a critique on Brahmanical way of life.