M.A. (Semester II) (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 and rewrite the following sentence:
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The and when I am gone, none shall awaken you, „No bells shall ever ring for occur in the poem
The soldier‟s song
The Face Mask
May you sleep a million on years, Shiva
Hello Lust
Mr. Patel appears in
Hello Lust
Happenings on the London under ground
May you sleep a million years, Shiva
The Face Mask
After gathering you into its arms, the Lust stifles the
Bells at the door
Little pulse notes to your brain
Uncertainties of every day
State of mind
of the following is not used by the poetess to put on the face mask.
Sandal
Turmeric
Rose-water
Snow powder
"Let me brush your hair into a million waves" This line occur in
The Last Rites
The Face Mask
Hello Lust
The Soldier‟s song
The soldier writes letters to his
Friend
Family
Brother-in-low
Relative
Lieutenant is dead.
Jerry Premraj
Fairy Premraj
Barry Premraj
Terry Premraj
In „may you sleep a million years, the blessings of Lord shiva are compared with
Petals
Tears
Flowers
Ashes
Which of the following is a work by Anita Nair?
Dark Holds no Terror
That Long silence
Ladies Coupe
If I die Today
10) „Gathering the debris of rejection‟ is mentioned in the poem
The Last Rites
The Soldier‟s song
The Face Mask
The Eleven O‟clock News
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11) The phrase heap of occurs in the poem
Hello Lust
The Last Rites
The Face Mask
The Eleven O‟clock News
12) The Last Rites refers to the poetess
Grand Father
Grandmother
Mother
Father
13) The line "If you are watching us, tells our families we are alive". Occurs in the poem
The Eleven O‟clock News
The Soldier‟s song
The Last Rites
The Face Mask
14) In the poem „The soldier‟s the soldier is polishing his
Shoe
Rifle
Bullet
Clothes
Q.2
Answer any seven of the following questions in brief:
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Why did Dinyar Panthaki refuse to help Rashna in taking Tahira to a relief camp?
Why does the dimple cheeked boy follow Rashna?
Describe the death of xerxes?
What Nayamai does with the saree which she has weaved for Ammu?
What sort of relationship is between Josephine and Shernavaz?
What types of relationship dose exist between Maneck and Boman?
What are the special features of the Parsi community?
Who were the neighbors of Hoshang?
Q.3
Answer any two of the following questions in brief:
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What are the major themes of Indian women novelists?
What does it mean by Modern Indian English Drama?
Explain with example the Concept of Diaspora.
Q.3
Answer any two of the following questions in brief:
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Explain any two features of modern Drama.
Which are the major feministic problems that contemporary Indian women writers are focusing upon?
What are the problems of immigrants?
Q.4
Answer any one of the following questions:
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Sketch the character of Tughlaq.
OR
Comment on the plot of the play „Tughlaq‟.
Q.5
Discuss the problems of immigrants with the help of Jhumpa Lahiri‟s „The Namesake‟.