M.A. (Semester II) (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
ENGLISH (Paper VI)
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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The line „She said her darling was a occurs in the poem
Passion Becomes Piety
Elegy
The Banyan City
The Sale
"Jeevangeet" is a collection of poems composed by
Manohar Shetty
Meena Kandasamy
Vihang A. Naik
Arvind Mehrotra
The poem that refers to Ruskin‟s Lectures on Art is
The Sale
Elegy
Tea Party
The Banyan City
In the poem My Mother Feared Death, The mother was buried in
White
Blue
Green
Yellow
The line "When you and I were about break" opens the poem
Passion Becomes Piety
Elegy
The Banyan City
Tea Party
The poem Elegy ends on a note.
Gloomy
Pessimistic
Happy
Optimistic
Balram Halwai describes as having "puffy cheeks, spiky white hair and thick gold earrings".
The Raven
The Great Socialist
The Stork
The Buffalo
calls Balram Halwai a „country-mouse‟.
Pinky Madam
The Mongoose
Vitiligo-Lips
Vijay
Which of the following statements is not true?
Balram Halwai murders his master Mr. Ashok stabbing him in the neck.
Balram Halwai murders his master for the sake of 700,000 rupees.
The police cannot arrest Balram Halwai because hr bribes the police.
Pinky Madam gives Balram rupees 4700 for driving her to the airport.
10) As a first step to start taxi service in Bangalore, Balram contacts a dealership to rent a fleet of cars.
Tata
Maruti-Suzuki
Mercedes
Toyota
11) Act I scene iii of the play Brides are ot For Burning takes place in
Sanjay‟s living room
Vinod‟s office
Tarala‟s Kitchen
The Desai tenement room
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12) Who says "anything is better than inaction, deadly passivity you have to make up a choice"?
Roy
Malini
Vinod
Sanjay
13) In Brides Are Not For Burning, Neelam is the daughter of
Anil
Kalu
Mother-in-low
Tarala
14) As per the postmortem report, Laxmi‟s death occurred between
7:00 and 8:00 pm.
7:15 and 7:30 pm.
7:10 and 7:30 pm.
7:30 and 8:30 pm.
Q.2
Write a short answer. (Any seven)
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What is the theme of the poem Passion Becomes Piety?
What does the poet mourn in the poem Elegy?
Bring out the significance of the title of the poem The Banyan City.
What is imagery? How is it used in the poem The Sale?
What advice did Jaya give to Lisa?
What English habits, according to Sardarni Sahib, would Sarup acquire during his stay in England?
What is the theme of the story „English
Why did Neelu‟s smother not invite Aunty Nimmi for Neelu‟s marriage?
Q.3
Answer any two of the following questions in brief:
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1. What is Diaspora? Give at least two features of Indian diaspora.
2. What is Feminism? Write about any one women feminist writer.
3. What is symbolism? How is it used Indian English poetry?
Q.3
Answer any two of the following questions in brief:
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1. Write in brief about Balvir‟s behavior with his mother.
2. Bring out the aptness of the title A Pair of Ears.
3. How did Kanwaljit wreak vengeance on her husband‟s brother?
Q.4
Answer any one of the following:
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a)Comment on the theme of Marxism in Brides Are Not For Burning.
OR
b)„Brides Are Not For Burning is a protest Elucidate.
Q.5
„Arvind Adiga‟s The White Tiger is a critique of contemporary — Discuss.
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