EG-04
June Examination 2016
BA Pt. II Examination
Prose Fiction II
Paper EG-04
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 100
Note: The question paper is divided into three sections B and C. Write answers as per given instructions.
Section A 10 × 2 20
(Very Short Answer Questions)
Note: This section contains 10 very short answer type questions. Attempt all questions. Each question carries 2 marks. Maximum word limit is 30 words.
Which according to Ruskin are the five 'great intellectual professions' in every civilised nation?
What are 'curosity shops' as mentioned in 'Third Thoughts'?
Why is machine like a Djinn?
What is the narrative style of 'Deep Water'?
What are platonic art snobs according to Huxley?
What is chandhuri's opinion about the origin of Hindu temple cults?
Who is a valetuditarian in the novel Why?
625
EG-04 900 3 (P.T.O.)
EG-04 900 3 (Contd.)
625
(viii) What is the symbolic significance of the chain in which
the ghost of marley is bound in Christmas Carol'?
What does Humpty Dumpty tell Alice about 'adjectives'
and
With whom does Iona share his grief in the end in 'The
Lament'?
Section B 4 × 10 40
(Short Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any 4 out of these 8 short answer type questions.
Each question carries 10 marks. The maximum word limit
for each question is 200 words.
How does Holmes conclude the whole case of the murder of
Julia and the role of Dr. Roylott in it in 'The Speckled
How does the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?
What was Gorky's didactic aim in 'The Mother of a Traitor'.
Discuss.
What is the theme of the story 'The Rocking Horse Winner'?
Comment on the narrative devices used by Maugham in 'The
Ant and The Grasshopper'.
Write a note on the character of Dr. Aziz in Passage to
India'.
What does John Ruskin think about master-workmen
relationship?
What changes regarding the decisions did the narrator
undergo in 'Third Thoughts'?
EG-04 900 3
625
Section C 2 × 20 40
(Long Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any 2 questions. Each question carries 20 marks.
The word limit of each question is 500 words.
10) On what grounds can the use of machines be justified according
to Bertrand Russell?
11) Explain in detail all the selected snobberies mentioned by
Huxley in his essay.
12) Differentiate between the attitudes of an English man and
an Indian towards money with reference to 'Money and the
Englishman'.
13) Write an essay on the plot structure of