EG-02
June Examination 2016
BA Pt. I Examination
Prose and Fiction
Paper EG-02
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 ten very short answer type questions (one word, one sentence, and definition type item) having weightage of twenty marks. Examinees have to attempt all questions. Each question will be of two marks and maximum word limit will be thirty words.
In which year Francis Bacon was born?
Who wrote 'Meditations in Westminister
Who is Mr. Bumble in 'Oliver Twist'?
What was beggar girl's request to Rosemary in the story Cup of
Who is Satish in 'The Castway'?
Write the author of 'The Portrait of a Lady'.
710
EG-02 1200 3 (P.T.O.)
EG-02 1200 3 (Contd.)
710
Who slapped the Talkative man in the story 'Engine
Trouble'?
(viii) How old was Jim in the story 'The Gift of the
Who was Nathu in 'The Boy Who Broke The Bank'
Who is the author of Struggle for an Education'?
Section B 4 × 10 40
(Short Answer Questions)
Note: This section will contain eight short answer type questions.
Examinees will have to answer any four questions.
Each question will be of ten marks. The weightage of
this section will be of forty marks. Examinees have to
delimit each answer in maximum 200 words.
Discuss the main qualities of Bacon's style.
How does little knowledge spoil our personality' according
to William Hazlitt?
Give a brief description of the members of the spectator club
as given by Richard Steele in his essay.
Draw a character sketch of Fagin in the novel 'Oliver Twist'.
Describe the character of Rosemary in the story Cup of
Tea'.
Write a brief summary of 'The Portrait of a Lady'.
What do you know about the word 'Diaspora'? Write about
Indian Diaspora.
Write a note on Addison's views about the inscriptions on the
tomb-stones in the Westminster Abbey.
EG-02 1200 3
710
Section C 2 × 20 40
(Long Answer Questions)
Note: This section will contain four long answer type questions.
Each question will be of twenty marks. Examinees
will have to answer any two questions. The weightage
of this section will be of forty( 40) marks. They have to
delimit each answer in maximum 500 words.
10) Draw a character sketch of Oliver Twist.
11) Write a critical appreciation of 'Marriage is a Private Affair'.
12) Write a critical appreciation of the story 'The gift of the Magi'.
13) Discuss 'Human behaviour depicted in 'The Boy Who Broke
the Bank'.