1. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION – APRIL 2013

B.COM – IV SEMESTER

ADDITIONAL ENGLISH

Duration::3 HOURS                                                                                                Max. Marks:100

Section – A

1. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.                  (5×2=10)

• The ‘lion’ in the ‘The Lion and the Lamb’ belonged to which menagerie?
• How did the male raven treat the female raven in Bertrand Russell’s lesson?
• Where are the feet of the hawk locked up in the poem by Ted Hughes?
• What takes hold on the loam in Sylvia Plath’s poem?
• List two things that Rupert Brooke has loved in ‘The Great Lover’.

Section – B

1. Write short notes on any four of the following.                       (4×5=20)

• The Vicar in ‘The Lion and the Lamb’
• ‘Whatever changes or disappears love last forever’ in reference to the poem ‘The Great Lover’.
• Russell’s examples of Yokel and the Lord of the Manor.
• Humour in ‘The Lion and the Lamb’.

10)  Imagery in the poem ‘Hawk Roosting’.

 

III Answer any three questions in about two pages.                                       (3×10=30)

• How does Russell justify the use of force in the formation of international government? Do you agree with his views? Give reasons.
• Write a critical summary of the poem ‘Hawk Roosting’.
• What does the ‘mushroom’ stand for in Sylvia Plath’s poem? What do you think their message in for us?
• In what ways do you think Rupert Brook’s poem ‘The Great lover’ is an                    example of an unusual love poem.

Section – C

Swami and Friends

1. IV) Write short notes on the following.  (2×5=10)

• Malgudi Cricket Club
• Sketch the character of Mani

1. V) Answer any two of the following questions.      (2×10= 20)

17) Describe the nature of the relationship between Swami and Rajam. How does it              end?

18)  What led to Swaminathan’s exit from Board school? Describe his ordeal after that incident.

19)  How does Narayan portray Swami’s struggle to gain acceptance in the adult world? Give suitable examples from the text to prove the above point.

Section – D

1. V) Write an essay on any one of the following topics.                            (1×10=10)                                                                   

20)  Rise in crimes against women in India, and possible counter measures.

Or

21) Should there be mandatory qualifications and retirement age for politicians.

 

 

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