Prose and Fiction

Max Marks: 30

Note: The Question paper is divided into three sections A, B, and C. Write Answer as per the given instruction.

Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)

Note: Answer all questions. As per the nature of the question you delimit your answer in one word, one sentence or maximum up to 30 words. Each question carries 1 mark.         6×1=06

1. What is the locale of Tagore’s story “The Castaway”
2. Who was Mr. Bhushan?
3. Write the meaning of ‘Prejudice’.
4. How many members were in ‘The Spectator Club’?
5. Who destroyed the tokens of Oliver’s parentage?
6. Write the name pseudonym of Charles Lamb.

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)

Note: Answer any 4 questions. Each answer should not exceed 100 words. Each question carries 3 marks.  4×3=12

1. What are the good manners described in Joseph Addison’s “Rural Manners”?
2. Write a note on the character of the Artful Dodger.
3. Addison believes ‘Death levels all’, elaborate this statement.
4. What is the proper use of study in the opinion of Bacon?
5. Summarize the story of ‘The Portrait of a Lady’.

Section-C (Long Answer Questions)

Note: Answer any two questions. You have to delimit your each answer maximum up to 400 words. Each question carries 06 marks.

1. Give a brief description of the members of the Spectator Club as given by Richard Steele in the essay.
2. Write a critical appreciation of ‘Meditations in Westminster Abbey’.
3. Draw a character-sketch of Oliver Twist with references from the text.
4. Suspense and humour are of the prominent literary devices employed by Ruskin Bond in the story ‘The Boy Who Broke the Bank’. Discuss it.

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