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U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

       EL 1055 – ENGLISH THROUGH INDIAN REFLECTIVE WRITINGS

 

 

 

Date : 05-11-08                     Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

SECTION – A

 

I  Answer any TEN of the following in about 50 words each:                (10×3=30)

 

 

1. Comment on the life of Tibetan refugees in Delhi.

2.What is the tailor’s opinion about young servants?

3. What do you understand about Jawaharlal Nehru’s personality from your reading of Ved Mehta’s

Between the Two Worlds.

4. What, according to you, is woman’s contribution to the world?
5. What do you understand by “superweeds” and “superpests”?
6. Why are the Tibetan stalls generally flooded with customers?
7. Why is the hero of Another Community unable to sleep at night?
8. How does the postmaster drive away his loneliness in the village?
9. Why are the Shabars in Arjun considered to be indispensable?
10. How is society responsible for the degradation of the Shabar tribe?
11. How is the peacock treated as a symbol in the poem National Bird?
12. What would be the ultimate achievement of man’s life on earth as exemplified by

Sri Aurobindo in the poem Is this the End?

 

 

SECTION – B

 

II  Answer any FIVE of the following in about 100 words each:                (5×6=30)

 

 

13. “Indias are endless.” What kinds of India does Ved Mehta talk about in Between the

Two Worlds?

14. Bring out the serious ecological risks involved in manufacturing genetically engineered crops.
15. Why does the author say that the Tibetan issue is commodified? Explain.
16. Comment on, with examples, Ratan’s affection for the postmaster.
17. Why does the narrator in the story Gifts think that the woman (Anni) at home is innocent?
18. Assess critically Ezekiel’s views on the Indian urban culture.
19. Cite examples from the novel Water that indicate acute water scarcity in Chennai.
20. Write a character sketch of prince Abhijit in Mukta-Dhara.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION – C

 

III  Answer the following in about 300 words each:                             (3×10=30)

 

21. a) How does the postmaster’s resignation affect the life of Ratan?

(OR)

1. b) Describe the plight of peacock in National Bird.

 

22. a) How do Jamuna and Chaya represent two different types of women of India?

(OR)

1. b) Discuss the tribals’ attitude in preserving the environment in Arjun.

 

23. a) How healthy is the interaction of a boy and a girl in a village context? Discuss.

(OR)

1. b) Write an essay on the conditions of animals in an Indian zoo.

 

IV   24. a) Complete the following passage by filling in the blanks with suitable                                    prepositions.                                                                               (5×1=5)

 

Now let us put the case in figures. If you have to work—-(a)——twelve hours a    day, you have no freedom at all. If you work eight hours —–(b)—–day you have         four hours a day to do what you like ——(c)——-, subject to the laws ——(d)—-            the land and your possession of money enough to buy an interesting book or pay      for a seat at the pictures, or, on a half-holiday, —–(e)—-a football match, or           whatever your             fancy may be.

 

1. b) Change the following nouns into verbs and frame sentences.       (5×1=5)

                       

               (a) expression     (b) criticism       (c) admission    (d) action    (e) solution.   

         

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