LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 3102 – INDIAN NATIONALIST LITERATURE

 

 

 

Date : 28-04-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

PART – A

1. Explain with reference to context any FIVE of the following in 75 words each: 5 x 4 = 20

 

1. Here flourish thousand castes,

But no room for foreigners.

The mother’s children may quarrel,

Yet they are brothers.

2. Two hands are we to serve thee, O our mother,

To strive and succor, cherish and unite.

Two feet are we to cleave the waning darkness,

And gain the pathways of the dawning light.

 

3. Mother, O Mother, wherefore dost thou sleep?

Arise and answer for thy children’s sake!

 

4. This, this is the land that gave us

Birth and suck and the light of knowledge.

5. I do not remember her having ever missed the chaturmas.
6. I passed my childhood in Porbandar.

 

1. Answer TWO of the following in 100 words each:                              2 x 5 = 10
2. How does Bharathi reveal his respect and reverence in his poem Vande Mataram?
3. Bring out the images used by Sarojini Naidu in her poems ‘To India’ and ‘An Anthem of Love’.
4. Write down Gandhiji’s impressions on Harischandra and Shravana.
5. Write down Gandhiji’s perception of child marriage, with special reference to his child marriage with Kasturibai.

 

• Attempt an ESSAY on any TWO in 150 words each:                                             2 x 10 = 20

 

1. What are the salient features one could see in the poems of Bharathi and Sarojini Naidu that bring out one’s patriotism?
2. Elucidate Mahatma Gandhi’s obsession with truth with reference to his autobiography.
3. Attempt an essay on Pandit Nehru’s love for India as exemplified in the text ‘India’s strength and Weakness.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part B

 

 

1. Annotate any five of the following: (5×2=10 marks)

 

 

1. What are you worried about grandfather? The country is in safe hands. Safer than you have seen before

 

2. Would you believe me if I told you I have never consciously tried to go against the tenets of Islam?

 

3. But have I really fallen so low that even you have to lie to me.

 

4. Why do you seek him? His time had come and Bhairava called him away.

 

5. Their lives were not given in vain. My dam is completed.

 

6. And then comfortably forget to pay your taxes, I suppose?

 

 

 

1. Answer any two of the following in 150 words each:                          (2×10 =20 marks)

 

1. Analyse the character of Muhammad’s stepmother and her relationship with Muhammad.

 

2. Is changing the capital from Delhi to Dauladabad justifiable in Tughlaq

 

 

3. Analyse the character of Dhananjaya in Mukta dhara.

 

• Answer any two of the following in 300 words:  (20 marks)

 

1. Critically evaluate the strengths and the weaknesses of Muhammad in Tughlaq.

 

2. Estimate Mukta dhara as a play of the people and for the people.

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

EL 3102 – INDIAN NATIONALIST LITERATURE

 

 

 

Date : 07/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART A (50 marks)

 

1. Explain with reference to context any FIVE of the following in 75 words each:             (5×4=20)

 

1. Here flourish a thousand castes,

But no room for foreigners.

2. This is the land where our mothers

Lisped their first words and grew in wisdom

3. Mother, O Mother, wherefore dost thou sleep?

Arise and answer for thy children’s sake.

4. Kashmir shrinks into my mailbox,

My home a neat four by six inches.

5. The search for the sources of India’s strength and for her deterioration and decay is long and intricate.
6. I never could learn the art of copying.

 

1. Answer any TWO of the following in 100 words each:             ( 2×5=10)

 

7. How does Bharathiar instill the spirit of patriotism in his poem ‘Vandematharam’?
8. What kind of agony is expressed in the poem, ‘My Country, My People’?
9. How does Jawaharlal Nehru defend India in the essay, ‘India’s strength and Weakness’?
10. Explain any two incidents recalled by Mahathma Gandhi in his autobiography and add your comments.

 

• Attempt an essay on any TWO in 150 words each:             ( 2×10=20)

 

11. How does Sarojini Naidu express her love and expectation towards Mother India in her poems?
12. Attempt an essay on Mahatma Gandhi’s life and character as you understand from his autobiography.
13. What is the common theme that the poems, ‘Postcard from Kashmir’ and ‘My Country My People’ share? Explain further with reference to any literary text that you have read.

 

PART B (50 marks)

 

     I            Annotate any FIVE of the following passages:                                                      ( 5×2= 10)

 

1. Barani is a historian- he’s only interested in playing chess with the shadows of the dead. And Najib’s a politician- he wants pawns of flesh and blood.
2. He went to a heap, stood there for half an hour, still as a rock. Then he dug into the heaps with his fists, raised his fists and let the coins trickle out.
3. My skin drips with blood and I don’t know how much of it is mine and how much of others.
4. He was beginning to win for you something more valuable than taxes, when you ordered him to return.
5. Beating the waves won’t stop the storm. But hold your rudder and you win.
6. When it comes to washing away filth, no saint is a match for a dhobi.

      II           Answer the following in about 200 words each:                                            ( 2×10=20)

 

7. Write a note on Tughlaq’s shifting of the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad.

(OR)

Sketch and analyse the character of Muhammed bin Tughlaq.

 

8. Evaluate the personality of Abhijit in the play ‘Mukthadhara’.

(OR)

Write a note on  building of the dam by Bibhuthi.

 

      III           Answer the following question in about 300 words:                                  ( 1×20=20)

 

9. Explain the events leading to the destruction of the empire of Muhammed bin Tughlaq.

(OR)

Write an essay on the plot and themes of the play, ‘Mukthadhara’.

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