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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 59

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                        EL 4809 – BRITISH LITERATURE

 

 

Date & Time : 25-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

 

Answer the following in about 30 words each.                                               (5×2=10)

 

  • But thy strong Hours indignant worked their wills.

How did the strong Hours work their wills on Tithonus?

 

  • My heart in hiding

Stirred for a bird, the achieve of, the mastery of the thing.

Bring out the contrast between the bird and the persona in this extract.

 

  • O Presences

That passion, piety or affection knows,

And that all heavenly glory symbolise.

What is the nature of the relationship between the Presences and the images?

 

  • Eyes I dare not meet in dreams

In death’s dream kingdom

These do not appear:

What are the eyes which the speaker dare not meet in dreams?

 

  • I have to live for others and not for myself: that middle class morality.

Identify the speaker and comment on the dramatic significance of the above extract.

 

  • Comment on the metaphor of the motorcycle in the poem by Thom Gunn.
  • What is the implication of the image of the mask in On the Move.
  • Comment on the title Waiting for Godot
  • What aspect of the duke’s personality does the poem My Last Duchess highlight?
  • Point out two characteristics of absurd theatre in Waiting for Godot.

 

SECTION – B

 

Answer any five of the following in about 200 words each.              (5´8=40)

 

  • How does Tennyson treat the theme of immortality in the poem Tithonus?

 

  • Attempt a critical study of the ending of Shaw’s Pygmalion.

 

  • “The dark necessity of fate combined with the maligned force of evil and chance creates the unified fabric of Hardy’s thematic pattern”. Attempt a critical study of this statement with reference Hardy’s The Return of the Native.

 

  • Do you think Becket has succumbed to the voices of the tempters in Murder in the cathedral ? Give reasons.

 

  • Discuss the gothic element in Wuthering Heights.
  • Comment on the scene in the fowl-loft in The Rainbow.
  • Discuss aspects of poetic drama in Murder in the Cathedral.
  • Highlight the thematic concerns in The Journey of the Magi.

 

 

 SECTION – C

 

Answer the following in about 300 words each.                            (2´20=40)

 

  • “The theme of The Hollow Men is brought out with a profound sense of irony, parody and cynicism symbolised by a wealth of images” Discuss.

OR

“Shaw has no real heroes and no villains”. Attempt a study of this observation with reference to his play Pygmalion.

 

  • What are the characteristics of the theatre of the absurd? Show how Beckett uses it to elaborate on the condition of modern man.

OR

What is the importance of multiple perspectives in Lord Jim?

 

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Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2006 Speech Event Management Question Paper PDF Download

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 24

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EL 1806 – SPEECH EVENT MANAGEMENT

 

 

Date & Time : 02-11-2006/1.00-3.00     Dept. No.                                                          Max. : 50 Marks

 

 

PART A

I           Write short notes on any Five of the following                                              (5×1=5 marks)

  1. Define Personality
  2. What is High and Low esteem?
  3. What is a value?
  4. Describe internal and external motivation.
  5. Explain the two types of coping.
  6. What is team learning?
  7. Explain the process of communication.
  8. Communication is a skilled behaviour. Explain

 

II         Answer any Two of the following in about 100 word each               (2×5=10 marks)

  1. Explain the strategies of managing conflict.
  2. Explain the different types of communication
  3. What are the characteristics of a team?
  4. What is demotivation and what are the what are the demotivating factors?

 

III        Write on any one of the following in about 200 words                      (1×10=10  marks)

13.Write a profile of yourself highlighting all your dimensions.

  1. Evaluate yourself as a communicator in terms of your strengths and weakness
  2. Discuss different types of leadership.

PART-B

IV        Write short notes on any five of the following in about 50 words.    (5×1=5 marks)

  1. Coherence
  2. Schema
  3. Aesthetic function of speech act
  4. Cotext
  5. deictic expressions
  6. discreteness
  7. Pidgins

V         Answer any two of the following in about 200 words each give examples.

(2 x 5 = 10)

  1. Ethnography of communication
  2. Overt transactional skills in spoken discourse
  3. Language as an interpersonal social Act.

 

  1. Identify the discourse features in the following passage (10 marks)

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MOTHER TONGUE

-Iqbalunnisa Hussain

John Spiers gives an introduction to Iqbalunnisa Hussain as “a Muslim lady whose own life is an epic symbol of changing India” in his foreword to the book Changing India: A Muslim Woman Speaks and that can hardly be bettered. He says: “Considering the vast size of India, writers are all too few; and still less is the proportion of women writers. But as for Mohammedan women writers, where are they? In this respect it is probable that Mrs. Iqbalunnisa Hussain holds a lonely and courageous place. Here, for the first time, is the voice of a hitherto silent section of Indian women …her convictions are always based on knowledge, a sound knowledge born out of her own rich experience.”

 

 

(Included in this volume: Inaugural address delivered at the Urdu­Persian Literary Association of the Maharaja’s College, Mysore)

To a person his mother tongue is a “blessing in disguise.” It is not merely a time-table subject in his education but is forced upon him from all sides. It is learnt by both the direct or conscious and the indirect or unconscious method. The direct method supplements and regulates the knowledge gained by hearing. The mother tongue is an indispensable instrument for the development of the intellectual, moral and physical aspects of education. It is a subject through and by which other subjects can be tackled, understood and communicated. Clarity of thought and expression is only possible when one has a certain command over the mother tongue. Weakness in any other subject means weakness in that particular subject only, but weakness in the mother tongue means the paralysis of all thought and the power of expression. Deep insight, fresh discoveries, appreciation and expansion of ideas are only possible when one understands the subject through being able to assimilate and be stimulated by the ideas of the subject.

The mother tongue is a factor for unification and sympathy. It unites people with a common culture, common traditions and ideals. The common bond becomes so strong that any division is almost impossible. The sufferings of some members of the same community who speak the same language make all the rest sad, while the success of some elates the whole. This attitude of mind towards the members of one’s own community is unconscious. Even  the suppression of this feeling in the interests of all human beings is possible only by thinking beings. Unfortunately the number of such widely sympathetic human beings is all too few.

The influence of the home on one’s mother tongue begins during infancy. The home is the place where love and sympathy reign supreme and where they are the means of instruction. It is a place where freedom of thought and action are encouraged, and practised both by direct and indirect methods. Throughout the day instruction in speech is given. Indistinct, unconnected utterances are checked, corrected and transformed into clarity of expression. The child’s ability to talk or to make statements is developed by conversations with the parents, thus the child’s natural shyness and the fear of committing mistakes are overcome. The natural gift of expression is developed.

This home influence plays a very important part in inculcating and enlarging the ideas of the child. These ideas are gathered through pictures, photographs, from articles and by all things in the child’s home and surroundings. The child’s curiosity compels him to ask questions and gather information concerning everything. Enquiries about their names and uses follow. This unending stream of questions on a multitude of topics and the degree of sensible replies or explanations given to him by his parents increases his ideas and vocabulary, and likewise his thoughts begin to settle and his power of listening intelligently and understanding the spoken word develops.

Folk and fairy tales, and the adventures of heroes and heroines told by the mothers and grandmothers have a unique value. Related in a homely manner their chief ideas are easily understood. Such tales not only develop the character of the little one, but also improve his own power of recounting what is heard. Very often one finds little children acting such stories. Religious instruction given at home is another aid to progress in the mother tongue. Women are more religious minded usually than men. They remember the words and music of hymns and songs. At a very young age the child learns these by heart and later recites them before the members and friends of the family. And sometimes the child is bold enough to repeat them before strangers. Religious hymns and songs make an appeal to his religious instincts, which is sometimes expressed in another way through the medium of dolls which are made into idols. All this early learning lays a good foundation for the development of the mother tongue.

In illiterate families the influence of the mother tongue may not be so effective in the improvement of the vocabulary, pronunciation and the enlargement of ideas, but there is no lack of clear expression of some sort.

When the child enters school he is quite familiar with words, expressions and their uses in his daily life. Words and ideas do not seem dry and lifeless to him, as they are often used in his life. The teacher of the mother tongue is not vague in his expression and in the presentation of facts. The homely presentation of ideas with a definite purpose creates a spirit of reciprocity in children. There is often found a mutual understanding between the children and the teacher and an appreciation of the matter read is expressed. The instinct of curiosity to know about things is satisfied by reading books written in one’s mother tongue. The substance is re-stated in the children’s own words and is turned over in their minds till they understand its meaning well. The strong foundation laid at home and the familiarity of the ideas make the student better fitted to cope with the difficulties in the school. The school supplements and regulates the knowledge gained by indirect ways. No stage of expression remains unrealised and untranslated in the pupil’s life. In addition the lectures delivered by individual speakers, debates held and the writing of essays help to clarify the descriptions and explanations of any fresh knowledge gathered by them. The minds of children are thus prepared and ready to enter upon more advanced stages in their educational career.

The Urdu and Persian languages, after the downfall of the Moghal Empire did not receive due importance. They were made second languages in the syllabus of the schools and so their position was made secondary. Neither were they financially supported and hence people neglected them because they had no market value. The country now is on the threshold of building her educational structure on the recognition of the mother tongue. It is considered an indispensable instrument for preserving one’s national culture and traditions. The feeling of unrest due to the clash between the old and new culture is disappearing. The Great War opened the  eyes of the people and made them realise the importance of their own culture in building their nation. They agitated and adopted a uniform scheme of education. The cry of the day is to serve the nation, to develop one’s own power of expression and to preserve one’s own culture and traditions. The social, political and economic conditions of the country also accelerated the demand for a democratic form of education as a preparation for life. Consequently the mother tongue became the rule for middle and high schools and there is an attempt to have the same in colleges and in higher educational organizations.

Literary associations were started all over India in high schools and colleges with a view to encourage students to actively take part in them and to create an interest in their mother tongue. Such associations have been serving a two-fold purpose. They develop the students’ intellect and character. They are also a means for students to do social and national service. The members solve many a modern problem of life. The Literary Association of the Maharaja’s College of Mysore is a wonderful living example. The activities of this Association are too many to describe in detail. The very fact of inviting me from Bangalore to deliver an inaugural address is a proof of the interest taken by its members in their Association. The moving spirit behind it is Mr. M.A. Shushtery, Prof. of Persian in the College. From the time he joined the Mysore Government service, a new life has entered into the students of Persian. The learning of Persian is no more a boring subject. His selfless work in the interest of his students and in making Persian an important subject in the State has endeared him to all those who know him and who have the good fortune of being his students. Now people have realized the fact that the flag of the Urdu and Persian languages need not be lowered before that of other languages. The Muslims of Mysore are highly grateful to him and will always remember and cherish his memory. It is my earnest wish that the high standard of Persian raised by him will be maintained even after his retirement from State service.

 

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Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2006 Post Colonial Literature Question Paper PDF Download

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AP 27

THIRD SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         EL 3803 – POST COLONIAL LITERATURE

 

 

Date & Time : 25-10-2006/9.00-12.00    Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

  1. Answer the following in 50 words each: (10 x 3 = 30 marks)

 

  1. … You all have been a change. The last of the tribe falls and with him, a generation.

Behold the old passes away, and the new comes.

  • Identify the speaker.  What forces him opine so?

 

  1. FIFTH: Ah yes.  Nor proverbs nor verse, only ideograms in algebraic quantums.  If the

square of XQY (2bc) equals QA into the square root of X, then the progressive forces

must prevail over the reactionary in the span of .32 of a single generation.

  • Bring out the importance of these lines.

 

  1. And when a wind shook in the lines I heard

What kipping heard; the death of a great empire, the abuse

Of ignorance by Bible and by sword.

  • Comment on these lines.

 

  1. Then step in, step in and stay,

For her body is tired,

Tired, her milk going sour

Where many more mouths gladden the heart.

  • Who is addressed this way and why?

 

  1. I plead fighting underdevelopment

Tougher than combating colonialism

  • What picture of Tanzania is presented here?

 

  1. The condition of exile involves the idea of a separation and distancing from either a literal

homeland or from a cultural and ethnic origin.  – Comment on these lines.

 

  1. The conscious or unconscious process by which Europe and European cultural

assumptions are constructed as or assumed to be, the normal, the natural or the universal.

– Explain.

 

  1. Mimicry in post-colonial theory has come to describe the ambivalent relationship between

colonizer and colonized.  – Bring out the significance.

 

  1. In general terms, the ‘other’ is anyone who is separate from one’s self. Illustrate.

 

  1. Decolonization is the process of revealing and dismantling colonist power in all its b

forms.  – Explain.

PART – B

 

  1. Answer any EIGHT of the following in 150 words each:                    (8 x 5 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Comment on the themes of Ngugi wa Thiongo as seen from The Rebels and The Wound in

the Heart.

  1. How do Pamela and Angira picture the postcolonial problems in their countries?
  2. How does Walcott view history in Ruins of a Great House?
  3. Critically review Kundi Faraja’s views on postcolonial Tanzania as seen in Saluting

Ujamaa and Development?

  1. Write a critique on Abiku so as to bring out the effect of superstition on customs in West

Africa.

  1. Write briefly on the salient features of Modernism and Post-Colonialism.
  2. Write a short note on the linkage between Feminism and Post-colonialism.
  3. How do Marxist theories appeal for Post-Colonial societies?
  4. Write a paragraph on the aspect of cultural hybridism in A House for Mr. Biswas.
  5. What are the forces tearing people apart during the process of partition in Ice candy Man?

 

PART – C

 

III. Answer any TWO of the following in 400 words each                                     (2 x 15 = 30 marks)

 

  1. a) Critically review the themes and concerns in the study of postcolonial Literature with

enough examples.

OR

  1. b) How does Soyinka register his protest in his plays to reform this society?

 

  1. Consider the African and West Indian poets’ positivism in registering their negative feelings

in their postcolonial poetry.

 

23 a) Comment on the various issues that are portrayed by Michael Ondaatke in The English

Patient.

  1. b) The Midnight’s Children is a long journey from Bombay to Delhi – Discuss.

 

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Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2006 New Literature In English Question Paper PDF Download

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 19

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EL 1800 – NEW LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

 

 

Date & Time : 04-11-2006/1.00-4.00     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

Note: Please answer Part – A and Part – B separately.

 

PART – A

 

  1. Answer any FOUR of the following in 50 words each: (4 x 3 = 12 marks)

 

  1. ‘Out of my way, book-nourished shrimp.

Do you see what strength he has given me?’

  • Who are the two referred to here? How are they contrasted?
  1. ‘If now I am misunderstood by you

And your race of savages, I rise above taunts

And remain unruffled’.

      –     Who is misunderstood and why?

  1. ‘They are the wandering minstrels who, beating on

The drums of the human heart, draw the world

Into a dance with rites it does not know’

  • Comment on these lines.
  1. ‘The once proud planet shrieks in terror

Opening a vast space for the mysterious young bird

For the merciless talons of the new generation.’

  • Explain the poetic device used here.
  1. ‘I who am poisoned with the blood of both,

Where shall I turn, divided to the vein?’

  • What causes the dilemma?

 

  1. Answer any TWO in 150 words each: (2 x 9 = 18 marks)

 

  1. Bring out the rich African oral tradition as seen in Things Fall Apart.
  2. Discuss Soyinka’s concern in reforming the religion in The Trials of Brother Jero.
  3. Identify the themes of the West Indian Poetry with suitable examples.

 

III. Answer any ONE in 300 words:                                                                          (20 marks)

 

  1. Consider the political ideology of East Africa as seen from the texts of Julius K. Nyerere and Ngugi wa Thiongo.
  2. Critically analyze The Lion and the Jewel with special reference to its theme, diction, millieu and techniques.

 

 

 

 

 

PART – B

 

  1. Answer any FOUR of the following in 50 words each: (4 x 3 = 12 marks)

 

  1. “A wild swan spreads his fantastic wing”

Identify the “wild swan” and his contributions.

  1. “The learned doubt, the chatter of cultured apes”

Explain the phrases “learned doubt” and “cultured apes” in terms of the overall context of the poem.

  1. “To be snatched off my branches by a thoughtless hand”.

What is the cause of the poet’s grief?

  1. “To be simple is not a simple thing.”

What task is simplicity connected with in the above line?

  1. “The Solitude of poetry locked me within its Second Shade”.

Establish the relationship between poetry and the poet’s personal life.

 

  1. Answer any TWO in 150 words each (2 x 9 = 18 marks)

 

  1. Critically examine A Prairie Water Column as a poem that exalts the beauty of Nature and Art simultaneously.
  2. Bring out the satirical slant in A.D. Hope’s Australia.
  3. Discuss Shaw Neilson as a Nature poet.

 

III. Answer any ONE in 300 words                                                                           (20 marks)

 

  1. Critically analyze Atwood’s Surfacing either as a psychological or a feminist novel.
  2. Comment on Chinua Achebe’s assertion that a novelist must play the role of a teacher through his verbal art.

 

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Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2006 Linguistics Question Paper PDF Download

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AP 22

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         EL 1804 – LINGUISTICS

 

 

Date & Time : 28-10-2006/1.00-4.00          Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

  1. Write short notes on ANY FOUR of the following in about 50 words each:

(4 x 4 = 16 marks)

  1. Auxiliary verb.
  3. Saussurean concept of sign.
  5. Head and modifier.

 

  1. Transcribe the following words marking primary and secondary accents wherever necessary:                                  (7 x 2 = 14 marks)
    1. object (as a verb)
    2. phonemic
    3. transformational
    4. linguistic
    5. beneath
    6. literacy
    7. autonomy

 

III.       Write an essay on ANY ONE of the following:                  (1 x 20 = 20 marks)

  1. Explain the range and scope of the terms, ‘grammar’ and ‘syntax’.
  2. Examine and comment on Generative Phonology.

 

PART – B

IV Answer any five of the following questions in about 50 words each

(5 x 2  = 10 marks)

  1. What is Diachronic Study of a Language?
  2. Explain how semantics is a system of language
  3. How should linguistics be understood?
  4. What is learning in context?
  5. What is descriptive study of a language?
  6. What are the different types of Grammar rules?

 

V Answer any Two of the following in about 150 words each. (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

  1. Explain Semiotic triangle.
  2. Explain the role of Motivation in language learning.
  3. Explain syntax before Morphology.

 

VI Answer the following question in about 300 words.                                (20 marks)

  1. How far is Bloomfield relevant today for linguistics?

(or)

Explain the Variability versus Uniformity in Language acquisition.

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 30

THIRD SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EL 3806 – LINGUISTICS – II

(Also equivalent to EL 3801)

 

 

Date & Time : 01-11-2006/9.00-12.00   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART A

  1. Attempt any TWO. (2 X 10 = 20)
  2. a) Write short notes on any FIVE:
  3. A) Phoneme B) Diphthongs                        C) Weak forms
  4. D) Syllable E) Juncture                  F) Nasals

 

  1. b) Give a detailed description of the production and articulation of plosives of English.

 

  1. c) Discuss the rules governing accentual patterns in English.

 

  1. d) Transcribe the following phonemically:

Ticket Examiner              :Good morning. Father Gordon. Travelling far?

Father Gordon                :Ah good morning Mr.Prabhu .How are you?

T.E                                  :I’m very well,thank you. I always remember you as one of my                                                                     best teachers. Do you remember , Father, that you taught me                                                                        English In Loyola College, Madras, in 1952?

Father                               :Of course I do. I even remember your name. Are you still                                                                             working for the Railways?

T.E                                   :I am. In fact I’m on duty now. Incidentally May I have your                                                                       ticket, Father?

Father                               :Certainly. Wait a second and I’ll show it to you.

Oh dear. It’s not in my pocket. Let me check again. Dear me! No luck

 

  1. Mark stress and intonation in the following: (15 marks)

Raju            :           Good morning Mr.Bharadwaj. How are you this morning?

Bharadwaj  :           Good morning. I’m very well. Thank you. I’m afraid we haven’t had the                                                     pleasure of meeting each other before, but still you seem to know me.

Raju            :           As a candidate for the forthcoming Local Body Elections, I ought to                                                           know all the voters in my Ward.

Bharadwaj   :           Oh, that’s it, is it? So you hope to become a Councillor

Raju             :           With your support, I am sure I will. May I appeal to             you to cast your

vote in my favour? My name is Raju and I belong to the People’s Party.

 

III. Give an appreciation of the passage and show how the structural  equivalence can condition   meaning.                                                                                                (15 marks )

The Ganges, though flowing from the foot of Vishnu and through Siva’s hair,       is not an ancient stream. Geology, looking farther than religion, knows of a  time when neither the river nor the Himalayas that nourished it existed, and an ocean flowed over the holy places of Hindustan. The mountains rose, their debris silted up the ocean, the gods took their seats on them and contrived the river, and the India we call immemorial came into being. But India is really far older. In the days of the prehistoric ocean the southern       part of the peninsula already existed, and the high places of Dravidia have been land since land began, and have seen on the one side the sinking of a  continent that joined them to Africa, and on the other the upheaval of the Himalayas from a sea.

 

 

PART B

IV  Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words                 (20 marks)

  1. Explain the different features of Cohesion
  2. Explain the relationship between implicature and Cooperative Principle

 

V answer any THREE of the following in about 150 words each                 (3 x 5 = 15 marks)

  1. What is transactional function of a language?
  2. What is ordinary language philosophy?
  3. Write a short note on optionality
  4. How is force connected with sense in interpreting meaning?
  5. Explain any one maxim of Cooperative Principle.
  6. Explain with suitable examples modesty maxim.

 

VI Read the following piece of discourse and answer the questions given below

(3 x 5 =15 marks)

 

Why is there such a bad situation? Should not the Dalit students get education at all? The governing and the ruling class have created a wicked system that the Dalits or any one from the marginalised sections cannot/should not get educated at all. They do not want the Dalits to get empowered and demand their rights and get the due share in the development process. So structural difficulties like the non-accessibility to the basic needs have been created for the Dalit parents and children so that their prime and precious time is spent on doing the daily mundane and  routine work. The fathers spend most of their time in working as daily coolies earning a meager income and striving hard to make both  ends meet, while the mothers spend most of their time walking a few kilometers to fetch one pot of drinking water and to collect one bundle of firewood. Most of the Dalit houses cannot afford to have electricity thereby abandoning the children to the mercy of streetlights that do not work most of the time. Tables and chairs are grand luxuries for most of the Dalit students. The same ‘waste your time like your parents’ concept is pushed into the Dalit children also, when they should be preparing for their examination without any tension and worry.

Added to this, there are different types of school education; CBSC, ISC, Anglo Indian Board, Matriculations, State Board etc. Except the state board all the other types of education are ‘pay and get educated’. As these are not economically viable for the poor, especially the Dalits, most of the Dalit students join the state board schools and everyone knows what is the type/quality of education that is given through these type of schools. As the government supports these schools, the fee is minimum and the government supplies text books, notebooks, uniform and midday meal. Very few schools do something which gives a semblance of education.

 

  1. Identify Exophoric and Endophoric references in the passage and explain how they help in achieving cohesion.

 

  1. Explain the field, Mode and Tenor of the passage.

 

  1. What are the elements of Speech Act and explain their significance

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 21

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         EL 1803 – INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH – 2OTH C

 

 

Date & Time : 26-10-2006/1.00-4.00     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

PART – A

  1. Answer the following in 50 words each: (10 x 3 = 30 marks)

 

  1. She hobbles along anyway

And tightens her grip on your shirt

Who is she?  What is her motive in doing so?

  1. A flaming bullet,

A flaming corpse,

Then a flaming eulogy,

     Bring out the difference in the usage of the word ‘flaming’ in each line.

  1. I watched the flame feeding on my mother.

    Why was the flame feeding on his mother?

  1. I cannot be spit up into a few sharply defined elements, as the intellect, the emotions and the will.

    What cannot be split up into elements? Why?

  1. it’s true I write in English

dream in the language of Shakespeare n keats

but i am not an anglo my friend

    How does the poet establish his identity here?

  1. “Flower- factions rang the strife in Psyche’s bower”
  1. i) Comment on the phrase Psycho’s bower.
  2. ii) What were the factions striving for?
  1. “Unread library books

Usually mature in two weeks

And begin to lay a row

Of little eggs in the ledgers ..”

  • What does the passage reveal?
  1. “And the waves gently kissed the classic shore

of France or Italy, beneath the moon.”

      1) What sense of the poet is pictured in the passage?

  1. “a changed mother

and more than

one annual ritual”

  • What event made the mother changed?
  • What was the ritual about?
  1. “Almost I can recall where I was born

The hot verandas where the charfferers drowse

Backyard dominion of the ragged thorn

And nameless servants in my father’s house”

  • Appreciate the rhyme scheme.

PART – B

  1. Answer any EIGHT of the following in 150 words each: (8 x 5 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Comment on the theme of God of small Things.
  2. Do you find any evolution in the character of Raju? Justify your stand with examples.
  3. How does Kushwant Singh present the immediate Post – Independence scene near the Indo-Pakistan border.
  4. Critically evaluate the poetry of Nissim Ezekiel.
  5. How does sharat chandra view Indian politics?
  6. Justify the title ‘Of Many Hundgers’ by Babani Battacharya.
  7. What are Mulk Raj Anand’s views on ”The Untouchables”?
  1. Consolidate the contribution of the Hindu forms of art to the rest of the world as

perceived by Anand K. Coomaraswamy.

  1. Enumerate the plethora of activities of Indians in the past listed by Sri. Aurobindo.
  2. ‘A Letter’ is an unlocking of the author in nostalgia – Elucidate.

PART – C

 

III. Answer any TWO of the following in 400 words each:                   (2 x 15 = 30 marks)

 

  1. Write a critique of Radhakrishnan’s “The Hindu View of Life”.
  2. a) How does Tagore portray the conflict between Man and Nature in Mukta Dhara?

(OR)

  1. b) Critically review the Indian poetry in English with special reference to diction, theme,

style and figures of speech.

23.‘The Renaissance in India’ is nothing but a rebirth of the soul of India into a new body of

energy – Establish.

24.a)  “Tuglag” is irony deeply tragic In the end Tuglag and his kingdom are one in chaos,

and he knows it” – Discuss.

(OR)

  1. b) Bring out the Indianness in A.K. Ramunujan’s poems prescribed for your study.

 

 

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 20

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EL 1801 – INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

 

 

Date & Time : 07-11-2006/1.00-4.00     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

  1. Answer the following in 50 words each: (10 x 3 = 30 marks)

 

  1. The peasants came like swarms of flies

and bugged the name of god a hundred times to paralyse the Evil One.

  • Bring out the importance of the figures of speech in these lines.

 

  1. ‘The man of action finds his god in fine, the man of feeling in the heart, and the feeble – minded in the idol, but the strong in spirit find God everywhere?”  The seas see the Supreme in the self, and not in images.
  • What does the author try to prove here?

 

  1. And as you look on, the cracks that began around her eyes spread beyond here skin.
  • Comment on the significance of these lines.

 

  1. cauvery flows in my veins

chamundi hills rise in my mind with stars afloat

  • What compels the poet to say so?

 

  1. You are all lowering, friend,

What sweetness is in Miss Pushpa.

  • Consider the Indianism in the language used here.

 

  1. “The fall, the failure does matter ….

But the reason assigned is not the true one”

  • What is the true reason then?

 

  1. “Both show an increasing return to the Indian Spirit in fresh forms”
  • What does the word both refer to?

 

  1. “Not because of its magnificence Dear is the Casuarinas to my soul”
  • Any other reason you can give for the Casuarina to be dear.

 

  1. “have a way of finding their way back with many re-directions to wrong addresses and red ink marks”
  • Comment on ‘redirections to wrong addresses’

 

 

 

 

  1. “Being  the burning type

he burned properly

at the cremation”

  • Explain to show the two literary elements in the lines.

 

 

PART – B

 

  1. Answer any EIGHT of the following in 150 words each: (8 x 5 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Write a critique of The Guide.
  2. How does Kushwant Singh sketch his characters in ‘Train to Pakistan’?
  3. Comment on the portrayal of Indian bureaucracy in English, August.
  4. Discuss the theme of Mukta Dhara.
  5. How does Sharat Chandra picture India abroad?
  6. What are Manu’s views on the status and duty of Indian women?
  7. What are the fences India created for protection and how did she break them down for expansion?  According to shir. Aurobindo.
  8. Show how Raja Rao infuses his native emotions into an alien English language and make Kanthapura enlarge the frontiers of human consciousness.
  9. Discuss ‘Tughlag’ as a political allegory.
  10. Mention some of the concerns of Mulk Raj Anand in ‘The untouchable’

 

PART – C

 

III. Answer any TWO of the following in 400 words each:                   (2 x 15 = 30 marks)

 

  1. Enumerate the themes and concerns in the study of Indian Writing in English.  Give examples.
  2. a) How does Radhakrishnan portray Hinduism to the world in ‘The Hindu View of life’?

OR

b} Discuss the themes of Indian poetry in English as seen from the poems prescribed for

your study.

  1. Compare the prescribed poems of Toru Dutt and state how The Lotus is more than potential, the demonstrable working of a genius.
  2. A.K. Ramanujan’s poems explore the determined search for the roots accentuated by the circumstances of his expatriation – Discuss.

OR

When will India rise to the height of her opportunity according to Sri. Aurobindo, the

visionary?

 

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 23

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EL 1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE

 

 

Date & Time : 31-10-2006/1.00-4.00     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

Answer any FIVE of the following in about 200 words each.   (5×8=40 marks)

 

  1. Consider Femininity as Marginality as perceived by Toril Moi.
  2. What distinguishes the male linguistic fantasies from the female linguistic fantasies?

Explain.

  1. To what extent is the Marxist feminist claim for equal wages practical and desirable?
  2. How does Margaret Atwood rewrite female heroism in her poem Five Poems for

   Grandmothers?.

  1. Show how intuitive/feminine truth triumphs over factual/masculine truth in To the Lighthouse?
  2. How does Nellie McClung question the silence, apathy and indifference of Women

towards suffragists and their struggle in her work What Do Women Think of    War?

  1. What are your responses to ageing in The Woman Destroyed?
  2. Are women trapped within conventional symbolism? Answer with reference to Man,

   Feminine Gender.

SECTION B

Answer the following in about 500 words each.    (3×20=60 marks)

 

9) “Yet not only has this achievement of women been edited out of literary history but a   false

version has been substituted in its place”. How does Dale Spender justify         this statement in

her essay?

or

What is black feminism? Examine Michelle Wallace’s comments on the myth of  the

black super woman.

  • Identify the several issues raised in the poem Ego Tripping and discuss how Nikki Giovanni relates them to the woman’s contribution to the world.

or

What is the fall out of marriage according to Adrienne Rich? To what extent are women

responsible for themselves?

  • Consider the play ’Night Mother as the tragedy of a ‘ every woman’.

or

Discuss the salient features of liberal feminism.

 

 

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AP 28

THIRD SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         EL 3804 – DRAMA (BRITISH & AMERICAN) FROM 1900

 

 

Date & Time : 27-10-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

 

PART A

Answer the following briefly (10×2=20 marks)

 

  • “They took me by the feet and dragged me out of town and stoned me to death.”

Who is the speaker? What is the immediate impact of this revelation?

 

2) she doesn’t know the sound

of her own voice

her infinite beauty

Comment on the tone implicit in this observation.

 

  • come to share out worlds witchu

we come here dancin

to be dancing

highlight the importance of dancing in this context.

 

  • It’s very dreary and sad to be here alone in the fog with the night falling

who is the speaker? Why is she sad?

 

  • up to take more of that god-dammed poison,is that it? You’ll be like a mad ghost before the night’s over.

What is the poison? What is the speaker’s state of mind?

 

  • “Oh, you are a very poor solider: a chocolate cream solider”.

Comment on the tone of the speaker.

  • “I should have expected more sense from you, Louka.But you’re young : you’re    young”.

Does Louka deserve this reprimand?

8)    “That’s the man killed his father”.

Is this a purely descriptive  or an evaluative comment?

 

9)  “Webber,you’re a fake.

How damaging is this comment to the listener?

10)  “Everywhere you go these days its like a funeral”.

Identify the speaker and explain the profound implications in his

statement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART B

 

Answer any five of the following in about 200 words each. Choose at least two from each section (4×10=40 marks)

 

11) What is Stanley’s role in driving home the main concerns in A Street Car Named Desire?

12) Would you agree that Lorraine Hansberry’s play is a celebration of black motherhood?

13) Discuss the tragedy in A Death of a Salesman.

14) Discuss Arms and the Man as a Shavian Satire on war and love.

15)Critically examine Waiting for Godot as a dramatization of the existential dilemma

of Being without meaning.

16) Attempt a character sketch of Pegeen in The Playboy of the Western World

 

 

PART C

 

Answer the following in about 400 words each (2×20=40 marks)

 

17) Examine the significance of the title Top Girls.

Or

Write an essay of the failure of communication in A Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

 

18) a) Discuss Pinter’s art of characterization with reference to The Birthday Party.

Or

  1. b) Critically analyze Waiting for Godot as a play that portrays “the destitution

of modern man” struggling with meaninglessness.

 

 

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 32

THIRD SEMESTER – NOV 2006

                          EL 3900 – CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATIVE CONCERNS – II

 

 

Date & Time : 03-11-2006/9.00-12.00   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

[Answer the following in the same order. After completing one section go to the next one]

Section 1 Analytical Reasoning:  (Write the answers with the corresponding alphabet)

(25 marks)

 

01 If MANJU is coded as 52937 and SUJATHA can be coded as:

a.8217234                    b.8324712                    c.8732412                     d.8712234

 

02.If MINJUR is coded as 312547 and TADA as 6898, then MADURAI can be coded as:

a.3498178                    b.3849781                    c.3898741                    d.3894781

 

Directions: Find out the odd man out in the following questions:

 

O3.a.ASSESS                b POLISH                     c.ATTIRE                     d.MANNER                  e.SUFFER

 

O4.a.TRFAT                 b.GREAT                     c.TEARS                       d.RATES                      e.HEARD

 

O5.a.BEAR                   b.FEAR                        c.CEAR                         d.WEAR                       e.TEAR

 

Directions: Find out the correct sequence of missing letter from those given below the letter series.

06___abbb___b___babb

a.abb                           b.aab                            c.bba                            d.bab

 

07.ba__abaa___b__aa

a.bbb                           b.abb                           c.bab                            d.aaa

 

08.a___bba___b___aab__ba

a.aabba                        b.babaa                        c.baaab                        d.babbb

 

09.___bab___bab___a___aba

a.bbbaa                        b.ababa                        c.aabba                        d.aaaab

 

10.a____b___b____bb___babbbb

a.bbaba                        b.aabba                        c.aaaab             d.babaa

 

11 .If A stands for +, B stands for -, C stands for X, what is the value of (10C4)A(4C4)B6?

a.46                              b.50                              c.56                               d.60

 

12.If “+”means “_” ,  “_ ” means “X” ,  “X” means “+” and “+” means division and division    means ” + ” then 15X5 division 10 + 5-3 = ?

a.9.5                             b. 0                                 c.-2                               d.24

e.none

 

13.Vipul is taller than Hans.  Hans is taller than Anand. Alok is taller than Ashok.  Ashok is     taller than Hans. Who among them is the tallest

a.Vipul                          b.Alok              c.Ashok            d.cannot be determined   e.none

 

14.Tailor is related to cloth in the same way as Cobbler is related to….

a.Machine                     b.Leather                      c.Stiching                      d.Mending    e.Making

 

  1. If Mohini says “Rajiv’s father is the only son of my father”, how is Mohini related to Rajiv?

a.Daughter                    b.Sister                         c.Mother

d cannot be determined                                      e.none

 

  1. Number of letters sipped in between adjacent letters in the series increases by one. Which of following series observe this rule?

a.EHKN                      b.KMOQ                     c.GTNR                        d.GII.P

 

17.In certain code “786” means “bring me apple”, “958” means “peel green apple” and     “645” means “bring green fruit “, which of the following is the code for “me”?

  1. 8 b.6 c.7                                d.none of these.

 

  1. Find out the pairs of numbers that does not compare with other pairs for lack of common property

a.20-4000                   b.5-125                       c.10-1000                   d. 15-3375

 

19.JOB is related to JOY in the same way a HOT is related to

a.HOY                         b.HOG                         c.JOT                           d HOB

 

20.Which number comes next in the following series of numbers 1,3.6,10,15,21,…

a.22                             b.16                             c.28                             d.27.

 

Directions: Find out the odd man out in the following series:

 

    21.3,8,15,24,34,48,63

a.15                            b.24                            c.34                             d.63

 

22.2,9,28,65,126,216,344

a.2                               b.28                            c.65                             d.216

 

23.5,15,30,135,405,1215,3645

a.3645                        b.1215                        c.405                          d.30

 

24.125,106,88,76,65,58,53

a.125                          b.106                          c.88                             d.76

 

25.1,1,2,6,24,96,720

a.720                          b.96                            c.24                             d.6

 

 

Section 2 Bioethics

Answer any FIVE of the following                                                    (5×5=25 marks)

1.Discuss moral issues surrounding stem cell therapy.

  1. What are STDs? Discuss the significance of sex hygiene in combating STDs and AIDS.
  2. Is it right to eat GM foods offered at the altar of science and technology? Substantiate your answer.
  3. Can we permit indiscriminate research involving animals? Do animals have their own rights?

5.What is cloning? Discuss the pros and cons of cloning?

  1. Expand ART and IVF . Discuss the ethical and legal issues involved.

7.What are the threats to Biodiversity? How do we respond to such threats?

 

 

 

Section 3 Basic Science and Technology                                         (25 marks)

  1. What is ‘Scientific Temper’? Why should it be cultivated?

(or)

Explain the relation between science and technology with two examples (5 marks)

 

  1. Discuss the four fundamental forces in nature.

(or)

Discuss the nature of light.                                                                                     (10 marks)

 

  1. Outline briefly the biography of any scientist highlighting the contribution made to science.

(or)

Present a critical review of any book or article dealing with science read by you recently.

(10 marks)

 

 

Section 4  English for  Soft Skill Trainers

 

Answer any five of the following in about 150 words each              (5×5=25 marks)

  1. Explain the characteristics of commodity goals.
  2. What are obstacles to achieving Relational goals?
  3. Write a short note on negotiation Planning
  4. Explain the following statement: ‘Negotiation entails self presentation’.
  5. How do you maintain balance of power between two parties?
  6. Explain the affective dimension of negotiation.

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 29

THIRD SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EL 3805 – BRITISH LITERATURE (1670 – 1832)

(Also equivalent to EL 3800)

 

 

Date & Time : 30-10-2006/9.00-12.00   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

Interpret the following lines in about 50 words each:                                    (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

  1. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
  2. It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure – dome with caves of ice!
  3. He raised a mortal to the skies;  She drew an angel down.
  4. His pity gave ere charity began.
  5. … These heateous forms, through a long absence, have not been to me.

As is a landscapes to a blind man’s eye.

  1. This is, the south sea House.

Describe the south sea House.

  1. … I love everything that is old; old friends, old books, old wine.

Comment on the speaker.

  1. I reverence these young Africans of our own growth.

Why and who is called ‘young Africans?

  1. The greatness of Lear is not in corporeal dimension, but in intellect.  Explain.
  2. The practice of stage representation renders everything to a controversy of elocution.

Comment.

PART – B

 

Answer any FIVE of the following questions in short  paragraphs of about 150-200 words each:

(5 x 8 = 40 marks)

  1. What makes Don Juan (Canto II) idyllie and picturesque?
  2. How does Collins recount the blessings of the evening, in his poem?
  3. Bring out the underlying concept in the story of the little black boy.
  4. Comment on the various themes in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
  5. Write a short note on Johnson’s estimate of Milton’s Epics.
  6. Why, according to Dryden is Chaucer, the father of English poetry?
  7. Consider at least to themes that Swift develops in Gulliver’s Travels.
  8. What are the highlights of Congreve’s The Way of the World?

PART – C

 

Answers to be in about 350-400 words:                                                         (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

 

  1. a) Define Shelley’s Adonais as a pastoral Elegy and show how it follows specific

Conventions.

(OR)

  1. b) Comment on the range of characters that Sheridan presents in The School for Scandal.

 

  1. a) Tintern Abbey is about the growth of Wordsworth’s mind – Discuss.

 

(OR)

  1. b) Account for the popularity of She stoops to Conquer.

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

RF 44

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                       EC 4804 – PUBLIC ECONOMICS – II

(Also equivalent to EC 4801)

 

 

Date & Time : 22-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.       (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)

  1. What is fiscal dynamics? How does it differ from fiscal comparative statics?
  2. Comment on weightage given to population as a criteria for sharing divisible pool of taxes with states by central government in the XII Finance commission.
  3. Measure excess burden. How does it affect consumer or producer surplus?
  4. What is state level value added tax? Why are some state government refusing to implement the same in their states?
  5. What is the role of autonomous investment in Hicksian theory of trade cycle?
  6. Distinguish between horizontal and vertical equity in tax sharing between centre and states.
  7. What is pump priming expenditure? When is it required?

PART – B

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.   (4 x 10 = 40 Marks)

  1. Bring out the relevance of Security Transaction tax and Cash transaction tax in India.
  2. “A tax on capital gains must be abolished” – Discuss.
  3. Suggest some measures to over come the fiscal deficit of government of Tamil Nadu.
  4. Why do we need highly centralized form of federal structure for India?
  5. Explain the operation of fiscal stabilization with the help of Kenesian cross diagrams.
  6. Derive balanced budget multiplier. Bring out the economic reasons for its value being equal to one always.
  7. Comment on the strength of fiscal tools to bring about economic stabilization.

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.     (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)

  1. Bring out a suitable fiscal policy for India for sustaining 8% to 10% annual growth of G.D.P.
  2. Comment on the reforms introduced in India regarding customs tariff since 1991. How far are they harmful or helpful to domestic manufactures?
  3. Assess the salient features of personal and corporate income tax structure in India.
  4. Explain the structure and composition of tax receipts of government of Tamil Nadu.

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

RF 41

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                  EC 2951 – PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MANAGEMENT

 

 

Date & Time : 02-05-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.                   (5 ´ 4 = 20 Marks)

  1. Distinguish between marketing and selling.
  2. Explain market segmentation? Describe any three types of market segmentation.
  3. Distinguish supermarkets from departmental stores.
  4. What is meant by sales promotion? What are its types?
  5. What factors influence the selection of an advertising media?
  6. Differentiate between a market and marketing.
  7. What is market penetration?

 

PART – B

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.               (4 ´ 10 = 40 Marks)

  1. Explain the role of ethics in marketing.
  2. Distinguish between selling and salesmanship.
  3. In international marketing what are the problems encountered by the exporting companies?
  4. Explain the concept of consumerism. Describe the methods of exploitation of the consumer.
  5. What is the need for planning and marketing? How does it make a difference?
  6. Bring out the role as market and market forecast.
  7. How do you identify a market segment?

 

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.                 (2 ´ 20 = 40 Marks)

  1. How does the consumer go about with the consumer decision-making process?
  2. As a marketing specialist how would you look at the perspective of pricing? What methods would you follow in the pricing process?
  3. Do middlemen in India get a reasonable or abnormal profit? Is there any possibility of eliminating them for protecting consumers and producers?
  4. Evaluate the consumer movement in Indian perspective. Explain how standardization and grading legislation will help to overcome consumer exploitation?

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                   EC 4803 – MONETARY ECONOMICS – II

(Also equivalent to EC 4800)

 

 

Date & Time : 20-04-2006/FORENOON     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.       (5 ´ 4 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. What do you mean by Currency chests? List out the advantages of currency chests.
  2. Distinguish between Maximum fiduciary system and Minimum reserve system.
  3. Write short note on REPO transactions.
  4. Define a capital market.
  5. Explain the concept of security analysis.
  6. How can we control inflation?
  7. Write a short note on indexation.

PART – B

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.   (4 ´ 10 = 40 Marks)

  1. Briefly explain the powers of the Reserve Bank of India.
  2. State and explain the role of Social Banking in India.
  3. “From the stand point of credit control, open market operations are complementary to Bank rate policy” – Discuss.
  4. Discuss the objectives of portfolio management.
  5. Bring out the features of undeveloped money market.
  6. How is capital market helpful in promoting industrialization in India?
  7. Discuss the techniques of monetary policy.

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.     (2 ´ 20 = 40 Marks)

  1. Critically examine various promotional functions of RBI in India.
  2. Compare the merits and demerits of Unit banking versus Branch banking, Pure banking versus Mixed banking.
  3. Discuss the role of RBI in controlling the growth of NBFIS.
  4. Explain any one of the models of portfolio management.

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

RF 45

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                       EC 4805 – MACRO ECONOMICS – II

(Also equivalent to EC 4802)

 

 

Date & Time : 25-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.       (5 ´ 4 = 20 Marks)

  1. What are the objectives of Macroeconomic model?
  2. Define standard labour unit.
  3. Define Marxian rate of exploitation.
  4. What is natural rate of growth?
  5. What is meant by trade cycle?
  6. Differentiate between Hicks model and Samuelson model.
  7. Elucidate the objectives of Ricardian theory of income distribution?

PART – B

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.   (4 ´10 = 40 Marks)

  1. Substantiate the ways to increase surplus value.
  2. Discuss the theory of distribution of income with respect to labour and capital.
  3. Explain the growth model of Harrod-Domar.
  4. Why does Kaldor concludes that the saving and investment functions are non-linear?
  5. Explain the different phases of trade cycles.
  6. Elucidate the piecewise linear model of business cycle.
  7. Explain the business cycle of Hicks.

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.     (2 ´ 20 = 40 Marks)

  1. Briefly explain the Samuelson’s trade cycle.
  2. Examine the Hick’s trade cycle theory.
  3. Evaluate the Kaldor’s growth model.
  4. Analyse the Keynesian theory of income distribution.

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             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                               EC 2801 – MICRO ECONOMIC THEORY – II

(Also equivalent to EC 2803/EC 2804)

 

 

Date & Time : 19-04-2006/FORENOON     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.       (5 ´ 4 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Explain the marginalist principle and the concept of ‘satisficing’.
  2. Define the concept of Entry in Brain’s model of limit pricing.
  3. Explain the theory of the Second Best.
  4. Distinguish between input-output analysis and general equilibrium analysis.
  5. Define the dominant firm price leadership and barometric price leadership.
  6. Elucidate Pareto’s unanimity principle.
  7. What do you understand by utilitarianism?

PART – B

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.   (4 ´ 10 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Compare maximization of utility function theory of Williamson with that of Scitovsky.
  2. Critically appraise the managerial theory of Marris.
  3. Discuss the various types of collusive oligopolistic market.
  4. Define Game theory. How is it applicable to oligopolistic market situations?
  5. Bring out the shortfalls of input-output analysis.
  6. Elaborate the conditions of Pareto optimality. Do these conditions pave the way for promotion of social welfare under different market situations? Why?
  7. Compare social welfare function with the compensation principles.

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.     (2 ´ 20 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Compare and contrast Mark-up pricing with Sales maximization model of the firm. Do you agree with the view that sales maximization model is superior to mark-up pricing? How?
  2. Critically examine Sylo-Labim’s model of limit pricing with appropriate diagrams.
  3. Compare and contrast the social choice theory of Arrow with that of A.K. Sen. In your opinion, whose view are agreeable to you? Why?
  4. Critically examine the Walrasian equilibrium analysis. Do you think that it is a refinement over the Partial equilibrium? How?

 

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                               EC 2805 – MACRO ECONOMIC THEORY – II

 

 

Date & Time : 21-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.       (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)

  1. Distinguish between Classical and Keynesian theories.
  2. What are the features of capitalism?
  3. Write a note on M-C-M’ circuits.
  4. What is rate of economic growth?
  5. What is real balance?
  6. How do you distinguish stable economy from unstable economy?
  7. How is Joan Robinson’s growth model different from Keynesian’s growth model?

PART – B

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.   (4 x 10 = 40 Marks)

  1. Explain the analytical framework of Marxian theory.
  2. Discuss the profit share and investment-income ratio of Joan Robinson’s model.
  3. Explain the three rates of growth equations in the Harrod-Domer model.
  4. Explain the Golden rule of accumulation.
  5. Explain the behaviour of non-linear saving function of Kaldor’s trade cycle.
  6. Explain the Kalechi model with respect to the degree of monopoly in the distribution of income.
  7. Explain the two sector growth model of Neo Classical model.

 

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.     (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)

  1. Examine the Neo-Classical growth models.
  2. Examine the Kaldors growth model.
  3. Analyse the Samuelson’s Accelerator-Multiplier interaction model.
  4. Analyse the Kaldor’s business cycle theory.

 

 

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             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                          EC 2950 – LABOUR ECONOMICS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

(Also equivalent to EC 2900)

 

 

Date & Time : 24-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

PART – A

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.       (5 ´ 4 = 20 Marks)

  1. Distinguish between wage differentials and wage discrimination.
  2. Bring out and briefly explain different forms of strike.
  3. What do you understand by ‘decasualisation scheme’?
  4. Bring out the peculiarities of ‘labour’.
  5. Differentiate between arbitration and adjudication.
  6. Briefly explain the functions of employment exchanges in India.
  7. Distinguish between social assistance and social insurance.

PART – B

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.   (4 ´ 10 = 40 Marks)

  1. Examine Prof. Sashkin’s model of workers participation in management.
  2. Suggest remedies for the problem of unemployment in India.
  3. Discuss in detail the social security measures in Tamil Nadu.
  4. Bring out the importance of Collective Bargaining in industrial disputes.
  5. Explain the various steps involved in the selection process of an employee.
  6. Bring out the objectives and areas of induction programme.
  7. Discuss the Employee State Insurance Act 1948 and its amendments.

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.     (2 ´20 = 40 Marks)

  1. Examine the Marginal Productivity Theory of Wage.
  2. Discuss the economic and non-economic causes of industrial dispute.
  3. Explain the Institutional Labour Market Model.
  4. Evaluate the objectives and functions of International Labour Organisation.

 

 

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             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

RF 37

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                          EC 2806 – LABOUR ECONOMICS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 

 

Date & Time : 24-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.       (5 ´ 4 = 20 Marks)

  1. What is the justification of ‘labour’ as a unique factor of production?
  2. Distinguish between labour force and work force.
  3. Define trade union and explain its objectives.
  4. How ‘Job Analysis’ is done for a company?
  5. Bring out the role of Self Help Groups (SHG) in reducing unemployment.
  6. Distinguish between bonus, fringe benefits and ex-gratia payments.
  7. Briefly explain the concepts ‘Wage differentials’ and ‘Wage discrimination’

PART – B

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.   (4 ´ 10 = 40 Marks)

  1. Evaluate the Marginal Productivity Theory of Wages.
  2. Bring out the areas and significance of workers participating in management.
  3. Discuss the Minimum Wage Act 1948 and its amendments.
  4. Bring out the problems and prospects of Indian Labour Market.
  5. Discuss in detail the social security measures in Tamil Nadu.
  6. Examine the quantitative and qualitative aspects of human resource management.
  7. Discuss the Employees State Insurance Act 1948 and its amendments.

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.     (2 ´ 20 = 40 Marks)

  1. Discuss the preventive and settlement measures of industrial disputes.
  2. Examine Reynold’s institutional labour market model.
  3. Evaluate the objectives and functioning of ILO.
  4. Give a critical look on the objectives and functioning of employment exchange in India.

 

 

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