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Loyola College B.B.A. Business Administration April 2012 Auditing Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

BU 5401 – AUDITING

 

 

 

Date : 30-04-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

Section A

Answer all the TEN questions. Each carries 2 marks:                                      (20 marks)

  1. State the Objects of audit.
  2. Explain Error of principle.
  3. What is Audit Note Book?
  4. What is vouching?
  5. What are the modes of valuation of Assets?
  6. Explain Routine check.
  7. State what is Statutory Audit?
  8. State the Qualification of a company auditor.
  9. Explain Auditor’s Right to visit branches.
  10. Explain the Auditor’s Duty to report to members.

 

Section B

Answer any FIVE questions. Each carries a maximum of 8 marks:          ( 40 marks)

 

  1. How is Independent Auditing different from Internal Auditing?
  2. Explain the different types of Errors? What steps are taken to locate them?
  3. What are the essential points to be noted in a valid voucher?
  4. How vouching should be done for ‘receipts from debtors’?
  5. Briefly describe a suitable internal check as to wages.
  6. What are the general principles of verification and valuation of assets?
  7. What are the types of Audit programme?
  8. Explain the meaning of “true and fair view” of Balance sheet.

 

Section C

Answer any TWO questions. Each carries a maximum of 20 marks:            (40 marks)

 

  1. Describe the procedure relating to vouching of (a) goods sent on consignment, b) goods on sales or return, c) purchase returns,(d) Sales return.
  2. How would you verify the following assets a).Copyright b) Plant and machinery c) Leasehold property d) Goodwill
  3. What are the provisions in the Companies Act for the appointment and removal of an auditor of a company?

 

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Loyola College B.B.A. Business Administration Nov 2012 Mercantile Law Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 3500 – MERCANTILE LAW

 

 

Date : 02/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART – A

 

Answer ALL the questions:                                                                                                  (10×2=20)

  1. Define ‘contract’?
  2. What is consideration?
  3. What is free consent?
  4. What is meant by contingent contract?
  5. Define insurance.
  6. What is double insurance?
  7. Who is an agent?
  8. Who is an unpaid seller?
  9. Define sales as per CST Act.
  10. Give the meaning for ’CAVEAT EMPTOR’.

 

PART – B   

Answer FIVE questions from the following:                                                                            (5×8=40)

  1. Briefly explain the various types of contract.
  2. What is ‘illegal agreement’? In what circumstances the object of an agreement is said

to be unlawful?

  1. State the features of common carrier.
  2. Distinguish between sale and agreement to sell.
  3. State and discuss the circumstances under which contracts need not be performed.
  4. Discuss the rights and duties of finder of goods.
  5. Distinguish between conditions and warranties.
  6. Differentiate life insurance from general insurance.

PART – C               

 

Answer any TWO questions:                                                                                               (2×20=40)

 

  1. Write the essentials of a valid contract.
  2. State briefly the various modes in which a contract may be discharged.
  3. Give an account on the essential features of contract of insurance.

 

 


 

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Loyola College B.B.A. Business Administration Nov 2012 Industrial Relations Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.B.A., B.COM., DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECO., COMM. & COR. SEC.

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 3202 – INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 

 

Date : 15/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

PART A

Answer the following questions (Answer should not exceed 5 lines each):                             10 x 2 = 20

  1. What is meant by Industrial Relations?
  2. What is a Labour Court?
  3. What is Adjudication?
  4. What is Participative Management?
  5. Define Collective Bargaining?
  6. What is Progressive Discipline?
  7. What is Gheraoing?
  8. What are the characteristic of Industrial Strikes?
  9. What are Grievances?
  10. What is Code of Discipline?

PART B

Answer any Five questions (Answer should not exceed 2 pages each):                                  5 x 8 = 40

  1. Explain the four levels of participative management.
  2. What are the rights of a registered trade union?
  3. What are the functions of the works committees?
  4. Who are the important players in a system of Industrial Relations?
  5. State the objectives of a trade union.
  6. How could you deal with grievances in an organization?
  7. State the responsibilities of the management under the code of discipline.
  8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration?

PART C

Answer any Two questions (Answer should not exceed 4-6 pages each):                               2 x 20 = 40

  1. Explain the various steps involved in Collective Bargaining
  2. What can be done to prevent industrial disputes?
  3. Critically evaluate the working of the conciliation machinery in India.

 


 

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Loyola College B.B.A. Business Administration Nov 2012 Human Resource Management Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FIFTH SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 5505 – HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

 

 

Date : 08/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

 

SECTION –A

Answer ALL the questions                                                                                      (10X 2=20)

  1. Define Human Resource Management.
  2. What is the procurement function of HR concerned with?
  3. What is Human Resource Planning?
  4. What is meant by job specification?
  5. What is meant by application blank?
  6. Why is medical examination of a candidate necessary?
  7. What is vestibule training?
  8. Write a short note on role-play.
  9. Mention the factors considered in employee appraisal.
  10. State the objectives of discipline.

 

                                                                SECTION –B

Answer any FIVE questions                                                                                    (5X 8=40)

  1. Narrate the qualities of a HR manager.
  2. Explain the advantages of job analysis.
  3. Briefly discuss the objectives of Human Resource Planning.
  4. Explain the different types of tests.
  5. Point out the guidelines for making the interview successful.
  6. Explain the merits and demerits of on-the job training.
  7. Explain the various causes of employee grievances.
  8. Discuss Maslows Hierarchy of needs.

 

SECTION –C

Answer any TWO questions                                                                                    (2X 20=40)

  1. Discuss the sources of recruitment.
  2. Explain the various steps involved in HR planning.
  3. Describe the various methods of Performance Appraisal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Loyola College B.B.A. Business Administration Nov 2012 Financial Accounting Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 1502 – FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

 

 

 

Date : 08/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

SECTION A (10X2=20Marks)

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

  1. What is amortization?
  2. What is a statement of affairs?
  1. What do you mean by independent system of branch accounting?
  2. Give the meaning of the term “Average Clause” in fire insurance.
  1. Single entry is
    1. considering one aspect of a transaction
    2. calculating the profit of sole proprietorship
    3. considering dual aspect of a transaction
    4. considering multiple aspect of a transaction
  2. Provision is a charge against ——————–
  3. Depreciation is provided to
    1. To increase the value of the asset
    2. To find out the book value of the asset
    3. To find out the market value of the asset
    4. To find out the actual value of the asset
  4. Which method of depreciation is accepted by income tax authorities———————
  5. Why statement of affairs is prepared?
  6. Who is a hire vendor?

Section-B(5 x 8=40)

Answer any five of the following

  1. A commenced business on 1st january, 2010 with a capital of Rs.25,000. He immediately bought furniture for Rs.6,000. During the year he borrowed Rs.15,000 from his wife and introduced a further capital of his own amounting to Rs.9,500. He had withdrawn Rs.900 at the end of each month for family expenses. On 31st December,2010, his position was as follows:

Cash in hand- Rs.600, Cash at bank- Rs.7,800, Sundry Debtors- Rs.14,400, Stock- Rs.20,400, Bills Receivable- Rs.4,800, Sundry Creditors- Rs.1,500, Rent due Rs.450. Furniture to be depreciated by 10%. Ascertain the profit or loss made by Mr.A during 2010.

  1. On 1st Jan 2007, Mr.Sagayam purchased a machine on hire purchase under a hire purchase agreement which provided for an initial payment of Rs.1, 500 and the balance in 4 equal half- yearly instalments of Rs. 2,000 each, the first instalment falling due on 30th June 2007. Assuming the rate of interest of 6% p.a. Determine the cash price of the machine.

 

  1. Distinguish Hire Purchase System from Installment Purchase.

 

  1. A company purchased a second-hand plant for Rs.30,000. It spent Rs.5,000 immediately for improving the productivity. The plant was put to use on 1.1.2001. after using the plant for 6 years it was sold for Rs.15,000. Prepare the plant account for all the six 6 years. Provide depreciation 10% on original cost.
  2. A fire occurred in premises of unlucky Ltd.. on 20th Feb, 2002. The company has taken out a fire insurance policy of Rs. 1,00,000 covering its stock in trade and the policy was subject to average clause. Compute the claim to be made by the company.

Rs.

  • Stock on 1st Jan 2001 90,000
  • Purchases made during the period 2001 3,65,000
  • Purchase returns during the period 2001 5,000
  • Stock as on 31st Dec,2001 1,26,000
  • Sales for the year 2001 4,10,000
  • Sales returns made during the year 2001 10,000
  • Purchases from 1-1-2002 to the date of fire 84,000
  • Sales from 1-1-2002 to date of fire 1,03,000
  • Sales returns from 1-1-2002 to date of fire 4,000
  • Value of stock saved 19,800
  • It was the practice of the concern to value stocks at cost less 10%
  1. Discuss the different methods of providing depreciation.
  2. From the following transactions prepare the Chennai branch account for the year ended 31st December, 2010.
  • Stock at branch 1st jan 2010 -Rs.36,200
  • Stock at branch31st dec 2010 -Rs.33,140
  • Branch debtors 1st jan 2010   -Rs.11,300
  • Branch debtors 31st dec 2010            -Rs.6040
  • Petty cash1st jan 2010 -Rs.220
  • Petty cash 31st dec 2010        -Rs.140
  • Goods sent to branch –           1,56,680
  • Branch expenses met by H.O.- Rs.7,000
  • Cash sent by H.O. to branch to meet petty expenses – Rs.1040
  • Cash sales- Rs.1,68,200
  • Cash received from branch debtors – Rs.27,700.
  1. A firm had two departments, Cloth and Garments. The garments were made by the firm itself out of cloth supplied by the cloth department at its usual selling price. From the following prepare departmental trading and profit and loss account.
Particulars Cloth dept.

Rs.

 Garments dept.

Rs.
Opening stock 2,50,000 60,000
Purchases 12,50,000 40,000
Sales 16,00,000 5,00,000
Transfer to Garments dept. 2,50,000 –
Expenses:

Manufacturing

Selling

  

–

30,000

  

30,000

10,000
Closing stock 1,50,000 50,000

 

The stock in the Garments Deptt. may be considered as consisting of 60% cloth and 40% other expenses. The cloth deptt. earned Gross profit at the rate of 20%. General expenses of the business as a whole amounted to Rs.1,00,000.

 

SECTION-C(2 x 20 =40)

Answer any two of the following

  1. What do you mean by single entry system? State the features of single entry system.

Why it is not accepted by Income tax authorities?

 

  1. FROM THE FOLLOWING TRIAL BALANCE PREPARE FINAL ACCOUNTS OF Ms. Vidhya Vilas Ltd…as on 30th june 2002.
Particulars Debit Credit
Capital & drawing 10,550 1,19,400
Bills receivable 9,500
Purchase and sales 2,56,590 3,56,430
Return inwards 2780
Stock as on 1st july 89,680
Commission 5640
Plant & Machinery 28,800
Salaries 11,000
Travelling expenses 1,880
Debtors(including mohan for dishonoured cheque Rs.1,000) 62,000
Stationery 2,000
Telephone charges 1370
Interest & discount 5870
Bad debts 3620
Fixtures & Fittings 8970
Creditors 59,630
6% loan 20,000
Wages 40,970
Cash in hand 530
Cash at bank 18,970
Insurance (including premium of Rs.300 per annum paid upto 31st dec,2002) 400
Rent & taxes paid 5620
5,61,100 5,61,100
  • Stock in trade as on 30th june, 2002 was 1,28,960.
  • Write off half of mohan’s cheque
  • Create a provision of 5% on debtors
  • Manufacturing wages includes Rs.1,200 for erection of new machinery purchased last year.
  • Depreciate plant & machinery by 5% fixtures & fittings by 10%
  • Commission accrued Rs.600
  • Interest on loan for the last 2 month is not paid.

 

  1. Rapid engineering works sold pratap industries a machine of the each value of Rs.31,360, on hire purchase basis on 1st April, 1995. A sum of Rs.9,000 was paid at the time of delivery. The balance was payable in three equal annual instalments  of Rs.9,000 each payable on 31st March of every year. Interest was charged @10% per annum. The purchaser charged 10% depreciation per annum on the diminishing balances of the machine.

Pratap industries failed to pay the instalment due on March 31, 1997. Rapid engineering works obtained the permission of the court to repossess the machine as a result of default  by the purchaser and having completed all statutory requirements took possession  of the machine on May 31, 1997.

Prepare necessary ledger accounts in the books of hire-purchaser.

 

 

 

 

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Loyola College B.B.A. Business Administration Nov 2012 Cost Accounting Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FIFTH SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 5504/BU 5501 – COST ACCOUNTING

 

 

 

Date : 06/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART A

 

Answer ALL questions:                                                                                           (10×2=20 marks)

 

  1. Mention two differences between Bin Card and Stores Ledger.
  2. Define Cost Unit. Give an example.
  3. What is Economic Batch Quantity?
  4. What is a Labour Hour Rate?
  5. Fill in the blanks:
  6. 200 units closing work in progress 60% complete is equal to …………equivalent units.
  7. Staff welfare expenses are apportioned among departments in the ratio of …………
  8. From the following particulars, calculate the economic order quantity.

Annual requirements :  1,600 units

Cost of materials per unit : Rs.40

Cost of placing and receiving one order : Rs.50

Annual carrying cost of inventory : 10% of inventory value.

  1. Rate per hour 1.50 per hour

Time allowed for job      20 hours

Time taken                         15 hours

Calculate the total earnings of the worker under Rowan Plan.

  1. Stock as on 1/1/2010 : 1000 units @ Rs.5 per unit

Purchases on 1/1/2010 : 9000 units @ Rs.6 per unit

Sale during the month : 8000 units

Calculate the value of closing stock on 31/01/2010, assuming the weighted average method of pricing is adopted.

  1. A machine runs for 2000 hours a month, of which 100 hours is for non-production purposes. The fixed expenses of the machine is Rs.3800 per month and the variable expenses are Rs.3.00 per hour when run for production purposes only.

Calculate the machine hour rate.

  1. The joint cost of making 40 units of Product A and 120 units of Product B is Rs.66.The selling price of the products at the split off point are Product A Rs.3 per unit and Product B Rs.2 per unit.

Calculate the share of joint cost of each product, if they are apportioned on sale value basis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART  B

Answer ANY FIVE questions                                                                                                                       (5×8=40 marks)

 

  1. Write short notes on:
  2. Labour turnover
  3. Treatment of overtime in Cost Accounts.
  4. Perpetual Inventory system
  5. Retention money
  6. Compare and contrast Financial Accounting with Cost Accounting.
  7. Calculate the earnings of workers A and B under Straight Piece-rate System and Taylor’s Differential Piece-rate System from the following particulars.

Normal rate per hour : Rs.18

Standard time per unit : 20 seconds

Differentials to be applied:

80% of piece rate below standard

120% of piece rate at or above standard.

Worker A produces 1,300 units per day and worker B produces 1,500 units per day.

  1. Calculate the minimum stock level, maximum stock level and re-ordering level from the following information:
  2. Minimum consumption : 100 units per day
  3. Maximum consumption : 150 units per day
  4. Normal consumption : 120 units per day
  5. Re-order period : 10-15 days
  6. Re-order quantity : 1500 units
  7. Normal delivery time : 12 days
  8. From the following data prepare a reconciliation statement and ascertain the profit as per the financial accouts:

Rs.

Profit as per cost accounts                                           1,45,500

Works overheads under-recovered                              9,500

Administrative overheads under-recovered            22,750

Selling overheads over-recovered                               19,500

Overvaluation of opening stock in cost accounts     15,000

Overvaluation of closing stock in cost accounts         7,500

Interest earned during the year                                                      3,750

Rent received during the year                                        27,000

Preliminary expenses written off during the year    27,000

  1. A product passes through 2 processes, A and B before it is completed.

100 units of raw material are introduced in Process A at a cost of RS.10 per unit. Other details relating to the 2 processes are:

Process A                            Process B

Labour                                                                  Rs.400                                   Rs.100

Other expenses                                                               Rs.202                                   Rs.  90

Normal loss as a %age of input                   10                                           20

Sale value of normal loss per unit             Rs.3                                        Rs.4

Output in units                                                  75                                           70

Prepare Process accounts, Abnormal Loss Account and Abnormal Gain Account.

 

  1. The Chennai Transport Co has been given a route 50 kms long to run a bus. The bus costs Rs.4,50,000. It has a life of 5 years and no salvage value. It is insured for 4% per annum and has an annual tax of RS.18,000 per annum. Other details are : Garage rent Rs.4,000 per month; Driver’s salary Rs.6,000 per month; Conductor’s salary : Rs.5,000 per month and office expenses Rs.10,000 per month.

Petrol will cost Rs.100 for 20 kms. The bus will run 3 round trips per day, carrying on an average 40 passengers on each trip. It will run for 30 days in a month.

If the company wants a profit of 20% on takings, what should be the fare per passenger kilometre?

  1. The following information has been obtained from the records of Left-Centre Corporation for the period from January 1 to June 30, 2012.

Rs.                   Rs.

Cost of raw materials                                      30,000             25,000

Cost of work-in-progress                                12,000             15,000

Transactions during six months are:

Purchases of raw materials                              4,50,000

Wages paid                                                     2,30,000

Factory overheads                                               92,000

Administration overheads                                   30,000

Selling and distribution overheads                     20,000

90% of the production was sold @ a profit of 20% on sales.

Prepare statement of Cost and Profit.

 

PART  C

 

Answer ANY TWO questions                                                                     (2×20=40 marks)

 

  1. A company undertook a contract for construction of a large building complex. The construction work commenced on 1st April 2011 and the following data are available for the year ended 31st March 2012.

Rs.                                                                          Rs.

Contract price                                     350,000

Work certified                                     200,000

Progress payments received                150,000           Site Office cost                       10,530

Materials issued to site                                      85,000                       Direct expenses             9,020

Direct wages paid                                 62,500                       Work not certified        1,490

Material returned from site                     2,500

The contractors own a plant which originally cost Rs.20,000 has been continuously in use in this contract throughout the year. The residual value of the plant after 5 years of life is expected to be Rs.5,000. Straight line method of depreciation is in use.

As on 31st March 2012 the direct  wages due amounted to Rs.2,700 and the materials at site were estimated at Rs.2,000.

  1. Prepare the contract account for the year ended 31st March 2012.
  2. Show the Contractee’s account.
  3. Show the relevant balance sheet entries.
  4. Following are the particulars for the production of 2,000 sewing machines of Nath Engineering Co. Ltd., for the year 2011.

Cost of materials Rs.1,60,000; Wages Rs.2,40,000; Manufacturing expenses Rs.1,00,000; Administration expenses Rs.1,80,000; Selling expenses Rs.40,000; Sales Rs.8,00,000.

Prepare a statement of cost and profit for 2011.

The company plans to manufacture 5,000 sewing machines during 2012.

The following additional information is supplied to you:

  1. Price of material is expected to rise by 20%
  2. Wages rates are expected show a decrease of 10%
  3. Manufacturing expenses will rise in proportion to the combined cost of materials and wages.
  4. Selling expenses per unit will remain the same
  5. Other expenses will remain unaffected by the rise in output.

Prepare a statement showing the price at which the machine should be sold in 2012 to earn a profit  of 10% on sales.

  1. The “Modern Company” is divided into four departments: A and B are production departments and X and Y are service departments. The actual costs for a period are as follows:

Rs.                                                                   Rs.

Rent                                        1,000   Supervision                                         1,500

Repairs to plant                           600  Fire insurance in respect of stock            500

Depreciation of Plant                  450  Power                                                      900

Light                                                       350

The following information is available in respect of the four departments:

Dept A                        Dept B                        Dept X                        Dept Y

Area (sq.metres)                      1500                1100                     900                 500

Number of employees                  20                    15                      10                     5

Direct wages (Rs.)                  6000                4000                   3000               2000

Value of Plant (Rs.)                24000              18000              12000                6000

HP of Plant                                    24                    18                    12                     6

Light points                                    15                    10                      5                     5

Direct material                           4000                3000                1500                1000

Value of stock                            1000                  600                  400                  –

 

Apportion Service Dept X’s  expenses between A, B and Y in the ratio of 2:2:1 and Service Dept Y’s expenses between A and B in the ratio of direct wages.

If the estimated machine hour in Departments A and B are 2000 hours and 1800 hours respectively, calculate the Machine Hour Rate for each department.

 

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FIFTH SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 5503 – BUSINESS POLICY & STRATEGY

 

 

 

Date : 03/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

SECTION-A

Answer all of the following questions:                                                     (10×2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Define business strategy with an example.
  2. What is a contingency plan?
  3. Identify the elements of strategic decision.
  4. What is vertical integration?
  5. Write a Mission statement for an educational institution.
  6. What is a strategic gap?
  7. What do you understand by marketing approach to strategic decision?
  8. Write a short note on strategic gap analysis.
  9. What are the four basic types of strategic control?

10.State the main objective of a good promotional policy.

 

SECTION-B

Answer any five of the following questions:                                             (5×8 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Explain the role of a strategist.
  2. Explain the major policy issues concerning an organization.
  3. Discuss the Mechanism of policy making.
  4. What are the four grand strategic alternatives of an organization?
  5. Explain the relationship of pricing policy to cost.
  6. Identify the dimensions of objectives.
  7. Explain the steps in the process of strategic decision making.
  8. Discuss the significance of evaluation techniques for strategic control.

SECTION-C

Answer any two of the following questions:                                                  (2×20 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Explain the application of strategic management concept through case study method.
  2. Briefly explain the internal and external environmental scanning in an organization.
  3. Classify the Various types of Business Policy.

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FIFTH SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 5503 – BUSINESS POLICY & STRATEGY

 

 

 

Date : 03/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

SECTION-A

Answer all of the following questions:                                                     (10×2 = 20 Marks)

 

  1. Define business strategy with an example.
  2. What is a contingency plan?
  3. Identify the elements of strategic decision.
  4. What is vertical integration?
  5. Write a Mission statement for an educational institution.
  6. What is a strategic gap?
  7. What do you understand by marketing approach to strategic decision?
  8. Write a short note on strategic gap analysis.
  9. What are the four basic types of strategic control?

10.State the main objective of a good promotional policy.

 

SECTION-B

Answer any five of the following questions:                                             (5×8 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Explain the role of a strategist.
  2. Explain the major policy issues concerning an organization.
  3. Discuss the Mechanism of policy making.
  4. What are the four grand strategic alternatives of an organization?
  5. Explain the relationship of pricing policy to cost.
  6. Identify the dimensions of objectives.
  7. Explain the steps in the process of strategic decision making.
  8. Discuss the significance of evaluation techniques for strategic control.

SECTION-C

Answer any two of the following questions:                                                  (2×20 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Explain the application of strategic management concept through case study method.
  2. Briefly explain the internal and external environmental scanning in an organization.
  3. Classify the Various types of Business Policy.

 

 

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B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 1500 – BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

Date : 08/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART – A              

Answer all the questions:                                                                                                      (10×2=20)

  1. Define administration.
  2. What is management process?
  3. Define communication.
  4. What do you mean by leadership?
  5. What is strategic planning?
  6. Define organization chart.
  7. What is business ethics?
  8. Define ‘Job Analysis’.
  9. What is morale?
  10. What is delegation of authority?

PART – B          

Answer any FIVE questions:                                                                                               (5×8=40)

 

  1. Describe the scope and objectives of management.
  2. Explain the importance of staffing.
  3. State the essentials of a sound plan.
  4. Describe the principals of co-ordination.
  5. Explain the functions of a supervisor.
  6. Suggest measures to improve morale.
  7. State the problems in control process.
  8. Distinguish between co-ordination from co-operation.

PART – C

Answer any TWO questions:                                                                                                  (2×20=40)

 

  1. Explain F.W.Taylor’s contribution to management thought.
  2. Explain the scope of social responsibilities of business. How will you reconcile conflict in the claims

of different groups.

  1. What are leadership styles? Explain each one of them.

 

 

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B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 1503 – BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

 

 

Date : 10/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART – A

 

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS:                                                                         (10×2=20Marks)

 

  1. What is external environment?
  2. What is Fiscal Deficit?
  1. What do you mean by social audit?
  1. What are the fundamental rights enumerated in part III of the constitution?
  2. List any two feature of IDBI.
  3. Write any two objectives of FEMA.
  4. What is GDP?
  5. List some of the laws relating to business in India.
  6. What do you mean by Joint Family system?
  7. State the salient features of secularism in India.

PART-B

 

ANSWER ANY FIVE OF THE FOLLOWING:                                                        (5 x 8=40 marks)

  1. Write short notes on Social Environment.
  2. How do stock exchanges help Indian Industry?
  3. Give any five reasons for rapid growth of NBFC.
  4. Discuss the significance of urbanization.
  5. Discuss the salient features of central planning by Government of India for economic development.
  6. How does foreign culture influence the Indian Industry?
  7. What are the rights of consumers as per consumer protection Act?
  8. Explain the major changes brought out in the Industrial Policy 1991.

 

PART-C

 

ANSWER ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:                                                 (2 X 20 = 40 marks)

 

  1. What are the features of modern capitalism?
  1. Explain the role of government in the regulation of business.
  2. What are the macro environment factors to be considered in business decisions?

 

 

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B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

BU 1501 – BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

 

 

Date : 10/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART – A

 

Answer ALL questions:                                                                                        (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Define Business Environment.
  2. Write a note on GDP.
  3. Define Capitalism.
  4. What is Environment analysis?
  5. What is WTO?
  6. Define Business Ethics.
  7. What is Laissez Faire Policy?
  8. What is meant by Constitutional Environment?
  9. Write a note on Fiscal Deficit.
  10. State the Fundamental rights of a person under the Indian Constitution.

PART – B

 

Answer any FIVE questions:                                                                              (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Explain SWOT analysis.
  2. What is Mixed Economy? What are its features?
  3. State the main principles of GATT.
  4. What are the rights of consumers under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986?
  5. How does globalization have effect on business?
  6. Explain briefly the unfair trade practices.
  7. Briefly describe the provisions of Right to Information Act, 2005.
  8. What are the intermediate functions of the state?

PART – C

 

Answer any TWO questions:                                                                            (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

 

  1. What are the factors influencing the Indian Business Environment?
  2. Explain the economic roles of the Government.
  3. Describe the social responsibilities of business towards owners, employees,

customers and the community.

 

 

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 5403 – TRANSITIONAL  LITERATURE

 

 

 

Date : 27-04-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART A

 

  1. Annotate or interpret the following in 50 words each: (8 x 3 = 24 marks)

 

  1. Language is mediating in my very being. And this brings us to the third aspect of language as culture.
  2. It had in it the scorpion’s sting

Without its poison.

  1. Ah he continued, yawning again,

The pains we suffer in building the nation!

  1. Then, then I packed my mystic drum

And turned away; never to beat so loud any more.

  1. English was the official vehicle and the magic formula to control elitedom.
  2. The child thinks she is wiser than

The cotton head of age.

  1. I am not angry

With the woman with whom

I share my husband.

  1. Who calls? Does someone call outside?

Bellowing winds? Wind drowns all.

 

PART B

  1. Answer any SIX of the following in 150 to 200 words each:  (6 x 6 = 36 marks)

 

  1. Describe the effect of The Mystic Drum.
  2. 10. Critically review the theme of transition in the ‘The Voices of Transition.’
  3. What is the central conflict in The Song of Lawino?
  4. How does Soyinka treat the theme of conflict in The Lion and the Jewel?
  5. How do the nation building activities of the two differ in Building the Nation?
  6. Discuss the cultural side of Snapshots of a Wedding.
  7. How does Ama Ata Aidoo feature Africa in Certain Winds from the South?
  8. How does literature help building the national identity, according to Thiongo?

 

PART C

III. Answer any FOUR of the following in 350 words each:                                     (4 x 10 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Consider the oral tradition as featured in Things Fall Apart.
  2. How does Soyinka fuse African and western traditions in The Lion and the Jewel?
  3. Analyze the African poems prescribed for your study in terms of tone, style and theme.
  4. What are the various aspects of language as enumerated by Ngugi wa Thiongo?
  5. Evaluate the features of African culture as seen from the texts of your study.
  6. How do Okot p’Bitek, Ama Ata Aidoo and Bessie Head feature womanism in their works?

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 5500 – WORLD CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION

 

 

 

Date : 25-04-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART – A

 

Answer the following in about 50 words each:                                                          (10×2=20)

 

  1. What is media res?
  2. What is the function of the chorus according to Horace?
  3. Name the gods who favoured Paris and Menelaus? Why were they favoured?
  4. What was Oedipus’s crime and how did he punish himself?
  5. List Horace’s views on decorum.
  6. Specify the role of the chorus in “Oedipus Rex”.
  7. Why was Oedipus rejected by his parents after his birth?
  8. Who was Horace addressing the ‘Ars Poetica’ to and in what form was it written?
  9. What happened to Berthe after the death of her parents?
  10. How did Oedipus become the child of King Polybus of Corinth?

 

PART – B

 

Answer any Four of the following in about 200 words each:                                      (4×10=40)

 

  1. Trace with suitable examples the themes in Tagore’s “Gitanjali”.
  2. Examine the character of Orogon in Moliere “Tartuffe”.
  3. Discuss the theme of love in Chekov’s “Seagull”.
  4. Analyse the comic elements in Plautus’s “The Twin Menaechmi”.
  5. Comment on Augustus’s views on God in “The Confessions” Book 1.
  6. Compare and contrast the characters of Meelaus and Paris.
  7. Sketch the character Rodolphe in “Madame Bovary”.
  8. Describe Dante’s visit to the gates of hell in “The Inferno”.

 

PART – C

 

 Answer any TWO of the following in about 300 words each:                               (2×20=40)

 

  1. Discuss Horace’s views on characterization and dramatic plot in “Ars Poetica”.
  2. What are the dramatic techniques employed by Sophocles?
  3. Describe the major Greek heroes presented by Homer in Book 3 of “The Illiad”.
  4. Illustrate the important themes in Chekov’s “ The Seagull”.
  5. “Tolstoy doesn’t explicitly moralise in the book, he allows his themes to emerge

naturally from the “vast panorama of Russian life”. Discuss.

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

SIXTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 6601 – READING FICTION

 

 

 

Date : 18-04-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART  – A

 

  1. Answer any FIVE of the following in about 250 words each.        (5×8 =40 marks)

 

  1. Attempt a character analysis of
  2. Why is Sampath so distraught with his life in Shahkot?
  3. Is García Márquez’s main notion thatlovesickness is literally an illness? Substantiate.
  4. What is the significance of the title My Son’s Story?
  5. Identify the common themes in the short stories from Africa prescribed for study.
  6. Discuss how Some Other Country presents the New Zealand landscape.
  7. Examine Icelandic Folktales as containing samples from the rich folklore of Iceland.

 

PART – B

 

  1. Answer any THREE of the following in about 400 words each.      (3×20 =60 marks)
  2. Critically examine Hesse’s crafting of Siddhartha’s journey.

 

(OR)

 

The main issue Kiran Desai confronts in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is that

of nature versus civilization. Do you agree?

 

  1. Urbino’s function in Love in the Time of Cholera is to provide the counterpoint to

Florentino Ariza’s archaic, boldly romantic love.  Elucidate.

 

(OR)

 

How does Nadine Gordimer make it clear that she disapproves of apartheid?

 

  1. Owen Marshall’s world is a world where the individual and often the eccentric

individual, is valued above the group. Explain.

 

(OR)

(P.T.O)

 

 

Chinua Achebe’s  collection is refreshing for the inclusion of work by the wide

range of writers who have made the emerging field of African fiction something to
follow.  Comment.

 

  1. Descriptive and nuanced, Some Other Country, breathe life into a range of

endearing characters and situations. Discuss.

 

(OR)

Professor Boucher feels that ‘the age of technology may have altered the outward

character of life in Iceland beyond recognition, but the roots are still there’.

Discuss with special reference to the Icelandic Folktale.

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 4501 – SHAKESPEARE

 

 

 

Date : 24-04-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART – A

 

 Explain the following passages with reference to the context:                                (10×2=20)

 

  1. I, as Aeneas, our great ancestor,

Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder

The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber

Did I the tired Caesar.

 

  1. Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,

To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,

 

  1. Cowards die many times before their deaths;

The valiant never taste of death but once.

 

  1. Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved

Rome more

 

  1. The noble Brutus

Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:

If it were so, it was a grievous fault,

And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it

 

  1. I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano;

A stage where every man must play a part,

And mine a sad one.

 

  1. When Laban and himself were compromised

That all the eanlings which were streak’d and pied

Should fall as Jacob’s hire,

 

  1. All that glitters is not gold;

Often have you heard that told:

Many a man his life hath sold

But my outside to behold:

Gilded tombs do worms enfold.

 

  1. There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper,

That steals the colour from Bassanio’s cheek:

Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world

Could turn so much the constitution

Of any constant man

 

  1. The quality of mercy is not strain’d,

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;

It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:

PART – B

 

Write paragraph answers for any FIVE of the following:                                             (5×8=40)

 

  1. Analyse the character of Cassius.
  2. Discuss how the trial scene reveals a conflict between justice and mercy.
  3. Compare the passivity of Desdemona with the other female characters of Shakespeare.
  4. How does Richard II compare with Henry Bolingbroke?
  5. Tragic heroes of Shakespeare.
  6. Role of Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream.
  7. Write a note of the wedding scenes in Merchant of Venice and Midsummer Night’s

Dream.

 

  1. What is the significance of Caesar’s dying words – Et tu Brute?

PART – C

 

Write essays on the following questions in about 300 words each:                    (2×20=40)

 

  1. Discuss the heroines of Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night on comparison with the

heroes of the play.
(OR)

Consider Richard II as a historical play.

 

  1. Who is the true statesman in the play Julius Caesar – Caesar, Antony or Brutus? Argue.

(OR)

Make a Post-colonial analysis of the play Othello.

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 1501 – LITERARY FORMS AND LITERARY APPRECIATION

 

 

 

Date : 02-05-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART – A

 

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

 

  1. Name the three chief types of Ode.
  2. What is Ballad?
  3. Set forth the basic difference between the Italian sonnet and the English sonnet.
  4. Give any three examples of elegy in English poetry.
  5. How is satire different from lampoon?
  6. What is tragic-comedy?
  7. How does plot vary from story?
  8. Distinguish between rising action and falling action in drama.
  9. What are the six elements of tragedy as stated by Aristotle?
  10. Name the three ideals of the French Revolution.

 

PART – B

 

  1. Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words: (5 x 8 = 40)

 

  1. Cull out the salient features of epic poetry.
  2. Attempt a brief note on the aesthetic movement.
  3. Post Modernism is both a continuation and a break away from Modernism – Substantiate.
  4. Elucidate the chief features of Metaphysical poetry in English.
  5. Explain point of view in novel.
  6. Explicate Aristotle’s theory of tragic hero.
  7. Analyse the important precepts advocated by the Renaissance in literature.
  8. Present an appraisal of satirical comedy.

PART – C

 

III. Answer any ONE of the following in about 250 words:                                                     (1 x 15 = 15)

 

  1. Discuss in detail the origin and outcome of the Reformation movement in England.
  2. Compare and contrast the features of the Neo-Classical movement and the Romantic revival.

 

 

PART – D

 

  1. 21. Attempt an appreciation of the following poem in 200-250 words.                   (15 marks)

 

Sonnet No. 130

 

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

 

William Shakespeare

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 5502 – LINGUISTICS

 

 

 

Date : 30-04-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART – A

 

Answer any FIVE questions in the following in about 50 words each;

by choosing not less than two questions from each section:                                  (5 X 4 = 20 Marks)

 

SECTION – 1

  1. When is it said that a person is involved in ‘performance’?
  2. How does human language differ from animal communication?
  3. How are the English nasal sounds produced?
  4. What is stylistics?

SECTION – 2

  1. What is the traditional label given to the following words in English grammar? Why?

Sing, Sings, Sang

  1. Define ‘collocation’.
  2. What is ‘phatic communion’.
  3. Trace the difference between ‘Homophones’ and ‘homonyms’.

PART – B

 

Answer any four of the following questions in about 150 words each;

by choosing TWO from each section:                                                                     (4 X 10 = 40 Marks)

SECTION – 1

  1. How is linguistics a science?
  2. How are the English fricatives pronounced? In what way are they different from frictionless continuants?
  3. Define the terms:- Idiolect, dialect, pidgin, creole

SECTION – 2

  1. Write a note on TG grammar.
  2. Explain how English vocabulary has grown through the tendency of borrowing.
  3. Trace the psycho – social dimensions of language.

PART – C

 

Answer the following questions in about 300 words each:                                    (2 X 20 = 40 Marks)

 

  1. Select any Ten traditional concepts of grammar and bring out their inadequacies from a modern grammarian’s view point.

(OR)

Draw a three term lable for the English consonants.

  1. Trace the features of discourse analysis.

(OR)

How does stylistics play a pivotal role in the analysis of literary texts? Elaborate.

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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.

  1. 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.

 

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

Arise and answer for thy children’s sake!

 

  1. This, this is the land that gave us

Birth and suck and the light of knowledge.

  1. I do not remember her having ever missed the chaturmas.
  2. 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  1. 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.

 

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

 

 

  1. 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.

 

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

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 1500 – INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

 

 

 

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

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

SECTION – A

 

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

 

  1. “Ho! Let us dance, let us sing

And wear saffron garments to welcome the spring.

And pluck the new buds that are blowing.”

             In what way is the persona’s mood different from the speaker of these lines?

 

  1. The trip had darkened our face,

Our deeds were neither great nor rare.

Home is where we gather grace.

            Why is home a better place to find grace than going on a pilgrimage?

 

  1. No longstanding headstone

with his full name and two dates

              Explain these lines

 

  1. I’m not asking you only for my sake but for all the Muslims who will die at the hands of Muslims if there is a war

            Is this the true intention of the speaker to stop the war? Give reasons.

 

  1. A woman in a man’s world may be considered being progressive. But a man in a woman’s world

is – pathetic

What is the line of argument here?

 

  1. “Flocks of birds have flown high and away,

A solitary drift of cloud, too, has gone wandering on,

And I sit alone with Ching – ting Peak, towering beyond.

We never grow tired of each other, the mountain and I,”

             Why does Nehru quote this poem?

 

  1. I saw something between a lizard and a crocodile, about two feet long with claws   and a scaly covering.

            What was this animal locally called? What is it called in English? What              happened to the animal?

 

  1. Girls today! How courageous you are?

            What made the speaker exclaim thus?

 

  1. “Velan, it’s raining in the hills.  I can feel it coming up under my feet, up my legs-   -” and with that he sagged down.

            Explain the significance of this line.

 

  1. Why did she call herself Rosie? She did not come from foreign land. She was just             an Indian,

            What other description does Raju give about Rosie?

 

SECTION – B

 

Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words each;

 choosing not more than three from either part:                                                                 (5×8=40)

 

Part – A

 

  1. What does Ratna say about Mysore School of Dance practised by Chenniamma?
  2. Pick out clues from the poem “My Grandmother’s House” that expresses a deep sense of sorrow.
  3. What relevance does Thirukural bear for a modern man?
  4. Muhammad bin Tughluq was relatively liberal and permitted Hindus and Jains to settle in Delhi.This is a historical fact about the real king. Can this be said of Karanard’sTughlaq?

 

Part B

 

  1. Make a character analysis of Tyagu.
  2. Why did Nehru enjoy the short walks that he was permitted during his

imprisonment?

  1.         How does Dr.Radhakrishnan present his views about “the divine in the human self.”
  2.    What is central theme of the poem Indian Weavers?

 

SECTION – C

 

Answer the following in about 300 words each:                                                      (2×20=40)

 

 

  1. The Guide is delightfully funny and yet extraordinarily serious at the same time. Discuss

Or

  1. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr.Biswas examines one man’s search for his own      identity amidst

controversy. Argue.

 

  1. What do you learn about Indianess from the prescribed poems of NissimEzekiel?

Or

Discuss the social issues dealt with by Dina Mehta in her play Brides Are Not for Burning.

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