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DEGREE EXAMINATION –GENERAL ENGLISH

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EL 1058 – ENGLISH THRO LITERATURE – I

 

 

Date & Time: 03/05/2007 / 9:00 – 12:00        Dept. No.                                                     Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

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

 

1. Bring out Shakespeare’s contribution to Elizabethan drama?
2. Describe the pleasure dome that Kubla Khan wanted to build?
3. Comment on Arnold’s use of the sea as an image of faith.
4.  ‘If design govern in a thing so small’. Bring out the significance of this extract.
5. Mention any two characteristics of the peasants described in the Poem Night of the Scorpion.
6.  Mention any two superstitious beliefs of the villagers in the poem Night of the Scorpion?
7. Why are bores always sure of an audience?
8. What is a bore’s greatest asset?
9. What, according to Shaw, should be the object of all honest governments?
10. What is unnatural slavery?
11. How does Richard Livingston distinguish between knowledge and education?
12. Which subjects tell us about man at his best?

 

II Answer any FIVE of the following in about 100 words each.            (5×5=25)

 

1. What, according to Richard Livingston, are the essentials of good education?
2. How is man’s slavery to Nature pleasant? Explain.
3. How did the girl get the third goat from Sindhu?
4. How does the Mathematics Master describe Wasserkopf’s character?
5. How does Jonson pay rich tributes to Shakespeare in his poem? Explain.
6. How does Coleridge achieve a fine blend of magic and superstition in Kubla Khan? Give examples.
7. Bring out your understanding of the Indian rural life from your reading of Night of the Scorpion.

 

III Answer the following in about 250 words each.                           (2×15=30)

 

1. Why, according to Shaw, is perfect freedom not possible? Discuss the role of governmental agencies in this context.           (or)

What is the melancholic view of life expressed by Arnold in his poem Dover Beach?

 

1. Do you think there is perfect freedom in India? Justify your answer.

(or)

Do you think there are alternative methods  to examinations to measure a person’s knowledge?  Discuss with examples.

 

 

IV Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.           (5×1=5)

 

If you have to work —(1)– twelve hours a day, you have no freedom at all. If you work eight hours —(2)– day you have four hours a day to do what you like —(3)–, subject to —(4)– laws of the land and your possession of money enough to buy —(5)– interesting book or pay for a seat at the pictures, or on a half a holiday at a football match.

 

V  Dialogue writing                                                                                (10 marks)

 

Construct a dialogue between the representative of your class with the Principal of another college to invite their students for the cultural festival organized in your college.

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

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U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

EL 2061 – ENGLISH THROUGH CONTEMPORARY IDEAS

 

 

 

Date : 16/04/2008             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

SECTION – A

Answer the following in about 200 words each                                      (4×10=40 marks)

 

1. Petrus and Melanie represent the emerging new ideologies that threaten conventional power relations. How true is this in the lives of Lucy and David Lurie?

Or

Elaborate on the many kinds of disgrace in J.M. Coetzee’s novel

1. Show how Pi’s early experiences with the animals prepares him for the challenges at sea

Or

Comment on the significance of pi in the life of Piscine Moliere Patel.

1. Discuss the theme in The Artificial Nigger

Or

Write a short essay on the injustice of caste based discrimination in Oorkali

1. Write a short essay on the central concerns in Urmila Pawar’s short story.

Or

What message for humanity does the story of Toba Tek Singh convey?

 

SECTION B

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

 

1. Do you agree that the story of Pi’s experiences at sea is a product of a fevered imagination rather than an account of a realistic adventure at sea?
2. Show how the writer uses the image of the dog to highlight David Lurie’s plight at the end of the novel.
3. Explain the significance of the title Dream Images.

 

SECTION C

Answer any one of the following in about 400 words                             ( 1×20 =20 marks)

 

1. As a privileged student what steps would you take to prevent any discrimination against people based on race, caste or sex?
2. Write a review of any one of the books prescribed for extended reading.

 

 

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U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

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SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 2053/2061 – ENGLISH THROUGH CONTEMPORARY IDEAS

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

SECTION – A

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

 

1. Show how the writer uses the image of the dog to highlight David Lurie’s plight at the end of the novel.

OR

Elaborate on the many kinds of disgrace in J.M. Coetzee’s novel.

 

1. Highlight aspects of humour in Pi’s religious conversions.

OR

Comment on the ending in The Life of Pi.

 

1. Discuss the theme in The Artificial Nigger

OR

Write a short essay on the injustice of caste based discrimination in Oorkali

 

1. Write a short essay on the central concerns in Urmila Pawar’s short story.

OR

Why is the story of Toba Tek Singh pathetic?

 

 

SECTION B

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

 

1. Show how the lives of David and Lucy are threatened by new ideas on racist and feminist justice.
2. Show how Pi’s life at the zoo prepares him for the losses at sea.
3. Explain the significance of the title Dream Images.

 

 

SECTION C

Answer any ONE of the following in about 400 words:          (1×20 =20 marks)

 

8. Do you agree that any discrimination based on differences in gender race or caste is

crime against human rights?

9. As a young citizen of this country what steps will you take to protect and conserve

the environment?

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 2053 / 2061 – ENGLISH THROUGH CONTEMPORARY IDEAS

 

Date : 20-04-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

 

SECTION A

Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each:         (4x 10=40 marks)

 

1. How did Piscine Moliter Patel get his name?
2. What is the outcome of Professor Lurie’s refusal to apologize for his conduct towards Melanie Issacs?
3. Describe a typical day in Pi’s life on the ocean.
4. Why does Lucy agree to marry Petrus?
5. Comment on the theme in the short story The Artificial Nigger.
6. Do you agree that humour actually brings out the pain in the story of Toba Tek Singh?
7. Discuss the theme in the short story A Childhood Tale.

          SECTION B

Answer any two of the following in about 200words each:           (2×20=40 marks)

8. Show how Professor Lurie’s career and personal life becomes a journey in disgrace.
9. Examine Life of Pi as adventure fiction.

10.Comment on the theme of caste discrimination in OORKALI

        SECTION C

Answer any one of the following in about 200 words:                   (1×20=20 marks)

• Write a short review of any book you read or film you watched recently.

12. What are your suggestions to reduce the stress that children go through

exam  time?

 

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