B.A. ENGLISH (PU) - PAST PAPER (A) 2011

PAPER NO. 16

(YEAR 2011 - GROUP II)

1. Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:

(i) He was talking of you and me, my dear,

He talking of you and me. 

(ii) So little happens, the black dog

Cracking his fleas in the hot sun

Is history.

(iii) What conquest over pain and misery,

What heroes greater than were ever of yore.

(iv) It isn't particularly easy to be me. That's all, if you'll just think that over before we discuss my young life. 

(v) Do you think I might wake mamma? She'll never forgive us if she misses this. You know how she is always yearning for something to happen. 

2. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. 

(i)  They mayor calls Happy Prince, "Little better than a beggar". Why?
(ii) Popova catches our attention by not what she says but what she does. Comment. (The Bear)
(iii) The Duchess is more loathsome than the Jeweller. Comment.
(iv) The New Constitution was no more than a piece of April foolery. Elaborate.
(v) The Wife in "The Shadow in the Rose Garden" cannot help digging her past. Discuss.
3. Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) 'Lord must build if the work is to stand ....'? Comment. (Tolerance)
(ii) All exploration is based on human fallibility. Comment. (To Err is Human)
(iii) How does the writer differentiate between hosts and guests?
(iv) Why did the Muslims of India ask for a country of their own? (Pakistan and the Modern World)
(v) All "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind. Discuss. (Science and Values)
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) What does many a road track signify in "Lights Out"?

(ii) Is poison unexcused wrath? (A Poison Tree)
(iii) The poet feels repentant after his encounter with the snake. Why? (Snake)
(iv) Death is friendly and patronizing for the poetess. Comment. (Because I Could Not Stop for Death)
(v) Modern man can't 'stand and stare'. Explain.
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) The Old Man fights against the Marlin without being despaired. Comment.
(ii) Write a note on Old Man's life on land.
(iii) How does the Old Man physically look?
(iv) Santiago's suffering is more remarkable than even his killing of the fish. Discuss.
(v) Is Santiago a superstitious man?