PAST PAPER (A) 2007 - B.A. ENGLISH (PU)

PAPER NO. 8

(YEAR 2007 - GROUP II)

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

(i) And yet those voices:

If you were not afraid, you would kill him!

(ii) And all who heard should see them there,

And all should cry, beware! beware! 

(iii) So little happens, the black dog

Cracking his fleas in the hot sun

Is history.

(iv) I'm afraid this isn't my evening for listening to the conversation of my aunt. 

(v) The password, and quick about it, or I'll plug you! I can't mess around here all night.

2. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. 

(i) Giovanni is no more than a pawn on the chess board of Dr. Rappaccini's research. Comment. 

(ii) The Duchess is more loathsome than the jeweller. Comment. (The Duchess and the Jeweller)

(iii) The French soldier feels grandeur of the desert with all its force and fascination. Comment. (A Passion in the Desert)

(iv) Discuss Popova as an unreal and fake prude. (The Bear)

(v) What is your true estimation of the character of Primrose? (Smoke-Screens)

3. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. 

(i) Aldous Huxley in "Beauty Industry" calls annual expenses of one hundred and fifty six million pounds on make up 'A tidy sum'. Why?

(ii) 'Tolerance is not the same as weakness', says E.M. Forster. Elaborate. 

(iii) Why does the writer recommend the story of Chesterfield to the lift-man in "On Saying Please"?

(iv) Bertrand Russel argues that by eliminating great wars we can abolish poverty. How? (Science and Values)

(v) Why does G.K. Chesterton in his "Some Policemen And a Moral" call the target of his knife-throwing 'Mangled tree'?

4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. 

(i) How is the patriot repaid for his public services? (Patriot into Traitor)

(ii) Why does Shakespeare call the world a stage?

(iii) Describe Emily Dickinson's journey in the company of Death?

(iv) W.B. Yeats does not underestimate politics nor does he reject it. Elaborate. 

(v) Sleep is more powerful than all other passions. Explain. (Lights Out) 

5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway) 

(i) Describe the old man's poverty and lack of resources. 

(ii) The old man is a great fighter. Comment. 

(iii) Compare and contrast old man with other fishermen. 

(iv) Discuss DiMaggio as a source of inspiration for the old man. 

(v) Write a brief note on the old man's life on land.