UP-TO-DATE PAPER (A) 2007 - B.A. ENGLISH (PU)

PAPER NO. 7

(YEAR 2007 - GROUP I)

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

(i) And my foe beheld its shine

And he knew that it was mine.

(ii) For only gossamer, my gown --

My tippet -- only tulle --

(iii) To go into the unknown

I must enter, and leave, alone

I know not how.

(iv) I'm the Wolf -- so watch out. Sit there, and if you make a sound. I'll plug you.

(v) Excuse me, sir, I am not accustomed to listen to such expressions or to such a tone of voice. I want to hear no more. 

2. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. 

(i) When any why does Giovanni in his address to Beatrice, call Dr. Rappaccini "Your awful father"?

(ii) "Sahib Behadur where do you wish to be taken", says Ustad Mangu with "undisguised irony". Elaborate irony in this remark. 

(iii) Towards the end of the story, the mayor calls the Happy Prince, "Little better than a beggar". Why?

(iv) Why is the robber in "Something to Talk About" compelled to remark while addressing Bishop, "you might be one of us yourself"?

(v) Why is Clarice in "Smoke-Screens" so impatient about describing her brother?
3. Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Why didn't the writer and his uncles think it wrong to outwit the grandfather's violence and rigour? ("My Grandfather")
(ii) What does Huxley refer to as 'Repellant' in the make-up of some modern women? (Beauty Industry).
(iii) What is 'NAZI' solution of dealing with the people one does not like?
(iv) What harm can 'pleasant illusions' do? (Science and Values)
(v) How do various vitamins keep human body fit?
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions.
(i) Why does Wordsworth call the Solitary Reaper's song 'A melancholy strain'?
(ii) What does T.S. Eliot mean by 'Standing upon the shore of all we know' in his "Departure and Arrival"?
(iii) Why does D.H. Lawrence curse his education? ("Snake")
(iv) What similarity does Robert Frost want to discover in woodchuck's sleep and his own? ("After Apple Picking")
(v) How reliable and durable are 'Love and Fame' in they eyes of Keats? ("When I Have Fears")
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) Why does Santiago not mind the derogatory remarks of other fishermen on the terrace?
(ii) Which is the great challenge for the old man; struggle with the big fish or fight against the sharks?
(iii) What is the importance of "The well" in the gulf stream?
(iv) The old man is brave but not reckless. Comment.
(v) Towards the end of the novel, Manolin goes crying to the hotel and does not hide his tears. Why?