B.A. ENGLISH (PU) - LESSON WISE PAST PAPERS (2004-2013), MODERN ESSAY

MODERN ESSAY

1. PAKISTAN AND THE MODERN WORLD BY LIAQUAT ALI KHAN

1. Explain the rationale of Pakistan as it is explained in Liaquat Ali Khan's "Pakistan and the Modern World". (2005 Group I)

2. To Liaqat Ali Khan, demand for Pakistan was the most reasonable and entirely practicable. Explain. (2006 Group I)

3. Describe the difficulties faced by the people at the time of independence. (2011 Group I)
4. Why did the Muslims of India ask for a country of their own? (2011 Group II) 
5. What did Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan expect of the Americans for the development and stability of Pakistan. (2012 Group I)
6. How were we, according to Liaquat Ali Khan, justified in our demand for Pakistan? (2013 Group II) 

2. THE ECLIPSE BY  VIRGINIA WOOLF

7. Describe the experience and feelings of the people before and during the solar eclipse. (2009 Group I) 

8. How specific is the writer about what she expected to see? Does she suggest these expectation without stating them? (2012 Group II) 

3. WHISTLING OF BIRDS BY D.H. LAWRENCE

9. D.H. Lawrence in "Whistling of Birds" shows his fascination for sound and colour. Elaborate. (2004 Group I)

10. There is depiction of Nature in "Whistling of Birds". Explain (2005 Group II) 

11. Discuss Winter as a general who has been beaten and retreating. (2006 Group II)
12. Give description of spring presented in "Whistling of Birds". (2010 Group II)
13. "Whistling" is a sound symbol which stands for the life and movements of birds and of all living creatures. Discuss. (2011 Group I) 

4. TAKE THE PLUNGE BY GLORIA EMERSON

14. Gloria Emerson's "Take the Plunge" is a candid account of writer's hopes and fears. Discuss.  (2006 Group II) 

15. Describe Gloria Emerson's experience of parachute jumping. (2009 Group I) 

16. Why did the writer want to jump from the aeroplane with a parachute? (2009 Group II)
17. Describe the writer's experience of taking the plunge. (2010 Group II)
18. How does Gloria Emerson maintain the focus on her feelings throughout the essay? Do these feelings change? (2012 Group II) 

5.  NAGASAKI, AUGUST 9, 1945 BY MICHAITO ICHIMARU

19. Give an account of the disaster occurred on August 9, 1945 at Nagasaki. (2005 Group I) 

20. What was the condition of the survivors of the nuclear explosion? (2010 Group I) 

6. WALKING ON THE MOON BY DAVID R. SCOTT

21. What wonders does David R. Scott experience on the moon? (2008 Group I) 

22. What were the feelings of Scot and Irwin on landing on the moon? (2010 Group I) 

23. "Sometimes I scarcely believe that I have actually walked on the moon". Elaborate. (2011 Group I) 

7. MY GRANDFATHER BY W.B. YEASTS

24. Make a comparison between Yeats' grandfather and grandmother. (2004 Group II) 

25. How was it easy to deceive the grandfather in "My Grandfather"? (2006 Group I) 

26. How does Yeats remember different relations especially that of grandfather in his essay "My Grandfather"? (2005 Group II)
27. Why didn't the writer and his uncles think it wrong to outwit the grandfather's violence and rigour? (2007 Group I)
28. What are Yeats' impressions of his grandfather? (2010 Group II)
29. Write down a character sketch of Yeats' Grandfather. (2012 Group I)
30. Write a note on the character sketch of grandmother in "My Grandfather". (2013 Group II) 

8. MY TAILOR BY STEPHEN LEACOCK

31. What kind of character Stephen Leacock draws of the tailor in his essay "My Tailor"? (2005 Group I) 

32. What has the tailor in "My Tailor" to hide? (2006 Group II) 

33. There is something essentially sad about the portrayal of the Tailor in "My Tailor". (2013 Group I) 

9. THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY BY ALDOUS HUXLEY

34. There is irony and humour in "The Beauty Industry" by Huxley. Discuss. (2004 Group I) 

35. Even great depression could not beat down American women's habit of make-up. Explain with reference to "The Beauty Industry". (2006 Group I) 

36. How does human body compare with a China Jar? (2006 Group II)
37. What does Huxley refer to as 'Repellant' in the make-up of some modern women? (2007 Group I)
38. Aldous Huxley in "Beauty Industry" calls annual expenses of one hundred and fifty six million pounds on make up 'A tidy sum'. Why? (2007 Group II)
39. Why and how does Huxley compare human body with a Porcelain Jar? (2008 Group I)
40. How has it become possible for a grandmother to look as young as her granddaughter? (2008 Group II) 

10. ARE DOCTORS MEN OF SCIENCE? BY B.G. SHAW

41. Are Doctors men of science? Discuss. (2013 Group I) 

11. HOSTS AND GUEST BY MAX BEERBOHM

42. What kind of hosts were Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as mentioned in "Hosts and Guests"? Explain. (2005 Group II)

43. What according to Max Beerbohm is good guestship? (2006 Group I) 

44. "Our deepest instincts, bad or good, are those which we share with the rest of the animal creation". Explain. (2009 Group II)
45. How does the writer differentiate between hosts and guests? (2011 Group II) 
46. How does Max Beerbohm differentiate between Hosts and Guests? (2013 Group II) 

12. THE BACHELOR'S DILEMMA BY HERBERT GOLD

47. Discuss the real problems of a bachelor. (2004 Group I)

48. What is the dilemma of a bachelor as depicted in Herbert Gold's "The Bachelor's Dilemma"? (2005 Group II) 

49. How does the bachelor fare in American society? (2006 Group I) 
50. What kind of a dilemma does a bachelor face in his life? (2012 Group I) 

13. TOLERANCE BY E.M. FORSTER

51. Write an essay on tolerance. (2004 Group I) 

52. Write a note on Tolerance.  (2005 Group I) 

53. What is 'NAZI' solution of dealing with the people one does not like? (2007 Group I)
54. 'Tolerance is not the same as weakness', says E.M. Forster. Elaborate. (2007 Group II)
55. He who tolerates people different from him is 'Truly Brave'. Elaborate. (2008 Group I)
56. Tolerance lies in putting up with the people unlike us, not in loving them. Comment. (2008 Group II)
57. 'It is easy to see fanaticism in other people but difficult to spot in oneself'. Explain. (2009 Group I)
58. E.M. Forester in his essay "Tolerance" does not favour love rebuilding civilization. Discuss. (2009 Group II)
59. 'Lord must build if the work is to stand ....'? Comment. (2011 Group II) 
60. Critically examine Forester's views on tolerance. (2012 Group II) 

14. ON SAYING 'PLEASE' BY ALPHA OF THE PLOUGH

61. How did the writer feel and behave when he discovered while in the bus that he had no money on him? (2006 Group II) 

62. Why does the writer recommend the story of Chesterfield to the lift-man in "On Saying Please"? (2007 Group II) 

63. Our good manners prove that we respect others regardless of their station or status. Elaborate. (2008 Group I)
64. Law does not do so much to make social interaction sweet and smooth as do the good manners. (2008 Group II)
65. "If bad manners are infectious, so also are good manners". Elaborate. (2010 Group II)
66. Write a note on the good manners of the conductor on the bus. (2011 Group I)
67. Why are bad manners infectious? (2012 Group I) 

15. TO ERR IS HUMAN BY LEWIS THOMAS

68. What Lewis Thomas in his essay, "To Err is Human" says about the lower animals and computers? Explain. (2005 Group II) 

69. Z. Thomas in his essay "To Err is Human", states that non-human beings or things cannot possess the faculty of reasoning. Discuss. (2010 Group I) 

70. What is the relation between committing mistakes and free will? (2010 Group II)
71. All exploration is based on human fallibility. Comment. (2011 Group II) 

16. GOSSIP BY FRANCINE PROSE

72. In what different ways people gossip and to what effect? (2004 Group II) 

73. How does Francine Prose distinguish gossip from rumour mongering? (2009 Group I) 

74. Discuss rumour, slander and gossip and differentiate between them. (2010 Group I) 

17. SCIENCE AND VALUES BY BERTRAND RUSSEL

75. "There are certain things that our age need, and certain things that it should avoid". Elaborate. (2004 Group II)

76. What harm can 'pleasant illusions' do? (2007 Group I) 

77. Bertrand Russel argues that by eliminating great wars we can abolish poverty. How? (2007 Group II)
78. Evolution from agriculture to industry was not only economic but also cultural and political. Discuss. (2008 Group I)
79. Evolution from agriculture to industry was positive and progressive. Elaborate.(2008 Group II)
80. Do you agree with Russel's view that the establishment of a single authority in the world will abolish war? (2009 Group I)
81. How does Bertrand Russell prove that all "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind? (2009 Group II)
82. All "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind. Discuss. (2011 Group II) 
83. What are Russell's views about science and values? (2012 Group II) 

18. "SUPER" BY ANONYMOUS 

84. "Since now we live in a world of super-things, we might expect them to be made by a race of supermen". Discuss. (2009 Group II) 

85. Describe the origin of the word "super". (2011 Group I) 

19. FROM SOME POLICEMEN AND A MORAL BY G.K. CHESTERTON

86. Why does G.K. Chesterton in his "Some Policemen And a Moral" call the target of his knife-throwing 'Mangled tree'? (2007 Group II) 

87. "Policemen in Chesterton's essay behave exactly like our own policemen". Elucidate. (2013 Group I) 

20. THE VITAMINS BY DR. KENNETH WALKER 

88. Write down the different nourishing qualities of different vitamins as mentioned in Dr. Kenneth Walker's essay, "The Vitamins". (2005 Group I) 

89. How do various vitamins keep human body fit? (2007 Group I) 

90. Which are the water soluble vitamins and what are their benefits? (2008 Group II)
91. Explain the utility of vitamins on human body. (2010 Group I)