SIXTH SEMESTER B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCH 2013

   SIXTH SEMESTER B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCH 2013
(CCSS)
Core Course – English
ENG5 B1 Indian Writing in English
Time: Three Hours                                                                   Maximum: 30 Weightage

I. Answer the following bunches of questions:-

A.1. The poets wants the breezy to ………him in the swing of music.
(a) Lift.            (b) Rock.           (c) Summer.         (d) Soothe.
2. The poem In Love is taken from the collection ….. in Calcutta.
(a) Winter.       (b) Spring.        (c) Summer.         (d) Autumn.
3. Long years ago we made a ……with destiny.
(a) Tryst.          (b) War.           (c) Pact.                (d) Parting.
4. Which among the following would you relate to R.K. Narayan?
(a) The Dark Room.  (b) The Bachelor of Arts.  (c) Swami and Friends.  (d) All these.

B. Name the following:-

5. Who was the new wife of the old servant?
6. Which poem refers to Jhelum?
7. Who was the dear departing sister?
8. R.K. Narayan’s literary promoter in London.

C. Match the following:
9. Mars.                                      (a) Nehru.
10. Rani.                                    (b) Nostalgia.
11. Aliband.                               (c) Naga.
12. Swinging cousin.                 (d) Angoori.
                                                   (e) Agha Shahid Ali.              
                                                   (f) R.K. Narayan
.

II. Answer each of the following questions in two or three sentences:

13. How was the heart of the lover seeking Krishna shake?
14. How is breezy April described?
15. What kind of a person was Miss Puspha T.S.?
16. Where does the cousin in Ramanujan’s poem look for swings now?
17. What is the significance of Mars in the seventh house?
18. What turned Angoori towards education?
19. How did Appanna treat Rani after bringing her home?
20. How did cobra get attracted to Rani?
21. How did Kurudavva help Rani?

III. Answer any five of the following questions in a paragraph of 100 words?

22. Kappanna.
23. Narayan’s first book.
24. The peculiarities of Indian English.
25. Images in Kamala Das’s poem.
26. Angoori.
27. Tagore and Nature.
28. The historical context of Nehru’s speech.

IV. Answer any two of the following questions in 300 words:

29. Compare and contrast the poems a and poets focusing on theme and form.
30. The gender issues in Nagamandala.
31. Roots and Shadows as a feminist novel.


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