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B.A. (English) Dec - 2008
B.A. (English) Dec - 2008
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3889 DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2008.
First Year
LITERARY FORMS
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
12. Give a critical appreciation of the poem ‘‘A litany in time of plague’’.
14. Bring out the merits and demerits of ‘‘The Alchemist’’ as a comedy of
humours.
15. Utopia and the contemporary economic, social and political problem.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
RESTORATION LITERATURE
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
5. Addison and Steele are the fore runners of periodical essay - Justify.
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
12. Bring out the romantic qualities of the love of nature in Collin's ‘Ode
to Evening’.
14. Write your impressions about the character of Sir. Roger from the
prescribed essays.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
English
ROMANTIC LITERATURE
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
15. Bring out the romantic element in any two poets you have studied.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2008.
VICTORIAN LITERATURE
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions given below each not exceeding 150 words.
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
12. The name ‘wasteland’ is suitable for the modern world according to
T.S. Eliot Justify.
15. Write on the conflict between science and religion in the Victorian
Age.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
10. How does Toru Dutt immortalise the tree in ‘‘The Casuarina Tree’’.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2008.
SHAKESPEARE
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Bring out the tendency of the Roman Mob in
Julius Caesar.
2. How does the garden scene at Langley serve to relieve the tension of
the play Richard II?
5. Who did Puck mistake Demetrius for and what was the result of this
mistake?
PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
11. ‘The Winter’s Tale’ comes under the genre of tragic comedy. Prove it.
12. Write an essay on how the fools, clowns and other comic characters
are skillfully contrived as integral parts of Shakespeare’s plays.
13. Write a short note on the Shakespearean women who cover a wide
range of types.
14. Narrate the life led by Duke Senior in the forest of Arden till he was
restored of his dukedom.
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3896 DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2008.
English
MODERN AND POST MODERN LITERATURE
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following questions.
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following questions.
11. ‘All are equal but some are more equal’ Discuss this with special
reference to Animal Farm.
14. Which of the world's famous speeches do you like? Give reasons.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2008.
English
AMERICAN AND COMMON WEALTH LITERATURE
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
All questions carry equal marks.
4. What are the expressionistic features found in the play ‘‘The Emperor
Jones’’?
7. How does Smith portrary his determination to turn his back on the
world and lead an austere, lovely life?
8. How does Walcott defend both the Blake and White cultures in his
poem ‘‘A far cry from Africa’’?
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
9. How does Judith Wright explicate the perennial value of art against
the petty sorrows?
10. Write an essay on the struggle between man and nature in ‘‘The old
man and the Sea’’.
12. What is your understanding of Canadian life and heritage from your
reading of Atwood’s ‘‘The Blind Assassin’’?
13. What kind of native yoruba tradition you get from Soyinka’s ‘‘The
Lion and the Jewel’’?
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
SV/SVO/SVC/SVAA
This is a ——————.
put ☓ : (8 × 1 = 4)
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———— large number of mistakes can be avoided with ———— little
care and understanding. This is very true in ———— case of mistakes
caused by ———— lack of match in terms of number and person between
———— true antecedent of ———— relative pronoun and ———— verb in
———— sentence.
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to use money. They agreed to take a valuable object such as shell, a stone
or a metal, in exchange of what they were selling. They could collect the
objects and wait unit they found something they really wanted to buy.
Gold and silver were often used as money because they can be divided
into very small quantities and they are not damaged by water or air. Gold
is especially valuable because there is not very much of especially
valuable because there is not very much of it in the world and its is
expensive to take it out of the ground where it is mixed with rock.
(b) Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the correct tense
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the TWO given in brackets.
(8)
(a) He booked a —————— (berth, birth) in Pandiyan Express.
(b) The President gave his —————— (assent, accent) to the bill.
(c) I gave him —————— (advice, advise).
(d) His house is —————— (beside, besides) the post office.
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(i) regular
(ii) continue
(iii) legal
(iv) important.
(i) Mercy
(ii) Ticket.
PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
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10. Make a precis of the following passage and give a suitable title.
(15)
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12. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given
below. (15)
The World Health Organization is briefly called W.H.O. It is a specialised
agency of the United Nations and was established in 1948.
International workers can be seen working in all kinds of surroundings : in
deserts, jungles, mountains, coconut groves, and rice fields. They help the
sick to attain health and the healthy to maintain their health.
This global health team assists the local health workers in stopping the
spread of what are called communicable diseases, like cholera. These
diseases care spread from one country to another and so can be a threat
to world health.
W.H.O. assists different national health authorities not only in controlling
diseases but also in preventing them altogether.
(a) Expand W.H.O.
(b) When was W.H.O. established?
(c) Name the organization of which W.H.O. is an agency.
(d) Where do you find the international health workers?
(e) What do they do?
(f) Give an example for communicable diseases.
(g) Why are these diseases called ‘‘communicable diseases’’?
(h) The word ‘‘specialised’’ in the second sentence means
(i) expert
(ii) extraordinary
(iii) made suitable for a particular purpose.
(iv) uncommon.
(i) How does W.H.O. help the national health authorities?
(j) Give a suitable title to the passage.
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14. Read each sentence to find out whether there is error in any
underlined part. If any, write the alphabet of your choice next to the
question number. If there is no error, then put E.
(10 × 1 1 = 15)
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(a) He said that he is going to college. No error.
A B C D E
(b) It was her who suggested that you be at the door
A B C
to welcome each participant on his arrival. No Error.
D E
(c) Many aman has realised that real happiness
A B
lies in making sacrifices and not in personal aggrandisement.
C D
No error.
E
(d) One should love his country. No Error.
A B C D E
(e) I look forward to meet you. No Error.
A B C D E
(f) A body of volunteers have been organised to help
A B
the faculty in their attempt to raise funds. No Error.
C D E
(g) Ravi, as well as his brothers, have attended
A B C
the meeting. No Error.
D E
(h) It looks she is just an inch taller than I. No Error.
A B C D E
(i) After Napolean had lost the Battle of Waterloo in
A B
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2008.
English
INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
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