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MODEL QUESTION PAPER

SECOND SEMESTER BA/B Sc./ B Com DEGREE EXAMINATION
(CBCSSUG)

Common Course - English

ENG2AO4: READINGS ON KERALA

Time: 2.5 Hours Maximum Marks: 80

Section A

Answer the following questions. Each question carries two marks. (Ceiling 25)

1. Malabar Manual was first published in . . . . . .

Malabar Manual was first published in 1887.
2. Name three early tribes of Kerala.
Paniyar, Kurichiyar and Irular are three early tribes of Kerala.
3. Kunchan Nambiar belongs to which genre of writing?
Satire - Kunchan Nambiar was a great satirist. He is also the inventor of the
performing art of Ottan Thullal.
4. Who translated Indulekha into English.
The first translation of Indulekha into English was done by John Willoughby Francis
Dumergue in 1890. R. Leeladevi and Anitha Devasia also have translated this novel into
English.
5. How many slokas are there in Athmopadeshashathakam?
Athmopadeshashathakam contained 100 slokas.
6. "Not a single letter is seen on my race," are the words of . . . . . .
Poykayil Appachan
7. Name the newspaper founded by Vakkom Moulavi.
Swadeshabhimani is the newspaper founded by Vakkom Moulavi.
8. Which event is described as "Laying claim to the public space" in Ayyankali: A Dalit
Leader of Organic Protest?
Ayyankali’s ‘Villuvandi Yathra’ that took place in 1893 is described as “Laying claim
to the public space" in Ayyankali: A Dalit Leader of Organic Protest.
9. Kunhathol Amma is a character in . . . . . .
The story “Daughter of Humanity” by Lalithambika Antharjanam
10. Who is known as Beypore Sultan?
Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer is known as Beypore Sultan.
11. Name the first feature film in Malayalam.
Neelakkuyil (by Ramu Kariat / P. Bhaskaran, 1954)
12. "There's no word for "despair" in Malayalam." Who wrote this?
Jeet Thayyil (poet) wrote this.

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13. Who is the lead character in Agni?

Priya is the protagonist
14. Who translated "Rain at Night"?
The poem is translated by Prof. B. Hridayakumari, the elder sister of Sugathakumari.
15. Which work by Edasseri received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award?
Edasseri’s Oru Pidi Nellikka got Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 1971

Prepared by:
Prof. MURUKAN BABU C.R.
(formerly) Associate Professor of English
Panampilly Memorial Govt. College
Chalakudy

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