CBCS/B.A./Programme/4th Sem.

/English/DSCENGG41/2019

COOCH BEHAR PANCHANAN BARMA UNIVERSITY

B.A. Programme 4th Semester Examination, 2019

ENGLISH
LITERARY CROSS CURRENTS

DSC (DSCENGG41)
Time Allotted: 2 Hours Full Marks: 40

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.

1. Answer any one question from the following: 15×1 = 15

(a) Write a critical appreciation of the poem “Ode to Autumn”.
(b) What is the significance of the title “The Gift of the Magi”?
(c) Write a critical appreciation of the poem, “The Conch”.
(d) Justify the title of “The God of Small Things”.

2. Answer any one of the following questions: 10×1 = 10

(a) How does John Keats personify autumn in the poem “Ode to Autumn”?
(b) Discuss “The Gift of the Magi” as a story of sacrifice.
(c) Discuss spiritualism in the poem “The Conch”.
(d) Discuss the significance of Velutha’s role in the story “The God of Small
Things”.

3. Write any one of the following questions: 5×1 = 5

(a) “Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? / Think not of them, thou
hast thy music too” — Explain.
(b) How does Della save money?
(c) What does “The Conch” signify?
(d) Why was Velutha arrested?

4. Answer any ten of the following: 1×10 = 10

(a) “Conspiring with him how to load and bless”— Who is referred to here as
“him”?
(b) “Thee sitting on a granary floor”— Who is found sitting careless on granary
floor?

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(c) What was Jim’s most prized possessions in “The Gift of the Magi”?
(d) How many times did Della count money when the story starts?
(e) How were the characters Estha and Rahel related?
(f) Who was Baby Kochamma?
(g) Where in India is most of the story of ‘The God of Small Things’ set?
(h) How old are Rahel and Estha when they are reunited as adults?
(i) How old is Rahel’s cousin, Sophie Mol, when she dies?
(j) Who is Baby Kochamma in love with?
(k) On which household is the story of “The God of Small Things” based?
(l) Who is Sophie Mol?

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