Model Question Paper - 2012
English (Part Time)
01. (i) ) Identify one of the following extracts and comment on the relevance of it to the larger context with
special reference to features like techniques, themes and language.
a) Let not thy divining heart
Fore think me any ill;
Destiny may take thy part,
And may thy fears fulfil;
But think that we
Are but turn'd aside to sleep;
They who one another keep
Alive, ne'er parted be.
b) Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run. ( 5 marks )
(ii) Either
Discuss the features of postcolonialism in the poem “Telephone conversation” by Wole Soyinka.
OR
Jean Arasanayegam’s “In the month of July” explains the violence of war. Do you agree? Explain with relevant examples.
( 20 marks)
02. (i) Identify one of the following extracts and comment on the relevance of it to the larger context with special reference to features like techniques, themes and language.
a) The beauty of the morning: silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky,
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
b) A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its lovliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
( 5 marks)
(ii) Either
Discuss the theme of the poem “Wild Swans at The Coole” by W.B. Yeats.
OR
Explain the features of ballad in “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” by John Keats.
OR
Explain the theme of “Thing of Beauty” by John Keats. ( 20 marks )
03. Identify one of the following extracts and comment on the relevance of it to the larger context with special reference to features like techniques, themes and language.
a) Last night liquid panes of glass reflecting the brilliance of myriads of electric jets had securely closed us in: the two of us sitting in the opulence of the Crystal Bar and sipping champagne. Mithuri Aiya had said champagne was the drink after you clinched the kind of deals that had been coming his way recently! In the jungle the huddled trees, the tangle noiselessly eased the weight I carried upon my shoulders; lovingly, as a mother would do to a child. We might all be shod in leopards’ pads, I thought, for the noise we made: our small force plodding along mechanically, step by step, along with me. They carried burdens too; as carefully as I did mine.
b) “When have I ever worn this one? And this? And this?” She tossed the saris one by one from the drawers, then pried several from their hangers. They landed like a pile of tangled sheets on the bed. The room was filled with an intense smell of mothballs. ‘Send pictures,’ they write. ‘Send pictures of your new life.’ What picture can I send?” She sat, exhausted, on the edge of the bed, where there was now barely room for her. “They think I live the life of a queen, Eliot.” She looked around the blank walls of the room. “They think I press buttons and the house is clean. They think I live in a palace.”
( 05 marks )
(ii) Either
Discuss the theme and technique in the short story Mirage.
OR
Explain the use of Symbols in the short story Mrs. Sens. Explain with relevant examples from the text.
( 20 marks)
04. Identify one of the following extracts and comment on the relevance of it to the larger context with special reference to features like techniques, themes and language.
a) “Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit
With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit,
And, in strong proff of chastity well armed,
From Love's weak childish bow she lives uncharmed.
She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
Nor bide th' encounter of assailing eyes,
Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold.
O, she is rich in beauty; only poor
That, when she dies, with dies her store.
b) But love is blind and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit;
For if they could, Cupid himself would blush
To see me thus transformed to a boy.
( 05 marks )
(ii) Either
Compare the character of Antonio and Shylock
OR
Shakespeare’s skill in plot construction in “The Merchant of Venice”.
(ii) Either
Discuss the theme of the poem “Wild Swans at The Coole” by W.B. Yeats.
OR
Explain the features of ballad in “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” by John Keats.
OR
Explain the theme of “Thing of Beauty” by John Keats. ( 20 marks )
03. Identify one of the following extracts and comment on the relevance of it to the larger context with special reference to features like techniques, themes and language.
a) Last night liquid panes of glass reflecting the brilliance of myriads of electric jets had securely closed us in: the two of us sitting in the opulence of the Crystal Bar and sipping champagne. Mithuri Aiya had said champagne was the drink after you clinched the kind of deals that had been coming his way recently! In the jungle the huddled trees, the tangle noiselessly eased the weight I carried upon my shoulders; lovingly, as a mother would do to a child. We might all be shod in leopards’ pads, I thought, for the noise we made: our small force plodding along mechanically, step by step, along with me. They carried burdens too; as carefully as I did mine.
b) “When have I ever worn this one? And this? And this?” She tossed the saris one by one from the drawers, then pried several from their hangers. They landed like a pile of tangled sheets on the bed. The room was filled with an intense smell of mothballs. ‘Send pictures,’ they write. ‘Send pictures of your new life.’ What picture can I send?” She sat, exhausted, on the edge of the bed, where there was now barely room for her. “They think I live the life of a queen, Eliot.” She looked around the blank walls of the room. “They think I press buttons and the house is clean. They think I live in a palace.”
( 05 marks )
(ii) Either
Discuss the theme and technique in the short story Mirage.
OR
Explain the use of Symbols in the short story Mrs. Sens. Explain with relevant examples from the text.
( 20 marks)
04. Identify one of the following extracts and comment on the relevance of it to the larger context with special reference to features like techniques, themes and language.
a) “Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit
With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit,
And, in strong proff of chastity well armed,
From Love's weak childish bow she lives uncharmed.
She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
Nor bide th' encounter of assailing eyes,
Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold.
O, she is rich in beauty; only poor
That, when she dies, with dies her store.
b) But love is blind and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit;
For if they could, Cupid himself would blush
To see me thus transformed to a boy.
( 05 marks )
(ii) Either
Compare the character of Antonio and Shylock
OR
Shakespeare’s skill in plot construction in “The Merchant of Venice”.
( 10 marks )
05. “Power corrupts” discuss with reference to the evolution of “Animal Farm” / Theme of the novel Animal Farm.
OR
Compare and contrast the characters of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. / Theme of the novel “The Tale of Two Cities”.
05. “Power corrupts” discuss with reference to the evolution of “Animal Farm” / Theme of the novel Animal Farm.
OR
Compare and contrast the characters of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. / Theme of the novel “The Tale of Two Cities”.
( 10 marks )
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