Name of the University : Alagappa University
Degree : M.A
Department : English
Subject Code/Name : English For The Electronic media
Year : II
Semester : IV
Document Type : Model Question Papers
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English For The Electronic media :
Duration : 3 Hours
Maximum : 75 Marks
Part – A (10 × 2 = 20) :
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1. What is called Press Wire Service-
2. List any two uses of e-mail.
3. How is news gathered for electronic media-
4. What is the work done in the technical area of TV broadcasting-
5. What is ‘lead’ in newspaper-
6. Mention some of the main types of leads.
7. What are the uses of portable recorders in radio broadcasting-
8. What is newsreel in radio broadcasting-
9. What is the work of public relation representative of TV media-
10. How does computer help in communication
Part – B : (5 × 5 = 25)
Answer All the questions choosing either (a) or (b) briefly
11. a. What are the sources of mass communication?
(Or)
b. What is called a digital revolution in mass communication?
12. a. What is the role played by media in disseminating information?
(Or)
b. How does an interviewer prepare himself for an interview?
13. a. What is ‘newsreel’ in radio broadcasting and how does it work?
(Or)
b. How is a story treated for radio broadcasting?
14. a. Comment on the role played by a reporter in preparing television news stories.
(Or)
b. How does the editor edit the video tape for TV broadcasting?
15. a. What is the function of audience research cell of a TV station?
(Or)
b. Write a short note on Public relations.
Part – C : (3 × 10 = 30)
Answer any Three questions in detail
16. How far is the internet useful in mass communication?
17. What are the responsibilities of a newspaper agency?
18. How are programmes formatted for radio broadcasting?
19. How are news stories prepared for television broadcast?
20. How does TV broadcasting maintain public relations?
M.A. Degree Examination, April 2010 :
British Literature – II :
(The Elizabethan And Jacobean Age)
Duration : 3 Hours
Maximum : 75 Marks
Part – A (10 × 2 = 20)
Answer all Questions in a sentence or two
1. What is Shakespeare’s definition of true love in Sonnet 116 ?
2. What does Herbert mean by “The Collar” ?
3. What is Donne’s conception of earthly love ?
4. What is the central idea of “To Celia” ?
5. Who, according to Baron, envy others ?
6. Why does Barabas plan to kill his daughter ?
7. What is the prohecy of the three witches ?
8. Why does Isabella become mad ?
9. Why does Baron call love as a child of folly ?
10. What is the other name of the play “The Twelfth Night” ?
Part – B : (5 × 5 = 25)
Answer the following in about 200 words each
11 a. Discuss Shakespeare’s attack on his mistress in Sonnet 130.
(Or)
b. Bring out the theme of “Sunne Rising”.
12 a. Comment on the theme of Shakespeare’s “The Rape of Lucrecee”.
(Or)
b. Give the substance of Ben Jonson’s “To Celia”.
13 a. Comment of Baron’s views on love.
(Or)
b. Discuss “New Atlantis” as a Utopia.
14 a. Write a note on the character of Barabas.
(Or)
b. Consider Ben Jonson as a writter of humour comedies with reference to “Everyman Out of His Humour”.
15 a. Discuss “Twelfth Night” as a romantic comedy.
(Or)
b. Write an essay on the part played by Vittoria on “The White Devil”.
Part – C : (3 × 10 = 30)
Answer any three of the following in about 400 words each
16. Comment on the theme of Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”.
17. Consider Donne’s “A Velediction : Forbidding Mourning” as a Metaphysical poem.
18. “The essays of Bacon constitute a handbook of practical wisdom”. Discuss.
19. Discuss the chief characteristics of a Shakespearean tragedy with suitable illustrations from “Macbeth”.
20. Critically examine “The Spanish Tragedy” as a revenge play.
M.A. Degree Examination, April 2010 :
British Literature – III :
(The Restoration And Neoclassical Age)
Duration : 3 Hours
Maximum : 75 Marks
Part – A (10 × 2 = 20)
Answer all Questions in a sentence or two
1. What is the theme of Milton’s “Samson and Agonistes” ?
2. Whom does Dryden Satirise in “Absalom and Achitophel” ?
3. What does Collins want to do in the evening ?
4. What is Blake’s attitude towards anger ?
5. What is Dr. Johnson’s view on Shakespeare’s tragi-comedies ?
6. How does Addison bring home to us “The familiar surrounding of Sir Roger’s country home” ?
7. What does swift say about the moderns ?
8. What is Dryden’s comment about Virgil ?
9. What is Oliver surface ?
10. What is the other title of the play “She Stops to Conquer” ?
Part – B : (5 × 5 = 25)
Answer the following in about 200 words
11 a. Comment on Gray’s protrait of the poor in “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”.
(Or)
b. Bring out the allegorical elements in Dryden’s “Absalom and Achitophel”.
12 a. Consider Blake and Burns as Pre-cursors of the Romantic Movement.
(Or)
b. Write a critical appreciation of Cowper’s “The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk”.
13 a. What according to Johnson are Shakespeare’s excellences ?
(Or)
b. Write a brief account of the members of the Spectator Club.
14 a. What are Dryden’s views on Chaucer ?
(Or)
b. Discuss the Satirical elements in “Gulliver’s Trasfels”.
15 a. Sketch the character of Mrs. Hardcastle.
(Or)
b. Discuss the part played by the members of the Scandalous College.