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First Year B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. Degree Examination, September/October 2012
Directorate of Distance Education
Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks : 70/80

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Instructions

1) Students who have attended 30 Marks IA Scheme will have to answer for a total of 70  Marks.
2) Students who have attended 20 Marks IA Scheme will have to answer for a total of 80 Marks.
3) Section – B is compulsory for 80 marks Scheme only

October 2012

SECTION – A :
I. Poetry :
A) Annotate any TWO of the following : (2×4=8)
1) The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike th’ inevitable hour The paths of glory lead but to grave.
2) She died, and left to me This heath, this calm and quiet scene The memory of what has been, And never more will be.

3) One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will, To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
4) The sea of faith Was once, too at the full, and round earth’s shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl’d.

B) Answer any TWO of the following in a page and a half each : (2×6=12)
1) What kind of a lady is the wife of Bath as described by Chaucer ?
2) Summarise Shakespeare’s sonnet ‘Full Many a Glorious Morning Have I Seen’.
3) How does Milton’s sonnet – ‘How Soon Hath Time…’ express his frustration for the failure, and devotion for God ?
4) ‘It is a world devoid of love, faith, goodness, and our salvation lies only in our love for one another’. Substantiate the statement with reference to the poem, ‘Dover Beach’.

II. Prose :
A) Answer the following in a phrase or a sentence as required : (4×1=4)
1) How do wise men view studies, according to Bacon ?
2) Why does the father of George Somers die ?
3) What did Dr. Heidegger consult whenever he had to solve difficult cases ?
4) From whom does Matilda borrow the necklace ?

B) Answer any TWO of the following in a page and a half each : (2×6=12)
1) How does Charles Dickens satirise the utilitarian philosophy of Thomas Gradgrind ?
2) Describe briefly the pathetic relationship between the widow and her only son.
3) How does the story (Gulliver in the land of Houyhnhms) relate the details of the house of Houyhnhms and their treatment to Gulliver ?
4) State Bacon’s views and arguments about studies.

III. Fiction :
Answer any TWO of the following in two pages each : (2×10=20)
1) Consider ‘Animal farm’ as a political satire.
2) Sketch the character of Napoleon.
3) Write a note on the Battle of Cowshed.
4) Compare and contrast Boxer and Mollie.

IV. Language component :
A) Write a paragraph on any ONE of the following : (1×4=4)
a) Importance of English
b) Sound pollution
c) Scientific outlook.
B) Rewrite as directed :

1) Change into passive voice : (2×1=2)
a) My friend told me the news this morning.
b) Who gave you this book ?

2) Use any TWO of the following, in sentences of your own : (2×1=2)
a) along with
b) a black sheep
c) to call on
d) from hand to mouth

3) Write synonyms for any TWO of the following words : (2×1=2)
a) regular
b) sick
c) delight
d) listen

4) Write antonyms for any TWO words : (2×1=2)
a) mad
b) common
c) despair
d) happy

5) Give one word substitute for any TWO of the following : (2×1=2)
a) An unmarried woman
b) Animals of specialised region or time
c) Living in the same period.
d) One who is self centered.

SECTION – B :
V. (Compulsory question for 80 Marks scheme only)
Answer any ONE of the following : (1×10=10)
1) How does nature act as a teacher in the poem – ‘The Education of Nature’.
OR
2) Consider the poem ‘Ulysses’ as a representative poem of the Victorian spirit.