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IJ-566

M.A. IIIrd Semester (Reg./Pvt./ATKT)

Examination, 2022-23

English

Paper - III (a)

Indian Writing in English

Time : 3 Hours]
[Maximum Marks :
Reg.= 85
Pvt.= 100

SECTION - 'A'

Annotation Type Questions

Note: - Attempt any two questions.

7.5×2=15

1.

I shall ever try to keep all untruths out from my thoughts, know-ing that thou art that truth which has kindled the light of reason in my mind.

OR

It was the hour before the Gods' a wake. Across the pain of the divine Event.
The huge foreboding mind of Night, alone In her unlit temple of eternity, Lay stretched inmobile upon silence marge.

2.

I was thinking I will be like a shooting star, dazzling the bright sky, shining brighter than everything else for the moment, and burning down to ashes. I was wrong."

OR

At last, a question from you. We're three of us here. Your brother's never home. That leaves me and your father. Something died inside your father the day the king invited you to be the Chief priest. His been drying up like a dead tree since then. On the other hand, theres his sense of being humiliated by you. On the other, thesis lust. It consumes him, an old man's curdled lust. And there's no one here to take out his rage out but me. At least yavakri was warm, gentle. For a few minutes, he made me forget the body, the claws and the blood, cold as ice and he paid for it with his life.

SECTION - 'B'

Short Answer Type Questions

Note: - Attempt any five questions.

5×5=25

3.

Indentify at least 3 qualities that make Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore a great literary work.

4.

What is the moral of wings of fire ?

5.

In the drama 'The fire and the Rain' What does fire and Rain Symbolise ?

6.

What does Manasi in the drama 'Evam Indrajit represents ?

7.

Who is the main character of Cry the Peacock ?

8.

What is the cause of Maya's neurosis in the novel "Cry the Peacock ?

9.

What type of a novel is "The city and the River" written by Arun Joshi.

10.

Write a short note on Arun Joshi as a writer.

SECTION - 'C'

Long Answer Type Questions

Note: - Attempt any five questions.

5×9=45

11.

Write a summary of Book I cant I of savitri written by Sri Aurobindo.

12.

Critically appreciate song no. 8 of Geetanjali.

13.

What is the theme of the Essay "Wings of Fire" by APJ Abdul Kalam.

14.

Write a Character sketch of 'Arvasu' from The fire and the Rain.

15.

Write a note on the Character of Indrajit from the drama "Evam Indrajit".

16.

Discuss "Cry the Peacock" as a feminist novel.

17.

Write a critical appreciation of the novel "The City and the River".