English Literature

  English Literature- Paper II  (Drama) Section-A (Objective Type Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks.  Q.1. Choose the correct option: 5x2 =10 (i) 'Malavikagnimitra' is a composition by: a. Banabhatta b. Kalidasa c. Bharat Muni d. Valmiki (ii) Gertrude is a character of: a. Marlowe b. Shakespeare c. Dryden d. Shaw (iii) To whom is Olivia married: a. Sebastian b. Orsino c. Malvolio d. Cesario (iv) Ariel is a character in: a. Hamlet b. King Lear c. Twelfth Night d. The Tempest (v) Cordelia is the daughter of: a. Prospero b. King Lear c. Claudius d.Polonius Section-B ( Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt any five questions. Each question carries 07 marks. 5x7= 35 Q2. Give a short introduction of Sophocles Q3.Give a short introduction of Kalidasa. Q4. 'Frailty, thy name is woman'. Discuss this expression. Q5. Write a short note on Ophelia. Q6. Give a character sketch of Olivia. Q7. Give a character sketch of Viola. Q8. Write

  English Literature- Paper I  Section-A (Objective Type Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks.  Q.1. Choose the correct option: 5x2 =10 (i) 'Rhyme Royal' is associated with: a. Chaucer b. Milton c. John Donne d. William Shakespeare (ii) A comparison by John Donne that dicovers likeness in things unlike is known as: a. Satire b. Irony c. Symbol d. Conceit (iii) The line 'Fallen cherub, to be weak is meserable..' is uttered by: a. Adam b. Eve c. Satan d. Beelzbub (iv) Absalom in the poem 'Absalom and Achitophel' stands for: a. Duke of Buckingham b. Duke of Monmouth c. Earl of Shaftesbury d. Charles II (v) Ariel belongs to the category of: a. Sylphs b. Gnomes c. Nymphs d.Salamanders Section-B ( Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt any five questions. Each question carries 07 marks. 5x7= 35 Q2. Explain the following with reference to the context: 'She was so charitable and so pitous. She wolde wepe, if that she sawe

Q01. Discuss Bana Bhatta as one of the of the greatest masters of prose. Q02. Discuss the theme of Kadambari . Q03. Discuss Kadambari as an imaginative prose epic. Q04. Give a character sketch of Kadambari. Q05. Discuss Cervantes as a novelist. Q06. Discuss Don Quixote a parody of Chivalry. Q07. Give a character sketch of Sancho Panza. Q08. Give a character sketch of Don Quixote. Q09. Discuss Henry Fielding as the father of English novel. Q10. Discuss Tom Jones as a picaresque novel. Q11. Discuss Tom Jones as a comic epic in prose. Q12. Give a character sketch of Tom Jones Q13. Give a character sketch of Sophia Western. Q14. Discuss Daniel Defoe as a novelist. Q15. Discuss Robinson Crusoe as a novel of adventures. Q16. Give a character sketch of Robinson Crusoe. Q17. Give a character sketch of Friday Q18. Discuss Walter Scott as a historical novelist. Q19. Discuss Keniworth as a historical nonel. Q20. Keniworth is a mixture of history and romance. Discuss. Q21. Give a cha

Important Questions (Paper II - Drama) Q01. Discuss Sophocles as a playwright. Q02. Write the major theme of Oedipus Rex. Q03. Give a character sketch of Oedipus Rex. Q04. Discuss Kalidas as a playwright. Q05. Discuss the plot construction of Abhigyan Shakuntalam. Q06. Discuss the role of Nature in Abhigyan Shakuntalam. Q07. Give a character sketch of Shakuntala. Q08. Give a character sketch of Dushyanta. Q09. Discuss Shakespeare as a great tragedian. Q10. Discuss Shakespeare as a great playwright of comedies. Q11. Discuss Hamlet as a tragedy. Q12 Discuss Hamlet's madness. Q13. Discuss the importance of soliloquies in Hamlet. Q14. Discuss Hamlet's problem. Q15. Discuss Hamlet's delay. Q16. Give a character sketch of Hamlet. Q17. Write a note on the significance of the Ghost in Hamlet. Q18. Give a character sketch of Ophelia. Q19. Give a character sketch of Claudius. Q20. Discuss King Lear as a tragedy. Q21. Give a character sketch of King Lear. Q22. Give a cha

Important Questions (Paper I - Poetry) Q01. Discuss John Milton as a poet. Q02. Discuss John Miton's Paradise Lost as an epic. Q03. Who is the hero of Paradise Lost? Discuss. Q04. Give a character sketch of Satan. Q05. Discuss Milton's grand style. Q06. Discuss Valmiki as a poet. Q07. Write the summary of Sundar Kand. Q08. Justify the title 'Sundar Kand'. Q09. Discuss Chaucer as the father of English poetry. Q10. Discuss Chaucer's art of characterisation. Q11. Discuss Chaucer's humour. Q12. Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales is a portrait gallery of the 14th Century England. Q13. Give a character sketch of Pardnor. Q14. Give a character sketch of Monk. Q15. Give a character sketch of the Wife of Bath. Q17. Discuss Coleridge as a romantic poet. Q18. Discuss the major theme of The Rime of the Ancient mariner. Q19. Write a note on supernatural elements in The Rime of the Ancient mariner. Q20. Discuss The Rime of the Ancient mariner as a romant