M.B.a First Year Papers
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Register Number: 5753
Name of the Candidate:
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2010
(ENGLISH)
(FIRST YEAR) (PAPER-III)
530. ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN PERIODS
Nov] [Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
SECTION-A Answer any FIVE questions (5×8=40)
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 1. a) To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thought that do often lie too deep for tears
b) And mid this tumult kubler heard from far Ancestoral voices prophesying war!
2. a) Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
b) Sore tasks to hearts wornout by many wars And eyes dim with gazing on the pilot –stars
3. a) Ah! But a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what is heaven for?
b) Sitting upon the river bank O’ergrown: Mark’d thine outlandish grab, thy figure spare, Thy dark, vague eyes, and soft abstracted air.
4. a) No one ever regarded the first of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left.
b) I feel no disposition to envy the mule for his plenty, or the mole for her exactness, in those ingenious labyrinthines inlets – those indispensable side- intelligencers.
5. a) “The public is just a great baby!”
b) But a book is written not to multiply the voice merely….. but to preserve it.
6. a) I’ve now realised for the first time in my life the vital importance of being earnest.
b) I don’t really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case she is a monster, without being a myth.
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Attempt the following in about 200
Register Number: 5753
Name of the Candidate:
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2010
(ENGLISH)
(FIRST YEAR) (PAPER-III)
530. ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN PERIODS
Nov] [Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
SECTION-A Answer any FIVE questions (5×8=40)
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 1. a) To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thought that do often lie too deep for tears
b) And mid this tumult kubler heard from far Ancestoral voices prophesying war!
2. a) Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
b) Sore tasks to hearts wornout by many wars And eyes dim with gazing on the pilot –stars
3. a) Ah! But a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what is heaven for?
b) Sitting upon the river bank O’ergrown: Mark’d thine outlandish grab, thy figure spare, Thy dark, vague eyes, and soft abstracted air.
4. a) No one ever regarded the first of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left.
b) I feel no disposition to envy the mule for his plenty, or the mole for her exactness, in those ingenious labyrinthines inlets – those indispensable side- intelligencers.
5. a) “The public is just a great baby!”
b) But a book is written not to multiply the voice merely….. but to preserve it.
6. a) I’ve now realised for the first time in my life the vital importance of being earnest.
b) I don’t really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case she is a monster, without being a myth.
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Attempt the following in about 200