[BA 2nd Sem Question Papers, Dibrugarh University, 2017, English, General]
2017 (May)
ENGLISH (General)
Course: 201
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
UNIT – I
(Short Stories)
1.
Answer any one of the following: 10
a) What
is Behrman’s masterpiece? How did the masterpiece of Behrman save the life of
Johnsy? 4+6=10
b) “He
(O. Henry) tried to highlight the uncommon and gave his stories an ingenious
twist of the surprise ending.” Discuss how far this is true in the short story,
The Last Leaf. 10
2.
Answer any one of the following: 10
a) Comment
on the character of the storyteller in Under the Banyan Tree. 10
b) Describe
how Nambi kept the villagers of Somal enthralled by his stories. What happened
to him at the end of the story? 6+4=10
3.
Answer any one of the following: 10
a) Write
a note on the element of humour in the story, An Indian in China.
b) “I
managed to get this permission because of two unlikely events….” What are those
two unlikely events that enabled Mr. Seth to obtain his travel pass to visit
Lhasa?
4.
Answer any three of the following: 2x3=6
a) What
types of person is Behrman?
b) Describe
in brief the friendship between Johnsy and Sue.
c) Present
in brief description of the village of Somal.
d) Why
is Nambi an important part of the village of Somal?
e) Describe
Seth’s experience inside the local police station at Turfan.
f) Describe
in brief the episode of Seth’s buying the ‘pipe’ in the market.
5.Give
very short answers to any four of the following: 1x4=4
a) Where
did Sue hail from?
b) What
is the first short story collection of O. Henry?
c) Where
did Nambi conduct his story-telling sessions?
d) How
long did each story of Nambi take to be narrated?
e) Who
are the Uighers of China?
f) Who
is the hero of the film, Awara?
UNIT-II
(Prose)
6.
Answer any one of the following: 10
a) Describe
in your words Verrier Elwin’s journey from Bomdi La to Dirang.
b) What
opinion does Verrier Elwin hold on the tribes of NEFA in his essay, A
Pilgrimage to Tawang?
7.
Answer any one of the following: 10
a) Summarize
Orwell’s views on Gandhian doctrines. 10
b) “….
British officials who spoke of him with a mixture of amusement and disapproval
also genuinely liked and admired him.” Discuss the qualities Orwell admired in
Gandhi.
8.
Answer any one of the following: 10
a) What
is Ptolemy’s model of universe? How is it different from Copernican theory of
the universe? 5+5=10
b) Discuss
how the scientific ideas about the universe have evolved from the time of
Aristotle to Albert Einstein as described in the essay, Our Picture of the
Universe. 10
9.
Answer any three of the following: 2x3=6
a) “This
was sometimes a real embarrassment especially when offered early in the
morning…..” What was this real embarrassment for Verrier Elwin?
b) What
is the Thutotdam dance?
c) Why
did Gandhi object to ‘passive resistance’ as the correct translation of the
word Satyagraha?
d) What
are the strict disciplines Gandhi imposed on himself?
e) What
was the belief of the old lady regarding the shape and position of the world?
f) What
did Galileo discover in the night sky with his telescope? What conclusion did
his discoveries lead him to?
Also Read: Dibrugarh University Question Papers
10.
Give very brief answers to any four of the following: 1x4=4
a) What
is the title of Verrier Elwin’s autobiography?
b) Who
is the author of Gandhi and Stalin?
c) Who
is Hitler?
d) “Indian
caught my imagination and transported me to another hemisphere.” Whose words
are these?
e) Which
country did Nicolaus Copernicus belong to?
f) Who
wrote On the Heavens?
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