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Term End Examination - December, 2021: Indian English Literature

This document outlines the structure and content of the Term End Examination for the Master of Arts in English (MAEG) focusing on Indian English Literature. It includes four groups of questions with varying word limits, covering topics such as key literary figures, themes in literature, and character analysis. The examination is designed to assess students' understanding and interpretation of Indian English literature.

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Term End Examination - December, 2021: Indian English Literature

This document outlines the structure and content of the Term End Examination for the Master of Arts in English (MAEG) focusing on Indian English Literature. It includes four groups of questions with varying word limits, covering topics such as key literary figures, themes in literature, and character analysis. The examination is designed to assess students' understanding and interpretation of Indian English literature.

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Course Code
MEG – 06

Term End Examination – December, 2021

Master of Arts in English (MAEG)


INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Time : 3 hours Full Marks : 100
The figures in the right-hand margin indicate marks
Candidates are required to give their answers in
their own words as far as practicable

Answer all Groups as directed

Group—A

1. Answer any five questions each within


50 words : 2×5=10
(a) What is the message of Gandhi’s
Hind Swaraj ?
(b) Name the trinity of Indian Writing
in English. What are the prominent
books written by them?
(c) Why does Raja Rao describe
Kanthapura as a Sthala Purana?
(d) Write the titles of Anita Desai’s
novels.

I/2(130)—1010 (Turn Over)


(2)

(e) Who is Padma in Midnight’s


Children ?
(f) What is the theme of Ruskin Bond’s
story An Island of Trees ?
(g) Who is Henry Louis Vivian Derozio?
What is his contribution to Indian
English Poetry?
(h) Name some major pre-
independence Indian English
Playwrights.

Group—B

2. Answer any four questions each within


100 words : 5×4=20

(a) What is the message of ‘Paper on


Hinduism’ presented by Swamy
Vivekananda at the World
Parliament of Religions, 1893?

(b) Write a note on the literary career


of Mulk Raj Anand.

(c) Examine the character of Saleem


Sinai in Midnight’s Children.

(d) What is short story? Discuss the


basic elements of a short story.

I/2(130) (Continued)
(3)

(e) Who is the poem Sita by Toru Dutt


about —Sita or the three children
and their mother? Give reasons for
your answer.
(f) Do you think the poem My
Grandmother’s House by Kamla Das
about the present or the past? Give
reasons for your answers.
(g) Discuss the importance of the
family in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara.

Group—C
3. Answer any four questions each within
200 words : 10×4=40
(a) What is prose? Write a note on the
forms and varieties of prose and
discuss whether prose has the
same literary merit as a poem, a
drama or a novel.
(b) Bring out a contrast between the
characters of Lakha and Bakha in
Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable.
(c) Midnight’s Children by Salman
Rushdie sets the trend for a new
genre of fiction. Discuss.
(d) Comment on the significance of the
title of the story A Trip into the
Jungle by Manoj Das.
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(4)

(e) Critically examine Sri Aurobindo as


a poet.
(f) Give a critical appreciation of
Jayanta Mahapatra’s poem Indian
Summer.

Group—D

4. Answer any two questions each within


300 words : 15×2=30
(a) Discuss the presence of Mahatma
Gandhi in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura
(b) Write an essay on the origin of
Indian English Poetry. Where, in
your opinion, lies the future of
Indian Poetry in English?
(c) Elaborate on the major themes of
Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day

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I/2(130)—1010 MEG – 06

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