S.No.

2188 RNSE 2

(For candidates admitted from 2005-2006 onwards)

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2021.

Part II – English

POETRY, DRAMA AND ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE

EXAMINATIONS

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A — (35 marks)

1. Say whether the following statements are true or false.

(8 × ½ = 4)
(a) Ulysses is known as Telemachus.
(b) Enjoying the present moment in the theme of the poem
“Road Not Taken”.
(c) In “Ode to the West Wind”, the leaves are the destroyers
and presevers.
(d) In the poem, “Say notthe Struggle Not Availeth”, Naught is
synonym to Not.
(e) Nissim Ezekiel is the author of “The Night of the Scorpion”.
(f) A Marble monument bears the number of the Unknown
citizen.
(g) The third stage in the life of a man is a school boy.
(h) La Bella Dame Sans Merci is set in summer season.

2. Choose the correct option. (8 × ½ = 4)

(a) Where did the Lady took the knight in “La Bella Dame
Sans Merci”?
(i) Elfin grot (ii) Grass field
(iii) Meadows (iv) Mountain
(b) The ‘destroyer’ and ‘preserver’ is
(i) The west wind (ii) Leaves
(iii) Birds (iv) God
 (c) That the Unknown citizen is devoid of any complaint is
from the
(i) Bureau of the State
(ii) Army records
(iii) Bureau of Statistics
(iv) None
(d) It gives the power to those who are disappointed and
disheartened by defeat.
(i) Distress (ii) Hope
(iii) Vain (iv) Man
(e) The name of W. B. Yeat’s daughter to whom the poem is
addressed is
(i) Judith (ii) Anne
(iii) Teresa (iv) Frank
(f) The following line is from the poem
“Why don’t you join the others? What a peculiar child you
are”?
(i) Prayer for my Daughter
(ii) Ulysses
(iii) Punishment in Kindergarden
(iv) Road Not Taken
(g) The poet’s mother said “Thank God. The scorpion stung me
and spared my
(i) children (ii) mother
(iii) husband (iv) father
(h) “I have enjoy’d/Greatly, have suffer’d greatly”, this line is
from
(i) Ulysses
(ii) Prayer for my Daughter
(iii) Night of the Scorpion
(iv) Road Not Taken

3. Fill in the blanks: (4 × 4 = 4)

(a) Our fear may also
(i) lie (ii) threaten
(iii) guide (iv) fail
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 (b) the rhyme scheme of Ode to the west wind is
(i) iambic pentameter
(ii) iambic hexameter
(iii) terza rhima
(iv) couplet
(c) Complete: Which Claus of ––––––––––––– cast in bronze
for me!
(i) Innsbruck (ii) Innsfree
(iii) Islefree
(d) The given lines from “All the World’s a Stage”, written by
William Shakespeare is spoken by
(i) Henry (ii) School boy
(iii) Lover (iv) Jacques

4. Read any TWO of the following lines and answer the questions
given below: (2 × 4 = 8)
(a) “––––––––––––– you and I are old;/Old age hath yet his
honour and his toil;/Death closes all”.
(i) Who is referred to as “I”?
(ii) What is closed by death?
(b) The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
(i) What is referred to as Winter and Spring?
(ii) Why is the wind called trumpet?
(c) Today the world is a little more my own.
No need to remember the pain
A blue-frocked woman caused
(i) Who caused pain to the poet?
(ii) Who is the person in a blue frock?

5. Answer the following question: (5)

(a) Describe the theme of the poem “Say Not the Struggle
Naught Availeth”.
Or
(b) What does the poet Kamala Das mean by ‘beloved halts?’
Why were they beloved?

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6. Answer the following in about 300 words. (10)
(a) What are the qualities that Yeats wants his daughter to
cultivate?
Or
(b) What does the road symbolize in the poem “Road Not
Taken”.

SECTION B — (35 marks)

7. Say whether the following statements are true or false.

(8 × ½ = 4)
(a) The friends meet in an exclusive East End Hotel to
celebrate their ‘Reunion’
(b) Jack in “The Silver Idol” met an old man in India.
(c) Jack and betty goes to a theatre in “The Silver Idol”.
(d) The play ‘The Pie and the Tart’ portry French Life.
(e) Prof. Corries represents peace mongers in “Progress”.
(f) Philips reacts politely in the dream of Mr. James.
(g) Pierre cheats Marion and gets the pie.
(h) Philips asks for his breakfast at 11am.

8. Choose the correct option. (8 × ½ = 4)

(a) Who talks about bombs in the play “Progress’?
(i) Mrs. Meldon (ii) Eddie
(iii) Professor Corrie (iv) Mr. Meldon
(b) As per the dream of Mr. James. Philips wants to be
(i) doctor (ii) engineer
(iii) architect (iv) commander
(c) In Mr. James’s house nobody can have breakfast before
(i) 7.00 (ii) 7.30
(iii) 8.00 (iv) 8.30
(d) she is artistic, calm, clever and cunning. This describes
(i) Mrs. Meldon (ii) Madame
(iii) Gaultier (iv) Marion
(e) The servant of Madame is
(i) Jack (ii) James
(iii) Simone (iv) Gaultier
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 (f) The son of Mr. And Mrs. Pryde is
(i) Harold (ii) Jack
(iii) James (iv) Percy
(g) The silver idol’s first owner was a
(i) Rich man (ii) Poor man
(iii) Millionaire (iv) Billionaire
(h) It was written below the silver idol
(i) Madein India
(ii) Made in China
(iii) Made in Birmingham
(iv) Made in Japan

9. Fill in the blanks: (4 × 1 = 4)

(a) ______________ is embittered among the friends and plans
to go to USA.
(b) The play The Pie and the Tart’ is written by –––––––––––.
(c) Madame represents a stereotypical ––––––––––––– citizen.
(d) The Boy Comes Home is written by –––––––––––––.

10. Read any TWO of the following lines and answer the questions
given below: (2 × 4 = 8)
(a) Madame! They are not going to ring. They are coming
straight in.
(i) Who is “Madame”?
(ii) What is the purpose of a bell?
(b) “he doesn’t seem somehow like a boy who can be told what
to do. I’m sure they’ve taught him something”.
(i) Who are the speakers?
(ii) Who is taught?
(c) “To my mind the pie had one fault”
(i) Identify the speaker
(ii) What was the fault?

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11. Answer the following question in about 100 words: (5)
(a) Write about the conflict between Philips and his uncle in
the play “The Boy Comes Home”.

Or
(b) Justify the tile of the play “Reunion”.

12. Answer the following in about 300 words. (10)

(a) Elaborate “The Pen of My Aunt” as a wartime play.

Or
(b) Describe the Quarrel between Gaultier and Marion in the
play “The Pie and the Tart”.

SECTION C — (30 marks)

13. Read the following passage and answer the questions given
below: (5)
There are three main groups of oil: animal, vegetable and
mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, those
enormous creatures of the sea which are the largest remaining
animals in the world. To protect the whale from the cold of the
Arctic seas, nature has provided it with a thick covering of fat
called blubber. When the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped
off and boiled down. It produces a great quantity of oil which can
be made into food for human consumption. Vegetable oil has
been known from antiquity. No household can get on without it.
for it is used in cooking. Soaps are made from vegetable and
animal oils. Mineral oils are found under the earth and are used
to drive planes, ships and motor cars.
Questions:
(a) How is oil obtained?
(b) Which is the largest remaining sea animal in the world?
(c) Which oil is known from old times?
(d) Soap is not made from this kind of oil. State the kind of oil.
(e) Suggest a suitable title to the passage.

14. Expand the following proverb: (5)

(a) If you want something done right, you have to do it
yourself.

Or
(b) Haste makes waste.
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15. Write a letter to your local newspaper editor regarding the
improper maintenance of water supply tank in your locality. (5)

16. Write a report to the principal on the improper ringing of the

college bell. (5)

17. Prepare a vote of thanks to be proposed at the Gandhi Jeyanthi

Celebrations in your college. (5)

18. Write a dialogue between the principal and a parent regarding

the performance of a child. (5)

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