UAEN-201

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

(Deemed to be University)
Vidyagiri, Prasanthi Nilayam

B.A./B.A.(Hons)/B.Sc./B.Sc.(Hons)/B.Com.(Hons)/B.B.A./B.C.A./B.P.A.(Music)
Second Semester Examinations, April 2019
PART–I(B) : ANOTHER LANGUAGE : : ADDITIONAL ENGLISH

Additional English: Literature and Life–II

Duration : 3 Hours 15/04/2019 Max. Marks : 100
Note: 1. Answer Sections A, B & C in the answer book provided.
2. Time allotted for Section–A is 20 minutes; hand over Section–A of the Question Paper back to the
Invigilator, after answering it in the first twenty minutes.
3. Comply with the instructions given in the Main Answer Book carefully.

SECTION – A
(20 Marks)
IA) Read the passage and answer, in a sentence or two, the questions that follow:
(5x2=10 Marks)

In the Middle Ages, the Roman Church burned books that dared present contradictory view–points.
Authors who failed to heed this warning risked being burned at stake. Though we no longer live in the
Dark Ages, we are naturally disturbed by the burning of Arun Shourie's book – Worshipping False Gods –
by some Members of Parliament recently. They claimed that Shourie had twisted facts, misquoted Dr.
Ambedkar, to make him appear anti–national, instigated prejudice and violence against the Dalits. And so
they demanded a ban. The reasons given by the Roman Church for burning books and authors too, were
disturbingly similar. The Church too professed to be a guardian of morality and order, and accused
liberals from Galileo to Voltaire of twisting facts, hurting the sentiments of people, proclaiming untruths,
sowing seeds of conflict and encouraging violence. Our book–burning Members of Parliament may feel
outraged by Shourie's book, but should remember that the Roman Church felt no less outraged in its time.
The progress of civilization lies in rising above such narrow outlook and honoring dissent. Voltaire once
said – "I might disagree with what you say but I will defend to death your right to say it.”
(Excerpt from “Books Are Not for Burning” by Swaminathan S. Aiyar)

1. Why did the Roman Church burn books?

2. What happened to the authors who remained unaffected by this warning?

3. What charges were foisted against Arun Shourie?

4. How is the progress of civilization realized?

5. Provide synonyms for the words ‘profess’ and ‘dissent’.

IB) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the prescribed text. (5x1=5 Marks)

6. And ________ must be the storm–

That could _____ the little Bird….

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7. It is only stupid people who take remarks too________, as we say; that is, who do not look for the real
meaning in the ____________ people make.

8. You have to look above and how you look does not depend upon this ____________ or that
_____________; it depends on the nature of man.

9. All pessimism has a secret ________ for its ___________.

10. In all battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good_______ for his
army and, secondly, to keep a strong _______.

IC) Match the words in Column A with those in Column B. (5x1=5 Marks)

‘A’ ‘B’

11. Emily Dickinson A) Punch

12. E.V. Lucas B) Indian Philosophy

13. John Keats C) The World Crisis

14. S. Radhakrishnan D) The Bird of Time

15. Sir Winston Churchill E) “Because I could not stop for death”

F) “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

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Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

(Deemed to be University)
Vidyagiri, Prasanthi Nilayam

B.A./B.A.(Hons)/B.Sc./B.Sc.(Hons)/B.Com.(Hons)/B.B.A./B.C.A./B.P.A.(Music)
Second Semester Examinations, April 2019
PART–I(B) : ANOTHER LANGUAGE : : ADDITIONAL ENGLISH

Additional English: Literature and Life–II

Duration : 3 Hours 15/04/2019 Max. Marks : 100

SECTION – B
(40 Marks)
II. Annotate ANY THREE of the following in about 150 words each. (3x5=15 Marks)

1. “Some things must go wrong your whole life long,

And the sooner you know it the better.”

2. “What care I for the world’s loud weariness,

Who dream in twilight granaries Thou dost bless
With delicate sheaves of mellow silence?”

3. “To the ungodly it is a day jeopardized by an interest in barometers that is almost too poignant.”

4. “It is an adventure of mind, an imaginative adventure of mind.”

III. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 150 words. (1x5=5 Marks)

5. Elaborate J. C. Hill’s views on ‘good manners’.

6. Describe how Churchill in his “Painting as a Pastime” likens painting to fighting a battle.

IV. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 150 words. (1x5=5 Marks)

7. Show how the mood of optimism pervades, “As you go through life” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

8. Capture the jubilation of the soul of the poet in “In Salutation to the Eternal Peace”.

V. Answer ANY ONE of the following questions in about 350 words. (1x15=15 Marks)

9. Keats pines for hope, amidst sordid realities of life – Discuss.

10. Discuss how G. K. Chesterton sees having both legs as the beauty of God’s image in man.

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SECTION – C
(40 Marks)
VI. Answer ANY TWO of the following questions in about 250 words. (2x10=20 Marks)

11. Recall the plot of “The Bishop’s Candlesticks”.

12. Narrate what happened at the trial of Billy Scott in the play “The Trial of Billy Scott”.

13. Trace the supernatural atmosphere in “The Monkey’s Paw”.

14. Discuss the ill-effects of the ‘hire purchase system’ as exemplified in the play “The Never–Never Nest”.

VII. Do as directed: (5x2=10 Marks)

15. Audacious (Supply the Noun and Adverb forms)

16. Despondency (Supply the Adjective and Adverb forms)

17. Estrangement (Supply the Verb form and Antonym)

18. Propagate (Supply the Noun form and Synonym)

19. Swindle (Make a meaningful sentence)

VIII. Provide the meaning of ANY ONE of the proverbs and expand it into a paragraph.
(1x10=10 Marks)
20. Least said, soonest mended.

21. A danger foreseen is half avoided.

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