(iii) "It is easy to see fanaticism in others but difficult to spot in oneself". Discuss with reference to
Tolerance by Forster.
5. Attempt any TWO questions. (20)
(i) Discuss the element of hope in the novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
(ii) Discuss the sea as a living entity in the novel.
(iii) Write a note on Manolin.
(iii) "After Apple Picking" traces the journey from conscious to subconscious. Discuss.
4. Attempt any TWO questions. (20)
(i) "Take the Plunge" deals with human desire to do something unusual. Discuss. (Take the Plunge)
(ii) The rebuilding of civilization is arduous and impossible without tolerance. Discuss. (Tolerance)
(iii) Discuss the difference between hosts and guests (Host and Guest)
5. Attempt any TWO questions.
(i) What, according to you, is really inspiring in the novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
(ii) Discuss the sea as a living entity in the novel.
(iii) Write a note on the importance of dreaming in the text.
(iii) "A Poison Tree" rightly describes the poet's mental and emotional attitude towards his enemy.
Elaborate.
(iv) What are Keats' thoughts about his own life and mortality? (When I Have Fears)
(v) Explain the significance of the title of the poem, "Say This City Has Ten Million Souls".
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) Write a note on the first portion of the novel. Summary of the whole novel will not be accepted.
(ii) Is it a novel of triumph of man or his defeat?
(iii) Discuss Santiago's attitude towards the Marlin.
(iv) Examine the attitude of other people towards Santiago before he set sail to catch big fish.
(v) Describe the relationship of Santiago and Manolin.
(iv) Why did the Muslims of India ask for a country of their own? (Pakistan and the Modern World)
(v) All "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind. Discuss. (Science and Values)
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) What does many a road track signify in "Lights Out"?
(ii) Is poison unexcused wrath? (A Poison Tree)
(iii) The poet feels repentant after his encounter with the snake. Why? (Snake)
(iv) Death is friendly and patronizing for the poetess. Comment. (Because I Could Not Stop for Death)
(v) Modern man can't 'stand and stare'. Explain.
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) The Old Man fights against the Marlin without being despaired. Comment.
(ii) Write a note on Old Man's life on land.
(iii) How does the Old Man physically look?
(iv) Santiago's suffering is more remarkable than even his killing of the fish. Discuss.
(v) Is Santiago a superstitious man?
(v) Z. Thomas in his essay "To Err is Human", states that non-human beings or things cannot possess the
faculty of reasoning. Discuss.
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) Can you point out the subtle changes in the poet's relationship with snake?
(ii) Pick out the fanciful images from "Tartary".
(iii) Discuss the use of elements of suspense and irony in the poem "The Huntsman".
(iv) Write a note on the fourth and fifth stages of man's life.
(v) What are the poet's fears? (When I Have Fears)
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) Write a note on the hand game competition between Santiago and the Negro.
(ii) "The fish is a symbol of an ideal life for the Old Man". Discuss.
(iii) How would you justify the ending of the novel?
(iv) Who were the Old Man's companions that always talked to in loneliness?
(v) Why did Santiago feel that the fish was killing him?
(ii) "If bad manners are infectious, so also are good manners". Elaborate. (On Saying Please)
(iii) What is the relation between committing mistakes and free will? (To Err is Human)
(iv) Describe the writer's experience of taking the plunge.
(v) What are Yeats' impressions of his grandfather?
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) What does the empty barrel signify? (After Apple-Picking)
(ii) "All the World's a Stage" in fact, discusses the journey of life. Elaborate.
(iii) How has the poet used the idea of association and memories? (The Solitary Reaper)
(iv) What colour words has the poet used in "Tartary"? What effects do they create?
(v) What is the central idea of "When I Have Fears"?
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) Discuss Hemingway's knowledge of fishing.
(ii) This fish is a living character with intention and contention. Discuss.
(iii) An indifferent universe is represented here by the sea and the creatures therein. Explain.
(iv) What different themes are discussed in the novel?
(v) Discuss the role of the sea in the novel.
(ii) Why among all the Spanish people the hero is an American. Discuss.
(iii) Describe old man's struggle against the sharks.
(iv) Explain: "Fish", he said softly, aloud, "I'll stay with you until I am dead".
(v) Killing sharks ultimately would mean defeating death. Discuss.
(v) There is always suspicious hope of Matilda Loisel in "The Necklace" Discuss.
(vi) "A Conversation with My Father" is a story demanding a sense of character in a human being.
Explain.
(vii) The modes, manners, and speech of "Smoke Screens" are bright but harsh to some people. Discuss.
3. Answer any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) Explain the rationale of Pakistan as it is explained in Liaquat Ali Khan's "Pakistan and the Modern
World".
(ii) Give an account of the disaster occurred on August 9, 1945 at Nagasaki.
(iii) What kind of character Stephen Leacock draws of the tailor in his essay "My Tailor"?
(iv) Write down the different nourishing qualities of different vitamins as mentioned in Dr. Kenneth
Walker's essay, "The Vitamins".
(v) Write a note on Tolerance.
4. Attempt any TWO of the following questions. (20)
(i) William Davies in his poem "Leisure" emphatically points our that in this rush of life we do not have
time to appreciate the beauty of life and nature. Discuss.
(ii) What kind of disgusting picture of woman's life Maya Angelou has drawn in her poem, "Woman
Work"? Explain.
(iii) "Thus I entered and thus I go
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead".
Explain these lines from Browning's poem "Patriot into Traitor".
5. Answer any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) What are Santiago's pillars of success? Discuss those qualities of the old man which help hem succeed
in his mission.
(ii) Hemingway's knowledge of the ocean is sound. Discuss.
(iii) Discuss Hemingway's knowledge of fishing.
(iv) The fish is a living character with intention and contention. Discuss.
(v) The fish is a symbol of an ideal life for the old man. Discuss.
(iii) Happy Prince sees best when he has no eyes to see. Explain.
(iv) The wife in "The Shadow in the Rose Garden" cannot help digging her past. Discuss.
(v) Uncle James in "The Boy Comes Home" is not a lion but a jackal in the garb of a lion. Elaborate.
3. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) To Liaqat Ali Khan, demand for Pakistan was the most reasonable and entirely practicable. Explain.
(ii) How was it easy to deceive the grandfather in "My Grandfather"?
(iii) Even great depression could not beat down American women's habit of make-up. Explain with
reference to "The Beauty Industry".
(iv) What according to Max Beerbohm is good guestship?
(v) How does the bachelor fare in American society?
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) The hero's dreams are pure, innocent and unharmful. Elaborate. ("Tartary")
(iii) The protagonist in "The Rebel" is fake not real, yet important. Explain.
(iv) Elaborate visual effects in "The Solitary Reaper".
(iv) Write a note on Shakespeare's accurate observation of life in "All the World's a Stage".
(v) What is the real nature of Keats's fears in "When I Have Fears"?
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) Elaborate Santiago's hand game with the Negro.
(ii) 'Every day is a new day'. says Santiago. Comment.
(iii) Describe Santiago's search for fish.
(iv) Elaborate the final stage of Santiago's struggle with the fish.
(v) Santiago is more philosophic than formal philosophers. Explain.
(ii) Why didn't Santiago mind when other fishermen made fun of him?
(iii) Discuss old man a 'a strange old man'.
(iv) Write a brief note on Hemingway's style.
(v) How does Santiago prove the truth of his remark: "Man is not made for defeat"?
(iii) What is 'NAZI' solution of dealing with the people one does not like?
(iv) What harm can 'pleasant illusions' do? (Science and Values)
(v) How do various vitamins keep human body fit?
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) Why does Wordsworth call the Solitary Reaper's song 'A melancholy strain'?
(ii) What does T.S. Eliot mean by 'Standing upon the shore of all we know' in his "Departure and
Arrival"?
(iii) Why does D.H. Lawrence curse his education? ("Snake")
(iv) What similarity does Robert Frost want to discover in woodchuck's sleep and his own? ("After Apple
Picking")
(v) How reliable and durable are 'Love and Fame' in they eyes of Keats? ("When I Have Fears")
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) Why does Santiago not mind the derogatory remarks of other fishermen on the terrace?
(ii) Which is the great challenge for the old man; struggle with the big fish or fight against the sharks?
(iii) What is the importance of "The well" in the gulf stream?
(iv) The old man is brave but not reckless. Comment.
(v) Towards the end of the novel, Manolin goes crying to the hotel and does not hide his tears. Why?
(iii) The French soldier feels grandeur of the desert with all its force and fascination. Comment. (A
Passion in the Desert)
(iv) Discuss Popova as an unreal and fake prude. (The Bear)
(v) What is your true estimation of the character of Primrose? (Smoke-Screens)
3. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) Aldous Huxley in "Beauty Industry" calls annual expenses of one hundred and fifty six million pounds
on make up 'A tidy sum'. Why?
(ii) 'Tolerance is not the same as weakness', says E.M. Forster. Elaborate.
(iii) Why does the writer recommend the story of Chesterfield to the lift-man in "On Saying Please"?
(iv) Bertrand Russel argues that by eliminating great wars we can abolish poverty. How? (Science and
Values)
(v) Why does G.K. Chesterton in his "Some Policemen And a Moral" call the target of his knife-throwing
'Mangled tree'?
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) How is the patriot repaid for his public services? (Patriot into Traitor)
(ii) Why does Shakespeare call the world a stage?
(iii) Describe Emily Dickinson's journey in the company of Death?
(iv) W.B. Yeats does not underestimate politics nor does he reject it. Elaborate.
(v) Sleep is more powerful than all other passions. Explain. (Lights Out)
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) Describe the old man's poverty and lack of resources.
(ii) The old man is a great fighter. Comment.
(iii) Compare and contrast old man with other fishermen.
(iv) Discuss DiMaggio as a source of inspiration for the old man.
(v) Write a brief note on the old man's life on land.
(ii) Death is not the traditional fell sergeant but a friend and guide. Elaborate. (Because I Could Not Stop
for Death)
(iii) If we forgive others there will be no need for poison trees. Discuss. (A Poison Tree)
(iv) Apparently the rebel seems to be ridiculous but in fact he is brave. Comment. (The Rebel)
(v) What similarity does the poet hope to discover between his sleep and that of the woodchuck? (After
Apple Picking)
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) The old man looks upon Manolin as not only his apprentice but also his friend and his equal.
Elaborate.
(ii) No other fisherman is as skilled and as perfect in fishing as the old man. Discuss.
(iii) The old man in his struggle against the Marlin does get despaired because that would be worse than
death. Comment.
(iv) Of all the challenges faced by the old man, fight against the sharks is the greatest. Discuss.
(v) Sea is as good a character as any other in the novel. Elaborate.
(i) Popova catches our attention by not only what she says but by what she does. Comment. (The Bear)
(ii) Giovanni falls in Rappaccini's net involuntarily but with disastrous results. Elaborate. (Rappaccini's
Daughter)
(iii) Eva stands out as a person who can endure hardships for the sake of female glory. Elaborate. (Take
Pity)
(vi) It is the Panther and not the Soldier who wins in the trial of love. Comment. (A Passion in the
Desert)
(v) Lucy fails not only as a mother but also as a wife. Elaborate. (Smoke-Screens)
3. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) How has it become possible for a grandmother to look as young as her granddaughter? (Beauty
Industry)
(ii) Tolerance lies in putting up with the people unlike us, not in loving them. Comment. (Tolerance)
(iii) Evolution from agriculture to industry was positive and progressive. Elaborate. (Science and Values)
(iv) Law does not do so much to make social interaction sweet and smooth as do the good manners. (On
Saying Please)
(v) Which are the water soluble vitamins and what are their benefits? (The Vitamins)
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) Modern man can't stand and stare? How can we change this attitude? (Leisure)
(ii) What is unusual about the rebel? Is there anything positive about it? (The Rebel)
(iii) Death is by no means dreadful. He is friendly and patronizing. Comment. (Because I Could Not Stop
for Death)
(iv) Poison is in fact unexcused anger and wrath. Elaborate. (A Poison Tree)
(v) Why does the poet feel repentant after his encounter with the snake? (Snake)
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) The old man fights against the Marlin to the very end without being despaired. Comment.
(ii) The old man is by all means an extraordinary fisherman. Elaborate.
(iii) Fight against the sharks is the real test of the old man's mettle. Elaborate.
(iv) Trace some of the symbols employed by Hemingway in his novel.
(v) Do you agree with Russel's view that the establishment of a single authority in the world will abolish
war? (Science and Values)
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) How does a woman get tired of doing domestic chores? (Woman Work)
(ii) Write a note on the irony in the Huntsman.
(iii) What does the empty barrel signify in the poem "After Apple-picking"?
(iv) What are John Keats' fears? (When I Have Fears)
(v) Why does the poet think of his education as "accursed"? (Snake)
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) Write a note on the heroic spirit of the old man.
(ii) How far do skill and resolution of the old man count in his struggle against the big fish?
(iii) Narrate the hand game competition held between Santiago and the Negro.
(iv) What does the old man dream about? What does that dream signify?
(v) What was the reaction of other fishermen and the tourists when they saw the skeleton of the Marlin
tied to the old man's skiff?
(iv) Ah, but you must not think that after four years of war one has quite the same ideas about the
sanctity of human life.How could one?
(v) There ain't no criminal classes, any more than virtuous classes. The rogues and the rulers may both
come from the gutter, or the Palace.
2. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) What did make the happy prince weep in "The Happy Prince"?
(ii) Write a note on Eva's character in "Take Pity".
(iii) Why did the boss make no reply? (The Fly)
(iv) How did Simon disclose his love for Lisby? (The Little Willow)
(v) What happens when Primrose declares to marry an ugly man? (Smoke-Screens)
3. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) How does Bertrand Russell prove that all "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind? (Science and
Values)
(ii) "Our deepest instincts, bad or good, are those which we share with the rest of the animal creation".
Explain. (Hosts and Guests)
(iii) "Since now we live in a world of super-things, we might expect them to be made by a race of
supermen". Discuss. (Super)
(iv) E.M. Forester in his essay "Tolerance" does not favour love rebuilding civilization. Discuss.
(v) Why did the writer want to jump from the aeroplane with a parachute? (Take the Plunge)
4. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20)
(i) Describe the revival of the colourful life in the village. (The Vanishing Village)
(ii) What is the reason that the poet lets the snake depart unhurt? (Snake)
(iii) The poem "Patriot into Traitor" is a dramatic monologue. Discuss.
(iv) How will the poet change his dreams into reality? (Tartary)
(v) What is the poet's idea of association and memories? (The Solitary Reaper)
5. Attempt any THREE of the following questions. (20) ("The Old Man and the Sea" by Hemingway)
(i) What were Santiago's views about his failure?
(ii) "A man can be destroyed but not defeated". Discuss.
(iii) How was the old man able to hook the Marlin?
(iv) "Fish", he said softly aloud, "I will stay with you until I am dead". Discuss.
(v) The fish is a symbol of an ideal life for the old man. Discuss.