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Course : M. A.(English)
Subject: SOCIAL CONCERNS IN INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Paper Code: MEG-402
Semester: IV

Section-A (3 paragraphs out of 5 for explanation, 3x5=15)

Unit-I

1- In Madurai,
city of temples and poets,who sang of cities and temples,
every summera river dries to a trickling the sand, baring the sand ribs,
straw and women's hair clogging the Watergates
at the rusty bars

2- under the bridges with patches

of repair all over them
the wet stones glistening like sleepy
crocodiles, the dry ones
shaven water-buffaloes lounging in the sun
The poets only sang of the floods.

3-He was there for a day

when they had the floods.
People everywhere talked
of the inches rising,
of the precise number of cobbled steps
run over by the water, rising
on the bathing places,
and the way it carried off three village houses

,4- one pregnant womanand a couple of cows

named Gopi and Brinda as usual.
The new poets still quoted
the old poets, but no one spoke in verse
5- He said: the river has water enough to be poetic about only once a year
and then it carries away in the first half-hour
three village houses, a couple of cows
named Gopi and Brinda and one pregnant woman
expecting identical twins with no moles on their bodies,
with different coloured diapers to tell them apart.

6- Endless crow noises

A skull in the holy sands
tilts its empty country towards hunger.

7- White-clad widowed Women

past the centers of their lives
are waiting to enter the Great Temple

8- Their austere eyes

stare like those caught in a net
hanging by the dawn's shining strands of faith

9-The fail early light catches

ruined, leprous shells leaning against one another,
a mass of crouched faces without names,
and suddenly breaks out of my hide
into the smoky blaze of a sullen solitary pyre
that fills my aging mother

10- her last wish to be cremated here

twisting uncertainly like light
on the shifting sands
 Section-B (3 Questions, 3x10=30, word limit-500 words)

Unit-I

Q- 1Discuss Mulk Raj Anand as a Novelist.

Or

Q- Critically examine the novel Untouchable.

Q-2 Elucidate Mulk Raj Anand as a social reformer.

Or

Q-Draw the character-sketch of Bhaka in the novel Untouchable.

Q- 3 Mahashweta Devi has raised a voice against the exploitation of the subalterns.
Discuss.

Or

Q- Discuss the theme of the story Breast Giver?

Q-4Mahesh Dattani is a great modern Indian Dramatist. Discuss.

OR

Q-What problem Dattani has raised through the play Seven Steps Around the Fire?

Unit-II

Q-5 Elaborate the central theme of the play Seven Steps Around the Fire?

Or

Q- Write a note on the characterisation of the play Seven Steps Around the Fire?

Q6-Write the summary of the poem A River by A.K. Ramanujan?

Or
Q-Analyse the main theme of the poem Dawn at Puri?

Section-C (3 Questions out of 5, 3x5=15, word limit-200 words)

Unit-I

Q-1Write a short note on Jayant Mahapatra as a poet?

Q-2The play Seven Steps Around the Fire is a strong satire on modern society.Discuss?

Q-3Analyse the plot construction of The play Seven Steps Around the Fire.

Unit-II

Q-4Discuss the character of Sohini in the novel Untouchable.

Q-5Mulk Raj Anand is great Humanist . Discuss.

Unit-III

Q-6Analyse the story Breast-Giver in short.

Q-7Evaluate Mahasweta Devis life as a novelist?

Unit-IV

Q-8Give the critical appreciation of the novel Untouchable.

Q-9Examine the play Seven Steps Around the Fire on the basis of its characters?

Q-10Discuss the title of the play Seven Steps Around the Fire.

Section-D (10 Questions to choose correct option, 110= 10)

Unit-I

1-When Mulk Raj Anand was born?

a-1925 b-1935

c-1920 d-1905

2-Where was Mulk Raj Anand born-

a-Peshawar b-Punjab

c- Amritsar d-None of these.

3-Which was the first novel of Anand-

a-Untouchable b-The Village

c- Two Leaves and a Bud d-None of these.

4-When did Mulk raj Anand die-

a-2004 b-2001

c- 2000 d-none of these

5-When did Anand come to Bombay-

a-1946 b-1935

c-1920 d-1927

Unit-II

6-Where did Anand go to hire study-

a-England b-Asia Continent

c-Australia Continent d-None of these

7-Who was Lakha-

a-BakhaFather b-Egyptian Mythology

c-Indian mythology d-None of these

8-When did Anand return to India-

a-1932 b-1935

c-1920 d-1921

9-What was the relation between Rakha and Bhaka-

a-Brother and Brother b-Friend

c-Father and son d-none of these

10-Who was the wicked character-

a-Pandit Kalinath b-Colonel

c-sohini d-Sohini

Unit-III

11-Who was the jamadar of the sweepers-

a-Ramcharan b-Lakha

c- John d-None of these

12-Who was Rakha-

a-LakhaSon b-joiner

c-narrator d-None of these

13-Who was a villain in Untouchable-

a-Pandit Kalinath b-Bakha

c-Lakha d-None of these

14-Iqbal Nath Sarsar was-

a-religious man b-mateialistic man

c-patriot d-A Poet

15-Who was a Havildar in the Army regiment at Bulashah?

a-Charat singh b-mateialistic

c-patriotic d-None of these

Unit-IV
16-Who was a English Woman-

a-Mary Hutchinson b- Gulabo

c-Sohini d-None of these

17-Who was waziro-

a-comedian b-A muslim woman

c-religious d-Thames

18-Who was alone muslim woman in the novel-

a-Waziro b-progressive

c-rather circular d-None of these

19-What was Waziro husband

a-Sweeper b-Conducter

c-Weaver d-None of these

20-Who was the playmate of Bhaka-

a-Chota and Ram Charan b-Lakha

c- Sohini d-None of these