For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: English Literature (Paper-I)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Attempt any FIVE Questions in All, Including Question No. I Which is Compulsory.
Q1. How does Shakespeare use language and symbolism to portray the themes of Love and Hate in Romeo and Juliet?
Q2. Analyze the character of Mildred Douglas in The Hairy Ape. How she represents the themes of class, gender and power?
3. Discuss the use of humor in Look Back in Anger.
Q4. As a prophet, Tiresias speaks for the gods and for Fate. How does the character of Tiresias function dramatically in Oedipus Rex?
Q5. Critically analyze the role of imagination and senses in Ode to the Nightingale. How do they relate to the themes of mortality and beauty?
Q6. Analyze the symbolism in The Second Coming. Based on those symbols, draw their relationship with history and spirituality.
Q7. What aspects of Donne’s spiritual life do you find in his religious poetry? Write your answer with special reference to Death Be Not Proud.
SUBJECT: English Literature (Paper-II)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100
Attempt any FIVE questions in All.
Q1. What is Jonathan Swift’s idea of Utopia as presented through Gulliver’s Travels?
Q2. To the Lighthouse is a novel about the search for meaning in life. How do the characters conduct their search? Are they successful in finding answers?
Q3. How does Oscar Wilde’s story Rose and Nightingale explore the relationship between humankind and nature?
Q4. Does Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour offer a feministic reading?
Q5. How do the literary references employed by Said in his Introduction to Culture and Imperialism substantiate his argument?
Q6. How does Fanon link language with decolonization?
Q7. Discuss in detail how In Praise of Chimney Sweepers illustrate Lamb’s peculiar romantic style of blending pathos with humor.
Q8. Why is Man Made Language by Dale Spender considered a cornerstone of modern feminist thought?
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