PMS English Literature Past Paper 2024 PDF

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2024

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. In what ways does “Oedipus Rex” explore the theme of Fate versus Free Will?

---

Q2. In what ways does “Look Back in Anger” reflect the cultural and social context of 1950s Britain?

---

Discover more

Paper

Papers

Textiles & Nonwovens

Q3. Keeping in view the dramatic importance of phonetics, how is phonetics related to manners in all of the acts of “Pygmalion”?

---

Q4. Critically analyze that “The real theme of the Tempest is the birth of a brave new world”.

---

Q5. Analyze the use of metaphor in “Sonnet 30”. How does it reflect the speaker’s feelings about love and loss?

---

Q6. Bring out Wordsworth’s concept of memory and childhood, with a special reference to “Ode to Immortality”.

---

Q7. Give a critical appreciation of the poem “The Water Carrier” by especially focusing on its stylistic features.

---

Discover more

Office Supplies

Books & Literature

Paper

Q8. In “Pakistan Movement” the poet uses images from the collective unconscious to reconstruct the history of the partition. Do you agree?

---

SUBJECT: English Literature (Paper-II)

Time Allowed: 3 Hours

Maximum Marks: 100

---

Attempt any FIVE questions in All.

---

Q.1 Jane Austen’s novels are domestic comedies of a high order. Do you agree or not? Answer with reference to Pride and Prejudice. (20 Marks)

---

Q.2 A major criticism of A Tale of Two Cities is that Dickens does not fully develop his characters. Comment with valid arguments. (20 Marks)

---

Q.3 Is Guy de Maupassant prone to pessimism? Discuss in the light of the short story you have read. (20 Marks)

---

Q.4 Discuss The Mummy Awakens by Naguib Mahfouz as a work of postcolonial literature. (20 Marks)

---

Q.5 Point out the salient features of Bacon’s prose style with reference to Of Studies. (20 Marks)

---

Q.6 Discuss Charles Lamb’s views on society and his personal ethics with reference to In Praise of Chimney Sweepers. (20 Marks)

---

Q.7 What, according to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, is the place of English in postcolonial Kenya? (20 Marks)

---

Q.8 How does Edward Said define culture? (20 Marks)