Marks : 100 Time : 2 hours
PART I
Section - A
Q.1-30 Answer all the questions. Each question carries one mark.
1. The first revenge tragedy in English is ____
2. ____ is called the Father of English Essay.
3. Gray, Collins and Cowper are called ____ poets.
4. The only literary epic in English literature is ____
5. The writer of 'Holy Sonnets' is ____
6. Where do we read: 'The paths of glory lead but to the grave ?
7. Who first used the word 'Metaphysics' in association with Donne's poetry ?
8. Shakespeare wrote ____ sonnets.
9. ____ reproduced 'King Lear' with a comic ending.
10. ____ is the longest of Shakespeare's plays.
11. 'Lyrical Ballads' was published in the year ____
12. The autobiographical poem written by Wordsworth is ____
13. ____ defined poetry as 'the best words in the best order.'
14. Who said of Shelley: 'He is beautiful and ineffectual an angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain?'
15. Tennyson's 'The Lotus Eaters' and '____' are companion poems.
16. ____ is often described as chronologically Victorian and qualitatively a modern poet.
17. The subtitle of 'Andrea Del Sarto' is ____
18. Lamb's sister appears with the name ____ in his essays.
19. ____ is a poetic form perfected by Browning.
20. "As flies to wanton boys are we to gods. They kill us for their sport." Whose words are these ?
21. Who used the Heroic Couplet in English first ?
22. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey are known as the ____ poets.
23. Sprung Rhythm is associated with the poet ____
24. ____ is the main source of Shakespeare's English History plays.
25. Dryden's 'All for Love' is base on Shakespeare's ____
26. ____ is an unfinished poem by Marlowe.
27. 'The Merchant of Venice' by Shakespeare is modelled upon Marlowe's ____
28. Whom does Wordsworth addressed towards the end of the poem 'Tintern Abbey'?
29. Mephistophiles is a character in ____ by Marlowe.
30. ____ is called the Father of English Novel.
(30 ´ 1 = 30 marks)
SECTION - B
Answer all the questions Each question carries 5 marks. Maximum length of each essay should
be two pages.
1. Discuss the essential features of Lamb's prose style.
2. Attempt a critical analysis of Keat's 'Ode to a Nightingale'.
3. 'The poem 'Tintern Abbey' reveals Wordsworth's change from young passion for Nature to a haunting comprehension
of the lovely universe'. Justify the statement.
4. Briefly examine the chief features of the epic form.
5. What are the advantages of studies as enunciated by Bacon in his essay 'Of Studies'?
6. Trace the evolution of thought in Shelley's 'To a Skylark'.
7. Comment on the theme of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus'.
8. Attempt a critical appreciation of John Donne's 'Batter my Heart'.
9. Evaluate Shakespeare's 'My Mistress! Eyes' as a Sonnet. (9
´
5 = 45 marks)
PART II
Question 1 to 10. Each question is provided with four alternative responses. Select the correct
one from among the lettered choices a, b, c and d. All questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each.
1. In a modern class the learning of skills normally takes place.
(a) When the pupil asks for them
(b) According to a set programme
(c) When the skills are needed
(d) According to the parent's wishes.
2. Generally the list effective teaching technique is:
(a) Problem solving
(b) Class recitation
(c) Role playing
(d) Panel discussion
3. The lecture method would be most appropriate when used to:
(a) Develop interest and supplement the text
(b) Teach factual subjects
(c) Teach controversial topics
(d) Ensure complete coverage of material
4. The buzz group is best used when:
(a) A controversial issue needs clarification
(b) Quick solutions to school problems are needed
(c) The class has not prepared the lesson which was previously assigned as home work.
(d) Participation of members is unimportant
5. In planning a unit or a lesson, the teacher should be concerned principally with the:
(a) Prescribed text book
(b) Skills he possesses
(c) Curriculum guide
(d) Interests of the class
6. In the question-answer technique, it is advisable to:
(a) Use the words or phrases in the text book
(b) Call on the pupil before asking the question
(c) Ask pupils to formulate their own questions
(d) Rely solely on volunteers to answer the questions.
7. The most acceptable of the following statements about the teaching of spelling is:
(a) Only a method for studying words should be taught.
(b) Lists of words for each grade level should be made and their spelling mastered.
(c) Children should be taught to spell only the most difficult and tricky words.
(d) Words occurring in a unit being studied should be mastered as part of the unit.
8. A recall situation is best tested by the
(a) Multiple choice type test
(b) Completion type test
(c) Topical selection type test
(d) True - False type test
9. The modern language teacher:
(a) Emphasises grammar and mechanics of expression.
(b) Emphasises the communication of ideas with grammar as simply a tool.
(c) Discounts the importance of grammar and mechanics.
(d) Rejects functionalism as the primary consideration in her teaching.
10. Research on the relationship between speed of reading and level of comprehension reveals a correlation that is:
(a) Generally negative
(b) Positive and high
(c) Approximately zero
(d) Positive but low
(10
´
1 = 10 marks)
Questions 11 to 13, Answer all the questions. Each question carries 5 marks
11. What do you mean by micro-teaching ? What are the skills to be developed through micro teaching ?
12. What are the different techniques used in testing writing with reference to English ?
13. Explain the salient features of the audio-lingual method of English language teaching.
(3
5 = 15 marks)
ANSWER KEY
Solved Paper 2004
Part - I
1. The Spanish Tragedy
2. Francis Bacon
3. Transitional Poets
4. The Paradise Lost
5. John Donne
6. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
7. John Dryden
8. 154
9. Nahum Tate
10. Hamlet
11. 1798
12. The Prelude
13. Coleridge
14. Mathew Arnold
15. Ulysses
16. Hopkins
17. The Faultless Painter
18. Bridget Elia
19. Dramatic Monologue
20. Gloucester
21. Chaucer
22. Lake Poets
23. Hopkins
24. Holinshed's Chronicles
25. Antony and Cleopatra
26. Hero and Leander
27. The Jew of Malta
28. His sister, Dorothy Wordsworth
29. Doctor Faustus
30. Richardson
Part - II
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (d)
6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (b)
PART I
Section - A
Q.1-30 Answer all the questions. Each question carries one mark.
1. Whose essay On Myself has been hailed as the perfect example of what a personal essay should be ?
2. Which poem of Dryden was written in celebration of Charles II's Restoration ?
3. How many books are there in Paradise Regained?
4. Who is the hero of Paradise Regained ?
5. The journey in Pilgrim's Progress is undertaken in ––––.
6. Who was the first to call the age of Pope and Johnson as "the Augustan Age" ?
7. Which poetic work of Thomas Gray has been hailed as a mark of transition between the classical School and the
romantic School ?
8. ––– was the famous imaginary old man of Addison's Essays.
9. Besides Marlowe, who else wrote a tragedy by the name Tamerlaine ?
10. The French dramatist who influenced Restoration comedy was ––––
11. Porphyro and Madeline are the lovers in –––
12. The dream poem 'Kubla Khan' was published in –––––
13. Who said that he had a "Smack of Hamlet" in himself ?
14. Apologia Provita Sua is the spiritual autobiography of ––––
15. Who advocated "disinterestedness" in literary criticism ?
16. Pip is a character in ––– written by Dickens.
17. The longest poem in the English language written by Robert Browning is ––––––
18. Name the 20th century poet who translated, the Bhagwad Gita in collaboration with Swami Prabhavanandan.
19. ––– is the protagonist in Osborne's Look Back in Anger.
20. Language which seems smooth, pleasant and musical to the ear is termed as –––––
21. The seven line, iambic pentameter stanza rhyming ababbcc is called ––––
22. In Julius Caesar and in ––– Shakespeare is said to have depicted Romans better than the Roman writers themselves
have done.
23. ––– used the term the 'Theatre of the Absurd'.
24. John Bunyan belongs to ––– Century.
25. The Battle of the Books, discusses the conflict between ––––
26. Hardy's title 'Far from the Madding Crowd' is taken from a poem by ––––
27. According to Aristotle, the least essential part of tragedy is –––
28. When was Johnson's Dictionary published ?
29. Johnson's phrase, "fatal Cleopatra" refers to Shakespeare's ––––
30. Metaphysical conceit is basically ––––
Section - B
Answer all the questions. Each question carries 5 marks. Essays should not exceed two pages.
1. Write a note on Dickens as a social reformer.
2. Renaissance in the history of English literature.
3. What are the salient features of Restoration comedy.
4. "Twentieth Century Poetry is predominantly Pessimistic." Discuss
5. The recent and current tendencies in English language.
6. The trends in modern criticism.
7. Consider 'Andrea Del Sarto' as a dramatic monologue.
8. 'Macbeth' as a Shakespearean tragedy.
9. 'Poetic drama' in the 20th century.
(9×5=45)
PART - II
Section - A
Q. 1-10. Select the correct answer from the four alternatives given. All questions carry one mark
each.
1. ––– report is regarded as the magnacarta of teachers
a) Simon Commission
b) Kothari Commission
c) Macaulay's minutes
d) Hunter Commission
2. The programme of compulsory primary education in India was initiated by
a) Gokhale b) Gandhiji
c) Nehru d) Lord Rippon
3. An objective type test is
a) very easy
b) mind boggling
c) time consuming
d) difficult, needs thorough knowledge
4. In Recall tests
a) memory is tested b) expertise is tested
c) quickness is tested
d) None of these
5. The concept of operant conditioning was developed by
a) Piaget b) Skinner
c) Gardner d) Truman Kelly
6. The causes of backwardness in children are
a) intellectual defects
b) sensory defects
c) temperamental defects
d) All of these
7. Micro teaching was propagated by
a) Dwight W. Allen b) Ned Flanders
c) Skinner d) Keller
8. One can be a good teacher, if he
a) has genuine interest in teaching
b) knows how to enforce discipline
c) knows his subject
d) has good expression
8. A new teacher, to start with will have to
a) enforce discipline in the class.
b) establish rapport with the students.
c) cut jokes with the students.
d) tell the students about his qualifications.
10. The essential role of the teacher in a class room is to
i) give information
ii) motivate students to learn.
iii) develop learning competencies
iv) prepare them for writing examinations.
v) enforce discipline
a) i, ii and iii b) ii, iii & iv
c) iii, iv and v d) i, iv and v
(1×10 =10)
Section - B
Q. 11-13 : Answer all the questions. Each question carries 5 marks.
11. Comment on the present system of examination.
12. Merits and demerits of Trial and Error method.
13. The part played by mother tongue in teaching of English.
(3 × 5 = 15)
(1 × 30 = 30)
ANSWER KEY
Model Exam Paper
Part - I
1. Cowley
2. Astrae Redux
3. 4
4. Christ
5. 10 stages
6. Goldsmith
7. The Elegy
8. Sir Roger De Coverley
9. Nicholas Rowe
10. Moliere
11. The Eve of St. Agnes
12. 1816
13. Coleridge
14. Henry Newman
15. Mathew Arnold
16. Great Expectations
17. The Ring and The Book
18. Christopher Isherwood
19. Jimmy Porter
20. Euphony
21. Rhyme royal
22. Coriolanus
23. Martin Esslin
24. 17th century
25. The Ancients and the Moderns
26. Gray
27. Melody
28. 1755
29. Fondness of Puns
30. a simile
Part-II
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (b)
6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (a)
