Paper Code : DMA-204

Roll No :...... Examination : JUNE 2020 2nd Year Indian English Literature Time : 1 Hours ] [ Max. Marks : 60

Instructions :- Attempt All Questions. All questions carry equal marks. Fill the 'Bubble' available in OMR Sheet to mark your Answer. Only one option is correct out of all available option. There is 1 mark for correct answer. There is No Negative marking for incorrect answer.

1. became in 1913 the ……………………… to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. (A) first non-European (B) first European (C) second non-European (D) second European 2. Tagore had been writing poetry since he was ……………………… (A) very young (B) an adult (C) 8 (D) he was in his teens 3. Tagore had been writing poetry since he was ……………………… (A) Sun (B) Sun Lion (C) Moon (D) Moon Lion 4. Tagore wrote the first short-story in Bengali with "Bhikharini" ("………………………"). (A) The Beggar (B) The Beggar Man (C) The Beggar Woman (D) The Begging Woman 5. Published in the same year, "………………………" (1882) includes the poem "Nirjharer Swapnabhanga" ("The Rousing of the Waterfall"). (A) Sandhya Sangeet (B) Sandhya Sangit (C) Evening Song (D) Subh ka Sangeet 6. Tagore wrote ……………………… novels and ……………………… novellas. (A) eight, four (B) seven, three (C) nine, five (D) ten, six 7. Internationally, "" is Tagore"s best-known collection of ………………………, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. (A) short stories (B) long stories (C) dramas (D) poetry 8. Tagore was a prolific composer with around ……………………… songs to his credit. (A) 2,230 (B) 3,230 (C) 4,230 (D) 5,230 9. In 1901 Tagore moved to ……………………… to found an ashram with a marble-floored prayer hall— The Mandir—an experimental school, groves of trees, gardens, a library. (A) Santiniketan (B) (C) Santimandir (D) Santitemple 10. Gitanjali" is a sequence of ……………………… lyrics translated from selected ones in his own Bengali works. (A) 103 (B) 104 (C) 105 (D) 106 11. When one experience is presented in terms of another, bringing a picture before our mind"s eye, we use the word ……………………… (A) symbol (B) image (C) figure of speech (D) literary device 12. According to K.R.S. Iyengar, the "Gitanjali" songs are mainly the poems of ……………………… in the great Indian tradition. (A) Sufism (B) bhakti (C) religion (D) mysticism 13. In one of his poems, Tagore makes it clear that complete renunciation is ……………………… in order to get closer to God. (A) necessary (B) unnecessary (C) is one of those elements which are necessary (D) is one of those elements which are unnecessary 14. ……………………… is the term used to refer to the linguistic style, the vocabulary, and the metaphors used in the writing of poetry. (A) Diction (B) Imagery (C) Lyric (D) Poetic diction 15. ……………………… is a form of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings. (A) Diction (B) Imagery (C) Lyric (D) Poetic diction 16. Kamala Das was an Indian writer who wrote in English and ………………………… (A) Kannada (B) Malayalam (C) Hindi (D) Bengali 17. Kamala Das" love of ………………………… began at an early age. (A) writing (B) poetry (C) songs (D) drama 18. While 42, Kamala Das published her ………………………… (A) biography (B) autobiography (C) collection of short stories (D) bunch of poems 19. Kamala Das" poems reveal her concern for ………………………… (A) men and love (B) women and genuine love (C) a companion and love for the soul (D) true friends and sincere attachment 20. In poems like "A Hot Noon in Malabar" and "My Grandmother"s House", we find Kamala Das" nostalgic reminiscence of her ………………………. (A) youth (B) childhood (C) school days (D) household 21. In poems like "Substitute", Kamala Das expresses her sense of ………………………… as she could not find true love. (A) satisfaction (B) helplessness (C) misery (D) despair 22. An Introduction" is a/an ………………………… poem. (A) biographical (B) autobiographical (C) sad (D) happy 23. Kamala Das" first book, ………………………… was a promising start. (A) After Calcutta" (B) Before Calcutta" (C) In Calcutta" (D) With Calcutta" 24. Both "The Sunshine Cat" and "The Looking-glass" are ………………………… poems highlighting man- woman relationship in all its aspects. (A) love (B) bonding (C) connection (D) affection 25. The Sunshine Cat" presents a ………………………… (A) cat who is sitting in sunshine (B) woman who does not discover fulfilment in the company of her husband (C) woman who discovers fulfilment in the company of her husband (D) woman who is happy with her companion 26. In "A Hot Noon in Malabar", the poet describes minute observations about her ………………………… (A) school (B) house (C) town (D) hometown 27. Kamala Das" popularity in Kerala is based on her ………………………… and autobiography. (A) poems (B) dramas (C) short stories (D) novels 28. Like her mother, Kamala Das also excelled in ………………………… (A) writing (B) poetry (C) fiction (D) drama 29. The lines: Who can "Help us who have lived so long And have failed in love? have been taken from "…………………………" by Kamala Das. (A) A Hot Noon in Malabar (B) The Sunshine Cat (C) The Looking-glass (D) The Freaks 30. Kamala Das did not start writing ………………………… until she got married and became a mother. (A) much (B) less (C) professionally (D) willingly 31. Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan was an Indian poet and scholar of Indian literature who wrote in ………………………… (A) English (B) Kannada (C) both English and Kannada (D) Hindi 32. As an ………………………… writer Ramanujan had the experience of the native milieu as well as of the foreign milieu. (A) Indian (B) American (C) Indo-American (D) Kannada 33. Ramanujan"s poetry is essentially ………………………… in material and sensibility. (A) Indian (B) American (C) Indo-American (D) Kannada 34. A.K. Ramanujan occupies a prominent place as a ………………………… (A) novelist (B) dramatist (C) poet (D) journalist 35. Ramanujan"s poetry incorporates and assimilates linguistic, literary and cultural features of ………………………… into those of English literature. (A) Delhi (B) Kannada (C) Tamil (D) A. and C. 36. Ramanujan opines that poetry ………………………… (A) has no relation to life (B) has no value without the meaning of life (C) can"t exist with life (D) can exist without life only 37. In "Looking for a Cousin on a Swing" the narrator speaks of ………………………… (A) his own childhood experience (B) her friend"s childhood experience (C) her childhood memories (D) how she spent her childhood 38. In "A River" the poet throws light on the reality of the ………………………… (A) world (B) future (C) present (D) past and present 39. The poem "Of Mothers, Among Other Things" talks about ………………………… (A) relatives (B) fathers (C) kids (D) mothers 40. Love Poem for a Wife" reveals how the ………………………… of tradition has resulted in the ………………………… of the marriage institution. (A) abandonment, decadence (B) adoption, success (C) sacrifice, achievement (D) observance, decline 41. Ramanujan wrote "Small Scale Reflections on a Great House" when he was in ………………………… as an expatriate. (A) Britain (B) the United States of America (C) Germany (D) Ireland 42. The poem "Obituary" by Ramanujan is an account of a ………………………… person. (A) diseased (B) deceased (C) decreased (D) dismissed 43. ………………………… is the science of languages. (A) Philology (B) Philosophy (C) Physiology (D) Psychology 44. Ramanujan had a mastery of ………………………… and in his poems each ………………………… is used adroitly, attentively, accurately and economically. (A) syllables, syllable (B) words, word (C) punctuation marks, punctuation mark (D) sentences, sentence 45. Ramanujan"s poetry exemplifies how an Indian poet in ………………………… could derive strength by forging back to his roots. (A) Kannada (B) English (C) Hindi (D) Tamil 46. The Indo-Anglican poets are of ………………………… faction(s): ………………………… (A) two, neo-modernists and neo-symbolists (B) one, neo-modernists (C) one, neo-symbolists (D) three, neo-modernists, neo-symbolists, neo-romanticists 47. Nissim Ezekiel occupies an important place in ………………………… English literature. (A) colonial (B) post-Independence (C) Portuguese (D) French 48. No other ………………………… poet has today shown the ability to organise his experience into words as completely as Ezekiel. (A) Indo-American (B) Indian-English (C) American (D) English 49. Robert Frost was a/an ………………………… poet. (A) American (B) English (C) French (D) German 50. Ezekiel is no ………………………… but the poem "Enterprise" has ………………………… overtones. (A) philosopher, philosophical (B) American, American (C) psychologist, psychological (D) Christian, Christian 51. The lines:Our deeds were neither great nor rare Home is where we have to gather race have been taken from "…………………………" by A.K. Ramanujan. (A) Enterprise (B) Philosophy (C) Night of the Scorpion (D) The Visitor 52. In the above lines, the figure of speech ………………………… has been used. (A) simile (B) metaphor (C) personification (D) repetition 53. Enterprise" reflects the message that the only deliverance from earthly entanglements is to care for the ………………………… (A) soul (B) body (C) mind (D) religion 54. In "Philosophy" the poet says ………………………… (A) if the mysteries of life and the world are top secrets, let them be (B) if the mysteries of life and the world are top secrets, they must be revealed (C) there is no need to explain anything (D) don"t explain the complex things if you can"t 55. Nissim Ezekiel"s "Night of the Scorpion" is ……………………… being stung by a scorpion in his childhood. (A) poet"s personal account of his memory of his mother (B) his friend"s account of his memory of his mother (C) an imaginary incident of his mother (D) a real incident of a neighbour 56. Nissim Ezekiel"s "The Visitor" is a leisurely meditation on the folk belief that a vision will come following .……………………… (A) the mooing of a cow (B) the roaring of a lion (C) the cawing of a crow (D) the barking of a dog 57. Nissim Ezekiel"s "Poet, Lover, Bird-watcher" displays his views on ………………………… (A) poet"s problems (B) poet"s achievements (C) poet"s poetry (D) poet"s writing style 58. Nissim Ezekiel"s first book, "………………………….." appeared in 1952. (A) The Bad Day (B) The Good Day (C) The Auspicious Day (D) The Memorable Day 59. ………………………… is Nissim Ezekiel"s forte. (A) Humour (B) Irony (C) Attack (D) Teasing 60. Nissim Ezekiel became an art critic of ………………………… (1964-66) and edited Poetry India (1966- 67). (A) The Times of India" (B) the "Hindustan" (C) the "Indian Expression" (D) The Hindu"