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English G 2 GECC 2022 25072022

This document outlines the questions and structure for an English examination for a Bachelor's degree Semester II course. It includes 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each about passages from works like "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell and Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. It also includes 4 long answer questions worth 5 marks each requiring critical analysis or commentary. Finally, it includes 2 long essay questions worth 10 marks each requiring discussion and analysis of central themes and ideas from assigned texts. The examination tests knowledge of the content, characters, and themes across multiple short stories and plays.

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English G 2 GECC 2022 25072022

This document outlines the questions and structure for an English examination for a Bachelor's degree Semester II course. It includes 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each about passages from works like "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell and Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. It also includes 4 long answer questions worth 5 marks each requiring critical analysis or commentary. Finally, it includes 2 long essay questions worth 10 marks each requiring discussion and analysis of central themes and ideas from assigned texts. The examination tests knowledge of the content, characters, and themes across multiple short stories and plays.

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B.A.

Semester II (Honours/ General) Examination 2022 (CBCS)


Subject: English
Paper: GE-2/CC-1B

Time: 3 Hours Full Marks: 60


The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to answer in their own words as far as practicable.

1. Answer any ten of the following questions: 2x10=20


a. What, according to R. K. Narayan, is “the most noticeable deficiency in any library
today”?
b. What, for R. K. Narayan, is “a very pleasant and sustaining thought”?
c. Why does Orwell say that he “was hated by large numbers of people” in Moulmein?
d. What was the elephant doing when Orwell saw it for the first time?
e. Orwell was initially unwilling to shoot the elephant. Why?
f. How did Orwell react to the sight of the dying elephant?
g. Explain the description – “half rich Bulgarian, half cheap Viennese”.

h. Sergius is regarded as “the hero of the hour, the idol of the regiment”. Why?
i. Who is referred to as “chocolate cream soldier” and why?
j. What older work does the title Arms and the Man refer to?
k. “He did it like an operatic tenor—a regular handsome fellow, with flashing eyes and
lovely moustache, shouting a war-cry and charging like Don Quixote at the windmills.”
Who is being described here? 
l. Why does Sheila return her engagement ring to Gerald?

m. Why did Arthur Birling dismiss Eva Smith from her job?
n. Who describes the Titanic as a ship that is unsinkable?
o. Name the town where the Birling family lives.

2. Answer any four of the following questions: 5x4=20


a. Critically comment on how Orwell describes the crowd that gathered to watch the
killing of the elephant.
b. Analyse the motto that, according to R. K. Narayan, should be displayed at every
library.
c. Discuss R. K. Narayan’s perspective on the term “library movement”.
d. Comment critically on the ending of J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls.
e. What role does Major Petkoff play in Arms and the Man?
f. What is the historical background of the play Arms and the Man?

3. Answer any two of the following questions: 10x2=20

a. Discuss how Orwell reveals “the real nature of imperialism” in “Shooting an


Elephant”.
b. (i) Shaw challenges the romantic view of war in Arms and the Man. Discuss.
Or
(ii) Show how Shaw balances serious and comic elements in Arms and the Man.
c. (i) Discuss how R. K. Narayan offers a witty description of “a library without books”.
Or
(ii) J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls exposes the hypocrisy and selfishness of upper
middle class society. Discuss.
d. Analyse Hemingway’s portrayal of Santiago’s relationship with the sea.

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