F. Y. B. Com.

(Compulsory English)
(From June 2013-2014)

Question Paper Format (Term End Exam)

Textbook: A Pathway to Success

Time: Two Hours Total Marks: 60

Q. 1) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the units no. 1 & 2 of the First term) Marks-12

Q. 2) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the units no. 3 & 4 of the First term) Marks-12

Q. 3) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the units no. 5& 6 of the First term) Marks -12

Q. 4) A) Attempt any one out of two questions in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. 7 of the First term) Marks 6

B) Attempt any one out of two questions: Marks 6

(Questions on the unit no. 8 of the First term)

Q. 5) A) Attempt any one out of two questions: Marks 6

(Questions on the unit no. 9)

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 B) Questions based on Vocabulary-

i) Meanings of words- any three out of five- Marks 3

ii) Synonyms and antonyms- any three out of five- Marks 3

(Questions should be based on the glossary provided at the end of each unit of the

prescribed textbook)

Question Paper Format (Annual Exam)

Time: Three Hours Total Marks: 80

Q. 1) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 150 words each

(Textual questions on the units no. 1 to 4 of the first term) Marks 16

Q. 2) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 150 words each

(Textual questions on the units no. 5 to 9 of the first term) Marks 16

Q. 3) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 150 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. 1 to 3 of the second term) Marks 16

Q. 4) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 150 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. 4 to 7 of the second term) Marks 16

Q.5) A) Attempt any one out of the two given questions: Marks 8

(Questions based on unit no.8)

B) Attempt any one out of the two given questions: Marks 8

(Questions based on Resume Writing and Email)

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 (There will be no oral for Compulsory English)

F. Y. B. Com. Additional English

Question Paper Format (Term End Exam)

Textbook: Gems of English Prose and Poetry

Time: Two Hours Total Marks: 60

Q. 1) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. I) Marks 12

Q. 2) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. II) Marks 12

Q. 3) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. III) Marks 12

Q. 4) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. IV) Marks 12

Q. 5) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

A) (Textual questions on the unit no. V) Marks 12

B) Questions based on Vocabulary-

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 Question Paper Format (Annual Exam)

Time: Two Hours Total Marks: 60

Q. 1) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. I, II & III of the first term) Marks-12
Q. 2) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. IV & V of the first term) Marks 12

Q. 3) Attempt any One from (A) and one from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. VI & VII) Marks 12

Q. 4) Attempt any One from (A) and one from (B) in about 100 words each

(Textual questions on the unit no. VIII & IX) Marks 12

Q. 5) Attempt any One from (A) and one from (B) in about 100 words each

A) (Textual questions on the unit no. X) Marks 12

B) Questions based on Vocabulary-

(There will be oral for Additional English only)

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 F. Y. B. A (General English-G-1)

Question Paper Pattern-(Term End Exam)

Text: Interface: English literature and language

Time: Two Hours Total Marks: 60

Q. 1) Attempt any two out of the four questions in about 100 words each

(Questions on Prose Pieces only) Marks 12

Q. 2) Attempt any two out of the four questions in about 100 words each

(Questions on Short Stories for the first term) Marks 12

Q. 3) Attempt any two out of the four questions in about 100 words each

(Questions on Poetry for the first term) Marks 12

Q. 4) A) Explain with reference to context (Any 2 out of 4)

(Questions on Poetry for the first term) Marks 06

B) Identify and explain the figures of speech/poetic devices in the following

(Any 2 out of 4)

(Questions on Poetry for the first term) Marks 06

Q.5) Write short notes: (any 4 out of 6) Marks 12

(Questions on topics from Language Studies-I)

Total Marks: 60 (To be converted into 20 marks)

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 Question Paper Pattern (Annual Exam)

Time: Three Hours Total Marks: 80

Q. 1) Attempt any three out of the five given questions in about 70 words each

(Questions on Prose Pieces and Short Stories for 1st term) Marks-12

Q. 2) A) Attempt any three out of the five given questions in about 70 words each

(Questions on Poetry prescribed for 1st term) Marks-12

B) Attempt any 2 out of the 4 given questions:

(Questions on Language Studies topics for 1st term) Marks 06

Q. 3) Attempt any two out of the four given questions in about 100 words each:

(Questions on Short Stories for the 2nd term) Marks 12

Q. 4) Attempt any two out of the four given questions in about 100 words each:

(Questions on Poetry for the 2nd term) Marks 12

Q. 5) Attempt any two out of the four given questions in about 100 words each:

(Questions on One Act Plays for the 2nd term) Marks 12

Q. 6) A) Write short notes on any one of the following in about 50 words each: 04

(Questions on Aspects of language and Branches of Linguistics in 2nd term)

B) Application-based objective questions: Marks -10

(Modelled on Exercises given at the end of Introduction to Sounds of

English on page-173 and 174 of the textbook

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 F. Y. B. A (Compulsory English)
Question Paper Pattern-(Term End Exam)

Text: Visionary Gleam

Time: Two Hours Total Marks: 60

Q. 1) Attempt any one from (A) and one from (B) in about 100 words each

(Questions on Prose: 01 and 02) Marks 12

Q. 2) Attempt any one from (A) and one from (B) in about 100 words each

(Questions on Prose: 03 and 04) Marks 12

Q. 3) Attempt any one from (A) and one from (B) in about 100 words each

(Questions on Poetry: 9, 10, 11.) Marks 12

Q. 4) Objective Questions on Grammar (Do as directed/Fill in the blanks/ Correct

the following etc.) Marks 12

(Questions on Grammar topics: 1, 2, 3 only)

Q.5) Practical Questions on Communication Skills: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Marks 12

Total Marks: 60 (To be converted into 20 marks)

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 Question Paper Format (Annual Exam)

Time: Three Hours Total Marks: 80

Q. 1) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 150 words each

(Questions on Prose: 1, 2, 3, 4 from 1st term) Marks 16

Q. 2) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 150 words each

(Questions on Poetry: 9, 10, 11 from 1st term) Marks 16

Q. 3) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 150 words each

(Questions on Prose: 5, 6, 7, 8 from the 2nd term) Marks 16

Q. 4) Attempt any One from (A) and One from (B) in about 150 words each

(Questions on Poetry: 12, 13, 14 from the 2nd term) Marks 16

Q. 5) A) Objective Questions on Grammar (Do as directed/Fill in the blanks/

correct the following etc.) : Marks 08

(Questions on Grammar topics: 4 and 5 from the 2nd term)

B) Practical Questions on Communication Skills

(Questions on: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 from the 2nd term) Marks 08

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 M. A. English Part I (June 2013-2014)
Paper 1.1: English Literature from 1550 to1798
Question Paper Format (Semester-I)
Time: 2 Hours Marks: 50

Q. 1) Long answer questions on the background and features of literary

schools/movements and/or comparison of the schools/movements/ prescribed

writers/poets

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.2) Long answer questions on The Spanish Tragedy

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.3) Long answer questions on King Lear

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.4) Short notes on the prescribed poems of Sidney and Spenser

(Any two out of four in 100 words each)- Marks 10

Q.5) Short notes on the prescribed poems of Herrick, Donne & Marvell

(The nature of questions may be comparative- for example comparing the

metaphysical elements in the prescribed poems of Donne, Marvell and

Herrick)

(Any two out of four in 100 words each): Marks 10

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 Question Paper Format (Semester II)
Time: 2 Hours
Marks: 50

Q. 1) Long answer questions on the background and features of literary

schools/movements and/or comparison of the schools/movements/ prescribed

writers/poets

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.2) Long answer questions on The Duchess of Malfi

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.3) Long answer questions on Joseph Andrews

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.4) Short notes on the prescribed poem of Milton

(Any two out of four in 100 words each)- Marks 10

Q.5) Short notes on the prescribed poems of Dryden & Goldsmith

(Any two out of four in 100 words each)- Marks 10

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 Paper 1.2: English Literature from1798 to 2000
Question Paper Format (Semester I)
Time: 2 Hours Marks: 50

Q. 1) Long answer questions on the background and features of literary

schools/movements and/or comparison of the schools/movements/ prescribed

writers/poets

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.2) Long answer questions on Emma

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.3) Long answer questions on A Tale of Two Cities

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.4) Short notes on the prescribed poems of Wordsworth & Coleridge

(Any two out of four in 100 words)- Marks 10

Q.5) Short notes on the prescribed poems of Shelley & Keats

(Any two out of four in 100 words each)- Marks 10

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 Question Paper Format (Semester II)
Time: 2 Hours Marks: 50
Q. 1) Long answer questions on the background and features of literary

schools/movements and/or comparison of the schools/movements/ prescribed

writers/poets

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.2) Long answer questions on Waiting for Godot

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.3) Long answer questions on Lord of the Flies

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.4) Short notes on the prescribed poems of Tennyson, Browning, Arnold &

Yeats

(Any two out of four in 100 words each)- Marks 10

(The nature of short notes may be comparative- for example, comparing the
prescribed poems of Tennyson and Browning or the elements of Victorianism in
Tennyson and Arnold’s prescribed poems, etc.)

Q.5) Short notes on the prescribed poems of Eliot, Thomas & Heaney

(Any two out of four in 100 words each)- Marks 10

(The period of this paper contains enormous number of isms/movements/ schools

so it is advisable that teachers focus on the major and decisive isms/movements
like romanticism, realism, symbolism, expressionism imagism, modernism,
absurdism etc.)

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 Paper - I.3: Contemporary Studies in English Language
Question Paper Format (Semester I)
Time: 2 Hours
Marks: 50

Q. 1 Short Answer questions on Contemporary Theories/Views of

Language (2 out of 4) Marks – 10

Q. 2 Short Answer questions on Phonology

(2 out of 4) Marks – 10

Q. 3 Short Answer questions on Morphology

(2 out of 4) Marks – 10

Q. 4 Short Answer questions on Syntax: A Descriptive View

(2 out of 4) Marks – 10

Q. 5 Practical questions on all the four components above

(10 out of 15) Marks – 10

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 Paper - I.3: Contemporary Studies in English Language
Question Paper Format (Semester- II)
Time: 2 Hours Marks: 50

Q. 1 Short Answer questions on Sociollinguistics

(2 out of 4) Marks – 10

Q. 2 Short Answer questions on Syntax: Theoretical Perspectives

(2 out of 4) Marks – 10

Q. 3 Short Answer questions on Semantics

(2 out of 4) Marks – 10

Q. 4 Short Answer questions on Speech Act Theory and Discourse

Analysis (2 out of 4) Marks – 10

Q. 5 Practical questions on all the four components above

(10 out of 15)

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 Paper 1.4: Literary Criticism and Theory
Question Paper Format (Semester I)
Time: 2 Hours Marks: 50

Q. 1) Long answer questions on the background and tenets of critical approaches

and/or on comparative study of relevant approaches, isms and critics

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.2) Long answer questions on the prescribed texts of Aristotle & Longinus

(The nature of questions may be comparative)

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.3) Long answer questions on the prescribed texts of Corneille & Johnson

(The nature of questions may be comparative- for example comparing the

neoclassical approaches of Corneill and Johnson)

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.4) A) Short note on the prescribed text of Wordsworth

(Any one out of two in 100 words)- Marks 05

B) Short note on the prescribed text of Arnold

(Any one out of two in 100 words)- Marks 05

Q.5) A) Short note on the prescribed text of Eliot

(Any one out of two in 100 words): Marks 05

B) Short note on the prescribed text of Ransom

(Any one out of two in 100 words): Marks 05

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 Question Paper Format (Semester II)
Time: 2 Hours Marks: 50
Q. 1) Long answer questions on the background and tenets of critical approaches

and/or on comparative study of relevant approaches, isms and critics

(Any one out of three in 150 words)- Marks 10

Q.2) Long answer questions on the prescribed texts of Todorov & Miller

(The nature of questions may be comparative- for example comparing

the structuralist/narratological approach of Todorov with the

poststructuralist/deconstructive approach of Miller)

(Any one out of three in 150 words each)- Marks 10

Q.3) Questions on the prescribed texts of Frederick & Iser

(Any one out of three in 150 words each)- Marks 10

Q.4) A) Short notes on the prescribed text of Eagleton

(Any one out of two in 100 words)- Marks 05

B) Short notes on the prescribed text of Hall

(Any one out of two in 100 words each)- Marks 05

Q.5) A) Short notes on the prescribed text of Beauvoir

(Any one out of two in 100 words)- Marks 05

B) Short notes on the prescribed text of Viswanathan & Moulthrop

(Any one out of two in 100 words)- Marks 05

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