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Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Total Marks: 100
Passing Marks: 40 (As of 2020)
Note: Objective part is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from the subjective part.
2023
Short Questions
- What are the chief advantages of studies as discussed by Bacon?
- What is the difference between Simulation and Dissimulation?
- Why Bacon used 'OF' before starting his essays?
- Why Russell is called a prophet?
- What is the importance of Eminent Victorians in Lytton Strachey's life?
- How far has Edward Said succeeded in stripping the mask from the ugly face of humanity?
- How is Swift's satire destructive in approach and constructive in nature? Explain
- What is the physical appearance of General Gordon?
- What is the main focus of Culture and Imperialism?
- What is the connection between Culture, Imperialism and Orientalism?
Long Questions
- Discuss how Bacon's essays are full of delight and worldly wisdom?
- Do you think there is a sheer contrast between the Part-I and Part-IV of the Gulliver's Travels? Supply your answer with examples.
- Discuss Gullivers Travels as more than a romantic fantasy.
- Do you support the notion that the character of the Houyhnhms is not an ideal to be followed in Gulliver 's Travels?
- What does Edward Said mean when he talks of the dominating and the dominant cultures? Is it still the same?
- On what grounds Florence Nightingale is taken as one of the master pieces of Strachey?
2022 IIA
Short Questions
- Why does Bacon describe his essays as "Dispersed Meditations"?
- What are the Principal fruits of friendships?
- How does Gulliver escape from Lilliput?
- What did Gulliver tell in the master of the Houyhnhms' about the law-suits in English Courts?
- How did Charles George Gordon become a national hero?
- When did Florence Nightingale found the Nightingale Training School for nurses?
- Why and when was Russel awarded with Noble Prize?
- Define Imperialism.
- How does America justify its involvement in the affairs of the world?
- What does Franz Fanon say about colonialism and imperialism?
Long Questions
- Illustrate from Bacon's essays the chief qualities of his style. What contribution did he make to the development of English Prose?
- State and comment upon the ideas which, according to Bertrand Russel have helped mankind?
- Swift is charged with misanthropy in Gulliver's Travels. What is your assessment?
- Discuss the style of Lytton Strachey in the light of Eminent Victorians.
- Compare and contrast the Prose style of Bacon and Swift.
- What according to Edward Said, is culture and what is Imperialism, and how does he relate the two?
2022
Short Questions
- what does Bacon mean by 'writing makes an exact man in his essay Ot Studies
- what is the main theme of Florence Nightingale by Lytton Stretchy?
- What is mock utopia? (Gulliver's Travels)
- What is meant by Imperialism?
- What is meant by Juvenalian saure?
- What ideas did helped mankind in prehistoric times.
- What does Russell mean by "Intellectual Rubbish"?
- Where does Gulliver allow his wife to stt when he starts dining with her again?
- What is meant by misanthropist and philanthropist?
- In Gulliver's fourth voyage, what is the name of the ship he captains?
Long Questions
- Evaluate Swift s satire on politics in Gulliver Travels?
- What does Edward Said mean by the following: The power to narrate, or to block other narratives from forming and emerging, is very important to culture and imperialism, and constitutes one of the main connections between them."
- Point out the Renaissance elements in Bacon's essays. Discuss in detail.
- Gulliver Travels is not merely a travel adventure. It has several other and deeper meanings. Comment.
- Write a comprehensive note on Bertrand Russel!'s "The Future of Mankind".
- what are the main features of Strachey's prose style?
2021
Short Questions
- What is meant by empiricism?
- What are the fruits of friendship as described in Bacon's 0f Friendship?
- What evil passions have harmed mankind (Russell)?
- How Bacon's idealism is reflected in his essay 'Of Great Places7
- What is the reason behind using 'or in the titles of Bacon's essays?
- What does Russell discuss in "The Philosophy for Laymen7
- What is Imperialism?
- Point out the prominent Renaissance elements in Bacon's essays
- What was the name given to Florence Nightingale?
- Why Mis Florence Nightingale was admire
Long Questions
- Evaluate Gulliver's Travels as an allegorical work
- Practical wisdom is eminent in Bacon's essays Elucidate this statement with the help of suitable examples.
- Lytton Strachey was born into an eminent intellectual family, and his mother, one of his sisters and a sister-in-law were active in promoting women's suffrage and other feminist causes. What effect do you think his background and associations may have had on his assessments of Nightingale's views and character?
- Why did Rusell choose the title Unpopular Essays for bis essays? Was it actually about unpopularity? Discuss
- Diferetiate betwoen Orientalim and Oscidenalim. What are the distinctive qualities associated with the Orient and the Occident Elaborate your answer by throwing light on Edward Said's Culture and Imperialisın
- Compare and contrast the prose styles of Bocon and Swift.
2020
Short Questions
- What are the chief advantages of studies as discussed by Bacon?
- How is Bacon 'meanest of mankind
- Who is Gulliver's worst enemy at the Lilliputian court
- what are some of the shows Gulliver sees and participates in, and how do government officials participate in them?
- What 1s the difference between Simulation and Dissimulation
- What is culture, according to Edward Said?
- What are a couple of qualities of Russell's prose style
- What are Strachey's targets of irony
- How did Florence Nightingale prepare for her life as a nurse?
- Why was General Gordon given the nickname 'Chinese'?
Long Questions
- Do you agree with the view that in his essays Bacon is often guided by the considerations of utility and progress, rather than by high moral principles?
- Taking from your study of Gulliver's Travels, discuss Swift as a wounded moralist who never forgave the world
- Write an essay on Russell's prose style illustrating your answer from Philosophy and Politics and The Future of Mankind.
- How is Swift's satire destructive in approach and constructive in nature? Explain
- What changes were brought by Lytton Strachey to the art of biography, especially in reference to End of General Gordon?
- What, according to Edward Said, is the relationship between Culture and Imperialism?
2019
Short Questions
- What are the chief advantages of studies according to Bacon
- How is Gulliver fed?
- What does Gulliver's Travels suggest about the relationship between "Reason'" and Brutality"
- Comment how the Voyage to Lilliput shows the littleness of man?
- What is Edward Said's idea about the plight of Palestine?
- Why is Russell called a prophet?
- What are Russell's views on religion?
- In his preface, what does Strachey claim are his goals in writing 'Eminent Victorians?
- How did Florence get the name, "The Lady of the Lamp'?
- What services did General Gordon perform as the governor-general of Sudan?
Long Questions
- Write a note on Bacon, the moralist, with special reference to the essays you have read?
- lt is because of the part-IV of Gulliver's Travels Swift wrote the other three parts. Agree or disagree.
- Like Bacon, Edward Said also displays a sense of wisdom in his essays. Explain.
- What is the main focus of Russell's 'Philosophy and Politics?
- What does Edward Said mean when he talks of the dominating and the dominated cultures? Is it still the same?
- Discuss Florence Nightingale as one of the masterpieces of Strachey.
2018
Short Questions
- What are the three great advantages of simulation and dissimulation?
- What is Bacon's contribution to essay writing?
- What does Allegory mean?
- What is mock utopia?
- Why does Russel profer American victory?
- What docs Russel say about liberalism?
- What is imperialism?
- Why does America involve itself in the affairs of Third World Countries?
- How was George Gordon killed?
- Why is Lytton Strachey accused of being a partial biographer?
Long Questions
- Bacon's Pragmatistn and worlály morality temper his Philosophy throughout. Elaborate
- What functions does Russel recommend for the teachers? Explain
- Swift has been charged with misanthropy-uphold or refute the charge with concrete evidence from his works especially "Gulliver's Travels"
- Lytton Strachey is an impartial biographer. Discuss in detail.
- Critically evaluate the major features of Bacon's Prose Style.
- What does Edward Said mean when he talks of the dominating and the dominated cultures? Is it still the $ame?
2017
Short Questions
- What is meant by terse and epigrammatic style?
- Give an example of Bacon’s terse and epigrammatic style.
- What is the question debated at the grand assembly of the Houyhnhnms
- How does the Emperor of Blefuscu receive Gulliver?
- What was the argument between Tramecksan and Slamecksa about?
- What are the Three possible Scenarios for the future of mankind?
- What are the chief advantages of studies as discussed by Bacon?
- What is imperialism?
- Define prose.
- What is the physical appearance of General Gordon?
Long Questions
- Analyze Bacon’s essay OF Great Place to bring out the salient characteristics of Bacon as an essayist.
- What, according to Russell, are the main functions of a teacher? What are the difficulties faced by a teacher in performing his functions and how can they be removed?
- Some would argue that Swift was a misanthrope and that Gulliver’s Travels proves his hatred of mankind. Agree or Disagree with this assessment and support your opinion with examples from the text.
- Discuss the style of Lytton Strachey in the light of Eminent Victorians.
- What are the major difference between Swift and Bacons prose style?
- How does imperialism affect the culture of a colonized nation? Discuss Edward Said’s views in this regard.
2016
Short Questions
- What is meant by simulation and dissimulation?
- “The rising unto place is laborious” Explain the statement.
- What is Horatian satire?
- In Gulliver’s fourth voyage, what is the name of the ship Gulliver captains?
- What is the fault in humanity that Gulliver cannot be patient with-even though he is not provoked by pickpockets, fools, gamesters, whoremongers, lawyers, colonels, and physicians?
- What, according to Russell, is the main purpose of writing his essays?
- Explain the quote “When he sits in place he is another man’ (of great place).
- Why does Said refer to various novelists?
- What is the etymological root of Houyhnhnm or horse in the Houyhnhnm language?
- What do you know about the Bloomsbury group?
Long Questions
- Explain Blakes verdict on Bacon’s essays as “Good advice for Satan’s kingdom.’
- Which pose write you like the most and why? Give concrete evidences from the texts which you have studied.
- Trace the development of Gulliver’s outlook and mentality in the course of his voyages. Would you regard it as a healthy and welcome development?
- Discuss the style of Lytton Strachey in the light of Eminent Victorians.
- Elaborate Russells’s view that one of the most important tasks of the teacher is to inculcate tolerance in his students.
- Discuss Edward Said’s view on American Imperialism with reference to the present-day situation.
2015
Short Questions
- How, according to Bacon, men are servants and how they are masters in Of Great Place?
- Why Bacon used “OF” before starting his essays?
- Discuss that the charge of misanthropy against Swift is a serious misunderstanding.
- How Gulliver’s Travels is a political allegory?
- What are some of the autobiographical elements found in Lamb’s essays?
- What according to Ruskin is The Crown of Wild Olive stand for?
- What is the message of War given by Ruskin?
- What are a couple of qualities of Russell's prose style?
- Why is Russell called a prophet?
- What is postcolonialism, according to Edward Said?
Long Questions
- Comments on the following lines:
“If parts allure thee how Bacon shin’d,
The wisest, brightest and meanest of mankind” - Discuss Gulliver’s Travels as more than a romantic tale.
- How can you prove that pathos is the hallmark of Lamb’s essays?
- What is the function of a teacher in present-day society, according to Russell?
- Give a critical estimate of ‘Florence Nightingale’ by Lytton Strachey.
- Keeping ‘Culture and Imperialism in mind what is the place of Edward Said as a political thinker of the twenty-first century.
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