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Paper III 2 K-0414 Total Number of Pages : 16 Read the following poem carefully and pick out the most appropriate answers. (Questions 1, 2 and 3) When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer When I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide and measure them, When sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself, In the mystical moist night-air, from time to time, Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars. 1. The word' 'learn'd' in the poem has the connotation of being (A) well-read (B) well-known (C) bookish (D) teaching in a university 2. What is the effect created by the list of proofs, figures, columns etc. ? (A) It establishes the great scholarship of the astronomer (B) It shows that the speaker finds it very heavy (C) It demonstrates the futility of science (D) It shows how easy it is to understand the universe 3. Which words suggest that the speaker gets a different experience outside the lecture hall ? (A) Wander’d off myself (B) From time to time (C) Unaccountable (D) Mystical moist night-air OR Read the following prose passage and answer questions given below it (Questions 1, 2, and 3). Postcolonial Literature The term ‘postcolonial literature’ is relatively new addition to the lexicon of literary study and is used to highlight a particular genre of writing. However, this ENGLISH Paper – III Note : This paper contains seventy-five (75) objective type questions. Each question carries two (2) marks. All questions are compulsory.

Paper III 4 K-0414 Total Number of Pages : 16 6. Match the following : (a) ‘Art of Fiction’ 1) E. M. Forster (b) ‘Rhetoric of 2) Lawrence Fiction’ (c) ‘Aspects of the 3) Wayne Novel’ C Booth (d) ‘Why the Novel 4) Henry James Matters’ Codes : (A) a – 4, b – 3, c – 1, d – 2 (B) a – 3, b – 4, c – 1, d – 2 (C) a – 4, b – 3, c – 2, d – 1 (D) a – 4, b – 3, c – 2, d – 1 7. The characters Gertrude, Horatio and Claudius figure in (A) King Lear (B) Othello (C) Hamlet (D) Tempest 8. “Sweet are the uses of adversity, which like the toad, ugly and venomous wears yet a precious jewel in his head”. These lines are taken from (A) As You Like it (B) Measure for Measure (C) Twelfth Night (D) Much Ado About Nothing 9. Match the following : a) Aeschylus 1) Phaedra b) Sophocles 2) Agamemnon c) Racine 3) Medea d) Euripides 4) Oedipus Rex Codes : a b c d (A) 2 4 1 3 (B) 3 2 4 1 (C) 4 3 2 1 (D) 1 2 3 4 10. Which of these novels did F. R. Leavis call a ‘Sport’ ? (A) Emma (B) Wuthering Heights (C) Great Expectations (D) Middle March 11. Raymond Williams says that Jane Austen used the ‘Modern’ to indicate (A) Contemporary and real (B) Novel and strange (C) Updating and improving (D) A state of alteration