PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC.-2023
CASE NO. 1C2024
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC.-2023
CASE NO. 1C2024
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LITERATURE (PAPER-II)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:
i. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
ii. Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
iii. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
iv. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
i. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
ii. Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
iii. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
iv. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
NOTE: Attempt any FIVE Questions in all.
Q.No.1 Jane Austen’s novels are domestic comedies of a high order. Do you agree or not? Answer with reference to Pride and Prejudice. (20 Marks)
Q.No.2 A major criticism of A Tale of Two Cities is that Dickens does not fully develop his characters. Comment with valid argument. (20 Marks)
Q.No.3 Is Guy de Maupassant prone to pessimism? Discuss in the light of Maupassant’s short story that you have read. (20 Marks)
Q.No.4 Discuss The Mummy Awakens by Naguib Mahfouz as a work of post-colonial literature. (20 Marks)
Q.No.5 Point out the salient features of Bacon’s prose style with reference to Of Studies. (20 Marks)
Q.No.6 Discuss Charles Lamb’s views on society and his own ethics from those views. Answer with reference to In Praise of Chimney Sweepers. (20 Marks)
Q.No.7 What, according to Ngugi, is the place of English in the post-colonial Kenya? (20 Marks)
Q.No.8 How does Edward Said define culture? (20 Marks)
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