BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION 2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER/SECTION OFFICER (B-17)
IN THE SERVICES & GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH LITERATURE PERIOD-II (1832-1901)
July 08, 2021
Total Marks 150
Time Allowed 03 Hours
NOTE
i Attempt any five questions All questions carry equal marks
ii All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places
iii Candidate must write Q No in the Answer Book in accordance with Q No in the Q Paper
iv No Page/Space be left blank between the answers All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed
v Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered
Q No 1 “From the literary point of view the Victorian age appears at first as a continuation of Romanticism, but with distinct features which grew gradually more defined and more pronounced and left its impact on English literature.” Discuss (30)
Q No 2 What are the distinctive features of Thackeray as a novelist? (30)
Q No 3 How far would you agree that “Carlyle was both satirist and prophet”? (30)
Q No 4 Explain Mathew Arnold’s dictum that “poetry is the criticism of life.” (30)
Q No 5 Was Tess a pure woman? Explain with illustrations from the novel (30)
Q No 6 Discuss Robert Browning as a love poet (30)
Q No 7 How far would you agree that Dickens is excellent at sketches but weak in composition? (30)
Q No 8 How far would you agree that Tennyson’s main concern was to glorify British Imperialism? (30)
Q No 9 Discuss various trends in Victorian novel (30)
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