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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POST(S) OF BCS (EB) OFFICER B-17 / SECTION OFFICER B-17
ENGLISH LITERATURE PERIOD – II
Total Marks: 150 Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Time Allowed: 03 Hours
Note: Attempt any Five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q-1. Discuss the Victorian concept of morality as depicted in Dicken’s Great Expectations.
Q-2. Write a note on female characters in Great Expectations.
Q-3. Discuss the character of Tess as presented in Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
Q-4. Comment on the conflict between an individual and society as depicted in Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”.
Q-5. In Memoriam is an Elegy written by Tennyson. Discuss.
Q-6. What are the salient features of Mathew Arnold as a Critic?
Q-7. Discuss Browning’s philosophy of life with reference to his poems.
Q-8. Critically appreciate Browning’s Rabbi Ben Ezra.
Q-9. Write a note on the salient features of Victorian Novel.
Q-10. Evaluate Carlyle as an Essayist with reference to his popular essays.
Good Luck
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