English Literature CSS Paper I 2012

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2012
ENGLISH LITERATURE, PAPER-I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
(PART-I MCQs) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 20
(PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
NOTE: (i) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions. Selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. 2. ‘Above all Charles Lamb was a refined humanist whose smile could be both satiric and tender’. Elaborate the truth of this statement. (20)
Q. 3. Does Keats escape from the realities of life? Justify your answer to this question through citations from his works. (20)
Q. 4. What is the relation between Shelley’s ‘Love’s Philosophy’ and the ‘Idea of Romanticism’? (20)
Q. 5. George Eliot’s works depict her firm grasp of social relations. Discuss in detail. (20)
SECTION-II
Q. 6. Discuss Charles Dickens as a critic of his age. (20)
Q. 7. Hardy’s works portray fate or destiny as malignant and cruel agent of nature lurking at the prospect of human well-being. Discuss critically. (20)
Q. 8. Robert Browning belongs to the Victorian Age. Justify the statement. (20)