English Literature Punjab PMS Paper II 2020

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION

FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE-2020

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LITERATURE (PAPER – II)

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.

Attempt FIVE Questions in all

Q. No.1 a) How does Edward Saeed show culture as an instrument of imperialism?
b) What is the impact of Imperialism on Literature? (10+10=20 Marks)

Q. No.2 How does Ngugi Wa establish the importance of local language over English in his essay On Abolition of English Department. (20 Marks)

Q. No.3 Discuss the theme of partition in Bapsi Sidhy’s Ice Candy Man. (20)

Q. No.4 What are some symbols in Things Fall Apart? How do they relate to plot and characters? (20 Marks)

Q. No.5 Through The Mummy Awakens Naguib Mahfout uses Egypt’s often-glamorized past to write about its more problematic present Substantiate (20 Marks)

Q. No.6 Earnest Hemingway’s A Farowd to Arms is a great deal more than just a war novel It is a great love story, a modern day Romeo and Juliet in its intensity and tragedy. Discuss (20 Marks)

Q. No.7 To Kill a Mockingbes probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its main character, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism Discuss (20 Marks)

Q. No.8 Joe Candy Man or Cracking Inda is a novel written in the back ground of partition of India dealing with human emotions of love and jealousy. Comment (20 Marks)