DU SOL Question Paper 2018 BA (Hons.) The Individual and Society

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B.A. (Hons.)/I G

Concurrent Course for Hons'

(ln Lieu of Language Credit Course)

THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY (A.-640)

Tinre : 2 Hours Maximum Marks '. 38

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Note '.- The maximum marks printed on the question paper are

applicable for the students of regular colleges for the B'A'

(Hons.) These marks will, however' be scaled up
proportionately in respect of the students of SOL' at the

time of posting of awards for compilation of result'

Attempt,4/i questions.

Answer both parts (A and B) of Question No' l '

l. (A) Read the given lines and answer the questions that

(a) 'Who is that teacher, that progeny of Dronacharya'
who forces mY child to sweeP ?'

(,) Name the text and its author.

(ii) Explain 'Progeny of Dronacharya'. 3

(tli) Who was the speaker and what light does

this line throw on his character 1 4

Or

(b) A stone dropped in the water stirs up things on

the bottom

So my memories swam uP in mY mind

Dear Friend-You ask about buttermilk and

yogh urt

What/How can I tell you ?

(,) ldenti$ the poem and the Poet. 2

(ii) What memories 'swam up' in the poet's

t
mind ? J

(iit) Explain the line, What/How can I tell

you ?

3

questions that
(B) Read the given lines and answer the

(.r) l'd study those red and blue ntountain
ranges as on a map that
offered escape'

the veins arld arteries the roads
I could travel to freeedom when I grew'
2
(l) Narrre the Poem and the Poet'
where ? 3
(i0 Who wants freedom and tiom
'mountain
(lil) Explain the reference to the
ranges'.

Or

Even the caves of innocence
had
(b)
quickly
candle stubs. inscriptions

scribbled in clarkness' I could

never arrive. AlrvaYs

The names got there before'
z
(t) Name the Poem and the Poet'
ects
(li) What do the caves and other obj
J
signifY ?

(lil) What is the larger issue the poet discusses
+
in the Poem ?

(4 6540

Comment on the questions posed by
Langston Hughes'
\a)
l0
in his poem Harlem.
Or

Discuss the significance of the title of
Nadine Gordimer's
(b)

slory, JumP'
Is A Powerful
\a) Bertolt Brecht's poem General, Your Tank
as an affirmation
Vehicle is an indictment of war as well
10
of mankind. Comment.
Or

Discuss the issue of environmental degradation raised
(b)

by lntizar Hussain in A Chronicle of the Peacocks.

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