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1. From where has the story 'Amar Jibon' been taken? 2.What was the news that made the writer very happy?Why did it make her sad at the same time? 3.Analyse the mixed reaction of the writer at the time of her marriage?(5) 4.'That made me feel really frightened' What made the writer frightened?What was common but unusual in this? 5.'But such is the will of God' - Explain 6.Why does the writer comapre herself with the sacrifical goat? Is the comparison appropriate? 7.' I was like a caged bird' Examine the significance of the statement in the context of the whole essay? 8. Describe the first day of the new bride  in the groom's house? 9.How did the narrator spend her day? 10. How old was the narrator?What does it tell us about the contemporary society? 11."But unfortunately girls were not supposed to read in those days" What does it tell us about the society? Why does the narrator consider it to be unfortunate?(5) 12.Where was the writer,s ma

Shakespeare's Sisters 1.Who had said that it was impossible for any woman to have the genius of Shakespeare? 2.Why does V.Woolf say that 'the bishop was right at least in this'? 3.What name does Woolf give to the imaginary sister of Shakespeare? 4.Describe, after Woolf, Shakespeare's imaginary genius sister? 5.Where can a genius like Shakespeare not be born? 6.Examine the irony of Woolf's essay?(10) 7.'She lives in you and me' - Explain. 8.What is the opportunity given to us, as Woolf says? 9.What is the significance of the phrase 'rooms of our own'? 10. How can Shakespeare's sister be born? (Read the last paragraph very carefully) Profession for Women 1. Who are the forerunners of Woolf in the literary profession? 2. What reason does Woolf identify in women taking up the profession of writing? 3.How much did the editor send the writer? 4.What did the essayist do with her first earning? 5.When did Woolf usually write? 6.Who and what is the'

Only for UG students 1.   What was the number of the locomotive unit? 2. From where did it come and how many wagons did it have? 3. Who was the waiting woman? For whom was she waiting? 4. “Like pink clothes hung on bushes” What is being referred to here? 5. Describe the waiting woman. 6. What was the name of the two children? 7. Describe the lad? 8. “Don’t do that – it looks nasty” Who says this? What looks nasty? 9. Why did the man not come to meet his daughter on Sunday? 10. What did Elizabeth bring for her father? 11. “…but make a beast of himself” Explain the context. 12. “They had but to wait for the father’s coming to begin tea” Who were they? Did the father come? What was the time by the clock? 13. “Why, mother, its hardly a bit dark yet” Why does the girl say so? 14. Examine the symbol of chrysanthemums. 15.” They’ll bring him when he does come – like a log”. How does the statement become ironical? 16. How can we subtitle the three sections

  These short questions from the graphic novel Bhimayana are directed only for the help of students studying under CBCS .   Bhimayana - (Navayana Publication) BOOK 1 1. Who are the writers of Bhimayana? 2. What is digna? 3. What are the features of a graphic novel? 4. How is Bhimayana different from other graphic novels? 5. What is the art form used in Bhimayana? 6. Define the word bubbles used? 7. Who designed the titles? 8. How did the gond artists relate themselves to Ambedkar’s story? 9. What is the Khairlanji episode? 10. What was the eureka moment in the course of painting? 11. Define some of the animal imageries used in the novel.(5) 12. Who first used the word ‘Dalit’? 13. Who first used the word ‘Depressed’? 14. Who first used the word ‘Harijan’? 15. Narrate the circumstances that relate the discrimination that Mahatma and Ambedkar had to face? What is the difference?(5) 16. To whom is the Bhimayana dedicated and why? 17. Narrate so

Literature and criticism are inextricably linked because no literary work is fully unfolded and explored without criticism. The first critic of any literary text is the writer himself who in his text leaves intentional and deliberate hints to the readers to meditate upon. Narayan’s The Guide is no exception. The Guide is the simple story of a man ’Raju’ who rises from humble origins (Railway Raju) to become a successful tourist guide in Malgudi, meets the archeologist Marco and his wife Rosie, becomes an agent through his association with Rosie (later known as Nalini), a talented dancer who is abandoned by her husband because of her relation with Raju, forges her signature and is sent to jail and then in a strange combination of circumstances is forced to adorn the figure of a “ guru ” – a swami in response to the devotion of a simple villager from Mangal Velan. Narayan’s play with the word ‘ guide ’ is clear as Raju moves from being a guide to tourists, a guide in the transfor