Dr.M.Mazumdar

FYUG 1st Semester  Internal Examination, 2026 Subject - DSC 101 (English) Full Marks - 20 1. Attempt any 5 of the following questions - 5×2= 10 a) Define Metaphysical Poetry? b) What is sonnet? Who is called the father of modern Sonnet? c) What is the meaning of Cannonization? d) Name the two imaginary artists found in the poem My Last Duchess? e) Mention the name of 2 satirists of Eighteen century british poetry? f) Write 2 features of Romantic poetry? g) What is the rhyme scheme of Spenser's Amoretti 78? 2. Attempt any one of the following questions - 10 a) Discuss My Last Duchess as a Dramatic monologue? b) Discuss the contributions of Geoffrey Chaucher to the British English Poetry? c) What are the characteristic features of Romantic poetry?

Internal Examination, 2026 Subject - DSC 303 (English) Full Marks - 20 1. Attempt any 5 questions from the following list- 5×2= 10 a) Who are the 3 friends in the novel Five Point Someone? b) What does the title Five Point Someone suggest? c) Define Popular Literature? d) What are the key themes of Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability? e) What does Bhimayana appeal for? f) How popular literature is different from classical literature? 2. Attempt any one of the following questions -  a) Define Graphic novel? Describe Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability as a graphic novel?  b) Discuss the role of caste discrimination in shaping Ambedkar's life experiences as portrayed in Bhimayana? c) Discuss the key features of Popular Literature with reference to Leslie Fielders essay Towards a defination of popular literature?

Internal Examination, 2026 Subject - DSC 302 (English) Full Marks - 20 1. Attempt any 5 questions from the following list- 5×2= 10 a) Who is Dr. Dam in The Point of Return? b) How many sections is the The Point of divided into? c) Who wrote A Terrible Matriarchy? When was it published? d) Who is Dielieno in A Terrible Matriarchy?  e) How does Mamang Dai portray the sufferings of women in her poem The Sorrow of Women? f) What are the main themes of the poem Maymensingh? 2. Attempt any one question from the following list- 10  a) Write a critical appreciation of the poem The Sorrow of Women? b) Discuss the Central idea of the Ananya Guha's poem Maymensingh? c) Discuss the major themes of A Terrible Matriarchy?

Internal Examination, 2026 Subject - DSM 302 (English) Full Marks - 20 1. Attempt any 5 questions from the following list- 5×2= 10 a) What are the names of the schools attended by Swami in the novel Swami and Friends? b) Who are the friends of Swaminathan? c) Who are the twins in the play "Tara" by Mahesh Datttani? d) Why was Swami expelled from Albert Mission School? e) What are the key themes of the poem The Night of the Scorpion? f) What does MCC stands for ? Who is the captain of MCC in Swami and Friends? 2. Attempt any one question from the following list- 10  a) Write a detailed note Swami and his friends in the novel Swami and Friends? b) Write a critical appreciation of the poem The Night of the Scorpion?  c) Discuss the central ideas of Kamala Das' poem My Grandmother's House?

Internal Examination, 2026 Subject - DSM 301 (English) Full Marks - 20 1. Attempt any 5 questions from the following list- 5×2= 10 a) What are the names of the schools attended by Swami in the novel Swami and Friends? b) Who are the friends of Swaminathan? c) Who are the twins in the play "Tara" by Mahesh Datttani? d) Why was Swami expelled from Albert Mission School? e) What are the key themes of the poem The Night of the Scorpion? f) What does MCC stands for ? Who is the captain of MCC in Swami and Friends? 2. Attempt any one question from the following list- 10  a) Write a detailed note Swami and his friends in the novel Swami and Friends? b) Write a critical appreciation of the poem The Night of the Scorpion?  c) Discuss the central ideas of Kamala Das' poem My Grandmother's House?

Internal Examination, 2026 Subject - DSC 301 (English) Full Marks - 20 1. Attempt any 5 of the following questions - 5×2= 10 a) Define Catharsis? b) What are the elements of tragedy? c) What is Hamartia? d) Who is a tragic hero? Give one example? e) How does Philip Sidney define Poetry in An Apology for Poetry? f) When was _An Apology for Poetry_ was published? Whom did Sidney attack in An Apology for Poetry? g) What is Plato's concept of mimesis in the Book X of _The Republic?_  2. Attempt any one question from the following list- 10  a) How does Aristotle define tragedy and its six essential elements in _Poetics_ ? Discuss their relative importance and how they interact to create a successful tragic experience? b) Examine in detail the main arguments in William Wordsworth's Preface to the Lyrical Ballads and comment on it's significance?