5. LESSON WISE PAPER A

POETRY
(A) EXPANATION WITH RTC
1. LEISURE BY WILLAIM DAVIES
(i) No time to turn at Beauty's glance, 
And watch her feet, how they can dance. (2005 Group II, 2013 Group I) 
2. TARTARY BY WALTER DE LA MARE
(ii) And ere should wane the morning-star, 
I'd don my robe and scimitar,
And zebras should draw my car. (2011 Group I) 
3. NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS BY ELIZABETH SEWELL
(iii) I will drain
Long draughts of quiet
As a purgation. (2004 Group II, 2012 Group I, 2012 Group II) 
(iv) Will lie O' nights
In the bony arms
Of Reality and be comforted. (2006 Group II, 2009 Group I, 2013 Group I) 
4. WOMAN WORK BY MAYA ANGELOU
(v) Cover me with white
Cold icy kisses and 
Let me rest tonight. (2008 Group II)
(vi) Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone,
Star shine, moon glow
You're all that I can call my own. (2004 Group I, 2012 Group I)
5. THE REBEL BY D.J ENRIGHT
(vii) In the company of dog lovers,
The Rebel expresses a preference for cats. (2005 Group I)
6. PATRIOT INTO TRAITOR BY ROBERT BROWNING
(viii) And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run, (2010 Group II)
(ix) There's nobody on the housetops now
Just a palsied few at the windows set: (2009 Group I) 
(x) Thus I entered and thus I go
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead. (2005 Group II)
(xi) Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
Me? -- God might question; now instead,
'Tis God shall repay: I am safer so. (2012 Group II) 
7. THE HUNTSMAN BY EDWARD LOWBURY
(xii) And the dead man answered,
'Talking brought me here'. (2006 Group I, 2010 Group II) 
8. ONE ART BY ELIZABETH BISHOP
(xiii) Then practice losing farther, losing faster;
Places and names and where it was you went. (2006 Group II, 2010 Group I) 
9. THE SOLITARY REAPER BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
(xiv) Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
And battles long ago. (2009 Group II)
10. ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
(xv) And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. (2009 Group I)
11. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL BY T.S. ELIOT
(xvi) Great duties call the twentieth century
More grandly dowered than those which came before, (2008 Group II)
What conquest over pain and misery,
(xvii) What heroes greater than were ever of yore. (2011 Group II) 
But if this century is to be made great
than those before, her sons must make her so. (2004 Group II, 2012 Group I)
(xviii) A legacy of benefits -- may we
In future years be found with those who try
To labour for the good until they die. (2011 Group I) 
(xix) And ask no other question than to know
That they have helped the cause of victory
That with their aid the flag is raised on high.(2009 Group II)
(xx) Or to what distant lands were may have gone
Through all the years will never have been forgot. (2013 Group II) 
12. A POISON TREE BY WILLIAM BLAKE
(xxi) I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end,
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow. (2004 Group I)
(xxii) And I sunned it with smiles
Ans with soft deceitful viles. (2010 Group I) 
(xxiii) And my foe beheld its shine
And he knew that it was mine. (2007 Group I)
(xxiv) And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstrech'd beneath the tree. (2013 Group II) 
13. BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH EMILY DICKINSON
(xxv) We passed the Field of Gazing grain
We passed the setting Sun ____ (2006 Group I)
(xxvi) For only gossamer, my gown --
My tippet -- only tulle --  (2007 Group I) 
(xxvii)We passed before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground--
The roof was scarcely visible--
The Cornice--in the Ground-- (2005 Group I) 
14. LIGHTS OUT BY EDWARD THOMAS
(xxviii) To go into the unknown
I must enter, and leave, alone
I know not how. (2007 Group I, 2008 Group II)
(xxix) Its silence I hear and obey
That I may lose my way
And myself. (2008 Group I) 
15. AFTER APPLE PICKING BY ROBERT FROST
(xxx) I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
I got from looking through a pane of glass
I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough (2010 Group I)
(xxxi) It melted and I let it fall and break
But I was well
Upon my way to sleep before it fell. (2008 Group I) 
16. THE VANISHING VILLAGE BY R.S. THOMAS
(xxxii) So little happens, the black dog
Cracking his fleas, in the hot sun 
Is history. (2005 Group II, 2007 Group II, 2011 Group II) 
17. WHEN I HAVE FEARS BY JOHN KEATS

18. KUBLA KHAN BY S.T. COLERIDE
(xxxiii) And on her dulcimer she played
Singing of Mount Abora (2008 Group II) 
(xxxiv) And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, beware! beware! (2007 Group II) 
19. HAWK'S MONOLOGUE BY TED HUGHES
(xxxv) The sun is behind me
Nothing has changed since I began
My eye has permitted no change
I am going to keep things like this. (2013 Group I) 
20. SAY THIS CITY HAS TEN MILLION SOULS BY W.H. AUDEN
(xxxvi) He was talking of you and me, my dear,
He talking of you and me. (2011 Group II) 
(xxxvii) Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees;
They had no politicians and sang at their ease. (2009 Group II) 
21. POLITICS BY W.B. YEATS

22. SNAKE BY D.H. LAWRENCE
(xxxviii) I came down the steps with my picture
And must wait, must stand and wait,
For there he was at the trough before me. (2006 Group II)
(xxxix) And depart peaceful, pacified, and thankless,
Into the burning bowels of this earth? (2010 Group II) 
(xxxx) And yet those voices:
If you were not afraid, you would kill him! (2007 Group II)
(xxxxi) But even so, honored still more 
That he should seek my hospitality
From out the dark door of the secret earth. (2011 Group I) 
(xxxxii) And so I missed my chance with one of the
lords of life. And I have something to expiate;
A pettiness. (2004 Group I) 
23. AUTUMN BY T.E. HULME
(xxxxiii) A touch of cold in the autumn night
I walked abroad
And saw the ruddy moon lean over hedge. (2005 Group I) 
24. FOG BY CARL SANDBURG
(xxxxiv) The fog comes 
On little cat feet. (2006 Group I, 2013 Group II) 
25. METRO:PARIS BY EZRA POUND
(xxxxv) The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet black bough. (2004 Group II, 2012 Group II) 
(B) QUESTIONS
1. LEISURE BY WILLAIM DAVIES
(i) What are some of the simple delights we miss because of our busy life? Elaborate. (2004 Group I)
(ii) William Davies in his poem "Leisure" emphatically points our that in this rush of life we do not have time to appreciate the beauty of life and nature. Discuss. (2005 Group I)
(iii)
2. TARTARY BY WALTER DE LA MARE
(i) Explain "Tartary" by Walter De La Mare as a romantic poem. (2004 Group II) 
(ii)
(iii)
3. NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS BY ELIZABETH SEWELL
(i) Explain the following lines by Elizabeth Sewell:
I will drain
Long draughts of quiet
As a purgation (2005 II) 
(ii)
(iii)
4. WOMAN WORK BY MAYA ANGELOU
(i) What kind of disgusting picture of woman's life Maya Angelou has drawn in her poem, "Woman Work"? Explain. (2005 Group I)
(ii)
(iii)
5. THE REBEL BY D.J ENRIGHT
(i) Explain all what the others do and rebel does not do? (2004 Group II)
(ii)
(iii)
6. PATRIOT INTO TRAITOR BY ROBERT BROWNING
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
7. THE HUNTSMAN BY EDWARD LOWBURY
(i) "Thus I entered and thus I go
In triumphs, people have dropped down dead".
Explain these lines from Browning's poem "Patriot into Traitor".  (2005 Group I) 
(ii)
(iii)
8. ONE ART BY ELIZABETH BISHOP
(i) How can we master the art of losing? Discuss. (2004 Group I)
(ii) "One Art" is the art of losing. How can we master this art? Explain. (2005 Group II) 
(iii)
9. THE SOLITARY REAPER BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
10. ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
(i) Comment upon the seventh stage of man's life in "All the World's A Stage" by Shakespeare. (2004 Group I) 
(ii) Describe the seventh stage of life in Shakespeare's "All the World's A Stage". (2004 Group II) 
(iii) Explain the fourth and fifth stages of life as depicted in "All the World's A Stage" by Shakespeare. (2005 Group II) 
11. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL BY T.S. ELIOT
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
12. A POISON TREE BY WILLIAM BLAKE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
13. BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH EMILY DICKINSON
(i) What kind of picture of death Emily Dickinson draws in her poem, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death". (2005 Group II) 
(ii)
(iii)
14. LIGHTS OUT BY EDWARD THOMAS
(i) "Lights Out" by Edward Thomas dwells on the power of sleep. Elaborate. (2004 Group I) 
(ii) "Lights Out" by Edward Thomas dwells on the power of sleep. Explain. (2005 Group II) 
(iii)
15. AFTER APPLE PICKING BY ROBERT FROST
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
16. THE VANISHING VILLAGE BY R.S. THOMAS
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
17. WHEN I HAVE FEARS BY JOHN KEATS
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
18. KUBLA KHAN BY S.T. COLERIDE
(i)  "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decreed", and then follows the most imaginative poem. What does Coleridge describe in the poem? (2004 Group II) 
(ii)
(iii)
19. HAWK'S MONOLOGUE BY TED HUGHES
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
20. SAY THIS CITY HAS TEN MILLION SOULS BY W.H. AUDEN
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
21. POLITICS BY W.B. YEATS
(i)  "In our times the destiny of man presents its meaning in political terms". Thomas Mann.
Explain "Politics" by W.B. Yeats in the light of Mann's given comment. (2004 Group I) 
(ii)
(iii)
22. SNAKE BY D.H. LAWRENCE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
23. AUTUMN BY T.E. HULME
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
24. FOG BY CARL SANDBURG
(i) Explain the poetic beauty of "Fog" by Carl Sandburg:
The fog come
On little cat feet
It sits looking
Over the harbour and city
On silent haunches
And then moves on. (2004 Group II) 
(ii)
(iii)
25. METRO:PARIS BY EZRA POUND
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
SHORT STORIES
1. THE KILLERS BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
2. RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
3. THE NEW CONSTITUTION BY SAADAT HASSAN MANTO
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
4. BREAKFAST BY JOHN STEINBECK
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
5. TAKE PITY BY BERNARD MALAMUD
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
6. THE HAPPY PRINCE BY OSCAR WILDE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
7. ARABY BY JAMES JOYCE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
8. THE TELL-TALE HEART BY E.A. POE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
9. THE NECKLACE BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
10. THE DUCHESS AND THE JEWELLER BY VIRGINIA WOOLF
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
11. THE SHADOW IN THE ROSE GARDEN BY D.H. LAWRENCE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
12. A CONVERSATION WITH MY FATHER BY GRACE PALEY
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
13. THE FLY BY KATHERINE MANSFIELD
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
14. A PASSION IN THE DESERT BY HONORE DE BALZAC
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
15. THE LITTLE WILLOW BY FRANCIS TOWER
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
ONE-ACT PLAYS
(A)EXPANATION WITH RTC
1. THE BEAR BY ANTON CHEKHOV
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
2. THE BOY COMES HOME BY A.A. MILNE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
3. SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
4. SMOKE SCREENS BY HAROLD BRIGHOUSE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
(B) QUESTIONS
1. THE BEAR BY ANTON CHEKHOV
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
2. THE BOY COMES HOME BY A.A. MILNE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
3. SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
4. SMOKE SCREENS BY HAROLD BRIGHOUSE
(i) 
(ii)
(iii)
MODERN ESSAY
1. PAKISTAN AND THE MODERN WORLD BY LIAQUAT ALI KHAN
1. Explain the rationale of Pakistan as it is explained in Liaquat Ali Khan's "Pakistan and the Modern World". (2005 Group I)
2. To Liaqat Ali Khan, demand for Pakistan was the most reasonable and entirely practicable. Explain. (2006 Group I)
3. Describe the difficulties faced by the people at the time of independence. (2011 Group I)
4. Why did the Muslims of India ask for a country of their own? (2011 Group II) 
5. What did Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan expect of the Americans for the development and stability of Pakistan. (2012 Group I)
6. How were we, according to Liaquat Ali Khan, justified in our demand for Pakistan? (2013 Group II) 
2. THE ECLIPSE BY  VIRGINIA WOOLF
7. Describe the experience and feelings of the people before and during the solar eclipse. (2009 Group I) 
8. How specific is the writer about what she expected to see? Does she suggest these expectation without stating them? (2012 Group II) 
3. WHISTLING OF BIRDS BY D.H. LAWRENCE
9. D.H. Lawrence in "Whistling of Birds" shows his fascination for sound and colour. Elaborate. (2004 Group I)
10. There is depiction of Nature in "Whistling of Birds". Explain (2005 Group II) 
11. Discuss Winter as a general who has been beaten and retreating. (2006 Group II)
12. Give description of spring presented in "Whistling of Birds". (2010 Group II)
13. "Whistling" is a sound symbol which stands for the life and movements of birds and of all living creatures. Discuss. (2011 Group I) 
4. TAKE THE PLUNGE BY GLORIA EMERSON
14. Gloria Emerson's "Take the Plunge" is a candid account of writer's hopes and fears. Discuss.  (2006 Group II) 
15. Describe Gloria Emerson's experience of parachute jumping. (2009 Group I) 
16. Why did the writer want to jump from the aeroplane with a parachute? (2009 Group II)
17. Describe the writer's experience of taking the plunge. (2010 Group II)
18. How does Gloria Emerson maintain the focus on her feelings throughout the essay? Do these feelings change? (2012 Group II) 
5.  NAGASAKI, AUGUST 9, 1945 BY MICHAITO ICHIMARU
19. Give an account of the disaster occurred on August 9, 1945 at Nagasaki. (2005 Group I) 
20. What was the condition of the survivors of the nuclear explosion? (2010 Group I) 
6. WALKING ON THE MOON BY DAVID R. SCOTT
21. What wonders does David R. Scott experience on the moon? (2008 Group I) 
22. What were the feelings of Scot and Irwin on landing on the moon? (2010 Group I) 
23. "Sometimes I scarcely believe that I have actually walked on the moon". Elaborate. (2011 Group I) 
7. MY GRANDFATHER BY W.B. YEASTS
24. Make a comparison between Yeats' grandfather and grandmother. (2004 Group II) 
25. How was it easy to deceive the grandfather in "My Grandfather"? (2006 Group I) 
26. How does Yeats remember different relations especially that of grandfather in his essay "My Grandfather"? (2005 Group II)
27. Why didn't the writer and his uncles think it wrong to outwit the grandfather's violence and rigour? (2007 Group I)
28. What are Yeats' impressions of his grandfather? (2010 Group II)
29. Write down a character sketch of Yeats' Grandfather. (2012 Group I)
30. Write a note on the character sketch of grandmother in "My Grandfather". (2013 Group II) 
8. MY TAILOR BY STEPHEN LEACOCK
31. What kind of character Stephen Leacock draws of the tailor in his essay "My Tailor"? (2005 Group I) 
32. What has the tailor in "My Tailor" to hide? (2006 Group II) 
33. There is something essentially sad about the portrayal of the Tailor in "My Tailor". (2013 Group I) 
9. THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY BY ALDOUS HUXLEY
34. There is irony and humour in "The Beauty Industry" by Huxley. Discuss. (2004 Group I) 
35. Even great depression could not beat down American women's habit of make-up. Explain with reference to "The Beauty Industry". (2006 Group I) 
36. How does human body compare with a China Jar? (2006 Group II)
37. What does Huxley refer to as 'Repellant' in the make-up of some modern women? (2007 Group I)
38. Aldous Huxley in "Beauty Industry" calls annual expenses of one hundred and fifty six million pounds on make up 'A tidy sum'. Why? (2007 Group II)
39. Why and how does Huxley compare human body with a Porcelain Jar? (2008 Group I)
40. How has it become possible for a grandmother to look as young as her granddaughter? (2008 Group II) 
10. ARE DOCTORS MEN OF SCIENCE? BY B.G. SHAW
41. Are Doctors men of science? Discuss. (2013 Group I) 
11. HOSTS AND GUEST BY MAX BEERBOHM
42. What kind of hosts were Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as mentioned in "Hosts and Guests"? Explain. (2005 Group II)
43. What according to Max Beerbohm is good guestship? (2006 Group I) 
44. "Our deepest instincts, bad or good, are those which we share with the rest of the animal creation". Explain. (2009 Group II)
45. How does the writer differentiate between hosts and guests? (2011 Group II) 
46. How does Max Beerbohm differentiate between Hosts and Guests? (2013 Group II) 
12. THE BACHELOR'S DILEMMA BY HERBERT GOLD
47. Discuss the real problems of a bachelor. (2004 Group I)
48. What is the dilemma of a bachelor as depicted in Herbert Gold's "The Bachelor's Dilemma"? (2005 Group II) 
49. How does the bachelor fare in American society? (2006 Group I) 
50. What kind of a dilemma does a bachelor face in his life? (2012 Group I) 
13. TOLERANCE BY E.M. FORSTER
51. Write an essay on tolerance. (2004 Group I) 
52. Write a note on Tolerance.  (2005 Group I) 
53. What is 'NAZI' solution of dealing with the people one does not like? (2007 Group I)
54. 'Tolerance is not the same as weakness', says E.M. Forster. Elaborate. (2007 Group II)
55. He who tolerates people different from him is 'Truly Brave'. Elaborate. (2008 Group I)
56. Tolerance lies in putting up with the people unlike us, not in loving them. Comment. (2008 Group II)
57. 'It is easy to see fanaticism in other people but difficult to spot in oneself'. Explain. (2009 Group I)
58. E.M. Forester in his essay "Tolerance" does not favour love rebuilding civilization. Discuss. (2009 Group II)
59. 'Lord must build if the work is to stand ....'? Comment. (2011 Group II) 
60. Critically examine Forester's views on tolerance. (2012 Group II) 
14. ON SAYING 'PLEASE' BY ALPHA OF THE PLOUGH
61. How did the writer feel and behave when he discovered while in the bus that he had no money on him? (2006 Group II) 
62. Why does the writer recommend the story of Chesterfield to the lift-man in "On Saying Please"? (2007 Group II) 
63. Our good manners prove that we respect others regardless of their station or status. Elaborate. (2008 Group I)
64. Law does not do so much to make social interaction sweet and smooth as do the good manners. (2008 Group II)
65. "If bad manners are infectious, so also are good manners". Elaborate. (2010 Group II)
66. Write a note on the good manners of the conductor on the bus. (2011 Group I)
67. Why are bad manners infectious? (2012 Group I) 
15. TO ERR IS HUMAN BY LEWIS THOMAS
68. What Lewis Thomas in his essay, "To Err is Human" says about the lower animals and computers? Explain. (2005 Group II) 
69. Z. Thomas in his essay "To Err is Human", states that non-human beings or things cannot possess the faculty of reasoning. Discuss. (2010 Group I) 
70. What is the relation between committing mistakes and free will? (2010 Group II)
71. All exploration is based on human fallibility. Comment. (2011 Group II) 
16. GOSSIP BY FRANCINE PROSE
72. In what different ways people gossip and to what effect? (2004 Group II) 
73. How does Francine Prose distinguish gossip from rumour mongering? (2009 Group I) 
74. Discuss rumour, slander and gossip and differentiate between them. (2010 Group I) 
17. SCIENCE AND VALUES BY BERTRAND RUSSEL
75. "There are certain things that our age need, and certain things that it should avoid". Elaborate. (2004 Group II)
76. What harm can 'pleasant illusions' do? (2007 Group I) 
77. Bertrand Russel argues that by eliminating great wars we can abolish poverty. How? (2007 Group II)
78. Evolution from agriculture to industry was not only economic but also cultural and political. Discuss. (2008 Group I)
79. Evolution from agriculture to industry was positive and progressive. Elaborate.(2008 Group II)
80. Do you agree with Russel's view that the establishment of a single authority in the world will abolish war? (2009 Group I)
81. How does Bertrand Russell prove that all "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind? (2009 Group II)
82. All "fanatical creeds" are harmful to mankind. Discuss. (2011 Group II) 
83. What are Russell's views about science and values? (2012 Group II) 
18. "SUPER" BY ANONYMOUS 
84. "Since now we live in a world of super-things, we might expect them to be made by a race of supermen". Discuss. (2009 Group II) 
85. Describe the origin of the word "super". (2011 Group I) 
19. FROM SOME POLICEMEN AND A MORAL BY G.K. CHESTERTON
86. Why does G.K. Chesterton in his "Some Policemen And a Moral" call the target of his knife-throwing 'Mangled tree'? (2007 Group II) 
87. "Policemen in Chesterton's essay behave exactly like our own policemen". Elucidate. (2013 Group I) 
20. THE VITAMINS BY DR. KENNETH WALKER 
88. Write down the different nourishing qualities of different vitamins as mentioned in Dr. Kenneth Walker's essay, "The Vitamins". (2005 Group I) 
89. How do various vitamins keep human body fit? (2007 Group I) 
90. Which are the water soluble vitamins and what are their benefits? (2008 Group II)
91. Explain the utility of vitamins on human body. (2010 Group I) 
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

1. SUMMARY ORIENTED QUESTIONS

2. CHARACTERS ORIENTED QUESTIONS

3. QUESTIONS BASED ON IMPORTANT SENTENCES

4. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS 



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