LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
LO 4
EL 3100 - INDIAN NATIONALIST LITERATURE
(Also equivalent to ENG100)
Date & Time : 02-05-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M. Dept. No.
I.
Max. : 100 Marks
Explain with reference to context any five of the following in 50 words each:
(5x4=20)
1. “When it comes to washing away filth no saint is a match to a dhobi”.
- Explain the passage
2. “They tried to indulge in politics I could not allow that”.
- Who were to indulge in politics?
- Why could not they be allowed?
3. “I have come across a few persons who have produced such an impression of sincerity
upon me as she did”.
- How many has the author come across?
- What quality of the person referred to is highlighted upon?
4. “Division only spells ruin”.
- Cite an example in Indian polity for contemporary significance of the passage.
5.
“O! Young through all the immortal years!
Rise, mother, rise, regenerate from thy gloom”.
- Explain the lines with reference to the context.
6. “To them gods gave only water, to me they gave power to imprison the water”.
- Who is the speaker?
- Comment on his/her attitude.
7. “I realized the truth- the throne of Uttarakut is the dam which binds my spirit”.
- Explain the line with the reference to the context.
8. “If only I had remained a tree, I would have had a spring every year”.
- Explain the dream of Seshendra Sharma based on the line above.
II.
Answer any four of the following in 150 words each:
(4x10=40)
9. Comment on the astrological significance of 15th August 1947 in the light of Freedom At
Midnight.
10. Emancipation of women in Women’s Era by V.S. Naipal.
11. Which of the two poems of Bharathi prescribed is more nationalistic?
12. “The principle character, Jeya Singh, represents the nationalistic spirit of every
Indian, in the novel, The Raj. Discuss
13. How does, The Cow of the Barricades, picturize best the pre-independent scenario of
India?
14. What are the views of Sarojini Naidu about the Past, the Present and the Future of
India in her poems?
III.
Attempt any two essays of the following in 300 words each:
(2x20=40)
15. Train to Pakistan is a moving account of India’s partition than of a love story.
Or
16. The twin themes of irony and allegory in the Tughlaq.
17. Illustrate the concept of Truth according to Gandhi.
Or
18. “Mukta Dhara bears the political ideologies of Tagore”. Based on the quote above,
justify how the play is a symbolic portrayal of the freedom struggle of India.
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