PREPARATION QUESTIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR 2023-2024
1. Explain
the importance of the label on Mrs. Oakentubb’s suitcase. Why does she hide it?
2. What
motive has the man for murdering her?
3. Write
a brief character sketch of Mrs. Oakentubb?
4.
Why is it insular for European historians to term
the centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire “The Dark Ages”?
5.
On what grounds does the author argue
that Communism is the “most modern and virulent form of
Western Imperialism”?
6.
Why does the author consider it useless
to resist industrialization?
7.
How is traditional culture threatened in an age
dominated by science and machinery?
8.
What parallels may
be drawn between the decline of the power of Europe at the end of the Roman
Empire and the decline in the power of Europe since 1914?
9. How
does the panic appear to have started in Ohio?
10. How
did Thurber’s mother cope with the situation?
11. How
long did the panic last and how was order restored?
12. Briefly
state the main reason given by Liaquat Ali Khan for the Muslim’s desire not to
continue living in a united India.
13. What
main differences does Liaquat Ali Khan point out between Muslim and Hindu
beliefs and attitudes?
14. On
what ground does Liaquat Ali Khan assert that the first duty of the Pakistanis
as a free people is to themselves?
15. ‘Our
administrative machinery had to be built up from scratch’ what does this
sentence mean?
16. What
does he state the real meaning of freedom, for the common man, to be?
17. Why
are Mr. Barthwick and his son so anxious that as little as possible should
be said in court about the purse and the little money Jones had in
his possession?
18. Briefly
discuss whether the Magistrate gives Jones a fair trial? OR
Was
justice done to Jones? Explain.
19. From the constable’s evidence we learn that Mrs.
Jones was the first to be charged with the theft. Why
was this so?
20. Assuming that Jones has received a fair trail, why
does this act of the play leave us with a feelings
that injustice has been done?
21. What do you imagine to
be the unspoken plea that Mrs. Jones makes to Mr. Barthwick at the very end?
22. What
leads Einstein to feel a strong sense of duty towards his fellowmen?
23. What
is Einstein’s attitude towards property, outward success and luxury?
24. What
is Einstein’s attitude to war? What
forces does he blame for the persistence of war?
25. What
in, brief, is Einstein’s attitude to leadership?
26. On
what grounds does Einstein put the individual before the state?
27. What
example does he give of service by the state to the individual?
28. How
did the Miller justify his not asking Hans to share some of his good
things during the winter?
29. What
was the supreme manifestation of the Miller’s selfishness which caused
Hans to lose his life?
30. Comment
briefly on the Miller’s claim to have been Hans’s best friend.
31. When
do we first suspect that the miller was not really a very good friend to Hans?
32. How
did the miller persuade Hans to carry the large sake of flour to market?
33. How
did the miller justify his rebuke to Hans for staying in bed a little later
than usual after his tiring expedition to the market?
POETRY:
1.
What
role a man plays in fifth stage of his life in the poem " The Seven Ages
of Man"
2.
Describe
the fourth stage of Man's life as depicted by Jacques in "The Seven Ages
of Man"
3.
Describe
the sixth age of man's life with the reference of the poem "The Seven Ages
of Man".
4.
What
role a man plays in his last stage of life in the poem “Seven ages of man”.
5.
Briefly
describes in your own words the character of Campion upright man.
6.
What
thing of beauty does Keats find most inspiring in the poem “Endymion”?
7.
How
Samson addressed the people?
8. How does Samson take revenge on his enemies?
9. Who was Samson and how was he captured by Philistines?
10.
Briefly
describe how William Wordsworth enjoyed the song?
11.
How
does the poet compare the song of the girl with the birds?
12.
How does the poet guess the language of the girl’s
song?
13.
The
Blindness of the future is blessing of God or the curse? Explain with the
reference of the poem "An Essay on Man" of "Alexander
Pope".
14.
Explain
briefly pope's idea on "Future and Hope" OR
How the poem “An Essay on Man"
justifies Pope’s" opinion that the ignorance of future and hope are two
great blessings.
15.
What
example does the poet give for the everlastingness of the beauty?
16.
Describe briefly what different
example does the poet Arthur Hough Clough gives to sustain his view?
17.
Ceaseless
and endeavor is indispensable for the achievement of success" Discuss this
statement with the special reference to the poem " Say not the struggle
naught Availed"
18.
Describe
how Ulysses inspires his Sailors to embark on a new adventure?
19.
What
message does the poet "Alfred Lord Tennyson" gives in his poem
Ulysses?
20.
Briefly
explain the last two lines of the poem Ulysses.
-
"Made
weak by time and fat but string in will
-
To
strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield".
The Prisoner of Zenda
1.
Who deserves to be the king of Ruritania Why?
2.
Madam Mauban Played a magnificent role in the novel
"The Prisoner of Zenda." comments.
3. Briefly
describe the tea-table incident. Or What is the Summer House meeting?
4. What was
the attitude of Black Michael toward Rassendyll in the Coronation Ceremony?
5.
Who persuaded Rassendyll to impersonate and why?
6. Describe
how Sept and Fritz frustrated Michael in his conspiracies against the King?
7.
"Before God, you are finest Elphberg of them
all but I have been eaten the Kings bread and I am the King's servant."
Discuss.
8. Briefly
describe that the wisdom and loyalty of Colonel Sapt saved the thrown of
Ruritania.
9.
What role Princess Flavia plays in the novel
"The Prisoner of Zenda?"
10. Even a
Strongest man sometime, bows before his passions and commits mistake, Discuss
with the reference of the character of Rassendyll.
11. Describe
the scene of coronation ceremony that how it took place?
12. Describe
briefly that how Flavia sacrifice her love for the sake of her country?
13. How the
last meeting of Rassendyll and Flavia is striking? Discuss.
14.
Describe
morganatic marriage?
Character sketch
1. Princes Flavia
2. Rassendyll
3. Black Michle
4. Antonette De Muban
ESSAYS
5. Expectations for ‘Future Pakistan’
6. Importance of Unity
7. Uses and abuses of mobile
8. Terrorism
9. Importance of commerce education
10. Merits and demerits of electronic
media
11. Inflation, its causes and solutions
12. Life in a big city
13.
Load
shedding of electricity
14.
Energy
crises
Narration
Idioms
and phrases
Comprehension
Articles
prepositions and MCQs
Prepared by:
Ghani Jilani
ICELT, STEM
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