IGNOU MEG 07 Important Questions with Solutions for December 2023 Exams

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IGNOU MEG 07 Important Questions with Solutions for December 2023 Exams

1. Explain with reference to the context any four of the following passages in about 150 words each : 4×5=20
(a) Those hands are cold-but if thy notes divine
May be by mortal wakened once again,
Harp of my country, let me strike the strain !

(b) Image of ecstasy, thrill and enlace,–
Image of bliss !
I would see only thy marvellous face,
Feel only thy kiss

(c) The London seasons passed me by
I lay in bed two years alone.
And then a woman came to tell
My willing ears I was the son
Of man. I knew that I had failed

(d) There is a house now far away where once
I received love. That woman died,
The house withdrew into silence,
Snakes moved among books.

(e) In Madurai
City of temples and poets,
Who sang of cities and temples;
every summer
a river dries to a trickle
in the sand.

(f) Her last wish to be cremated here
twisting uncertainly like light
on the shifting sands.

(g) Your own divided face in a
Pair of glasses
On an old man‟s nose
is all the countryside you get to see.

2. Discuss the plot and structure of Mulk Raj Anand‟s novel “Untouchable.” (500 words)
Or
Discuss the role of Moorthy in Raja Rao‟s novel “Kanthapura.” (500 words)

3. Discuss the importance of Bim and Tara relationship in Anita Desai‟s novel “Clear Light of Day.” (500 words) 20
Or
Comment on the prose style of Nirad C. Chaudhari‟s The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian. (500 words)

4. Discuss the theme of R. K. Narayan‟s “An Astrologer‟s Day.” (500 words) 20
Or
Discuss Ruskin Bond as a short story writer.

5. Discuss the role of Saleem as a narrator in Salman Rushdie‟s “Midnight‟s Children.” (500 words) 20
Or
Discuss the language and techniques in Mahesh Dattani‟s play „Tara‟. (500 words)