The Queen's Language

  SECTION C - LITERATURE  18 Marks 5. Attempt ANY FIVE of the six questions given below, within 40 words each.   i. His was not loyalty to abstractions; it was a loyalty to living, human beings. Elaborate.(Indigo)    ii. As the host of a talk show, introduce the Rattrap peddler to the audience by stating any two of his defining qualities. You may begin your answer like this: Meet  The Rattrap Peddler who thought that the world was a rattrap but was transformed by… iii  You recently visited a picturesque location and you were enamoured by its beauty.  Pen down a vivid description of the natural beauty of this place. Supplement your writing with Keats’ ideas about beauty.  iv The story glosses over the dark and violent side of prison life and the escape’. Comment on the given statement with reference to your reading of the story Evans    v.   How do you think Derry’s mother contributes to his sense of alienation and iso...

 SECTION C - LITERATURE  18 Marks 5. Attempt ANY FIVE of the six questions given below, within 40 words each. 2x5=10   i “Left to his own meditations”, one day the peddler fell into “a line of thought, which really seemed to him entertaining”. What does the peddler’s conception of the world as a rattrap, signify about him?   ii. Gandhi makes it clear that money and finance are secondary aspects of the struggle in Champaran. Comment on the aspect that you think was most important for Gandhi.   iii. What knitting was to Aunt Jennifer; poetry was for Adrienne Rich’. Do you agree? Comment with reference to the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’.   iv.‘Beauty is best left undefined’. Support your position on this statement with your rationale, coupled with ideas in the poem.  v  . Imagine that Mr. Lamb had not fallen off the ladder at the end. Recalling his conversation with the bees, do you think Derry’s return might have changed him as much...