My Dream World

  BA/BSc/BCom III Year (M.P.) Foundation Course Old Course) ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper- II Section A (Objective Type Questions) Q.1. Choose correct option: 1x5=5 1. What does the poet want to do before sleeping: a. Finish the meal b. Prepare his lessons c. Travel miles of distance d. None of them 2. What is the name of the hero of The Cherry Tree:  a. Raki b. Ruskin c. Frost d. Huxley 3. The Cherry Tree is written by: a. Ruskin Bond b. Hemingway c. Robert Frost d. Premchand 4. At what age did Velan leave home: a. Sixteen b. Seventeen c. Eighteen d. Twenty 5. Kabir was considered to be: a. Heretic b. Religious c. Atheist d. Spiritual Section - B (Short- Answer Type Questions) Q.2. Attempt any five of the following questions: 2x5=10 1. What does the poet find in the woods? 2. What does the poet observe about the woods? 3. Why was the cherry tree so special? 4. What is the miracle in the story The Cherry Tree? 5. What was the prediction of an astrologer about Velan? 6. Why did Velan leave

  BA/BSc/BCom II Year (M.P.) Foundation Course - English Language (Old Course) Section A (Objective Type Questions) Q.1. Choose correct option: 1x5=5 1. Tree has been composed by: a. Wordsworth b. Shakespeare c. Tina Morris d. Tagore 2. Nissim Ezekiel is:  a. an American poet b. a British poet c. an Indian poet d. a German poet 3. Hamid is a character of: a. Panchatantra b. Idgah c. The Lost Child d. The Fox 4. Lencho is a firm believer of: a. Destiny b. Luck c. God d. Chance 5. Ram is ........University student. a. a b. an c. the d. any Section - B (Short- Answer Type Questions) Q.2. Attempt any five of the following questions: 2x5=10 1. How do the trees sing? 2. What made the scorpion hide beneath a sack of rice? 3. Who was stung by the scorpion? 4. How did the peasants try to paralyse the evil one? 5. How old was Hamid? 6. Where was Hamid going? 7. What did Hamid purchase in the fair? 8. What did Lencho hope for? 9. Why did Lencho write a letter to God? 10. What is the name of th

About the author of  Preface to the Mahabharata The full name of C. Rajagopalachari is Chakravarti Rajagopalachari. He is popularly known as 'Rajaji' or 'CR'. He was a great patriot, a great politician and a great thinker. It is he who has left an indelible impression on Indian political horizon. He served the nation selflessly. He served the nation as the Chief Minister of Madras, Governor of Bengal, Home Minister and the first Indian Governor General of India. C. Rajagopalachari was the founder of Swatantra Party. He was the first recipient of the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of India. He was an accomplished writer. He wrote in his mother tongue Tamil and English both. His books on the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads are very popular. His retelling of the Mahabharata is appreciated in the entire world. His writing gets appreciation for originality and simplicity. This great soul was born in 1878. He left this world in 1972. Preface to the Mahabha

  About The author of The Wonder that was India:   A.L. Basham is the author of The Wonder that was India . His full name is Arthur Llewellyn Basham. He is a well known British historian. He showed keen interest in the history of India and wrote many books on it. The Wonder that was India is his most popular work. It was written in 1958. Basham was born in 1914 in Loughton, Essex, England. His father's name was Abraham Arthur Edward Basham and his mother's name was Maria Jane Basham. Both of them were journalists. He served as a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. It is said that he had taught some famous Indian historians. Among them Romila Thapar, R.S. Sharma and V.S. Pathak are noted historians. He breathed his last in 1986 in Calcutta, India. The Wonder that was India (Text) by A.L. Basham Hindu civilization will, we believe, retain its continuity. The Bhagavad Gita will not cease to inspire men of action, and the Upanishads men of thought.