Previous Year Questions

How does Donne introduce tears of lovers?

Who commenced the 'East India Bill'?

What is true rule in love?

What was the identity of Sprat?

Why can't unmarried men be best citizens?

Who inherited Sir Roger's property?

How was Hafiz Rhamat Khan killed?

What is the out put from a mixture of a lie?

What type of men were the metaphysical poets?

What type of writing is Cowley's The Guardian?

What is the most tolerable sort of revenge?

What did the Templar's father want him to be?

What do you know about aphorism?

Write about East India Company's rule in India.

How does Samuel Johnson assess Cowley as a poet?

What was the aim behind "East India Bill"?

Write about Addison's use of humour in his essays.

Write a short note on Jesting Pilate.

What benefits do people of different professions want to have from lies?

What do you know about 'Davideis'?

Evaluate Francis Bacon as an essayist.

Write an essay on Joseph Addison's prose style.

Assess 'The Life of Cowley' as a literary criticism.

Write about Samuel Johnson's art of writing biography.

On your reading of 'The Spectator's Club', write an essay on Richard Steele's art of characterization.

Evaluate Francis Bacon as a practical moralist.

Write a note on Edmund Burke's criticism about Warren Hastings and his men.

Write in detail about the British East India Company. \`\`\`

Whom did Johnson follow to write "The Life of Cowley"?

What is 'Epigram'?

What is the significance of the 'Sunday'?

Why are the single men cruel and hard-hearted?

Where was Sir Roger buried?

What are the vices of authority according to Bacon?

What were the goods the East India Company exported to Europe?

How did Sir Roger behave towards his servants?

What is 'Magna Carta'?

What were the charges in the Bill brought against Warren Hastings?

What is the aim of 'The Spectator'?

Who is the first member of the Spectator's Club?

What are the roles played by a wife in different stages of life?

What ironies do you find regarding Sir Roger's religious activities?

What was the Company's policy regarding revenue collection?

What is 'Metaphysical Conceit'?

What do you understand by 'Chartered Rights' of man?

How is an essay of Bacon different from a modern one?

"It is impossible to love and be wise"-Explain.

How did Sir Roger die?

Depict the 18th century social picture portrayed in "Coverly Papers".

In what way is Francis Bacon a man of the Renaissance?

Comment on Burke's view about India as revealed in "Speech on East India Bill".

What according to Johnson are Cowley's strength and limitations as a poet?

"Sir Roger's weaknesses are precisely what make him so interesting"- Evaluate.

What does "The Life of Cowley" tell us about the critical temper of Johnson's age?

Comment on the aphoristic style of Bacon illustrating your answer from the essays you have read.

Analyze Edmund Burke's prose style with reference to "Speech on East India Bill".

What is superior to taking revenge?

Why do people want to avoid truth?

Who was Duke of 'Monmouth'?

Who was the editor of 'The Spectator'?

What types of love are mention by Bacon in 'Of Love'?

What was the name of the periodical started by Steele in 1709?

With whom did Sir Roger fall in love in his youth?

What was the role of the Spectator's Club?

Who was the first Governor-General of India?

What kind of poet was Cowley?

With what does Burke compare the East India Bill?

Who wrote the satire 'The Puritan and the Papist'?

"...mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it". Explain.

How does Bacon delineate the methods for attaining a 'great place' in life?

In what manner did Sir Roger wield his authority within the church?

Give a concise account of burial ceremony of Sir Roger.

Discuss, in brief, Dr. Johnson's evaluation of Cowley's poetry.

What is your impression about Cowley's Pindarism?

Provide a brief analysis of the objectives behind the East India Bill.

How is the East India Company charter different from other charters?

Discuss Bacon's ornate use of language in his Essays.

Bacon's essays are impregnated with the teachings of pragmatism.-Elucidate.

Critically discuss Addison as a social satirist.

Expound on Addison's role as a pioneer in the development of the English novel.

Comment on Steele's art of characterization with reference to 'The Spectator's Club'.

Critically examine Dr. Johnson's account of metaphysical poetry in 'The Life of Cowley'.

Comment on Burke's oratory skill and style as found in his 'Speech on East India Bill'.

Narrate briefly about the abuses and corruptions inflicted upon the Indians by the East India Company.

What is truth compared to?

Who was Tacitus?

Who was Epicurus?

Who first coined the phrase "metaphysical poets"?

What is Davideis?

Who was Sprat?

What kind of writing is Cowley's 'The Guardian'?

What is 'Magna Carta'?

Why is a married man a hostage to fortune?

What is the 'Tatler'?

Who was Edmund Burke?

When did Edmund Burke deliver his famous speech on Fox's East India Bill?

"Planting of countries is like planting of woods"-Why are countries compared to woods?

What do you understand by 'charted rights' of man?

What practical advice did Bacon give to the men in high position?

How did Sir Roger die?

What was the East India Company's policy regarding revenue collection?

'It is impossible to love and be wise'-Explain.

Show your familiarity with the members of the Spectator club.

Write a note on 'Fox's India Bill'.

Comment on Bacon's personal view with reference to his essays (i) Of Love (ii) Of Marriage and Single Life.

In what ways is Bacon a Renaissance essayist?

"Addison uses irony as a stylistic device"-Explain.

Discuss Sir Roger as a fascinating and humorous character.

Analyze Edmund Burke's prose style with special reference to 'Speech on East India Bill'.

Critically analyze Burke's view on India as revealed in 'Speech on East India Bill'.

What, according to Johnson, are the epic qualities found in 'Davideis'?

What, according of Johnson, are Cowley's strength and limitations as a poet?

What is an epigram?

What are 'Sirens' and 'Furies'?

What types of love are mentioned by Bacon in his essay 'Of Love'?

Why did the author like plantation in a pure soil?

What is 'East India Charter'?

What was the main target of Burke's 'Speech on East India Bill'?

Who was the inventor of famous 'country dance'?

What is aim of 'The Spectator'?

What is a hassock?

Who is the father of criticism mentioned in the 'Life of Cowley'?

What is the name of the satire written by Cowley?

Who was Pilate?

Write a short note on 'Aphorism'.

"Revenge is a kind of wild justice"-Explain.

How does Addison want to reform the society?

How does Sir Roger exercise his authority in the Church?

Why can't Cowley's 'Davideis' be judged as an epic?

How does Johnson compare Cowley and Milton as poets?

What was the aim of the 'East India Bill'?

Mention the four objections raised by the bill against the Charter of the East India Company.

Write a note on Bacon's prose style with reference to his essays you have read.

Discuss Bacon as a practical moralist full of worldly wisdom.

Write a note on Addison as a social satirist.

Addison is the pioneer of English novel.-Discuss.

Comment on Steel's art of characterization with reference to "The Spectator's Club".

How does Burke criticize Hasting and his Lieutenants in his "Speech on the East India Bill"?

Comment on Johnson's views of metaphysical poetry in his "The Life of Cowley".

Consider Johnson's "The Life of Cowley" as a literary criticism.

What is the most ordinary cause of single life?

Who is the believer of the maxim "A penny saved is a penny got"?

What type of justice is revenge?

What is spectator's club?

What is a country Sunday?

What is a catechising day?

What kind of poet was Cowley?

What do metaphysical conceits do?

What type of composition is The Life of Cowley?

Who was Faizullah Khan?

Who introduced the 'East India Bill'?

What is 'Megna Carta'?

How do you justify that an unmarried person is the best friend, best master; but not always best subject?

Describe Bacon's concept of truth.

How did Will Honeycomb entertain women?

Write a short note on Addison's humour.

How did Sir Roger die?

What are the features of Metaphysical poetry?

Write in brief, the nature of English rule in India.

What do you understand by 'Chartered Rights' of man?

Evaluate Francis Bacon as an essayist.

Bring out the Renaissance elements from Bacon's essays.

Write an essay on Addison's prose style.

Discuss Roger as a fascinating and humorous character.

Comment on Dr. Samuel Johnson as a critic and biographer.

What according Johnson are Cowley's strength and limitations as a poet?

Write on Burke's view about India as revealed in "Speech on East India Bill".

Comment on Burke's oratory skill and style as found in his "Speech on East India Bill".

Why can't unmarried men be best citizens?

Why do people have a tendency to avoid truth?

Who was Epicurus?

Why was Sir Roger given priority?

What is the Inner Temple?

What is the religious value of Sunday?

Whom did Cowley follow in writing odes?

What type of men were the metaphysical poets?

How does Cowley compare a lover to Manna?

With what does Bruke compare the East India Bill?

What was the condition of the people of this huge terrain during the rule of the East India Company?

What is pragmatism?

How can a man having a family lead a peaceful and disciplined life?

What are the things that should be taken into consideration while doing plantation in a far-off region?

How does love degrade a human being?

Write a note on Sir Roger de Coverley.

How does Steele Portray the character of the Clergyman?

Why can't Cowley's Davideis be judged as an epic?

What practical advice does Bacon give to the men in high post?

What was the intention of the East India Bill?

Give an account of Bacon's prose style.

Discuss Francis Bacon as a moral and utilitarian philosopher based on your reading of his essays.

Discuss 'The Coverly Papers' as the precursor of English novel.

Evaluate Addison as a social satirist.

Comment on Dr. Johnson's views of metaphysical poetry in his "The Life of Cowley".

Critically analyze Johnson's art of writing a biography.

How does Burke criticise Warren Hastings and his associates in his speech on the East India Bill?

Write a critical note on the British East India Company.

Who was Tacitus?

What does Bacon mean by the term 'Plantation'?

Who are the impediments to great enterprise according to Bacon?

Who inherited Sir Roger's property?

A penny saved is a penny got.-Who is the believer of the maxim?

What did Sir Roger do to beautify the inside of his church?

What kind of odes did Cowley write?

Who first coined the term 'metaphysical poets'?

Write two names of the members of the 'Spectator's Club'.

Who was the first governor-general of India?

When did Edmund Burke deliver his famous speech on Fox's East India Bill?

Who were the Tartars?

'Revenge is a kind of wild justice'-Explain.

What are the vices of authority to be avoided according to Bacon?

What ironies do you find regarding Sir Roger's religious activities?

What do you know about the education of Joseph Addison from "The Spectator's Account of Himself"?

How does Johnson compare Cowley and Milton as poets?

What are the features of Metaphysical poetry?

What was the East India Company's policy regarding revenue collection?

Mention the four objections raised by the bill against the Charter of the East India Company.

The essays of Bacon are filled with practical wisdom-Discuss.

Bring out the influence of the Renaissance on Bacon with special reference to his essays.

What according to Johnson are Cowley's strength and limitations as a poet?

Depict the 18th century social pictures portrayed in 'Coverly Papers'.

Discuss Sir Roger as a fascinating and humorous character.

Write a note on Edmund Burke's prose style with reference to his "Speech on East India Bill".

Comment on Burke's view about India as revealed in "Speech on East India Bill".

Consider Dr. Johnson as a critic and biographer with special reference to "The Life of Cowley".

What types of love are mentioned by Bacon in his essay "Of Love"?

Who was Pilate?

What is superior of taking revenge?

Why did Sir Roger de Coverley remain a bachelor?

How old is Sir Roger de Coverley now?

What is the Spectator's Club?

What was the name of the epic poem that Cowley attempted to write?

Who is the father of criticism mentioned in 'The Life of Cowley.'?

What type of work is 'Love's Riddle'?

What was the main target of Burke's 'Speech on the East India Bill'?

Who was Edmund Burke?

What is East India Charter?

'Unmarried man are best friends, best masters, best servants; but not always best subjects'-Explain.

Why do people get fascinated to tell lies?

How does Dr. Johnson assess Clowely as a poet?

Write a short note on 'metaphysical conceits'.

How did Sir Roger die?

How does Addison want to reform the society?

What was the aim of 'East India Bill'?

What do you mean by 'Chartered Rights' of man'?

Write a note on Bacon's prose style with reference to his essays you have read.

How would you explain the fact the Bacon's essays never fail to attract the readers?

Addison is the pioneer of the English novel-Discuss.

What picture of the East India Company do you get from Burke's "Speech on the East India Bill"?

Evaluate Johnson's art of writing a biography.

Consider Johnson's 'The Life of Cowley' as a literary criticism.

Comment on Burke's oratory skill and style as found in his 'Speech on the East India Bill'.

Write a note on Addison as a social satirist.

What are the three roles played by a wife in different stages of life?

What is the most ordinary cause of single life?

What kind of writing is 'The Guardian' by Cowley?

What type of composition is The Life of Cowley?

What is Magna Carta?

What were the East India Company's officials formally called?

What is the aim of the Spectator?

What is the Tatler?

What is meant by the freedom of the press?

Why did Milton write Areopagitica?

Why is not an unmarried man a good citizen?

Who are the metaphysical poets?

Describe Bacon's concept of truth.

"Unmarried men are best friends, best masters, best servants, but not always best subjects". Justify.

Comment on Addison's use of wit and humour in his essays.

How does Addison want to reform the society?

How does Dr. Johnson assess Cowley as a poet?

What is your impression about Cowley's pindarism?

"A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond." Explain with reference to the context.

How is the East India Company character different from other character?

Comment on Bacon's prose style with reference to his essays.

Write a note on Addison's prose style.

What does Milton say about the nature, function and importance of books in Areopagitica?

How does Burke criticize Hasting and his Lieutenants in his speech on the East India Bill?

What are epic qualities found in David's written by Cowley?

Evaluate the influence of Renaissance in Areopagitica.

How will you support Bacon's ideas in his essays from moral point of view?

Comment on Steele's art of characterization with reference to The Spectator's Club.