MIZ/VI/12 Student's Copy
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6th Semester
MIZO
TWELFTH PAPER
English Prose
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×10=10
1. A life of is therefore the most unpleasing life in the world.
happiness
pleasure
joy
2. Use the same throughout whatever you are writing.
expression
topic
style
3. I home day after day without having made a single purchase.
returned
drived
go
/433 1 Contd.
4. All men have some degree of courage.
real
moral
physical
5. What is man without the
God
Beasts
Nature
6. I forgot the destiny of our
race
life
move
7. Bluebells were from their shady retreats almost before they had
blossomed.
plucked
moved
torn
8. It becomes that we try to understand one another in the right way.
necessary
essential
important
9. And studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except
they be bounded in by
ability
studies
experience
10. He was a most severe of himself as well as others.
judge
justice
judicious
MIZ/VI/12 2 Contd.
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Answer the following in 2 or 3 sen tences each 3×5=15
1. Write a brief comment on "And that is 'Liberty' thou choicest Treasure".
2. "All things are connected, whatever befalls the earth, befalls the son of the
earth." Explain.
3. Write in a few words the importance of studies.
4. What is moral courage?
5. "The highest rapture lasts only for a moment." Explain.
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The questions are of equal value
1. Write a critical appreciation of the essay, Of Studies by Francis Bacon.
OR
Write a general view of John Dryden on Shakespeare from the essay,
Shakespeare and Others.
2. Elaborate why Goldsmith advise us to enjoy the present without regret for the
past and the future.
OR
Give reasons why one should follow the principles of good writing to become a
good writer.
MIZ/VI/12 3 Contd.
3. Write a critical appreciation of the essay, Miseries of the Rich by G. B. Shaw.
OR
Do you think courage can be taught? Illustrate from the essay you have read.
4. "The air is precious to the redman, for all things share the same breath—the
beasts, the trees and the man. The whiteman does not seem to notice the air he
breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the smell." Discuss
the attitude of the redman and whiteman on nature.
OR
Write a critical comment on the essay, The Other Side of the Hedge by
E. M. Forster.
5. Discuss the importance of culture for a better understanding of one another.
OR
"And if we do not protect Nature in some such fashion, Nature will assuredly
protect herself." Explain clearly why Nature will protect herself from the
invaders.