MJC 13 Question Paper 2026 Bankura University English Hons : Set 3

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MJC 13 Model Question Paper Bankura University English Hons | Indian Literature
Blog Post Update (Set C): This is the third final evaluation model paper for Bankura University English Honours Semester Examination (MJC 13). This set isolates remaining stylistic mechanisms, translation aesthetics, and cultural contexts directly indicated in the syllabus blueprint from WhatsApp Image 2026-06-03 at 08.10.17_2.jpeg.

BANKURA UNIVERSITY

B.A. (Honours) End Semester Examination, 2026

ENGLISH — MJC 13: Indian Literature in Translation (SET C)

Time: 2 Hours Full Marks: 40

The figures in the margin indicate full marks. Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.

Group A (From Unit I)

Answer any one of the following questions from Unit I (Drama): 10 × 1 = 10

  • 1. Analyze the elements of Epic Theatre and the alienation effect utilized by Utpal Dutt in Barricade to break dramatic illusion and politically stimulate the audience.
    • OR
  • 2. How does the shifting line between a harmless game and malicious social reality function in Vijay Tendulkar's Silence! The Court Is In Session?
    • OR
  • 3. Discuss the role of the characters Sukhatme and Ponkshe in building the legal and social framework that traps Leela Benare in Tendulkar's play.
    • OR
  • 4. Examine how Ananda Lal's translation of Barricade preserves the aggressive political urgency and colloquial power of the original Bengali script.
Group B (From Unit II)

Answer any one of the following questions from Unit II (Poetry): 10 × 1 = 10

  • 5. Critically analyze G. M. Muktibodh's "The Void" as a Marxist psychological critique of post-Independence disillusionment and moral disintegration.
    • OR
  • 6. Examine Thangjam Ibopishak Singh's "Dali, Hussain, or Odour of Dream, Colour of Wind" as a surrealist confrontation with geopolitical violence and human trauma.
Group C (From Unit III)

Answer any one of the following questions from Unit III (Short Fiction): 10 × 1 = 10

  • 7. Evaluate the presentation of psychological degradation and class exploitation in the characters of Ghisu and Madhav in Premchand's "The Shroud".
    • OR
  • 8. "The domestic interior becomes a site of complex power struggles between different classes." Discuss this observation in light of Ismat Chugtai's "The Quilt".
Group D (From Units I & II)

Answer any five of the following short questions selected from Units I and II: 2 × 5 = 10

  • 9. How does Otto's profession in Barricade expose the vulnerability of the free press under a fascist regime?
  • 10. What realization triggers Ingeborg Zauritz's sudden ideological shift in Utpal Dutt's play?
  • 11. What does the green cloth doll symbolize during the mock trial sequence in Silence! The Court Is In Session?
  • 12. State the final fate or consequence imposed upon Leela Benare by her institutional environment at the play's end.
  • 13. What underlying emotional crisis initializes the opening lines of Tagore’s "Light, Oh Where is the Light?"?
  • 14. Name the translator who rendered Rabindranath Tagore's selected verses into English for this course.
  • 15. What occurs when 'the void' successfully secures dominion over a human mind according to G. M. Muktibodh?
  • 16. What thematic intersection exists between modern painting styles and military violence in "Dali, Hussain..."?
  • 17. How does Thangjam Ibopishak Singh look at the survival or role of an artist in an atmosphere governed by strict political fear?
  • 18. Name the specific source region or regional language from which Robin S. Ngangom translated the poems of Unit II.

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