MJC 5 Question Paper Suggestion 2026 Set-1,Bankura University B.A. 4th Semester (Major) Examination, 2026: British Literature: 18th Century (MJC-5) Question Paper

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B.A. 4th Semester (Major) Mock Examination, 2026

    

ENGLISH (MJC-5) — Set 1

    

British Literature: 18th Century (NEP System)

  
     
    
Course Code: A/ENG-401/MJC-5
    
Course ID: 40311
    
Time Allowed: 2 Hours
    
Full Marks: 40
    
Instructions: The figures in the right-hand margin indicate full marks. Candidates are required to give answers in their own words as far as practicable.
  
     
    

Pattern Blueprint Note: This assessment paper strictly implements the official blueprint guidelines (04 long questions from Unit I, 02 long questions from Unit II, 04 short notes from Unit III, and 10 short-concept questions across Units I & II) mapped from IMG_20260606_200243_2.jpg.

  
  
     
              
      
        

1. Answer any one of the following questions from Unit I:

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  1. Analyze Jonathan Swift's use of irony and perspective as satirical weapons in Gulliver's Travels with close reference to Book I (Lilliput).
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  2. How does the shifting of physical scale in Book II (Brobdingnag) help Swift expose the moral degradation and political corruption of contemporary England?
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  3. Examine the structural significance of Olaudah Equiano's spiritual conversion and educational progression in The Interesting Narrative.
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  4. Discuss how Equiano utilizes his narrative text to construct a collective voice for marginalized and enslaved Africans while asserting his individual humanity.
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2. Answer any one of the following questions from Unit II:

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  1. Critically evaluate Samuel Johnson's 'London' as a socio-political critique of urban degeneracy, corruption, and the hardships of the impoverished intellectual class.
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  2. Discuss Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' as an elegy that shifts poetic focus away from the elite aristocracy to celebrate the unhonored rural poor.
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3. Write short notes on any two of the following topics from Unit III:

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  1. The thematic treatment of sentimentalism and wit in 18th-century Comedy of Manners.
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  2. The stylistic elements and aims of Augustan Verse Satire.
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  3. Essential literary traits defining any one major Precursor of Romanticism.
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  4. The socio-cultural role of coffee houses in shaping the periodical essays of The Tatler and The Spectator.
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4. Answer any five of the following short questions from Units I & II:

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  1. State how the Lilliputians decide to punish Gulliver for high treason instead of executing him directly.
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  2. Why does Gulliver view the unique vertical alignment and diagonal methods of writing used by Lilliputians as peculiar?
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  3. Name the initial person who discovers Gulliver in the harvest field of Brobdingnag, and note how he treats him.
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  4. By what explicit baptismal name is Olaudah Equiano primarily known through his adult life and voyages?
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  5. Briefly recount the sudden circumstances under which Equiano and his beloved sister were permanently torn apart.
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  6. What historical or strategic importance does Greenwich carry for the narrator in Samuel Johnson’s poem London?
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  7. Which specific site is designated as "consecrated earth" in Dr. Johnson's poem, and what makes it holy?
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  8. To whom does the "moping owl" complain at the beginning of Gray's Elegy, and what is her complaint?
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  9. Who was John Hampden, and what specific values does Gray attribute to "some village Hampden"?
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  10. Briefly interpret the deep historical and moral message behind the line: "Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood."
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