51851 Seat No. ______
First Year B. Sc. (Fire) Examination
April / May – 2003
English Compulsory
Time : 3 Hours] [Total Marks : 100
Instructions : (1) This paper contains 6 questions.
(2) All are compulsory.
(3) Figures to the right indicate full marks of the
questions.
[ Text : Hard Times ]
1Answer briefly any four of the following : 10
(1) What was Gradgrind’s plan regarding Sissy ? Why did
he change his plan ?
(2) What options did Gradgrind offer to Cecillia ? Which
did she choose ?
(3) What information about Louisa’s marriage did
Mr. Harthouse extract from Tom ?
(4) What had happened to Blackpool’s wife ? How Rachael
saved her ?
(5) What happened in the meeting between Stephen and
Bounderby ?
(6) Why did Louisa come back to her father’s house ?
(7) How did Stephen die ?
(8) What was the end of the novel “Hard-Times” ?
2(a) Write short notes on any two of the following : 10
(1) Mr. Bounderby
(2) Coketown
(3) Bank Robbery
(4) Mrs. Sparsit’s staircase.
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