Major · 01/ENG/MJR/201T · 2026–27 intake
Prose And Fiction
Semester III · 6 credits · 5 units
Examination scheme & source discrepancies
The source lists 3 hours, 120 end-semester marks and 30 sessional marks.
Some marking instructions are internally inconsistent. Confirm the current pattern with your department; the practice questions here do not claim to reproduce it.
Paper Setting & Examination Scheme Duration: 3 Hrs. Max Marks: 120 Part- A (10x2=20 Marks) Two lines or quotes for explanation—one from Unit 2 and one from Unit 3. Remaining 08 from 2, 3, 4 and 5. Answer to each question shall be limited to 30 words each. Each Question carries 01 mark. Part- B: (5x20=100 Marks) Unit 1: (A) Two references from the essays prescribed in Unit-2 (B) Two references from the essays prescribed in Unit-3 The candidate will have to attempt one reference from (A) and one from (B) (2 X10= 20) Unit 2,3,4 and 5: Answer one question out of two from each unit. Answer to these questions shall be limited to 500 words.
Part A header gives 10x2=20 marks, while the printed text assigns 01 mark to each question.
Unit IOf Studies / Dream Children: A Reverie and more
4 entries
- Of StudiesComing soon
- Dream Children: A ReverieComing soon
- Beau TibbsComing soon
- Third ThoughtsComing soon
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Francis Bacon: Of Studies. Charles Lamb: Dream Children: A Reverie Oliver Goldsmith: Beau Tibbs E.V. Lucas: Third Thoughts
Source syllabus · page 74Unit IIPleasures / The Ethics of Living Jim Crowe
2 entries
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Aldous Huxley: Pleasures Richard Wright: The Ethics of Living Jim Crowe
Source syllabus · page 74Unit IIIThe Confessions of a Young Bengal / The Nation
2 entries
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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: The Confessions of a Young Bengal Rabindranath Tagore: The Nation
Source syllabus · page 74Unit IVThe Universities Have Much to Teach Us / Public Transport in London and Delhi and more
3 entries
- The Universities Have Much to Teach UsComing soon
- Public Transport in London and DelhiComing soon
- Engine TroubleComing soon
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Jawahar Lal Nehru: The Universities have Much to Teach Us Nirad C. Chaudhuri: Public Transport in London and Delhi R.K. Narayan: Engine Trouble
Source syllabus · page 74Unit VThe Mayor of Casterbridge / Train to Pakistan
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Novel: Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge. Novel: Khushwant Singh: Train to Pakistan.
Source syllabus · page 74Recommended readings in the source
- Boulton, Marjorie. Anatomy of Prose. London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1972.
- Hudson. An Introduction to the Study of Literature. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd., 2007.
- Scholes, Robert. Elements of Fiction. London: Oxford University Press, Third Canadian Edition, 1994.