PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC. – 2016

Note : Attempt FIVE Questions in all, including Question No.1, which is compulsory .

Q No 1 : Explain the significance of TWO of the given excerpt with relevant textual reference :- (10+ 10 Marks )

a) " Fade far away, dissolve , and quite forget
What thou among the leaves hast never known,
The weariness, the fever, and the fret

b) "Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I'll dig with it ."

c). " All night your moth-breath
Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen:
A far sea moves in my ear."

Q No 2 : Comment on Donne's poetry as a blend of passion and thought . (20 Marks )

Q No 3 : What are the salient features of Frost's Nature poetry? How is it similar to and different from Wordsworth's Nature poetry? (20 Marks )

Q No 4 : " The Wasteland presents the poet's felt experience through some images taken from a variety of sources ; and at the same time, he speaks for his age , war-devastated and spiritually barren ." Comment (20 Marks )

Q No 5 : How has Taufeeq Rafat influenced English-language poetry of Pakistan ? Discuss . (20 Marks )

Q No 6 : What is the classical definition of tragedy? Within the context of this definition pinpoint the similarities and differences between Oedipus Rex and Death of a Salesman. (20 Marks )

Q No 7 : " The enigmatic influence of fate, fortune and heaven on the lives of human beings form a compelling theme in Shakespearean play." (20 Marks )

Q No 8 : Analyse Bernard Shaw's contribution to modern drama . (20 Marks )