Hi I would like to have the previous year question paper of M.A. in English for Rani Channamma University required for reference purpose?

the previous year question paper of M.A. in English for Rani Channamma University required for reference purpose is as follows:

M. A. in English

SECTION – A

Q. No. I : Answer the following questions :

A. What, according to modern Linguistics, would be the fallacy in the following
statements?

1. English has five cases: the nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, and
instrumental.

2. An interrogative sentence is one that asks a question.
B. Which property of language do the following statements reflect?

3. Human beings can talk while engaged in activities totally unrelated to the
subject under discussion. A bee in a bee dance, however, is completely
involved in the communication process.

4. An Englishman‟s son will have no knowledge of English unless he learns it.
C. Given below are some statements. Say to what branch of Linguistics each of them
belongs :

5. / k / and / k h / are found in Hindi and in English. In English they belong to the
same phoneme, whereas in Hindi they belong to different phonemes.

6. The word dehumanization consists of the morphemes de-, human, -ize and -
ation.
D. Say whether the following statements are TRUE. Why/ Why not? Justify your
answer in a sentence.

7. In Linguistics the term language refers to any system of communication used
by human beings.

8. By „system‟ in language we mean recurring patterns or arrangements which
are meaningful to speakers.
E. Answer the following briefly :

9. Name any two ancient Indian linguists.

10.What is Stylistics?
(2X10=20 Marks)

SECTION – B

Q. No. II : Write short notes on any six of the following:

1. Signifier and Signifiee

2. Applied Linguistics

3. Philology

4. Isogloss and Dialect boundary

5. Strengths and weaknesses of Structural Linguistics

6. Notion of Acceptability

7. Standard and Non-standard Dialect

8. Linguistic Thought in Ancient India