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FYBA COMPULSORY ENGLISH SYLLABUS (2018-19) and Question Paper Format (wef June 2018)

F.Y. B. A. 

Compulsory English Syllabus 

for CBCS w.e.f. June 2018 

3 credits 

Text Prescribed 

Silver Lining- Publication (Orient BlackSwan) 

Semester-I
I) Short Stories:
1) A Cup of Tea                        :                                Katherine Mansfield
2) Why I Want a Wife                                                               : Judy Brady
II) Prose:
1) Playing the English Gentleman                     :      M K Gandhi
  2) With the Photographer                                                     :   Stephen Leacock
III) Poems:
1) Where the Mind is Without Fear :  R. Tagore
2) Up-hill                                :  Christina Rossetti
IV)   Writing Skills:
1) Report Writing
2) Interviews and Interviewing Skills
V)       Grammar:
1) Articles
2) Tenses
3) Synonyms
4) Prepositions




Semester II
I) Short Stories:
1) The Thief: Ruskin  : Rusking Bond
2) The Gold Frame  : R. K. Laxman
II) Prose:
1) How Much Land Does a Man Need?  : Leo Tolstoy
2) Good Manners   : J C Hill
III) Poems:
1) The Felling of the Banyan Tree      : Dilip Chitre
2) If                                            : Rudyard Kipling
V) Writing Skills
1) Narration
2) Summarising

VI) Grammar
1) Articles
2) Tenses
3) Antonyms
4) Prepositions

External – 60 Marks and Internal- 40 marks 


 Internal Examination

Internal Test - I : 20 marks
Internal Test - II: 20 Marks

University Examination

 Sem-I
Questions Paper Format

Q1.  MCQ on all prescribed texts.                                                                           12 marks
Q2. Write answers in 80 words (any 2 out of 4) on short stories-                           08 marks
Q3. Write answers in 80 words (any 2 out of 4) on poems-                                    08 marks
Q4. Write answers in 80 words (any 2 out of 4) on prose-                                      08 marks
Q5. A) Report Writing (A/B)                                                                                   06 marks
       B) Interviews and interview Skills (A/B)                                                         06 marks
Q.6 A) Do as Directed (3 out of 5)                                                                          03 marks
       B) Tenses (3 out of 5)                                                                                       03 marks
       C) Synonyms (3 out of 5)                                                                                 03 marks
       D) Prepositions (3 out of 5)                                                                              03 marks

  Sem-II
Questions Paper Format

Q1. MCQ on all prescribed texts.                                                                           12 marks
Q2. Write answers in 80 words (any 2 out of 4) on short stories-                          08 marks
Q3. Write answers in 80 words (any 2 out of 4) on poems-                                   08 marks
Q4. Write answers in 80 words (any 2 out of 4) on prose-                                     08 marks
Q5. A) Narration (A/B)                                                                                          06 marks
       B) Summarizing                                                                                               06 marks
Q.6 A) Do as Directed (3 out of 5)                                                                         03 marks
       B) Tenses (3 out of 5)                                                                                      03 marks
       C) Synonyms (3 out of 5)                                                                                03 marks
       D) Prepositions (3 out of 5)                                                                             03 marks 

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